Photo Credit: @germauxvisuals

British metal heavyweights CONJURER have announced a UK headline tour in November 2025, with support from Pijn and Death Goals.

Dates:

Nov 09 - Damnation Festival, Manchester (CONJURER only)
Nov 11 - The Joiners, Southampton 
Nov 12 - The Underworld, London
Nov 13 - Strange Brew, Bristol
Nov 14 - Asylum, Birmingham
Nov 15 - Cathouse, Glasgow

Tickets will be available on Friday 30th May from: https://www.conjureruk.com/live

The tour is part of a wider run of dates across Europe, where CONJURER will be joined by Frail Body. Full dates can be found at https://www.conjureruk.com/live

CONJURER comment: "It’s been a long time since we headlined around the UK and Europe, and to be able to do it with 3 bands we are extremely excited about is a real privilege. We’ll have plenty to share with you between now and then…"

Páthos (2022, Nuclear Blast) is not an album for the half-hearted or faint-hearted. Elements of Sumac, Gojira, old Mastodon, and Oathbreaker, their last record is a multi-layered beast – sludge, death, doom, black metal, and hardcore influences clash and collide throughout, all masterfully finished by Will Putney’s exquisite mix and master.
 
The fifty-minute runtime of Páthos is not without its moments of the sublime, with post-metal nods to Conjurer and Pijn’s acclaimed Curse These Metal Hands project throughout. That a band can be at once so triumphantly beautiful and gut-punchingly heavy is a testament to Conjurer’s quality and a surefire sign of their future longevity at the top of Britain’s heavy music scene.

Conjurer are:
Brady Deeprose | guitars, vocals
Dani Nightingale | guitars, vocals
Conor Marshall | bass
Noah See | drums

Conjurer online:
https://www.facebook.com/conjureruk
https://x.com/ConjurerUK
https://www.instagram.com/conjureruk
https://www.conjureruk.com

Belgian post-doom quartet Hemelbestormer have just revealed a new single titled 'Turms', featuring Philip Jamieson of Caspian. Their upcoming album, The Radiant Veil, will be out on 25th July through Pelagic Records.

Watch 'Turms' here: https://youtu.be/sb8r1EXel7w
Pre-order The Radiant Veil here: https://orcd.co/hemelbestormer

On 'Turms', the band comments:
"'Turms' is without a doubt the leading track and beating heart of the album. Hemelbestormer is known as a pure instrumental band, but this track will surprise you, as Phil from Caspian did some phenomenal and hauntingly beautiful sounding vocals for this track, lifting it to another level."

Drummer Frederik Cosemans describes The Radiant Veil as "a journey through our solar system as perceived by the Etruscan civilization. Each track bears the name of a planet in the old Etruscan language, starting with the Sun (Usil) and ending with Saturn (Satre)."

Hemelbestormer has been a commanding entity in the heavy music scene for over ten years, with their idiosyncratic take on the merger of post-rock, doomgaze, and black metal. Made up of veterans from the Belgian hardcore and metal community, the four-piece from Hasselt create intricate sonic journeys through space and time built over punishing riffs and spine-chilling climaxes. With their fourth full-length album, The Radiant Veil, Hemelbestormer take their songwriting and production to new heights, honouring their name as trailblazers on the intersection of dark and light, the crushingly heavy and the hauntingly beautiful.
 
Having appeared at many of Europe’s finest music festivals – from Roadburn festival to Dunk! festival to Graspop Metal Meeting – Hemelbestormer feel right at home on stages with a wide variety of heavy and experimental acts. The road combining ethereal post-rock with seething black metal has been travelled by many groups, but with Hemelbestormer, that winding path has taken a different turn. Facing away from shoegaze or indie rock influences, the band finds a more sophisticated way of incorporating unsettling melodies, blast beats, and lo-fi synthesizers to emulate the dark void of space and eerie cold light of stars.
 
Powered by HM-2 pedals and a Lovecraft-ian use of retro synths, The Radiant Veil is driven by an old-school mentality that appears both learned and sincere. Produced by main songwriter Filip Dupont alongside drummer Frederik Cosemans, the eerie space noises coalesce like a celestial respiration between the bouts of metallic riffing and tremolo-picked riffs. 
 
