NADA Sign with Wormholedeath for Release of Full-Length Album “Entropia”

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Wormholedeath is proud to welcome Brazilian hardcore thrash metal powerhouse NADA to its roster! The relentless trio has signed a deal for the release of their full-length album, Entropia, a ferocious and politically charged record that embodies the chaos and defiance of modern Brazil.

NADA: Uncompromising, Unrelenting, Unfiltered

Formed in 2020 in the interior of São Paulo, NADA emerged as a response to the growing social and political turmoil in Brazil. With the pandemic forcing them into isolation, the band used their time to craft a sound that is as raw and urgent as the reality they face.

Driven by the rise of the extreme right and the spread of fascism and denialism in Brazil, NADA channels their rage into fast, direct, and unapologetic music. Their hard-hitting riffs and no-nonsense lyrics aim at the injustices plaguing their country, blending social critique with deeply personal reflections.

After making their mark with a blistering self-titled debut EP in 2022, featuring five uncompromising tracks, the band is now set to unleash their most powerful statement yet: Entropia.

Entropia: A Soundtrack to a Fractured Society

A sonic gut-punch that refuses to be ignored, Entropia captures the intensity of life in Brazil over the past decade. The album reimagines five tracks from NADA’s debut EP while introducing eight brand-new songs, resulting in a relentless fusion of thrash, hardcore, punk, and death metal, infused with Brazilian and South American influences.

The album’s cover art, designed by @kaparootz, depicts the destruction of Indigenous values upon first contact with colonial forces—an allegory for the modern world’s descent into deception and manipulation. NADA draws a parallel between this historical loss and today’s society, where truth is often drowned in a sea of lies.

More than just an album, Entropia is a battle cry. It’s the sound of a band refusing to stay silent, using music as a weapon to confront oppression and demand change.

1 · 1984 (Crumbs for the Poors)
2 · Sociofobia
3 – Julgamento
4 · Entropia
5 · Vengeance
6 · Nada
7 · Simpatia
8 · Veneno
9 · O Cego e o Orgulho
10 · Distopia
11 · Black Bodies Bleeds
12 · O Ovo da Serpente
13 · Porcos da Mentira

Watch the Lyric Video for “O Cego e o Orgulho”:

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Joe Stump’s TOWER OF BABEL Announce New Album “Days Of Thunder”, Video for Title Track Out Now

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Joe Stump’s TOWER OF BABEL – the hard rock quintet who bring the finest European ingredients to their no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll – will release Days Of Thunder on Silver Lining Music on July 4th. Joe Stump’s supreme six-string shredding skills are known throughout the rock and metal scenes, both as the lead guitarist of Alcatrazz and as the shred specialist associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and having torn new earholes with their 2017 debut Lake of Fire, Stump & co take it a step further and higher with 10 glorious slices of riff-driven, Rainbow/Deep Purple styled anthems.

Along with the soaring vocals of Jo Amore, the tight-fist-drumming of Mark Cross, the multi-dimensional Mistheria (aka The Maestro) on keyboards, and Nic Angileri nailing down the rhythms on bass guitar, Stump has once again prevailed in bringing heavy, energetic, yet gloriously melodic music to the table with a style and panache rarely seen in 2025.

“All of my influences are the classic European hard rock masters, whether it’s Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker or Gary Moore.” offers Stump. “Naturally, the record gives a modern take on those classic sounds. I also love classical music of course, like Bach, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and I wear all those influences on my sleeve. I do have more of a metal background, and my touch is quite a bit more aggressive, but this Days Of Thunder record is more of a hard rock album than it is a metal record.”

Released today, title track and first single ‘Days Of Thunder’ propels itself off with typically blistering Stump riffs which shimmer with dazzling technique, Amore’s vocals helping to further evoke the classic era of 80’s European rock.

Joe Stump comments: “It’s a badass tune that has a Rainbow vibe to it but heavier and reminiscent of early ‘classic’ Dio, something you could hear on the Dream Evil or Holy Diver albums. The band just went for it and the track immediately took on a life of its own… Jo’s great vocals, Mark’s killer playing and of course The Maestro destroying on the keys, it all matches up perfectly!”

