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KATATONIA Lose a Guitarist to a Visa Office for the Second Time This Year
Death Metal Doom Metal
Nico Elgstrand misses the China and Japan shows over visa problems and rejoins the band in New Zealand. In February the same thing kept him off the North American tour.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 27, 2026
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE Put Out Their Fourteenth Album Tomorrow, Four Years After the Last
Death Metal Doom Metal
Lay Me Down O Silent Fear arrives on 25 September through Steamhammer, ten songs, the first Lacrimas Profundere record since 2022.
Robin Aalto · Sep 24, 2026
EISREGEN Book Six Shows for November and December and Close the Year in Erfurt
Death Metal Black Metal
The Herbstrituale run keeps the band's yearly pattern, ending at From Hell in Erfurt.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 23, 2026
Maria Brink Has Been Talking About a Solo Album Since 2017 and Now It Has a Name
Gothic Metal Metalcore
Coven arrives between In This Moment's ninth album and their tenth, and she describes it as the quiet side of her work.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 22, 2026
KATATONIA Announce Two Shows in China Five Days Before Playing Them
Death Metal Doom Metal
Shanghai on 27 September, Shenzhen on 28 September, then Japan and an Australian and New Zealand run in October.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 22, 2026
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE Put Faceless Out Three Days Before the Album It Belongs To
Death Metal Doom Metal
The single and its video are out now; Lay Me Down O Silent Fear follows on 25 September through Steamhammer.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026
AGREGATOR Put a Second Version of Hamu at the End of the EP and Now Give It a Video
Death Metal Gothic Metal
'Elízium' came out in June; the album 'Por és hamu' is expected in 2027.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
Visas Take MOONSPELL Off the CRADLE OF FILTH Tour, and Blackbraid Take the Slot
Gothic Metal
'Majestic In Death II' marks thirty years of 'Dusk... And Her Embrace'. Worm and Black Satellite open.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 18, 2026
Mark Kelson on 'Harmony Breaks': the Point Where the Balance You Were Holding Gives Way
Gothic Metal
'Obscured Horizons' is out now through Reigning Phoenix Music, with a video for the song at its centre.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 18, 2026
OPERA IX Take Thirty-Eight Years of Italian Black Metal to South America
Death Metal Doom Metal
A run of headline dates in November, the band's first announced trip to the region in years.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 18, 2026
ENDLESS CHAIN Put Out 'Down', the Song That Set the Direction for 'Nothingness'
Gothic Metal
It was the first thing written for the album, which M-Theory Audio releases on 20 November. Ville Hovi calls it a plea to the universe.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 16, 2026
Dani Filth Puts Fifty Years Into a Book, Out in June 2027
Death Metal Black Metal
'The Filth: My Life In Devilry And Debauchery' is written with Joel McIver and runs from a childhood in Suffolk through Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Viva La Bam.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 16, 2026
HIGH PARASITE Release 'The Screams That Come' Ahead of Their London Metalfest Slot
Gothic Metal
Aaron Stainthorpe's band put out a stand alone single on Spinefarm, produced by Paradise Lost's Gregor Mackintosh.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 13, 2026
Thirty Years On, CRADLE OF FILTH Reissue 'Dusk… And Her Embrace' in a Coffin Box
Death Metal Black Metal
Music For Nations releases the anniversary edition on 30 October, on splattered vinyl and as a numbered coffin box CD with two bonus tracks.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
LACUNA COIL premiere new single and music video "Gravity" from upcoming album "Sleepless Empire"
Gothic Metal
Italian gothic metal veterans LACUNA COIL unveil "Gravity," the fifth single and video from their forthcoming album "Sleepless Empire."
Jan 19, 2026
PARADISE LOST Premiere New Single and Video "Serpent On The Cross"
Death Metal Gothic Metal
PARADISE LOST release official music video for "Serpent On The Cross," from upcoming album Ascension out September 18th.
Jul 14, 2025
CRADLE OF FILTH premiere new music video for "Demagoguery"
Death Metal Gothic Metal
Veteran extreme goth metal band CRADLE OF FILTH release new video for "Demagoguery" from latest album The Screaming Of The Valkyries.
Jun 4, 2025
LACUNA COIL release 'Hosting The Shadow' featuring Randy Blythe
Gothic Metal
LACUNA COIL unveils 'Hosting The Shadow' with Randy Blythe. The new single hints at their upcoming tenth album, details pending.
Aug 2, 2024