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Danish/Faroese progressive metal outfit Iotunn will unleash their second full-length studio album, “Kinship”, on October 25th, 2024, via Metal Blade Records. “Kinship” is a massive album arising from the primeval sea.

It’s a mythological journey through eight tracks that span immense spheres both musically and lyrically, exploring the deep roots of human nature, its connection and disconnection with everything and everyone, and how our choices have always defined ourselves and the lives lived…

1. Kinship Elegiac
2. Mistland
3. Twilight
4. I Feel the Night

Finnish progressive metal outfit The Hypothesis have announced their upcoming new studio album “Evolve”, slated to be released on October 18th, 2024, via Noble Demon. Hailing from the darkened realm of Kouvola, Finland, The Hypothesis was founded in 2009 as a melodic metal entity driven

by the desire to break free from genre constraints and evolve with each musical endeavor. With former members now playing in renowned bands such as Opeth and Stratovarius, The Hypothesis is a powerhouse quartet with a relentless drive for musical excellence. Having toured Finland, the Balti

Buñuel return with new studio album “Mansuetude”, the band’s first release outside of their outlandish trilogy of albums (comprising “A Resting Place for Strangers”, “The Easy Way Out” and “Killers Like Us”). A co-release between SKiN GRAFT and Overdrive, arriving on October 25th, 2024.

Buñuel boasts the singular vocals and razor sharp lyrics of Eugene S. Robinson (ex-Oxbow) and a powerhouse Italian trio comprised of guitarist Xabier Iriondo (Afterhours, A Short Apnea), bassist Andrea Lombardini (The Framers) and drummer Franz Valente (Il Te

Titled Forever We Burn, the upcoming album from the self-described ‘death pop’ band is their debut full-length album, and is scheduled to be released in September this year, via Candlelight Records. The upcoming debut album was produced by Gregor Mackintosh [PARADISE LOST],

who also adds some signature guitar lines; as a body of work, it both delves into the darker recesses of the human condition and heralds the arrival of a new name and a familiar, formidable voice. The name (an acknowledgement of mankind as parasite-in-chief) is HIGH PARASITE; the voice, that of Aaron Stainthorpe – long