Primus.

Primus (originally formed in 1984), is an American rock band - currently made up of Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Alexander.

Sisters Of Mercy

The Sisters of Mercy (formed in 1977) is an English gothic rock and post-punk rock band who rose to prominence in the 1980s following their debut, hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Animals As Leaders

Animals as Leaders formed in 2007 by guitarist Tosin Abasi is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Washington D.C., U.S.

Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an extreme metal band hailing from Suffolk, England who formed in 1991. The band is the brainchild of Dani Filth, A.K.A Daniel Lloyd Davey, the bands singer and lyricist who has led the band to become one of the biggest extreme metal bands in Europe.

Periphery

Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre out now. https://lnk.to/djentisnotagenre

The Ghost Inside

The Ghost Inside (formed in 2004) is an American hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, California, U.S., formerly of the name A Dying Dream.

Deafheaven

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Deafheaven’s music feels like a project of accrual—on each album they fill new songs with elements of what they’ve learned in their earlier experiments. You hear echoes of past recordings in the howls of the present: the sun-dappled screamo histrionics of Roads to Judah are more fully realized in Sunbather’s pastel star-scapes; New Bermuda doubles down on the heaviest elements of both of those records; Ordinary Corrupt Human Love threads together elements of the soft and the heavy into an especially epic statement. Infinite Granite, often described simply as Deafheaven’s record with mostly clean vocals, compressed it all into something strikingly solid. That was true, but there was much more to it than that; listening to Lonely People With Power, you can hear its echoes everywhere—and if you listen closely, you can find deeper ways back into it when you listen to it again... Ultimately, Lonely People is a record that is anti-loneliness. It’s about finding less harmful ways to escape: your chosen family, your community, and even magic.

Katatonia

‘Stagnation’ is not a word in the Katatonia dictionary. Since breaking through as masters of death/doom, Stockholm’s freethinkers have transcended genre, consolidating goth, shoegaze and prog into bleak, melodic songs. Now, after three decades of invention and reinvention, Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State marks another bold leap – not to mention singer, founder and lead songwriter Jonas Renkse’s most personal effort to date.

Following the immediate anthem-making of City Burials (2020) and Sky Void of Stars (2023), Katatonia’s 13th album gets more experimental and more metal without holding back on catchiness. The dark hooks and tender vocals remain, yet the band also drive in unpredictable directions while delivering their hardest riffs in years. It’s an indelible introduction to new guitarists Nico Elgstrand and Sebastian Svalland, who replace longtime member Roger Öjersson and co-founder Anders Nyström.

“Nightmares… is a very riff-based and very guitar-heavy album,” says Jonas. “When I was writing it, I knew that we would have a couple of new guitar players coming in. And, if you have two guitarists joining, you don’t want to present them with songs that are 60 percent keyboards. Maybe I subconsciously felt that I had to come up with some cool riffs so that they’d still want to join the band!”

The force and fearlessness throughout Nightmares… is clear from the start of the very first track, ‘Thrice’. Thunderous chords give way to an ambient verse, before the music builds back up to a wall of open-string chugs. On ‘The Light Which I Bleed’, Nico and Sebastian lead a loose, proggy jam that ratchets into a hard-hitting doom riff. ‘Wind of No Change’ even bridges the present and Katatonia’s earliest past, bassist Niklas Sandin and drummer Daniel Moilanen laying down a goth pulse while Jonas croons “Hail Satan” in a throwback to the band’s extreme metal roots.

“I just had this riff going, and I thought it had a bit of a heavy metal feel to it, or even a Slayer vibe,” the frontman explains. “And then I thought, maybe I should write something Satanic, because I haven’t really touched that with Katatonia since we did our first demo.”

In the lengthy Katatonia tradition of keeping listeners on their toes, Nightmares… also packs songs which rebel against the rest of the album. The verses of ‘Departure Trails’ de-emphasise the six-string, with the ballad stacking layers of keyboards and synths to near-symphonic levels. Meanwhile, ‘Warden’ boasts one of the most pop-friendly choruses in their catalogue.

Jonas calls his band’s ongoing rejection of musical rules “subconscious”. He adds, “Touring is great, but it gets tedious if you play the same old style of songs all the time. You want to change it up in some way, and I think it’s the same with the records.”

In October 2024, Katatonia holed up in a converted church in rural Sweden owned by Tore Stjerna (Mayhem, Watain, Tribulation) to track drums, then recorded the rest of the instruments in their own studio in Stockholm. All the while, Jonas was getting closer and closer to his 50th birthday and found himself in a reflective mood. “I’ve been like that for the last couple of years, especially last year,” he admits. “50, it’s a big number, and I’ve been doing this for so long now.”

That introspection manifests across this new set of songs. After coming up with the album’s title, Jonas penned ‘In the Event Of’: the climactic finale narrates a nightmare he had more than 10 years ago, with a soundtrack of ominous synths and sorrowful chords. The artwork of Nightmares… is a direct illustration of those lyrics.

