Swedish supergroup CROWNE are excited to share today “Timing Is Right”, the second single taken from their upcoming studio album “Wonderland”, set for release on August 22nd, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.
About the new single, Jona Tee stated: “Timing Is Right” is about keep moving forward and to roll with the punches life throws at you”.
Vocalist Alexander Strandell commented on the new record, by saying: “It feels incredible to share this third chapter with all of you. Working alongside the amazing team at Frontiers and my brothers Jona, Kicken, John, and Love has been an absolute honour. If you’re a fan of Art Nation, The Poodles, H.E.A.T., Dynazty, or Europe – this one’s for you”.
Swedish-based supergroup Crowne is back with their highly anticipated third studio album, “Wonderland”. Continuing their musical evolution, the band builds on their signature blend of melodic rock infused with powerful, metal-tinged soundscapes.
“Wonderland” delivers an unforgettable listening experience filled with epic atmospheres, anthemic choruses, and technical brilliance that showcase the band’s top-tier musicianship.
At the helm is Alexander Strandell, renowned for his soaring vocals with Art Nation, Lionville, and Nitrate. His impassioned delivery adds intensity and depth throughout the album. Guitarist Love Magnusson (Dynazty) provides electrifying riffs and solos, while Jona Tee (H.E.A.T) crafts lush keyboard textures that elevate the album’s cinematic feel. Legendary bassist John Leven (Europe) offers a thunderous low end, and drummer Christian Lundqvist (ex-The Poodles) drives each track with precision and force.
One of the standout moments is “Warlords Of The North”, a powerful anthem featuring a songwriting contribution from Biff Byford, the iconic frontman of Saxon. This collaboration adds majesty and weight to an already monumental track.
With “Wonderland”, Crowne continue to push the boundaries of melodic heavy rock, delivering a collection of songs that are as emotionally compelling as they are technically impressive. It’s an essential release for fans of melodic metal and arena-ready anthems.
“Wonderland” Tracklist:
1. Wonderland 2. Waiting For You 3. Eye Of The Oracle 4. Heaven Tonight 5. Warlords Of The North 6. Timing Is Right 7. Goodbye 8. Love Thy Enemy 9. Legacy 10. Hearts Collide 11. The Fall
Line Up: Alexander Strandell – Vocals Love Magnusson – Guitars Jona Tee – Keyboards John Leven – Bass Christian Lundqvist – Drums
Integrating tribal rhythms and ancient instruments with modern groove metal has earned Mawiza recognition from the Chilean Grammys and respected elders like Mercyful Fate, Slipknot and Mastodon. But on their upcoming third album, these modern day Mapuche warriors are fighting to restore our balance with nature.
Today, Mawiza are releasing “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” as the third and final advanced single off ÜL. Though drawn from a place of deep sorrow, this earthshaking lament echoes the resilience of the band’s ancestral land by taking up the fight alongside Mapuche tribespeople and Joe Duplantier from Olympian performers and Grammy winners Gojira.
“This song is a lament for indigenous people who are living in the city, far away from the land”, Mawiza says. “But it’s also a wake up call. Underneath the city, even when crushed by concrete, nature is always fighting to come out”.
Hear Mawiza perform “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” and other defiant anthems from ÜL when they tour Europe this summer alongside fellow Chilean metalheads Ater.
Immortal Flame 2025 European Tour more dates to be announced! July 16 – Maribor, Slovenia @ Gustaf Pekarna July 17 – Miskolc, Hungary @ Zugivo July 18 – Deva, Romania @ John’s La Cetate July 19 – Targu Jiu, Romania @ Piano July 20 – Sibiu, Romania @ Rock & Bike July 21 – Timisoara, Romania @ Nemesis July 22 – Brasov, Romania @ La Templarie Pub July 23 – Arad, Romania @ Club Flex July 24 – Budapest, Hungary @ Riff July 25 – Szeged, Hungary @ Varosi Club July 26 – Pecs, Hungary @ Vararok July 27 – Ostrava, Czech Republic @ Barrack July 31 – Pinerolo, Italy @ Spazio Nino August 1 – Barberaz, France @ Brin De Zinc August 2 – Ostend, Belgium @ B52
Can’t wait to chant along to ÜL? Hear the whole album a week before it comes out by RSVPing for this week’s Bandcamp Listening Party.
ÜL Bandcamp Listening Party – RSVP Thursday, July 10 @ 1 pm Eastern Time
As they recently showcased onstage at Rock al Parque, Mawiza are a rising force on the international metal scene. But “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” harkens back to a lost moment in time. In English, the band’s latest offering translates to “The Last Harp Call”. A mouth harp opens the ceremonial proceedings, humming like a chorus of tree frogs, though this peculiar metallic instrument was chosen out of necessity.