Watch/Listen to the first single, ‘Days Of Thunder’ here – video by Very Metal Art.

On Days of Thunder, songs such as ‘Sacrifice’ and ‘The Princess’ dance the edge of speed and classic fireball rocking, the latter allowing some outrageous solos to unfold from both Mistheria and, of course, Stump, who proudly re-establishes his pedigree as one the world’s best axesmiths. The mysterious and hazy groove of hip-swinger ‘Alone In The Desert’ is a smokey backbeat dragging you into its soulful swagger. All in all, taking a ride with Days Of Thunder is a Jedi mind trick of vintage sounds with ultra-fresh and vibrant sensibilities that will transport you back to the Hammersmith Odeon and the days when unabashed hard rockin’ talent, power, colour, and flare were celebrated and venerated.

Days Of Thunder track-listing:

Dominum
Rules Of Silence
Days Of Thunder
Blind Are Your Eyes
Alone In The Desert
In The Heat Of The Night
Sacrifice
Black Knight’s Prelude
Trust Me
The Princess

Days Of Thunder will be available on CD and digital formats. Pre-order here

Days Of Thunder is produced by Mark Cross
Mixed by George Aspiotis and Mark Cross at Studio Aspiotis, Greece
Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone Mastering, London, UK

Joe Stump’s Tower Of Babel are:

JOE STUMP Guitars and Guitar Synth
JO AMORE: Vocals
MARK CROSS: Drums and Backing Vocals
MISTHERIA: Keyboards
NIC ANGILERI: Bass

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DIAMOND HEAD Announce New Release “Live and Electric”, Single/Video ‘Helpless’ Out Now

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With a thunderous crunch and genuine ‘in-your-face’ production that places the PA up against your ears, British heavy metal icons DIAMOND HEAD are proud to announce the release Live and Electric, a live album that delivers every nuance of that four-letter word thanks to a song selection that covers Diamond Head’s seminal career, and a sound that leaves you breathless in the stalls and smelling the sweat and leather of a classic British Heavy metal night. Live and Electric is set for release on on July 11th via Silver Lining Music and it’s available to pre-order at here.

The first single taken from Live and Electric, “Helpless”, is released today. Founding member and lead guitarist Brian Tatler recalls of the song: “In September 1979 the song Helpless began life as a riff I was playing by an obscure punk band. I was playing it at the 5th fret and singer Sean Harris said ‘play it at the 2nd fret but play it faster’ and the song took shape. It has always been a powerhouse live and one of the songs that has never left the set list. Metallica covered Helpless on their $5:98 EP in 1987 which introduced it to a whole new set of Metal fans.”

Watch/Listen to the first single, “Helpless” here – video by Jay Shredder.

Recorded in 2022 on the band’s tour with Saxon, Live and Electric takes in performances from Aberdeen, Blackburn, York, Cambridge, Cardiff and Bexhill, creating in the process an unmistakably British energy which is superbly recorded and mixed by Jay Shredder, with singer/frontman Rasmus Bom Andersen mastering. By now, the rock and metal scene knows all about Brian Tatler, whose riffs have genuinely defined a genre as well as influencing one of the world’s biggest-ever rock bands, Metallica, but the contribution of Andersen to these Diamond Head performances is explosive as he bursts with power, presence and personality.

“It’s the first Diamond Head live album for twenty years and the first time in Diamond Head’s career that we were able to record all fourteen shows and then go through them to find the best performances,” continues Brian. “In the past we would only record one specific show and so all the pressure to get it right on the night would build up and make everyone very nervous. Somewhere in the middle of this tour things began to gel and fortunately these shows were captured for posterity.”

The seamless way in which old classics such as “The Prince” and newer stormers like “Belly Of The Beast” thunder down the tracks is a testimony to the lock-tight no-nonsense foundation that Paul Gaskin (bass), Andrew “Abbz” Abberley (rhythm and lead guitar), and Karl Wilcox on drums add to the alchemy and the balance of respect plus reinvigoration for treasures “It’s Electric”, “Helpless” and “Am I Evil?” is electrifying. Live and Electric is a true roots representation of Britain’s metal communities, and a wonderful live celebration of Diamond Head’s distinctly British heavy metal music which feels as fresh, vital, and important now as it ever has before.

