Head Automatica, long-dormant project of Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw, has released a new song titled "Bear The Cross" onto streaming platforms. It's the first material released by the band in 18 years, who reunited in 2023 for touring and recording of new material. Daryl had this to say about the track:
"To me, 'Bear The Cross' is both a logical and unexpected evolution of Head Automatica's sound. The sounds and ideas are very familiar but age undeniably changes your personality, creative leanings and approach. There is an urgency and boldness in what you feel empowered to produce after a certain point. 'Bear The Cross," and our new material on the whole are a reflection of that while still constantly maintaining a body moving element."
The song is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and other platforms ...more
Cameron Argon, known in the metal scene as Big Chocolate, is gearing up for the release of his latest album under the one-man project, Disfiguring the Goddess. Titled Softly with You the album is slated for release on September 13 and promises to deliver Big Chocolate's signature blend of intense and innovative metal.
The The have returned with a tour and album announcement. Ensoulment will be their first studio album in 24 years.
"Cognitive Dissident" is the first taste of what to expect.
Press release and tour dates below:
"Ensoulment is THE THE’s first studio album of new songs in a quarter century. This 12-song album will be released on Cinéola / earMUSIC on Friday 6 September 2024.
Encompassing characteristic topics ranging from love & sex, war & politics, life & death – to the meaning of what it is to be human in the 21st century – Ensoulment was written, demoed and mixed at Studio Cinéola in London, the base of THE THE’s main creative force, Matt Johnson.
The songs were further refined in rehearsals ahead of a six-day session at Real World Studios near Bath, where Matt was joined by long- ...more
Experimental metal duo Eye of Mensis have released a new single, "Simulacrum", from their upcoming debut LP, Dousing The Flames, along with a cover of The Misfits' "Dig Up Her Bones".
Dousing The Flames is expected to see its release sometime this fall.
Emo-post-hardcore band Static Dress have released their new single "crying", accompanied with a new music video.
Frontman Olli Appleyard describes:
“The video for ‘crying’ explores several themes of the song’s lyrical character, revolving around taboo topics presented as a battle between the sacred and the profane."
“Rather than focusing solely on striking presentation and the visual stimulation of colour and design, we ask the viewer to travel through multiple scenes, all with their own subject matter; guilt and battling with self-loathing, mass corporate manipulation, capitalist horde mentality and weaponized lust.”
Static Dress will be opening for Underoath live this year, see link below for tour dates.
Hailing from Kharkiv, Ukrainian black metal outfit Svrm is streaming a new EP at its official Bandcamp location.
Titled Прощання, the new handful of new songs is an independent publication since May 12, while it comes only a few weeks after the release of the previous EP Є Тільки Смерть, Є Тільки Тьма.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://svrm.bandcamp.com/album/--13
Pennsylvania-based Straight Edge Melodic Hardcore band One Step Closer have released a new single and visualiser ahead of their new album All You Embrace, released this Friday (May 17th) via Run For Cover Records.
Titled “Blur My Memory”, the track is the third single from their forthcoming sophomore album following two prior singles “Leap Years” and “Orange Leaf”.
Satelle released his latest single "The Baddest B*tch" across all major platforms. With its disco-inspired beats and catchy chorus that boasts, “Everywhere I go, I’m the baddest b*tch I know,” you can stream the single at:
Falling In Reverse has announced their first album in seven years - Popular Monster, which is scheduled to be released on July 26. Over a third of the album consists of songs that were released over a year ago.
With this announcement came the unveiling of a new single, Ronald, which can be heard below:
Track List for Popular Monster:
1. Prequel
2. Popular Monster (released in 2019)
3. All My Life
4. Ronald (feat. Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible)
5. Voices In My Head (released in 2022)
6. Bad Guy (feat. Saraya)
7. Watch The World Burn
8. Trigger Warning
9. Zombified (released in 2022)
10. No Fear
11. Last Resort - Reimagined (released in 2023)
Falling In Reverse is touring this summer with support from Black Veil Brides and Dance Gavin Dance.
Elysia's iconic "Masochist" album, a staple in the Deathcore scene, has received a remastered release. This edition, with new artwork by Alexandre Goulet (All Out War, Ion Dissonance, Despised Icon) and a remaster by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, was pressed in 1,090 copies. However, with only 50 copies left, fans are rushing to secure their piece of this coveted release.
The package includes a 24-page booklet with lyrics, photos, and insights from vocalist Zak Vargas, alongside bonus tracks offering demos and unreleased recordings. As original copies fetch high prices, this release offers fans an affordable way to own a copy of the album.
Bandcamp: https://elysia.bandcamp.com/album/masochist-deluxe-remaster
Get your copy: https://divebombrecords.bigcartel.com/product/elysia-masochist-deluxe-edition-numbered
South African slamming tech deathcore outfit Vulvodynia surprises with their latest single, marking guitarist Lwandile Prusent's vocal debut. Released via Unique Leader Records, the title track is a preview of their upcoming album, "Entabeni," set to drop on July 5th.
