Scarlet Aura celebrates 10 years of activity with a special anniversary concert taking place on November 6th, 2025, at Club Quantic, Bucharest. The event marks a decade of passion, friendship, and loyalty on the Romanian rock scene — an evening dedicated to music, unity, and the people who make it all possible.
Sharing the stage with Scarlet Aura will be a lineup of artists and bands that define the strength and diversity of today’s rock community:
Static Reverie – 18:30–19:00
Natalia Bendre – 19:15–19:45
Monday Shadows – 20:00–20:45
Scarlet Aura – 21:00–22:00
ANTON – 22:15–23:00
The event will be a true musical and emotional journey, built around the themes of unity and friendship.
Scarlet Aura chose to share this night with artists who, through their style and energy, bring light and power to the stage. From the lyrical intensity of Static Reverie, to the sensitivity and feminine strength of Natalia Bendre, the youthful energy of Monday Shadows, and the powerful attitude and loyalty of ANTON – every act is part of one story: the story of rock that unites us all.
The band ANTON, close friends of Scarlet Aura, will close the anniversary evening. This choice is no coincidence — the relationship of mutual respect, friendship, and support between the two bands perfectly embodies the central theme of the event: unity, loyalty, and strength.
“For us, this anniversary is not just about 10 years on stage – it’s about the family that has grown around our music. About people, about our audience, about everyone who has stood by us along the way.
On November 6th, we open our wings and share the stage with those who inspire us and give us strength to keep flying,” says Aura Dănciulescu, lead vocalist of Scarlet Aura.
Finnish Kuopio-based death metal band Funeral Home is set to release their debut album ‘Your Funeral’ on January 16th 2026 via Inverse Records. The first single ‘You Failed My Trust’ is out now and it’s available here: https://push.fm/fl/funeral-home-trust
The band comments:
“Funeral Home is ready to shake up listeners with their new single “You Failed My Trust”, which is released on October 23rd 2025. The song tells the story of broken trust and the power that comes from it – a feeling that is at once crushing, real and relatable. The pounding beat and groove are the soul of the entire song.”
–Composed by Henri Ojala –Lyrics by Janne Partanen –ISRC: FI3FC2553301 –Single cover by Henna Pulkkinen
Your Funeral Track list:
You Failed My Trust
Wall
My Kingdom Is Hell
Rotten To The Core
Depths
Sacrificial Goat
Your Funeral
Graveyard Blues
Blood & Sacrifice
Album cover by Henna Pulkkinen
Line-up: Ossi Maalampi – vocals Henri Ojala – lead guitar Henri Thitz – rhythm guitar Juha Korhonen – bass Jouko Poussu – drums
BABYLON A.D. is excited to announce the release of the second single, LOVE IS CRUEL, from their new album WHEN THE WORLD STOPS.
Lead singer Derek Davis had this to say about the new single, “The song “Love Is Cruel” I had written a few years back but I had never shown it to the rest of the band. We were looking for a ballad for the new album and I presented it to the guys not knowing what their reaction would be due to the piano arrangement, something that we had never done before on an album.
To my happy surprise all the guys in the band instantly said yes “This is a Killer Track Lets Do It”! The song is about how you can be completely absorbed in someone and love them so deeply, but love is so very fragile and can be taking away so easy. The memory and pain of loosing someone in your life can make you see the world in a different light and it can wake you up or shut you down, and sometimes both. “Drifting on a memory, high above the clouded skies of blue pictures play inside my head, pieces of the time I spent with you now you’re waving goodbye, and I just want to die, Love Is Cruel”! It’s so true, love can be so cruel sometimes and we all share in the pain and suffering at one time or another in it this life. On a side note I would like to thank Julie Pacheco for the absolutely stunning piano playing. Eric Pacheco our bassist passed away 4 years ago and he was one of the few people I had played the song for and I feel Julie was playing out her soul for him.
–Produced, Mixed, Engineered by Derek Davis @ The BADMOFO’s Recording Studio, Pleasanton, CA. –Drums recorded by: Brad Barth @ Audio Voyage Livermore CA.
BABYLON A.D. Derek Davis – Vox – Guitar – Keyboards Ron Freschi – Guitar – B Vox John Mathews – Guitar Dylan Soto – Drums – Acoustic Guitar on “The Damage Is Done” Craig Pepe – Bass – B Vox
Special guest: Julie Pacheco – Piano on “Love Is Cruel”
About Babylon A.D.
Formed in 1987, Babylon A.D. hail from the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Original members, Derek Davis vocalist/songwriter, guitarist’s and music writers John Mathews and Ron Freschi drummer James Pacheco and bassist Rob Reid met in high school before they began playing together as “The Persuaders” making a name for themselves with their powerful live performances and catchy songwriting skills becoming one of the top drawing original Hard Rock bands in the Northern CA.
