Glamorous alt-pop powerhouse DIAMANTE has announced her highly anticipated forthcoming album SUPERNOVA, out 8th January 2027 via Sumerian Records. SUPERNOVA will be DIAMANTE‘s third full-length album and the latest body of original music since 2021’s critically acclaimed American Dream LP.
In celebration of the announcement, she’s released her latest offering ‘Hollywood Blvd‘ and the accompanying official video. Most recently, DIAMANTE shared ‘Cool Down’ after taking this year’s Louder Than Life festival by storm. Pre-save SUPERNOVA at the link here, listen to ‘Hollywood Blvd’ here, and watch the official video here or in the thumbnail below.
ABOUT DIAMANTE: With her iconic 80s glamour and undeniably powerful vocals, Diamante has become a beacon in today’s music scene, seamlessly weaving the vibrant energy and bold aesthetics of the era while forging her own distinct identity with contemporary flair. She first turned heads with her debut album “Coming In Hot” in 2018 soon after followed by her sophomore full-length “American Dream” including her smash-hit re-imagination of Goo Goo Dolls classic ‘Iris‘ featuring Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin), earning widespread acclaim and further propelling her into the spotlight. Diamante has toured alongside prominent acts such as Nita Strauss, Shinedown, The Pretty Reckless, Breaking Benjamin, and Three Days Grace while performing at major national festivals including Sonic Temple, Louder Than Life, and Welcome To Rockville.
The alt-pop powerhouse has begun a new era after signing with her new label home Sumerian Records, and released the irresistibly catchy ‘1987‘ and ‘All For The Glory‘. She then contributed to the American Psycho Comic Series Soundtrack with her spin on Pat Benatar‘s classic ‘Love Is A Battlefield‘, and collaborated with labelmates Kittie and The Pretty Wild for an emotional cover of Metallica‘s ‘The Unforgiven’ for the Queen Of The Ring Soundtrack. With her empowering anthems and rebellious spirit, the sky is the limit as Diamante continues to prove she is a force to be reckoned with, both in the studio and on stage.
Slam Dunk have added a new band to their already stacked line-up, and it is a returning hero, making their way back to the UK for the first time in 17 years.
Oh yes, it is Cobra Starship. The band last played the festival way back in 2009, ahead of the release of their scene classic ‘Hot Mess’, and last played in the UK in 2010 before disbanding.
Now Gabe Saporta and Co will be returning for a long-awaited reunion in May next year.
They join the already announced Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, The Interrupters, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Wage War, The Amity Affliction, Melrose Avenue, From Ashes to New, Sleeping With Sirens, The Used, The Main, We The Kings, The Academy Is…, Cute is What We Aim For, Knuckle Puck, The Front Bottoms, Love Rarely and more.
Slam Dunk will be taking place May 29 and 30 at Temple Newsam Park and Hatfield Park respectively. Tickets are available now from right here.
Cobra Starship are part of Made In Chicago: A Rock Sound Tribute, covering Fall Out Boy’s classic track ‘I Don’t Care’, of which the video stars Gabe himself.
Mere days away from the release, Monumental, Ukrainian modern metal architects IGNEA open another door to their upcoming studio album. “Harmony Manufactured” is fast and heavy and features guest vocals from Britta Görtz of melodic death metal band HIRAES who recently floored audiences as an interim front woman for Heaven Shall Burn. On IGNEA’s new single, her vocals create intense harmonies with Helle Bohdanova’s vocals to unfold another facet of Monumental.
IGNEA’s new record is set around the concept of nostalgia and draws from architecture in its aesthetics. “Harmony Manufactured” draws its brutal sound from Bauhaus buildings. Monumental releases this coming Friday via Napalm Records.
Helle Bohdanova about “Harmony Manufactured”: “The song ‘Harmony Manufactured’ is a tribute to industrial design, the Bauhaus school, and the birth of technical aesthetics, celebrating objects in which function and beauty coexist perfectly. The Bauhaus believed in the unity of art, craft, and technology, and that well-made things shouldn’t be a privilege but part of everyday life. In this song, the mechanical intensity is combined with a melody that reflects the elegance of everyday products emerging from the production line: stylish, timeless, and capable of evoking nostalgia, like a tubular-steel chair that has outlived three generations of owners.
In the video, though, it is the human body that is treated as the peak of design. After all, it is humans who carry the most beauty and enduring memory.
We’re extremely grateful to have Britta as a guest on ‘Harmony Manufactured’. Her voice is the technical aesthetics of extreme vocals, and she has elevated this song enormously. I hope we’ll be able to perform it live together someday.”
