FROM SHEEP TO WOLVES Present New Music Video ‘Rejection’

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There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from screaming into a void that never screams back. It’s that heavy, silent weight that From Sheep To Wolves captures so perfectly in their new music video for “Rejection.”

Taken from their upcoming album Ephemeris (arriving February 27, 2026, via Wormholedeath), “Rejection” is a self-defense mechanism set to music. While the band is known for their signature blend of alternative metal and electronic pulses, this track leans into the “quiet-heavy”.

“Rejection” speaks to the feeling of being unheard and slowly worn down by a world that never seems to change. It touches on lost hope, generational frustration, and the need to protect your dreams by keeping them to yourself. It’s a restrained and honest song, built on endurance rather than anger.

From Sheep To Wolves started as a production project between Carlo Cranmer and John Castiel back in 2015, but their sound, ranging from crushing breakdowns to atmospheric beats, demanded a live stage. Following the intensity of their previous single “Submission,” “Rejection” proves that the band isn’t afraid to get vulnerable while keeping their sonic edge sharp.

Ephemeris is a journey through the highs and lows of the human spirit. If these first looks are any indication, we are in for one of the most honest metal releases of 2026.

Pre-save Ephemeris today: orcd.co/ephemeris

Previous video: Submission: Watch

Line up:
Carlo Cranmer: Vocals & Guitars
Julio Quintero: Drums
Carl Cassar: Bass

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RAIN DIARY Release New Single ‘Naive’ from Upcoming Album “Night Church”

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The best-kept secret of the Finnish gothic rock scene, Rain Diary, released their new single Naive yesterday, January 22, 2026. The band’s album Night Church, also known as never-ending project (the so-called hellishly difficult third album), will be released on March 27, 2026.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, tidal etc.): https://push.fm/fl/raindiary-naive

–ISRC: FI3FC2665501
–Composition/Lyrics/Arrangement: Joonas Verho, Tytti Toppari-Pellikainen, Teemu Rantanen, Joni Bitter, Lauri Kujasalo

Rain Diary is a Finnish rock band that plays beautiful and twisted dark wave tunes. The band bears its roots in Finnish melancholy, the scenery of evergreen forests, nightless nights and snow-covered wilderness, though the band constantly breaks this easily labelled HIM/Nightwish-stereotype by breathing in something new. Rain Diary injects urban feel with the drumming electronics and clever pop elements making the band a must-see for the fans of Depeche Mode, Placebo and alike. Rain Diary’s music genre has been labelled as winterwave.

Rain Diary are:
Joonas Verho – vocals
Tytti Toppari-Pellikainen – keyboards. vocals
Teemu Rantanen – guitar
Joni Bitter – bass, guitar, programming
Lauri Kujasalo – drums

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SAASTA Release First Single + Video ‘The Leeches’ from Upcoming Album

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Photo: Uljas Blind Visions

Finnish death metal band Saasta‘s new single The Leeches is a grittily realistic depiction of present-day and past societies, in which the world’s small, blood-sucking elite – disguised as sirs and lords – rip everything from the common person, down to their very hope and health. The story can be seen as the complete failure of a beautiful future utopia. A human being works throughout their life only to be drained dry and thrown into a pit once they are no longer considered productive enough by the ruling elite. In the end, does a civilized society differ at all from livestock farming?

Musically, the track combines black and death metal in Saasta’s characteristic way, with death metal’s brute force ensuring that the black metal message reaches the listener’s deepest core.

The single’s cover art and the music video were created with a raw DIY spirit by Saasta.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, tidal etc.): https://push.fm/fl/saasta-theleeches

–SRC: FI3FC2654201
–Composition & Lyrics by Topias Jokipii

Saasta is an extreme metal band from Kotka, Finland. Formed in 2020 the band combines the mercilessness of black and death metal, with the more subtle nuances of doom. The combination is dark and groovy metal with its own distinctive sound, where strong lyrical expression meets raw energy. Saasta is known for their intense stage presence and uncompromising effort.

Vocals – Leevi Kärsämä
Guitar – Topias Jokipii
Bass Guitar – Janne Hietanen
Drums – Jimi Lahtinen

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DEATH DIES Reveal Details of Upcoming “Maledicti In Aeternvm” Album

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DEATH DIES‘ new album “Maledicti In Aeternvm” will be released on April 3rd via My Kingdom Music and will be a journey into the blackest depths of Black Metal where light and hope end.

Today we unveil the cover artwork of the album realized by Maira Pedroni and the tracklist that is:

  1. Il Bosco Siamo Noi
  2. Asmodevs
  3. Trivia Soteira
  4. Mater Meretrix
  5. La Casa Del Diaol
  6. La Malcontenta
  7. Patavinorvm Tyrannvs
  8. Carmina Trivmphalia
  9. Caron Dimonio
  10. Destroyer

Recorded at Thorazine Music Studio and at Unhealty Recording studio, mixed and mastered at Deadferro Audio Project Studio by Daniele Ferretto, “Maledicti In Aeternvm” is the result of two years worth of blood and sweat. It is uncompromising extreme music and elite Dark Art in the name of the most ferocious, extremist and evil Black Metal.