In 1989 the band changed their name to “Babylon A.D.” and caught the attention of Arista Records President and industry music mogul “Clive Davis”, who signed them at a live showcase in Los Angeles thanks to their impressive three song demo and a home made video. John Mattews departed the band and was replaced by another high school friend Dan De La Rosa just before their self-titled album “Babylon A.D.” was released in 1990. The album included their hard rock classic hits “Bang Go The Bells”, “Hammer Swings Down” and “The Kid Goes Wild”, which featured Screaming “Sam Kinison” and was the trailer song and promotional video for Orion Pictures (ROBO COP 2). The band scored three #1 songs at Metal Radio and reached Gold status on their first release, which spent 38 weeks on the Billboard top 200, peaking at # 46. Their sophomore effort (Nothing Sacred) was produced by the legendary “Tom Werman” and released in 1992, it produced two more top-ten metal rockers. “Bad Blood” and “So Savage the Heart”. Constant touring throughout the early 1990s and several MTV videos made them one of hard rock fans favorite bands.
In 1999 the band and released “Live In Your Face” on Apocalypse Records, a compilation of live tracks recorded at various cities’ across America. Their next release “American Blitzkrieg” soon followed in 2002 and both records were well received by critics and fans alike. In 2008 the band released Babylon A.D. “In The Beginning” on Perris Records, a compilation of songs from the original demo tapes that secured them their recording contract with Arista Records.
After a long hiatus the band started playing and recording again in 2014. Touring across the States and Europe releasing the four song E.P “Lost Sessions”. in 2018 John Matthews rejoined the group and the band signed with Frontiers Records for their forth studio release “Revelation Highway” Four singles/ videos and more touring followed through the beginning of 2020. In 2022 original members James Pacheco and Robb Reid left the band for other pursuits remaining connected to the bands legacy and part of a brotherhood of friendship that has lasted for over 30 years!
PRESENT DAY…
Fast forward to 2023, BABYLON A.D. announced new members Craig Pepe (bass) and Dylan Soto (drums) and a new live concert album “Live Lightning” from Perris Records. The album included their top-ten rock-radio classic hits from their debut album as well as songs from “Nothing Sacred”, “American Blitzkrieg”, and “Revelation Highway”.
In 2024 they released their 5th studio album on Perris Records titled “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day”. The 11 track album is classic Babylon A.D. firing on all cylinders, showcasing great songwriting talent, performances and the hard rock sound the band is known for.
Since their formation in 2009, Der Weg einer Freiheit have carved out a singular place in modern black metal. While rooted in the genre’s foundations, the band are constantly evolving. Their latest critically-acclaimed album once again pushes boundaries. Only this time, they’ve turned inward, gazing upon humanity’s fragile nature with devastating clarity.
“[Innern] flexes the cooperative bond between Der Weg einer Freiheit members and asserts the whole above the individual parts”, writes Treble.
Today, Der Weg einer Freiheit are releasing a new live video from their recent headlining tour of Europe. Recorded at the Christuskirche Bochum church in Germany during the final night of the tour, this performance of “Xibalba” captures the band at their most transformative, wrestling with fear until it resembles something closer to understanding.
Watch Der Weg einer Freiheit perform “Xibalba” live at Christuskirche Bochum:
“Xibalba” unfolds as a descent into the architecture of fear. The song moves from quiet birth to violent bloom and eventual dissolution. Vocalist and guitarist Nikita Kamprad leads his bandmates Tobias Schuler (drums), Alan Noruspur (guitar) and Vincent Padrutt (bass) through a climatic surge of catharsis before arriving in a suspended state of meditative stillness.
Live audio mixed and mastered by Nikita Kamprad (https://www.nikitakamprad.com) FOH sound and system engineer – Cedric Demolis FOH lights and design – Anthony Gluz
Der Weg einer Freiheit would like to give special thanks to:
Christuskirche Bochum Heretoir Sören Löbsinn (B-Cam) Carolin Rähmer (B-Cam) Pejman Noruspur (B-Cam, Photography) Tony Brehm (Tour Management) Anna Hübler (Assistant) Pavlos Chatzistavridis (Backline) Giovanni Raabe (Backline) Gabor Eichstätter (Merch)
With Innern, their sixth studio album, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT return with their most introspective and compositionally expansive work to date. A meditation on suffering, transformation, and the fragile thresholds of the human psyche, Innern refines the band’s signature blend of black metal intensity and post-metal atmosphere. The title, German for “inward”, anchors the album’s conceptual weight: a turning away from the external, into a realm of personal reckoning,silence, and renewal. Across six meticulously crafted tracks, the band explores cycles of disintegration and emergence, inviting listeners to confront the deep and often contradictory nature of existence itself.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT formed in Würzburg, Germany in 2009, the brainchild of guitarist and composer Nikita Kamprad and original vocalist Tobias Jaschinsky. The band’s early beginnings were humble but explosive: their self-released debut quickly sold out, drawing attention across the underground metal scene. A reissue in 2010 with newly recorded drum parts by Christian Bass(Heaven Shall Burn, ex-Night in Gales) established the band’s first official lineup and led to extensive touring across Germany and Europe. From the outset, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT were set apart not just by their technical prowess, but by a philosophical inclination that would become the band’s artistic hallmark.
