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Hope To Find, the Turkish progressive rockers and metalheads, released a new EP called "Hiatus in Motion" on March 6, 2026, ending a 12-year break. Hope to Find are a modern progressive rock and metal band formed at the start of the new…

inner:i, the Greek heavy progressive rock trio, released their debut studio album "Lavender" on March 6, 2026. All the music and lyrics on the debut were written by inner:i, who also recorded, produced, and mixed the album themselves.…

Argos, the German neo-progressive rockers, have released a new studio album titled "Doctor Wilde`s Twilight Adventure". The album came out on March 6, 2026, as a self-release. The album was produced by Thomas Klarmann, with mixing…

Swedish progressive metallers Dimension Art are unveiling the single and official video for Masquerade, taken from their upcoming new studio album "Labyrinths of Life". The album drops on March 27, 2026. Guitarist and producer Marius…

Swedish heavy metal veterans Lion's Share have unveiled a new video and single for the song Batized In Blood, which also comes with a lyric video. Check it out below. The single Baptized In Blood comes from the band's new album…

Elvenking, Italy's masters of pagan/folk metal, will release a special collection of tracks titled "Rites Of Disclosure" on May 22, 2026, via Reaper Entertainment. The band calls the release an EP, and it'll gather songs that were…

White Skies, the British melodic hard rock outfit, will release their second studio album, “Shouting At The Hurricane”, on March 27, 2026. The record is coming out via Metalapolis Records. The band, who put out their debut “Black Tide”…

Sevendust, the American alternative metal crew formed in Atlanta in 1994, will drop their new studio album "One" on May 1, 2026. Austrian label Napalm Records is handling the release. "One" will be the band's fifteenth studio album. …

The Devil Wears Nada have dropped a brand-new original single, the track Brat With A Baseball Bat. It comes with a lyric video too. Check it out below The single gives you an early taste of the music on their upcoming studio album "In…

Evergrey, the Swedish dark progressive metallers from Gothenburg, are announcing their 15th studio album, “Architects Of A New Weave”, which will land on June 5, 2026 via Austrian label Napalm Records. Below you can check out the first…

Teramaze, the Australian progressive metal heavyweights from Melbourne, will release their new studio album "The Silent Architect" on May 8, 2026, via their own label Wells Music. Check out the album single The Invisible Countdown…

Axel Rudi Pell, Germany's one and only keeper of the classic hard rock flame, will release his new studio album "Ghost Town" on March 20, 2026. Once again, it's coming out via the German label Steamhammer/SPV Records. Below you can…

Evermore, the Swedish power metal trio, will release their new album »Mournbraid« on March 20 via Scarlet Records. Below you'll find the new single and official video for the track Underdark from the upcoming album. Before that, the band…

Cryptic Shift, the UK's extreme-metal musical oddballs and proud members of the Metal Blade Records family, dropped their studio album Overspace & Supertime on February 27, 2026, and as of today you can stream the whole thing on their…

Witching Hour, the blackened thrash crew formed in 2006 in southern Germany, will release their fourth studio album, "Descending… Where Time Has Ceased to Exist", on May 22, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. Below you can check out…

Night Spectre, a Greek heavy metal band formed in 2024, are announcing their self-titled debut studio album, coming out on Dying Victims Productions on May 22, 2026! The album single Death Contract is available below! You can already…

Blue Ambition, a new melodic rock and AOR project driven by visionary French multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Frédéric Slama, are unveiling a new video and single for the track Love From A Stranger, which you can check out…

The Quill, Swedish hard rock veterans (with a hefty dose of stoner rock), will release a new studio album, "Master of the Skies", on May 8, 2026. The album is coming out on Metalville Records (a sister label of Edel). Below you can…

Idrija one-man band Shaun Banks, who already has 2 international tours across 13 different countries under his belt, kicked off the year by serving up a long-awaited album titled "Deal With The Devil". Released on February 13, the record…

Some people need a week, others an eternity. Matic Nareks needed exactly 20 years to work up the nerve for his "bungee jump" – that fateful moment when you ditch the safety net of a band and leap into the unknown as a solo…

