UK prog rockers, CIRCU5, have announced that their second album, Clockwork Tulpa, will be released on March 7, 2025. Clockwork Tulpa is CIRCU5’s first album release as a full band, with Tin Spirits frontman Mark Kilminster and drummer Lee Moulding joining founder Steve Tilling. “With Mark and Lee in the band, CIRCU5 can now establish its own unique identity,” says Steve. “I’m excited about where we can take the band next.”

Napalm Records is proud to announce the signing of guitar virtuoso Ryoji Shinomoto, best known for his work with Japanese Samurai Metal band Ryujin. This marks the exciting lead-up to the release of his debut solo album and collection of Children of Bodom covers, “Children of Bushido”, out on April 8th, 2025. In tribute to late metal legend Alexi Laiho, the exclusively digital album will be released on what would have been his 46th birthday, and fulfills a lifelong musical dream for Shinomoto.

“Tragicomedy of existence” from the Polish hope of prog metal. What do we already know? Operating since 2020 ATAN was hailed as one of the greatest hopes of the Polish prog metal scene. The leader of the band is a guitarist and composer Andrzej Czaplewskiaccompanied by a singer and songwriter from Bolivia Claudia Moscoso. The composition is supplemented Jarosław Sadowski (drums) i Marcin Pallider (bass).

New York City’s own return with its darkest, heaviest offering to date! The long-awaited new studio album from New York City’s Tower finds the band digging into its pure metallic roots for a dark, powerful journey across ten songs!

the UK symphonic metal band Tales of Time for “The Journey” taken from their forthcoming 2025 debut EP of RELEASE: 30-04-2025

Of The Muses’ sophomore studio album, very evocatively titled “Underheavens — Of Blood, Ghosts and Saltwater”, begins to take shape in its most complete and intimate essence. Cristina Rombi, mind and soul of the project, has recorded this second creature at Opus Magnum Studio, ran by famed producer and musician Déhà (Slow, Silver Knife, Wolvennest, former Dropdead Chaos among others). His skill impressively shaped the sound of the Italian artist’s newest endeavor.