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SPEED QUEEN - New Video Clip - Debut Full-Length Album "...With a Bang!" out soon via High Roller Records
 Belgium's up-and-rising heavy metallers SPEED QUEEN have revealed the final single for their debut full-length album "...With a Bang!", coming on September 5th 2025 via High Roller Records on all formats.
Check out the video clip for "I Walk Alone" at this location: https://youtu.be/IDZ1N2T0g0A
SPEED QUEEN have been together for more than ten years now and have played numerous festivals (from Wacken Open Air to the Alcatraz Festival) and did some tours with, amongst others, Night Demon. “We like to think that rock‘n'roll has to be fun and invigorating in the first place,” states bassist Lander Savelkoul, “and that’s what we try to bring to the stage - a fast, energetic show with no pauses. We’re bringing a whole new live show along with this new release.”
He adds: “This album has been cooking for quite some time. We started working on these songs after »King Of The Road« (EP, 20217) was released and in between live shows, after a pandemic and line-up change, we are finally ready to release them to the world. Also, it’s a cliché but we’ve grown as a band and you can hear that we’re more comfortable playing these songs.”
Get ready for a powerful "in your face" record, with more variation and extra layers than SPEED QUEEN's previous material!
Additional solo on "I Want It" by Jonny Nesta (Thunderor, Skull Fist). Recorded and mixed by Koen Keijers (Tube Driven). Mastered by Thibault Chaumont (Deviant Lab). Front and back cover photography by Sarina Mannaert.
Tracklist:
01. 5678
02. Showdown
03. I Want It
04. Eye to Eye
05. Chasing Ghosts
06. I Walk Alone
07. Skygazers
08. The World Ends Tonight
09. Time to Go
10. Fire
https://www.hrrecords.de/SPEED-QUEEN +++ https://www.facebook.com/speedqueenofficial
KHNVM – New Lyric Video – Fourth Full-Length Album "Cosmocrator" out soon via Testimony Records
 Death Metallers KHNVM have revealed another song from their new full-length "Cosmocrator", shortly before its official release on August 29th 2025 via Testimony Records.
Check out the lyric video for "Purgatorial Pyre" here: https://youtu.be/K2QHLlJX7iU
Vocalist / guitarist Obliterator comments: "A celestial masquerade collapses into ash as mortals kneel, deceived, their cries devoured by a silent, indifferent deity. The album's opening track 'Purgatorial Pyre' does not sing of redemption, but of the cruel theater that mankind mistakes for grace – where each prayer drips with despair and the divine remains an elusive phantom."
With their fourth album, KHNVM are entering a downward spiral into the abyss of the human experience. The death metal brainiacs explore the crossroads of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality. "Cosmocrator" draws powerful inspiration from Christopher Hitchens' scathing account "God Is Not Great" and Carl Jung's "Mysterium Coniunctionis" to explore themes surrounding the tension between rationality and mysticism, while challenging conventional beliefs.
The album title "Cosmocrator" carries a dual significance. It symbolises the "Ruler of the World" and, within religious vocabulary, also stands for "Satan". This reflects the album's exploration of common phenomena, expressed through an adrenaline-fueled artistic lens. With the thought-provoking lyrics and harsh yet to the point musicality of "Cosmocrator", KHNVM promise not to just deliver on musical terms but also to captivate those who are drawn to complex narratives and philosophical depth.
KHNVM are a death metal band that has walked the line between old school death metal and contemporary influences without stumbling. Fronted by Bangladeshi-born guitarist and vocalist Obliterator, the band was founded and is firmly based in Germany.
They present their most complex work so far. "Cosmocrator" offers a dual approach to its listeners: an easy way as to be enjoyed for its excellent musicality but also a far more difficult path to take with intricate lyrics and rich thoughts to be analysed, explored, and discussed for many years to come - and new meanings to be found as well as discoveries of fresh ideas to be made with each new turn!
Artwork by Khaos Diktator Design.
Tracklist:
1. Purgatorial Pyre
2. Fetid Eden
3. Mercurial Remnants
4. Fathomless Enigma
5. Cosmocrator
6. Venom Spawn
7. Haunting Blight
http://lnk.spkr.media/khnvm-cosmocrator +++ https://www.facebook.com/KHNVM666
OUTLAW – New Album "Opus Mortis" in October 2025 via AOP Records – Track Premiere
 AOP Records proudly announces the new album of black metal act OUTLAW, entitled "Opus Mortis", set for release on October 31st 2025.
