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

PRESIDENT have revealed their debut single, "In The Name Of The Father," out now.

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

The Park Theatre was on fire on May 4, 2025, as Pop Evil's What Remains Tour rolled through Winnipeg.

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.

Metalcore titans Caliban are back with their thirteenth album, Back From Hell, out April 25, 2025, via Century Media Records.

Transcontinental deathcore collective Face Yourself are back with their latest EP, Martyr, out April 18, 2025, via Sumerian Records.

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.

Within Destruction are back with their sixth studio album, ANIMETAL, out April 11, 2025, via Sumerian Records.

Italy doom metal band Messa is back with their fourth album, The Spin, out April 11, 2024, via Metal Blade Records.

Australia’s genre-blurring heavyweights Thornhill have returned with their third studio album, BODIES, out April 4, 2025, via UNFD.

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.

Molotov Solution has returned with their brand new self-released EP, Void, which is out now. 

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

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

Enemy Inside is back with their third album, Venom, out February 28, 2025, via Reigning Phoenix Music.

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

Killswitch Engage are back with their ninth studio album, This Consequence, which was released on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade.