Jordfäst about the song – Dit gudarna trälar är” (Where the gods are thralls) journeys through centuries of Swedish history, shaped by the steel and iron industry and defined by relentless warfare.
Bloodshed and whoredom is the third installment in the Jordfäst saga and the darkest chapter thus far. Bellowed by the winds from the past, it is forged with steel and blood in a furnace built by Scandinavian rock. The lyrical themes and musical compositions bond together, forming a strong and durable alloy. Under the unyielding strokes of hammers, the characteristic Jordfäst soundscape has been hardened, and the melodies have been thoroughly honed by melancholia to deep-cutting perfection.
“Ett altare av skarvar” (An altar of shards) combines fragments from Völuspá with imagery of violent manipulation and mental torture to explore the everlasting desire in humans to make sense of their existence. “Dit gudarna trälar är” (Where the gods are thralls) journeys through centuries of Swedish history, shaped by the steel and iron industry and defined by relentless warfare.
Inimitable synth rock enigma ZETRA have returned with their dreamy, anthemic new single ‘So’. The track is the duos first new music since the release of their debut album in September of last year.
ZETRA comment: “Can we believe the lie? The membrane shudders to the touch Alive within the mind, a barrier between two worlds. Will there be peace beyond the veil? Or is chaos ever raging? It is so. Zetra are reborn.”
ZETRA were recently awarded The Great Escape’s Steve Strange Award for 2025 following their performance at the festival last month. The award celebrates boundary-breaking new talent and the legacy of the iconic music agent Steve Strange.
This weekend will see ZETRA perform at Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park in Germany, before returning to the UK for a slot at this years Download Festival. The pair are also set to support mysterious new act PRESIDENT in London at the end of July.
ZETRA LIVE 2025 7th June – DE, Nürnberg – Rock Im Park 8th June – DE, Nürburgring – Rock Am Ring 14th June – Donington, UK – Download Festival 30th July – London, UK – The Garage (supporting PRESIDENT)
Following the release of their brand new 14th studio album The Screaming Of The Valkyries (Napalm Records) – which made stellar debuts at #2 on both the US and Canadian Hard Music Albums charts, #4 on the US Current Rock Albums chart, and more – GRAMMY Award-nominated extreme metal institution CRADLE OF FILTH have unveiled another surprise! A brand new music video for driving album track “Demagoguery” is out now, providing an eerily disturbing backdrop to the song, which blends dark beauty, blast beats and slaytanic groove as only Cradle can combine.
The video comes just in time for the band to kick off their UK/European headline tour, featuring support from label mates Nervosa, later this week! See below for a full listing of current tour dates!
“Demagoguery” music video director Shaun Hodson says about the video’s concept: “Subject Eleven, a marionette puppet, is controlled by the media, government, and television, her every move dictated by their unseen strings. As a charismatic world leader rises, cloaked in promises of peace, the truth behind her manipulation becomes clear: she is part of a dark orchestration guiding the world toward the rise of the Antichrist.”
On The Screaming Of The Valkyries, Dani Filth’s recognizable scream and equally identifiable growl stand mightily alongside twin guitar attacks, symphonic flourishes and explosive rhythm section, implemented by drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka, bassist Daniel Firth, guitarists Marek “Ashok” Smerda and Donny Burbage, and keyboardist/vocalist Zoe Federoff. Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studios in Suffolk, England, The Screaming of the Valkyries beckons the brave into a new era of CRADLE OF FILTH misadventure, celebrating massive melancholic melody, blackened thrash, and apocalyptic existential dread with a grinning smattering of unbridled revelry. The Screaming of the Valkyries is a bloody dark love letter to the longtime legion of CRADLE OF FILTH faithful and a stunning entryway for fresh lambs to the sonic slaughter.