Forged in São Paulo in 2015, OUTLAW was born as a savage roar from the innermost depths of rebellion. A flame long silenced by the fear of men. What began in the heart of Brazil soon transcended its birthplace, relocating to Dresden, Germany, where the band sharpened its craft into a weapon of uncompromising black metal.
Over the past decade, OUTLAW has released three full-length albums and one EP, each step a deeper descent into their own path. Their music is steeped in darkness, yet illuminated by a relentless drive to transcend the mundane, channeling fury, devotion, and death into soundscapes that are as violent as they are cathartic.
With the upcoming album "Opus Mortis", OUTLAW opens a new chapter. It stands as their most ambitious and destructive work to date. An offering that embodies the essence of the band: raw, visionary, and unbound.
A first track, "Through the Infinite Darkness", has been premiered here: https://youtu.be/JoiX6aUX_l0
Cover art by Johny Prayogi.
Tracklist:
1. Blaze of Dissolution
2. Through the Infinite Darkness
3. The Crimson Rose (feat. Jelle // Dödsrit)
4. A Million Midnights (feat. Lucas Veles // Blasphemaniac)
5. Those Who Breathe Fire (feat. Georgios // Dödsrit)
6. A Subtle Intimation
7. Ruins of Existence
https://shop.aoprecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/OutlawBlackMetal
PARADOX – New Lyric Video – New Album "Mysterium" in September 2025 via High Roller Records
 German Thrash Metal institution PARADOX has revealed another song from the new album "Mysterium", coming on September 26th 2025 via High Roller Records.
Check out "Fragrance Of Violence" here: https://youtu.be/C2SHhN80aaY
"Mysterium" is the ninth studio album by PARADOX and marks a special milestone in the band’s 44-year history, as founder and mastermind Charly Steinhauer not only played all stringed instruments, programmed the drums and sang, but also handled the production entirely on his own. Only the mastering was left to Patrick W. Engels competent hands.
The songs are thematically linked, without it being a classic concept work. The lyrics – which, as on "Tales of the Weird" (2012) and "Pangea" (2016), were written by Achim "Dax" Hömerlein (ex-Vendetta) – revolve around mystical stories and world events that have personally moved Steinhauer. Songs like "Abyss of Pain and Fear" (inspired by the movie "Midnight Express"), the instrumental "Grief" (a tribute to co-founder Axel Blaha, who died in 2023) or the title track (about dream interpretation) thus form a common thread.
In Steinhauer’s own estimation, "Mysterium" is alongside their 1989 classic “Heresy” the strongest PARADOX album to date! "The songs all have their own identity, are catchy, and when the album is over, I want to listen to it again straight away.”
Charly`s focus remains on studio productions. In fact, he is already thinking about a follow-up album. For now, "Mysterium" is available on CD (with bonus track) and vinyl.
Cover artwork & graphics by Travis Smith.
Tracklist:
01. Kholat
02. Abyss Of Pain And Fear
03. Grief
04. Those Who Resist
05. One Way Ticket To Die
06. Pile Of Shame
07. Tunguska
08. Fragrance Of Violence
09. Mysterium
10. The Demon God
11. Within The Realms Of Gray (CD Bonus)
https://www.hrrecords.de/PARADOX +++ https://www.facebook.com/paradoxthrash
SUNNIVA – New Video Clip available – Debut Album " Hypostasis" out in September 2025 via Svart Records
 Finnish sludge/post-metal act SUNNIVA have unveiled another song from their upcoming debut album "Hypostasis", coming on September 19th 2025 via Svart Records.
You can watch the official video for "Valovaltimo" at this location: https://youtu.be/643woiuR0sM
Sung in Finnish and Swedish, "Valovaltimo" (which translates to “Artery of Light”) is a deep, hypnotic journey into the band’s signature blend of psychedelic repetition, crushing doom, and heavy atmospherics. The track builds slowly, creating a sense of mounting tension before culminating in a dramatic, almost spiritual conclusion.