Britta Görtz adds: “Helle and I have a lot of mutual respect and appreciation for each other, so joining forces on a song felt like a very natural thing to do. I love the strong artistic vision that she and IGNEA brought to ‘Harmony Manufactured’, especially the way they explore the themes of nostalgia and Bauhaus through their music. It’s always inspiring to work with artists who have such a clear creative identity, and it was a pleasure to become part of their musical world for this song. Having Helle come all the way from Ukraine to my hometown Hannover for the video shoot made the whole experience even more special!”
Watch the official video for “Harmony Manufactured” (feat. Hiraes) NOW!
Monumental is IGNEA’s second full-length album that was written during the full-scale war in Ukraine. The recording process mostly took place in the winter of 2025-2026, during icy temperatures and long power outages in Kyiv.
Helle Bohdanova says about Monumental: “Back in the 17th century, nostalgia was considered a deadly disease—and in many ways, it still is. It’s a universal feeling experienced by every human being, pulling us toward a past that felt gentler than it truly was, especially during the bitter moments of the present. Much of this album was inspired by modernist architecture—concrete giants built to signal progress and a brighter future, now slowly decaying. They’ve become a sort of memory box: monuments to unrealized dreams, where the future that was once imagined never arrived, yet continues to echo through the ruins and bright mosaics.”
On Monumental, IGNEA takes the listener on nostalgic rides, with all their ups and downs, expressed in music and lyrics, carrying a sense of gentle sadness and reflection, as nostalgia can bring back beautiful memories, darkened by the awareness that these moments will never happen again.
Following Dreams of Lands Unseen (2023), the band navigates through unique facets of the past across nine tracks—from the grandeur and ambition of Cold War space dreams to the melancholy of urban decay and forgotten modernist structures, all the way to the emotional weight of personal and collective memory. All lyrics on Monumentalwere written by vocalist Helle Bohdanova. The music was composed by keyboardist Yevhenii Zhytniuk, with additional contributions from Helle Bohdanova. Mixing and mastering were handled by Grammy Award-nominated producer Jacob Hansen, known for his work with bands such as DELAIN, Amaranthe, Volbeat, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, and Epica.
Monumental tracklisting:
Darkness
Dreams of Lands Unseen
Presence of the Past
Prefab (feat. Combichrist)
What Buildings Dream of
I am in Hell
Between No Longer and Not Yet
Harmony Manufactured (feat. Hiraes)
Nadir
Monumental will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Splatter Vinyl, incl. LP-Sized Booklet – strictly limited (Napalm Records EU Shop only)
Bundle 1-CD Jewelcase + T-Shirt (Napalm Records EU Shop only)
1-LP Solid Silver Vinyl
1-CD Jewelcase
Digital Album
Musically, Monumental blends technical metal riffs, industrial textures, atmospheric interludes, grandiose choruses, and melodic passages to mirror “nostalgic rides,” where darkness, reflection, and awe collide. Visually and conceptually, IGNEA drew inspiration from retrofuturism, modernist and monumental architecture, and industrial design, creating a world where sound, imagery, and memory converge. The album stands as an ode to the past, a meditation on lost and unrealized futures, and a celebration of the enduring beauty hidden within forgotten places.
IGNEA Live 2026
Supporting EVERGREY’s Architects Of A New Weave European Tour 2026 w/ Stellar Circuits 11.11.26 SE – Lund / Mejeriet 12.11.26 SE – Stockholm / Kollektivet Livet 13.11.26 SE – Linköping / Paletset 14.11.26 SE – Gothenburg / Filmstudion 2 15.11.26 NO – Oslo / Salt 17.11.26 DE – Hamburg / Logo 18.11.26 DE – Berlin / Hole44 19.11.26 DE – Munich / Feierwerk 20.11.26 AT – Vienna / Weberknecht 21.11.26 IT – Milan / Slaughter Club 22.11.26 CH – Aarau / KiFF 23.11.26 BE – Antwerp / Zappa 25.11.26 UK – Southampton / The Brook 26.11.26 UK – Birmingham / Asylum 27.11.26 UK – London / The Underworld 28.11.26 UK – Leeds / The Key Club 29.11.26 IE – Dublin / Opium 30.11.26 UK – Belfast / Limelight 2 01.12.26 UK – Glasgow / G2 02.12.26 UK – Newcastle / Anarchy Brew 03.12.26 UK – Manchester / Rebellion 04.12.26 UK – Bristol / Strange Brew 05.12.26 UK – Nottingham / Saltbox 07.12.26 FR – Paris / Petit Bain 08.12.26 DE – Trier / Mergener Hof 09.12.26 DE – Karlsruhe / Substage 10.12.26 DE – Dortmund / Junkyard 11.12.26 NL – Rotterdam / Baroeg 12.12.26 NL – Maastricht / Muziekgieterij
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