Two of the biggest butt rock purveyors since the late 90s/early 2000s are joining forces and hitting the road, as Godsmack and Staind announced they’ll be go-headlining a North American tour this summer. Spanning 25 cities and kicking off in St. Louis, Missouri on July 18, the tour will likely be the biggest traveling display…
It wasn’t long ago that Empire State Bastard, the brainchild of Biffy Clyro’s Simon Nell and Mike Vennart, simply sounded like a pretty interesting avant-garde grindcore-esque band looking to make its way in the world. However, in the span of a couple weeks, they’ve signed with Roadrunner Records, recruited ex-Slayer and current Testament/Mr. Bungle drummer…
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There have been multiple hints that things could be changing within Ghost‘s “clergy,” but a recent interview with the band’s mastermind Tobias Forge suggests there will be some new music coming before the band sets off on their next tour. While speaking earlier this month with French radio station OUI FM (transcribed by Loudwire), Forge…
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Last year, the legendary Peaceville Records turned 35. Founded by Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw in 1987, the label’s been involved in some amazing releases over the years. To mark this milestone, the label unveiled an anniversary compilation vinyl titled Dark Side of the Sacred Star last December. This month, Peaceville continued the celebration by releasing a…
Two weeks ago, Spiritbox dropped off of a just-announced tour with Falling In Reverse. The announcement upset a large number of Spiritbox fans, who cited frontman Ronnie Radke‘s numerous past issues as a reason that they did not want to see the band tour with Falling In Reverse. Radke then proved Spiritbox and their fans…
Cathedral Bells, a luminous dream-pop act hailing from The Sunshine State, has triumphantly resurfaced with a mesmerizing new offering, “All Under The Sky.” This latest gem, a collaborative effort with gifted musicians Griffin Marthe, Miguel Pais, and Jordan Bermudez, arrives via Born Losers Records. The track is a precursor to their highly anticipated album Everything At…
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Miami’s post-punk outfit, Donzii, triumphantly returns to the dancefloor with their hypnotic disco-infused single, “For The People,” which also serves as the title track for their latest LP, now available via Born Losers Records. Channeling the disco-funk essence of NYC’s late 70s No Wave scene, Balfe’s vocals glide with the same sultry confidence as Deborah…
In the City of Angels, where sordid scandals dance with the flickering light of the silver screen, the tangled tales of seduction, jealousy, murder, and power play out their daily dramas. It is here that composer Elena Charbila, known as Kid Moxie, and German synthwave enchantress NINA (Nina Boldt) weave their beguiling sonic tapestry, tailor-made…
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Love or hate either one of them, you’ve gotta admit, an Ed Sheeran X Cradle of Filth collab would be both epic news and really weird. And it might happen. Recently, Louder Sound reminded us that Ed Sheeran is a Cradle of fIlth fan, and before Christmas, Dani Filth shared a Facebook post showing he…
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Last week, Drain announced their 25-day headlining U.S. tour, the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: Drain. The Northern California-based hardcore band will be covering the entire U.S. before ending things at their home base of Santa Cruz on June 24. “We are mad pumped to be headlining the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour,” says frontman Sammy Ciaramitaro. “It’s…
Smoulder just dropped the second single from their forthcoming album Violent Creed of Vengeance, “Victims of Fate.” The album is the follow-up to their 2019 debut Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring, Michael Whelan (Cirith Ungol, Obituary, Sepultura) once again handled the cover art. The image depicts a theme of vengeance against the patriarchy and…
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Wormwitch just announced a forthcoming split EP with Sadistic Ritual, out via Bloodblast Distro/Prosthetic Records and Boris Records sometime this year. They also dropped a video for their new track “Weapons Against Despair.” The split will contain three tracks from Wormwitch, so we guess that Sadistic Ritual will probably be contributing the same number of…
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Underground death metal collective Ascended Dead just announced a new album, Evenfall Of The Apocalypse, out May 12 via 20 Buck Spin. They’re streaming the first track from the release, “Ungodly Dead,” now. This is the band’s first record since 2017, and they aim to take their brand of fast-and-furious yet old-school death metal to…
Thy Art Is Murder just released another track from their new split, six-song mini album The Aggression Sessions, “Until There Is No Longer.” The Aggression Sessions also features Fit For An Autopsy and Malevolence, and the release will be available digitally on April 7 and on CD and vinyl July 21, all through Nuclear Blast….
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Paradise Lost announced the official addition of a new drummer yesterday, Guido Zima. Their former drummer Waltteri Väyrynen announced he was leaving the band in 2022. Guitarist and keyboardist Greg Mackintosh says about the new addition: “We welcome Guido as Paradise Lost’s new drummer. He cut his teeth with us on our European tour at the end…
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Doom legends Acid King just dropped their new album Beyond Vision, out now on Blues Funeral Recordings. They also announced they’ll be touring on the record this summer. After a long hiatus, Acid King are back with a record that’s a bit different from their previous, straightforward desert-rock doom. It still has elements of that…
After announcing earlier this month that legendary ex-Slayer and current Testament/Mr. Bungle drummer Dave Lombardo would be joining up with Biffy Clyro members Simon Nell and Mike Vennart in Empire State Bastard, a self-proclaimed grindcore band, the band have dropped their first song, “Harvest,” and it rips pretty damn hard. “Harvest” is very extreme, mixing…
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After asserting rapid domination over the noise rock and sludge scenes last year with the release of their album God’s Country, Chat Pile will release a new split, Brothers in Christ, alongside fellow noise rockers Nerver, who have previously toured with Chat Pile. Grab your earplugs, because Chat Pile just dropped “Cut” from their side…
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Canadian outlet The Metal Voice recently interviewed Steel Panther singer Michael Starr about a variety of topics, including the band’s experience with cancel culture and how Starr felt about it. He started off by naming a time that he felt fan pushback toward Steel Panther’s Pussy Melter pedal actually benefited the band. No, not really….