The song’s lyrics are inspired by a vivid, unsettling dream experienced by the band’s lyricist: a vision of a massive black hole consuming everything—people, animals, buildings, trees, the very fabric of reality itself. “At first I felt dread as I floated toward it,” the lyricist recalls. “But then I saw animals heading toward it, accepting it without fear. There was a strange sense of calm, and that stayed with me.” The dream ultimately became a meditation on death, unity, and the idea that we are all interconnected, spiraling toward the same end.
The track also features guest vocals and lyrics by Lotta, the lead singer of SVARTA HAVET, who was inspired by the dream’s imagery to create her own contribution, adding a hauntingly ethereal layer to the song’s dramatic finale.
SUNNIVA was formed in 2016 out of a shared hunger for the raw sonic power of heavy music. The band's name, derived from the Old English Sunngifu, meaning "gift of the sun", hints at the layered darkness and light woven into their sound.
Blurring the lines between death doom, sludge, and post-metal, SUNNIVA summons the same seismic intensity as titans like Amenra, Neurosis and Dark Buddha Rising. Their past releases – "The Holy Mountain" (2017), self-titled EP (2020), and the sprawling single "This Reality Only Speaks In Blood" (2018) – have cemented their reputation for crafting immersive, soul-crushing soundscapes.
Listen. Witness. Be undone.
Tracklist:
1. Mercurial Bloodstreams
2. Peine Forte Et Dure
3. Valovaltimo
4. Opening The Key
5. Sun Funeral
6. Hung From The Sky
https://www.svartrecords.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/sunnivadoom
BERGFRIED – Debut Full-Length Album Romantik "III" via High Roller Records in October 2025 – First Single revealed
 Following the EPs "Romantik I" (2022) and "Romantik II" (2023), BERGFRIED's highly anticipated debut full-length "Romantik III" will be released on 24th October 2025 via High Roller Records on all formats.
The Austrian-Hungarian heavy metal duo consists of Erech von Lothringen, who is handling all the instruments, and vocalist Anna de Savoy.
Erech von Lothringen states: "'Romantik III' is the last part of this trilogy. Conceptually it is the continuation of 'Romantik II' but musically, the whole thing has become a bit more compact and also clearer. There are classic heavy metal songs on the album, but, as on 'Romantik II', there are also a few musical-like passages in between."
The album's opening track, "Dark Wings", can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/z5bIKUjkk94
"Romantik III" is featuring guest appearances by Maria Nesh of Red Eye Temple, Sarah Kitteringham of Smoulder and Davide Moras of Elvenking. Drums by Fabio Alessandrini (Annihilator, Enforcer, Bonfire). Mixed and Mastered by Olof Wikstrand at Hvergelmer Studio & Music Production. Artwork by Aaron Lawrance // paintedimagelimited.
Tracklist:
1. Dark Wings
2. Fallen From Grace
3. Queen of the Dead
4. For the Cursed
5. Gates of Fate
6. Serenades
7. Tears of a Thousand Years
8. Star-Crossed Love
9. Back for More
https://www.hrrecords.de/BERGFRIED +++ https://www.facebook.com/bergfriedofficial
SÖLICITÖR - Sophomore Full-Length "Enemy In Mirrors" via Gates Of Hell Records in September 2025 – Track Premiere
 Seattle speed metal masters SÖLICITÖR are back with their sophomore studio album, entitled "Enemy In Mirrors", set for release on September 19th 2025 via Gates Of Hell Records.
A first track, "Iron Wolves of War", can be checked out here: https://solicitor-speedmetal.bandcamp.com/track/iron-wolves-of-war
Five years have passed since "Spectral Devastation", SÖLICITÖR’s debut LP was unleashed. Now they are back with a bang. More leather-bound, more aggressive, more powerful and more metal than ever. From the powerful riffing and impressive drum work to the evocative vocals; it won’t take you long to fall in love with the classic and authentic sound of this new offering. Mixing heavy, speed and even some thrash metal elements to achieve a unique sound of powerful metallic excellence, none shall be spared on this ferocious new opus.
Fans will notice the more dynamic, emotive and varied approach on this album that still retains all of the power and fury of their previous efforts. The band took a more DIY approach to the actual recording while re-amping, mixing and mastering was done by Chris Mannino to truly bring the electrifying takes to life. Speaking of DIY, the band’s vocalist Amy handled the artwork for this release, ensuring the bands vision was appropriately represented.