Album opener 'Usil' is a compositional masterpiece from start to finish, combining seismic riffing with ice-cold guitar leads, as if Russian Circles had been formed in a small Norwegian fishing village in the early 90s. Meticulously building up to a double kick-driven finale, the band carefully lays the groundwork for the following hour of transformative music.

Hemelbestormer is a sight to behold on stage, and with The Radiant Veil, they penetrate deeper than ever into the farthest reaches of their sonic space ethos. Once more, the Belgians capture the cavernous expanse between the cold lights of the universe, but also our power as humans to explore it, proving their mastery as storytellers in sight and sound.

Line-up:
Filip Dupont – Guitars, Keys, Vocals
Koen Swerts – Bass
Jo Driesmans – Guitars
Frederik Cosemans – Drums

For more Hebelbestormer: 

INSTAGRAM • FACEBOOK • BANDCAMP • PELAGIC ARTIST PAGE

Tracklisting:

Side A
1. Usil
2. Turms (feat. Philip Jamieson of Caspian)    

Side B
3. Turan
4. Tiur

Side C
5. Cel
6. Laran    

Side D
7. Tinia
8. Satre

Photo Credit: Nicolas Alban

French post-metal collective Year of No Light return with their highly unique, evocative live album Les Maîtres Fous, out today, 23rd May, via the esteemed Pelagic Records.

Stream the album here: https://youtu.be/P2Ww6ZkjgIk
Order Les Maîtres Fous here: https://orcd.co/yonl  
 
Haunting, discordant and deeply unsettling, Les Maîtres Fous (‘The Mad Masters’) was written by the group in response to French filmmaker Jean Rouch’s controversial 1950’s docufiction of the same name.
 
Captured live in 2015, this arresting piece of music is now available to hear for the first time in a decade.

Commissioned by Musée Du Quai Branly in Paris for their 2012 ‘L’Invention Du Sauvage’ exhibition, Year of No Light approached the ritual practices of the Hauka movement as depicted in the original film and responded with their uniquely hypnotic heaviness.
 
Performed only twice, once at the exhibition on the 6th January, 2012 and again in Bordeaux on the 29th January, 2015 - this release is a live recording of the second and final performance of Les Maîtres Fous. Whilst Year of No Light have a long history of collaboration with forward-thinking filmmakers and visual artists, the sensitivity of this documentary’s problematic subject matter and the intensity of the band’s performance made this performance both a physically and emotionally demanding experience; something that can be keenly felt upon listening.

Founded in September 2001 by a collection of Bordeaux’s heavy scene stalwarts as an ongoing side project encompassing elements of sludge metal and shoegaze, Year of No Light released their debut album, Nord, in 2006 to critical acclaim. The subsequent years however saw a significant line-up change, with the band replacing their vocalist with a third guitarist to become a fully instrumental sextet, incorporating aspects of black metal, drone electronica and dark ambient into their already formidable sound.
 
2010’s four-track epic Ausserwelt and the 2013 follow-up Tocsin saw Year of No Light distilling their punishing sound even further; stalling the tempo to a glacial crawl and tuning guitars ever downwards to new uncharted depths. Consolamentum, the band’s first full-length release in nine years and their first with Pelagic Records, brought the outfit’s crushing double-drumming percussion to the fore - as a masterclass in dynamic control saw Year of No Light embrace the highest highs and the lowest lows of the intervening years.
 
Now approaching their 25th anniversary, Les Maître Fous is a pressing reminder that, despite the band’s long and ongoing journey, Year of No Light have never been afraid to experiment, to take risks, to square up to life’s ugliness and look it straight in the eye.
 
For more:

https://www.instagram.com/yearofnolightofficial
https://yearofnolight.bandcamp.com
https://pelagic-records.com/artist/year-of-no-light
https://www.facebook.com/yearofnolight

Year of No Light are: 
Bertrand Sebenne
Shiran Kaidine
Mathieu Megemont
Pierre Anouilh
Johan Sebenne
Jerome Alban

Tracklisting: 

1 Part 1
2 Part 2

German metalcore outfit ACCVSED just unleashed the scorching title track 'Dealers of Doom' from their upcoming debut. The album is set for release on 1st August via Arising Empire. The track is a straight-up assault - raw riffs, savage breakdowns and vocals that'll stick in your head for days.