Their 2012 sophomore album, Unstille, expanded on their debut’s melodic harshness, while introducing a deeper emotional weight. It also marked the first appearance of drummer Tobias Schuler, whose intricate and expressive playing would become central to the band’s identity. Though vocals on Unstille were still performed by Tobias Jaschinsky, he would leave the band shortly after its release. Kamprad took over vocal duties in the months that followed, stepping into the role of frontman in time for the writing and recording of their next album.
Stellar, released in 2015 via Season of Mist, solidified the band’s stature within the modern black metal landscape. Drawing from post-rock and progressive influences, the album embraced wider dynamics and cinematic structures,aligning them with the likes of Wolves in the Throne Room and Deafheaven, without sacrificing their own Germanic rigor and introspection.
In 2017, Finisterre signaled a conceptual leap forward. It confronted themes of isolation, personal dissolution, and spiritual finality across sprawling arrangements and stark tonal shifts. This period saw further lineup changes, with the departure of guitarist Sascha Rissling and bassist Giuliano Barbieri, and the arrival of Nicolas Rausch and Nicolas Ziska. Finisterre also marked their first chart placement in Germany and set the stage for increasingly ambitious live performances.
A live album, Live in Berlin (2019), captured the raw power and cathartic energy of the band’s concerts, affirming their reputation for immersive, emotionally charged performances. But it was Noktvrn, released in 2021, that truly redefined what DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT could become. Inspired by the ambiguous state between wakefulness and dreams, and drawing influence from classical composers such as Chopin and Arvo Pärt, the album saw Kamprad experiment with clean vocals and subdued textures. It was both a thematic and sonic breakthrough and was received by critics as their most refined and contemplative release to date.
Now, with Innern, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT move even deeper into the abyss. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Kamprad in his own studio, the album is an intensely focused work.”Eos,” the album’s lead single, contrasts war and renewal, imagining a post-human earth fertilized by sacrifice and reclaimed by nature.”Marter” follows as a searing portrayal of inner torment and emotional release—suffering not only as a source of agony, but as a path toward transcendence. “Xibalba” then confronts the machinery of fear—media,propaganda, and spiritual fragmentation—urging a return to our collective essence through introspection and clarity. And with “Forlorn,” the band delivers their most vulnerable statement yet: a delicate plea for emotional refuge, sung in English to underscore its universality. The album also marks the studio debut of bassist Alan Noruspur, whose presence brings anew emotional and personal depth to the band’s sound.
Musically, Innern leans into contrast and contradiction. Kamprad and Rausch’s guitar interplay oscillates between searing aggression and elegiac restraint. Noruspur’s basslines pulse with warmth and gravity, while Schuler’s drumming remains as meticulous as ever-bridging technicality with emotional nuance. The album’s production captures a sense of immediacy and live energy, yet remains rich in detail and atmosphere. It is not merely a refinement of past styles, but are invention—one that places the listener in direct confrontation with the void.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT stand now at the peak of a fifteen-year evolution.Their music is as concerned with silence as it is with sound, as shaped by introspection as by fury. As they prepare to bring Innern to European stages in autumn 2025, they do so not as provocateurs of extremity, but as artists navigating the fragile space between collapse and clarity. In a genre often defined by spectacle, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT remain committed to vulnerability, transformation, and truth.
Lineup: Nikita Kamprad — Vocals, Guitars Nicolas Rausch — Guitars Alan Noruspur — Bass Tobias Schuler — Drums
Production Credits: Recorded, mixed & mastered in Würzburg, Germany by Nikita Kamprad. Drums recorded separately at Studio Weißmann, Würzburg, Germany.
California has always been fertile ground for thrash metal, leading the charge with some of the genre’s most legendary acts. San Diego’s NUKEM follows in the footsteps of thrash metal’s founding fathers, producing the kind of time-tested, neck-breaking thrash that invokes deep nostalgia while still sounding fresh and modern.