Menacing album opener “To Live Deliciously” hits immediately with rhythmic urgency, built around a Libertine lyrical hook that twists and writhes with aggression, atmosphere, and melody. Across the album’s blunt and unforgiving yet inviting expanse, Cradle summons the succulent flavors of classic albums like Dusk And Her Embrace and Cruelty And The Beast with the galloping (but no less fierce) thunder of recent entries Hammer Of The Witches and Existence Is Futile. Flashes of early metal influences coalesce with carnivorous glee into unapologetic death ‘n’ roll.Anchored by arguably the most mournful melody in their catalog, “Non Omnis Moriar” (“I shall not wholly die”) could be a cousin to Paradise Lost or Anathema, inverted through Cradle’s thorny prism. “You Are My Nautilus” is the darkest song Iron Maiden never wrote, spinning an epic tale with dueling guitars, while “Ex Sanguine Draculae” conjures Dusk-era atmosphere with imaginative new colors.
The Screaming Of The Valkyries track listing: 1. To Live Deliciously 2. Demagoguery 3. The Trinity Of Shadows 4. Non Omnis Moriar 5. White Hellebore 6. You Are My Nautilus 7. Malignant Perfection 8. Ex Sanguine Draculae 9. When Misery Was A Stranger
CRADLE OF FILTH SUMMONED IN SUMMER TOUR UK/EU Support: NERVOSA (on select dates) 06.06.25 PL – Gdansk / Mystic Festival 07.06.25 CZ – Ostrava / Barrack 09.06.25 SK – Kosice / Colosseum 10.06.25 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra 11.06.25 AT – Salzburg / Rockhouse 12.06.25 AT – Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock 14.06.25 UK – Donington / Download Festival 27.06.25 FI – Helsinki / Tuska Festival 04.07.25 DE – Ballenstedt / Rockharz Festival 05.07.25 BE – Leffinge / De Zwerver 06.07.25 UK – Norwich / Epic Studio 08.07.25 UK – Margate / Dreamland 09.07.25 UK – Torquay / The Foundry 11.07.25 UK – Southampton / 1865 12.07.25 NL – Emmen / Pitfest 13.07.25 NL – Maastricht / Muziekgieterij 15.07.25 DE – Dortmund / Junkyard 16.07.25 DE – Bremen / Tivoli 18.07.25 DE – Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal 19.07.25 DE – Munich / Backstage 20.07.25 IT – Cremona / Luppolo Rock Festival 21.07.25 AT – Dornbirn / Conrad Sohm 23.07.25 SK – Bratislava / MMC 24.07.25 SI – Tolmin / Tolminator Festival
CRADLE OF FILTH is: Dani Filth – Vocals Marek ‘Ashok’ Smerda – Guitars Martin ‘Marthus’ Skaroupka – Drums Daniel Firth – Bass Donny Burbage – Guitars Zoe Federoff – Vocals, Keys
Ukrainian metal titans JINJER are set to return to headline stages across Europe for the first time in over six years. Kicking off on January 23, 2026, in Cologne, Germany, the tour will span 17 major cities, marking a triumphant new chapter for the band.
Armed with their most dynamic and ambitious album to date, Duél, JINJER are ready to unleash their trademark blend of technical precision, crushing heaviness, and emotional intensity on fans across the continent. Following years of global festival appearances and extensive touring, this tour is more than just a series of shows – it’s a full-circle moment that fans have been eagerly awaiting since the band’s last European headline run in 2019.
Renowned for their genre-defying sound and electrifying performances, JINJER continues to rise as one of the most dynamic forces in today’s metal landscape. The band spent 2024 on the road with Sepultura as part of the iconic group’s farewell world tour, and 2025 has already seen them bring their ferocity to stages across Asia and Australia. This summer, JINJER will storm North America as direct support for Babymetal, with additional high-profile festival appearances set for Download UK, Graspop Metal Meeting, and more.