Svojat are releasing a new single and video 'Fuga za narod' on Ente Tapes on March 3, 2026. The track is the first taste of the material for the upcoming album, and at the same time the overture to the "concert performance" of the same…

Kerrigan, German heavy metallers from Freiburg im Breisgau, are back with a new studio album landing this March. Down below you'll find the second single off the album, Surrender, complete with a lyric video. Before Surrender, Kerrigan…

Port Noir, the Swedish progressive rockers from Stockholm, have announced a new studio album titled “The Dark We Keep”, set to drop on May 15, 2026 via the German label InsideOut Music. The band says it's really proud of how it turned…

Degreed, the Swedish hard rockers, are announcing their new studio album “Curtain Calls”, due out on April 10, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. Below you'll find the second single and official music video for the track Believe, taken from…

Bloodhunter, the Spanish melodic death metallers who recently moved over to ROAR – part of Germany's Reigning Phoenix Records (RPM) – are unleashing a fresh original single (and video) for the track The Outspoken. The new single follows…

Nervosa, the all-female thrash metal quartet, are back with a brand-new original single, "Ghost Notes." The track comes with an official music video too, which you can check out below. The video was directed by Dimitris Preve (Mythodia…

Peter Gabriel has released a new single, What Lies Ahead. The new track is the third cut to land on Gabriel's new album “o\i”. Before it, Gabriel dropped the singles Been Undone and Put The Bucket Down. The album will slowly take…

Subsignal, the German-Dutch prog rock quartet based in Munich and proud members of the Gentle Art Of Music roster, have just dropped a fresh original single and video for the track Hiraeth, which you can check out below. The new single…

Long Distance Calling, the German instrumental post-rock quartet, are dropping a video for their new single The Spiral, and you can check it out below. The Spiral is a teaser for the band's new studio album "The Phantom Void", due out…

Jared James Nichols, the American singer-songwriter armed with serious blues rock guitar talent, will release his new studio album "Louder Than Fate" on June 5, 2026 via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Raw, direct and rooted deep…

Twisted Sister, the iconic glam metal heroes of the eighties, are currently represented by two of the original members, guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda. It looks like we'll get to see them back on stage after all. Original…

Robin Beck, the legendary American rock singer, is announcing her new studio album "Living Proof", due out May 15, 2026 on Frontiers Music Srl. You can already pre-order "Living Proof". The title single and video for the new album…

Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, who joined forces to form SatchVai Band, are unveiling a brand-new joint track, the single Dancing. The new single also comes with a music video directed by Satriani's son ZZ Satriani. Last…

The organizer of Thursday's Kataklysm, Vader and Blood Red Throne show in Ljubljana has announced the running order for the bands. So, to recap: Thursday, 5. 3. 2026, Ljubljana (CUK Kino Šiška), Slovenia Schedule: 5.3. Kataklysm,…

The Hu, the Mongolian folk metal sensation, have announced dates for their most extensive European tour yet! The tour kicks off on September 29 in Glasgow, Scotland, and the UK leg wraps up on October 11 in Norwich. Then The Hu head…

John Paul Hammond (also known as John Hammond Jr.), the blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American performers of traditional blues, died on February 28. He was 83. The news of his death was first shared by singer…

Legendary Jethro Tull are coming to Zagreb's Vatroslav Lisinski hall this October. Facebook event! One of the biggest names on the world prog rock scene is coming back to Zagreb! The legendary Jethro Tull will play the Vatroslav…

The surviving members of Children of Bodom kicked off a two-night tribute to the band's legacy, titled “Children Of Bodom – A Celebration Of Music”, at Helsinki's Tavastia club at the end of February. Both nights were all about riffs that…

Nuclear Messiah, the all-star heavy metal project united under the musical vision of driving force and former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland, are unveiling a single and lyric video for the track She's So Evil, which you can check out…

Eric Grönwall, the world-renowned and highly respected hard rock and glam metal vocalist who used to earn his keep with Skid Row and H.E.A.T., is announcing the release of his solo studio album "Bad Bones" on May 22, 2026. Down below…

