Canadian-born Rick Hughes is renowned for his powerful and rangey voice as the lead singer of the legendary metal band Sword, and of the hard-rock band Saints & Sinners. A seasoned performer with hundreds of headlining shows in Canada, America, Europe and Japan over the years, and his superb stage performances while opening for bands such as Metallica, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, Black Label Society, etc.
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the London modern metal band Urne, – Joe Nally (bass, vocals), Angus Neyra (guitar) and James Cook (drums) – are proud to announce their new studio album, “Setting Fire to the Sky”, due for release on January 30th, 2026, via Spinefarm.

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Portuguese gothic metal veterans Inhuman have officially announced their highly anticipated new studio album, “Gloriæ”. The band’s fourth studio album is slated for a November 7th, 2025, release via Alma Mater Records and marks a powerful return in 2025.
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DOLMEN GATE have confirmed the release of their second album, Echoes of Ancient Tales, on October 3 via No Remorse Records. The announcement comes just a year after the Lisbon-based band took their first recording step with "Gateways of Eternity", a record that put them in the spotlight of the underground scene and aroused the interest of fans of traditional heavy metal in various parts of Europe.
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the heavy metal collective, N.Y.C., featuring Tommy Bolan (Warlock), Stet Howland (W.A.S.P., Metal Church), and Steve Unger (Metal Church), are thrilled to announce their debut album “Built to Destroy”, an unfiltered blast of New York City attitude, due out on November 14th, 2025, via Adrenalizing Media Network.
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Norwegian rock outfit LEPROUS has announced a spectacular and much overdue brand-new live release titled "An Evening Of Atonement", out on October 24, 2025 worldwide via InsideOut Music.

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Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter shall release their first new album since 2011’s “Marble Son”, and the band’s fifth studio album since 2002. “Forever, I’ve Been Being Born” arrives on November 28th, 2025, on LP/CD/DL via Ideologic Organ in Europe/UK/Asia/South America. Southern Lord to release the album in North America and Australasia.
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Dion has set the release of “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher”, an album companion to his book, co-authored with Adam Jablin, of the same title for October 24th, 2025, through KTBA Records both digitally and on CD.
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Ana Popovic has announced that she will release her new album, Dance to the Rhythm, on September 26th via Electric Heel Records.

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Melissa Bonny is by no means a blank slate in the scene: as the voice of Ad Infinitum, and The Dark Side of the Moon, she has made a name for herself internationally. Now the musician is going her own way – and will release her first solo album on January 23, 2026, just in time for her birthday: Cherry Red Apocalypse.
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Chinese Mongolian progressive metal outfit Nine Treasures will unleash their “Seeking the Absolute” full-length studio album on October 24th, 2025, via Metal Blade Records.

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Lord Of The Lost continue their journey: On December 12th, 2025, the genre-fluid six-piece unveils the next chapter of their ongoing album trilogy with “Opvs Noir Vol. 2”.

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Reading-based UK progressive metal band Asira return after eight years with “As Ink in Water”, the long-awaited follow-up to their successful debut album “Efference”. Released on November 14th, 2025, the new studio album is a bold and intimate exploration of grief, faith, and the fragility of the human experience.

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