Polls for FemMetal Awards 2025 Open Now!
Polls for FemMetal Awards 2025 Open Now! Submit your votes now.
FemMetal Awards 2025: Theme & Nominees Revealed
FemMetal Awards 2025 celebrates women in metal and rock with a superhero-themed edition featuring the Iron Circle, The Carbon Order, and villain Avaris Frax. Fans can vote for any act with a 2025 release, even if not nominated. Follow the journey, discover the story, and honor women shaping the world of metal and rock.
Raw Cuts: New releases by Epica, Passengers In Panic, Kalamity Kills, and Venus 5
Kalamily Kills, Venus 5, Passengers In Panic, and Epica have all dropped new releases, from hard rock reinventions and folk-metal versions to explosive singles and symphonic metal epics, giving fans fresh music and videos to enjoy this December.
Challenger present double single with the reissue of Unspoken Farewell and Embryonic Synapse
The Madrid-based band Challenger released, last Friday, December 12, a double single revisiting two of their earlier works, Unspoken Farewell and Embryonic Synapse, now reissued and updated to better reflect their current sound.
Zoë Marie Federoff Joins Suotana on New Album
The renowned Arizonan vocalist of Catalyst Crime and former Cradle of Filth member, Zoë Marie Federoff, has announced an exciting collaboration with the Finnish Melodic Death Metal band, Suotana.
HOLLOW PEAK Descends into Introspection with the Release of “Labyrinth”
A new force rises from the dark musical scene of Norway. HOLLOW PEAK, the talented melodic metal band, is preparing to unleash their debut full-length album, “Obsidian Cult”, and they do so by presenting a deep dive into their sound: the hypnotic single “Labyrinth”.
Interview with Nia Creak and Noelia FJ (Ancient Settlers)
Interview with Ancient Settlers vocalists Noelia Fernández Jiménez and Nia Creak about their joining the band and the release of their EP, “Autumnus (Revisited).” Learn about their journey, creative process, and more!
Raw Cuts: New releases from Poppy, Gabriëlle Driessen, Alexandrite, Elinborg
Poppy, Gabriëlle Driessen, Alexandrite, and Elinborg have released new music in December 2025. Highlights include Poppy’s industrial metal–tinged single Guardian, Dutch dark fantasy metal debut Deathly Waltz by Gabriëlle Driessen, Alexandrite’s gothic metal track Pandora’s Box from their upcoming album Ad Astra, and Elinborg’s dark ambient–folk single Blóð, blending atmospheric electronics with melodic storytelling.
Beyond The Black unleash their new single “Ravens”
Night spreads its wings once again over Beyond The Black. The German symphonic metal band has unveiled their new single “Ravens”, a haunting piece that marks one of the most intense and vulnerable moments of their new chapter, leading up to the release of Break The Silence on January 9th, 2026.
Dark Alliance: Lord of the Lost and IAMX Unite on the Emotional Single “What Have We Become?”
Dark Metal powerhouses Lord of the Lost and Electropop icon IAMX collaborate on the intense new single “What Have We Become?”. This track previews Lord of the Lost’s upcoming album, OPVS NOIR Vol. 2 (Dec 12, 2025, Napalm Records), which also features Käärijä, Lena Scissorhands, and Anna Brunner.
