HEAVEN SHALL BURN have announced the “Heimat Over Europe Tour 2026” in support of their critically acclaimed new album Heimat . After a packed festival season, the band returns to European clubs, hitting cities they’ve never played before — including Krakow, Brno, and Dublin.
Guitarist Maik Weichert shares: “We’re really excited to finally tour Europe with Heimat and unleash the new songs upon you! We’ve put together a great package with bands we’re huge fans of. Don’t miss it — it’s going to be a total blast!”
Joining them on tour are The Halo Effect, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Frozen Soul.
The tour is also part of the German-exclusive “Pay With Your Blood” campaign, a blood donation initiative in collaboration with Wacken Open Air. Vocalist Marcus Bischoff, a longtime nurse, emphasizes the importance of giving blood: “You’re not only helping others — you’re helping yourself.”
Don’t miss this explosive tour package kicking off in February 2026.
Following all dates:
20.02.26 (UK) London – Electric Ballroom* 21.02.26 (UK) Bristol – Bristol Electric* 22.02.26 (UK) Glasgow – Garage* 23.02.26 (UK) Birmingham – XOYO* 24.02.26 (IRL) Dublin – The Academy* 25.02.26 (UK) Manchester – Academy* 27.02.26 (D) Hamburg – Inselpark Arena 28.02.26 (D) Köln – Palladium 01.03.26 (NL) Tilburg – 013 03.03.26 (F) Lyon – Transbordeur 04.03.26 (F) Paris – Elysee Montmartre 05.03.26 (B) Brussels – Ancienne Belgique 06.03.26 (D) Stuttgart – Porsche-Arena 07.03.26 (D) Wiesbaden – Schlachthof 08.03.26 (CH) Zürich – Halle 622 10.03.26 (IT) Mailand – Live Club 11.03.26 (LUX) Esch sur Alzette – Rockhal 13.03.26 (D) Berlin – Columbiahalle 14.03.26 (D) Jena – SPK-Arena Jena 15.03.26 (CZ) Brno – Sono Centrum 17.03.26 (HUN) Budapest – Barba Negra Red Stage 18.03.26 (PL) Krakow – Klub Studio 19.03.26 (AT) Wien – Gasometer 20.03.26 (D) Dresden – Messe Dresden 21.03.26 (D) München – Zenith
SANGUISUGABOGG unleash their NSFW new video for “Rotted Entanglement”, taken from upcoming album Hideous Aftermath, out October 10 via Century Media.
The Ohio death metal miscreants — Cody Davidson, Drew Arnold, Devin Swank, and Ced Davis — call it their most brutal, focused, and personal record yet. Produced by Kurt Ballou (of Converge, Nails), the album features guest spots from Peeling Flesh, Todd Jones, Josh Welshman, Travis Ryan, and Dylan Walker.
Following a string of underground-busting releases (Tortured Whole, Homicidal Ecstasy) and tours with Cannibal Corpse, Lorna Shore, and Kublai Kahn, Sanguisugabogg are heading out on a headline tour this November with Despised Icon, Defeated Sanity, and Corpsepile.
Hideous Aftermath will be available in multiple vinyl variants, CD, and digital formats.
Germany’s most flamboyant metalcore outfit SAMURAI PIZZA CATS return with “Fear No Slice” — a fiery summer anthem loaded with crunch, punch, and plenty of pizza-fueled chaos. Bold, fun, and unfiltered, the track tackles the eternal pineapple-on-pizza debate head-on, with breakdowns as wild as their toppings.
The video premiere brings the band’s signature absurdity to life, serving fans of their viral hit “Pizza Homicide” a spicy follow-up. Previous singles “Super Zero” and “Pandastruck” showed their range — “Fear No Slice” brings it all together.
Formed in 2021, SAMURAI PIZZA CATS fuse metalcore, deathcore, and trancecore into a uniquely chaotic blend — led by Sebastian Fischer, Daniel Haniß, Stefan Reufer, and Stefan Buchwald . Signed to Century Media Records since February 2025.
Sweden’s ORBIT CULTURE unleash “Hydra”, the third single from their upcoming album “Death Above Life”, set for release on October 3rd, 2025. A crushing anthem of emotional release, “Hydra” dives deeper into the band’s signature low-tuned heaviness. Lyrically raw and sonically massive, it reflects a period of intense personal turmoil.
Inspired visually by the vastness of the Dune universe, the video was filmed in the California desert — no green screens, just pure grit. Produced by Industrialism Films and Vicente Cordero, with editing by longtime collaborator Riivata Visuals , it marks one of the band’s most ambitious visual projects to date.
Catch ORBIT CULTURE on the “Death Above Life” tour with Gaerea and Atlas, including stops across Europe, the UK, Scandinavia, and their first-ever show in Japan at Loud Park.
Formed in Eksjö, Sweden, ORBIT CULTURE blend thrash, death, and industrial metal into a sound praised by Metal Hammer as “a formidable entwining of modern metal’s most effective and exciting strands.”