Michigan's Pillar of Light prepare to unveil their debut album, "Caldera," slated for launch on Transcending Obscurity Records later this year. Alongside this announcement, they've just dropped the single "Wolf to Man" from the upcoming album:
In their statement, the band expressed, "Caldera took form over several years and embodies the collective sense of loss and instability of our times. Each song is its own journey through the depths of human emotion and follows a narrator desperate to find reason in madness, purpose in destruction, and wisdom in futility."
Kansas City hardcore punk band Burning Bush has just released its first demo tape. The group includes members of the now-defunct Devil's Den, Blindside USA, Piss Kinks, Liquid Swords, and Prüde. The six-song, seven-minute tape was released through Ohio hardcore label Delayed Gratification (known for past releases from En Love, Rejoice, Prevention/Anklebiter, and Slug). A release show in Kansas City, Missouri is happening at Howdy (6523 Stadium Dr.) on Friday, May 24 featuring fellow Midwest acts Prevention, Slug, and Stakes Is High.
Legendary American record producer and musician Steve Albini has died of heart attack at his studio May 7th aged 61.
Albini's legacy is way too big to describe in one news item. As well as being the frontman of Shellac and Big Black, Albini was famous for his work as a studio engineer and producer. He recorded Nirvana’s In Utero, Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me and many, many more iconic albums.
Shellac's LP To All Trains, the band's first in 10 years, is scheduled to be released next week, and the band was preparing for a tour.
2024, the year that keeps on giving! Swancore legends Dance Gavin Dance are set to support universally loved outfit Falling in Reverse on the "Popular Monstour 2" (a sequel tour named after a single released five years ago). Unfortunately, Dance Gavin Dance recently removed their excellent and well-respected vocalist: as such, it is presently unknown whether a clean or dirty vocalist will perform with the band. It is known that Ronnie Radke will be fronting Falling in Reverse. It is also known that attendees of this excellent package will be treated to a Black Veil Brides performance as well. Some other supports have also been added to the lineup, none of which are or have ever had a normal interaction with a woman either.
Response to this announcement has been overwhelming, with longtime fans nicknaming it the "cover your drink tour" and stating that "this is comedy at this point". It is technically possible to buy tickets to this tour.
96 Bitter Beings, the band fronted by ex-CKY songwriter and vocalist Deron Miller have debuted a track from their upcoming 3rd album, which is a compilation of redos on old CKY songs.
Technical death metal trailblazers Wormed have dropped "Automaton Virtulague," the first taste of their upcoming album 'Omegon,' set to release on July 5 via Season of Mist. Brace for a cosmic sonic assault unlike any other:
Austrian brutal death metal titans Monument of Misanthropy have unleashed a spine-chilling teaser for their upcoming album "Vile Postmortem Irrumatio," set to drop on July 26, 2024.
The band unveiled a music video for their latest single "A Nice Beheading For MoM," delving into the twisted world of serial killer Ed Kemper:
Pre-Order the album & merch here: https://monumentofmisanthropydm.bandcamp.com/album/vile-postmortem-irrumatio
German metal band Ancst unleashed their new album "Culture of Brutality", which can be streamed on various platforms: https://linktr.ee/ancst_cultureofbrutality
Woodbridge VA tech death metal outfit Construct Of Lethe, has uploaded two new songs at the official Bandcamp channel of Transcending Obscurity Records.
Titled "Denial In Abstraction", and "Flickering", both tracks are part of the band's upcoming album A Kindness Dealt In Venom, due out on June 15.
You can listen to both tracks, right below:
Denial In Abstraction - https://constructoflethedm.bandcamp.com/track/denial-in-abstraction
Swedish melodeath stalwarts Dark Tranquillity have released "Unforgivable", the second single from their upcoming album Endtime Signals. The full album is due to release August 16th.
You can stream the single below or find it on the platforms shown here:
OOmerta released the single "Charade" featuring former Darke Complex member Vincente Void and Hash Gordon, who appeared on another track ("Cidephile").
"Charade" is a message toward HYBE, the K-pop company known for acts like BTS, who tried forcing Omerta to rebrand, as well as suing K-pop group NewJeans trying to split from the company. Omerta recently got signed to Blowed Out Records, a newer record company, alongside the band Swollen Teeth.
The music video was made by Miyashita Yuu and uploaded on YouTube by END. "Charade" is also streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music:
Philadelphia PA experimental/garage/noise/psych rock outfit Writhing Squares, is streaming a new album at the official Bandcamp location of Trouble In Mind Records.
Titled Mythology, the band's fourth full-length was officially published on April 26.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://thewrithingsquares.bandcamp.com/album/mythology
