German progressive power metal force ASSIGNMENT proudly announce the release of their upcoming studio album With The End Comes Silence, due out on February 6th, 2026, available as Digipak CD and limited double vinyl LP via Massacre Records.
To mark the beginning of this new chapter, the band unleashes the album’s opening track and first single “Fallen”, accompanied by a lyric video video.
“In our view the song had all credentials for being the opener of the album, as it perfectly sets the pace and the general of what follows. The song handles one of our main concerns, one we regularly like to make clear. Something is wrong in the world today,” states guitar player Goran Panić.
Powerful, dynamic, and thematically urgent the track opens the album and embodies its themes: societal decay, disillusionment, and the awareness that the world has shifted into darker territory. Musically, it combines expressive vocals, atmospheric arrangements, and emotional impact, making it the ideal introduction to the album’s narrative arc.
With The End Comes Silence showcases ASSIGNMENT’s refined songwriting approach, focusing on tighter structures and elevated production quality, while maintaining the diverse influences that have shaped their sound over the years – from power and thrash to progressive metal and hard rock.
The album features standout guest contributions, including: Thomas Vikström (backing vocals), Marco Ahrens (lead guitars on “Fallen”, “Beyond Recognition”, “Angel Of Berlin”, and “With The End Comes Silence”) and DGM’s mastermind Simone Mularoni (lead guitar on “The Curtains Fall”).
Produced by the band, the record was mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio, raising the sonic bar and delivering the sound ASSIGNMENT envisioned.
ASSIGNMENT’s new album With The End Comes Silence stands as their most focused and immersive work to date – a cinematic, emotional, and thought-provoking metal experience that reflects the state of a world in turmoil while celebrating the enduring spirit of the genre.
ASSIGNMENT are Diego Valdez – vocals Goran Panić – guitars Heiko Spaarmann – bass Michael Kolar – drums
Legendary metal titans MEGADETH have teamed with Trafalgar Releasing for MEGADETH: BEHIND THE MASK, a cinematic legacy event that will debut on screens worldwide Thursday, January 22—on the eve of the release of the band’s final studio album out January 23. The film will screen in over 1,000 cinemas across 35+ countries. Tickets go on sale Thursday, December 11 at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET with a trailer available for viewing on the same day. For more information and to sign up for updates, fans can visit megadethfilm.com.
In MEGADETH: BEHIND THE MASK, Dave Mustaine pulls back the curtain on 40 years of MEGADETH, sharing untold stories of the band’s past and the creative fire that drives them. Interwoven throughout, audiences will get to experience the world premiere of MEGADETH’S new self-titled album in full, brought to life with a 40-year retrospective career-spanning interview and Mustaine’s own track-by-track reflections about the band’s final studio album. This one night only listening event will provide a first-listen to this landmark project. MEGADETH: BEHIND THE MASK is an immersive celebration of one of the most influential bands in metal history, capturing their legacy while heralding a powerful new chapter.
“This listening event is going to be amazing,” says MEGADETH’s DAVE MUSTAINE. “ I can’t wait to share it with thousands of my closest friends around the world. I have so much gratitude for everyone who helped bring this film to life, especially you, the fans! Now let’s fire this up… and pass the popcorn!”
“We’re thrilled to bring fans together for an exclusive first listen to Megadeth’s final studio album—that brings their career full circle,” says Kymberli Frueh, EVP Programming and Content Acquisitions at Trafalgar Releasing. “This isn’t just another Megadeth album: it features a bold reimagining. This cinema event is a celebration of the riffs, the intensity and the uncompromising spirit that have defined Megadeth’s legacy. We can’t wait to share this moment with the fans who’ve been with them every step of the way.”
Leading up to the album and film’s debut, MEGADETH—Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari (Lead, Rhythm, and Acoustic Guitars), James LoMenzo (Bass Guitar) and Dirk Verbeuren (Drums)—have released two tracks: “I Don’t Care” (watch the video HERE and listen to the song HERE) and “Tipping Point,” the album’s first single (watch the video HERE and listen to the song HERE). MEGADETH have also announced a very special bonus track from the album: a reimagined version of “Ride The Lightning,” which MUSTAINE co-wrote with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich and was the title track from the group’s 1984 album. Pre-order the album, via DAVE MUSTAINE’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label, HERE. Read more about the album’s full track listing HERE.
