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The Skeletour concert film follows their 2024 release Rite Here Rite Now

Sigh have announced a new album titled Goh-ka, which will see release September 4th via Peaceville Records.Pre-order Goh-ka here.Band leader Mirai Kawashima describes the record as being as personal as 2022's Shiki,...

And Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt is among the guest musicians.

Japanese metal pioneers SIGH are back today with news of their new album "Goh-ka", a new highlight of atmosphere, technical mastery, and meticulously arranged epics of metallic grandeur. SIGH mainman Mirai Kawashima notes this as being as equally personal an album as "Shiki", both musically and lyri...

The new studio album from the Japanese metal pioneers Sigh has been announced today. It includes a guest appearance from Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt. The record is called Goh-Ka and is coming out on 4th September via Peaceville Records. For now, an album trailer is available, along with the tracklist, cover and further details.

Renowned Canadian singer Paul Laine will release his new studio album, "The Long Road Back", on September 25, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. To celebrate the announcement, Laine has shared the first single, "Love Me Or Leave Me", along with an official visualizer, available below. Laine comments: "I'...

The '90s marked a time of transition for metal in more ways than one. How many of these classic titles are missing from your collection?

A review of A Curse That Hides the Door by Shagohod, self-released and available worldwide April 24th.

Remembering what transpired behind some of the most complex extreme metal ever created as Morningrise by Opeth turns 30 today.

How do you pick just one from 'Blackwater Park'?!

A review of Nothing Left to Deconstruct by Loneshore, available worldwide June 19th via Willowtip Records.

Barth played with the band from 2002 to 2006.

Bastardane have released a Calum Palmer-directed music video for their latest single, "Mother's Tongue." The track was digitally released this past February. The stoner/doom metal outfit, which features drummer...

The group feature Metallica frontman James Hetfield's son Castor on drums.

BASTARDANE, the band featuring drummer/vocalist Castor Hetfield, the son of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield, has released the official Calum Palmer-directed music video for its recent single, "Mother's Tongue". The track was produced by GOJIRA frontman Joseph Duplantier and was recorded by Dan Joe...

Poland's biggest metal festival hosted everyone from Megadeth and Black Label Society to Ice Nine Kills, Blood Incantation, Cavalera and more

Epic doomers Scald are all set to release a new EP, Relics, on September 4th 2026 via Cruz Del Sur Music. Check out the first streaming single, "Master Of Tundra", via Bandcamp widget below.

A review of October Is Rising by Mirror of My Soul, available worldwide June 12th via Majestic Mountain Records.

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Mastodon, Stanley Simmons and more

Katatonia had wanted to go prog before The Fall Of Hearts, but found themselves held back. Then came a line-up change that kickstarted a “lucky relationship”