“When writing this song, we started with the mouth harp, even though the Mapuche traditionally carved this instrument from wood”, the band says. Despite the loss, this feeling of displacement guided the song’s sense of purpose. “Kimpayaymi tami ekuwael / (Here you will learn to respect every form of life)”, Awka chants, gathering steam like a thundercloud, before a massive groove comes roaring down with the rushing force of a waterfall.
As outside land developers continue to encroach on indigenous territory in Chile, more Mapuche are being forced to migrate into the city. The video for “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” was filmed in neighboring Santiago, which is one of the largest cities in the Americas. While the band are now based amongst this bustling metropolis, even when performing atop one of its towering buildings, they can’t escape feeling trapped by the mounting pollution. With sickening screams, Awka strains against dissonant shredding that surges like radiation, as he calls out for the surrounding Andes mountains.
“We are supposed to be living in balance with nature”, says Awka, who wrote the lyrics to “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” amidst a bout with depression. “If nature is sick, then I’m sick, too”.
“Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” is the darkest and saddest of the nine chants on ÜL, but in closing the album, the song stands as a final warning call. “Yafülüwkülen mapu kutxan mew (All that is born, will fall and rot)“, Awka shouts over a steady rumble of double bass. Like the dancing kollong who protects the Mapocho River in the song’s video, drummer Txalkan serves as a guiding force. His booming kultrun and rattle of cascahuillas run through the entire album like a whitewater rapid.
“We wanted this song to sound like nature resisting the advancement of the city”, Txalkan says. “Even when crushed by industrial pollution, nature is always pushing up from beneath the concrete”.
For ÜL‘s last stand, Mawiza recruited allies from across their tight-knit community. While the band are long-time fans of Gojira, after opening for the metal Olympians in Chile, they quickly connected over their beliefs. “We share similar views on nature, animal liberation, the struggles of first nations”, says Txalkan. Not only did frontman Joe Duplantier eagerly join them in visiting the Mapuche community where the video for the album’s first single was filmed. He also hopped into the recording booth. The chant that closes “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” brings his monstrous roar in conversation with the resilient cries of Mapuche tribesmen, the two coming together like a smoke signal that rises to meet the blue sky.
Mawiza would like to thank their Mapuche Community Ngillatuwe Maipu, as well as Joe Duplantier for being part of this chant.
The video for “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” was directed and edited by Andrés Hetzler (@andreshetzler).
Additional video credits Produced by Unai Garcia, Andrés Hetzler, Karü Waria Film by Vesuvio Cine Kollong / Mask – Aucán Allegro
Rooftop Crew Director – Andrés Hetzler Art – Unai Garcia Director of Photography – Diego Jaña 1 AC – Alejandro Kourbis 2 AC – Simón Jorquera Focus – Andrés Hetzler Location – YMCA Propiedades
Street Unit Camera – Andrés Hetzler Production Assistant & Photos – Damián Ceitellis
Studio footage with Joe Duplantier filmed by Bosco Cabello
Tracklist(English Translation) 1. To Decolonize (3:38) [WATCH] 2. Hummingbird Dream (4:29) 3. Western Storm (3:50) 4. Become a Cougar (5:06) 5. Just Like The Tree (4:24) [WATCH] 6. The War of the Sky (6:13) 7. Dead of the Sun (4:08) 8. Let It Die (3:58) 9. The Last Harp Call (featuring Joe Duplantier from Gojira) (4:42) [WATCH]
ÜL means “chant” in Mapuzugun. The album represents the voice of the land, the origin of feeling, the first call to connect with emotions. It is the materialization of a part of the spirit that, for a few seconds, becomes one with the wind—a force we can hear, resonate, communicate with, and return to. ÜL is Mawiza’s indigenous chant, and like smoke, it rises as a message to the skies.
Like their Mapuche ancestors, Mawiza always look back. ÜL chants to awaken the energies that have fallen asleep in the land, using the power of the great cities to resist the noise of imbalance. In this way, the album becomes another element of nature, a force defending itself, speaking in its own language to keep fighting and condemning those who continue to futilely subjugate their own strength.
With ÜL, Mawiza present themself to the world with a decolonizing and empowering mission. The album proclaims that nature possesses consciousness and spirit. Opening song “Wingkawnoam” emphasizes the importance of indigenous Mapuche thought by following dreams as precise guides for one’s path in life.
“Pinhza ñi pewma” is a dream that Mawiza’s vocalist Awka had during a time when hummingbirds were nowhere to be seen. Their chant was absent and the chilco plant was disappearing. In Awka’s dream, four hummingbirds came to feed on the blood from his fingertips, as if it were nectar flowing from the flowers of the chilco.