Watch 'Dealers of Doom' here: https://youtu.be/twT4Bdhvpqw
Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/accvsed

ACCVSED has been making noise for a while now with singles like 'Day of the Locust', 'Avoider', 'Never Enough', 'Don't Let Me Fall Apart' and 'Killer of Minds', gradually building a solid rep as one of the most promising heavy acts coming out of Germany. Each release has only added to their momentum, with fans digging their emotionally raw songwriting and explosive live energy.

'Dealers of Doom' feels like ACCVSED laying down their mission statement – unfiltered, intense, and diving headfirst into the darker side of life.

Swedish metalcore outfit Awake The Dreamer have dropped a punishing new single and unveiled a completely revamped line-up for 2025. 'Years Begin to Fade' delivers everything the band does best- crushing melodies, atmospheric heaviness and a raw emotional punch.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/pZGOLPS9Hz0
Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/awakethedreamer

Fronted by vocalist and producer Max Andrén, the new crew features seasoned players from the likes of Normandie, Aim For The Sunrise, BTL, With Heavy Hearts and Is It Tomorrow Yet. After years of lineup changes and searching for the right fit, Andrén is convinced this is finally the definitive Awake The Dreamer - the version that's going to take their sound to the next level.

The band are deep into work on their third album, with Max promising "the most groundbreaking and unique material ATD has ever produced." They're staying true to what made them who they are while pushing into new territory. This is Awake The Dreamer in 2025.

A Killer's Confession, the band led by vocalist Waylon Reavis, have released their new single and video 'Hollow'.

Watch 'Hollow' here: https://youtu.be/ZrQJc_xGv_g

Stream 'Hollow' here: www.ffm.mnrkheavy.com/hollowsingle

In discussing the new single, Waylon Reavis said: “'Hollow' is the next chapter in a dark, psychological journey. Picking up where 'Victim 1' left off, we meet Victim 2 and the lines between right and wrong blur.

 "As our protagonist descends deeper into his own judgment, there’s no turning back. 'Hollow' asks: can we be saved once we become empty? Pulling us into the gray area between salvation and self-destruction."

'Hollow' is the follow up to the recently released track 'In Case of Emergency', which featured Waylon's former Mushroomhead bandmate Jason "JMann" Popson. 
 
The band are hitting the road in North America from 23rd May to 18th June on the  Machines Vs Monsters Tour, which is headlined by Static-X with GWAR, Dope and A Killer's Confession completing the bill.

The recent singles are the first new music from A Killer's Confession since the release of their acclaimed debut album, Victim 1.

Victim 1 is AKC's fourth full-length offering and MNRK Music Group debut. "A year ago, I was like, 'What if we have a character who is fed up with the world?,'" recalls Reavis, offering in glimpse in the album's darkest recesses. "In his heart, he knows what's going on isn't right, so he does something about it. On each song, he addresses a sin — whether in himself or against some horrible person. The conversations are either in his head or with the victim. You think, 'If I was a guy who had the ability to find these people, how would I react?' He's got to do this, yet it's destroying him since he's truly a kind spirit. He has no regrets though."
  
After releasing three seminal albums as a member of Mushroomhead, Reavis retreated from music, only for it to draw him back in 2016. He resurfaced at the helm of A Killer's Confession, delivering three cult favourite albums — Unbroken [2017], The Indifference of Good Men [2019], and Remember [2021]. Along the way, the band tallied tens of millions of streams in addition to collaborating with everyone from Brian "Head" Welch of Korn and Love And Death to Chad Gray of Mudvayne and HELLYEAH. Joined by bassist JP Cross, guitarist James Skritch, and drummer Kegan King, they also captivated crowds on tour. 

A Killer's Confession are:
Waylon Reavis - vocals
JP Cross - bass
James Skritch - guitar
Kegan King - drums
 
A Killer's Confession  online:
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
YOUTUBE

German metalcore band SENNA release their highly anticipated debut album Stranger To Love today via SharpTone Records, marking a bold new chapter in the band's evolution. Arriving alongside the album is the official music video for 'Potential', a visually arresting piece that dives deep into the album’s central theme: the quiet, often unnoticed moments that define human connection.

Watch: https://youtu.be/16yIrSPet1g
Buy/stream Stranger To Love here: https://bfan.link/stranger-to-love

Following the acclaimed singles 'High Note', 'Rain', 'Blackout' and the recently released 'Hurricane',  'Potential' further cements SENNA’s ability to craft music that resonates on a deeply personal level while pushing the boundaries of their sound. With 'Stranger To Love', SENNA present an intimate and deeply reflective collection of songs that explore the subtleties of human connection and personal growth.

Marcel Dürr, SENNA guitarist, speaking on the album’s themes, shares: "Stranger To Love is a collection of anecdotes from our own personal lives. These stories are not special in the sense that they are not extraordinary or unique to just us. They are not these once-in-a-lifetime experiences that change everything. They’re the kinds of experiences that happen quietly, in everyday moments. A conversation that didn’t go as planned. Feelings that linger longer than they should. Slowly realizing that things have changed in a relationship. What makes these stories meaningful is not that they are special, but that they are real. They happen to us, they happen to people everywhere, every day. Sometimes they happen in obvious ways, sometimes in ways that barely get noticed. They’re part of what it means to figure things out. In the end, these moments connect us, even if we experience them in our own way."

For more:

https://linktr.ee/senna.band
https://www.facebook.com/senna.band
https://www.instagram.com/senna.band

1. Hurricane
2. Rain
3. Blackout
4. High Note
5. Bodyguard
6. Drunk Dial Anthem
7. Potential
8. Breeze
9. Cliffhanger
10. NS:LC
11. Polarised

Colombian metal/hardcore crossover force Poison the Preacher erupt onto the global heavy music stage today with the release of their anticipated debut album, Vs The World, via Seek and Strike. A bold and crushing record, it pushes the boundaries of thrash, death metal, beatdown and hardcore, fusing these elements into a uniquely aggressive and deeply personal sound.

To mark release day, the band have unveiled  a new single and video, 'Dying Every Day' featuring a standout guest performance from Devin Swank of Sanguisugabogg. The track leans into slower, groove-oriented territory while retaining the band’s trademark intensity, with Swank’s unmistakable vocals bringing a heavier edge to an already crushing mix.

Watch the video for 'Dying Every Day feat Sanguisugabogg' here:  https://youtu.be/wl5vdSFOAzc 

Stream Vs The World here: https://orcd.co/ptpvstheworld

With additional guest spots on the album from members of Dead Heat, VS The World  is a culmination of years of evolution and experimentation, a fearless debut that embodies the raw, unrelenting spirit of Colombia’s underground metal scene. It’s a strong statement from a band pushing their boundaries to the limit, fusing elements of thrash, hardcore and crossover with the grit of bands like Drain, Judiciary, Municipal Waste and Sunami. 

Comments vocalist/guitarist Juan Pablo: “Our new single, 'Dying Every Day', came from more of a slam, beatdown and death metal mindset. This was also one of the first songs that we wrote for the record, so it really opened our mind to what was possible with our sound. This is the song that gave us the idea to do the collabs because we were writing certain parts with a massive growling, brutal deep voice in mind. We immediately thought of asking Devin from Sanguisugabogg if he wanted to jump on the track. The worst he could say was no but he was really into it and really supportive. I really think he brings that brutality to the song that it desperately needed. I think it's really cool to hear his deep monster voice in a different context. 

“This album feels like a huge leap forward for us,” Juan continues. “It’s the culmination of everything we’ve done up to this point. Everything fell into place and we’ve finally developed a sound that truly represents who we are. This is us, unapologetically.”

Vs The World is a testament to the band’s relentless drive to push further and evolve. "This record has put us in a mindset of constant improvement, experimentation, and growth,” he adds. "We don’t want to make the same song twice. Every track on Vs The World comes from a different place. There’s something for everyone here. Whether you're into thrash, death metal, hardcore or something in between, we’re bringing it all together in a fresh, unique way.” 

