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Technical extreme metal band Vanguardian releases its experimental final single “Dead Space” from the upcoming album III: Inhumanity

Technical extreme metal band Vanguardian released its experimental final single “Dead Space” from the upcoming album III: Inhumanity.

In the song, the schizophrenic android “LI-2 XA-1” who gained consciousness earlier in the album, flies through space toward the first habitable planet with the intention of conquering it for the human race.

Dead Space depicts loneliness and a journey into the unknown. The song’s story has been influenced by Arthur C. Clarke, E. Schrödinger, D. Simmons, and others. The song was produced by Vanguardian.

Jami Honkala was responsible for mixing and mastering.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Bandcamp, YouTube etc.): https://push.fm/fl/vanguardian-deadspace

Vanguardian is:
Markus Martinmäki – Vocals
Tino Jäntti – Drums
Mikko Saviranta – Guitar
Sakari Soisalo – Bass

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Polish Legendary VADER Issue Recap of Summer Concerts 2025 and Reveal First Future Plans

Polish Legendary VADER Issue Recap of Summer Concerts 2025 and Reveal First Future Plans.

Vader’s Peter Wiwczarek shared:

“VADERMANIAX !!! We ended the summer concert season with three concerts in the last weekend of August. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH for wonderful moments and total craziness and Massive Music for organization and great atmosphere on all trips in the summer season 2025 \m/
These were also the last concerts in 2025 in Poland and Europe. Upcoming plans are the Carnival of Death Tour tour in the USA/Canada in October.
Because we and Massive Music are still receiving inquiries about more concerts in Poland – we will try to organize one more weekend in December this year. I hope that in 2026, we will see each other more often at the common craziness in our country. It will be the 20th anniversary of the album “Impressions In Blood”. We will also like to remind you of the wider “Kingdom” (expect a new edition of this title soon). There are also plans for something special that we haven’t done before… but let’s wait for the specifics. The new Vader album will definitely be made next year – but let’s rather expect the release at the beginning of 2027.
Below is a memento KAT cover from the concert in Zamo Pć in August shared from the Janusz Bb collection. Thanks \m/”

All the stage photos by Adam Sieklicki
Band photo by Artur Tarczewski

Just recently VADER celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their classic “Litany” album, which originally came out on Metal Blade Records in 2000 with a special vinyl reissue edition. The original 11 tracks / 31 minutes of “Litany” were newly re-mastered for vinyl by Wojtek Wieslawski / Hertz Recording Studio and the LP also includes a 16-page booklet with new liner-notes by band leader, guitarist and vocalist Peter Wiwczarek.

The “Litany (25th Anniversary Reissue)” LP is available via Metal Blade Records:
in Europe: https://shop.metalblade.de/collections/vader
in North America: https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/collections/vader

Vader’s Peter Wiwczarek commented in the liner notes as follows about “Litany”: “‘Litany’ was definitely our fastest and most brutal album ever recorded…This year the album celebrates its quarter-century and we want to remind you of the power of these brutal riffs. The album returns to the stages in full form. Many of the songs haven’t been played since the 2000-2001 promotional tour. Some of them have never been played. I invite you to the world of ‘Litany’! Remember…you enter here at your own risk!”

May 30th 2025 VADER released new EP “Humanihility” via Nuclear Blast. Order it here: https://vader.bfan.link/humanihility

Five years after the much-lauded 12th studio album Solitude In Madness, VADER return with 3 brand-new tracks once again produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studio, UK. Featuring excellent artwork by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Testament, Dark Funeral), this EP marks the first recording as a quintet with guitarist Mauser returning to the group and new drummer Michael alongside vocalist/guitarist Peter, bassist Hal and third guitarist Spider.

Humanihility offers scorching new songs that prove to be vicious, thrash-laden anthems perfectly blending old-school thrash with VADER’s unique straight-forward fury and neckbreaking tempos. Each of the songs was created by a different band member, giving them a more personal style.

The only physical edition will be a  limited 12” (red vinyl, 700 copies). Artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco Arts.

In case you missed, also watch the music video for the latest single “Unbending’ (which was the official anthem of Poland’s renowned Mystic Festival this year), created by Robert Gasperowicz: https://youtu.be/WoIZS0jx3hY

Humanihility Tracklist
1. Genocide Designed
2. Rampage
3. Unbending (Mystic Festival Anthem 2025)

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Tuska 2026’s first acts announced: Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens, and 13 more

This is where it starts – the Tuska festival, which will be held in Suvilahti, Helsinki, from 26 to 28 June 2026, has announced the first performers for next summer. The headliners will be announced in two pieces right away:

Bring Me The Horizon, from Sheffield, England, will rightfully claim one of the Tuska 2026 headliner spots. BMTH, which started out as a deathcore act in 2004, is now more of an alternative metal band with electronic and pop influences.