Finland’s TRYPANON now unveil “Gnaw Out The Flesh To Free Yourself”, the next chapter in their descent toward spiritual annihilation.
Taken from the upcoming full-length “Through the Portal of Flesh to Achieve Divinity” – out September 5th, 2025 via Time To Kill Records – the track plunges even deeper into the band’s signature blend of blackened sludge, dissonant death metal and ritualistic atmospheres.
Dark, unrelenting and charged with a sense of deranged doom, “Gnaw Out The Flesh To Free Yourself” exemplifies TRYPANON’s commitment to crafting music that is both emotionally devastating and sonically transgressive.
1. Carriers Of The Chalice 2. Ruumis 3. Gnaw Out The Flesh To Free Yourself 4. Veiled In Shadows 5. Loss 6. Fire Pits 7. Cryptic Device
Hailing from the northern city of Oulu and featuring members of esteemed Finnish outfits such as Haapoja, Dart, and Renate/Cordate, TRYPANON have steadily emerged as one of the most compelling and unorthodox underground acts in recent memory. Their 2021 debut “Amentia” earned widespread acclaim for its suffocating intensity and bleak atmospheres, establishing the band as a vital force in the realms of extreme music.
With “Through the Portal of Flesh to Achieve Divinity”, TRYPANON push their vision even further into the void. The album is a nightmarish fusion of down-tuned sludge, chaotic death metal, and dissonant black metal, woven together with progressive flourishes and hypnotic melodic fragments. The result is a deeply immersive and punishing listening experience that recalls the extremity of bands like Lord Mantis, Coffinworm and Cobalt, while retaining a sonic and conceptual identity entirely its own.
Where “Amentia” was a descent into psychological collapse, “Through the Portal…” drags the listener through a ritualistic transformation — an existential death trip that explores themes of corporeal transcendence, spiritual ruin and ecstatic suffering. The record was conceived not only as an artistic evolution, but as an act of purification through sound: hostile, enveloping and uncompromising.
This release marks a significant step forward for TRYPANON, both in scope and execution. Expect a record steeped in raw emotion and relentless aggression, but also rich in nuance and disturbing beauty.
German black metal collective DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT reveal a drum playthrough for “Eos”, the devastating lead single from their new studio album Innern, to be released via Season of Mist on September 12. Captured in a single take, the video showcases drummer Tobias Schuler’s intricate and commanding performance—seamlessly navigating the track’s wide dynamic range, from tribal rhythmic meditations to relentless blast-beat-driven climaxes.
Tobias Schuler delivers a precise and emotionally charged performance, underscoring the track’s shifting rhythmic landscapes with mechanical accuracy and expressive nuance. His setup includes a TAMA Star Maple drumkit featuring a full spread of toms (8″, 10″, 12″, and 16″), dual 22″ kick drums, and a 14″ S.L.P. Sonic Stainless Steel snare, all outfitted with Evans drumheads. His cymbal array, provided by Meinl, spans a broad tonal palette: from the biting attack of the MB20 Heavy Soundwave Hi-Hats and 18″ Heavy China to the shimmering wash of Byzance Brilliant Medium Thin Crashes. A 22″ Heavy Bell Ride anchors the set with weight and definition.
“Preparing for the studio was quite a journey! After NOKTVRN, we knew we wanted to record INNERN in full takes again.” Tobias notes. “I really loved the prewritten drum parts from the demo, composed by Nikita, so over the course of more than one and a half years, I learned them note by note using sheet music. During that process, I carefully adjusted a few details here and there to bring Nikita’s vision together with my own musical identity.”
“A quick note on perfectionism in music: I’m super proud to share my personal musical voice — with all its flaws and all its beauty — and I hope you enjoy it, too! Making music is about so much more than just playing without mistakes!”
