LATEST NEWS 2025
June 6 - MYSTIC CIRCLE
Iconic German Black Metallers MYSTIC CIRCLE' have released today, June 6th, 2025, their Compilation Album "KRIEGSGÖTTER MMXXV" via ROAR as an extended new edition (25th Anniversary) with 8 tracks featuring cover versions of awesome classics. Amazing songs from this compilation album, already released as singles and available on all platforms, are "Afraid To Shoot Strangers" (lron Maiden cover) and "One Road To Asa Bay" (Bathory Cover) both featuring Sarah Jezebel Deva,. 47 minutes of excellent music.
Album Tracklist:
01-One Rode To Asa Bay (feat. Sarah Jezebel Deva)
02-Die Götter der Urväter
03- Azazel's Soulfly
04-Cry Little Sister (Theme from "The Lost Boys")
05- Afraid To Shoot Strangers (feat. Sarah Jezebel Deva)
06-Death Metal
07-Acheron (Medley)
08- Circle Of The Tyrants
Mystic Circle are:
Beelzebub- Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
A. Blackwar -Drums, Guitars, Keyboards
June 6 - PARADISE LOST
PARADISE LOST have revealed cover art and release date of their upcoming new album "Ascension", the band's 17th studio album, arriving September 19th via Nuclear Blast. The album can be pre-ordered on a variety of formats, here: https://paradiselost.bfan.link/ascension.fpo . The first single, 'Silence Like The Grave', is out now.
May 23 - KATAKLYSM
Stand-alone single “The Rabbit Hole” from KATAKLYSM is out now. With official Music Video.
May 15 - BORN OF OSIRIS
Progressive metalcore pioneers BORN OF OSIRIS have announced their upcoming album "Through Shadows", which will be released on Friday, July 11 under Sumerian Records.
The title track, "Through Shadows", has been shared along with its music video. Taken from the upcoming album and already shared are these songs: "Torchbearer", "A Mind Short Circuiting", "Elevate", and "In Desolation" .
Link to the official music video 'Through Shadows':
https://youtu.be/YxUY_EU5mzg
"Through Shadows" track listing:
01. Seppuku
02. Elevate
03. Through Shadows
04. The War That You Are
05. Inverno
06. A Mind Short Circuiting
07. Burning Light
08. In Desolation
09. Torchbearer
10. Activated
11. Dark Fable
12. Transcendence
13. Blackwater
May 5 - WOOL CITY ROCKERS
Three iconic Yorkshire bands, PARADISE LOST, NEW MODEL ARMY and TERRORVISION, will co-headline a celebration of Bradford’s alternative culture: WOLL CITY ROCKERS on December 13th, 2025, at Bradford 's newest music venue Bradford Live.
May 3 - CREMATORY
German Dark/Gothic metallers CREMATORY have released on May 2nd their new studio album, "Destination", via ROAR, together with the music video for their latest single 'The Future Is A Lonely Place'.
Tracklist of "Destination ":
Destination
The Future Is A Lonely Place
Welt Aus Glas
My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend (Type O Negative cover)
After Isolation
My Own Private God
Days Without Sun
Deep In The Silence
Banished Forever
Ashes Of Despair
Toxic Touch
Das Letzte Ticket
Crematory are:
Felix Stass – Vocals
Rolf Munkes – Gitarre
Oliver Revilo – Bass
Katrin Jüllich – Keyboards, Samples
Markus Jüllich – Drums, Programming
May 2 - THE HAUNTED
Swedish THE HAUNTED have released the official music video for the second single 'In Fire Reborn', taken from their upcoming tenth studio album "Songs Of Last Resort", set to be unleashed on May 30 via Century Media Records. The video is directed by Patric Ullaeus of rEvolver.
Tracklist of "Songs Of Last Resort":
01. Warhead
02. In Fire Reborn
03. Death To The Crown
04. To Bleed Out
05. Unbound
06. Hell Is Wasted On The Dead
07. Through The Fire
08. Collateral Carnage
09. Blood Clots
10. Salvation Recalled
11. Labyrinth Of Lies
12. Letters Of Last Resort
May 1 - WITCHCRAFT
Swedish Doom rockers WITCHCRAFT share third single "Spirit" taken from their upcoming seventh studio album "IDAG" which will be released on May 23rd via Heavy Psych Sounds. 'Spirit' instantly marks a soulful return to classic paths of Doom. All music, lyrics, guitars and vocals in "Idag" are by Magnus Pelander while Bass is performed by Philip Pilossian, with drums by Par Hjulstrom. "Idag" is mixed and mastered by David Storm.
