Australian alt-metal quintet GHOSTSEEKER from Melbourne with two singers, Celeste Dudeson (clean vocals) and Daniel Breen (harsh vocals), have inked a deal with Atomic Fire Records. Their debut album can be expected in 2024.

Two bands are preparing for a joint co-headline tour through the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland in September and October: AD INFINITUM and BLACKBRIAR (with support PHANTOM ELITE). Get your (VIP) tickets now, so you won’t miss ’em!

And yet another female fronted metal band has fallen. This time Canadian melodic death metal band THE AGONIST announced that they have come to an end. Singer Vicky Psarakis will remain active in Sicksense, the others in various projects.

After almost three decades of loyal service to Nuclear Blast, Swedish symphonic metal band THERION are breaking up with them and switch to Napalm Records. A new album in the Leviathan trilogy will be out later this year.

Melodic death metal band FRANTIC AMBER have inked a deal with Fireflash Records. The Swedish/German collaboration will release a new single “Black Widow” on April 21st, followed by a new album in Spring 2024.