Milan post metal veterans RISE ABOVE DEAD return with “Voices Fade Away”, the latest single taken from their forthcoming albumVoidmass, due out November 27, 2026 via Argonauta Records on CD and digital.
There is a particular kind of heaviness that does not rely on sheer volume, but on the slow erosion of everything that once felt solid. With “Voices Fade Away”, Rise Above Dead explore this darker dimension, shaping a track where oppressive atmospheres, brooding dynamics and emotional disquiet converge into a deeply immersive listening experience.
Moving through the band’s unmistakable post metal territory, the song balances crushing sonic weight with a haunting sense of vulnerability. Its title evokes the gradual disappearance of voices, memories and certainties, while the music unfolds with an intensity that feels both restrained and overwhelming.
“Voices Fade Away” offers another glimpse into Voidmass, an album that sees Rise Above Dead pushing their sound towards a more vocal driven and emotionally charged direction, without abandoning the expansive textures and crushing dynamics that have defined their work.
Featuring six tracks, Voidmass moves between atmospheric sludge, dissonant heaviness and dark cinematic soundscapes, capturing a band embracing a renewed creative energy while remaining firmly rooted in the underground.
Voidmass Tracklist
Annihilation/Rebirth (7:10)
Drowning Slowly (5:05)
Voices Fade Away (5:45)
Fragile Ground (3:43)
Event Horizon (5:30)
Through Zenith (feat. Emtu) (6:28)
Following the release of “Drowning Slowly”, “Voices Fade Away” further reveals the depth and intensity of Voidmass, setting the stage for the band’s upcoming album and their return to the live circuit.
Listen to “Voices Fade Away” and discover the next chapter of Rise Above Dead.
Onsetcold returns with “The Gates of Hell Are in Heaven,” a new single and video that pushes the project’s uncompromising approach to extreme metal into new territory. Out now via Wormholedeath, the nearly eight-minute track reworks ideas from the 2020 Death Blast project into a distinct sonic identity, connecting the project’s earlier work with the world of Apocalyptic Sleep (2025).
Set 3,000 years in the past, “The Gates of Hell Are in Heaven” explores the human condition’s demonic resonance. Conceived as a prelude to Apocalyptic Sleep, the track takes Onsetcold’s earlier material in a new direction, building a sound that reflects the project’s restless, experimental nature.
The production is central to that approach. In several sections, a MIDI keyboard converted to audio replaces guitars, creating unconventional playing patterns that would be difficult to reproduce naturally on other instruments. The result is a track shaped by deliberate sonic choices rather than conventional genre boundaries.
Onsetcold continues to operate on its own terms, treating extreme metal as a space for experimentation, disorientation, and constant reinvention. “The Gates of Hell Are in Heaven” offers another glimpse into that process, bridging the project’s past and present while opening a new chapter in its evolving sound.
The single features vocals by Shaq and Seiza. Shaq handled the recording, instrumentation, mixing, and mastering. The cover artwork is an oil painting titled The Death of Art, by Shaq.
About Onsetcold
Onsetcold is a post-apocalyptic extreme metal project built around heaviness, unpredictability and sonic experimentation. Moving between black metal, death metal, symphonic grandeur and avant-garde disruption, the project resists fixed genre boundaries in favour of a sound that is constantly shifting.
Across Art Destroyer, Death Blast (2020) and Noam Chomsky (2023), Onsetcold has approached each release as a different experiment in breaking musical conventions. The 2025 album Apocalyptic Sleep pushed that approach further across ten movements, combining black-metal atmosphere, death-metal aggression, symphonic scale and unexpected electronic influences into a single, unstable structure.
With “The Gates of Hell Are in Heaven,” Onsetcold revisits its earlier work to create something that stands on its own while remaining connected to the project’s wider vision.
Polish death/thrash metal band GRÓB releases its long-awaited debut album, “Ikonoklasta“, via underground label Putrid Cult.
GRÓB (Polish for “grave”) was formed in Wrocław in 2019 as a studio project of Necromaniak (guitars, drums) and Death Dealer (vocals, lyrics). The idea was simple: to record some rotten yet catchy metal, put it on cassette and have it released by an underground label.
Over the following years, GRÓB released two demos, followed by two EPs through Putrid Cult, “Mięsożerca” (2021) and “Misophonia” (2022), the split “Groźby karalne / Żelazna Kurtyna” (2025), and a self-released live cassette.
In 2026, the time has finally come for GRÓB’s long-awaited full-length debut, “Ikonoklasta“: an uncompromising record that fully captures the band’s musical, conceptual and sonic identity.
Stylistically, it is the same ugly mixture of thrash, death and doom metal, fuelled by punk, good old rock ’n’ roll and an aggressive, distinctive vocal delivery. The result sounds fresh and alive, yet every bit as rotten and hostile as intended.
Lyrically, GRÓB sticks to its guns while making room for more contemporary concerns. Songs such as “Okultyzm dla mas“, “Szczury Wrocławia” and “Będziesz zabijał” venture into social commentary, addressing the near-religious worship of drugs within certain subcultures and the horror of being caught in the middle of a military conflict.
“Ikonoklasta” was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jarosław Wysocki at Soundscope Studio (Lost Soul, Squash Bowels). The cover artwork and layout were created by Artur von Ritter (In Twilight’s Embrace, Towards Hellfire, Owls Woods Graves). The album is released on CD via Putrid Cult on November 6, 2026, and is available to purchase from the label’s webstore.
Stream “Ikonoklasta“:
TRACKLIST: 01. Ikonoklasta 02. Okultyzm dla mas 03. Seks i przemoc 04. W blasku płonących akt 05. Pręgierz 06. Pieśni o północy 07. Not dead yet 08. Będzisz zabijał 09. Rozmawiałem ze złem 10. Szczury Wrocławia
Australian breakthrough heavy act Future Static unveil their crushingly heavy new single ‘State of Mind’, taken from their new album Ornaments & Memories, out today via Wild Thing Records.
Released alongside their sophomore album Ornaments & Memories, ‘State of Mind’ is one of the most confronting examples of the exploration of difficult subject matter that Future Static take across the record. It’s a song about consent, uncertain feelings in the haze of memory, and the never-resolving and painful ambiguity that follows. Built around the stabbing chugs of the main theme that the band aptly compare to a blunt knife, the track pairs its crushing heaviness with tragic vocals to portray a deeply unsettling situation.
Vocalist Amariah Cook comments: “’State of Mind’ took the longest to write, as I always had such a clear vision of what I wanted to transmit. I found it nearly impossible to do so accurately without it being too triggering, whilst also hoping to express profound anger and pain. It’s about the complexity of consent, a situation which unfortunately a lot of us have experienced at some point. Being intoxicated and uncertain of our own memories, leading to an unravelling series of unanswerable questions. I wanted this song to channel that horrible never-ending ambiguity, and for it to act as a harsh warning to everyone (especially younger people) to always wait for that enthusiastic ‘yes’, to be aware of the state of mind of the other party as well as our own before acting upon impulses.”
Future Static’s eagerly awaited second album displays a darker and more philosophical side than their debut LP Liminality, exploring internal and external conflict, growth, change and love. Amongst bouncy riffs and soul crushing breakdowns, passionate guitar solos and leads, dramatically stacked vocal parts and frantic drum fills, this album is musically and thematically inspired by the ebbs and flows of living in a rapidly accelerating world.
On the album, Amariah continues: “I wanted this album to display growth, not just as a vocalist and song-writer, but also as a human being. Since Liminality was inspired by a stagnant lifestyle, Ornaments & Memories naturally became the musical journey of what it feels like to start setting yourself up for a life worth living – settling into core values and understanding how to handle the ever-growing emotional range that comes with caring more. All of these themes came through better than I could have ever hoped, pouring it all into the most dramatic and genre-bending heavy music my best friends and I could conjure.”
Melbourne five-piece phenomenon Future Static are carving their position among the one of the most exciting forces in modern metalcore. Following the success of their #1 Australian AIR-charting debut album Liminality (2023), the band have rapidly risen through Australia’s heavy scene and beyond, earning critical acclaim from Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, and Triple J, whilst touring extensively across Australia; including supporting Babymetal, Electric Callboy, Jinjer, Enter Shikari, Don Broco, Lacuna Coil and TesseracT. International touring has included EU/UK headline shows, supporting Ankor and Humanity’s Last Breath, and multiple prestigious European festival appearances; including Sziget (HU), Radar (UK), Reeperbahn (DE) and Euroblast (DE).
Blending technical precision with melodic chaos, Future Static‘s sound is both striking and emotionally raw – a reflection of personal struggle, resilience, and self-discovery. Led by their breathtaking lead vocal tandem, a magical chemistry of electrifying front-woman Amariah Cook and bassist Kira Neil, and backed by guitarists Ryan Qualizza and Jack Smith, and drummer Jackson Trudel’s intense musicality and blazing fury, Future Static have taken Australia’s live circuit by storm.
BLUTGOTT unleashes a brand-new video featuring „War of the Beast Hordes“ from the new album “Die Schlacht Um Knochenheim / Death Of The Bloodking” (released October 30) – pure, brutal DARK FANTASY METAL!
Plus: a second video packed with live footage from the current tour. Experience the madness, the monsters and the power of BLUTGOTT live on stage! WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BLOOD GODS!
The BLUTGOTT METAL UNIVERSE is the dark fantasy metal universe created by Thomas Gurrath, bringing together three established metal bands:
DEBAUCHERY – Death Metal
BLOOD GOD – Hard Rock & Heavy Metal
BALGEROTH – German Metal
Originally founded more than 20 years ago as DEBAUCHERY, the BLUTGOTT METAL UNIVERSE has, over the past three years, evolved into a unique fusion of metal, dark fantasy, and visual storytelling. With more than 20 albums and over 40 CDs released, the project has created an expansive world known as the World of Blood Gods.
What makes BLUTGOTT truly unique is that it is far more than a band—it is a complete fantasy universe with its own mythology, original characters, miniatures, a tabletop wargame, artwork, books, music videos, and live performances. There is no political or social message; the concept is dedicated entirely to metal, horror, monsters, dragons, and epic fantasy.
The upcoming release, “Death of the Bloodking” (October 30, 2026), marks the first chapter of the saga “The Battle for Knochenheim.” The album will be released in multiple formats, accompanied by a series of digital singles and music videos.
The story culminates in the epic final battle between Balgeroth, the Bloodking of Knochenheim, and Luziferon, the mightiest of all the demon lords of Hell. It is a war whose flames consume hundreds of thousands of worlds—from Eden to the very world of the Nazarene himself.
During the Balgeroth War, the totalitarian Imperium of Mankind is annihilated. Asgard falls, and the divine realms of Valhalla are desecrated and devastated in apocalyptic battles.
Yet the greatest and most merciless battle of all erupts over Knochenheim—the mighty fortress metropolis guarding the largest stable passage from Hell to Eden.
Knochenheim stands as a monument of terror, the Dragon Fortress, an unshakable bastion of the Blood Gods against the eternal hordes of damnation. It is here that the demon legions of Luziferon clash with the armies of the Trinity of Blood Gods.
BLUTFEST 2026/2027
13.11.2026 Attnang-Puchheim – Raws Diner (AT) 14.11.2026 Death Metal Fishamend (AT) 20.11.2026 Sonthofen – Barfly 15.01.2027 Bremen – Zollkantine NEW 16.01.2027 Hamburg – Logo 30.01.2027 Cham – LA
The Swedish masters of heavy metal Sabaton have expanded their acclaimed eleventh full-length album, Legends, with a brand new recharged Deluxe Edition out March 5, 2027 via Better Noise Music. Pre-order it here.
To crank up anticipation for its arrival, the group just dropped a new single + lyric video for “Berserker.”
”Berserker” nods to the group’s deep Scandinavian roots, lineage, and history. It channels the spirit of classic lore re-ignited with thunderous heavy metal. The single started to take shape a few years back, yet Sabaton opted to carefully perfect it and unleash it at the right moment — now. Powered up by cloud-shaking guitars and soaring vocals, it spins a myth all its own that’s as raw, riveting, and rapturous as the band’s best material.
It hits with the force of a Viking fleet and leaves an undeniable mark straight out of the gate.
The official video for “Berserker,” featuring actor Eric Roberts, will arrive on Monday, November 9 at 3pm CET/9am EST/6am PST.
The animated visual serves as the perfect accompaniment for ”Berserker.” It revisits the legend of the Berserker at Stamford Bridge, co-mingling two realities of the present and the memory. Continuing what has become a tradition of blockbuster-worthy visuals, you need to see it to believe it. All hail Sabaton!