The band takes the legacy of Primordial Black Metal and enriches it with devastating elements of Hard-core and Thrash Death Metal. All this leads to a fast, powerful, violent album… in short, “Maledicti In Aeternvm” is a creature that will sink into your flesh like a blade able of piercing your quiet existence.

This is DEATH DIES… the purest essence of Black Metal.

“Maledicti In Aeternvm”, out on April 3rd, is now available to pre-order in LP, digipakCD and Deluxe Edition from the following: https://t.ly/O-Q7U

SODOM Release New Video + Single for Remixed Version of ‘Jabba The Hutt’

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SODOM in 1994

Sodom’s, 1994 album Get What You Deserve didn’t stick to any of the rules of the era. “We just wanted to sound completely nuts — full-on, in-your-face madness – it was pure Sodom just not giving a damn. Especially not about what anyone else was doing. We wanted to do what felt right to us — raw, grimy, unpolished. Songs that would make other people cringe — that’s what we were after.”

The new single ‘Jabba the Hutt’ is one such track, and it may appear that it‘s named after a Star Wars character — but it’s actually about a real person. When asked about it, Tom Angelripper and Andy Brings respond in unison: “We won’t comment on that.”

The accompanying video is cut from archive camcorder footage of the infamous photoshoots for both the grotesque album cover of ‘Get What You Deserve’ and it’s preceding EP, ‘Aber Bitte Mit Sahne’ and provides a snapshot into the warped minds of Sodom in 1994!

Thirty-two years later, this snarling beast is being unleashed on the metal community once again. A timeless punch to the gut — or, as Maik Weichert, guitarist and mastermind of German metalcore heroes Heaven Shall Burn, puts it: “The best punk album of the nineties!”

Get What You Deserve will be released as an extensive box set, remastered and newly mixed by Andy Brings, including the remastered and remixed Aber Bitte Mit Sahne EP, plus the first concert with Atomic Steif as a bonus double LP and a DVD with additional live shows. Alongside the original hotel room cover, the package also includes the censored version with the band photo and the originally planned artwork featuring a Knarrenheinz painting by cult artist Andreas Marschall.

Get What You Deserve will be released on February 27, 2026 via BMG and is available for pre-order now. 

Sodom’s deluxe, expanded reissue of Get What You Deserve is available in these formats.

  • Box set including 5LP’s on deluxe colour wax, book, poster and DVD.
  • Double, gatefold milky clear vinyl.
  • Triple CD digisleeve with 24 page booklet

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BLOODHUNTER Release Ferocious Video for New Single ‘The Devil’s Own’

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Spain’s ferocious melodic death metal act BLOODHUNTER are back with a vengeance. Following their recent signing with ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music, the band now present the first grim taste of what’s to come: their brand-new video single “The Devil’s Own”!

Forged in Galicia, BLOODHUNTER have carved out a strong position within the international extreme metal scene through uncompromising songwriting, intense live performances and a clear artistic vision. Fronted by the unmistakable Diva Satanica, the band fuse razor-sharp riffing, massive grooves and sweeping melodies with a fierce vocal attack and strong conceptual identity.

“The Devil’s Own” shows BLOODHUNTER pushing beyond familiar territory. The track blends oppressive heaviness with haunting melodic lines, creating an atmosphere that feels both brutally aggressive and eerily beautiful. It is darker, more personal and more daring than anything the band have released so far, while still hitting with unmistakable BLOODHUNTER force.

Visually, the accompanying video mirrors the song’s inner conflict and darkness, underlining the emotional weight of the track while embracing the band’s extreme-metal aesthetic.

Listen: https://bloodhunter.rpm.link/devilsownPR

Diva Satanica explains the intense personal background behind the song:
“I wrote the lyrics while being on my last tour in South America with another band. It was a very intense period of my life when I had to take some of the hardest decisions in my career, so it speaks about that. It was one of our faves since the beginning because it’s very different from what we’ve done so far: it’s pure evil but with lots of beautiful melodies.”

After joining forces with ROAR, “The Devil’s Own” serves as a first harbinger of BLOODHUNTER’s upcoming new album, which will be released in the hopefully not-too-distant future. If this single is any indication, the next record will be the band’s most fearless and uncompromising statement yet!

BLOODHUNTER is:
Diva Satánica – Vocals
Dani Arcos – Guitar
G. Starless – Guitar
Adrián Perales – Drums
Fabián Tejeda – Bass

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