Helsinki-based 6-piece hybrid metal band Keoma est. 2008 continues to push musical and emotional boundaries with their latest single, “Disease”. The track leans heavily into hard rock, while boldly embracing metal’s intensity – just as its lyrics confront difficult truths head-on. The song is also part of Keoma’s upcoming three-song “Mind Coaster” EP, which will be released 12.12.2025.
“”Disease” is about living with bipolar disorder – the chaotic cycles, the uncertainty, and the fleeting moments of hope. We wanted to create a song that doesn’t romanticize the illness, but also doesn’t shy away from its reality,” says vocalist Jasse Jatala.
Musically, “Disease” is heavy yet melodic – a rollercoaster that mirrors the theme of the song. It’s honest, raw, and still hopeful – much like life with mental health challenges often is.
SOULBOUND release the new single ‘Cutting Diamonds’ . The song is taken from the forthcoming studio album which will be released on 16 January 2026 by Metalville.
With “Cutting Diamonds”, SOULBOUND strike a softer note and yet remain true to themselves. The melancholy rock ballad tells of closeness, loss and the moment when you only have one thing left to say: “Hold on.” Between frosty imagery and atmospheric depth, a song about breaking up and the hope that lies within it unfolds. A courageous facet of an album that knows no rules.
With “sYn” SOULBOUND present their most uncompromising work to date. The melodic industrial metal band’s fourth studio album strikes a dark, direct tone and remains as catchy as it is uncomfortable. Between brutal self-reckoning, social criticism and sacred exaltation, “sYn” spins a dense thematic thread around the central motif of sin – rethought, interpreted in many different ways and bitterly personal.
Musically, the band remains true to itself: “sYn” combines hard riffs, brute synths, pounding beats and anthemic choruses. Somewhere between NDH, metalcore and electronically distorted world pain. But instead of bold provocation, it’s about attitude. It’s about admitting to being fallible. About contradicting dogmas and wrestling with one’s own precipice.
“If we’re considered sinners, might as well be it with purpose and flair!”, says the band. This is exactly how sYn sounds: raw, honest, angry, but also vulnerable. An album like a mirror that doesn’t embellish, but confronts. No pure accusations, but an outcry. Not enlightenment, but flames in which you stand.
“sYn” was recorded and produced entirely by the band themselves.
TRACK LISTING
1 Abaddon 2 sYn 3 No Kings Fo rMe 4 Cutting Diamonds 5 sYnfluencer 6 Chaos & Amen 7 Dark Throne 8 Neon Battlefield 9 Sacred Skin 10 Not Metal Enough 11 sYnners Crown 12 If U Seek Amy (Bonustrack / Cover) Original by Britney Spears
On 26 March 2026 the sYn Tour starts with 12 shows in Germany and Switzerland
26.03. DE Hamburg – Knust 27.03. DE Hannover – Musikzentrum 28.03. DE Köln – Luxor 10.04. DE Leipzig – Hellraiser 11.04. DE Berlin – Hole44 17.04. DE München – Backstage Halle 18.04. DE Stuttgart – Im Wizemann 24.04. DE Bremen – Tower 25.04. DE Wuppertal – LCB 30.04. DE Saarbrücken – Garage 01.05. CH Münchenstein – Rockfact 02.05. DE Frankfurt – Das Bett
LINE UP
Johannes „Johnny“ Stecker – lead vocals, shouting Felix Klemisch – guitars Patrick Winzler – keyboards Jonas Langer – bass Mario Krause – drums
Rock band Empiires released their new single, an incredible cover of TheWeeknd’s “Blinding Lights”, through TLG|Rock, distributed by Virgin Music Group. The band continues to build momentum by performing regionally and nationally.
The band states, “We are totally excited about sharing our new single ‘Blinding Lights’. This is a song by The Weeknd that we all know and love that connects with everyone.”
Empiires is a band from Dallas Texas, whose members are, Jay Childress/vocals, Chad Cable/bass, Joseph Larsen/drums and Darren Wise/guitar.
Italian metal fusionists NOVOMUNDO will release their first full-length album, “The Cursed Cult”, on March 1st, 2026.
The video of the first single “The Coven” is now available, watch it below.
NOVOMUNDO was born near Rome around 2012 with the idea to blend heavy and groovy music textures alongside various influences, rhythms, and instruments from all over the world. After some line-up changes over the years, the band rewrote and refined some of their previous material, releasing “Echoes of Ego”: four songs focused on mid-paced ferocity and exotic grooves, with themes exploring modern world decay, primeval instincts, and nightmarish visions.
“The Cursed Cult” represents the band’s first full-length effort: a darker and more crushing take on their renewed sound. The album explores Voodoo culture, its symbols and meanings, interpreted through the lens of contemporary life. Fourteen tracks of ferocity and raw energy blend dark ambient passages with a rotten edge, fusing death-groove and 2000s metal influences enriched by modern tones and crust-core elements.
The album is a concept piece centered on Voodoo — its mysteries, rituals, and symbolic icons. Lyrically, it touches on slavery, prejudice, and death as a way to give value to life, among other themes. Across the tracks, listeners are guided through the pantheon of Voodoo deities, called Loa, exploring their stories and traits as metaphors to convey the album’s core messages. The soundscape of NOVOMUNDO evokes emotional instability and a sense of unease, symbolizing the fear stemming from ignorance and unfamiliarity.
