Canadian powerhouse Alissa White-Gluz starts her long-awaited solo career with her new single, “The Room Where She Died”, out now everywhere via Napalm Records. Having performed on the world’s biggest stages as one of death metal’s most recognisable voices, ALISSA teams up with Oliver Palotai of power metal virtuosos Kamelot.

LORD OF THE LOST goes full opulence with “What Have We Become”, the latest single off their upcoming album, OPVS NOIR Vol. 2, out on December 12, 2025 via Napalm Records. Working with electronic music artist IAMX, the kings of versatility build an emotional masterpiece, with Chris Harms and IAMX duetting in an exceptionally moving way, expanding their musical universe.

Breakthrough Mongolian rockers UUHAI have released the second single from their upcoming debut album, Human Herds, out January 9, 2026 via Napalm Records. With the originally-released demo version of “Khar Khulz” already gaining seven million views on YouTube, the band has finally unveiled the final master of the track.

Explosive Ukrainian metalcore force SPACE OF VARIATIONS returns with Poisoned Art, out on February 13, 2026 via Napalm Records. Blending furious brutality with heartfelt emotion, the four-piece band sheds their skin and continues to push the boundaries of modern metal, with their new record showing a fresh facet of their ever-evolving sound—a new era.

Taylor Momsen's Christmas extended play (EP) ‘Pretty Reckless Christmas’ is a rock and roll-infused Christmas release. If you must listen to Christmas music, then this EP is good for not torturing people as the music is good. It has the Pretty Reckless band signature sonic palate of loud, emotional, and uncompromising style tinged with those holiday sounds.

Switzerland’s unstoppable juggernaut  PALEFACE SWISS continue their strong momentum into the end of 2025 with the release of their new single ‘Everything Is Fine’, on all digital platforms together with an emotional moving new music video.

Angel Du$t announce their new album COLD 2 THE TOUCH, returning today with new single ‘DU$T.’ Out February 13 via Run For Cover Records/Civilians, the 26 minute album delivers eclectic, hard hitting rock & roll that pushes their aggression, hooks, personality and ferocity to new heights. ‘DU$T’ is out now.

‘Conflict DLC’ captures doomscrolling, consuming despair and online loneliness as HEALTH blends industrial heaviness with ethereal vocals. Songs like ‘Vibe Cop’, ‘Trash Decade’ and ‘Antidote’ dive into fear, vulnerability and the pain of modern life. It’s terrifyingly beautiful, a reminder that the digital world is a two-edged sword of light and darkness.

‘The World Is Not Yours’ is the long-overdue debut album from Melbourne based purveyors of blackened grinding death, MUNT. Across thirteen relentless tracks, the band forges black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore, and noise into a dense slab of raw aggression, sharpened by a bitter philosophical edge.

The band says of The Road "We had an absolute ball on our epic 6 week tour of Europe and the UK and can't wait to get back there! These are just some of the highlights and good times we had the opportunity to have on the Road! "We love The Road Love the Freedom" 

After years of igniting stages and airwaves since solidifying their line-up in 2017, Gold Coast heavies HAMMERS today announce the long-awaited release of their debut album DEATH WOBBLES, due out on Friday 23 January 2026 via Summerland Records.

Australia’s fastest-rising Neo-Surf Rock disruptors, Wave Raiders, are back with ‘Nothing Better’, the title track and final single from their debut 4-track EP, arriving 28 November 2025, alongside the announcement of a slot on Brisbane Good Things Festival ‘Garage Band Stage’ on Sunday 7 December.

“This EP, We Are Humans, is our most honest music. Working with Ulrich Wild pushed us to tap into something raw and real from lived experience. We’re dying to take these songs on the road, and starting this tour feels like the beginning of something bigger. We can’t wait to scream these words with fans at every single live show.”

"This album is a concoction of chaos and revelry," the band shares of Royal Discordance, "a battle of light versus darkness, much like the story and themes covered in the record. If you really thought we were going to do Trinity for a second time, guess again."

Nuclear Blast Records is proud to welcome HOKKA, a powerful new force in Finnish rock, to its global roster. The band unites three major names from Finland’s rock legacy: former  BLIND CHANNEL frontman Joel Hokka, THE RASMUS founding member and former guitarist-songwriter Pauli Rantasalmi, and phenomenal young drummer Jimi Aslak.

Better Lovers celebrate the one-year anniversary of their blistering debut album Highly Irresponsible with a deluxe edition featuring two new tracks: ‘The Impossible End’ and ‘Don’t Forget To Say Please’. The band will make their Australian debut in 2026, hitting Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Belgrave and Adelaide with Split Chain and Blind Girls.

SLAYER’s iconic second studio album, Hell Awaits, is set to receive a 40th anniversary edition reissue via Metal Blade Records next year! “It’s the record where SLAYER became SLAYER.” That’s what Kerry King says about Hell Awaits.

The new album ‘Flowers’ has huge breakdowns, melodic guitars, and emotional lyricism about the disappointments in life, frustration, and the desire to feel alive. The commanding synths, soaring clean vocals, and dark heavy tones show The Devil Wears Prada as a band that continue to grow and evolve their sound.

With their mesmerizing sound echoing across the Mongolian steppe, breakthrough Mongolian rockers UUHAI have signed their first album deal with Napalm Records! Following viral success and millions of views on their very first songs, the seven-piece band is back.

San Francisco duo Chokecherry deliver lush, melodic indie-pop on their debut Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls. With dreamy harmonies, guitar-led melodies and ethereal vocals, the album drifts between sweetness and melancholy. It’s gorgeous, atmospheric and left of centre, sweet, with that heady, fermented sting in the tail.