Brian Robertson, one of the central guitarists who shaped rock music in the seventies and the first half of the eighties, is getting a reissue of the debut solo album "Diamonds And Dirt". The reissue is set for May 29, 2026. The…

H.E.A.T., the Swedish hard rockers and glam metal revivalists, signed to earMUSIC, have released a new single and video for the track Set Me On Fire, which you can check out below. Set Me On Fire is already available on all the major…

Myrath, the Tunisian-French progressive metal heavyweights, are back with a new single, "Breathing Near the Roar", which you can check out below. The new single comes from their upcoming studio album "Wilderness Of Mirrors", announced…

Death Dealer, the international heavy metal outfit who released their new studio album "Reign Of Steel" on January 23, 2026 via Massacre Records, are unveiling a video for the album single Devil's Triangle. You can check it out below. …

Beyond The Pale, the Dutch death and thrash metallers, have announced that Bram 'Bolo' van Minnen of Necrotaph has joined their ranks as the new vocalist. Bram (center in the photo above) will play his first show with Beyond The Pale…

Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. from Naples celebrated its 30th anniversary a few days ago. To mark the occasion, the top guys at the label decided to throw a party of their own, among other things by asking Scottish vocal legend Robin…

If there's no MENT, there's šMENT.Šiška MENT!Four seasons: we're kicking off with the šspring echo of the 12th edition, with a bunch of acts taking over Kino Šiška for one day.Coming? Šure thing!5 reasons for šMENT:- Porto Morto with a new…

Mattias IA Eklundh, the Swedish experimental musician and, let's be real, one of the weirdest yet sharpest, most brilliant yet blisteringly fast, precise, brazen and unpredictable guitar virtuosos of our time, is back with a new single…

Timeless Rage, the German symphonic power metallers, will release their new studio album “My Kingdom Come” on March 27, 2026. It's coming out via the German label Metalopolis Records. You can already pre-order the album "My Kingdom…

Ram-Zet, Norwegian prog metal veterans, have dropped the second single from their upcoming studio album "Sapien." After first single Zerocane, the band is now rolling out Cranium, which gives a fresh taste of what listeners can expect from…

Fronta are back with a new single, "Bella ciao", continuing the original, politically charged musical path they started with their previous singles "Moša Pijade" and "Ljubav i revolucija". The new single delivers a powerful…

Sonata Arctica, the long-running Finnish power metal crew and pride of German label Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM), have dropped a new single called Freedom Concept. Check it out below. The new single marks the band's 30th anniversary.…

Elder have announced their new studio album "Through Zero," set to drop on May 29, 2026 via Stickman Records in Europe and Blues Funeral Recordings in the United States. The first single and album pre-orders will be up at the end of March.…

Phoenix Lake, the British melodic metallers, have celebrated the release of their debut "Seraphine: The Fall From Eden", which came out on Friday, February 27, 2026, with a single and video for the track This Abyss. Check it out below. …

Jon Schaffer, the founder, main songwriter and driving force behind Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards, Sons of Liberty, Jon Schaffer's Purgatory and the Schaffer/Barlow Project, is back with a refreshed version of his Jon Schaffer's Sons of…

Paul Gilbert, the indestructible guitar wizard, chameleon and virtuoso without equal, dropped his new studio album "WROC" on February 27 via Music Theories Recordings. To mark the release, Gilbert has put out one more single (and…

Crown Lands, the Canadian progressive rock duo, will release their third studio album “Apocalypse” on May 15, 2026. The record is coming out via the German label Insideout Music. Check out the official video below for the closing,…

Burning Path, the Chilean heavy metal crew, released their self-titled debut on 2/27/2026. The album, available on CD and LP, came out on the German underground label Dying Victims Production. Burning Path rose from the ashes of…

IT’sALIE, the Italian rockers working with the legendary Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner), have marked the release of their album "Wild Games" with the single Death Road, complete with an official visualizer. Check it out below. The…

One of the most beloved musicians of our time, Bryan Adams, will play Ljubljana's Stožice arena on Saturday, December 12, 2026, as part of his big worldwide Roll With The Punches tour. Facebook event! Tickets go on sale through the…

