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VANISHING POINT Give a Date and a Time for the First Song and Nothing Else Yet
Power Metal Progressive Metal
'Bring Me The Night' premieres on 25 September at noon Melbourne time, with the album details attached.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
ALETHEYA Put a White Lion Shaped Song at the Heavy End of Their First Album
Power Metal
'Chance To Reborn' came out on 18 September through Rockshots Records; 'Stealer' has a lyric video.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
Marc Hudson Steps Back From DRAGONFORCE Over Tinnitus and His Old Vocal Coach Takes the Part
Power Metal
Alessio Garavello sings the male half of a dual-vocal album alongside Alissa White-Gluz; Hudson stays with the band off stage.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 19, 2026
SABATON Gave Templars to a Pop Evil Singer on a Festival Stage and Then Released It
Power Metal
Leigh Kakaty sang the new version at Louder Than Life a day before it went up on Better Noise Music.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
SABATON Recut 'Templars' With Leigh Kakaty and Tried It on Louder Than Life First
Power Metal
The new version is out through Better Noise Music, a day after the two of them played it in front of the festival without warning.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 18, 2026
NORTHER Come Back After Fifteen Years, With the Line-Up From the Records That Mattered
Power Metal Death Metal
Petri Lindroos, Kristian Ranta, Jukka Koskinen, Tuomas Planman and Heikki Saari. Wacken and Brutal Assault next summer, and new music is already being written.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 18, 2026
NASTY Fill 'Trauma' With Guests and Put 'Warrior' Out Third
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The album lands 23 October on Triple B Records, with members of LANDMVRKS and Eternal Enemy on it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 18, 2026
CRYSTAL THRONE Set Album Two in the Year 5150, With Earth Missing
Heavy Metal Power Metal
'Electrical Savior' is the second single from 'Chantry Of Sacrifice', out 2 October. The record follows the last human alive back through time to find out where the planet went.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 17, 2026
Tuomas Holopainen Says the Blame for 2005 Is Fair and the Reunion Is Not Happening
Power Metal Symphonic Metal
'It was a divorce, and an ugly one at that.' Twenty-one years on, he accepts how the open letter looked and still rules out bringing Tarja Turunen back.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 17, 2026
CRYSTAL EYES Put 'Metal Bound' Out Ahead of a Ninth Album, 'Thunder God'
Power Metal
Massacre Records releases it on 30 October. The song is about leaving a ruined Earth, and underneath that about keeping heavy metal itself.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026
GRAVE DIGGER Set 'Faces of Pain' for 15 January, Their Twenty Fourth Album
Heavy Metal Power Metal
Reaper Entertainment has it. Chris Boltendahl calls it the next furious chapter, which after forty six years is a claim the band have earned the right to keep making.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026
Kai HANSEN Makes a Second Solo Record, Ten Years After the First
Power Metal
The project he started in 2016 as a one off is active again, on earMUSIC, with the album he has been promising since XXX.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026
AFTER INFINITY Take the Guitars and Drums Out of 'Whisper in the Air'
Power Metal
The Finnish band's new single is piano, orchestra and voice, with Mika Tauriainen of Entwine singing his first release in over a decade. 'Beyond Eternity' follows on 23 October.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026
SERIOUS BLACK Put 'Party in the Sun' Forward as Germany's Eurovision Entry
Power Metal
The power metal band have submitted the single for the 2027 contest. Mario Lochert says the song is about the worldwide metal family, which is a phrase nobody has previously tried on that stage.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
ION VEIN Re-Record Three Songs Whose Master Tapes Vanished, and Reissue 'Beyond Tomorrow'
Heavy Metal Power Metal
Three missing masters brought the Chicago band back together. The anniversary edition lands on 20 November through Majesphere, in 250 copies on vinyl, with unreleased live material from 1999.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 15, 2026
ILIUM's 'Scythe Ballet' Reaches Bandcamp, Months After the Physical Release
Power Metal
BraveWords Records has put the Australian power metal band's 2026 album out digitally. The rest of the platforms follow later in the year.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 15, 2026
ETERNITY'S END Set 'Titanblood' for 6 November and Open It With 'Ravenheart'
Power Metal Speed Metal
The first album under the multi-record deal they signed with Scarlet Records this month. Christian Muenzner and Hannes Grossmann are still the engine of it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
ADRIAN BENEGAS Puts Out 'Growing Hearts' With Herbie Langhans Singing and Sascha Paeth Mixing
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The Paraguayan composer's new single came out on 11 September with a hand drawn animated video he says was made without any AI.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 13, 2026