About the song, bassist Pär Sundström said, “‘Berserker’ breathes Scandinavian influences, so the Viking theme came naturally. It’s close to our own roots and our own history, and that gave the song a special meaning for us.”
The news of the deluxe edition arrives as the band embarks on its first U.S. tour in four years. LEGENDS (DELUXE) will be available on streaming, download and various physical formats: Deluxe CD, 3CD Deluxe Digibook, Amazon exclusive Deluxe CD, 2LP Deluxe Vinyl, 2LP Amazon exclusive Deluxe Vinyl, 2LP Berserker Edition Deluxe Vinyl (Indie Exclusive), 2LP Stephen the Great Edition Deluxe Vinyl (Indie Exclusive) and a very special box set, which includes a variety of exclusive formats and content. There is something here for every Sabaton fan.
TRACK LISTING FOR DELUXE EDITION OF LEGENDS: “Templars” “Hordes of Khan” “A Tiger Among Dragons” “Crossing the Rubicon” “I, Emperor” “Maid of Steel” “Impaler” “Lightning at the Gates” “The Duelist” “The Cycle of Songs” “Till Seger” “Berserker” “Champion of Christ” “To Glory” “Templars (feat. Pop Evil)” “Crossing the Rubicon (feat. Nothing More)” *Some formats include Symphonic and Storyteller editions.
Sabaton will embark on the “Legends On Tour” trek across North America this month. Pop Evil and Wings of Steel will serve as support. All dates are below, including their European arena tour dates, set for 2027.
SABATON ON TOUR: U.S. 2026:
1/6 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom 11/7 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall 11/8 — San Antonio, TX — Boeing Center at Tech Port 11/11 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre 11/12 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium 11/14 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Live 11/17 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union Event Center 11/18 — Loveland, CO — Blue FCU Arena 11/20 — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha 11/21 — Milwaukee, WI — Landmark Credit Union Live 11/22 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory 11/24 — Chicago, IL — The Salt Shed 11/25 — Des Moines, IA — Vibrant Music Hall 11/27 — St. Louis, MO — The Factory 11/28 — Cincinnati, OH — The Andrew J. Brady Music Center 11/29 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit 12/1 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway 12/2 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met 12/3 — Pittsburgh, PA — Citizens Live at the Wylie 12/5 — Virginia Beach, VA — The Dome by Rutter Mills 12/6 — National Harbor, MD — The Theater at MGM National Harbor 12/8 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy 12/9 — Nashville, TN — The Truth 12/11 — Orlando, FL — Hard Rock Live 12/12 — Fort Lauderdale, FL — War Memorial Auditorium
EUROPE 2027:
1/29 — Kiruna, Sweden — Arena Arctica 1/30 — Boden, Sweden — Bodens Energi Arena 2/1 — Umeå, Sweden — Umeå Energi Arena Vind 2/2 — Sundsvall, Sweden — Sporthallen 2/3 — Sandviken, Sweden — Ferrum Arena 2/5 — Östersund, Sweden — Sporthallen 2/6 — Leksand, Sweden — Tegera Arena 2/7 — Eskilstuna, Sweden — Volvo CE Arena 2/9 — Visby, Sweden — Destination Gotland Arena 2/11 — Skövde, Sweden — Arena Skövde 2/12 — Hammarö, Sweden — Hammarö Arena 2/13 — Linköping, Sweden — SAAB Arena 2/14 — Södertälje, Sweden — Täljehallen 2/16 — Karlskrona, Sweden — Brinova Arena 2/18 — Trollhättan, Sweden — Nova Arena 2/19 — Örebro, Sweden — Conventum Arena 2/20 — Kosta, Sweden — Craft Arena 2/23 — Varberg, Sweden — Arena Varberg 2/25 — Mölnlycke, Sweden — Wallenstam Arena 2/26 — Jönköping, Sweden — Elmia 2/27 — Lund, Sweden — Sparbanken Skåne Arena 4/7 — Dublin, Ireland — 3Arena 4/9 — Glasgow, UK — The OVO Hydro 4/10 — Birmingham, UK — bp pulse LIVE 4/12 — Nantes, France — Zenith Metropole 4/13 — Toulouse, France — Zenith Metropole 4/15 — Lisbon, Portugal — MEO Arena 4/17 — Pamplona, Spain — Kingdom of Rock 4/19 — Milan, Italy — Unipol Forum 4/20 — Geneva, Switzerland — Arena de Genève 4/22 — Nuremberg, Germany — PSD Bank Arena 4/23 — Düsseldorf, Germany — PSD Bank Dome 4/24 — Rotterdam, Netherlands — Ahoy 4/26 — Mannheim, Germany — SAP Arena 4/27 — Leipzig, Germany — Quarterback Immobilien Arena 4/28 — Hamburg, Germany — Barclays Arena 4/30 — Graz, Austria — Stadthalle 5/1 — Budapest, Hungary — MVM Dome 5/2 — Prague, Czech Republic — O2 Arena 5/4 — Bratislava, Slovakia — Tipos Arena 5/5 — Lodz, Poland — Atlas Arena 5/7 — Tallinn, Estonia — Unibet Arena 5/8 — Helsinki, Finland — Veikkaus Arena