April 26 - KATAKLYSM
New single from KATAKLYSM coming up! "The Rabbit Hole" will be unchained on May 22nd.
This is Kataklysm’s first stand-alone single since "Iron Will" .
PRE-SAVE “THE RABBIT HOLE” HERE:
https://kataklysm.bfan.link/the-rabbit-hole
April 25 - DESERTED FEAR
Germany's new stars DESERTED FEAR: Album "Veins Of Fire" out now.
"Veins of Fire" is an album that refines Deserted Fear’s sound while pushing technical boundaries. Melodic Death metal fused with that groove and traditional Death Metal brutality.
Tracklist:
1. Into The Burning Lands
2. The Truth
3. Blind
4. Storm Of Resistance
5. Embrace The Void
6. Rise And Fight
7. At The End Of Our Reign
8. Echoes In The Silence
9. We Are One
10. Veins Of Fire
MYSTIC CIRCLE
MYSTIC CIRCLE, Germany's famous and admired Black/Death metallers, are simply sparkling at this time! Latest move on their chessboard: They have joined the music - management and booking Agency "The Flaming Arts". Yes, finally, after almost 19 years, we will see Mystic Circle on the stages in 2026 again!
Concerning songs, their brilliant brand new creature is enthralling: the cover of Iron Maiden's "Afraid To Shoot Strangers", featuring Sarah Jezebel Deva. Here the link to the official video (RPM-ROAR you tube channel): https://youtu.be/6pXhTVENbxA .
DEATH SS
Italy’s cult heavy rockers DEATH SS will release their new studio album “The Entity” on May 1st, 2025 via Lucifer Rising. The concept album was produced by mastermind and frontman Steve Sylvester along with the English Grammy-winning producer Tom Dalgety (Rammstein, Ghost, The Cult)
The literary inspirations of the 12-song opus range from Aleister Crowley to the characters of writers James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson, who explore the dark side of mankind. It also includes figures such as Jack the Ripper, Walter Sickert, and others.
The album has been preceded by four singles: 'Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde', 'Out To Get Me' , 'Justified Sinner' and 'Love Until Death', and these singles were released not only digitally but also as 12’ “Limited Deluxe” version.
■London, early 1900s... The occultist Aleister Crowley wants to free man from his slavery by teaching him to invoke his latent genius: the Occult God or "THE ENTITY". For this reason, he practices rites whose purpose is to establish contact with extraterrestrial and non-human entities with the ultimate aim of transcending the limitations of personality and realizing Cosmic Consciousness, thus fulfilling the magical formula of the New Aeon. During a complex ritual he manages to get into astral contact with an "Entity". It claims to be a primordial force that has always coexisted in the world of men through the possession at various levels of certain "chosen" individuals.■
LINE-UP:
Steve Sylvester – Vocals
Ghiulz Borroni – Guitars
Freddy Delirio – Keyboards
Demeter – Bass
Unam Talbot – Drums
THE ENTITY Tracklist:
• AVE ADONAI
• JUSTIFIED SINNER
• POSSESSION
• DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE
• TWO SOULS
• OUT TO GET ME
• HELL IS REVEALED
• LOVE UNTIL DEATH
• THE WHITECHAPEL WOLF
• THE EVIL PAINTER
• CIMITERIA
• EVIL NEVER DIES
MYSTIC CIRCLE
BEFORE THE DAWN
PARADISE LOST
EX DEO
The final lyric video for EX DEO"s EP "Year Of The Four Emperors" is here: the official lyric video of the song "Galba" has been released.
Link to the video in Reigning Phoenix Music's official You Tube channel:
https://youtu.be/IdCzIiEs7hg
DESERTED FEAR
DESERTED FEARS ' Veins Of Fire Tour 2025 in Germany.
With FALL OF SERENITY and KVAEN along with MESSTICATOR..
