Hungary's Meteora compiled their last three EPs into one album - DARKEST LIGHT. This is the title track, symphonic and theatrical metal with an emphasis on the heavy and dark, with plenty of light and shade and expressive atmosphere. ImperativePR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCCrBla8V6E

UK LIVE DATES NEWS - MARCH International Metal Band @onemachineofficial (featuring Steve Smyth of Testament and more) play a few UK dates with support from UK's Kaine and Endeavour Info and Tickets: https://kaine-metal.com/tour-dates/

Canada's Awake & Dreaming and 'I U Me,' a surprising blend of light and catchy pop melodies combined with heavier and darker guitars, keyboards and drums, the light and mellow intro swiftly shifting into guitar-driven haunting rock. #G #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-amlylG7B_o

Columbia's Zarator and 'Dr. Fausto,' a hard, fast and heavy piece of classic metal; dramatic with the raw edge of punk and the energy of power metal, inspired by Goethe's Faust, and part of their forthcoming concept album HUMAN, TOO HUMAN. https://youtu.be/QPMlYITblB4

Switzerland's Örjan Ericson returns with 'Rolling Slowly,' an upbeat and positive piece with his unique quirkiness that mixes experimental ideas with electronics and 80s rock melodies for a piece that is catchy while remaining unconventional. #rock https://youtu.be/eTbzbS7v6WQ

UK's Red Method return with new music. 'Becoming The Sickness,' a hard, dark and disturbing piece of modern metal, with low, twin guitars, tech metal drumming, death metal roar, and nightmare atmosphere! #metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTu_3Jq5rxI

RELEASED TODAY! UK's Kaine return with EXTINCTIONS END - 8 tracks of blistering metal fusing classic, thrash, speed and a little hint of death metal power without sacrificing melody and expression. https://kaine.bandcamp.com/album/extinctions-end

Venezuela's Charlie Carr and 'Lucid Dream,' an enigmatic piece of instrumental piano-driven psychedelic prog where melodies rise, fuse and compete over a drumbeat that creates an eerie and unsettling dreamlike soundscape. #DP3 #prog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAJohOsYaBc

USA TOUR NEWS - MARCH USA's Little King play a selection of alternative, melodic and thoughtful progressive rock tunes from 8 albums spanning 30 years. Info: https://littlekingtunes.com/shows/

USA's Geoff Hall and 'Through The Ruins,' an atmospheric and cinematic, guitar-driven instrumental with a post-apocalypse western vibe where layers of southern guitar build over an ethereal background of synths. New EP ECHOS FROM IN AFTER coming soon. https://youtu.be/ualNVDNoyOE

USA's Love Ghost update the 80s with their version of Falco's 'Rock Me Amadeus,' infusing the new romantic classic with a dark metal streak of heavy guitars, a slower beat and giving it a sinister and menacing aura rather than a dancey piece of pop. https://youtu.be/MAep8x40zLA

UK's Electron Band and 'Trap' a dark yet melodic fusion of rock, metalcore energy, horror film atmosphere yet maintaining strong and catchy modern rock melodies that keep it all emotionally charged and subtly changing. #metalcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK3ZqOtcYXY

OUT TODAY! USA's WORM unleash NECROPALACE - 7 tracks of cinematic and darkly Gothic blackened doom, a dramatic and atmospheric nightmare! https://wormgloom.bandcamp.com/album/necropalace-24-bit-hd-audio Palmer Turner Overdrive

NEW RELEASE! France based Primaluce unveil WAY OF PERFECTION - 8 tracks of technical guitar playing and prog complexity tempered with bright AOR melodic richness for a bright and upbeat sound. https://primalucerock.bandcamp.com/album/way-of-perfection Stampede Press UK

NEW RELEASE! UK's No Worth Of Man drop debut full length THE KILLING STREETS - 9 tracks of brutal, low, mean and dirty, aggressively defiant modern metal about surviving and slaughtering the undead in neon soaked Manhattan. https://brutalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-killing-streets Imperative PR

NEW TODAY Russia's Frozen Ocean reveal ASKDRӦMMAR - 9 tracks that fuse dark wave industrial grooves with cold and bleak black metal for disturbing and depressive cinematic sound. https://frozenoceanrus.bandcamp.com/album/askdr-mmar Imperative PR

