January 23, 2026 will see the release of “Le sang des Pierres”, the brand-new album by French post-hardcore four-piece GROS ENFANT MORT, arriving via Moment of Collapse Records. Following the first single, “Saigne Saigne Saigne” (Listen), the band now unveils its latest track, “Merci les cendres”. The song is accompanied by a new music video, directed and edited by Arthur Chowca, which you can watch below.
“This song captures the fragile moment when, after watching one’s life go up in smoke, depression finally begins to lift. Sensations return, colors reappear, and with them, the possibility of a future – even if uncertain, even if built on ruins. It speaks of the lucid and painful decision to keep moving forward, using the still-warm embers and ashes of the past as the foundation for rebuilding. Caught between hope and vertigo, it’s a tentative attempt to be reborn in a world that’s still burning“.
Tracklist:
Cloué au sol
Saigne! Saigne! Saigne!
Château de cartes
3114
Étranger à la Terre
Paillasson 4ever
L’art de perdre
Merci les cendres
Le sang des pierres
With “Le Sang des Pierres”GROS ENFANT MORT turn exhaustion into defiance. The Poitiers-based band – rooted in French screamo and post-hardcore traditions – craft a record that feels less like catharsis and more like survival. Born from emptiness and collapse, it captures the slow erosion of self under social pressure, isolation, and the absurdity of modern life.
Where 2022’s “La Banalité du Mal” dissected everyday cruelty, “Le Sang des Pierres” internalizes it. Depression here isn’t treated as a personal flaw, but as the symptom of a system that alienates and consumes. The band doesn’t seek healing or redemption; they bear witness.
Musically, the album hits harder than anything they’ve done before – dense, raw, and relentless. Guitars slash through walls of noise, drums hammer like a trapped heartbeat, while fleeting melodic fragments flicker through the ruins. It’s chaotic, but never directionless – a precise portrait of collapse and resistance intertwined.
Yet, amid the heaviness, there’s light: the “smell of rain on dry earth,” a fragile reminder that life persists. GROS ENFANT MORT call it a “constructive rage” – not despair, but refusal. A decision to keep moving, even when the ground splits beneath you.
“Le Sang des Pierres” isn’t a comfort record. It’s a document of endurance – a howl against resignation, and proof that even at the edge, something within us still insists on surviving.
The album will be out on January 23, 2026 via Moment of Collapse Records and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION
Sun Of The Suns has released “One With The Sun”, second single taken from the new album “Entanglement” to be released on December 12 by Scarlet Records.
This song represents stages of the grieving process. Set in a cold, dark, and undefined cosmic expanse, the lyrics’ narrative is an astral journey through sorrow, capturing the pivotal moment when pain’s metabolization begins. It’s about transcending loss, culminating in a profound realization that allows the spirit to rise above suffering.
“Entanglement”:
produced, mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio;
featuring Francesco Paoli (Fleshgod Apocalypse) on drums and Ludovico Cioffi (Delain, Nightland) on guitar and bass;
illustrated by Erskine Designs;
“Entanglement” tracklist:
1 Wanderer Of The Cosmos 2 On The Last Day Of Earth 3 Ephemeral, Ethereal, Eternal 4 If I Could Hold The Sky 5 One With The Sun 6 Wanderer Of The Unknown 7 Please, Blackout My Eyes 8 The Void Where Sound Ends Its Path 9 Entanglement
Total running time – 45:19
artwork by Erskine Designs
Since their inception with the crushing 2021 debut album “TIIT”, Sun Of The Suns has carved out a peculiar space blending technical death metal, progressive groove, and futuristic soundscapes. Now, the band is set to re-ignite the extreme scene with “Entanglement”, a transcendent cosmic soundscape forged from the brutal rhythm of tech death and ethereal melodies.
The music showcases a singular creative vision and features the explosive and intricate drumming of Francesco Paoli (Fleshgod Apocalypse), whose performance adds a layer of precision that fits perfectly the Sun Of The Suns forward-thinking sound. “Entanglement” was expertly crafted and fine-tuned by producer Simone Mularoni, ensuring every element is delivered with stunning clarity.