Live and Electric track-listing:

The Prince (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
Bones (Live At St David’s Hall, Cardiff)
The Messenger (Live At The Cambridge Corn Exchange)
In The Heat Of The Night (Live At The York Barbican)
Set My Soul On Fire (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
It’s Electric (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
Dead Reckoning (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
Death By Design (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
Sweet And Innocent (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
Helpless (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
Belly Of The Beast (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
Am I Evil? (Live At King George’s Hall, Blackburn)

Live and Electric will be available as a double vinyl, CD, and on digital formats. Pre-order here

Diamond Head are:
BRIAN TATLER: Lead, Rhythm Guitars
RASMUS BOM ANDERSEN: Vocals
KARL WILCOX: Drums
ANDREW “ABBZ” ABBERLEY: Rhythm, Lead Guitars
PAUL GASKIN: Bass

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Thobbe Englund on His Return to Sabaton: “The Best Thing That’s Ever Happened To Me!”

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Thobbe Englund, who returned to Sabaton on February 9 of last year after eight years and reclaimed the guitarist position from Tommy Johansson, spoke last week with the Brazilian YouTube channel Porque! Metal about his comeback and how it all happened.

Englund first explained that he had always kept in touch with the band since his departure in 2016: “We even wrote some songs together, and we always made sure to stay in touch, barbecuing, having beers, visiting each other’s family and stuff like that.”

When the request came almost ten years later to rejoin, it was the perfect fit for Englund: “It was the perfect timing for me,” he says. because when he originally left, he was tired and burnt out, “I wanted to slow down a bit, and focus a little bit on my own music and stuff like that, but also have a kid, buy a house, and all that.”

The decision to return was ultimately “a no-brainer” for him. It felt like a “full-circle moment.” Englund says: “This is the  best [thing] that could ever happen”. “I belong to Sabaton. That’s my family, that’s my best friends.” When his return was confirmed, the band fellt like “[giddy] school girls.”

Sabaton on Englund’s Return

The other Sabaton members had also expressed their excitement about Englund’s return when the announcement was made last year.

Pär Sundström: “This is a full circle moment for Sabaton and we are beyond excited to have Thobbe rejoin the band. He’s a talented guitarist, songwriter and a kind guy who we have a lot of fun with. We didn’t even need to hold auditions with other guitar players. All that was needed was to spend New Year’s Eve together to know that the time was right for Thobbe´s return.”

Joakim Brodén: “This decision was a no-brainer for us as a band and for Thobbe. He knows the drill and is the perfect fit. This is a great outcome, and we think everyone is going to be psyched about the news! The time is right. Welcome back brother!”

Hannes Van Dahl: “Who? Thobbe f***ng Englund, that’s who! The man is back! I’m happy to once again share the stage with one of my best friends! Welcome back brother!”

Chris Rörland: “I’m beyond excited and happy for the return of the king! We’ve had so many good times together, both on stage and off stage. It’s gonna be great to share the stage again. Welcome back and welcome home my brother! Love ya!”

“Templars”: Englund’s First Single Since 2016

At the end of April, it was finally time for Englund’s musical comeback:  Sabaton released “Templars,” the first single featuring him on guitar since the 2016 album The Last Stand. According to rumors, “Templars” also marks the beginning of a new album – though nothing has been officially confirmed yet. Until then, it’s a matter of waiting patiently and enjoying the new song.

GAUPA Reveal New Single ‘Ten of Twelve’ & Details of Forthcoming Mini Album “Fyr”

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Swedish heavy stoner rockers GAUPA drop ‘Ten of Twelve’ as the first advance single from their forthcoming new mini album “Fyr”, meaning either “four”, “beacon” or “lighthouse”. The release is scheduled for July 4, 2025. 

