On August 3, 2025, Opal In Sky and FILTH made a stop at Sidestage in Winnipeg for a fantastic evening of metal music.

On May 14, 2025, Art of Attrition, Beguiler, and local support from Tyrants Demise performed at Sidestage on the Subverient Bloodletting Tour.

Back in April, Endless Chaos, Nocturnal Departure, and Cell performed at the Manitoba Metalfest 2025 benefit show.

Alexander Yarvinen, vocalist of the symphonic death metal band Arctic Dreams, talks about this forthcoming music and shows in the fall.

Rivers of Nihil are back with their self-titled album, out May 30, 2025, via Metal Blade Records.

Night two of this year's Manitoba Metalfest featured Obscura, Atheist, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Fractal Universe, and Spineless

Night one of this year's Manitoba Metalfest featured Sanguisugabogg, Malefaction, Atrae Bilis, Dying Remains, Regurgitated Guts, and Defenestration.

Machine Head, In Flames, Lacuna Coil, and Unearth descended upon Winnipeg on May 5 on their 2025 North American Tour.

Signs of the Swarm brought their immense Canadian tour to Winnipeg with touring acts Satanic Tea Co. and Misyrion, as well as local band Forms, to open up the night.

Tyrants Demise's The Golden Calf of the 21st Century pre-release party took over Winnipeg's Sidestage on March 14, 2025, with Kelevra, Forms, and Mad Luck opening the night.

Technical death metal band Allegaeon are back with their seventh album, The Ossuary Lens, out April 4, 2025, via Metal Blade Records.

Killswitch Engage, Kublai Khan, Fit For A King, and Frozen Soul took over the Burton Cummings Theatre on March 24, 2025.

Arch Enemy are back with their twelfth studio album, Blood Dynasty, out March 28, 2025, via Century Media Records.

Whitechapel are back with their ninth studio album, Hymns in Dissonance, out March 7, 2025, via Metal Blade Records.

Symphonic death metal band Ex Deo are back with the EP, Year Of The Four Emperors, out January 10, 2025, via Reigning Phoenix Music.

On September 3, the Manual Manic Procedures Tour made its way to Winnipeg's Park Theatre.

Danish death metal band Lifesick are back with their latest album, Loved by None, Hated by All, out now via Metal Blade Records.

Progressive death metal act Entheos are back with their EP, An End to Everything, out October 25, 2024, via Metal Blade Records.

The Necromanteum USA & Canada Part 2 Tour rolled through Winnipeg on October 16, 2024, with a colossal lineup.

Winnipeg welcomed an explosive lineup featuring Nekrogoblikon, Enterprise Earth, Dead Icarus, and Perlocution to the Park Theatre.