Coupled with emotionally resonant lyrics forming a captivting concept, the second effort of the Italian unit is a punishing, intense, and shattering celestial voyage.
Sun Of The Suns: Luca Scarlatti – vocals Marco Righetti – rhythm guitar, lead guitar Ludovico Cioffi – rhythm guitar, bass Francesco Paoli – drums (guest appearance)
Progressive metal rock phenomenon Spiral Fracture have released the lyric video for their latest track, “Scars”, taken from their highly anticipated album Grace in Decay, set for release via Wormholedeath.
With “Scars,” Spiral Fracture delve into the emotional wreckage left by loss and self-deception. The song captures the feeling of being trapped in one’s own mind, searching for meaning while watching everything familiar dissolve. Through haunting lyrics and shifting dynamics, “Scars” reflects on identity, regret, and the quiet surrender that comes after betrayal. It’s both a confession and a release, echoing the band’s signature blend of introspection and intensity within their progressive rock/metal soundscape.
Spiral Fracture bridges the past and future of progressive metal. Their sound combines thunderous drums, soul-shaking bass, and atmospheric guitars with the soaring clarity of a classically trained alto vocalist. Inspired by the Fibonacci spiral, their music mirrors the fractures of modern society, blending prog, rock, death, black, and power metal into a precise yet primal sonic tapestry.
The lineup features David Givens (guitar), Brian Fisher (drums), Brian Tanner (bass), and Javier Ramos (vocals). Now managed by Extreme Management Group, Spiral Fracture is poised to expand their reach and connect with progressive metal fans worldwide.
Richie Sambora-Inspired Track from Living Room Rockstar Part 2 Explores Universal Theme of Words We Never Say
Cairo, Egypt – Andrzej Citowicz has released “Letters Never Sent”, a new lyric video from the critically acclaimed album “Living Room Rockstar Part 2”. The track represents one of the album’s most emotionally vulnerable moments, blending pop-blues sensibilities with the melodic hooks that defined Richie Sambora and Bon Jovi’s greatest work.
FOR A SPECIAL DEAR FRIEND “I wrote this song for my special dear friend,” Citowicz explains. “If you know, you know. But it’s also for everyone out there who lost their loved ones. For everyone carrying words they never said.” The song explores a theme that transcends simple categorization: “This isn’t quite a love song. Or maybe it is. Maybe it’s about what we feel when we fear losing someone from our lives. How many words we want to say, how many ‘letters’ we want to send, how we want to be better—but life writes its own scenarios and we take things for granted.” He continues with characteristic honesty: “Cliché? Maybe. But isn’t it true?”
THE RICHIE SAMBORA INFLUENCE Musically, “Letters Never Sent” draws deep inspiration from Richie Sambora’s guitar work and compositional approach, filtered through Citowicz’s personal lens of pop-blues and Bon Jovi-style melodic hooks. “Richie Sambora has been one of my biggest inspirations,” Citowicz shares. “Not just as a guitarist, but as a songwriter who understood how to balance technical skill with raw emotion. The way he could make a guitar cry, the way his solos told stories—that’s what I was chasing with this song.” The track showcases pop-blues influences married to the hook-driven accessibility that made Bon Jovi’s catalog so enduring. “I wanted something that felt like Sambora’s guitar work meeting a blues-tinged pop sensibility,” Citowicz notes. “Those melodic hooks that Bon Jovi and Sambora perfected—where you hear something once and it stays with you—that was the target.”