Available for pre-order here: http://lnk.spkr.media/gaupa-fyr 

“The rooster is the tenth animal in the Chinese zodiac and that’s also the meaning of the title“, vocalist Emma Näslund reveals. “It’s usually connected with perseverance, being on time and alert. The rooster often suggests prosperity and luck in different cultures. I read that somewhere back in the day people thought it was lucky to bring a rooster into the kitchen. I thought that it was a bit fun to play with the idea of a chaotic and unlucky rooster. Someone who just messes things up.“

Erik Jerka Sävström adds: “Initially, I wanted a medieval sounding riff, being inspired by our compatriots Hällas“, the bass player writes. “When the riff emerged, I truly tried to give it that dreamy Hällas sound, but then I started to play with the changing pattern and it turned out even more complex than originally intended.” 

Tracklist

  1. Lion’s Thorn
  2. Heavy Lord
  3. Ten of Twelve
  4. Elastic Sleep
  5. Sömnen / Febersvan (Live at Monkey Moon Studios, 2023)
Cover artwork by Kutlayus – Layout by David Åhrström

GAUPA return with new mini album “Fyr” and a slimmed down line-up to serve up some of their heaviest material to date. A multi-layered play on words, in the Swedish language “Fyr” can mean ‘four’, which coincides with this being GAUPA‘s fourth release. Yet it can also mean ‘lighthouse’, ‘beacon’, and ‘fire’, which for various reasons fit the music and lyrical content as well.

GAUPA have utilized the departure of guitarist Daniel Nygren, who left the band in 2024, to manifest a “big turning point”, according to remaining and now sole guitarist David Rosberg. With various changes to their writing process, they also worked in new studios, with a new recording crew, and new visual artists.

New engineer Karl Daniel Lidén has given the tracks on “Fyr” a grittier, more aggressive sound. At the same time, the core elements of the Swedes’ musical approach are present: spellbinding intricacy, tripped-out, spacious verses guiding a steady stream of psychedelia, and waves of hard stoner riffs.

Inspired largely by Ursula K. Le Guin’s award-winning science fiction novel “The Word for World Is Forest”, vocalist Emma Näslund’s lyrics contemplate the concept of time as well as the essential question as to what is real, which seeps throughout the songs.

Since the release of their self-titled EP in 2018, GAUPA – which translates as ‘lynx’ in English – have paved new ground in the stoner and psychedelic scene, building a unique cosmos defined by enchanting lyrical surrealism and mind-altering sounds. In 2020, their debut album “Feberdröm” pushed them into the international spotlight with its outstanding blend of progressive metal, doom, stoner, and folk, steered by the entrancing vocals of Emma Näslund.

Following the arrival of 2022’s full-length “Myriad”, with the track ‘Exoskeleton’ reaching over a million streams on Spotify (the EP’s ‘Febersvan’ now has over 4 million), GAUPA went on to deliver unforgettable performances at prestigious festivals including Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Sweden Rock, Mystic, and Desertfest among many others, as well as on tours with underground heavyweights such as UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS, BLOOD CEREMONY, and GRAVEYARD.

Although GAUPA describe “Fyr” as a “patchwork of parts”, with each member having an equal part to play, this mini album comes as a solid record that sets a high bar for their future works. For the present, lean back, listen closely, and enjoy this captivating waypoint on the GAUPA journey!

(Based on a text originally written by Liz Scarlett)

The physical release of “Fyr” comes with a bonus track that is not included in the digital version.

Band: Gaupa
Album title: Fyr
Style: Heavy Stoner Rock
Release date: July 4, 2025
Label: Magnetic Eye Records
Review impact date: June 2, 2025

Line-up
Emma Näslund – vocals
Jimmy Hurtig – drums
Erik Jerka Sävström – bass
David Zol Rosberg – guitars

Guest musician
Adrian Dal Cero – bagpipe on ‘Lion’s Thorn’

Drum recording by György Barocsai at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Göteborg (SE)
Bass recording by György Barocsai at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Göteborg (SE)
Vocals, guitars & bagpipes recorded by David Zol Rosberg, Emma Näslund & Erik Ståhlberg at Estethuset studios & Emma’s shed, Falun (SE)
Mixed by Karl Daniel Lidén
Mastering by Karl Daniel Lidén

Cover artwork by Kutlayus
Layout by David Åhrström

Live
16 MAY 2025 Falun (SE) Tio14, KlubbSlammer
05 JUL 2025 London (UK) Stoomfest
25 JUL 2025 Gangnef (SE) Krökbacken Festival
01 AUG 2025 Beelen (DE) Krach am Bach
17 AUG 2025 Carhaix-Plouguer (FR) Motocultor

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ELDER Announce New Headlining Dates + European Tour with ALL THEM WITCHES, “Lore” Anniversary Tour Kicks Off Tomorrow

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Following their recent tour announcement in support of neo-psychedelic blues rock masters ALL THEM WITCHES on their House of Mirrors Tour, progressive psych-rock spearheads ELDER have unveiled a series of new European headlining dates for October 2025!

