Released in 2005, ‘From Mars To Sirius’ became a defining album that launched GOJIRA to worldwide recognition. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, this metal masterpiece remains as powerful as ever, blending themes of environmental awareness, life, death, and rebirth. The album is widely regarded as one of the greatest metal records of all time.
Now, courtesy of Listenable Records, ‘From Mars To Sirius’ is available in a Limited Deluxe Edition: a double gatefold zoetrope picture disc featuring exclusive, never-before-seen band photos. First Edition of 3000 worldwide copies.
Crank the volume on the latest releases from Crimson Glory, Alcatrazz, Bangalore Choir, Jack Starr, Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse and more — fans can now stream the entire BraveWords Records catalog on Bandcamp — crank it anytime, anywhere — or dive deeper with 24-bit hi-res downloads and CD purchases for the full sonic assault.
But that’s just the beginning…
BraveWords Records is gearing up to bring the party straight to you with exclusive Bandcamp listening sessions — jump in, blast the new records, and talk directly with the artists about the music, the madness, and everything in between. 🤘
Giles Lavery, Head of A&R BraveWords Records, “This is what BraveWords Records is all about — real music, played loud, delivered the way it was meant to be heard. Taking our entire catalog to Bandcamp isn’t just a move… it’s a statement. We’re giving fans direct access to the artists, the sound, and the spirit of everything we stand for.”
Don’t get left in the dust — follow BraveWords Records on Bandcamp now so you’re first in line when new releases drop and the next listening party kicks off.
About BraveWords Records: BraveWords Records has released albums by Alcatrazz, Bangalore Choir, Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse, The Chris Slade Timeline, Rhett Forrester and Rob Robbins, Prophets of Addiction, Jack Starr, ASKA and future releases from Lillian Axe and Crimson Glory.
There is a serious void which desperately needs to be filled, hard-working and creative bands that have yet to find a partnership and a mutual vision with a professional team. The music-fuelled minds behind BraveWords Records, Brian Adams, Giles Lavery, Tim Henderson and Michael Brandvold, have built the ultimate home for an artist that will take you where you want to be. Collectively, with nearly 100 years of music industry experience under our belts, the BraveWords Records team will take care of all the crucial aspects of your project from global distribution (digital and physical), publicity and media coverage (web, radio, visual), social media blanketing and streaming opportunities (such as Streaming For Vengeance). Where most labels have forgotten the concept of actually marketing a release sensibly, BraveWords Records will construct a viable and comprehensive marketing plan, including visibility at BraveWords.com, which attracts a million visitors monthly. BraveWords Records has all senses on high alert as the music industry continues its never-ending transitioning, so the artist will always be aware of new opportunities to build their brand and strive for world domination. BraveWords will also have a focus on licensing film and TV content, both contemporary and retrospective across many genres. As artists and labels transition to the many new mediums available today for their work, BraveWords intends to stay ahead of the curve in providing and actively seeking opportunities for our roster of clients.
With the rapid spread of the world wide web, BraveWords.com was born in 2000 and quickly became the CNN of heavy metal. With its team of global writers and photographers, the site flourished with 24/7 updated news, features, reviews, audio and video steams.
For nearly 30 years, BraveWords wears their metal heart loudly on their sleeve, as they celebrate the greatest genre of music with the most dedicated and passionate fans on the planet!
GARGANT unleashes a powerful and immersive form of Dark Power Metal, driven by massive riffs, dark atmospheres, and soaring epic melodies. Rooted in the spirit of 90s metal, their sound stands as a colossal and defiant force while pushing forward with a modern and commanding signature.
Founded by veterans of the Brazilian Heavy Metal scene, GARGANT features vocalist Guilherme Sevens, guitarists Caio Mendonça and Leandro Carvalho, bassist Paulo Doc, and drummer Phill Drigues. Together, they bring extensive touring experience across Europe and South America, a strong background in metal production, and a unified artistic direction that defines the band’s mature and confident presence.
