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Leading lights of British metal, Employed To Serve, take pride in their place on the heavy metal world stage as they return with a brand new single “Atonement” (feat. Will Ramos of Lorna Shore). The band also shares the release date of April 25th, 2025, for their long-awaited new studio album, “Fallen Star”.
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For more than 25 years, Sacred Steel have been offering metalheads a killer, trend-free alternative to bloated trigger drums, cheesy keyboards and boring cliché sounds that are hyped year after year as “the next big thing in metal”.
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GRAMMY Award-nominated extreme metal institution Cradle Of Filth is thrilled to unveil their upcoming 14th studio album, “The Screaming of the Valkyries”, out on March 21st, 2025, via Napalm Records.

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TRICK OR TREAT will release the new album “Ghosted” on April 25 through Scarlet Records. Trick Or Treat has also renewed the contract with Scarlet Records, strenghtening a partnership started in 2020 and projected into a bright future! More»



Back in 2009, when melodic rock supergroup W.E.T. released their self-titled debut album, there was no anticipation of continuing to create records 15 years down the line.
However, the three-piece comprised of vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Journey, Axel Rudi Pell, Malmsteen), Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse) on guitar, bass, keys, and completed by guitarist Robert Säll (Work of Art) return with their fifth studio album.
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Rockshots Records is proud to announce the release of Highway Queen’s new EP, “Extendead Play”, a fresh chapter in the Finnish rockers’ journey through melodic hard rock and metal-infused soundscapes. The EP will be available on all major platforms as of January 17th, 2025.
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Theofilos Xenidis, better known as Phil X, prolific studio guitarist, songwriter and renowned guitarist for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees BON JOVI, and his band THE DRILLS are back and ready to blow minds with their electrifying new album "POW! Right In The Kisser", set for release on March 28 via Frontiers Music Srl. More»


British blues-rock sensation Joanne Shaw Taylor has announced the upcoming release of her highly anticipated 10th studio album, “Black & Gold”, arriving on June 6th, 2025, via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records.

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About one month ago Eluveitie released “Premonition”, the first new music after two long years. Today the band announce their new studio album “Ànv”, which will be released on April 25th, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records.

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L.A. GUNS' new album, "Leopard Skin", will be released on April 4, 2025. It will mark the first fruit of L.A. GUNS' reunion with Cleopatra Records, a label known for its diverse roster and innovative approach to music production.
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It's been 10 years since we reviewed their last album "To Your Death". They were heading in a more 80s metal direction then, and away from the retro-proto vibes, that found them lumped in with the other female-fronted stoner rock bands at the time. The opening track finds the guitar attacking with a more Judas Priest-minded aggression. More»



Genre: Power Metal
Release Date: 19-03-2025
Country: Japan
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Four Seconds Ago, the electronic duo featuring Periphery’s Jake Bowen and Misha Mansoor, return with “1000 Needles”, out on February 21st, 2025, via 3DOT Recordings, a continued exploration of analog synths, spacey dynamics and otherworldly ambient melodies.
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