Bring Me The Horizon has carved out its own niche on the path of modern metal and is one of the most significant influences and trendsetters in its genre. The “POST HUMAN: NeX GEn” album, released in 2024, took BMTH’s already huge international popularity to even greater heights, and the band’s fan base continues to grow, one continental-shaking gig at a time.

Bring Me The Horizon’s Tuska show the previous summer was quite the mind-blower, and with the band currently perhaps in a stronger position than ever, it’s worth holding on to your metaphorical and even real hats!

You ordered this and it’s here; Bad Omens is one of the headliners of Tuska 2026. The band had to cancel their European tour in the summer of 2024, including the eagerly awaited Tuska show so this has been awaited!

US metalcore sensation Bad Omens is definitely one of the hottest names in modern heavy music right now. Formed in 2015, the band mixes heavy expression, ripping melodies, and a dark, unapologetic aesthetic. It’s a combination that resonates with many.

With their 2022 breakthrough album “The Death of Peace of Mind,” Bad Omens introduced a new kind of electronic depth and darkness, and its title track went viral on social media, reflecting the explosive growth of the band’s fan base worldwide. Frontman Noah Sebastian’s multi-dimensional voice is the musical core of Bad Omens. The band’s art is simultaneously extremely visual, captivating, and startlingly personal.

Other Tuska 2026 performers who have just been announced include the American metalcore band The Plot In You, the American band Blood Incantation, which plays experimental and psychedelic death metal, the American Queensrÿche, one of the founding fathers of prog metal, Kublai Khan TX, a band from Texas that leans on the tradition of 90s metal hardcore and rolls extremely heavy, the English band Malevolence, who play traditional metalcore, Soilwork, one of the pioneers of melodic death metal from Gothenburg, the American Rivers of Nihil, who play extreme technical death metal, the Finnish band Ensiferum, who spice up their melodic death metal with folk metal influences, the modern Finnish band Bloodred Hourglass, who are at the forefront of Finnish metal, the Swedish messenger of symphonic power metal Majestica, the Australian metalcore phenomenon Melrose Avenue, a genre-breaking combination of mathcore, nu metal and chaotic emo serving up The Callous Daoboys from Atlanta and the Danish Neckbreakker, who carve out old-school death metal with a modern twist.

Confirmed Tuska 2026 performers:
Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens
The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche
Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork
Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica
Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys, Neckbreakker

Artists’ performance dates will be announced later.
More programs will be released later this year.

Tickets:
Tuska 2026 3-day tickets, as well as VIP 3-day tickets are now available through Tuska’s official ticketing partners, Tiketti and Lippu.fi.
Other ticket categories will be on sale later.

Three-day tickets from €239.00
VIP three-day tickets from €379.00

In collaboration with: Fortum, Helsinki, Karhu, Radio City, Redi

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Finnish deathgrind band ‘I, Cursed’ released their Heretical Onslaught EP and announces Finnish tour

Finland’s I, Cursed, who combine angry and furious death metal and grindcore, released their new Heretical Onslaught EP on September 11th 2025. The EP is released in cooperation with Finnish record labels Inverse Records & Meara Music which is also an agency and event producer based in Ulvila.

LISTEN to Heretical Onslaught EP:  https://push.fm/fl/i-cursed-heretical

I, Cursed’s previous EP, Death Holograms, was a bleak and cold affair in terms of production. The new EP, Heretical Onslaught, is bleak like its predecessor, but a bit warmer, though still closer to a circulatory arrest and collapse. I, Cursed has also undergone some line up changes. Nico Brander, who played guitar on the new EP, has stepped aside. Bassist and the band’s main composer and lyricist Ville-Veikko Laaksonen has taken over on guitar. Joni Suodenjärvi, a familiar face from bands such as Cannibal Accident, Hateform, Mors Principium Est, and others, has been recruited as the band’s new bassist. I, Cursed will be touring Finland extensively throughout the fall with their new EP.

Finnish Tour:
September 19th Varjobaari, Tampere
September 20th Bar Loose, Helsinki
October 17th Nirvana, Turku
November 7th Lepakkomies, Helsinki
November 29th Meara Music Klubi, Pori
December 13th Bar 15 Basement, Seinäjoki

WATCH music video of first single ‘Disfigurement’: https://youtu.be/NlR4xJvdzlg
WATCH music video of second single ‘Death Pays It All’: https://youtu.be/DlpcScU6zSg

Line-up on EP:
Eero Haula – Vocals (Oceanwake)
Ville-Veikko Laaksonen – Bass & guitar (Atlases, Marto)
Nico Brander – Guitar (Blood Service, Marto)
Arttu Leppänen – Drums (Atlases, Marto)