“It was supposed to be day, but it was super dark,” Jonas remembers of his haunting dream. “Looking at the sky, you could see flashes of fire behind dark clouds. And there were chains coming from the sky. The last line of the song is, ‘Mothers waiting in rows for the shadows of their children.’ I could see fences, a place where you would keep people captured, and mothers standing there, waiting for their children to come back.”

Just as soul-bearing, if not more so, is lead single ‘Lilac’, which voices a desire to forget painful memories. Jonas also sings in his own language for just the second time ever during ambient piece ‘Efter Solen’, which he co-wrote with Joakim Karlsson, a close friend and collaborator in synth-rock project Korda.

He reveals, “It’s the first song we ever worked on together, and it wasn’t done. While I was writing this album, Joakim was on to me, saying, ‘We should finish that song! I want it finished because it’s so good.’ I said, ‘Yeah, but maybe we should use it on the new Katatonia album.’ When I was finishing the song, I was so used to hearing it in Swedish that I had to write the rest of the lyrics like that.”

Now more than a dozen albums deep into a 30-year-plus career, Katatonia’s well of inspiration still hasn’t run dry. If anything, Nightmares… is one of the bravest and most vulnerable releases to bear their name. And, going forward, the band’s confidence will only continue to grow, thanks to the new blood in their ranks.

“This is a great place to be in,” Jonas says of the Katatonia of 2025. “Inspiration-wise, it’s so good to be surrounded with people that come in with energy and ideas and a strong will to take part, to take the band further. I want people to feel at home in this band and feel like we’re making a difference together.”

– Matt Mills, March 2025

Municipal Waste

Tango & Thrash out via Nuclear Blast
https://municipalwaste.bfan.link/tango-thrash.fbi

Wardruna

Norwegian folk-rock phenomenon Gåte has etched its name in the annals of modern Norwegian music history, captivating audiences with their unparalleled fusion of traditional Norwegian melodies and electrifying rock energy.
Gåte is led by the dynamic vocals of Gunnhild Sundli, the masterful guitar work of Magnus Børmark, and the rhythmic prowess of Jon Even Schärer on drums, along with the talents of bassist Mats Paulsen and key harpist John Stenersen. The band continues to redefine the boundaries of folk-rock with each performance.
In a climactic finale that captured the essence of their enchanting artistry, Gåte triumphed as the Norwegian people crowned "Ulveham" as their Eurovision representative. With boundless anticipation, Gåte prepares to showcase their talent on the international stage at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö this May, carrying the spirit of Norway with them as they continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

Alcest

This is the official Alcest Facebook profile.

Perturbator

LISTEN : https://perturbator.bfan.link/TAOW.yde
MERCH : http://perturbator.com
"The legend says he's half human, half synthesizer..." I make Dark and Retrofuturistic music inspired by the 80's.

Imminence

Fronted by vocalist and violinist Eddie Berg, guitarists Harald Barrett & Alex Arnoldsson and bass player Christian Höijer; Swedish alternative metalcore outfit, Imminence, has during the latest years established their own highly unique brand and pushed the genre beyond extents of anyone’s expectations. With the distinct use of classical string arrangements blended with the influence of ferocious Scandinavian metal, the sound and visual universe of the quintet stands out as one of the most innovative and exciting acts on the market today.

Ill Nino

Body Count

Body Count is an American speed and heavy metal band, formed in 1990 by rapper Ice-T and guitarist Ernie. C, hailing from Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Deicide

Deicide are a death metal band from Florida, U.S. who have been wreaking havoc and stirring controversy since inception in 1987.

Amorphis

Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive metal with folk music influences. They frequently use the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics. Band members are: Esa Holopainen, Tomi Joutsen, Santeri Kallio, Tomi Koivusaari, Olli-Pekka Laine and Jan Rechberger.

Fourteenth Amorphis album, "Halo", is out on February 11th, 2022 via Atomic Fire Records.

Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive-metal band originally from Whitby, Ontario consisting of Rody Walker, Tim Millar, Luke Hoskin and Mike Leradi.

Paleface Swiss

Switzerland's Finest Cheese Factory.

Buy Merch and CDs at www.palefaceswiss.com

PALEFACE is:

Marc (Zelli) - Vocals

Yannick - Guitar

Tommy - Bass

Cassi - Drums

Death Angel

Death Angel is a thrash metal band from Concord, California formed in 1982 and currently consists of Rob Cavestany, Mark Osegueda, Ted Aguilar, Will Carroll and Damien Sisson.

The Casualties

Punk revivalists, The Casualties, hail from New York City, US, harking back to punk’s heyday in the late 70s and 80s, complete with their mohawks, leather and piercings.