JINJER Live 2025/2026
EU FESTIVALS 2025: 03.06.25 LT – Vilnius / Compesa Hall 04.06.25 SE – Sölvesborg / Sweden Rock 06.06.25 PL – Gdańsk / Mystic Festival 07.06.25 DE – Nuremberg / Rock im Park 08.06.25 DE – Nürburg / Rock am Ring 10.06.25 SI – Laibach / Mediacenter 12.06.25 AT – Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock Festival 13.06.25 FI – Turku / Rock Fest 14.06.25 CH – Interlaken / Greenfield Festival 15.06.25 UK – Donington Park / Download Festival 17.06.25 BG – Sofia / Maimunarnika 19.06.25 FR – Clisson / Hellfest 20.06.25 BE – Dessel / Graspop Metal Meeting 22.06.25 IT – Milan / Dissonance Fest 25.06.25 ES – Viveiro / Resurrection Fest 26.06.25 NL – Ysselsteyn / Jera On Air 28.06.25 NO – Oslo / Tons Of Rock 29.06.25 PT – Lisbon / Evil Live Festival 02.07.25 DK – Roskilde / Roskilde Festival
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SUPPORTING BABYMETAL w/ Bloodywood: 05.07.25 US – Milwaukee / Summerfest 06.07.25 US – Maryland Heights / Saint Louis Music Park 08.07.25 US – Chicago / Aragon Ballroom 09.07.25 US – Minneapolis / The Armory 11.07.25 US – Denver / The JunkYard 14.07.25 CA – Vancouver / Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Center 15.07.25 US – Kent / Showare Center 17.07.25 US – San Francisco / Masonic 18.07.25 US – San Francisco / Masonic 20.07.25 US – Las Vegas / The Pearl 21.07.25 US – Salt Lake City / Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre 23.07.25 US – Phoenix / Arizona Financial
EU HEADLINE TOUR 2026: 23.01.26 DE – Cologne / Palladium 24.01.26 NL – Tilburg / O13 25.01.26 BE – Brussels / AB Brussels 02.02.26 FR – Paris / L’Olympia 03.02.26 FR – Lyon / Transbordeur 04.02.26 FR – Toulouse / Bikini 11.02.26 CH – Zurich / X-tra 12.02.26 DE – Stuttgart / LKA 13.02.26 DE – Wiesbaden / Schlachthof 14.02.26 DE – Munich / Tonhalle 16.02.26 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra 19.02.26 CZ – Prague / Sasazu 20.02.26 DE – Leipzig / Felsenkeller 21.02.26 DE – Berlin / Astra 01.03.26 DK – Copenhagen / Amager Bio 02.03.26 DE – Hamburg / Grosse Freiheit 36
Over the past 15 years, JINJER have built a reputation as one of modern metal’s most fearless and forward-thinking bands. Rising from the Ukrainian underground to international acclaim, their blend of progressive groove, technical precision, and raw emotion has earned them over 250 million global streams and views. From viral hits like “Pisces” to the crushing intensity of Macro and the dark complexity of Wallflowers, their discography continues to redefine what heavy music can be. Their latest album Duél features multiple music videos with multi-millions of combined views to date and broke into the charts at #2 US Hard Music Albums, #6 US Current Rock Albums, #2 CAN Hard Music Albums, #3 France Metal, #7 UK Rock & Metal and beyond.
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Duél tracklisting: 1. Tantrum 2. Hedonist 3. Rogue 4. Tumbleweed 5. Green Serpent 6. Kafka 7. Dark Bile 8. Fast Draw 9. Someone’s Daughter 10. A Tongue So Sly 11. Duél
JINJER is: Tatiana Shmayluk – Vocals Roman Ibramkhalilov – Guitars Eugene Abdukhanov – Bass Vlad Ulasevich – Drums
Critically acclaimed British Blues phenom guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor is pleased to announce five UK concerts in September 2025. Planet Rock will start a 48-hour ticket pre-sale at 10am GMT on Wednesday June 4th via Planetrock.com.
The general on-sale coincides with Joanne’s new studio album Black & Gold released by Journeyman Records on Friday June 6th.
The album is available on vinyl, CD and digital HERE.
The tour kicks off at Bath Forum (Wednesday September 24th) and continues at York Barbican (Thursday September 25th), Wolverhampton Wulfren Hall (Saturday September 27th), Eastbourne Devonshire Park Theatre (Sunday September 28th), and London Cadogan Hall (Thursday October 9th).
Don’t miss Joanne Shaw Taylor live with her powerhouse band as she hits the stage with songs from her brand-new album Black & Gold. Known for her blazing guitar work and soulful voice, Joanne fuses blues, rock, soul, and pop into an unforgettable live performance. The evening will also include fan favourites from past albums and nods to blues greats. Widely regarded as one of today’s most electrifying live acts, Joanne Shaw Taylor guarantees an unforgettable night of musical brilliance.