Now, the thrashers have not only forged a new union with the label Redefining Darkness, but they are now unleashing a raucous new single, “Random Acts of Violence,” which also features a guest guitar solo from Russ Tippins of the band Satan. The track is now available along with a visceral performance video that is sure to summon the kind of balls-to-the-wall, feral mosh pit that would make the late, great Paul Baloff proud. Watch the video HERE.
NUKEM guitarist/vocalist Steve Brogden comments on the heavy yet important lyrical content of the song, “We are stoked to share the first single ‘Random Acts of Violence’ from our new record. This track is a full bore aggressive thrash metal attack that directly mirrors its lyrical content. In an age where mass shootings, stabbings & people getting beat to death in the streets for a social media challenge has become normal, It truly shows how lost we are as a society. 24 years ago, there was a shooting at my high school leaving 2 dead & 13 wounded by a 15 year old armed assailant. In almost a quarter century, things have certainly not gotten any better!”
“Random Acts of Violence” is taken from NUKEM‘s forthcoming sophomore full-length, for which details will soon be revealed! Stay tuned…
Nukem is a Thrash metal force from San Diego, California, that delivers an honest, old school thrash attack. Formed in 2012, Nukem released their 2016 debut album “The Unholy Trinity”, which was mixed & mastered by Ulrich Wild (Pantera, Static X, Dethklok, White Zombie) and was released via Sleaszy Rider Records out of Greece.
Nukem had entered the studio in 2024 once again with Ulrich Wild to work on our second album. Ten songs of pure molten metal! Some songs are full on unstoppable Bay Area style Thrash metal violence while others are more of a mid tempo power groove. Nukem has now forged a new union with Redefining Darkness for the release of their oncoming onslaught… stay tuned!
Recording Lineup: Steve Brogden – Vocals & Guitar Norm Leggio – Drums Don Lauder – Bass
Live Lineup: Steve Brogden – Vocals & Guitar Norm Leggio – Drums Don Lauder – Bass Xander Gambini – Guitar
Guest Musician: Guitars by Russ Tippins (Satan)
Recorded at The Wilderness Studios with Ulrich Wild Forge Audio with Steve Brogden Mixed by Ulrich Wild Mastered by Maor Appelbaum
For Fans Of: Exodus, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Overkill
Indoor Enthusiast, the outstanding third record from TUESDAY THE SKY, the instrumental-driven project from guitarist Jim Matheos, arrives this Friday, October 24th via Metal Blade Records!
TUESDAY THE SKY has been described as a “beautifully weird solo project” by Sonic Perspectives, while Dead Rhetoric dubbed it a “kaleidoscope of atmospheric songs.” With eleven songs of pure Matheos-patented playing and passion, this year’s Indoor Enthusiast features Dutch drummer Dennis Leeflang on “The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You,” “Bend Toward Light,” and “Set Fire To The Stars.”
Matheos, famed for his work with progressive metal giants Fates Warning, alongside projects such as OSI and his collaboration with John Arch, Arch/Matheos, planted the seeds of TUESDAY THE SKY around 2016. The impetus came from a Fates Warning bonus track that Matheos felt didn’t fit for the band. He kept writing in that vein, and the result was TUESDAY THE SKY. The initial offering was 2017’s Drift, a record that drew influence from the likes of Brian Eno, Sigur Ros, Boards Of Canada, and Explosions In The Sky.
The second TUESDAY THE SKY album was 2021’s The Blurred Horizon, a mixture of ambient, electronica, post-rock, and more. The Blurred Horizon is perhaps best described as a beautiful record, having a natural grace to it. The closing track “Everything Is Free” is a cover of a Gillian Welch and David Rawlings song, and the only song with vocals, supplied by Tim Bowness.
Indoor Enthusiast is entirely instrumental, produced and mixed by Matheos, and mastered by Jacob Hansen.
Watch a visualizer for the track “The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You” HERE.
TUESDAY THE SKY‘s Indoor Enthusiast will be available on CD and digital formats at: metalblade.com/tuesdaythesky
Indoor Enthusiast Track Listing: 01. The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You 02. Ghost Train 03. Zugzwang 04. Does It Need to Be So Loud? 05. Bends Toward Light 06. The Last Lonely Lamppost 07. Get Lost 08. Between Wind and Water 09. Memento Mori 10. Set Fire to the Stars 11. Closure
“Jim Matheos just might be the best guitar player nobody ever talks about. He’s all about tone, nuance, and restraint, which goes completely against the prog metal grain… I think of him as prog metal’s version of David Gilmour.” – AngryMetalGuy.com
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
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