Canada's Prisoner have released their second album, Kill The King, which was released on June 20, 2025.

On June 13, 2025, Three Days Grace, Volbeat, and Wage War took to the Canada Life Centre stage in Winnipeg for a thrilling evening of rock and metal music.

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

Indian heavy metal band Bloodywood are back with their third album, Nu Delhi, out March 21, 2025.

Apocalyptica and Nita Strauss returned to Winnipeg, bringing their "Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour" to The Burt.

Legendary thrash guitarist Kerry King set Winnipeg ablaze on a frigid January night with his inaugural headline solo tour.

Winnipeg’s music scene had a historic night on November 28, 2024, as metalheads gathered at the city’s newest venue Sidestage.

The Never, Neverland North American Tour touched down in Winnipeg on November 21, 2024, at the Park Theatre.

Body Count are back with their latest offering, Merciless, out November 22, 2024, via Century Media Records.

Machine Head announces a massive North American tour alongside Swedish metal icons In Flames, Italian alt-metal band Lacuna Coil, and American metalcore maestros Unearth.

On October 18, 2024, the Exchange Event Centre was host to Sebastian Bach's Child Within The Man Canadian Tour.

Slayer's Kerry King has announced a headlining tour of North America in 2025 with Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry.

The Reconquest Tour featuring Bastardane, OTTTO, and Unsilenced, made its Winnipeg stop at the Park Theatre on August 19, 2024.

Canadian heavy metal band Kittie have returned with the long-awaited seventh studio album, Fire, out June 21, 2024, via Sumerian Records.

Night one of this year's Manitoba Metalfest saw Three Inches of Blood, Into Eternity, Endless Chaos, Untimely Demise, and Spectre perform.

Legendary Canadian punk rock band Sum 41 has readied the release of their eighth and final record as a collective, Heaven :x: Hell.

Rock acts Skid Row, Buckcherry, and Sierra Pilot brought the long-awaited The Gang's All Here Tour to Winnipeg's Burton Cummings Theatre.

Metal outfit Kill The Lights is back with their sophomore album, Death Melodies, out March 8, 2024, via Fearless Records.

Illumishade have returned with their sophomore album, Another Side of You, out February 16, 2024, via Napalm Records.

Black Veil Brides makes their return to Winnipeg after eight years with the love metal legend Ville Valo making his Winnipeg debut.