France's Liz wild and 'Empty Road,' a blues ballad infused with the loneliness of desert rock for a dusty but soulful sound of layers of simple guitars and rhythms building into a richly textured sound over which Wild's clear vocals bring lonely heartache. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tAGbt5H00

USA's Megafauna and 'Coma And Hysteria,' a lively fusion of stoner grooves, noise rock energy and rawness, and punk swagger layered with catchy pop vocal melodies making for an infectiously catchy sound with a dirty edge. #rock https://youtu.be/T1OTaJHKcgk

Greece's Acid Death and 'Coded Dominion' a blistering piece of groove-driven metal that fuses prog, tech metal and thrash metal meanness into one tense, heavy sound that simply rocks! #metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwjC8iNu86k

OUT TODAY! Brazil's FOSSILIZATION drag us to HELL with AVVENT OF WOUNDS - 7 tracks of bleak and crushing death metal infused with doom and black metal guitars. Heavy, brutal and nightmarish. https://everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/album/advent-of-wounds Everlasting Spew Records

NEW TODAY! Canada's Empire de Mu unleash THE LOTUS LEGACY - 11 tracks of darkly symphonic blackened brutal death metal. High energy, cinematic soundscapes and operatic vocals for an extreme metal experience! https://empiredemuofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-lotus-legacy M&O Office

NEW TODAY! Mexico's Element release DREAMER - a fusion of hard rock, prog, power metal and symphonic for 11 tracks of rocking metal. catchy melodies, soaring vocals, complex playing, and filled with heart and soul. M&O Office

OUT TODAY! France's Deathraw release REDUCED TO ASHES - 5 tracks of darkly atmospheric and dramatic thrash metal that roar with energy and speed and snarling attitude! https://deathrawthrashmetal.bandcamp.com/album/reduced-to-ashes GrindEthicPr

NEW RELEASE! UK's Death Assault release debut album DEATH ASSAULT - 11 tracks of raw and meaty thrash metal that roar with menace and ooze with death metal brutality. Heavy, fast and explosive! https://deathassaultoffical.bandcamp.com/music SaN PR

MARCH EURO TOUR NEWS - GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN... France's HamaSaari recently released PICTURES and in support play a number of live dates to showcase their mellow, thoughtful and melodic prog. Info and tickets: https://hamasaari.com

USA's Sulfurized Inhabitants of the Matchbook and 'Speaking In Silence.' With multi-layered instruments, a touch of funk rock, a bit of prog and even a little bit of 60s psych wrapped up in a 70s AOR sound, this is a surprisingly complex piece. https://youtu.be/he3haLLHlbQ

USA's Axminster return with 'Down To The Wire,' a hard rocking track that captures the spirit of 80s rock with a little twist of the 70s funk rock to give it a slinky and sexy swing. #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5nYhub5-hY

On April 3rd Meuse Music Records will unveil the majestic new album from SolNegre - the superlative doom/death of Anthems For The Grand Collapse. Powerful, creative, honest, engaging. imperativepr.co.uk/news506-soln... #solnegre #anthemsforthegrandcollapse #meusemusicrecords #doomdeathmetal

🔥 ALBUM REVIEW 🔥 Greek purveyors of classic speed metal Leatherhead release 'Violent Horror Stories' via No Remorse Records. "guitars explode into life and create dramatic songs that will leave you wanting more." therazorsedge.rocks/2026-02-albu...

Hear 'I Defy', the crushing new track taken from the imminent debut album from No Worth Of Man - The Killing Streets - at the Brutal Records YouTube channel now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNzJ... #noworthofman #brutalrecords #idefy #thekillingstreets #extrememetal

Sweden's Odjur and 'Blood And Bones' a modern piece of metal on the heavier side with coarse and menacing vocals, thrash riffing, shredding solos and a little touch of thrash energy for a rallying sound. #metal https://youtu.be/cbQFfP0gIuM

UK's Death Assault release self-titled debut on 13 Feb. This is 'Falling Down,' a slow and simply melodic piece of rock until the guitars properly kick, cranking up the power and energy into a maelstrom of furious and savage heavy metal rage! @SaNPRuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljlK7DV-FkY

