Sweden's black metallers Jord kicked off their European tour today, supporting Shade Empire and As The Sun Falls. The Europe Torn Asunder 2025 run starts at Lemmys Club in Kaunas (LT), and travels through ten more countries until a final curtain at La Cattedrale in Milano (IT). A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
Jord will be playing in support of its new album, Emellan Träden, released on 5 September via Hammerheart Records. Link
* Jord on European tour with Shade Empire and As The Sun Falls:
18/09/2025 LT Kaunas, Lemmys Club
19/09/2025 PL Warsaw, VooDoo Club
20/09/2025 DE Cottbus, Glad House
21/09/2025 DE Erfurt, From Hell
23/09/2025 CZ Brno, Melodka
24/09/2025 CZ Bratislava, Pink Whale
25/09/2025 DE Nuremberg, The Cult
26/09/2025 DE Bonn, RPZ
27/09/2025 BE Gent, Asgaard
28/09/2025 NL Arnhem, Willemeen
29/09/2025 FR Paris, Le Glazart
01/10/2025 ES Barcelona, Sala Upload
02/10/2025 FR Lyon, Rock & Eat
03/10/2025 CH Yverdon, Les Citrons Masque
04/10/2025 IT Milano, La Cattedrale

What if Encore! wasn't the end of the story, but the explosion after the applause? With Balancing Chaos, Belgian cult post‑punk band The Names tear open the songs of Encore! and let others...
Darkwave minimalists The SlimP have issued a new track, "With The One", continuing the trajectory set by "Nothing To Forget" and "Winterday". Both tracks – along with further information...
Ukraine's melodic black metal band Deus Sabaoth have signed with Paragon Records to release their sophomore album, Distortion Of Lies, on 29 May. The band comments on the album:...
Northern Irish post-atmospheric black metal band Domhain have unveiled the first track, "My Tomb Beneath The Tide", featuring Sarah Fielding (Darkest Era), from their forthcoming debut...
"I find it really bizarre, because right after the concert, you're already on the internet. I mean, come on. It's very different from how it used to be, but it's fine." - Anja Huwe
"I'm sort of asking questions - where are the heroes? Where's the defiance? Where are the people who oppose this?" - Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill
"There were already bands doing small illustrations of symphonic metal, and I was thinking, why doesn't someone do this all the time?" - Christofer Johnsson
"With this approach, we're in the minority nowadays, but it's precisely this niche and the emotions that were..." - Arkadiusz Wachowicz