About Megadeth MEGADETH are always and forever the point of no return for metal. It would be nearly impossible to conceive where heavy music and culture would’ve gone without the band founded, fronted, and fueled by vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer Dave Mustaine. The blast radius of their impact has only magnified since 1983. Thus far, they have sold 50 million records worldwide, received a GRAMMY® Award (with 12 additional nominations), generated billions of streams, notched seven Top 10 entries on the Billboard 200, and enthralled millions of diehard fans in arenas and stadiums across the globe. Their catalog spans indisputable classics such as the platinum Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? (cited at #8 on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time”), the platinum Rust In Peace, and double-platinum Countdown To Extinction, which captured #2 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, Dystopia notched a Top 3 debut and earned a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” with its title track. They only upped the ferocity with The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! in 2022. It saw them return to #3, receive a “Best Metal Performance” GRAMMY® Award nomination for “We’ll Be Back,” and incite rave reviews. Their influence can be felt practically everywhere—whether it be Post Malone proudly sporting a tattoo of “So Far, So Good… So What!,” Homer Simpson’s iPod displaying their moniker during an episode, or Showtime’s smash hit series Billions and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey utilizing MEGADETH in plot points. The band have delivered simultaneously relevant and timeless records in five decades now, setting the pace for the thrash renaissance of the eighties, tearing through the MTV years of the nineties with swagger and style, maintaining their stride in the post-Y2K 2000s, elevating to canonical heights in the social media and streaming era of the 2010s, and unassumingly harnessing the uncertainty and unease of the Post-Pandemic world into their boldest, biggest, and best work yet.
Along the way, MEGADETH extended their influence even further. During 2016, the band entered the spirits world with their very first signature beer À Tout Le Monde followed by Saison 13 in 2019. The brand asserted itself as a player in the beverage space and impressively moved over 15 million pints. Joining forces with Keystone in 2025, they ignite the next phase of Megadeth Beer on the biggest global platform yet. Beyond his role as a music icon, Dave founded the visionary wine brand HOUSE OF MUSTAINE which uniquely blends music, culture, and fine winemaking. The brand launched with the 2013 Symphony Interrupted Cabernet Sauvignon which was inspired by Dave Mustaine’s groundbreaking collaboration with the San Diego Symphony.
ABOUT TRAFALGAR RELEASING: Trafalgar Releasing is the global leader in event cinema distribution, connecting fans through unforgettable cinematic experiences in over 15,000 theaters across 132 countries. A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, the company specializes in the production, acquisition, marketing, and worldwide distribution of live and pre-recorded content to cinemas. Trafalgar Releasing’s diverse slate spans chart-topping concert films and live concert broadcasts, award-winning theatre, acclaimed opera, dance, television, podcasts, and music documentaries—featuring some of the biggest names in entertainment including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, The Chosen and the Royal Ballet and Opera. For more information, visit www.trafalgar-releasing.com.
Swedish melodic metal supergroup CYHRA (featuring AMARANTHE Co-Founder Jake E and current THE HALO EFFECT, KAMELOT, THE CROWN, and SUBURBAN TRIBE members) have stormed onto the modern metal scene once again with their latest single, “Box With Spirits”. The supergroup continues to offer a fresh sound that challenges the boundaries of modern metal, leaning hard on punchy riffs and brooding, atmospheric synth accents.
Defying trends and remaining true to their unique foundations, CYHRA‘s catchy melodies and epic hooks are always underpinned by a raw edge that reinforces the band’s commitment to authenticity. Lyrically, the song offers cutting commentary on the dangers of locking up emotions, running from uncomfortable truths, and hiding one’s true self from others.
Frontman Jake E comments, “‘Box with Spirits’ looks at the architecture of avoidance — the masks we wear, the truths we tuck away, and the small, deliberate choices that keep us from being seen. The title is a careful double entendre: spirits as both ghosts and distilled solace. We go to the liquor cabinet not only to drink, but to defer a reckoning, to soften questions we’re not ready to answer; the bottles become companions to the things that haunt us. And why put the heart in that same box? Because hiding it can feel like protection — a way to preserve what’s fragile, to shield love from further damage, to parcel pain into something manageable, or even to freeze a version of ourselves we’re not willing to lose. In that box, vulnerability is both locked away and preserved; it’s a refuge and a prison. The song interrogates that uneasy calculus and the tiny courage required to open the lid and let what’s inside be found.”
