Epictronic is pleased to announce the signing of Italian progressive metal band GanEden. The label will reissue the band’s debut album, Gan Eden, marking their first release under the Epictronic imprint.
GanEden was formed in Trento in 2023. The four-piece — Davide Battisti (drums), Andrea Gottoli (guitars), Morena Dallapiccola (vocals), and Carlo Mirabassi (bass), plays progressive metal built on structural complexity and a range of genre influences, spanning aggressive riffing to atmospheric, introspective passages.
“Gan Eden” is a concept album that revisits the Book of Genesis through a speculative lens: Adam and Eve not as divine creations, but as genetic experiments conducted by a higher intelligence. Expelled from the Garden of Eden, they encounter violence, moral failure, and the weight of human imperfection. The album follows both the subjects and their creators as each side confronts what went wrong: Adam and Eve attempting to reach their makers, the creators watching their experiment unravel. The record moves between dense, heavy arrangements and quieter, more ethereal sections, using the full range of progressive metal to map the emotional arc of the story.
“I feel the fire burn inside my veins…”: Hardcore heroes PRO-PAIN are releasing their new single “Stone Cold Anger”—the final single taken from their new album Stone Cold Anger. The album’s title track shoots ahead with melodic guitars and explodes into captivating vocals—just the right sort of thrilling song for PRO-PAIN and their first album in 11 years. “Stone Cold Anger” is enthralling and stirring, as if the New York juggernauts had never been gone! Don’t miss Stone Cold Anger—out this Friday, May 15, 2026, via Napalm Records! Additionally, the band is starting their European tour run today in Essen, Germany—find all dates below.
Gary Meskil about “Stone Cold Anger”: “‘Stone Cold Anger’ gives voice to the raw frustration millions feel right now. People are weary of prolonged conflicts, persistent corruption, and the gradual erosion of the rights they expect their elected officials to protect. The need for accountability is clear, and the question before us remains: If not now, then when?”
Legendary New York hardcore juggernauts PRO-PAIN make their debut on Napalm Records with their sixteenth studio album, Stone Cold Anger, out on May 15, 2026. Their first release in eleven years showcases the band’s explosive energy in its purest form: Stone Cold Anger unfolds heavy, angry, and ready as ever—proving PRO-PAIN haven’t lost even an ounce of strength. An exceptionally catchy offering, the new album fortifies its groovy melodies and stirring guitar riffs with furious and inciting, anthemic vocals, turning the ten new songs into worthy follow-ups to their 3.5M-stream hit “Voice Of Rebellion” (2015).
Stone Cold Anger is an enthralling, memorable, and triumphant milestone for PRO-PAIN, and an impressive demonstration of power. See you in the pit!
Gary Meskil about Stone Cold Anger: “Thank you to our fans worldwide for 35 years of unwavering support. After a decade away from the recording studio, we return with Stone Cold Anger—an album forged from global tension and the rising demand for accountability.”
The highly anticipated new album (which features the return of former guitarist Eric Klinger) opens up with the punishing “Oceans Of Blood”, an energetic and captivating track which confirms once again that the hardcore icons have not lost one bit of their relentless anger in the last 35 years. The title track abruptly commences with soaring melodic guitars acting as sirens around frontman and bassist Gary Meskil’s commanding barks. Aptly named “March Of The Giants” is just that, a show of brute force layered upon an ever-so-heavy groove-laden foundation. “Uncle Sam Wants You!” displays a more rock ’n’ roll attitude, complete with a driving bass line and distinct social commentary; the raw and honest vibe continues throughout “Demonic Intervention” and “Rinse & Repeat”. Meskil’s raspy shouts fill the melodies of “Hell Or High Water” before PRO-PAIN forge onward and into the anthemic “Scorched Earth”—fiercely belting “And so it begins…” The following track, “Jonestown Punch”, galvanizes with stirring, up-tempo two-steps before “Sky’s The Limit” rounds off the album with catchy sing-along choruses.
Stone Cold Anger tracklisting:
Oceans Of Blood
Stone Cold Anger
March Of The Giants
Uncle Sam Wants You!
