Join us as we stumble through beers, blistering riffs, merch tables, Irish acid chats, and a cosmic conversion at Cosmic Void 2025.

Lamp of Murmuur have announced their fourth full-length, The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy, out 14 November 2025 on Wolves of Hades. The nine-track album features a three-part title suite and the sprawling lead single “Forest of Hallucinations,” a nine-minute plunge into shifting riffs, harsh vocals, and atmospheric layers.

Brotthogg are from Norway and they know how to capture bleakness. This album is pure cold atmospheres and fury and it was one that surprised me with the quality.

For fans of Archgoat, Mayhem’s rawer moments, war metal intensity and second wave black metal with darkness and ritual this is territory you will want to explore. Doom Cult Commando do not merely try to be another raw black metal band.

This album succeeds because Castle Rat isn’t trying to fit into a genre checklist. They take doom, stoner rock, and heavy metal and infuse it with a story. Every track is a chapter, every riff fits right, and the narrative sneaks in without ever feeling forced.

Cosmic Void Festival 2025 descends on London with three days of blackened fury, but Saturday is the crown jewel, stacked with Argesk, Kall performing Lifelover classics, Ellende, Darvaza, and The Kovenant.

Five years after Obsidian, Paradise Lost rise again with Ascension, their 17th studio album and a masterclass in gothic doom metal. This is Paradise Lost refusing nostalgia and proving why they still reign in 2025.

Queens/Long Island thrash trio Electrocutioner return with Harbinger, a vicious follow-up to False Idols. Fueled by breakneck riffs, war-cry vocals, and apocalyptic lyrics, the band sharpen their old-school influences into a weapon of mass destruction.

We honour Nisse Karlén, the visionary frontman of Sacramentum, who passed in 2025. Discover his role in shaping Swedish black metal with classics and celebrate his enduring influence. RIP Nisse!

1914’s new single ‘1916 (The Südtirol Offensive)’ is a crushing, historically immersive track that captures the horror of WWI through blackened death/doom. Ahead of their upcoming album Viribus Unitis,.

The Toxic Avenger (2025) is a messy, gory reboot with Peter Dinklage and Kevin Bacon. It’s a miss but a blast with booze and buddies. Read our review!

Panzerchrist return with Maleficium Part 2, a sharpened blast of Danish blackened death metal. Our review dives into the witch-trial concept, Tue Madsen’s Antfarm production, and standout cuts Witchfinder General and Hex Maleficium Pex.

Parisian trio Hexekration Rites debut with an album that prizes authority over chaos. Misanthropic Path of Carnal Deliverance fuses ritual menace with disciplined songwriting, blasts, hulking mid-tempos and incantatory vocals across nine tracks.

Your metal guide for London gigs in September 2025. From old-school death metal legends Cancer to the black metal maelstrom of Cosmic Void Fest, we cover the must-see bands, venues, and ticket links.

Kanonenfieber unleashes "Z-Vor!", a blast of blackened death metal fury inspired by the Battle of Jutland. It’s the first strike from their new concept compilation "Soldatenschicksale", arriving January 2026.

We step inside Ozzy Osbourne’s moving funeral, where family, friends, and rock royalty celebrated the life of the Prince of Darkness with music, stories, and love. From tears to laughter, it was a farewell only Ozzy could inspire.

This is your definitive list of the Top 10 Movies for Metalheads. From This Is Spinal Tap to the blood-drenched madness of PG: Psycho Goreman, we’ve hand-picked films dripping with riffs, gore, and demons!

Swedish death metal legends Unleashed return with Fire Upon Your Lands, a fifteenth album of searing riffs, mythic storytelling, and battle-ready ferocity. From the first note to the final roar, it’s a masterclass in veteran metalcraft.

Philadelphia’s epic doom torchbearers Crypt Sermon are back with Saturnian Appendices, a masterfully heavy, atmospheric EP weaving myth, melancholy, and colossal riffs into an unforgettable journey.

Draugveil’s “Cruel World of Dreams and Fears” sparked a storm over AI in metal, was it genius or a digital deception? Hear what BugBOY has to say!