24.04. Hamburg - Bahnhof Pauli
25.04. Essen - Turock
26.04. Jena - F-Haus
27.04. Osnabrück - Bastard Club (Matinée!)
28.04. Kassel - Goldgrube
29.04. Hannover - Musikzentrum
30.04. Berlin - Cassiopeia
01.05. Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
02.05. München - Backstage (Halle)
03.05. Stuttgart - Club Zentral
KATATONIA 
On March 18 KATATONIA founding guitarist Anders Nyström confirmed that he has parted ways with the band.
You can read the statements of Jonas Renkse and Anders Nystrōm at Katatonia's official channels.
SLEEP TOKEN
SLEEP TOKEN has released ‘a new offering.“, this is to say a bright new single called "Emergence” which is also the first release since 2023 "Take Me Back To Eden". With the release of “Emergence,” Sleep Token has also announced its fourth studio Album "Even In Arcadia", which will be out on May 9th under RCA Records. Then there will be a U.S. Tour, which will start on September 16th in Duluth, Georgia, and end on October 11th, in Los Angeles, California.
Video on YouTube https://youtu.be/JJpFTUP6fIo
List of dates of "Even In Arcadia" Tour:
September 16, 2025 - Duluth, GA - Gas South Arena
September 17, 2025 - Orlando, FL - Kia Center
September 19, 2025 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life (Festival)
September 20, 2025 – Greensboro, NC - First Horizon Coliseum
September 22, 2025 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
September 23, 2025 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
September 24, 2025 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
September 26, 2025 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
September 27, 2025 - Cleveland, OH - Rocket Arena
September 28, 2025 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
September 30, 2025 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena
October 1, 2025 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
October 3, 2025 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena
October 5, 2025 - West Valley City, UT - Maverik Center
October 7, 2025 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
October 8, 2025 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
October 10, 2025 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena
October 11, 2025 - Los Angeles, CA - Crypto.com Arena
KATATONIA
KATATONIA have announced a headline tour across Europe. The Tour will start on November 11 in Tampere, Finland, and will reach Zürich too on November 28 at Komplex457! The last stop will be Stockholm on December 20.
Nov. 11 - FI - Tampere - Tavara-asema
Nov. 12 - FI - Helsinki - House of Culture
Nov. 14 - NO - Oslo - Rockefeller
Nov. 15 - SE - Gothenburg - Pustervik
Nov. 16 - DE - Hamburg - Gruenspan
Nov. 18 - PL - Warsaw - Progresja
Nov. 19 - DE - Berlin - Huxleys
Nov. 20 - DE - Leipzig - Täubchenthal
Nov. 21 - CZ - Prague - Palac Akropolis
Nov. 22 - AT - Vienna - Simm City
Nov. 24 - DE - Munich - Backstage Werk
Nov. 25 - DE - Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn
Nov. 27 - IT - Milan - Alcatraz
Nov. 28 - CH - Zurich - Komplex
Nov. 29 - FR - Lyon - La Rayonne
Dec. 01 - ES - Madrid - BUT
Dec. 02 - ES - Barcelona - Salamandra
Dec. 03 - FR - Toulouse - Le Metronum
Dec. 05 - UK - London - Electric Ballroom
Dec. 06 - UK - Glasgow - Garage
Dec. 07 - UK - Manchester - Academy 2
Dec. 08 - UK - Bristol - SWK
Dec. 10 - FR - Paris - Le Trabendo
Dec. 11 - LU - Luxembourg - Rockhal
Dec. 12 - DE - Frankfurt - Batschkapp
Dec. 13 - DE - Cologne - Live Music Hall
Dec. 14 - NL - Amsterdam - Melkweg Max
Dec. 16 - BE - Antwerp - Trix
Dec. 18 - DK - Copenhagen - Amager Bio
Dec. 19 - SE - Karlstad - Nöjesfabriken
Dec. 20 - SE - Stockholm - Fållan
PARADISE LOST
The New Album of English Masters PARADISE LOST is almost finished and will be released later this year! The band announces: "The cat is out of the bag! Paradise Lost fans will have a new album to look forward to later this year"
Read more in this article by BLABBERMOUTH.NET https://blabbermouth.net/news/paradise-losts-long-awaited-new-album-is-almost-finished