Stories where a woman is the voice of the band, from operatic sopranos to growls and screams: new music, tours and line-up news.
Transparent 7" pairs the studio ""My Queen" (feat. Spiritbox)" with the Intuit Dome take where COURTNEY LAPLANTE joined BABYMETAL on stage.
The Dutch singer confirms a January 2027 release, a heavier direction and the HYTRESS Tour 2027, opening at the Bataclan in Paris.
The Finnish symphonic metal band's new clip is directed by Sofia Vik and promotes the 2025 album "In Tears of Her Reign".
The prog metal band explain why the 9.5-minute song closes an 80-minute album; DONNA ZED sings backing vocals.
The lead single from the UNFD album out 20 November 2026 arrives with signed LP and CD pre-orders.
The Edmonton symphonic heavy metal six-piece unveils a full video for "No More War", subtitled Action-Hero John almost saves the day.
The Viedma folk metal band shoot the video at a local museum and confirm the "Acto final" launch for 7 November.
TARJA TURUNEN wrote the music and lyrics; Apocalyptica play cello. Out on earMUSIC on 15 October 2026.
The Tokyo melodic power metal band fronted by Mirrca perform their debut single "féerique", recorded at Sugamo Jisho in Tokyo.
Guitar Goddess Kat plays both guitar and violin on a speed metal take on Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, storm and all.
NIGHTWISH announce that singer FLOOR JANSEN is leaving the band by mutual agreement; the band plans to record a new album in 2027.
OLGA KANN's Belarusian black metal project releases the opener of its third album, due 27 November 2026 via Immortal Frost.
CANDACE KUCSULAIN's Detroit metalcore band returns with the album "System Error: Humanity", due 13 November, after a decade without a record.
Mixi Demner's STITCHED UP HEART release the official video for "Ex-Termination", taken from their 2026 album "Medusa".
Vocalist SONIA PINEAULT leads the Quebec symphonic power metal band's first new music in 17 years, from the album "Other Times", due 12 February on Rockshot Records.
IRA KERO's Spanish metalcore band return with their third single and a new video, after "This Is Our Time" featured LENA SCISSORHANDS.
The Bern doom band's new track precedes "Atropa", out 6 November on Prophecy Productions; I.R. and S.M. sing.
The Moscow pagan metal band led by vocalist MASHA SCREAM will tour alongside the black metal acts Seth and The Great Old Ones.
JUSTINE JONES fronts the Woking metalcore band on "Absolute Onslaught", their third new track since 2025's "Fallen Star", with a guest spot from CABAL's Andreas Bjulver.
Vocalist and flutist AMANDA HAMILL's doom and folk project unveils a new single ahead of its first full-length album.
The twice Grammy-nominated singer brings "Time Will Tell" into an interactive Fortnite world, captured markerless in Paris, live from 23 October to 23 November.
Tokyo's symphonic metal idol group MADE IN MAIDEN release "Endless endroll", a single sharing its name with their 1.5th anniversary tour.
The Finnish symphonic metal singer plays Gagarin 205 in Athens and Principal Club Theater in Thessaloniki behind her 2026 album "Frisson Noir".
VICTORIA KNIGHT's gothic metal band VICTORIA K share "Incubus", the third preview of their forthcoming third album, before touring with Katatonia and Paradise Lost.
The Tokyo four also post a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and play Kawasaki on 15 November.
Vocalist KRISTIN STARKEY's TEMPERANCE release the video for "The Fool", the fourth single from "Arcani", out 16 October 2026 on Napalm Records.
The all-female Tokyo metalcore band's new track serves as the final song for season two of the anime series Reincarnated As A Sword.
VICKY PSARAKIS-fronted SICKSENSE hit the road with Primer 55 this fall, alongside REdEFIND and Makes My Blood Dance.
The Italian power metal band shares a third clip from "The Battle Of The Dead", with MARTINA MAZZEO on vocals, out now via Rockshots Records.
SIMONE SIMONS and EPICA curate the Friday of South of HEAVEN Festival in Maastricht on 4 June 2027, with LACUNA COIL and AD INFINITUM first on the bill.
MESSA, with vocalist SARA BIANCHIN, tour Europe for nearly a month from late October 2026, supported by Germany's The Night Eternal.
The Gothenburg heavy metal band founded by vocalist Alicke Kostopoulou release their first full-length album since "The Cosmic Wrath" on Wormholedeath.
Both Treviglio theatre dates sold out, so the Bergamo folk metal band add a show at Teatro Astra in San Giovanni Lupatoto on 21 November 2026.
The avant-garde metal band play 17 shows in support of "Amen", with new vocalist GERDA IGUCHI joining the line-up.
The Spanish melodic power metal band features vocalist and guitarist Júw on their latest track, which includes a guest appearance by Rabia Pérez.
BORIS play their landmark 2005 album "Pink" in full at Parkteatret, with WATA on lead guitar and keyboards. Tickets cost 320 NOK.
Frontwoman AMY LEE leads the band to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on 16 January 2027 alongside acts like The Offspring and Billy Corgan.
The Tokyo symphonic metal project of vocalist HIMARI TSUKISHIRO teams up with Los Angeles act Kronowski, with a mix by Stratovarius guitarist Matias Kupiainen.
RELIQA's second album "High Risk Thoughts" lands on 12 February via Nuclear Blast; the opening track "Serum" is out now with a video.