Sometimes two things just go together, like peanut butter and chocolate or Creeping Death and George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher. The Cannibal Corpse vocalist lent his vocals to “Intestinal Wrap,” the first track from Creeping Death’s new album, Boundless Domain, which is scheduled for a June 16 release via MNRK Heavy. The song is loaded with groovy…
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Having just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, country legend Dolly Parton’s decided she’s going to fit the part and put out a rock record titled Rock Star later this year. And it’s cool because it sounds like she’s pulling some big names from our neck of the woods in for…
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You’ve been riding your low too longHunger pangs exacerbate your salivating maw Denver Colorado industrial-psych band The Drood, comprised of Nathan Jamiel and Daniel Watts, have dropped a mind-melting new music video for their new single ‘Hallow’ via Emergency Hearts. Hallow plunges headfirst into a seamless fusion of trip-hop, raw industrial and even a smattering of…
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Peter Murphy’s Instagram announced today that the tour planned for Celebrating David Bowie has been rescheduled to October and November 2023. Murphy has undergone an unexpected medical procedure that prohibits his ability to travel as planned. According to the post, “He is recovering well, will fully recover, and be ready to tour the US with…
South London post-punk auteur Heartworms has today shared her debut EP, A Comforting Notion via Speedy Wunderground, alongside a video for the blistering track, “24 Hours”. Heartworms is a force to be reckoned with, an artist who defies expectations and delivers a powerful, immersive experience both on stage and in the studio. The artist herself…
My face against the wall, You buried me in silence I can’t stand no more, not anymore… I can’t stand no more, mediocrity is violence Dark-wave project This Eternal Decay has been causing a stir in the Italian music scene, captivating audiences and critics alike with their genre-bending approach. Comprised of Riccardo Sabetti (Spiral69), Pasquale…
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Depeche Mode descended onto the Sacramento stage on Thursday night, commencing the first show of their colossal Memento Mori tour. The dark maestros of post-punk and synthpop delivered a 23-song odyssey that unveiled five tracks from their new album, resurrected a song dormant for over a decade, and paid homage to their fallen comrade, Andy…
TW: Ritual violence, Child death The ancient Chimu civilization wasn’t known to sacrifice humans, until a mass grave of child sacrifices was unearthed in 2011. In this episode we discuss the Chimu, how to identify human sacrifice in archaeology, and the two mass child grave sites in Huanchaco, Peru. Due to technical issues,…
Next Tuesday, roughly 50 different rock and metal artists will come together to take the stage for the Ultimate Jam Night, a charity concert that aims to benefit Animal Tracks, a southern California sanctuary for endangered animals. Hosted by comedian Hal Sparks, the show will take place at the famous Whisky A Go Go and…
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Tomorrow is a huge day for cutesy metal band Babymetal and the fans they’ve amassed around the world. After years away from the scene, the band will release their new concept album The Other One. In anticipation of tomorrow’s release, the band uploaded a lyric video for their latest single, “Mirror Mirror.” Obviously though, the…
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The first official day of Spring was earlier this week, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t remember that just a few weeks ago the Northern Hemisphere was mired in frigid temperatures and snow. As such, it was really the perfect time to just stay indoors, light some candles and put on the newest record…
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Back in the dark times when we were all forced to stay inside, one bright point for us metalheads was the fact that bands were streaming concerts and recording kick ass covers online. It was a way for us all to reconnect with the music we love while getting to see combinations of musicians we…
There are a number of reasons why it’s become so hard for bands to tour these days. And while most of those reasons stem from increased costs everywhere that are out of their control, one added cost is causing some bands to fight back — venue merch cuts. The latest band to stand up against…
Jovana, a Greek synthpop project born as a creative side project from the renowned dark-wave duo Selofan, has unveiled a mesmerizing music video for their single “MHXANH.” Created during the pandemic lockdown as a means to “protect their sanity,” Jovana emerges as a vibrant and colorful sonic landscape, diverging from Selofan’s usual murky palette by…
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Berlin-based artist Curses has been captivating audiences with his romantic and punk-infused energy, blending 80’s New Wave, the darker side of Italo-Disco, flashes of EBM, and shockingly authentic Gothic Rock with his ghostly vocals and guitar, channeling the spirit of old-school bands like Suspiria and Play Dead. Such was the case with his phenomenal vampiric…
Nick Cave has announced an intimate North American solo tour featuring Radiohead’s bassist Colin Greenwood accompanying him on stage. The tour is set to kick off on September 19 in Asheville, NC, and will conclude with two shows in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theatre on October 27 and 28. The tour will stop in…
It’s no secret that hosts Ed and Justin each have their own video game music podcasts, so it was inevitable that their interests would intersect eventually! This month, they take a look at how industrial, goth, synthwave etc is used to create mood and atmosphere in video games. From the harsh industrial beats of “Prodeus,”…
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After roughly 16 years behind the kit for Fallujah, drummer Andrew Baird took to social media to announce he was stepping down from the critically lauded tech death metal band. In his statement, released earlier today via social media, Baird said he spent some time thinking about his future with the band before coming to…
If you’ve ever played any of the Metal Gear Solid series or fell into the rabbit hole that’s Death Stranding, then you’re intimately familiar with the in-depth virtual worlds of Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima. While anyone who’s followed him on Twitter or has tried his past work knows he’s a HUGE film buff, it’s…
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Hope you’ve got a hankering for some killer blackened hardcore from the chilly wilds of Norway, because we’ve got one hell of a track from Nadir. Their debut album Extinction Rituals is coming out this May and in anticipation, we’ve got an exclusive first look at their track “The Old Wind.” From the get-go, the…
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