Matteo Mancuso, the Italian guitar virtuoso from Sicily, has dropped his new single Solar Wind, featuring none other than Steve Vai. The track comes off Mancuso's upcoming studio album "Route 96", due out April 24 via Music Theories…

Sepultura, Brazilian metal legends and one of the greatest bands of all time when it comes to the genre, will release a four-track EP titled "The Cloud Of Unknowing" via Nuclear Blast Records on April 24 this year. Below you can check…

Einar Solberg, vocalist of Norwegian prog-metal greats Leprous – who played CUK Kino Šiška once again on February 3, 2026 (RockLine gig review) – is announcing his second solo album, "Vox Occulta", due out April 24. Four tracks on the…

Swedish death metal institution Vomitory will release their new studio album, the lovingly titled "In Death Throes", on April 10 via Metal Blade Records. First off, a quick heads-up: Vomitory are hitting the road in early April as…

Lamb Of God will release their new studio album “Into Oblivion” (Epic Records) on March 13. It's the band's first studio album in four years. Along with the news of the album “Into Oblivion”, which will feature 10 new tracks, Lamb Of…

Creye, the Swedish melodic rockers, will release a new studio album, “IV Aftermath”, on April 24 via Frontiers Music Srl. Below you'll find the second single and video from the band's upcoming new album, for the track Rust. The band…

Joel Hoekstra’s 13, the project fronted by guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake), has marked the release of the new album “From The Fade” with a fourth single and a visualizer for the track All I'd Do. You can check out the fourth…

Royal Hunt, the legendary Danish symphonic rockers, have unveiled a video for the acoustic version of their single Half Past Loneliness, which you can check out below. The acoustic single comes from the band's latest EP, “Behind The…

Black Swan – the hard rock supergroup made up of Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken) and Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) – have marked the release of…

Tesla, the long-running American hard rockers, have signed a deal with the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. Frontiers Music Srl. aren't hiding their excitement, and in an official statement they wrote, among other things: "We're…

Gladenfold, the Finnish epic melodic death and power metal crew, are dropping their newest single For My Queen, taken from the upcoming album “Soulbound”, due 27. 2. 2026 via Reaper Entertainment. The single is built on striking vocal…

Elvenking, Italian masters of pagan/folk metal, will release a special collection of tracks titled "Rites Of Disclosure" on May 22, 2026 via Reaper Entertainment. The band describes the release as an EP that makes room for tracks…

Inhuman Condition, the American death metal sensation fronted by a trio of extreme music veterans, well known among other things for their work in Obituary, Death and Deicide, have announced the dates of their European "Rat Sabbath" tour!…

Mystic Prophecy and Iron Savior, devoted standard-bearers of German-school power metal, are hitting the road together on the "Heavy Metal Mania Tour '26". Generation Steel will be along as special guests. It's a double-headliner package…

Dystopia, a progressive rock project backed by three outstanding, world-renowned bassists — Italy's Alberto Rigoni (the driving force and main visionary behind the project) and Americans Michael Manring and Stuart Hamm — will release their…

Magenta, the superb Welsh prog rockers who now operate as a trio, have announced a new album called "Tarot", due out April 10 this year via Tigermoth Records. Below you'll find the album's title track (and video). Not long ago the band…

The Claypool Lennon Delirium, the creative team-up of Les Claypool (Primus) and Sean Lennon, are gearing up for their third album, "The Great Parrot-Ox And The Golden Egg of Empathy", landing May 1 on ATO Records. The duo just released…

Monstrosity, the undisputed legends of Florida death metal, will release their new studio album “Screams From Beneath The Surface” on March 13, 2026 via the US label Metal Blade Records. Below you can check out the second single from…

Swedish sleaze/metal veterans Confess are back with their fourth studio album, "Metalmorphosis", due out May 15, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl. Check out the new album's title track below (with an official visualizer). The band recently…

Danko Jones, the Canadian hard rockers from Toronto fronted by guitarist, singer and driving force Danko Jones (born Rishi James Ganjoo), have announced the dates of a new European tour for this fall! And Ljubljana made the list on the…