Tracklist:
01 Son of Mawu 02 Deathless 03 Erzulie 04 Bokor 05 The Coven 06 Mojo 07 Vodun 08 OSFTG 09 Le Marriage de Brigitte 10 Warlord 11 God’s Violence 12 Maitresse La-Sirene 13 Papa Legba 14 Orishas
Line-up:
Valerio Cristiani – Vocals Carlo Ridolfi – Guitar Fabio Ciccone – Guitar Fausto Idini – Drums
FUELED BY FEAR, the Zürich-based metalcore outfit, continue their momentum with “Godmade”, the third single from their upcoming EP “Ordinary Evil” (out January 30, 2026).
Following September’s “Suffer” and October’s “Edge of Sanity (stream on Spotify), “Godmade” marks the midpoint of a five-month release campaign building toward the full EP launch.
The band has announced an ambitious visual component to the campaign: three music videos will accompany the EP, with “Godmade” set to receive cinematic treatment in March 2026.
“Godmade” drops on November 28th, 2025 on all streaming platforms.
The complete “Ordinary Evil” EP comes out on January 30th, 2026. With their new EP, Fueled By Fear deliver their most mature and uncompromising work to date. The five tracks move between dark groove steamrollers and melodically dense anthems – harder, more powerful, and more forceful than all previous productions.
The band has sharpened their sound: hardness meets groove, tempo meets aggression, while melodic passages merge with modern pressure. The result is songs with enormous chorus quality and real sing along potential – dark, but irresistibly catchy.
BIO: FUELED BY FEAR from Zurich have been combining the intensity of metalcore with the melodic depth of melodic death metal since 2011. The band manages to merge melodic passages with grooving rhythms into a sound that can both strike brutally and touch emotionally. Support performances for In Flames, Sepultura, and even Pantera underscore their international relevance. Their debut “Two By Eight” reached #5 on the Swedish rock charts and #22 in Switzerland. Fueled By Fear stands for authentic metal without filters!
For Fans Of: Heaven Shall Burn, In Flames, Caliban, Darkest Hour, At the Gates, The Haunted, Bleed From Within
Line-up: Vocals: Marco Böhlen Guitar: Manuel Elber Guitar: Daniel Zopfi Bass: Josh De Souza Drums: Mauro Galasso
Last Friday marked the release of the first album from the Steve Morse Band in sixteen years! To celebrate, they have released the title track featuring Dream Theater’s legendary guitarist and founding member, John Petrucci. Watch the Steve Morse Band trio in action on the official studio videoHERE.
Triangulation is released today via Music Theories Recordings and features the previously released tracks TexUS featuring Eric Johnson, and Break Through.
The longtime friends have always expressed their admiration for each other, so the sound of the two iconic guitarists entwining on the album’s title track is a thrilling experience, with Petrucci bringing his inimitable progressive metal thunder to the proceedings.
Talking about the track, Morse says, “You simply can’t point to anybody and say they’re better than this guy. Perfect execution, solo ideas, sounds, everything. The ‘Tri’ part of the title comes from the tritone interval that’s used in the basic guitar riff.”
Whenever we think of the greatest guitar players of all time, Steve Morse is a name that’s always in the conversation. This album sees Morse teaming up once again with Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, and Flying Colors bassist Dave LaRue, with Van Romaine [Steve Morse Band/Enrique Iglesias] joining on drums.
“The album title Triangulation comes from the concept of aviators, navigators, and sailors looking at two points to pinpoint their exact location at a specific moment in time,” says Steve. It’s a geographical concept that also applies to human life on a broader level, and given the journey Morse has been on in recent years, it’s only natural that he’s been on a path of self-discovery and reflection.
“The concept of Triangulation can be used for a lot of life’s problems,” he explains. “On the album cover, the humanoid figure is trying to break through the wall, and is trying to see the position and methods the other two beings have used to get free of that wall. We’re a trio band, even though we will be touring with a fourth musician, so triangulation was an appropriate title since triangles always have three sides.”
There are also some stellar guest features, including Kevin Morse, who joins his father on “Taken by an Angel”—the most poignant of the nine tracks and a tribute to Steve’s beloved late wife, Janine.
Talking about the guests on the record, he continues, “I was so lucky to get all of them on this record,” smiles Morse. “Having purely instrumental guests for the first time in decades feels new to me, especially when they are so incredibly talented. Eric and I met back in the ’70s while touring. He was the most immaculate guitarist I had ever heard, and we remained friends. John reached the pinnacle I’d always reached for, but never got to, and is absolutely amazing. I always love being involved with my son, and the piece he contributed to was intensely personal for both of us. I love the thought, tone, playing and commitment he put into his performance.”
Track listing 1. Break Through 2. Off the Cuff 3. TexUS (ft. Eric Johnson) 4. The Unexpected 5. March of the Nomads 6. Ice Breaker 7. Tumeni Partz 8. Triangulation (ft. John Petrucci) 9. Taken by an Angel (ft. Kevin Morse)
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