Poison the Preacher refuse to be confined to a single genre, blending elements of thrash, hardcore, death metal and beyond. "We’re not just a thrash band with breakdowns," Juan explains. "We’re a proud fusion of all the heavy music you love, with a perspective that challenges what you expect from a metal band."

For fans new to Poison the Preacher, Vs The World promises a diverse, genre blurring experience that offers something for everyone in the heavy music world. "If you’re into thrash, death metal, hardcore, anything in the heavy music world, there’s a song here for you," the band notes. "And for our fans, you’re going to see us evolve and diversify even more. We’re not reinventing the wheel, but we’re definitely bringing something new to the table." 

With this album, Poison the Preacher cement their place as a band committed to musical evolution and offering a unique perspective on the world of heavy music.

For more:
https://www.facebook.com/poisonthepreacher 
https://www.instagram.com/poisonthepreacher
https://linktr.ee/PoisonThePreacher

Track-list:
1. Future Tense
2. Sucker Punch ft. Chris Ramos (Dead Heat) 
3. Dying Every Day ft. Devin Swank (Sanguisugabogg) 
4. 1312
5. Hate Too Much
6. Congelado en el Tiempo
7. Promise To Pay
8. One Man Army
9. Us Against The World 

Photo Credit: Arne Beschorner

Fiery punk, indie rock band PLAIINS have announced their long-awaited debut album Happy Faces, set for release on 15th August via Long Branch Records. They have also unveiled the third single taken from the album, 'Row She Said'.

Stream 'Row She Said' here: https://plaiins.lnk.to/rowshesaid

Pre-order Happy Faces here: https://plaiins.lnk.to/happyfaces

“'Row She Said' is a song against right wing nationalism," comments singer Chris Reardon. "We talked about writing a song like this for a while, I wanted to do it with class and not something lyrically one dimensional, it had to be done poetically with layers and also open for different interpretations unless you read the lyrics and also knew the context where we were coming from. They're my favourite kind of songs, especially when discussing a topic such as this. There's too many punk songs that tackle this subject too plainly in my opinion, although that also has its place. But I think we really did it right on this one. 'She' in this context is the country where the protagonist is from and how they feel their country calls them and pushes them to protect their idea of sovereignty. I was writing more from the UK point of view, where I'm from, especially in the wake of Brexit, but we also wrote it from the perspective where the guys are from, Germany, but can apply to any country really."

PLAIINS have been on a steamroller since their inception in late 2020. Already playing with the likes of ITCHY, Cold Years, LEAP, Press Club and many more, the band bring a unique blend of British punk, indie and rock, pulling inspiration from the likes of IDLES, Hives, Soft Play, Bad Nerves, The Streets and Viagra Boys. PLAIINS have already released over twenty songs to date, regularly hitting the top playlists on Spotify and feaatures on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Introducing. There’s no stopping their momentum. 

"I wanted us to make an album that would stand the test of time, is coherent and characterful, unique and of our own and would be a great contribution to the wonderful catalogue of rock music. I have so much love, reverence and adoration for the greats and I wanted us to at least be on that level," says Chris Reardon.

PLAIINS are:
Chris Reardon - Vocals, Guitars
Timon Lanzinger - Bass
David Suhlrie - Drums
Florian Kaninck - Guitars

PLAIINS online:
https://www.tiktok.com/@plaiinsband
https://www.facebook.com/plaiinsband
https://www.instagram.com/plaiinsband_
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gUHDc3I3G1bFRElrj90fR?si=cIPo71aqRg-Cr_gHw_3svQ

Track list:

1. Happy Faces
2. Dirty Fish
3. Be More Animal
4. Hotel Biscuits
5. Amazon Warehouse
6. Do One
7. Executive Me
8. Beef Cake
9. Sports Bar
10. Row She Said
11. C’est La Vie
12. Special K
13. Four AM

Product versions:
CD Edition in a Digipak
LP Edition in a sleeve incl. marbled dark red coloured vinyl and LP insert
Standard stream & download