The band put this into words best: This album was built on blood, sweat and struggle, personal catastrophes and triumphs, division and uncertainty - ultimately pulled together by dedication to a long term vision and determination above all odds to deliver performances that will surely outlast our previous offerings. We believe in the integrity of these songs, as a representation of our evolution and arrival to this point. This album is darker, more melodic, much more expressive, personal, and may take some by surprise for better or worse. Themes of the paranormal, revenge and retribution, betrayal, and a steadfast commitment to heavy metal and all that has come before us as we continue to pursue and mark our place in a drastically different and ever changing landscape.
Haunting, powerful and destructive metal mania!
Live in Europe:
13.09.25 - Pyrenean Warriors Open Air – France
20.09.25 - In the Best Tradition Festival - Italy
Tracklist:
01. The Descent
02. Paralysis
03. Iron Wolves of War
04. Spellbound Mist
05. We Who Remain
06. Fallen Angel
07. Crimson Battle Beast
08. Enemy In Mirrors
09. Black Magick (Part I)
10. The Devil’s Hand (Part II)
https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords +++https://www.facebook.com/solicitor.speedmetal
RITUAL MASS – New Song revealed – Debut Album "Cascading Misery" in September 2025 via 20 Buck Spin
 Pittsburgh based death metallers RITUAL MASS have revealed another song from their debut full-length "Cascading Misery", coming on September 5th 2025 via 20 Buck Spin on all formats.
You can listen to the title track here: https://youtu.be/aLotp-foV5c
"Cascading Misery" is more than a collection of songs, it’s a series of calculated assaults on the virtue of the holy. Evolving beyond earlier EP and demo releases, the album encapsulates the bludgeoning infliction of pain and the slow peel of skin by flame, rife with both sonic chaos and extinguished hope.
From the outset of album opener "Obsidian Mirror" the atmosphere is oppressive, thick with a suffocating malaise. There is a sense of something ceremonial at work but not in a way that seeks communion. Rather it’s ordeal as sacrament. Riffs strangle and churn into convulsive submission, oscillating from slow agony to psychotic break, over which a guttural lament so savage it freezes the blood is wrenched through dungeon stone. Each track unfolds like time spent in isolation, bound by chains, the mind slowly unraveling and surrounded by memories of torment both real and imagined.
By the time the epic 14-minute album closer "Disquiet" dissipates into a mass of formless static RITUAL MASS have dragged you into a world where suffering is not an end but a condition of existence. "Cascading Misery" is music for the dissolution of hope, the terror of being, and the long march toward death.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson / Earhammer Studios (Ulthar, Autopsy, Undergang). Cover painting by P. Trona.
Tracklist:
1. Obsidian Mirror
2. Immeasurable Hell
3. Looming Shapeless Entity
4. Cascading Misery
5. Frozen Marrow
6. Disquiet
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/20buckspin
HERETOIR - New Album "Solastalgia" in September2025 via AOP Records - New Single Premeire
 HERETOIR have revealed another song from their upcoming new album "Solastalgia", set for release on September 19th 2025 via AOP Records.
Check out the video clip for "Season of Grief" here: https://youtu.be/BdDtowKmQk8
The band comments: "When we think about how modern humanity treats the natural world and also how humanity treats each other, the general feeling is one of sadness and anger - and grief. Grief for every living being suffering from our ways. In the name of technological progress humanity is consuming even the last remaining intact ecosystems. Many people, especially in the global North, believe that established economic systems, capitalism, and globalized industrial civilization represent humanity's greatest achievement. We actually find little to admire in this - huge numbers of people live in inhumane conditions, animals are degraded to commodities, primeval forests are clearcut for wood production and to make room for agriculture... the list is endless. We hope that this track resonates with many of you, especially in this challenging time, where everything feels more unstable than ever. Thank you for your never ending support and love - we don't take it for granted."
With "Solastalgia", the German purveyors of soaring post metal work their way to their innermost core and deliver what is easily their most vulnerable and accessible record to date. "Solastalgia describes the grief over the loss of the natural world," HERETOIR explains. The very existence of such a term brutally exposes our alienation from this planet – easy prey for these uncompromising analysts of human misery. While some songs deal with environmental issues, others focus on personal feelings and the challenges of human existence in a rapidly changing world. Heretoir has always been pure emotion. The pain of modern life set to music. And yet the desperate beauty of "Solastalgia" proves to be an unlikely source of comfort.
