Southern California's post-hardcore stalwarts MOVEMENTS are pleased to announce the September 4 release of their new album Happier Now via Fearless Records.

Today, the band has also fired off not one but two new tracks with Dissolve Me and Back in My Ways.

Today, the world’s fastest band speeds up and into its biggest, boldest and most electrifying era to date: DRAGONFORCE have announced Alissa White-Gluz as their newest member and first frontwoman. In a momentous union of two storied and unstoppable forces, the preeminent pioneers of extreme power metal will now be joined by one of metal’s legendary vocalists, unleashing both an intrepid evolution of the genre and the start of a seismic year ahead.

A lot has changed in the six years since Liverpool based alternative quartet Loathe released their seismic sophomore album I Let It In And It Took Everything. An album that not only changed the course of their careers but changed the course of heavy music at large.

Plini, the prolific Australian guitarist, composer and producer has released his highly anticipated brand new album An Unnameable Desire, out now. Across the space of 10 tracks, An Unnameable Desire blends staggering intricacy with moments of surging heaviness and billowing bliss, catapulting Plini's expansive dexterity and sonic diversity into even greater new heights.

It is impossible to consider the music of THE AMITY AFFLICTION as anything but visceral, emotional and relentless in its energy and impact. Their storied career has produced eight studio albums that have become torchbearers for many formative chapters of Australian metal music; as a band, THE AMITY AFFLICTION has firmly established their place as one of the country’s most enduring names of the heavy genre.

Electric Callboy announces their long-anticipated new album TANZNEID, set for release on August 7, via Century Media Records / Sony Music Australia. At the same time, the band joins forces with global gaming hit game Brawl Stars for their explosive new single and video Hypercharged, which also introduces the new character “Damian” to the Brawl Stars universe.

Following Wardruna on their most recent European shows, this documentary traces the band’s journey through the Birna album cycle and the past 1.5 years of the World Tour. 
From the Royal Albert Hall and the Amphitheatre of Pompeii to the indigenous lands of the Blackfeet Nation, and onward through Australia, New Zealand, and beyond, it shows the relationships, shared history, and trust built on the road.

Equal Vision Records/Civilians and Quicksand are excited to announce the Friday 17 July release of Bring On The Psychics, the brand new album from the New York City post-hardcore veterans. Marking an entirely new era for the storied three-piece

Sepultura close out their 40-year career with ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’, a final EP that blends heavy intensity with melody and reflection. Across four tracks, the band delivers a closing statement that captures their legacy while looking toward what comes next.

Today, long standing hardcore band TERROR release their tenth album, STILL SUFFER, available through Flatspot Records. Working with producer (and former guitarist) Todd Jones, the band created ten fast, aggressive, in-your-face tracks that embrace the themes that made TERROR so influential in the first place.

Multi-platinum rock band SEETHER return with Beneath The Surface, a powerful new digital EP. Expanding on the emotional depth and sonic intensity that have defined their career, the EP offers fans a deeper look into the band’s creative core—where raw honesty and heavy-hitting melodies collide.

‘…Beginning Of The End’ sets a dark, brooding tone as Portrayal of Guilt explore religious imagery, darkness and socio-political ideas across 11 songs. With heavy basslines, intense vocals and moments of hypnotic melody, the album delivers a raw and unsettling soundscape with plenty to think about.

After numerous world tours, ten full length albums, and globally recognized acclaim, DevilDriver remain full speed ahead. The band announces their explosive eleventh full length, Strike and Kill, out July 10, 2026 via Napalm Records, returning to their carnivorous origin and reigniting the incendiary sound that founded their legacy.

LØLØ delivers a raw, diaristic turn on God Forbid A Girl Spits Out Her Feelings, trading pop-punk gloss for acoustic intimacy. Across 12 tracks, she dissects heartbreak, situationships, and self-doubt with sharp, witty songwriting, blending stripped-back emotion with bursts of punchy pop-rock energy.

The ‘It Calls Me By Name’ EP is short and does not overstay its welcome. It offers a good overview of Wage War’s music as it moves around the heavy metal range from, nu-metal, aggressive hardcore territory, to melodic atmospheric and metalcore soundscapes while maintaining the hooks that keep people engaged and listening. It’s a great taster!

Bring Me The Horizon announce the release of a special re-recorded 20th anniversary edition of their seminal debut album, Count Your Blessings, available Friday, 10th July on vinyl, CD and streaming platforms. A defining statement that brought deathcore to a global audience, the album remains as uncompromising as it is influential.

KHEMMIS returns! Denver’s colossal heavy metal band is back with their massively anticipated fifth album, due out June 12th via Nuclear Blast Records. The self-titled record — the follow-up to 2021’s heralded Deceiver — represents KHEMMIS in their truest form: disciples of the riff.

Prince Daddy & The Hyena return with Hotwire Trip Switch, a fast, loud and quirky pop-punk ride. The album blends humour, heartbreak and restless energy, from “grinding teeth” to wanting to “get my girl back on Friday”, delivering a rush of hook-driven quirkiness that hits hard and doesn’t slow down.

Norwegian titan, Mork, was created by Thomas Eriksen in 2004, with the debut album ‘Isebakke’ eventually surfacing in 2013. Since then, Mork has been ceaselessly rising through the echelons of Black Metal, and on the heels of 2024’s intense and groundbreaking ‘Syv’ opus - which has resulted in the band branching out with tours in the Far East & Australia

Several artists on Australia's fastest growing rock label, XMusic have come together under the name, Project X to record their own version of one of the most powerful songs of the early 90's and arguably the one song that birthed an entire sub-genre. Temple of the Dog's immortal, Hunger Strike.