Symphonic deathcore titans Winds of Plague are officially back, reuniting with their original members for a pair of highly anticipated festival performances. The band will take the stage at Louder Than Life in Louisville, KY, and Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, CA, and a special club show at The Forge in Joliet, IL, marking their first shows together in years.
Winds of Plague Shows:
9.16 – JOLIET, IL @ THE FORGE 9.18 – LOUISVILLE, KY @ LOUDER THAN LIFE 10.3 – SACRAMENTO,CA @ AFTERSHOCK
Originally formed in 2002 as Bleak December, Winds of Plague is a symphonic deathcore band from Los Angeles, California. After lineup changes, they released their debut A Cold Day in Hellin 2005, shortly after adopting their current name. Signing with Century Media, they dropped Decimate the Weakin 2008, followed by The Great Stone War(2009) and Against the World(2011), which featured guest spots from members of Hatebreed, Terror, and even the Ultimate Warrior. Their later albums includeResistance (2013) and Blood of My Enemy (2017).
Now, after years of silence, Winds of Plague are returning to their roots. These special reunion shows with the original lineup promise to deliver the raw energy and chaos that first put them on the map, while celebrating over two decades of crushing symphonic deathcore.
Right before taking “Nordic Gothic” to their first ever US show at ProgPower US and braving the Latin American heat for a short tour CEMETERY SKYLINE are releasing “Nothing From This World”.
Markus Vanhala (guitar) comments: “This is an ‘old but new song’ from the ‘Nordic Gothic’ studio sessions, which we decided to shelve in our crypts for a later single release and finally it is time for it to rise. In the video the dark heroine has become empowered, decides to get dressed and sing a last serenade to the dead. We don’t know what happened prior and we really don’t wanna know…” Mikael Stanne (vocals) adds: “The song deals with being at odds with oneself. About feeling disassociated from it all to a point where nothing makes any sense. Where loneliness has overtaken the feelings of community and togetherness.”
The performance for the video was filmed on their sold-out Finnish tour in March and spiced up by Jari Heino for Coldstore Productions. Watch it here:
Fellow bats shouldn’t miss the chance to be engulfed by “Nordic Gothic” on the following shows:
08/09/2025 Monterrey – México 10/09/2025 Bogota – Colombia 12/09/2025 Santiago – Chile 13/09/2025 Buenos Aires – Argentina 14/09/2025 Comodoro – Argentina 16/09/2025 São Paulo – Brazil
The album “Nordic Gothic” was released to much acclaim last year.
Cemetery Skyline is: Vocals: Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver) Guitars: Markus Vanhala (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, I Am The Night) Keyboards: Santeri Kallio (Amorphis) Bass: Victor Brandt (Dimmu Borgir, Witchery, ex-Entombed/Entombed A.D., ex-Firespawn and many more) Drums: Vesa Ranta (Sentenced, The Abbey)
On December 12th, avant-death metal trio Imperial Triumphant will headline the “Jazz From Hell Festival” alongside the Goldstar Metropole Orchestra (big band). Fans can expect a special setlist comprised of songs across Imperial Triumphant‘s catalogue, making this a night to be remembered.
Steve Blanco (bass, keyboards) comments: “Imperial Triumphant drags the city’s underbelly into Le Poisson Rouge for Jazz From Hell — horns ablaze, brass dripping in decadence, a golden chaos where dissonance swings and the city trembles. This is Jazz from Hell dressed in gold and filth!”
This fall, Imperial Triumphant will also join Igorrr for a trek across Europe and the UK; see below for all dates!
Imperial Triumphant – Europe tour dates w/ Igorrr
Oct 1, 2025: Bordeaux (FR) – Le Rocher de Palmer Oct 2, 2025: Toulouse (FR) – Le Bikini Oct 3, 2025: Bilbao (SP) – Santana 27 Oct 4, 2025: Barcelona (SP) – Apolo 1 Oct 5, 2025: Madrid (SP) – La Riviera Oct 7, 2025: Istres (FR) – L’Usine Oct 8, 2025: Lausanne (CH) – Les Docks Oct 9, 2025: Frankfurt (DE) – Batschkapp Oct 10, 2025: Nijmegen (NL) – Soulcrusher Festival Oct 11, 2025: Brussels (BE) – Ancienne Belgique Oct 12, 2025: Cologne (DE) – Live Music Hall Oct 14, 2025: Hamburg (DE) – Markthalle Oct 15, 2025: Nancy (FR) – Nancy Jazz Pulsation Oct 16, 2025: Lyon (FR) – Le Transbordeur Oct 17, 2025: Paris (FR) – L’Olympia Oct 19, 2025: Nantes (FR) – Stereolux Oct 21, 2025: Bristol (UK) – Crane Bristol Oct 22, 2025: London (UK) – Shepherd’s Bush Empire Oct 23, 2025: Manchester (UK) – 02 Ritz
Earlier this year, Imperial Triumphant released their sixth full-length, Goldstar, which has been hailed as “the band’s most accessible album to date” (Metal Injection).Goldstaris a long cool drag and as intense an urban fever dream as only the avant-death metal trio can deliver. As Knotfest writes, “Imperial Triumphant make extreme music high art.”