Demonic Intervention
Rinse & Repeat
Hell or High Water
Scorched Earth
Jonestown Punch
Sky’s the Limit
PRO-PAIN LIVE 2026 13.05.2026 DE – Essen / Turock 14.05.2026 DE – Osnabrück / Bastard Club 15.05.2026 NL – Alkmaar / HAL25 Herrie Festival 16.05.2026 BE – Halle / Skallyfest 22.05.2026 DE – Loburg / Wir Leben Laut Festival 23.05.2026 BE – Malle / Kemphe Onderstroom 05.06.2026 NL – Emmen / Pitfest 06.06.2026 NL – Tilburg / Little Devil 12.06.2026 DE – Leipzig / Red Bull Arena 13.06.2026 DE – Leipzig / Red Bull Arena 14.06.2026 DE – Kassel / Goldgrube 19.06.2026 DE – Fehrbellin / Protzen Open Air Festival 20.06.2026 DE – Lubeck /Riders Cafe 26.06.2026 PL – Szczecin / Hells Bells Festival 27.06.2026 SE – Avesta / Krylbomangel Festival 02.07.2026 CZ – Trutnov / Obscene Extreme Festival 03.07.2026 DE – Frankfurt / Deutsche Bank Park 04.07.2026 DE – Frankfurt / Deutsche Bank Park 10.07.2026 DE – Cologne / MTC-Club 11.07.2026 DE – Gelsenkirchen / Veltins Arena Adenauer Allee 16.07.2026 DE – Nottertal-Heilinger Hohen / G.O.N.D. Festival 17.07.2026 DE – Marienberg / Rock Auf Dem Berg Festival 18.07.2026 DE – Marburg / KFZ Marburg 24.07.2026 DE – Munich / Free & Easy Festival 25.07.2026 CZ – Olomouc / Pod Parou Festival 21.08.2026 DE – Schmelz / Heartcore Island Open Air Festival 22.08.2026 DE – Freiburg / Crash 29.08.2026 DE – Wallesau / Wallesau Ist Blau Festival 14.11.2026 NL – Eindhoven / Helldorado Festival 21.11.2026 NL – Eindhoven / Revolution Calling Festival
PRO-PAINis: Gary Meskil – Bass, Vocals Jonas Sanders – Drums Greg Discenza – Lead Guitar Eric Klinger – Rhythm Guitar
Finnish symphonic metal band VOV returns with “Longing”, a fast, driving single built on groove, double-kick power and an anthemic chorus. The song keeps moving direct, physical and uplifting, while carrying a sharp emotional charge.
“Longing” captures the pull of a connection just out of reach. Desire and distance collide; hope stays alive, but it doesn’t come easy. The result is metal with momentum: melody and force pushing in the same direction.
Vocalist Karoliina McLoud delivers a focused, expressive performance that creates the core of the song. Teemu Harjunen’s guitar work drives the forward motion, Sami Halinen supports the impact with bass and keys, and Juha-Tapio Anttonen keeps the engine running with relentless, groove-first drumming.
Commenting on the release, Karoliina McLoud states:
“Longing is about a connection that feels destined yet painfully out of reach. The kind that consumes you and makes you question what’s real and what’s imagined.”
Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/vov-longing
–ISRC: FI3FC2699502 –Composition & lyrics by Karoliina McLoud, Teemu Harjunen, Sami Halinen, Juha-Tapio Anttonen
VOV is a Finnish symphonic metal band founded in 2023. They are combining melodic metal, classical elements and narrative-driven songwriting.
Line-up: Vocals: Karoliina McLoud Guitar: Teemu Harjunen Bass, Keyboards & Backing vocals: Sami Halinen Drums: Juha-Tapio Anttonen
Since forming in 2013 in Western Siberia, the shamanic family duo have followed a ritual path that’s guided by a living connection with ancient traditions and beliefs. During their formative years together, Natalia and Anatoly Pakhlaenko independently released three albums that established Nytt Land’s enchanting style, which is built around deep vocal techniques, throat singing, shamanic drums, tagelharpa, jaw harp, flutes, natural field recordings and hypnotic rhythms.
While signed to Napalm Records and later Prophecy Productions, Nytt Land shifted closer to the languages and indigenous spiritual traditions of their Siberian homeland. By continuing to explore vocal traditions, ancient percussion, organic soundscapes, archaic texts and incantations of the Manchu-Tungusic peoples, the duo strengthened their reinterpretation of Siberian shamanic musical heritage. Their new album, Aba Khan, was inspired by their travels across Siberia, where they encountered new landscapes and deepened their experience with the spiritual traditions of their homeland.
Now, Nytt Land are continuing their journey with Season of Mist, where they join a roster that includes Heilung, Danheim, Garmarna, Eihwar, Sowulo, Vévaki and Kriigerkvlt.
