There is great power in secrecy. Detached from the world, brewed under a strict code of confidentiality, a new clan, a secret society came into existence. Led by none other than Sonata Arctica frontman Tony Kakko, this new beast of his gained momentum in the massive shadow of his wildly successful power metal superheroes, slowly, steadily, biding its time, waiting for the right moment.

Finnish female-fronted rock sensations Ginger Evil are excited to announce the release of their debut album, “The Way It Burns”, out on February 14th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

Saber, the Los Angeles based NWOTHM (New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal) heroes, have announced their much-anticipated sophomore studio album “Lost in Flames”. The new release will take the world by storm on February 7th, 2025, via ROAR.

Three-time Grammy-nominated hard rock heavyweights and platinum-selling band Killswitch Engage are pleased to announce their new studio album “This Consequence”. It arrives on February 21st, 2025, via Metal Blade. It’s been a long wait for fans, the record follows 2019’s acclaimed album “Atonement”.

Coheed and Cambria have set to release their new studio album, “The Father of Make Believe”, on March 14th, 2025, via Virgin Music Group. The new full-length marks the 11th studio album from the New York band and continues the narrative of “The Amory Wars” / “Vaxis” universe, following their 2022 album “Vaxis Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind”, which garnered critical success and the band’s first Top 10 radio single of their career with “Shoulders”.

Montreal, Canada’s heavy metal visionaries Mad Parish announce they will be releasing their highly anticipated concept studio album “The Dust of Forever” in January 2025. This forthcoming ambitious project marks a new pinnacle in the band’s decade-long journey.

Titled Game Of Faces, the upcoming album from the Swedish power metal band is the follow-up to 2022’s Final Advent, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Nuclear Blast Records. Release date: February 14, 2025

Marko Hietala has been synonymous with quality for more than four decades. As a founding member of the heavy metal band Tarot, as a key member of the supergroup Sinergy (alongside extreme talents such as Alexi Laiho) and as one of the key figures in the world’s biggest symphonic metal band Nightwish, Hietala has not only shaped but also defined the sound of harder rock.

Supergroup duo Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen will release Black Light/White Noise on March 5, 2025. It follows up the duo’s debut album, Smith/Kotzen, released in 2021. The album was produced by Smith and Kotzen. Jay Ruston mixed Black Light/White Noise.

The Ferrymen, the high powerful trio, formed by masterful Swedish guitarist/songwriter/producer Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall), awesome vocalist Ronnie Romero (Lords of Black, Sunstorm, Rainow), and thunderous drummer Mike Terrana (Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, etc.), have become an established name amongst European melodic metal fans after their first three successful albums, Fans should now prepare themselves for album four!

Leading rock and metal force AVANTASIA is set to unleash their bombastic 10th studio album and Napalm Records debut, Here Be Dragons, on February 28, 2025! Featuring absolute AVANTASIA essentials such as spellbinding choirs and theatrical symphonic metal elements, multitalented mastermind and frontman Tobias Sammet also surprises fans old and new with plenty of intriguing fresh soundscapes.

The Big Deal are back again with the second Album “Electrified” The band caught the attention of media and fans with the highly acclaimed debut album “First Bite”, featuring the two singles
“Sensational” and “Never Say Never”, with over half million views on the Frontiers YouTube channel.

Dragonknight is a new conceptual band baptized by a bunch of seasoned Finnish metal veterans, skillfully forging a smooth and fresh rendering of the classic North European power metal style through soaring melodies, thunderous rhythms, and epic orchestration, fused with crushing riffs – an unforgettable sonic journey of legendary proportions.