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New Zealand industrial alternative metal artist Vana has released her new single “In Your Name.” After signing with Sumerian Records in November 2025, the track marks her second release through the label. Reflecting on the inspiration behind the song, she shared: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Swedish gothic doom metal entity, DRACONIAN, reveals their new single, “Misantrophe River”, the second offering cut from their upcoming full-length, In Somnolent Ruin, to be released on May 8, 2026, via Napalm Records. “Misantrophe River” confronts listeners in true DRACONIAN fashion with life’s hardest questions, exploring feelings of alienation when swimming against the stream and the search for direction […]

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Teen hardcore band XCOMM have set May 22nd as the release date for their debut album, “Time To Burn.” The record was produced by Ross Robinson, the acclaimed figure often dubbed the godfather of nü-metal for his work with acts like Korn and Slipknot, as well as later projects with Glassjaw and The Cure. Director Darren Craig handled the visu… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Canberra rockers Hands Like Houses will release their latest EP, Lótus, in May.

The band’s upcoming, almost sold-out tour with Dream on Dreamer will act as the launch for the release as they roll around the country starting in their hometown this Friday night.

Latest single Dead is out now; Lótus is due May 22.

Hands Like Houses will be in Europe with Broadside in May.

Rock and metal icon ROB ZOMBIE has unveiled the music video for his latest single, “The Black Scorpion,” taken from his acclaimed new album, The Great Satan. Bathed in eerie green light, Zombie and his crew rip through the blistering punk-metal track, which clocks in at under two minutes. “The Black Scorpion,” along with recent standouts “F.T.W. 84,” […]

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Today, Finnish symphonic black metallers Vargrav stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fourth album, Dimension: Daemonium, ahead of its release. Set for international release on April 17th via Werewolf Records, hearVargrav‘s Dimension: Daemonium in its entirety HERE at Werewolf‘s official YouTube channel. From the dawn of the classic debut album, Netherstorm, in 2018, Finland’s Vargrav have almost single-handedly reinvigorated the oft-maligned symphonic black metal subgenre. Forged in fires […]

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Death metal supergroup Ablation have announced May 29th as the release date for their debut EP, “Lethal Abuse,” which will be issued by Iron Fortress Records across vinyl, CD, and cassette formats. The band brings together Sanguisugabogg vocalist Devin Swank, Suffocation members Eric Morotti (drums) and Derek Boyer (bass), along with former Deh… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Danish metal outfit AVARICE have signed with Mighty Music for the release of their upcoming second full-length album, “Perpetual Ruin”, set for release in June 2026. The album will feature ten tracks and was produced, mixed and mastered by Chris Kreutzfeldt, known for his work with Cabal, Møl and Ghost Iris, among others. Further details regarding the release […]

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Shadowborne signed a multialbum deal with Scarlet Records. The newborn Swedish female-fronted power metal band is expected to release the debut album in June 2026. Forged in the far North where winter devours the sun and ancient oaths are carved in frostbitten stone, the House of Shadowborne rose from exile and flame. The bloodline was […]

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This is the third album from US stoner/sludge metal band Witch Ripper. 2023’s The Flight After the Fall was a thoroughly enjoyable progressive stoner sludge album, so it’s with some expectation that the coming of Through the Hourglass is greeted. Across 44 minutes of new material, Witch Ripper build on the strengths of their previous work … Continue reading “Witch Ripper – Through the Hourglass (Review)”