“We’re proud to announce that we are joining the Season of Mist family”, Nytt Land says. “Throughout all these years, we have followed our own path, preserving the sincerity and essence of our music. We are ready to start this new chapter with a label that deeply respects traditions and authentic vision. The path continues!”
Catch Nytt Land on their current European headline tour and upcoming tour of Australia.
Nytt Land Aba Khan Tour 2026
May 12 – Vienna, Austria @ Viper Room [TICKETS] May 13 – Innsbruk, Austria @ Livestage [TICKETS] May 14 – Weinheim, Germany @ Cafe Central [TICKETS] May 15 – Bochum, Germany @ Matrix [TICKETS] May 16 – Herford, Germany @ Kulturwerk [TICKETS] May 17 – Kortrijk, Belarus @ DVG [TICKETS] May 18 – Athens, Greece @ Temple Club [TICKETS] May 19 – Thessaloniki, Greece @ Eightball Club [TICKETS] May 21 – Belgrade, Russia @ Zappa Barka [TICKETS]
Nytt Land Australian Tour 2026
November 19 – Sydney @ Factory Floor [TICKETS] November 20 – Brisbane @ Crowbar [TICKETS] November 21 – Melbourne @ Croxton [TICKETS] November 22 – Adelaide @ Ed Castle [TICKETS]
Nytt Land is a Siberian ritual / dark folk family duo founded in August 2013 by Natalia and Anatoly Pakhlaenko in the town of Kalachinsk, Western Siberia, on the banks of the Om River. Natalia and Anatoly author its music, visual language, philosophy and spiritual direction. Their art was born from life in Siberia and speaks in the voice of this ancient land: harsh, mystical, living and infinitely deep.
From the very beginning, Nytt Land developed as a family creative union in which music was perceived not simply as concert or studio art, but as a ritual path expressed through voice, breath, rhythm, silence and a living connection with the ancient traditions and beliefs of Siberia. The official description of the project defines Nytt Land as a “ritual path expressed through sound,” inspired by the traditional spiritual practices of the indigenous peoples of Siberia.
The early period of Nytt Land was closely connected with northern mythology, ancient texts, archaic folk and world music aesthetics. During its first years, the band independently released the albums Nytt Land (2013), Hávamál (2015), and Sköpun: Songs from the Elder Edda (2016), followed by Fimbulvinter (2017) and Oðal (2018). These releases established the duo’s recognizable sound: deep vocal techniques, throat singing, shamanic drums, tagelharpa, jaw harp, flutes, natural field recordings and hypnotic rhythms.
Over time, Nytt Land gradually shifted the center of its creativity away from purely Northern European sources toward the band’s own Siberian homeland, languages and indigenous spiritual traditions. An important milestone became the album Ritual (2021) through Napalm Records. The album was presented as a deep immersion into ancient percussion and vocal traditions, while the band itself described its music as Shamanic Dark Folk.
In 2023, Nytt Land released Torem, continuing their exploration of archaic texts, ritual atmosphere and organic soundscapes. In 2025, the band released Songs of the Shaman through Prophecy Productions — a work dedicated to traditional shamanic songs and incantations of the Manchu-Tungusic peoples of Siberia. This album became one of the band’s most significant steps toward the direct exploration and musical reinterpretation of Siberian shamanic heritage.
The culmination of this creative direction is Nytt Land’s new tenth full-length album Aba Khan, released on February 20, 2026 through Prophecy Productions. The material for the album was inspired by a year of traveling across Siberia, where they encountered new landscapes, people and the real spiritual traditions of indigenous culture of their homeland. While echoes of ancient mythological sources remain present in the music, the focus increasingly shifts toward the languages, imagery and ritual worldview of Siberia itself. The band dedicated Aba Khan to the ancient, beautiful and immense land of Siberia.
Today, Nytt Land is more than simply a musical act. It is a complete artistic world where sound, voice, rhythm, costumes, visual imagery and stage action merge into a unified ritual experience. The duo’s live performances are often perceived as entering a ritual circle: a space where the modern stage transforms into a meeting point with ancient memory, nature, spirits and shamanic breath.
Swedish dark alternative metal stalwarts Outshine have returned with their haunting new music video for the single “You Are Not Alone,” a cinematic piece that dives deep into the psyche of a fractured society. Directed by the visionary Kenny Boufadene (whose previous credits include work with Ice Age and Manimal) the video was filmed on location in the atmospheric setting of Uddebo, Sweden. This release marks a pivotal moment for the band as they expand upon their established aesthetic of melancholic weight and social defiance, delivering a visual narrative that is as thought-provoking as it is aesthetically dark.