About CYHRA
As they approach their 10th anniversary next year, CYHRA have carved out a notable place in the metal scene since their founding in 2016 by Jake E (AMARANTHE Co-Founder) and Jesper Strömblad (THE HALO EFFECT, formerly IN FLAMES). They were soon joined by drummer Alex Landenburg (KAMELOT, Luca Turilli’s RHAPSODY), guitarist Euge Valovirta (SUBURBAN TRIBE), and bassist Peter Iwers (THE HALO EFFECT, formerly IN FLAMES). Their debut album Letters To Myself” was released in 2017 to glowing reviews, catapulting the group to global stages, crowned with a massive North American tour supporting SABATON and KREATOR.
Following Iwers’ departure, Valovirta also took over bass duties, and the band released their second album No Halos In Hell in 2019, which blended groovy metal with a poppy flair and featured the hit single “Out Of My Life,” amassing about 11 million streams on Spotify. Their success continued with a European tour with BATTLE BEAST, UK dates alongside DELAIN, headline shows in select countries including Finland and Japan, and performances at major festivals like Masters of Rock, Bloodstock Open Air, Sabaton Open Air, and 70,000 Tons of Metal.
In 2020, guitarist Marcus Sunesson (RONNIE ATKINS, THE CROWN) joined, expanding the line-up. The pandemic pause allowed the band to craft their third album The Vertigo Trigger, released in 2023. The album’s tour brought them back to Finland to open for SMASH INTO PIECES and to headline shows in early 2024. Quietly beginning their fourth album, CYHRA ended the cycle with a Scandinavian tour with EVERGREY.
CYHRA are: Jake E | vocals, keys Euge Valovirta | guitars, bass Jesper Strömblad | bass, guitars Marcus Sunesson | guitars Alex Landenburg | drums
Sun Of The Suns has released a video for “Ephemereal, Ethereal, Eternal”, third single taken from the new album “Entanglement” to be released on December 12 by Scarlet Records.
A meditation on the cycle of life and death during the grieving process, grappling with the realization of how ephemeral our time on Earth truly is. This introspection gives way to visions of ethereal beings who transcend their mortal coil to achieve an eternal state. The track’s title is a testament to this transformation, capturing the full arc from fleeting existence to an everlasting spiritual form.
video by Matteo Ermeti
“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)
Celldweller reimagines the timeless Christmas classic through the lens of Offworld, combining influences of alternative rock and shoegaze with orchestral strings and beautiful synths in new, bold, modern arrangements of these holiday classics for a rendition that captures both the wonder and spirit of the season across two popular singles “What Child Is This?” and “Silent Night.”
Releasing with the 2 track EP is the second single “Silent Night.” Through a hauntingly cinematic lens, Celldweller blends ethereal vocals, lush orchestral strings, and ambient synths that shimmer with Offworld melancholy. The result is a breathtaking, modern take on the Christmas classic, “Silent Night”, equal parts serene and otherworldly capturing both the stillness and mystery of a midnight sky.
Forging the sound of electronic-rock for over 20 years, Celldweller has inspired tens of millions of listeners across a global community of fans, content creators, and brands with 750,000,000+ streams and hundreds of placements in major Films, TV shows, and Video Games. Celldweller’s discography includes the self-titled Celldweller album in 2003, Wish Upon A Blackstar in 2012, End of an Empire in 2015, and Offworld in 2017, with his 5th studio album Satellites released in 2022.Klayton, the multifaceted producer behind Celldweller and owner/founder of the independent record label FiXT, has garnered an intense cult following across his projects Celldweller, Scandroid, Circle of Dust, and FreqGen.
Klayton is also respected and sought after in the media industry with his music appearing in hundreds of major Film / TV & Video Games, such as Westworld, Suicide Squad, Jack Reacher, Deadpool, Lucy, John Wick, Robocop, Pacific Rim, Killer Instinct Season 3, Now You See Me, Dead Rising 3, Call of Duty: Elite, Assassin’s Creed, UFC, and more.
Explosive Ukrainian metalcore force SPACE OF VARIATIONS returns with Poisoned Art, out on February 13, 2026 via Napalm Records. Blending furious brutality with heartfelt emotion, the four-piece band sheds their skin and continues to push the boundaries of modern metal, with their new record showing a fresh facet of their ever-evolving sound—a new era. Twice crowned Ukraine’s best metal band in their home country’s BUMA Awards, former tour partners of genre giants Jinjer, and following the previously released crushing songs “TRIBE”, “LIES”, and “DOPPELGÄNGER”, SPACE OF VARIATIONS are raising the bar for metalcore with the twelve new tracks on Poisoned Art.
