SATAN TAKES A HOLIDAY Release New Single ‘Gettin’ Away with Murder’, Feat. Nicke Andersson

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Sweden’s high-voltage rock outfit Satan Takes A Holiday return with a brand-new single, Gettin’ Away with Murder — a scorching reinterpretation of a forgotten gem by Australian glam rock band Baby Grande, active between 1975–1977. With their signature fusion of garage grit, punk urgency, and heavy grooves, the band breathes new life into this obscure track, transforming it into something raw, magnetic, and undeniably their own.

Listen on streaming services here (Sept. 25)

Adding to the firepower is none other than Nicke Andersson (The Hellacopters, Imperial State Electric, Death Breath, Entombed), who delivers a blistering guest guitar solo — a stamp of rock’n’roll authority that makes the track impossible to ignore. The band shares the story behind the cover:

“We’re all life long crate-diggers and once in a while you come across something as special as Australia’s Baby Grande and this lost banger. To be able to do it justice we reached out to the biggest connoisseur of lost rock gems we know, Nicke Andersson (the Hellacopters, Entombed etc). His reply was swift and enthusiastic and within 24 hours the song was completed by a blistering guitar solo — so undeniably Nick Royale — and we couldn’t be happier with the result.”

Gettin’ Away with Murder follows the band’s bold take on You’re the One That I Want and marks the next glimpse of their upcoming covers album Covering Our Tracks, due in 2026.

With a reputation as one of Sweden’s most electrifying live acts and a track record of support from BBC 6 Music (including Iggy Pop), Sweden’s P3 and Bandit Rock, and praise from Classic Rock, Louder Sound, and Rock Hard, Satan Takes A Holiday continue to push boundaries and celebrate rock’s wild, untamed spirit

Catch Satan Takes A Holiday on tour in Sweden and Finland this fall:

26.9 Göteborg, Hängmattan
27.9 Falkenberg, Tryckhallen
1.10 Helsinki, On the Rocks
2.10 Hämeenlinna, Suistoklubi
3.10 Pietarsaari, Black Sheep
4.10 Kouvola, House Of Rock

More from Satan Takes A Holiday
Official webpage: www.satantakesaholiday.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BZBnC18MJDRtneF9r7Qx7
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@STAH
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/satantakesaholiday/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/satantakesaholiday/
X: https://twitter.com/SatanTAHoliday

MYSTHICON’s New Album “Biesń” Out Now

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 24, 2025
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MYSTHICON is a band founded in 2015 by former Lux Occulta guitarist G’Ames, who invited musicians from the bands Vader, Batushka, Hate, Kalt Vindur and other musicians such as Tomasz Gilewski and guest Jerzy “U.Reck” Głód (Lux Occuta) to collaborate on the recording of their first album.

G’Ames comments new album “Bieśń“: “The album contains 6 tracks. It is a fusion of classic black metal with elements of progressive music and doom metal. In terms of sound, it is a combination of a traditional approach to black metal while maintaining a classic style and a modern look at music production. The album ends with a cover of “Creation” from the first demo of the legendary Lux Occulta performed in a completely new arrangement. The album features several guests playing unusual instruments for black metal, namely the hurdy-gurdy and the double bass, which fuel the phenomenal atmosphere of the entire release.“

Music for album “Bieśń” was mixed and mastered by Adrian Mięsowicz at Tribe Five Studio (Karpathian Relict, KSU). Cover artwork was done by Michał “Xaay” Loranc (God Dethroned, Kamelot, Karl Sanders, Nile, Turbo). The photo session was done by Tomasz Gilewski and Łukasz Zajdel, while the logo was designed by Primeval Era Rising (Graveland, Vader). The album features several guests: Jacek Głód (acoustic guitar), Marcin Chatys (double bass) and Wojciech Miller (hurdy-gurdy).

Album was released yesterday – September 23, 2025 on digital format (stream here), CD (buy CD) and at a later date on vinyl.

“Bieśń” at popular streaming platforms

TRACKLIST:

  1. Shapes
  2. Unbearable Silence
  3. We Are The Worms
  4. Na Naszej Krwi
  5. The Storyteller
  6. Creation (Lux Occulta cover)

LINE-UP:
Grzegorz “G’Ames” Kapłon – guitar
Szymon Hadała – guitar
Mateusz “Bacchus” Zawada – bass
Andrzej Czujko – drums
Tharthaq – keyboard
Adrian Mięsowicz – vocal

More information: Facebook | Bandcamp | Youtube

STELLAR CIRCUITS Reveal Second Single + Video ‘Corridor’ from Sophomore Album

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Prog-Alt-Metal upstarts STELLAR CIRCUITS have debuted the 2nd single, ‘Corridor,’ from their sophomore album, Phantom :: Phoenix, that’s out November 14th via Nuclear Blast Records. The anthemic new track adds rocket fuel to the band’s upward trajectory with mesmerizing vocals and hooking riffs; another highlight from their game-changing new record.