Terror

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Vader

DE PROFUNDIS, now available for the first time on vinyl and for streaming via Nuclear Blast Records!

Elder

Elder is a genre-pushing rock band that melds heavy psychedelic sounds with progressive elements and evocative soundscapes. Formed in a small coastal town in Massachusetts in the mid aughts, the band has reinvented their sound over the course of five albums to grow from a stalwart of the stoner/doom scene into one of the most unique voices in the rock underground. Their long-scale compositions unfold as journeys, running the gamut of styles from the 70’s to the present within a single song with a penchant for “sheer gatefold-era grandeur” (Rolling Stone).

H2o

Hailing from New York, US, H2O are a popular punk rock act, who cut their teeth alongside the likes of Sick of It All, Misfits and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Marduk

Official Marduk Facebook

Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy is an influential extreme metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For over 30 years, they have sculpted and pushed the boundaries of their metal genre.

Management: Extreme Management Group: Joann Gullo – EMG.Joann@gmail.com

Amenra

Amenra is a progressive/sludge/post-metal band formed 2003 in Belgium (Kortrijk, West-Flanders).

Amenra delivers dark, heavy and sludgy post-hardcore in the vein of Cult of Luna, Isis and Neurosis. Intense, noisy and gloomy almost spheric at times. Rich and Textured riffs. Thunderous low tones. High impact percussion and cutthroat vocals splattered with a healthy dose of religious iconography. Coalesce into a beautiful pitch black collection of staggering proportion.

Discography:

Mass I: Prayer I - VI Full-length, 2003
Prayer 8 : Offerande (split with VUUR) Split album, 2004
Prayers 9 + 10 EP, 2004
Gameness/Amen Ra/Gantz/Vuur 4-way split Split album, 2004
Mass II: Sermons EP, 2005
Mass III Full-length, 2005
Amenra & Hitch Split Split album, 2007
Mass IIII Full-length, 2008

Septic Flesh

OFFICIAL WEBSTORE !!!

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Vended

Iowa band looking to destroy and dominate this world.

Signs of the Swarm

NA/SA: DanielDeFonce@tkoco.com

EU/UK: Maarten@avocado-booking.com

MGMT: Bradzorg@gmail.com

Clawfinger

Concieved in 1990, and realized in 1993 with the album "Deaf Dumb Blind". ~30 years and 7 albums later they're still going strong. Peace and Love!

Sanguisugabogg

DOWN TUNED DRUG DEATH

Guilt Trip

Manchester Crossover

MGMT: foster@5bam.com

EU bookings: bruno@cobra-agency.net

USA bookings: lucas@pinnacleentertainmentinc.com

Draconian

Fallujah

Hocico

200 Stab Wounds

Rise of the Northstar

Grave

http://www.primordialweb.com/index2.htm

primordial
since 91

no compromise over 3 decades
- year zero was 1987!

long and hard is the road to redemption

We call to the shadowed kind,
To men of myth, etched in stone,
Whose songs are heard no more

Arthur Brown

MASTER BOOT RECORD

I am a 486DX-33MHz-64MB processing avant-garde chiptune, synthesized heavy metal & classical symphonic music. 100% Synthesized, 100% Dehumanized.

Coroner

Allt

Triptykon

Old Man's Child

RATOS DE PORÃO

Thy Catafalque

Saor

Caledonian Metal from Scotland inspired by nature, landscapes, history and poetry.

Slope

Move n´Groove since 2014!

Booking: hc@contrapromotion.com

Management: slope@450-agency.com

Aura Noir

Internal Bleeding

Crippling Alcoholism

DESERTED FEAR

DESERTED FEAR DEATH METAL

Wyatt E.

Wyatt E. writes the soundtrack of the exile of the people of Jerusalem to Babylon in 587 BC. A travel in the past leading to ancient Gods, forgotten cities and lost civilizations.

Left to Die

Unearth

UNEARTH are nothing short of standard-bearers and keepers of the faith for True American Metalcore. They were the band born in the breakdown who never wavered from their love for European death metal melodicism, supercharged by American thrash and hardcore. Now, nearly 25 years into a career that’s seen the Massachusetts mob play innumerable gigs and massive festivals on six continents, sell hundreds of thousands of records, and inspire some of the most important bands in extreme metal today, they remain a force to contend with.

Their new song 'The Wretched; The Ruinous' topped the SiriusXM Liquid Metal 'Devils Dozen' countdown and is catching fire on all streaming platforms.

See Unearth on the road this spring, summer and beyond as they tour on music new and songs from all of their past albums.

Nadja

Octopoulpe

8 tentacles 1 man band KR/FR/MX Geek-Core / Math-Core with interactive lights and videos

Brutal Assault 2026 @ Pevnov Josefov / Josefov Fortress

Brutal Assault 2026 @ Pevnov Josefov / Josefov Fortress

Flytjendur