ABOUT THE LYRICS: CONFRONTING WHO WE’VE BECOME Without reproducing the song’s copyrighted lyrics, Citowicz describes the thematic journey: “The first verse is about being too busy being right to see what you’re leaving behind. About holding pride like a shield when love is what you’re failing to feel. It’s about those letters we write in our heads but never send.” The song’s structure builds dramatically through its verses. “In the second verse, the drama intensifies,” Citowicz explains. “We’re confronted with who we’ve become—looking in the mirror and barely recognizing ourselves. It’s about trading warmth for control, about being too afraid to say ‘I need you’ when it matters most.” The bridge offers a moment of stripped-back vulnerability before the final chorus lifts with full band arrangement and key change. “That’s where we acknowledge that forgiveness isn’t written in the sky—it’s born in broken men who try,” Citowicz reflects. “It’s about loving someone, just not the right way. And trying to make it right even when it might be too late.”
DAWN RELEASE: BECAUSE DAY IS LOVE The lyric video’s early morning release carries special significance for the artist. “The opening riffs were born early one morning a few months ago,” Citowicz reveals. “That’s why I’m releasing this early in the morning—because day is love. There’s something about dawn that represents possibility, renewal, hope. Morning is when we get another chance to say what we didn’t say yesterday.” This philosophy extends to the video presentation itself. “This lyric video means the world to me,” he states. “It’s being released in two parts. In the second part, the drama builds dramatically as we confront who we’ve become and what we failed to see. I wanted viewers to sit with that progression, to feel the weight of verse two.”
MUSICAL COMPOSITION: POP-BLUES MEETS ARENA ROCK “Letters Never Sent” represents a departure from some of Living Room Rockstar Part 2’s harder rock moments, embracing instead a pop-blues foundation enhanced with the soaring hooks and melodic guitar work that defined an era. “The verses have this blues-tinged feel, almost intimate,” Citowicz describes. “But then the pre-chorus and chorus open up with those Sambora-style hooks—melodic, memorable, emotional. It’s pop-blues at its core, but with that arena rock accessibility that makes you want to sing along even when the lyrics are breaking your heart.” The production, handled by longtime collaborator Patryk Szymański, balances polish with rawness. “Patryk understood we needed to keep the emotion front and center,” Citowicz notes. “His bass work grounds the verses in that blues feel, but then supports the lift when the choruses soar. He helped shape this into something that honors the Sambora/Bon Jovi tradition while remaining personal and honest.”
UNIVERSAL THEMES, PERSONAL TRUTH While written for a specific friend, “Letters Never Sent” speaks to universal human experiences of regret, unspoken love, and the fear of losing connections we’ve taken for granted. “Everyone has someone they wish they’d spoken to differently,” Citowicz observes. “Everyone carries words they didn’t say, letters they didn’t send. This song is about that weight. It’s about pride getting in the way of love. It’s about realizing too late—or maybe just in time—that the walls we build to protect ourselves are the same walls that keep love out.” The song’s relevance extends beyond romantic relationships. “This applies to friendships, to family, to any relationship where fear or pride or just daily life got in the way of expressing what really mattered,” he explains. “My special dear friend knows who they are. But I hope everyone who hears this finds themselves in it somewhere. We’ve all written letters we never sent.”
THE LIVING ROOM ROCKSTAR PART 2 CONTEXT “Letters Never Sent” appears on Living Room Rockstar Part 2, Citowicz’s tribute album dedicated to his late son, Jonasz. While the album primarily deals with profound grief and loss, “Letters Never Sent” addresses a different kind of loss—the loss that happens when people are still alive but we fail to reach them. “The album is about many kinds of loss,” Citowicz reflects. “Losing Jonasz is the central story, but it made me hyper-aware of all the other ways we lose people. Sometimes we lose them because we don’t say what needs saying. This song is about that preventable loss—the kind where people are still here, but the connection is dying because of our own failings.”
LYRIC VIDEO: VISUAL STORYTELLING IN TWO PARTS The accompanying lyric video presents the song’s narrative in two parts, allowing the dramatic build of the second verse to land with full impact. “Part one establishes the situation—the regret, the unspoken words, the realization that pride has been masquerading as strength,” Citowicz describes. “Part two intensifies everything. We see who we’ve become through the mirror. We acknowledge the control we chose over warmth, the lies we defended that turned to dust.” The visual presentation emphasizes key phrases that capture the song’s emotional core, creating moments for reflection between verses. “I wanted people to sit with certain lines,” he notes. “To really feel what it means to be ‘too busy being right to see what you’ve left behind.’ To understand what it means to love someone ‘just not the right way.'”