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT will bring Innern to European audiences on a headline tour beginning 18 September in Dresden and concluding 4 October in Bochum. The 15-date run includes performances in Prague, Vienna, Paris, Zurich, and Tilburg, among others. Joining them as special guests are Heretoir, who will present their forthcoming album Solastalgia. Notably, the tour will feature a special performance in Christuskirche, Bochum, a setting known for its stark acoustics and meditative resonance. This live cycle promises to translate the album’s thematic weight into a space of shared reflection and intensity, extending Innern’s emotional terrain beyond the studio.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT – INNERN FALL TOUR 2025:
18 September: Dresden, DE @ Chemiefabrik 19 September: Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen 20 September: Prague, CZ @ Rock Café 21 September: Munich, DE @ Backstage 22 September: Leipzig, DE @ Werk 2 23 September: Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse 24 September: Vienna, AT @ Szene 25 September: Zurich, CH @ Dynamo 26 September: Geneva, CH @ PTR/L’Usine 27 September: Grenoble, FR @ Ampérage 28 September: Paris, FR @ Le Petit Bain 29 September: Ludwigsburg, DE @ Scala 30 September: Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof 1 October: Hamburg, DE @ Knust 2 October: Tilburg, NL @ 013 3 October: Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat 4 October: Bochum, DE @ Christuskirche
With Innern, their sixth studio album, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT return with their most introspective and compositionally expansive work to date. A meditation on suffering, transformation, and the fragile thresholds of the human psyche, Innern refines the band’s signature blend of black metal intensity and post-metal atmosphere. The title, German for “inward”, anchors the album’s conceptual weight: a turning away from the external, into a realm of personal reckoning,silence, and renewal. Across six meticulously crafted tracks, the band explores cycles of disintegration and emergence, inviting listeners to confront the deep and often contradictory nature of existence itself.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT formed in Würzburg, Germany in 2009, the brainchild of guitarist and composer Nikita Kamprad and original vocalist Tobias Jaschinsky. The band’s early beginnings were humble but explosive: their self-released debut quickly sold out, drawing attention across the underground metal scene. A reissue in 2010 with newly recorded drum parts by Christian Bass(Heaven Shall Burn, ex-Night in Gales) established the band’s first official lineup and led to extensive touring across Germany and Europe. From the outset, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT were set apart not just by their technical prowess, but by a philosophical inclination that would become the band’s artistic hallmark.
Their 2012 sophomore album, Unstille, expanded on their debut’s melodic harshness, while introducing a deeper emotional weight. It also marked the first appearance of drummer Tobias Schuler, whose intricate and expressive playing would become central to the band’s identity. Though vocals on Unstille were still performed by Tobias Jaschinsky, he would leave the band shortly after its release. Kamprad took over vocal duties in the months that followed, stepping into the role of frontman in time for the writing and recording of their next album.
Stellar, released in 2015 via Season of Mist, solidified the band’s stature within the modern black metal landscape. Drawing from post-rock and progressive influences, the album embraced wider dynamics and cinematic structures,aligning them with the likes of Wolves in the Throne Room and Deafheaven, without sacrificing their own Germanic rigor and introspection.
In 2017, Finisterre signaled a conceptual leap forward. It confronted themes of isolation, personal dissolution, and spiritual finality across sprawling arrangements and stark tonal shifts. This period saw further lineup changes, with the departure of guitarist Sascha Rissling and bassist Giuliano Barbieri, and the arrival of Nicolas Rausch and Nicolas Ziska. Finisterre also marked their first chart placement in Germany and set the stage for increasingly ambitious live performances.
A live album, Live in Berlin (2019), captured the raw power and cathartic energy of the band’s concerts, affirming their reputation for immersive, emotionally charged performances. But it was Noktvrn, released in 2021, that truly redefined what DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT could become. Inspired by the ambiguous state between wakefulness and dreams, and drawing influence from classical composers such as Chopin and Arvo Pärt, the album saw Kamprad experiment with clean vocals and subdued textures. It was both a thematic and sonic breakthrough and was received by critics as their most refined and contemplative release to date.
Now, with Innern, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT move even deeper into the abyss. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Kamprad in his own studio, the album is an intensely focused work.”Eos,” the album’s lead single, contrasts war and renewal, imagining a post-human earth fertilized by sacrifice and reclaimed by nature.”Marter” follows as a searing portrayal of inner torment and emotional release—suffering not only as a source of agony, but as a path toward transcendence. “Xibalba” then confronts the machinery of fear—media,propaganda, and spiritual fragmentation—urging a return to our collective essence through introspection and clarity. And with “Forlorn,” the band delivers their most vulnerable statement yet: a delicate plea for emotional refuge, sung in English to underscore its universality. The album also marks the studio debut of bassist Alan Noruspur, whose presence brings anew emotional and personal depth to the band’s sound.
Musically, Innern leans into contrast and contradiction. Kamprad and Rausch’s guitar interplay oscillates between searing aggression and elegiac restraint. Noruspur’s basslines pulse with warmth and gravity, while Schuler’s drumming remains as meticulous as ever-bridging technicality with emotional nuance. The album’s production captures a sense of immediacy and live energy, yet remains rich in detail and atmosphere. It is not merely a refinement of past styles, but are invention—one that places the listener in direct confrontation with the void.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT stand now at the peak of a fifteen-year evolution.Their music is as concerned with silence as it is with sound, as shaped by introspection as by fury. As they prepare to bring Innern to European stages in autumn 2025, they do so not as provocateurs of extremity, but as artists navigating the fragile space between collapse and clarity. In a genre often defined by spectacle, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT remain committed to vulnerability, transformation, and truth.
Lineup: Nikita Kamprad — Vocals, Guitars Nicolas Rausch — Guitars Alan Noruspur — Bass Tobias Schuler — Drums
Production Credits: Recorded, mixed & mastered in Würzburg, Germany by Nikita Kamprad. Drums recorded separately at Studio Weißmann, Würzburg, Germany.
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