Their debut album “Dead Night Defiance”, recorded at Tellus Studio and produced, mixed, and mastered by Caio Mendonça alongside the band, stands as a defining statement of their sound. Even with its release at the end of 2025, the album received widespread international recognition, appearing on multiple “Best Albums of 2025” lists and ranking among the Top 10 power metal releases of the year, solidifying GARGANT’s place on the global metal stage.
Following the album’s success, GARGANT has now signed a worldwide release deal with Fireflash Records, expanding the reach of “Dead Night Defiance” and heralding a new chapter in the band’s rise. “At the end of February, I was contacted by the band, who introduced themselves in the usual way. I had a listen and was immediately blown away by what I heard and saw. If you watch the video for ‘Stormfall’ and then stream the album, you’ll fully understand my feelings and my enthusiasm for the band. What GARGANT have created is simply a perfect 10/10 album. It’s packed with 90s metal elements and proper anthems that make you want to raise your hands, fists and swords in the air”, comments Markus Wosgien, owner of Fireflash Records.
Check out the video-clip for the song “Stormfall”:
A physical album release on CD and Vinyl, incl. new bonus material, is scheduled for September 25th, 2026. Pre-Order will kick of by the end of June.
Beyond the music, GARGANT builds a complete artistic universe. Their compositions, music videos, and visual elements function as interconnected chapters of a larger narrative. Drawing inspiration from comics, cinema, painting, architecture, and literature, the band crafts dense and immersive worlds that mirror the depth of their sound. The visual direction, led by Guilherme Sevens, known for his work with Queen, Metal Mike, Dave Evans from AC/DC, and Adagio, is an essential part of this experience. GARGANT pushes forward with unwavering purpose and relentless drive, breaking beyond borders and expanding its global reach. With a growing international presence and a distinct sound, the band stands ready to bring its colossal and defiant force to stages worldwide.
Finnish doom-laden death metal force MARIANAS REST have unveiled a brand new lyric video for “Rat In The Wall”, featuring guest vocals by Okko Solanterä (Horizon Ignited), taken from their latest studio album “The Bereaved”, which was released in January via Noble Demon.
Following the album’s success, “The Bereaved” entered Finland’s physical album charts at number three, marking MARIANAS REST’s fourth consecutive Top 10 release. After an extensive Finnish tour and a run through major Central European cities, the band now return with the new lyric video while preparing for upcoming festival appearances.
See Marianas Rest at the following festivals in Finland: 11.7. Kotka, Dark River Festival 17.7. Laukaa, John Smith Rock Festival 14.8. Tampere, Saarihelvetti
Blending crushing heaviness with their trademark melancholic atmosphere, “Rat In The Wall” showcases MARIANAS REST’s ability to fuse bleak intensity with haunting melodic depth.
MARIANAS REST comment on the songwriting process behind the track: “Rat in the wall was one of those very classic Marianas Rest writing processes. Demoing tons of different melodies, harmonies and instrument-layers and playing around with different ideas. Finally, when the time came to actually finalize the song, it was mostly about picking what combinations of melodies and passages to use to create the right atmosphere. The intro of the song is quite unusual and atypical for us, and it came to be messing around with the feedback knobs on a delay pedal while recording. We thought it sounded cool.“
Vocalist Jaakko Mäntymaa shares insight into the lyrical theme of the song: “If you have ever tried to save someone from themselves, you probably get what this song is about. Sometimes it can be done, sometimes not. Always worth the effort though. We wrote the lyrics together with Okko Solanterä (Horizon Ignited, I Am The Night, Slaughterror). We were so much on the same page that the whole process was almost automatic. The struggle is real and I think you hear it in the song.“
Tracklist:
Thank You for the Dance
Rat in the Wall
Divided
Again into the Night
Burden
Diamonds in the Rough
Pity the Living
Goodbyes and Good Intentions
Tyhjä
The Colour of You
From the dark shores of the Baltic Sea, MARIANAS REST channel the deep melancholy of their homeland. Hailing from the southeastern Finnish town of Kotka, the band was formed in 2013 and has since become a powerful force in the world of melancholic death metal.