Paul Weller, the esteemed British singer-songwriter also known in rock circles as 'The Modfather', is putting out a hefty compilation of 48 tracks taken from his appearances on BBC radio shows! Parlophone/Warner will be handling the…

Kamelot, the beloved symphonic power metal institution, have revealed the dates of their new world tour for this year, called the Dark Asylum World Tour, with a run of shows across both North America and Europe. Kamelot will kick off the…

Nuclear Warfare, the German thrash metallers formed in 2004, will release a new studio album titled "All Hail To The Liberator" on MDD Records on March 19, 2026. Check out the first single below, complete with an official music video,…

Drudkh, the epic folk black metallers from Ukraine and proud members of the Season Of Mist roster, have unveiled a new single for the track Memory, which you can check out below. The new single, running just over seven minutes, comes…

Italian heavy metallers Ironwill will release their new studio album, "Reforged Within", on May 29, 2026, through Art Gates Records. "Reforged Within" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Snooky Records studio in Italy. Production duties…

On Monday, August 3, 2026, absolute musical oddballs are headed for Ljubljana: experimental funk metallers, metalheads "with a defect," or more precisely the one and only Primus. The musical vocabulary of this band is so all-encompassing…

Mystery, the Australian metal crew formed in Melbourne in 2010, have dropped a video for their fresh original single What Makes You Lie, which you can check out below. Mystery, who are signed to Metalopolis Records, say the single will…

Angel, the legendary white-satin glam rockers, are getting a reissue of their second studio album "Helluva Band" to mark 50 years since its original release in 1976. The folks at Deko Entertainment had the idea and are putting the album…

Violent Omen, a technical death/thrash metal outfit from Ukraine, have unveiled a fresh original single, "Path Of Illumination". It will be part of their upcoming studio album "Locomotive Of Chaos", which the band say is due this spring. …

Crypta, the all-female Brazilian death metal trio and Napalm Records darlings, are heading out on a huge European tour this summer, dubbed "Shades of Sorrow: Final Rites European tour". On some of the shows they'll be teaming up with…

Pleximents, the progressive metal crew from the Russian city of Tomsk, have dropped a new version of their single Hidden Instigator, recorded with the band's revamped lineup. The single, which originally came out on the EP "Tales of…

Von Groove, the American melodic hard rockers, will release a new studio album, "Born To Rock", on 5/15/2026. The album is coming out on the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl. The title track single and the video for the new album are…

Crimson Glory, the Florida heavy metal legends who dropped the sensational news back in December 2023 that they were returning to the scene with a revamped lineup, are set to release a new studio album, "Chasing The Hydra", on April 17!…

Rush, the Canadian prog rock icons, are adding South American and European dates to the North American run of their new tour, "Fifty Something," which kicks off this June! You can check out all the dates at:Fifty Something | Rush.com …

Beyond Creation, the Canadian technical death metal crew from Montreal (Quebec) and Season Of Mist label mainstays, have dropped a fresh original single, Reverence, complete with an official music video. Check it out below. The…

Jinjer, the modern technical death metallers from Ukraine, are heading out on a new European tour in mid-September, joining headliners Spiritbox as special guests on their "Tsunami Sea" tour! Dying Wish will also be playing with both bands…

Foo Fighters will release their twelfth studio album, "Your Favorite Toy", on April 24. Along with the album announcement, the band dropped the title track as a single, which you can check out below. The follow-up to 2023's But Here We…

Zed Yago, the legendary epic pirate metallers founded in 1985 by blues singer Jutta Weinhold (who hasn't been part of the band for decades), have caught the music world off guard and dropped a brand-new studio album, "At The Edge Of The…

Close Enemies, the American rockers featuring Aerosmith legend and bassist Tom Hamilton, are unveiling a video and single, Rain, which you can check out below. The single comes from the band's upcoming self-titled studio debut, from a…

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At The Gates have announced their new album, "The Ghost Of A Future Dead", which lands on April 24 via Century Media Records. The record follows its predecessor "The Nightmare Of Being" from 2021 and…