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Beset by overwork, listless colleagues and a family tragedy, Mikael Åkerfeldt felt like splitting the Swedish group apart as they worked through 2002’s Deliverance to get to 2003’s Damnation

British post-hardcore band Basement have released another preview of their upcoming fifth studio album, “WIRED.” The gold-certified group are set to drop the record—marking their first since 2018’s “Beside Myself”—on May 8th. The new single, “Head Alight,” is the fourth track unveiled ahead of the album and arrived online alongside a music v… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Dave Mason worked with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos, Mama Cass, Fleetwood Mac and many more in a sixty-year career

Australian filmmaker Chris Sun has spent over 15 years building a reputation in the horror world, crafting brutal, unforgettable films like Daddy’s Little Girl, Charlie’s Farm, and BOAR. Now, he’s turning that same cinematic intensity toward a new frontier: music videos. With the launch of Sun Entertainment, Chris is stepping into the global music scene […]

Mortiis has premiered the story-telling and visually impressive music video "Violent Silence," which continues the narrative arc of the previous clip "Ghosts Of Europa," as the next advance single taken from the iconic Norwegian artist's upcoming new full-length "Ghosts Of Europa." "Ghosts Of Europa" has been scheduled for release on June 26, 20… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Aileron craft a delicate and immersive soundscape with I Miss You Like Sleep, an instrumental piece that drifts between ambient, downtempo, and cinematic electronica. Opening with a gentle, atmospheric intro, the track gradually unfolds as a mellow beat subtly emerges, adding motion without disturbing its calm core. Soft textures and understated melodies create a sense of longing and quiet introspection, allowing the listener to sink into its hazy emotional space.

It’s a beautifully restrained composition that favors mood over structure, capturing that fragile, in-between feeling where memory, absence, and comfort gently collide.

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Vancouver, Canada’s traditional heavy metal torchbearers Iron Kingdom return with the second single from their upcoming sixth studio album "Shadows And Dust," due out June 6, 2026, marking their first release under their new label partnership with Steel Shark Records (France), which will offer an exclusive EU edition limited to just 300 double-CD c… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Review and pix by Ali Williams HELMET were always going to make sense in a room like The Backroom of the Northern Hotel in Byron Bay. Not because the place is glamorous, and certainly not because Byron suddenly needed a stern lesson in post-hardcore efficiency, but because HELMET’s music works best when there is nowhere […]

Power metal legends Masterplan are pleased to unveil the new single and accompanying visualizer, "Electric Nights," taken from the upcoming new studio album, "Metalmorphosis," set for release on June 26, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl. Roland Grapow commented: "'Electric Nights' is our road anthem – loud, fast, and born for life on tour. It drops… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

TodoMal are announcing their third album and first for Season of Mist. "Graveyards Of Joy" arrives as the closing chapter of a trilogy that the atmospheric doom metal band started in 2021 with "Ultracrepidarian" and deepened in 2023 with "A Greater Good." "Graveyards Of Joy" comes out July 3, 2026 on Season of Mist. To commemorate this announcem… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com