ÜL pays tribute to nature and Mawiza’s ancestors. “Ngulutu” recalls ancient battles between the Mapuche and the Spanish in Santiago, Chile. “Mamüll Reke”, “Wenu Weychan”, “Lhan Antü”, and “Kalli Lhayay” are filled with rhythms and sounds reminiscent of the most hermetic rituals of the Mapuche people. They were used by shamans to induce trance and heal the sick, to communicate with and greet the spirits of the mountains.
Closing song “Ti Inan Paw-pawkan” features chants from members of Mawiza’s indigenous community, as well as Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier. It is here, during the album’s finale, that the band stake their claim as both indigenous and urban. The song acknowledges the mission entrusted to Mawiza by Mapuche authorities and by the land itself: to raise awareness about balance on Earth in an empowered way and to call for greater attentiveness to Mapuche territory. Otherwise, the consequences will be dire.
SLAYER shows have been a rare sight since their breakup in 2019 and reunion in 2024. After massive appearances at Riot Fest in Chicago (September 22, 2024) and Aftershock Festival in Sacramento (October 10, 2024), it was time once again.
Last night, Slayer took the stage at Blackweir 2025 in Cardiff, Wales – delivering a relentless set that left nothing unanswered.
Setlist highlights
Alongside the must-have classics like “Raining Blood”, “Angel of Death” and “South of Heaven”, fans were treated to some deeper cuts as well. A particularly special moment: “Spirit in Black” was played live for the first time since 2017 – a true goosebump moment for long-time Slayer fans.
Another standout: “213”, the disturbingly intimate track from Divine Intervention, made its way into the set – as did the explosive “Black Magic”, which served as a crushing lead-in to the finale.
A powerful emotional peak came with “Postmortem”, where the crowd took over the last verse in unison.
Time To Kill Records is proud to announce that Finnish blackened sludge alchemists TRYPANON will release their sophomore full-length album, “Through the Portal of Flesh to Achieve Divinity”, on September 5th, 2025.
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.
NEON DRAGON, Los Angeles based heavy metal band feat. Ronnie Romero (Rainbow) on vocals, have released their debut single ‘Enter the Dragon‘ and lyric video.
RockNGRowl Quote:“Enter the Dragon” is a full-throttle salute to classic heavy metal — built on real instruments, real talent, and real passion. With Will Wallner’s guitar mastery and Ronnie Romero’s electrifying vocals, Neon Dragon doesn’t just revive the past — they reignite it. This is the kind of music that reminds you why metal was never meant to be subtle.
Mixing and Mastering – Evan Heritage. Dragon Artwork – Will Wallner. Logo Design – Pitforge. Lyric Video Production – The Black Visual.
The singles dragon artwork was hand painted by Guitarist Will Wallner with oil on canvas.
Formed by guitarist Will Wallner, drummer Devin Lebsack, and bassist Nick Loxx, Neon Dragon is high energy ‘old school’ heavy metal. Their debut single features special guest vocals from Ronnie Romero (Rainbow).
Line Up:
Ronnie Romero – Vocals (Special Guest) Will Wallner – Guitars Nick Loxx – Bass Devin Lebsack – Drums
Drawing on inspiration from decades past, Neon Dragon delivers an authentic new energy to the traditional metal genre. Their approach is simple; no autotune, no samples, just real musicians playing organically with fire and passion. Neon Dragon’s sound is cranked Marshall stacks and scorching vocals. ROCK!
They are currently recording their debut album in Los Angeles and will tour the US, Japan and Europe in 2026.
Norwegian melodic death metal juggernaut Sublime Eyes return with ferocious intent, dropping their blistering new single “Pray For Death” — the second track taken from their highly anticipated new album IV: The Serpent’s Coil, due out September 5, 2025, via Wormholedeath.
“Pray for Death” isn’t just about nihilism — it’s about facing existential ruin with clenched fists. It captures the emotional dissonance of modern life: being pulled into the void but still fighting to stand. Sublime Eyes have delivered something that’s not just heavy — it’s hauntingly human.
Formed in Stavanger, Norway, Sublime Eyes have long been at the forefront of the Scandinavian melodic death/thrash movement. Since 2007, they’ve delivered punishing live sets at major festivals such as Bloodstock Open Air and Norway Rock Festival, and shared stages with icons including The Haunted, Entombed, and more.
With a career marked by constant evolution, Sublime Eyes have carved out a distinctive sonic identity: from their self-released debut Dawn of the Defiant (2010) to the epic and intense Corrocean (2019), and their darkly melodic 2023 EP From Light Unto Darkness. Now, IV: The Serpent’s Coil promises to be their most majestic and punishing release to.
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