Mad Parish – The Dust of Forever 2025


Montreal, Canada’s heavy metal visionaries Mad Parish announce they will be releasing their highly anticipated concept studio album “The Dust of Forever” in January 2025. This forthcoming ambitious project marks a new pinnacle in the band’s decade-long journey.

“The Dust of Forever” is not just an album; it’s a multi-faceted experience that pushes the boundaries of heavy metal storytelling. Spanning 21 tracks, the band’s second full-length weaves an original narrative following Joe, an immortal protagonist caught in a universe-threatening cataclysm.

The

Dynazty – Game Of Faces 2025

Titled Game Of Faces, the upcoming album from the Swedish power metal band is the follow-up to 2022’s Final Advent, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Nuclear Blast Records. Release date: February 14, 2025

1. Call Of The Night
2. Game Of Faces
3. Devilry Of Ecstasy
4. Die To Survive
5. Fire To Fight
6. Dark Angel
7. Fortune Favors The Brave
8. Sole Survivor
9. Phoenix
10. Dream Of Spring
11. Mystery

Marko Hietala – Roses From The Deep 2025


Marko Hietala has been synonymous with quality for more than four decades. As a founding member of the heavy metal band Tarot, as a key member of the supergroup Sinergy (alongside extreme talents such as Alexi Laiho) and as one of the key figures in the world’s biggest symphonic metal band Nightwish, Hietala has not only shaped but also defined the sound of harder rock.

Needless to say, his thunderous bass lines and rich vocals have been heard in the world’s most famous venues such as Wembley Arena and

Smith/Kotzen – Black Light/White Noise 2025


Supergroup duo Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen will release Black Light/White Noise on March 5, 2025. It follows up the duo’s debut album, Smith/Kotzen, released in 2021. The album was produced by Smith and Kotzen. Jay Ruston mixed Black Light/White Noise.

“We’re so proud of this new album – it follows on from our debut and the EPs by focusing on collaborating on riffs, lyrics, harmonies and vocals,” says Kotzen. “There’s a Smith/Kotzen DNA now and it’s definitely something we need to get out on the road with. I was pleased to work with my friend Jay Ruston on the mixing of the alb

The Ferrymen – Iron Will 2025


The Ferrymen, the high powerful trio, formed by masterful Swedish guitarist/songwriter/producer Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall), awesome vocalist Ronnie Romero (Lords of Black, Sunstorm, Rainow), and thunderous drummer Mike Terrana (Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, etc.), have become an established name amongst European melodic metal fans after their first three successful albums, Fans should now prepare themselves for album four!

The Ferryman have wrapped up work on “Iron Will” and once again, the band takes the classic heavy metal sound and

Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia – Here Be Dragons 2025


Leading rock and metal force AVANTASIA is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album and Napalm Records debut, Here Be Dragons, on February 28, 2025! Featuring absolute AVANTASIA essentials such as spellbinding choirs and theatrical symphonic metal elements, multitalented mastermind and frontman Tobias Sammet also surprises fans old and new with plenty of intriguing fresh soundscapes.

Here Be Dragons gives the celebrated AVANTASIA sound that has been carefully crafted over a quarter of a century an exciting and powerful spin. The new album is the most consistent and concise piece of art that the b

The Big Deal – Electrified 2025


The Big Deal are back again with the second Album “Electrified” The band caught the attention of media and fans with the highly acclaimed debut album “First Bite”, featuring the two singles
“Sensational” and “Never Say Never”, with over half million views on the Frontiers YouTube channel.

Straight after the release the started an intense live activity including appearances at the Rock Imperium Festival (Spain) and The Kiss Kruis. The band eventually entered the studio to work on the second chapter of their recording career, which also feature song

Dragonknight – Legions 2025


Dragonknight is a new conceptual band baptized by a bunch of seasoned Finnish metal veterans, skillfully forging a smooth and fresh rendering of the classic North European power metal style through soaring melodies, thunderous rhythms, and epic orchestration, fused with crushing riffs – an unforgettable sonic journey of legendary proportions.

The eleven anthemic chapters of the first record “Legions” tell of heart-wrenching battles, strong-willed warriors and the beauty of glorious death, but also the treasure hunts gone awry, conquest, and the inner power

Hartlight – The Triumph of Metal 2025

This female fronted symphonic progressive metal band from Switzerland and France invite you to take an emotional and spiritual journey into alchemical and esoteric wisdom with their powerful and captivating sound.

RELEASE: 28-02-2025

01. The Triumph Of Metal
02. Polymorphia
03. The Scales Of Rebis
04. Midnight
05. The City Of Tears
06. Mind’s Arboretum
07. Will To Power Seen
08. A Song Of Blood And Steel (A Journey To The East)

NOÉMIE MARIE: Vocals
ADRIEN DJOUADOU: Guitar / Bass / Backing Vocals
ADRIEN GUIN

Bonfire – Higher Ground 2025

Legendary German hard rockers Bonfire are thrilled to announce the release of their highly anticipated new studio album, “Higher Ground”, out on January 24th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

1. Nostradamus
2. I Will Rise
3. Higher Ground
4. I Died Tonight
5. Lost All Control
6. When Love Comes Down
7. Fallin’
8. Come Hell or High Water
9. Jealousy
10. Spinnin’ in the Black
11. Rock‘n’Roll Survivor (2024 Version)

Hans Ziller – Gu

Crazy Lixx – Thrill Of The Bite 2025

Swedish hard rockers Crazy Lixx are thrilled to announce the release of their highly anticipated new studio album, titled “Thrill of the Bite” and set for release on February 14th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

1. Highway Hurricane
2. Who Said Rock N’ Roll is Dead
3. Little Miss Dangerous
4. Call of the Wild
5. Recipe for Revolution
6. Run Run Wild
7. Midnight Rebels
8. Hunt for Danger
9. Final Warning
10. Stick It Out

Danny Rexon – Vocals

Shrike – The Divine and the Serpentine 2025


Shrike, a three-piece metal band from Preston, the “wettest” city in England, is set to reshape the underground modern metal landscape with their debut album release in 2025.
Titled “The Divine and the Serpentine”, this long player not only showcases their unique sound — a rich blend of ambient, cinematic, and orchestral textures — but also delves into deep thematic content through a “semi” concept album exploring the complexities of abusive relationships.

Produced in collaboration with Lucas Fletcher of Blanket, who contributed to the vocals and mixing, and Connor

Oversize – Vital Signs 2025


Oversize have announced their stunning debut album “Vital Signs”, due out on February 28th, 2025, via SharpTone. To commemorate the news, the group have today unveiled the title track,
Of the single, the band comments: “While ‘Vital Signs’ is technically the title track of the album, it was originally written as an album closer and from start to finish was written comfortably in under an hour.

I think the simplicity of the song and the free-flowing structure combined with extra production elements – drum loops and super saturated and effect heavy guitars – give this so

Wildness – Avenger 2025

 

Swedish rockers Wildness are pleased to announce the release of their new studio album, “Avenger”, out on January 24th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

 

1. Wings of Fire
2. Crucified
3. Broken Heart
4. Caught Up in a Moment
5. Wasted Time
6. Avenger
7. Poison Ivy
8. I’ll Be Over You
9. Stand Your Ground
10. Eye of the Storm
11. Walk Through the Fire

Erik Modin – Drums
Adam Holmström – Guitar
Pontus Sköld – Guitar
Erik Forsberg – Vocals
Marcus Sjösu