The band posts: “We’re extremely stoked to be supporting one of our favorite current bands All Them Witches in Europe this October. Following that, we’ll be playing a few headline shows in Portugal, Spain and France.”

Find all upcoming ELDER dates listed below; Tickets for the headliner shows will go on sale this Friday. Visit https://beholdtheelder.com/tour/ for more ticket & concert info!

Furthermore, the band will be kicking off their much-awaited European “Lore” anniversary tour-leg this Thursday in Hamburg, Germany, playing their ground-breaking, third studio album in its entirety. “Lore” was released in 2015 on Stickman Records.

“Lore is turning 10 years old. This album marked a point of departure for Elder upon a path which the band is still walking now”, ELDER recently commented. “For us, this is the record where the band came into its own as a unique voice in the heavy rock underground. As we approach our second decade as a band, we feel it’s appropriate to look back on this landmark for us and acknowledge it properly, which is why we’re doing a tour performing the entire album along with some other tracks from our earlier catalog; we’ll give this era of the band a proper celebration before turning our attention once again toward the future and the next album, currently being written.”

ELDER – “Lore” 10th Anniversary Tour 2025:

08.05.2025 Hamburg (DE), Bahnhof Pauli
09.05.2025 Copenhagen (DK), A Colossal Weekend
10.05.2025 Oslo (NO), Desertfest Oslo
11.05.2025 Stockholm (SE), Hus 7
13.05.2025 Esch-Alzette (LU), Kulturfabrik
14.05.2025 Tourcoing (FR), Le Grand Mix
15.05.2025 Brussels (BE), Le Botanique
16.05.2025 London (UK), Desertfest London
17.05.2025 Nijmegen (NL), Sonic Whip Festival
18.05.2025 Savigny-Le-Temple (FR), Grand Sludge Fest
20.05.2025 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof – Kesselhaus
21.05.2025 Lyon (FR), L’Epicerie Moderne
22.05.2025 Lucerne (CH), Sedel
23.05.2025 Munich (DE), Feierwerk
24.05.2025 Jena (DE), Kuba
25.05.2025 Berlin (DE), Desertfest Berlin
05.06.2025 Gdańsk (PL), Mystic Festival

With ALL THEM WITCHES + Headlining Dates:

06.10.25 Glasgow (UK), The Garage
07.10.25 Manchester (UK), Manchester Academy 2
08.10.25 Leeds (UK), Leeds Beckett Students’ Union
09.10.25 London (UK), O2 Forum Kentish Town
11.10.25 Paris (FR), Le Bataclan
12.10.25 Brussels (BE), Ancienne Belgique
14.10.25 Utrecht (NL), Tivoli/Vredenburg
15.10.25 Tilburg (NL), 013 Poppodium
17.10.25 Copenhagen (DK), Amager Bio
19.10.25 Berlin (DE), Tempodrom
20.10.25 Warsaw (PL), Progresja
21.10.25 Prague (CZ), Roxy
22.10.25 Vienna (AT), Gasometer
23.10.25 Milan (IT), Alcatraz
24.10.25 Berne (CH), Bierhübeli
26.10.25 Barcelona (ES), Razzmatazz
27.10.25 Madrid (ES), La Riviera

28.10.25 Lisbon (PT), RCA Club (Elder only)
29.10.25 Porto (PT), Mouco (Elder only)
30.10.25 Bilbao (ES), D8 Sorkuntza (Elder only)
31.10.25 Toulouse (FR), La Cabane (Elder only)
01.11.25 Vallet (FR), Westhill Festival (Elder only)

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https://www.instagram.com/elderband
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