Their music is heavy and unhurried, blending elements of doom, death, and post-metal into a sound that is both crushing and beautiful. MARIANAS REST don’t just write songs – they createmoods: haunting, immersive, and emotionally devastating. A journey into darkness that, strangely, feels both familiar and comforting.
The band’s fifth full-length, “The Bereaved”, is a deeply personal tale of death and the many forms in which the end may appear. We meet these Finnish axemen in the midst of memorial, tortured by those do’s or don’ts of individuals left behind, even though some indeed pity the living and envy the dead. At such times, who is more blessed, the deceased or the bereaved?
Again, just like on their previous albums, the melodies are the key for an unique soundtrack for the ongoing struggle against the black clouds that seem to gather around us all every now and then.
When it comes to MARIANAS REST’s music, sometimes slow, deep and hard, on some occasions a bit faster and aggressive attacks, it sure does include that x-factor of Finnish DNA, that embraces melancholy and beauty on such level that makes one’s hair stand every single time.
“The Bereaved” is out nowvia Noble Demon and available for purchaseatTHIS LOCATION
MARIANAS REST are: Vocals | Jaakko Mäntymaa Guitar | Nico Mänttäri Guitar | Harri Sunila Bass | Niko Lindman Keyboard | Aapo Koivisto Drums | Nico Heininen
Polish atmospheric black/epic doom metal solo project Divine Sovereign has announced a new album, Autaxia Chronicles: A House Divided, due out via Wormholedeath. The first single, “Heresy,” is available now as an audiostream video.
A House Divided is the second installment in the Autaxia Chronicles series, picking up where 2025’s Dawn of a New Age left off. Where the first album treated religious fanaticism as a unifying force, people bound together against oppression, this one examines its opposite: how the same beliefs can fracture societies from within. The album draws on the historical reality that nearly every major religion, from early Christianity and Islam to Buddhism and Judaism, carries its own legacy of schism and doctrinal conflict. In the Autaxia universe, things are no different. With the independence war concluded and the planet’s inhabitants now in control of their world, their psionic abilities begin to fail. The king and his priests resort to increasingly brutal rituals in pursuit of what they believe is the species’ ultimate destiny: immortality.
The concept behind A House Divided explores the other side of the same coin examined on the first record, religion as a force of division rather than unity, and how that dynamic plays out across different faiths and different eras, both in real history and in Autaxia’s. Musically, the project draws on the atmospheric and epic traditions of Ethereal Shroud, Panopticon, Gallowbraid, and Atlantean Kodex, building long-form songs designed to carry the weight of the story they tell.
Tracklist:
Heresy
The Price
Pledge
Battle Below Mountain Range
Words of King
About Divine Sovereign
Divine Sovereign is a Polish atmospheric black/epic doom metal solo project founded in 2023. The project tells the ongoing story of Autaxia, a planet where an advanced species discovers the ruins of a once-great civilization. Autaxia Chronicles: Dawn of a New Age was released in 2025 via Wormholedeath.
Elevate Records announces the release of “Facing The Mirror”, the first single by SILVER HORSES taken from their upcoming album “Weird Tales”, out 13 June 2026.
A fast, hard-hitting hard rock track perfectly balanced between the echoes of classic ’70s rock and a thoroughly contemporary edge. “Facing The Mirror” is the ideal calling card for an album set to be one of the most significant chapters in the band’s career.
The single artwork — a young woman gazing into a mirror, seeing herself reflected as an older woman, surrounded by candelabras and gothic atmosphere — captures the essence of the song: an intimate, unfiltered confrontation with time, choices, and who we have become.
Silver Horses are Jacopo “Jack” Meille on vocals (Tygers of Pan Tang, Sainted Sinners, Mantra), Gianluca Galli on guitars (Mantra, Secret Alliance), Andrea Castelli on bass (Mantra, Shabby Trick), and Matteo “Bona” Bonini on drums: four musicians with decades of experience, united by a shared vision and a passion for authentic rock.
“Facing The Mirror” is available now on all digital platforms. The album “Weird Tales” follows on 13 June, released via Elevate Records.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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