Just two years on from their stunning full-length "Nightsphere", which was followed by headlining tours through Europe and Latin America and appearances at festival A-listers such as Resurrection Fest, Party-San and Summer Breeze, HERETOIR are back with another crushing masterclass in melancholy and world-weariness. Having grown from a solo outlet for David Conrad's musical vision to a tight-knit trio over the years, the current incarnation of Heretoir has proven to be their strongest yet. Bonded by the firm belief that empathy is the only thing that can truly keep us safe, the three musicians have created an album so full of life that it can be overwhelming at first. It hurts. But sometimes it has to.
Blurred tremolo guitars burst into cascading mountains of sublime melody, harsh cries from the end of the world join mournful vocals, post-rock clouds evaporate against thunderous post (black) metal ferocity. The joint songwriting of David, Matthias and Nils creates the new sound of HERETOIR. After exploring their dark and grim side on "Nightsphere", Heretoir have gone in a different direction this time. The songs of "Solastalgia" cover a wide range of emotional and heavy music. From Modern Metal to Black Metal to Post Rock to maybe even Screamo. Whatever you want to call it: essentially, this is pure melancholy and a spark of hope in utter darkness.
"Solastalgia" was recorded and mixed by David Deutsch and Justin Felder at 1408 Productions. Mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD Studio. Artwork by Rudolf Hima.
Tracklist:
01. The Ashen Falls
02. Season of Grief
03. You Are the Night
04. Inertia
05. Rain
06. Dreamgatherer
07. The Heart of December
08. Burial
09. Solastalgia
10. The Same Hell MMXXV
11. Metaphor (In Flames Cover)
https://shop.aoprecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/heretoir
THE LUNAR EFFECT - New Album Fortune’s Always Hiding out in October 2025 via Svart Records - Single / Video Clip Premiere
 THE LUNAR EFFECT were formed in London in 2017 by brothers Jon and Dan Jefford and later completed by vocalist Josh Neuwford, bassist Brett Halsey, and eventually second guitarist Mark Fuller. Since their arrival on the scene, they’ve carved out a reputation for crafting music that feels both familiar and original - a modern echo of grunge-soaked ’70s rock, fuzzed-out blues, and melancholic British soul.
Following the underground success of 2019’s "Calm Before the Calm", the band signed with Svart Records and released the critically praised sophomore album Sounds of Green & Blue in 2024. After touring the album across the UK and Europe, they set their sights on album three, their most ambitious work to date. "Fortune’s Always Hiding" lands in October 2025; a brooding journey through loss, memory, and the weight of time. It marks a new era for the band - deeper, stranger, and more soul-baring than ever.
The first taste from the upcoming album, "Feed the Hand", has been premiered here with a video clip: https://youtu.be/MdZGUEpFsFw
The band comments on the new single: "'Feed the Hand' sets the tone for what’s to come, uncomfortable, deliberate, and heavy with implication. It reaches back with one hand, grabbing a handful of early 90's alternative nostalgia to bring a high energy groove. With the other, it drags the listener through an unravelling; guidance twisted into obedience, time eroding memory from a feeling to a realisation. There’s weight here, but it’s not theatrical. It’s cathartic and satisfyingly powerful. A quiet reckoning fed by the band's influences, serving up a whole new dish to the table."
They don’t imitate the past, they channel its spirit through a warped, modern lens. From thunderous grooves and fuzz-soaked guitar riffs to intimate, fractured vocals, THE LUNAR EFFECT channel the unease of the modern world with a sound that refuses to sit still.
2026 promises more touring, more evolution, and no interest in standing still. For a band that’s never fit neatly into any box, THE LUNAR EFFECT continue building their own universe — one hypnotic, heavy track at a time.
"Fortune’s Always Hiding" is available on Svart exclusive Cream/Red/Orange marble vinyl, limited Transparent Green vinyl, Black vinyl, CD, and digital platforms on October 24th, 2025.
https://www.svartrecords.com +++ https://thelunareffect.bandcamp.com
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