USA's Aittala and 'Ashes' an old school piece of heavy metal with a full sound of distorted guitars, a big punchy bass, a solid and thumping drum kit, atmosphere and a pissed-off serious attitude. From latest album Ill Gotten Gains out now. @AsherMedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEgBegWVV4

USA's DESU TAEM and new track 'Trifecta Of Hate,' a trio of songs merged together that take in groove rock, classic rock and 80s metal for a swipe at those who claim to have the moral high ground while sinking into a brutal, moral low. #metal https://youtu.be/Me1-F-iiZvk

USA's @kiljinband and 'What Are You Looking For,' an aggressive and hard piece of groove metal. With a mean groove from the bass and drums, wild guitar and shred over the top and seriously pissed-off vocals, it's intense atmospheric metal. https://youtu.be/2j4jHcooPNs

Chilean instrumental progressive metal band Engrupid Pipol and 'Inspireichon Burn,' a guitar-driven piece of heavy rock, technical playing focused on melody, and a fusion of metal energy and prog complex playfulness. Asher Media Relations #progmetal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqOuGaENQs

UK SHOW DATES The Excellent JOANovARC have a number of shows coming up this and if you can make one then you should do so. And they have some excellent guests with them. Info and tickets: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/822930-joanovarc

You can read an interview with Atilla from Meteora at Robert Carrigan Album Reviews... robertcarriganalbumreviews.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/m... #meteora #robertcarriganalbumreviews #hmusichungary #dissonance #darkestlight #symphonicmetal

Listen to 'Reality Shaper' from the new Cultist album, Spiritual Atrophy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-Q... #cultist #awakeningrecords #futharkrecords #realityshaper #spiritualatrophy #deathmetal

The incredible new album from SolNegre - Anthems For The Grand Collapse - coming April 3rd from Meuse Music Records #solnegre #meusemusicrecords #anthemsforthegrandcollapse #doomdeathmetal

View of the Brighton West Pier between two lampposts - Brighton #WestPier #brighton #lampost #streetLamp #beach #pier #alphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #classicMono

UK's Damien Planet and the Fvck Stephens and 'Kids on Facebook' an old school punk rock sound, passionate with a DIY ethic, noise rock energy, a simple steady drum beat and stripped back guitars. It's punk, like punk used to be. #punk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4REYH8WYU

Greece's THIOZ released STONED in January. This is 'Backseat Names,' a raw and sexy rock sound infused with RnB soul vibes, a hot and sultry atmosphere that oozes sleaziness with the beats and bass vocals, distorted guitar, sweat and cheap, heady perfume! https://youtu.be/r2e-dV2b0H4

Swiss based Black Reuss returns with DEATH on 27 February. This is 'Oblivion,' and it's a dark and moody piece of metal, coldly Gothic, cinematic and intense, from the drums to the bass to the distorted guitar and haunting melodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DMcwWKyRlc

Hungary's WitcheR and 'Öröklét,' an atmospheric piece of folk metal fused with black metal that has bright and catchy pagan melodies fused with bleaker black metal sounds for contrasting moods of the seasons and time, death and renewal. @ImperativePR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClg3LYcWD4

The Doorway to Zine review Cattle Hammer's Dark Thoughts With Lights Out... "...sludgy, crusty, grinding doom metal on the best of levels. It is just a nasty, ugly record." www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWtC... #thedoorwayto #cattlehammer #darkthoughtswithlightsout #roadtomasochist #sludge #doom #drone

Germany's Aaron Koenig and 'Schrodinger's Cats' a light and breezy yet strongly melodic, multi-layered piece of rock with a little twist of 60s pop catchiness and quirkiness, which suits the Schrodinger's Cat as a metaphor for a relationship. #rock https://youtu.be/ZmcMMUsYB_Y

Canada's Wild Goose 55 and 'Black Cat,' an old school rocker that swaggers with punk attitude but given a modern twist of super fuzzy and distorted guitars for a mean and dirty sound that rocks. #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfwBeXCG1uE

France's YÜ release album THE CALLING on 20 February. This is 'Try To Run,' a mellow yet darkly emotional piece of rock with stoner grooves and a little touch of punk and Gothic soul with expressive vocals from Laven Yoann. M&O Office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRr9jkoAWs