Ohio death metal extremists SANGUISUGABOGG unleash their new single “Repulsive Demise”, taken from the upcoming full-length “Hideous Aftermath” , out October 10, 2025 via Century Media. Vocalist Devin Swank calls it the band’s “most death metal, most personal, most focused and brutal record to date.”
Recorded with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, High on Fire) at God City Studios , the album pushes the ’Bogg’s signature mix of gore, groove and absurdity further than ever before. With guest spots from Todd Jones (Nails), Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation), Josh Welshman (Defeated Sanity), and Dylan Walker ( Full of Hell), the record cements their reputation as one of extreme metal’s most unrelenting forces.
Following their notorious releases “Tortured Whole” (2021) and “Homicidal Ecstasy” (2023), SANGUISUGABOGG now deliver their most ambitious work yet.
Catch them live on their headline tour this November, joined by Despised Icon, Defeated Sanity, and Corpsepile.
SANGUISUGABOGG: ugly, brutal, and unmistakably at the forefront of modern death metal.
Sweden’s ORBIT CULTURE return with their crushing new single “Nerve”, taken from the upcoming album “Death Above Life” (out October 3rd, 2025). The band describes the track as a blend of their classic sound with cleaner choruses and a unique twist that makes it stand out. Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Niklas Karlsson explains: “The album represents change, a new beginning. It feels like a rebirth.”
“Death Above Life” features tracks such as “Inferna”, “Hydra”, “The Tales Of War”, and the title track. Following their acclaimed releases “Descent” (2023) and “The Forgotten” EP, the band continues to carve their place as one of modern metal’s most vital acts, drawing comparisons to Gojira, Metallica and Static-X while forging a sound uniquely their own.
Catch ORBIT CULTURE live on the “Death Above Life” Tour 2025, with dates across Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and their first-ever show in Japan at Loud Park.
ORBIT CULTURE: the sound of modern metal, heavier and more ambitious than ever.
Emerging metallic hardcore outfit MANY EYES is now unleashing a brand new single, “The Clock Behind All Other Clocks,” which is taken from the band’s forthcoming EP, ‘Combust,’ due on September 19 via Perseverance Media Group! The song can be found along with a lyric video at THIS LOCATION.
Frontman Keith Buckley comments, “‘The Clock Behind All Other Clocks’ is about peeling back the illusory layers of personality to look into someone’s deepest, darkest and truest intentions. once you see them, you become the clock.”
‘Combust’ will be available in digital, CD, and vinyl formats, with the physical editions having five additional bonus tracks. The EP can be pre-ordered HERE.
In addition, MANY EYES will be embarking on an East Coast U.S. headliner tour, which kicks off on September 25 in Albany, NY throughout October 12, where it will conclude in the band’s hometown of Buffalo, NY. The full itinerary can be found below while tickets can be found HERE.
The cover artwork for ‘Combust’ was created Nick Steinhardt and can be found below along with the tracklist!
09/25: Albany, NY @ Empire Live 09/26: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 09/27: Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club 09/28: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 09/30: Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum 10/01: Miami, FL @ Gramps 10/03: Orlando, FL @ The Social 10/05: Princeton, AL @ Furnace Fest 2025 10/06: St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway 10/08: Cleveland, OH @ The Foundry Concert Club 10/09: Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge 10/11: Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom 10/12: Buffalo, NY @ Electric City
Many Eyes came together in the winter of 2022 and immediately went to work crafting a sound that was as brutal as it was melodic. When their 2023 LP THE LIGHT AGE was released by Perseverance Media Group – a label owned and run by Jamey Jasta, vocalist for Hardcore pioneers HATEBREED – it captured the angry energy of the whole world at the time while subtly paying homage to the punk rock and hardcore scenes of the late 90’s that raised these music veterans. However, it was on a tour with Post-Hardcore legends THURSDAY that Many Eyes would forge a fierce live element for their already stacked arsenal, an element that would set Many Eyes on a most excellent adventure – an adventure that continues…. to this very day!
Many Eyes features Keith Buckley on vocals, Nick Bellmore on drums, Sean Vallie on bass and Alan Hague on guitar.
Lineup: Keith Buckley – Vocals Alan Hague – Guitar Nick Bellmore – Drums Sean Vallie – Bas
Cover Art: Nick Steinhardt Recorded/Mixed by Nick Bellmore Mastered by Randy Merrill
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