Commenting on the upcoming album, vocalist Ben Beddick says:

“With ‘Corridor,’ it seemed like we uncovered a side of the band that we haven’t really explored before. It felt like we tapped into a lighter, more uplifting part of our sound and that was exciting to discover. 

The song has a very nostalgic vibe and seems to stem from influences that we haven’t been able to express in previous albums. It feels very removed from our darker and heavier side but we also feel like it only adds to the breadth of music that we’re able to create.”

Stream ‘Corridor’: https://sc.bfan.link/corridor

Pre-order Phantom :: Phoenix: https://sc.bfan.link/phantom-phoenix

STELLAR CIRCUITS’ follow up to 2023’s acclaimed record Sight To Sound, is a cathartic work of art that explores the trials and tribulations of life and death and the process of healing and perseverance in the face of agony.

Beddick says of the album: 

“When we were writing this record, one of the things that kept coming up was the idea of death and rebirth through fire. This idea of killing off the old and dead parts of ourselves in order to give birth to something new and maybe even a truer version of who we all are. Every time we write an album, we go into the process with the idea of getting uncomfortable and exposing a more vulnerable part of ourselves. There also seems to be a constant theme of dealing with loss when we’re in the middle of writing.

Everybody went through different periods of loss and grief during this process and I think that it shows through in the subject matter and the sounds that came out of it. We always want to push ourselves to a new place and build on the foundation that we’ve created over the last few years of being in this band. I think that we’ve been able to achieve that with Phantom :: Phoenix. It’s a representation of that cycle and I hope it can act as a catalyst for growth to those who listen.”

Stream the band’s previously released single, ‘I See Your Spirit,’ here: https://sc.bfan.link/i-see-your-spirit

WATAIN Release ‘Death Transmission’ Statement

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 23, 2025
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Notorious black metal collective WATAIN has issued the following statement:

Ladies and gentlemen, followers, allies and supporters,
this is a solemn transmission from the Temple of Watain.
 
We hereby announce that in III years’ time – upon our 30th anniversary –
Watain’s eighth and final full-length album will be released.
 
The album will mark the closure of a thirty-year-long magical Work, the last crossroad of Watain, after which the band will cease to exist. The ending of a triad of decades during which we have shared our sacred path through this strange world with you, our loyal audience, on a steady course towards the beckoning darkness of The End.
 
Over the course of the next three years, the reasons for this will be spoken of and accounted for.

But for now we just want to say this:
 
Have our songs and our art not always dealt with finitude and mortality, with DEATH and the beyond? Now it is time to claim our own conclusion, and shape it as we have shaped our stage and our songs, in the fires of will. Instead of being consumed by the jaws of time, or broken upon the wheel of circumstance, we choose to let Watain return, unbowed and undefeated, back into the primordial chaos that once gave it life.
 
And so we stand on the threshold to our final chapter, and III years of Work remain. III liminal years in the borderlands between the living and the dead, during which new music will be written and shared, concerts will take place, and other things, that will be revealed in due time, will emanate, with the certainty of DEATH, from the Temple of Watain.
 
Take this message not as a farewell, but as the first note of a sacrificial requiem, as well as your invitation to partake in shaping these last years into something beyond compare.
 
Praise be to the Devilgod by whom our path is blessed,
and upon whose altar we now place this our humble offering.
 
To the DEATH and far beyond!

Watain
Uppsala, September 20th 2025

MALEVOLENCE Announce Headline Shows in Spain And Portugal for 2026

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Before embarking on their upcoming EU & UK headline tour this October, Steel City Kings MALEVOLENCE have announced six new shows in Spain and Portugal for May and June next year. The tickets for this 2026 Iberia headline tour will be available on Monday, September 22nd at 10 AM CET.

