Beyond the Gates announced the first wave of bands for the 2025 edition with the return of King Diamond for the first time in almost 2 decades, special sets from Abbath, Triptykon and Destruction, and on top of that I Am Morbid, Hellbutcher, Hellripper and Dark Sonority!

Environmental metal project Savage Lands announced their debut album ‘Army of the Trees’ to be released early 2025 via Season of Mist and shared a video for the title track!

Italian metal outfit Risen Crow unveiled their first single and video ‘Risen Crow’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Requiem For a Damned Love’, set for release early 2025 via Rockshots Records!

Modern metal outfit The Tale Untold released their new album ‘Counterculture’ last Friday and shared a lyric video for ‘The Craving’ to celebrate!

Heavy metal supergroup Category 7 unveiled their video for ‘Land I Used To Love’, a track from their earlier released self-titled debut album, out since July via Metal Blade Records!

Post-black outfit Dawn Of Ouroboros shared a live video for ‘Rise from Disillusion’, a track from their 2023 album ‘Velvet Incandescence’, released via Prosthetic Records!

Helloween is working hard on a follow-up to their acclaimed reunion album, released a couple of years ago via Reigning Phoenix Music, but are also gearing up to go on a massive “40 Years Anniversary Tour” in 2025 and 2026, and have announced the dates for the European leg in 2025 with very special guests Beast In Black!

Rising Estonian metalcore quartet Pridian released their second single ‘idoldust, another track from their upcoming full-length album set to be released in 2025 via their new home Century Media Records!

Blackened death metallers Aoidos released ‘From the Surface Grate’, the third single from their upcoming album ‘Oizys’, set to be released on November 29th via Nox Liberartio Records!

Last week, rising metal force Lions At The Gate unveiled their latest single ‘Silhouettes of Me’, in anticipation of their “Cold Nights Over Texas” tour in December with local boys Upon A Burning Body and genre-bending support act VCTMS!