The album announcement comes with a new single: “HALO” expands SPACE OF VARIATIONS’ repertoire with neck-breaking djent riffs, adding even more urgency to their diverse style.
SPACE OF VARIATIONS about “HALO”: “‘Halo’ is an abstract metaphor about the gods and devils within ourselves—and about accepting both. Time is running out. There’s no need to pretend that everyone isn’t both saint and cursed. Every glow hides its dark side.”
Bold as ever, Poisoned Art explores the boundaries of modern sounds. SPACE OF VARIATIONS directs the way into the future of metalcore: unbroken, unapologetic—unstoppable.
SPACE OF VARIATIONS about Poisoned Art: “Our third full-length album, Poisoned Art, was written during the darkest period of our lives. The war in our country changed everything dramatically, and the full spectrum of emotions we experienced during that time is reflected in this album. It’s angry, melodic, honest, and fatalistic.”
Mercilessly honest, the opening track “TRIBE” sees the band battle existential fears in both English and their native Ukrainian. Driving in the urgency are diverse stylings, ranging from djent in “HALO” to fitting sirens in “MAYDAY”, showing that SPACE OF VARIATIONS doesn’t shy away from adding a certain edge to their catchy choruses. “PARALLEL REALITIES” cleverly combines soft melodies with brutality, staging captivating desperation and neck-snapping breakdowns as parallel realities. Explosive outburst “DOPPELGÄNGER” powerfully blends groovy distorted guitars and unrelenting intensity, contrasted by haunting melodic passages and subtle electronic textures, making this song especially hard-hitting. The mix of pummeling ferocity with emotional depth continues throughout “GODLIKE” and “GHOST TOWN”, before “COLDHEAVEN” stands out from Poisoned Art through its exploration of hip hop elements and cold industrial grain. “BACK TO DIRT” continues the djent vibe, while “SNAKE SKIN” delves into electronic territory. Emotionally driven “LIES” smoothly transitions from a beautifully arranged verse to a melancholic chorus, with frontman Dmytro Kozhukhar intensely switching from soothing clean vocals to aggressive shouts, before atmospheric outro “ECHO” pulls the album to a close.
Poisoned Art tracklisting:
TRIBE
HALO
MAYDAY
PARALLEL REALITIES
DOPPELGÄNGER
GODLIKE
GHOST TOWN
COLDHEAVEN
BACK TO DIRT
SNAKE SKIN
LIES
ECHO
SPACE OF VARIATIONS Live 2026
Support for Dymytry Paradox’ “Born From Chaos” Tour: 11.01.26 AT – Vienna / Chelsea 15.01.26 DE – Trier / Forum 16.01.26 DE – Stuttgart / Kulturquartier 17.01.26 DE – Cham / L.A. 18.01.26 DE – Nuremberg / Hirsch 22.01.26 DE – Berlin / Frannz 23.01.26 NL – Haarlem / Patronaat 28.01.26 FR – Paris / La Boule Noire 30.01.26 DE – Leipzig / Hellraiser 31.01.26 DE – Cologne / MTC 06.02.26 DE – Essen / Turock 07.02.26 DE – Bremen / Tower 13.02.26 DE – Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal 14.02.26 DE – Munich / Backstage 15.02.26 CH – Pratteln / Z7
Headline Tour 19.03.26 FR – Nimes / Paloma 20.03.26 FR – Rodez / Le Club 21.03.26 FR – Romans sur Isère / La Cordonnerie 25.03.26 FR – Angoulins-sur-Mer / Le Crossroad 26.03.26 FR – Rouen / Fury Defends 28.03.26 FR – Angers / MJC des Hauts de St Aubin 03.04.26 FR – Périgueux / Le Sans Réserve 04.04.26 FR – Fontenay-le-Comte / Festival On n’a plus 20 ans 07.04.26 CZ – Prague / Rock Cafe 10.04.26 CZ – Jablunkov / Southock Rock Cafe 11.04.26 AT – Vienna / Core FEST 12.04.26 CH – Zurich / Werk21 15.04.26 PL – Warsaw / VooDoo 16.04.26 SK – Bratislava / Randal 17.04.26 CZ – Brno / Melodka 24.04.26 RO – Cluj-Napoca / Flying Circus 25.04.26 RO – Arad / Flex
SPACE OF VARIATIONS are: Dmytro Kozhukhar – vocals Olexksii Zatserkovnyi – guitar, vocals Anton Kasatkin – bass, backing vocals Tymofii Kasatkin – drums
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Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