The band commented:
“Spain and Portugal have always been good to us since the early days and we’re extremely grateful for that! We don’t get to play for you often enough, so we’ll be back this October to rip our biggest headline shows yet. Can’t wait to see you all there! – Malev”

All confirmed dates for MALEVOLENCE’s “It’s All The Spain To You” Tour 2026:

27.05.26 – ES – Vitoria – Jimmy Jazz
28.05.26 – ES – Madrid – Copérnico
29.05.26 – ES – A Coruña – Playa Club
30.10.26 – PT – Lisbon – LAV Sala 2
01.06.26 – ES – Seville – Sala Custom
02.06.26 – ES – Barcelona – Razzmatazz Room 2

Tickets for the Spanish dates available here: https://www.resurrectionfest.es/route/malevolence-tour-2026/
Tickets for the Portuguese date available here: https://ticketline.sapo.pt/

OTHER MALEVOLENCE LIVE DATES:

MALEVOLENCE HEADLINE UK & EU TOUR 2025

w/ SPEED, DYING WISH & PSYCHO FRAME

27.10. – FR – Toulouse – Bikini Club
28.10. – FR – Paris – Elysee Montmartre
30.10. – DE – Munich – Backstage
31.10. – DE – Leipzig – Felsenkeller
01.11. – DE – Berlin – Huxleys
02.11. – DE – Hamburg – Gruenspan
04.11. – NL – Tilburg – 013
05.11. – DE – Cologne – Live Music Hall
06.11. – BE – Ghent – Vooruit
08.11. – UK – Manchester – O2 Victoria Warehouse
09.11. – UK – London – O2 Academy Brixton

Tickets here: https://mlvltd.com

PARADISE LOST Release Monolithic New Album “Ascension” with ‘Lay A Wreath Upon The World’ Lyric Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 23, 2025
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Icons of melancholic doom and gothic metal, PARADISE LOST have released their long awaited 17th album, Ascension, today with Nuclear Blast Records.

PARADISE LOST’s first album in 5 years, following 2020’s acclaimed Obsidian, was produced by the band’s revered guitarist Gregor Mackintosh and mixed/mastered by Lawrence Mackrory and is adorned with artwork by renowned British artist George Frederic Watts’ classic painting The Court of Death (1870-1902). Their latest, critically lauded masterpiece is evidence of a band still at the height of their prime 35+ years into a groundbreaking career. Soaked in misery and grief, Ascension soars with song’s like ‘Tyrants Serenade,’ ‘Serpent on the Cross’ and ‘Silence Like The Grave,’ that take listeners on an unforgettable journey through morose despair forged in soundscape of massive riffs and searing solos.

Commenting on the record’s release, vocalist Nick Holmes states:

“It took us nearly 40 years to get here but we’re still tuning our instruments to the key of despair! Please enjoy!”  

Today, PARADISE LOST has revealed a lyric video for their next highlighted track, ‘Lay A Wreath Upon The World.’

Adding about the song, Holmes says:

“Lay a wreath upon the world serves as a harbinger of the impending tempest, where humanity will eventually obliterate all that it has created.“

Purchase/Stream Ascension: https://paradiselost.bfan.link/ascension

PARADISE LOST will embark on the first leg of the “Ascension of Europe” tour this fall. Tickets are available at https://paradiselost.co.uk/tour-dates/.

The band has also recently announced a handful of intimate signing sessions and a record release show in Leeds, UK. Tickets are available now at https://tix.to/Ascension.

Sep 20 – Sheffield, UK @ Bear Tree (4PM BST) – Signing Session
Sep 21 – Birmingham, UK @ HMV (2PM BST) – Signing Session
Sep 22 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club (7PM BST) – Record Release Show
Sep 24 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East (12PM BST) – Signing Session

PARADISE LOST Tour Dates:

Oct 09 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
Oct 10 – Wolverhampton, UK – KK’s Steel Mill
Oct 11 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – Newcastle University
Oct 12 – Glasgow, UK – Glasgow Garage
Oct 14 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Oct 15 – Bristol, UK – Electric
Oct 16 – Southampton, UK – The 1865
Oct 17 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Oct 19 – Oignies, FR – Tyrant Fest 2025
Oct 20 – Paris, FR – Élysée Montmartre
Oct 21 – Lyon, FR – La Rayonne
Oct 23 – Köln, DE – Live Music Hall
Oct 24 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal
Oct 25 – Dornbirn, AT – Conrad Sohm
Oct 26 – Padova, IT – Hall
Oct 28 – Munich, DE – Backstage Werk
Oct 29 – Prague, CZ – Palc Akropolis
Oct 30 – Zagreb, HR – Boogaloo Zagreb
Oct 31 – Vienna, AT – Simm City
Nov 01 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
Nov 03 – Geneva, CH – PTR/L’Usine
Nov 04 – Nürnberg, DE – Z-Bau Biergarten
Nov 05 – Utrecht, NL – Pandora
Nov 06 – Antwerpen, BE – Trix Hall
Dec 13 – Bradford, UK – Bradford Live