ABOUT SABATON: Founded in 1999 in Falun, Sweden, five-piece heavy metal band, Sabaton, are known the world-over for their ability to bring harrowing stories from the past to life with their anthemic, high-energy heavy metal. The band currently has 11 studio albums in circulation, including Legends (2025), The War To End All Wars (2022),The Great War (2019), The Last Stand (2016), Heroes (2014), Carolus Rex (2012), Coat Of Arms (2010), The Art Of War (2008), Metalizer (2007), Attero Dominatus (2006) and Primo Victoria (2005) — alongside a number of EPs. Released on October 17, 2025 via Better Noise Music, Sabaton’s new, full length studio album, Legends ushers in a new era for the band, going further back in history than ever before and marking a distinct change in direction from their recent focus on World War 1 and World War 2. In March 2026, the band surprised fans with their new single, Yamato, accompanied by a music video created in partnership with World of Warships.
Sabaton are well known for their relentless dedication to touring, having embarked on massive headline tours across Europe – including multiple sold-out runs in their homeland — along with the Americas, Australia and New Zealand with big names such as Babymetal, Lordi, U.D.O., Epica, Amaranthe, plus many others. The band also proudly hosts their own Sabaton-branded events (Sabaton Open Air — currently on hiatus — and the Sabaton Cruise).
At the end of 2025, Sabaton completed The Legendary Tour 2025 in Europe with The Legendary Orchestra – a project developed by the band. In February 2026, the band kicked off their Legends On Tour North America run, with 25 dates across the USA and 8 in Canada.
Sabaton’s journey goes far beyond albums and live shows. In 2019, the band launched the Sabaton History Channel on YouTube, a project born from their deep passion for history. Alongside the numerous musical accolades over the years, Sabaton were honoured in April 2023 with the prestigious Enlightener of the Year Award 2022 from the Swedish Skeptics Association, becoming the first rock band ever to receive the award. Established in 1987, the accolade is traditionally reserved for academics, authors, journalists and media outlets who go above and beyond to educate the public.
An unprecedented global museum project entitled History Rocks was launched by Sabaton on June 12, 2023. At the centre of this project stood the band’s animated film, The War To End All Wars — The Movie. Over 140 museums spanning 30 territories around the world participated in the event in the two weeks surrounding the 105th anniversary of Armistice Day (November 11, 2023). History Rocks was launched as a charity initiative to raise awareness of the importance of history and encourage more people to visit and support their local museums. Following post-event demand, the film was later released on major video streaming services including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and YouTube on May 11, 2025, for it to reach a wider audience.
Rewinding back to October 2024, Sabaton celebrated the global premiere of their concert film entitled Sabaton – The Tour To End All Tours, which was filmed at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam the year prior. Over 1,200 cinemas in 28 countries screened the concert film, which was also later released on streaming services in February 2026.
In the more than 25 years since the band’s launch, Sabaton has headlined major festivals, sold-out arena concerts worldwide and gained a legion of loyal fans across the globe. Since their 2005 debut album, they’ve earned Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum certifications in territories around the world. They’ve also had eight albums score Top 10 international chart status, and six claim the Top 5. Sabaton has also accumulated more than 3 billion streams across all streaming platforms and more than 2 billion views on YouTube.
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
