Judas Priest return to Graspop Metal Meeting 2025!


Metal gods to close out the South Stage on Sunday 22 June.

You’ve got another thing coming! On Sunday 22 June British heavy metal legends Judas Priest will headline our South stage. With over half a century of heavy metal history and countless classics, the quintet helmed by Rob Halford will conclude a weekend of boundless metal mania on a high note.

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Behemoth Unveil New Album “The Shit Ov God” + Share Video For Title Track 


Extreme metal giants BEHEMOTH have revealed the title, cover art, and release date of their upcoming new opus, The Shit Ov God, which is due to be released on May 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. Alongside the title track, which is streaming now, an opulent music video will premiere at 10am ET today. Scroll down for the link.

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Finnish black-metal band Havukruunu release fiery visualiser for new single ‘Havukruunu ja Talvenvarjo’


Havukruunu’s new album Tavastland is one step closer with its second single out on digital platforms. Take a head start into the unknown and behold the fiery visualiser for Havukruunu ja Talvenvarjo from Svart’s YouTube channel now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuB94zpEptU

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Dark nordic folk artist Kati Rán celebrates the ten-year anniversary of her debut album ‘LYS’ with vinyl & CD reissue on Svart Records



In April 2025, dark nordic, pagan folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Kati Rán celebrates the ten-year anniversary of her debut album LYS (meaning “light” in Norwegian) with a brand-new physical release, available through Svart Records. The 2025 Anniversary Edition of LYS features the album’s ten original songs and the acoustic bonus track “Vinda” (ft. Helisir).

In 2015, LYS was recorded, produced, and released by Kati Rán and producer Christopher Juul (Heilung) at the renowned LAVA Studios in Denmark. Together, they shaped, recorded, and performed all the tracks, bringing Kati Rán’s inner world, voice, and historical instrumentation to life. LYS contains ten original tracks performed in Norwegian, English, German, and Old Norse, including the hit song “Suurin,” featuring Kai Uwe Faust and Maria Franz of the Danish act HEILUNG.

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Blackened Death Metal Sensation Tyrmfar Unleashes “The Hubris of Humanity, Pt.1” Single


Tyrmfar returns to shake the metal world with their powerful new single, “The Hubris of Humanity, Pt.1,” the fourth track from their highly anticipated EP, Symbiosis, due for release on March 28th, 2025, via Wormholedeath.

“The Hubris of Humanity, Pt.1” is a dark, immersive journey that explores the disastrous consequences of human pride. Tyrmfar confronts listeners with intense lyrics and a merciless soundscape that depict humanity’s drive for power and progress at the expense of the planet. With haunting imagery of poisoned rivers and deforested lands, the song warns of an impending “sixth extinction” that threatens to be humanity’s undoing—a chilling reminder that our survival hinges on heeding the lessons we’ve long ignored.

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