Dutch death metal legends Pestilence announced that Max Blok (Alkaloid, Dark Fortress) has joined their new line-up as their new official guitarist, and are working on their 10th album ‘Portals’, expected to be out in June via Agonia Records.

Catch them live this year at a select amount of festivals, including with our friends of Alcatraz Festival!

Dutch doom collective Ter Ziele are gearing up to release their debut album ‘Embodiment of Death’ via Tartarus Records later this month and just shared their new video and track ‘This Mortal Coil’!

Scotland based black metal act Barshasketh crafted a fine album that is full of detailed sections. Fifth studio album “Antinomian Asceticism” was released via World Terror Committee on January 9th.

Third studio album “Dauþalaikaz” from German black metal band Urfeind offers a cold and bleak kind of black metal. The album comes recommended for fans of Bethlehem and Forteresse, out now via Nine to Zero Productions since January 10th.

Extreme metal giants Behemoth have revealed the title, cover art and release date of their upcoming new opus ‘The Shit Ov God’, due to be released in May via Nuclear Blast Records and shared a video for the title track! Catch them on “The Unholy Trinity” tour in Europe this spring!

Italian blackgaze act SVNTH announce new album ‘Pink Noise Youth’, set for release in April via These Hands Melt, and shared the new single ‘Cinnamon Moon’!

Nonpoint wrapped up the first leg of their “Painful Statements tour 2025” at The King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio, celebrating the anniversaries of both releases ‘To The Pain’ and ‘Statement’. And very much matching their energy, they brought along Crobot and Heartsick to complete the night!

Red Fang kicks off their 20th anniversary celebrations with the March 14 release of ‘Deep Cuts’, a collection of non-album tracks, covers and previously unreleased singles via Relapse Records! Get a taste of what is coming with the track ‘It’s Always There’, a track from the deluxe version of ‘Whales and Leeches’!

New Zealand death metal ensemble Ulcerate will be hitting up 6 cities in the Nordic Region this May ahead of festival appearances at Graveland Festival and Fortress Festival, bringing French extreme sludge band Fange with them!

UK sextet Raging Speedhorn have returned with a new wrestling inspired video for ‘Every Night’s Alright For Fighting’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Night Wolf’, set for release in March via Spinefarm!