Discography:
I, Cursed / Blood Service S/T Split EP 2023 (Meara Music)
Bloodsoaked / Storm Parade Double Single 2023 (Meara Music)
Blades Single 2024 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)
Sorrower Single 2024 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)
Death Holograms Single & EP 2024 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)
Disfigurement Single 2025 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)
Death Pays It All Single 2025 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)
Nothing From The Ruins Single 2025 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)
Heretical Onslaught Album 2025 (Inverse Records / Meara Music)

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Glam rockers Crosson Drops soul-stirring ballad “Heaven’s Bell”

Renowned for their first pumping sing-along rock anthems,  the Glam Rock Warriors from Down Under have returned with a powerful, symphonic, heartfelt magnum opus. Drenched in emotion and wrapped in theatrical rock grandeur, “Heaven’s Bell” is a powerful ode to loved ones lost and the promise of reunion beyond the stars.

With haunting melodies, heart-piercing vocals, and lyrics that cut deep—“Some days are easy, the nights are hell”—Crosson taps into the raw pulse of grief while lighting the way with hope. A tender farewell turned rock ballad, this is Crosson at their most vulnerable… and most epic.

“Heaven’s Bell” is taken from Crosson’s album Guilty of Rock, out now via Wormholedeath.

Stream the album here: https://orcd.co/guiltyofrock

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Finnish hard rockers Rimbacher releases a version of the song “Sold My Soul To Rock ‘n’ Roll” by original AC/DC Singer Dave Evans

Finnish Rimbacher is known as a powerful live band and as a stylish AOR creator. Now they released a cover of the Song “Sold My Soul To Rock ‘n’ Roll” from the 2007 album “Sinner” by the original AC/DC vocalist Dave Evans.

“Jimbo and I had the honor of playing this song with Dave Evans, the original performer and founding member of AC/DC, in his Finnish tour band ‘His Finnish Badassess’. Dave emphasized energy, dynamics, power, and conviction. He instructed us to play each song as if it were our own. Sold My Soul To Rock n’ Roll touched to me in many ways, and I decided to ask the maestro for permission to record the song with our band. We got the go-ahead!” recalls the band’s singer, Niko Rimbacher.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon etc.): https://push.fm/fl/rimbacher-smstrnr

Previous Rimbacher’s album High Hopes On The Rocks (2024) received widespread acclaim both in Finland and abroad. In the spirit of 80s stadium rock, AOR, and hard rock, the style-conscious band went straight into recording their next full-length album after the release of their debut. Songs from the upcoming album have already been heard at gigs, the official singles haven’t yet scheduled for release. That’s why now is the perfect time to release a new single to ease the anticipation of rock fans.

Line-up:
Niko Rimbacher – Vocals
Osku ”Sticky” Kilpi – Guitar
Jim ”Jimbo” Heikkinen – Guitar
Reisca Morani – Bass
Jouni Kauppinen – Drums

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Northern Genocide introduce their new singer and release a new track, entitled ‘Roviolla’

Finnish modern melodic metal band Northern Genocide introduce their new singer Joni Parkkinen and released a new track ‘Roviolla‘ which is a cover version of legendary Finnish pop-rock band Gimmel. 

LISTEN to Roviolla: https://push.fm/fl/ng-roviolla

The band comments:
“In order to create something new, the old must burn in a Bonfire. Later, a new world, the new Northern Genocide, is born from the ashes. Faced with the new, we decided, with the power of a new voice, to pay a tribute to the old. This was the beginning of this legendary Finnish pop-rock song reheated through the grate of Northern Genocide. What would heat up a cold autumn evening better than the flames of Bonfire. Nothing.”

Northern Genocide has always been about finding new ways of combining musical elements without genre restrictions. It all started as an industrial metal project in 2010 aiming to combine exciting electronic elements with aggressive metal riffs. Today it could be described as modern metal or melodic death metal. NG has always embraced the freedom to create music exactly the way they want. Because of that, all of their releases have a distinct sound that has evolved over the years. The first releases ”Atlantis” and ”Planet Asylum” are known for their aggressive synth driven tracks but the latest two releases ”Genesis vol. 666” and ”The Point of No Return” already featured more melodic and orchestral elements. Strong and complex guitar riffs combined with aggressive growl vocals have always the core of their sound.

In 2025 NG  is working on 3rd full lenght studio album with new vocalist Joni Parkkinen. The album will come out in 2026.

Line-up:
Vocals: Joni Parkkinen
Lead guitars: Pyry Pohjanpalo
Rhythm guitars: Jussi Pulliainen
Drums: Leo Korhonen
Bass: Arto Viitanen
Backing Vocals: Keren Helin
Synths: Rainer Pekkinen

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Finnish metal rising star Artkills released a new single featuring a surprising star guest

Rising Finnish metal star ARTKILLS has released a new single called Tightrope. The song is the band’s second single for 2025, preceded by a successful cover of Robbie Williams’ hit Angels.

