Party.San is one of Germany’s most important extreme-metal festivals and managed to stay tightly focused on the underground during it’s 30-year-history. The 2026 edition runs from 6–8 August at Obermehler-Schlotheim, becoming a pilgrimage site for extreme-metal fans. The billing features legacy acts, scene stalwarts, and …
Lost In Kyiv expand their sound, while sticking to their core. “We’re All Going To Be Fine” is a daring postrock record and brings the band into the top group of contemporary postrock.
Oh Hiroshima took an experimental approach on their new record, which pays off. “And The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter” is a fascinating, complex postrock record that won’t disappoint old fans and might bring in new listeners at the same time.
Mono create “Snowdrop” as an epic farewell to their longtime producer and friend Steve Albini. The postrock veterans deliver a stunningly beautiful album; one that serves as worthy eulogy to their friend.
Monolord needed their time to create “Neverending”, but the waiting was worth it: the new record is a strong experiment that stays true to the band’s signature sound at the same time.
Galbot delve into the despair and hopelessness of their province’s past to deliver a black metal album that is as compelling as it is relentless.
Periphery experiment with a more accessbile approach to their song by cutting on the runtime and by adding more pop elements into their sound. “A Pale White Dot” is a surprise and a strong album.
Guilt Trip’s “Armour Of Angels” is a relentless, riff-fueled beats. The record cements the band’s place at the forefront of modern hardcore.
Port Noir return with “The Dark We Keep”; a record that blends melancholy and heavy riffs in equal measure. This is progressive metal at its most immersive and introspective.
Bleach’s “Cursed Life Fades” is a relentless, atmospheric plunge into the bleakest corners of metallic hardcore, a sound that channels the H8000-inspired aggression of the late ‘90s and early 2000s.
Eight years after their last album, Dimmu Borgir return with “Grand Serpent Rising”. While its ambitious runtime occasionally works against it, strong collection of material proves there’s still plenty of venom left in the serpent.