LOOKING FORWARD: HOPE IN BROKENNESS Despite its themes of regret and unspoken words, “Letters Never Sent” ultimately offers hope through acknowledgment and attempted reconciliation. “The song doesn’t promise that everything gets fixed,” Citowicz clarifies. “But it shows someone trying. It shows broken men who try to make things right. That’s where hope lives—not in perfect people who never fail, but in imperfect people who acknowledge their failures and keep reaching out anyway.” He concludes: “If this song makes even one person pick up the phone, send that message, say what they’ve been holding back—then it’s done what I hoped it would do. We all have letters we never sent. Maybe it’s time to send them.”
ABOUT LIVING ROOM ROCKSTAR PART 2 Living Room Rockstar Part 2, released in November 2025, features 13 tracks exploring themes of loss, resilience, love, and the refusal to let pain have the final word. The album is dedicated to Citowicz’s late son, Jonasz, and has received critical acclaim including a 9/10 rating from Metal Impact Radio (US) and worldwide radio play across five stations in Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. Recent milestones include 80,000 YouTube views and 104,800 TikTok views on posts featuring the album’s songs within days of release.
CREDITS: Music, Lyrics, Guitars: Andrzej Citowicz Bass: Patryk Szymański
“The opening riffs were born early one morning a few months ago. That’s why I’m releasing this early in the morning—because day is love. This song is for my special dear friend, but it’s also for everyone carrying words they never said. We all have letters we never sent. Maybe it’s time to send them.” — Andrzej Citowicz
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About Andrzej Citowicz: Andrzej Citowicz is an acclaimed Polish guitarist and songwriter currently based in Cairo, Egypt. As a former recording artist for DownBoys Records, he has built a reputation for emotionally resonant songwriting and distinctive guitar work. His music combines classic rock influences with contemporary production, creating a sound that bridges generational and cultural gaps while maintaining artistic authenticity. His YouTube channel has garnered over 70,000 views from an international audience.
This summer saw the release of “In Fabulis,” the new album from German folk metal band Mandragora Titania. This was followed by an extensive album tour, which will come to an end on January 24, 2026, at Hühnermanhattan in Halle. The tour kicked off in June with the record release show at Rosenkeller in Jena, which was recorded with several cameras. The material for today’s video release of the song “Sasuke” comes from this show and is now available on YouTube. Raise your mugs! The current album is available in stores everywhere and as a limited edition DigiPak, as well as in a limited edition box set in the band’s shop.
The French dark and melodic heavy metal band The Losts, formed in 2010, are set to release their third studio album. Titled Venom Within, the album will be released via Finnish record label Inverse Records on 19 December 2025.
–Music by The Losts, lyrics by YGC, arrangements by The Losts & Phil Reinhalter –Cover illustration by Alek Vladski –Drums and bass recorded by Phil Reinhalter at Psykron Studio – WaveLight Factory –Guitars and vocals recorded by The Losts at Lambs Studio –Editing, mixing and production by Phil Reinhalter at Psykron Studio – WaveLight Factory –Mastering by Mobo at Conkrete Studio –ISRC-code: FI3FC2553207
Vocalist/guitarist YGC comments: “Exponential Law, the second single from “Venom Within,” reflects the urgency in which mankind has placed itself—through its existence, its creativity, and even more so, the urgency it faces in confronting challenges and potential outcomes. Beyond the lyrics, we’ve also placed this urgency at the heart of the music, expressed through the band’s signature style. A speedy track, like saying: “We’ve got the pedal to the metal—buckle up, we’re on our way!”