Tightrope combines the energy of modern metal and rap in a way that has never been heard before in Finland. The single features a guest appearance by the Emma-awarded and highly regarded rapper Redrama. ARTKILLS’ heavy riffs and catchy chorus blend seamlessly with Redrama’s powerful flow.

Founded in 2020, Artkills, a Helsinki-based band, is a modern metal band whose music combines heavy riffs, danceable grooves and memorable vocal melodies. The band members are passionate musicians, all of whom share a touch of old-school attitude. Together with the lineup that has developed a recognizable sound, these elements create the perfect addition to the modern metal scene.

Artkills signed a gig sales contract with GramoPop in the spring of 2025. Artkills has already performed with, for example, the band Kilpi, Merta, Awake Again and Ikinä. In 2023–2024, Artkills did a major “Modern Metal Wave” tour, for which the band has toured extensively around Finland, creating a nice buzz.

The band’s music has also been played on the radio. Radio City noted the band’s single Don’t Follow, which received rave reviews. You & I, released in February 2024, has also been played commendably on Radio Rock, and the previous single Angels is played on the YLEX3M channel.

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Sparzanza releases darkly grooving single Fear The Night with lyric video

Swedish heavy rockers Sparzanza are approaching the long-awaited release of their album From Dust To Darkness. The album is due out on October 3rd via Despotz Records.

The final single from the upcoming album, the hard-hitting “Fear The Night”, was released last friday, accompanied by a lyric video that fits the dark theme.

The song is a dark and melodic masterpiece, where Sparzanza takes the listener into the worlds of darkness, loneliness and primal fears.

Vocalist Fredrik Weileby proves that he is in the best shape of his career, and bassist Johan Carlsson gives credit to the band’s guitarist for this:

“Our guitarist Magnus Eronen has now been working as a recording engineer, and he has developed the whole band, especially when it comes to the songs. He knows exactly when and how to push the best possible performance out of Fredrik.”

From the album From Dust To Darkness, we got a taste of the singles Bad Motherfucker, Twitch of the Death Nerve, The Blinding Absence of a Light and the latest split Bloodborne.

Sparzanza is:
Calle Johannesson – Guitar
Anders Åberg – Drums
Johan Carlsson – Bass
Fredrik Weileby – Vocals
Magnus Eronen – Guitar

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Five Finger Death Punch releases song with Babymetal

Multi-platinum selling modern metal giants Five Finger Death Punch are celebrating their 20th anniversary with two compilation albums – Best Of – Volume 1 was released in May, and the band has just announced that Best Of – Volume 2 will be released on October 24, 2025, via Better Noise Music.

The first single from the upcoming compilation is a new version of the hit song The End, featuring Babymetal singer Su-Metal, who comments on the collaboration:
“I got to sing part of the song in Japanese, and I tried a lot of different vocal styles that would fit such a powerful song. My favorite part is when my own voice gradually gets drowned out by Ivan’s roar. It gave me chills, and I hope the listeners experience the same!”

So the new compilation albums are not just remasters, but the band has re-recorded their biggest hits from the beginning. The releases mark the band’s response to their former label, which had sold the rights to the masters of Five Finger Death Punch’s previous albums without informing the band.

The album features reinterpretations of classics such as Sham Pain, Blue On Black, Trouble and Burn MF. The band emphasises that this is a tribute to both the songs and the fans who have stood by the band for two decades.

With over 13 billion streams, countless number one hits and numerous gold and platinum albums, Five Finger Death Punch has become one of the most successful rock bands of the millennium. Best Of – Volume 2 features 16 re-recorded classics and three previously unreleased live versions of the songs Wash It All Away, Wrong Side Of Heaven and Jekyll And Hyde.

Best Of Volume 2 track listing:
1. Hell To Pay (2025 Version)
2. The End (feat. BABYMETAL) (2025 Version)
3. M.I.N.E (End This Way) (2025 Version)
4. Hard To See (2025 Version)
5. Got Your Six (2025 Version)
6. Cold (2025 Version)
7. Burn MF (2025 Version)
8. Never Enough (2025 Version)
9. Sham Pain (2025 Version)
10. Blue On Black (2025 Version)
11. I Apologize (2025 Version)
12. Trouble (2025 Version)
13. When The Seasons Change (2025 Version)
14. Cradle To The Grave (2025 Version)
15. My Nemesis (2025 Version)
16. Walk Away (2025 Version)
17. Wash It All Away (Live)
18. Wrong Side Of Heaven (Live)
19. Jekyll And Hyde (Live)

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