Joanne will also perform songs from her rich back catalogue of albums including Heavy Soul, Nobody’s Fool, and The Blues Album which topped Billboard Magazine’s Official Blues Album Chart.
The Blues Album was voted #1 Most Played Blues Album of 2021 by the Independent Blues Broadcaster’s Association. Joanne will also perform select songs from her older album Reckless Heart, Wild, The Dirty Truth, Almost Always Never, Diamonds in the Dirt, and White Sugar.
One of the highlights from Joanne’s new Black & Gold album is “Look What I’ve Become”—a haunting reflection on addiction, isolation, and the moment of choosing whether to fight or let go. The gripping track blends minor-key blues intensity with the cinematic sweep of a Bond theme, anchoring some of Joanne’s most confessional songwriting and driving it home with her incredible signature guitar tone.
“This song’s about hitting that crossroads,” Joanne shares. “It’s about the moment where you either change everything or disappear. The lyrics came from a very honest place—and I wanted the music to match that intensity.” Watch the official music video HERE.
Always one to push boundaries, Joanne’s union with Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records continues to flourish, ensuring that her music reaches her global fanbase. This relationship, alongside her innate creativity, guarantees a stream of sensational releases that cuts through the industry noise.
Discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics when she was a mere 16-years-old and subsequently invited to tour the world, Joanne’s rise to stardom, propelled by endorsements from music giants like Stevie Wonder and Annie Lennox, remains unmatched.
With a discography boasting chart-toppers like Reckless Heart, The Blues Album, and 2024’s Heavy Soul, Joanne is unstoppable. As she celebrates her highly anticipated new studio album Black & Gold, fans can expect a cocktail of her signature guitar riffs, emotive vocals, and inspired songwriting.
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JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR 2025 BLACK & GOLD UK TOUR SPECIAL GUESTS: FERRIS & SYLVESTER
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[From L to R: Marcus Hammer, Michał Warzdała, Thomas Hertler]
Mystic Production and Massacre Records, part of the Nuclear Blast label family, have entered into a long-term cooperation agreement. As of June 1st, Mystic will take over the physical exploitation of Massacre’s extensive back catalogue as well as the physical and digital release operations for Massacre’s frontline repertoire. This cooperation has been established as part of an agreement between Mystic Production and Soulfood Distribution, a Nuclear Blast affiliate.
Massacre Records is a legendary German label specializing in heavy metal, founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The company has been home to artists such as King Diamond, Theatre Of Tragedy, Atrocity and many others. It is currently led by Thomas Hertler, who has been with the label since its inception.
Mystic Production is one of the most successful independent music companies in Poland. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2025, the label represents major artists such as Behemoth, Riverside, Lunatic Soul, and many others. Over the years, Mystic Production has achieved gold and platinum certifications for releases by artists including Slayer, Behemoth, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, and The Prodigy. The company also owns Mind Your Vinyl (a vinyl pressing plant), Mystic Festival (the largest metal festival in Eastern Europe, with past headliners including Iron Maiden, Slayer, Slipknot, Megadeth, Sleep Token, and Ghost), and Mystic Management.
Michał Wardzała, CEO of Mystic Production, commented:
“I’m happy and thrilled about this new partnership with the fantastic team at Massacre Records. Together, we aim to bring both classic albums and upcoming releases back to life. We are extremely fortunate to team up with Thomas Hertler, who will continue to lead the label with full operational independence. I would like to thank Marcus Hammer, CEO of Nuclear Blast, for the focused and trustful conversations that laid the foundation for this collaboration. We are looking forward to this exciting new journey together!”
Thomas Hertler added:
“Me and the guys at Massacre Records are excited to join forces with Mystic Production. I know Michal and the guys there for a long time and we share the same attitude and visons! We are sure that this transition is a great step into the future for both companies and we can`t wait to get it started!”
As part of the newly established partnership, Mystic Production has also licensed a selection of titles from the catalogues of Nuclear Blast and AFM Records.
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
