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ENTHEOS announced new album “Empty on the Inside” for October 23rd via Metal Blade Records

Today, alternative metallers ENTHEOS announce their new studio album, “Empty on the Inside”, arriving October 23rd, 2026 via Metal Blade Records, and unveil their first single and…

Jul 18, 2026

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DARKWAVE unveils epic fifth album “Evanescent Horizons”

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MAYHEM live in Greece in October

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Live Report: Helloween, Saxon, Ashes of Ares (Release Athens Festival – Plateia Nerou – Athens, Grece, 10/07/2026)

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Live Report: Helloween, Saxon, Ashes of Ares (Release Athens Festival – Plateia Nerou – Athens, Grece, 10/07/2026)

Kostas Boudoukos Jul 15, 2026

Another day at our favorite open air venue at Plateia Nerou arrived, this time featuring one of the strongest line-ups of this year’s Release Athens Festival. HELLOWEEN, SAXON and ASHES OF ARES promised a musical journey back to the glory days of…

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Deep Purple – Splat!: Album Review

Kostas Boudoukos Jul 14, 2026

🎶 Deep Purple🌎London, England📀 Splat!® earMusic📅 03/07/2026 If there’s one active band left in the world with absolutely nothing left to prove, it’s DEEP PURPLE. Nearly six decades after their formation,…

Ad Finem Omnia – Senectus Viae: Album Review

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Ad Finem Omnia – Senectus Viae: Album Review

Kostas Boudoukos Jul 12, 2026

🎶 Ad Finem Omnia🌎Santiago, Chile📀 Senectus Viae® Purity Through Fire📅 06/07/2026 Chilean musician Pablo Vera returns with the second full-length release from his project AD FINEM OMNIA, delivering yet another atmospheric…

LEFT TO DIE “Initium Mortis” (Relapse Records) – Album Review

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LEFT TO DIE “Initium Mortis” (Relapse Records) – Album Review

Dinos Karras Jun 30, 2026

Very few bands have shaped extreme metal as profoundly as Death. Chuck Schuldiner and his bandmates didn’t simply create a new sound—they laid the foundations for an entire genre that…

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Album Review: Gold Spire – Steps into Shadow

Kostas Boudoukos Jun 21, 2026

🎶 Gold Spire🌎 Upsala, Sweden📀Steps into Shadow® Awakening Records📅 19/06/2026 There are bands that choose to remain faithful to the traditions of extreme music, and others that seek new forms of…

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From the crypts of the Greek black metal underground, Temple of Katharsis return with their second full-length album, “Worshipers Of The Ancient Necromancy” — a horrific descent into forgotten rites, occult forces, and mystic rituals. Temple of Katharsis unleash an ominous work,…

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Here we have the new EP “Servants of Apathy” by the Greek black metallers Thlipsis. “Servants of Apathy” refers to how, as our society becomes more apathetic towards the system,…

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Genus Ordinis Dei on Metalwar!

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Genus Ordinis Dei is a band from Italy based on symphonic death metal.On the occasion of the band’s live album “Eternal Live”, released June 27, 2025, Metalwar contacted the band’s…

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Hostilia: Interview in Metalwar

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Straight from Sweden’s underground, Hostilia deliver thrash metal with no filters, no frills, and no mercy. Fusing the chaos of old-school aggression with razor-sharp modern riffs, the band has quickly…

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DEVISER- Evil Summons Evil New Release

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I would start by saying that a band that is so long away from the discography has effects, in terms of rallying their audience, ranking in the scene, but also…