–Music by The Losts, Concept & lyrics by YGC, arrangements by The Losts & Phil Reinhalter –Indian percussion and beats on “Mellem Verdenerne” by OfRo and Piano by Gabrielle Bonenfant –Vocals on “Here Comes Tragedy” by Valérie Chantraine (Penumbra) –Illustrations and booklet by Alek Vladski –Drums and bass recorded by Phil Reinhalter at Psykron Studio – WaveLight Factory –Guitars, acoustic instruments and vocals recorded by The Losts at Lambs Studio –Editing, mixing and production by Phil Reinhalter at Psykron Studio – WaveLight Factory –Mastering by Mobo at Conkrete Studio –Reproduction, promotion and distribution by Inverse Records
THE LOSTS is a Dark & Melodic Heavy Metal band from the North of France, touring since 2010 in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It has shared stages with bands such as SERENITY (Austria), DIRTY SHIRT (Romania), ZORNHEYM (Sweden), LONEWOLF (France), WIZARD (Germany), KING HEAVY (Chile), CAPILLA ARDIENTE (Chile), DRAKKAR (Belgium), FIREFORCE (Belgium), DOOMOCRACY (Greece), LOUDBLAST (France), and many more.
The music of THE LOSTS, always led by a melodic side, reflects the tastes of each member. Thus, Hard, Dark, Black, Doom, Thrash, Oriental, even Rock, enrich the Heavy Metal which represents the roots of the band. The band cites MEGADETH as well as ARCTURUS, MERCYFUL FATE, JINJER, THERION or even IMMORTAL for major influences.
All the lyrics and designs are linked by the same concept: the mythology of the “Losts”, a fictional story and a pretext to portray a satire of our societies. Born from nowhere and driven by a thirst for humanity, these characters draw closer to human civilizations. As their story unfolds through the songs, they embody and then question the essence of human nature, its power, and the meaning of existence.
Formed by DGC (guitars), JCR (drums), YGC (vocals/guitars) and GGV (bass), this line-up released its first self-produced EP, “No God, No Devil”, in 2013. This EP received a warm welcome from the musical media (reviews in Metallian and Rock Hard France for example). In 2016, its debut full-length album “…Of Shades & Deadlands” was released in partnership with Ellie Promotion. The artwork was designed by the renowned Stan W. Decker. Thanks to sales and media coverage, the album reached audiences beyond Europe, gaining traction in Asia and South America, with enthusiastic feedback from both the press and fans.
In 2020, during the recording of the second album, GGV left the band. This marked the first lineup change, welcoming PPG on bass — a new member who brought fresh energy and direction to the band. This new formation completed “Mystery Of Depths”, produced by Phil Reinhalter at WaveLight Studio (PUTRID OFFAL, MERCYLESS, NOISE EMISSION CONTROL, HYLDR…) and mastered by Frédéric Motte at Conkrete Studio (LOUDBLAST, ETHS, GOROD, TGOO,…). The cover art was created by American artist Chadwick St John, known for his work with DARKTHRONE. Released in 2021 in collaboration with Ellie Promotion and distributed by Season of Mist, the album received critical acclaim and was included in several “Best of 2021” lists across the international metal press. The band has also appeared on numerous compilations (Howl, Pavillon 666 sampler, Ultraje Portugal sampler, French Metal, etc.).
“Venom Within”, the third album, is once again mixed and mastered by the duo Phil Reinhalter and Frédéric Motte. The 11 new tracks continue the musical exploration that defines THE LOSTS, pushing boundaries while offering a wide playing field where a multitude of vocal “characters” come to life. Released under Inverse Records, the Finnish label that has placed its trust in the band, this new creation is eager to claim its place in today’s musical landscape.
Line-up: DGC – Lead & rhythm guitars, thrash & backing vocals JCR – Drums, extreme & backing vocals PPG – Bass guitars, backing vocals YGC – Lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitars
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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Visionary artist KIMMO KUUSNIEMI's ANCIENT STREAMING ASSEMBLY (ASA) have released “Aurora Nuclearis”, a powerful 12-minute audiovisual experience, dedicated to the Late Keyboardist Esa Kotilainen. - Click image to watch the video
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