This is the second of four music videos, culminating in a final chapter sometime after the release of their upcoming album, Truthsayer, which will be released on June 26, 2026 via rock and metal record label Eclipse Records.
The track serves as a visceral reaction to the increasing polarization and radicalization witnessed globally over the last decade. Frontman Jimmy Boman crafts a lyrical landscape that addresses the silence and isolation felt by those who refuse to succumb to the “insanity” of modern division. Rather than wallowing in despair, “You Are Not Alone” acts as a rallying cry for the “sane” majority. Boman explains that the song is a direct response to the elitist takeover of public discourse, aiming to restore self-esteem to common people who have been lectured into submission by those sitting on modern thrones.
“You Are Not Alone is a very dark song about the emptiness we feel when seeing how the world has evolved in the last 10 years “ explains vocalist Jimmy Boman. “I see how division is affecting people, how we are forced to pick sides. We feel lonely and abandoned with our thoughts on what is right or wrong. This is video 2 out of 4 connected videos. Overall, occult and secret gatherings are interesting and exciting to do videos on. Thematically, it is a about Reverend Boman, a character that has been around since the last album The Awakening and featured in It´s All Lies, Our Misery and It´s No Good. It is a direct continuation of the previous single Enough. The video shows the Reverend explaining how the darkness within us is killing us. But if we unite and evolve, we will see the truth. We gather to share the awakening elixir so that despite our differences, we wake up and see who is really dividing us…”
The brilliant new dark alternative metal album from Outshine titled Truthsayer has something for every rock and metal fan, including rich guitar work, haunting keys, a powerful back beat, and mesmerizing vocals. Musically, the feel is wonderfully diverse, with parts and parcels working together to craft a vision both dark and distinct, yet hopeful. The keys are eerie and foreboding, leading us down shadowed corridors with hypnotic vocal harmonies that often split into octaves, as if to show contrasting views of the world existing atop each other like fog on cobblestone and the sun on the sea. Lyrically, the band blasts the elite, biased media and totalitarianism, depicting a world distorted with poison as common people are kept in a metaphorical asylum of sorts, locked in their rooms, screaming silently from behind sound-proofed glass. It puts us slightly off balance, as these messages of doom are superimposed on music with such a chunk and satisfying groove vibe. In the end, the band tells us that shadows recede. Hell turns to hope. Night ends with dawn, and the ashes of a scorched earth can produce an awesome rising phoenix. This band is for real, and Truthsayer is nothing less than a magnificent megaphone. Altogether, the album contains nine tracks, including standouts like “Enough” “You Are Not Alone,” and “Emptiness Inside.” The album artwork, created by Jimmy Boman, mirrors the album’s dark, yet hopeful mood. The album is set for release on June 26, 2026 via Eclipse Records.
Truthsayer track listing 01. Enough 02. Emptiness Inside 03. Our Minds 04. You Are Not Alone 05. I Am Darkness 06. The Darkest Place 07. Screaming Silence 08. World Ending Fascists part 1 09. World Ending Fascists part 2
About Outshine Outshine are a prophetic and outspoken dark alternative metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was originally founded by vocalist Jimmy Boman in 1996 as a studio project that grew into a grand adventure that not only featured the band as social critics and cultural theorists, but as superb musicians. Outshine is Pär Arvidsson (guitar & backing vocals), Robert Petersson (drums), Niklas Ingvarsson (bass guitar), Jimmy Boman (vocals, guitars, synthesizers, piano)
Mediterranea Metal Cruise returns in 2026, sailing from Athens, Greece, on November 2–6, 2026.
The 2026 edition will take guests across the Aegean with an itinerary including Mykonos, Kuşadası, Patmos, Rhodes, and Santorini, combining Greek island exploration by day with live metal performances onboard at night.
The lineup includes:
AMBUSH, CONFESS, KRYPTOS, GAMEOVER, SAUROM, METALITE, BONAFIDE, GRYMHEART, FIGHTHER V, MINOROAR, RUN TO THE BEAST.
Special Guests: Heavy Metal Barpiano, Dj Gustav, Growl Vocal Seminar, and more.
MMC brings heavy, power, melodic, and underground metal onboard for four nights at sea, offering a different format from the usual land-based festival.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
