Engelsstaub dedicate the EP “Ubi Luna Fabulas Somniat” to strong female figures. The title means something like “Where the moon dreams of myths” and fits perfectly with the mysterious atmosphere. Be it the menacing “Harpyie”, the archaic “Eagle Woman”, which feels like a mystical journey through time to forgotten sounds, the strong and emotional “Rhiannon” […]

Source: Orkus

We wish Johnny Rotten (formerly Sexpistols, Public Image Ltd), born John Lydon, a very happy 55th birthday! Did you know?– From 1975 to 1978 Johnny Rotten was the lead singer of the Sexpistols. He then founded Public Image Ltd.– When he was seven, he contracted spinal meningitis, which forced him to spend a year in […]

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Orkus! supports the campaign “Tierheime helfen. Help animal shelters!” campaign of the German Animal Welfare Association. Give animals from animal shelters a chance! After careful consideration, are you looking for an animal companion for life? Why not pop into your local animal shelter and give an animal soul a second chance? Animal shelters and animal […]

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Die Hardcore / Punk-Band A WILHELM SCREAM hat mit „Let It Ride“ eine zweite Single ihres kommenden Albums „Cheap Heat“ veröffentlicht. Es ist das sechste Album der US-Amerikaner aus Massachusetts und wurde von Sänger und Gitarrist Trevor Reilly im Anchor End Studio produziert. Das Cover-Artwork stammt von Tyler DiPaola.

Thematisch verfolgt „Cheap Heat“ – in der Wrestling-Terminologie ein Begriff für einen Bösewicht oder „Heel“, der beim Publikum schnell und leicht negative Reaktionen hervorruft – in seinen zehn Titeln einen erzählerischen Ansatz.

„Unser letztes Album war persönlicher und auf unsere Art ernsthaft poetisch, daher konnten wir uns textlich nur wieder in die Gosse begeben, wo wir uns wohlfühlen. Auf diesem Album haben wir uns unserer dunklen Seite gestellt. Wir haben uns mit Soziopathie, Persönlichkeitsstörungen, Konzepten des Bösen und Natur vs. Erziehung auseinandergesetzt und sind aus diesem Prozess mit einigen brutalen Geschichten hervorgegangen, die aus unserer charakteristischen Perspektive als schlechte Verlierer erzählt werden, die sich weigern, zu verlieren. Hier gibt es keine Guten“, erklärt Trevor Reilly.

„Cheap Heat“ wird am 27. Februar 2026 via Creator-Destructor Records erscheinen. Vorab gibt es mit „Midnight Ghost“ einen weiteren Video-Clip.

A WILHELM SCREAM Line-Up:
Nuno Pereira – vocals
Trevor Reilly – vocals, guitar
Nicholas Angelini – drums
Brian Robinson – bass
Ben Murray – guitar

A WILHELM SCREAM „Cheap Heat“ Tracklist
1. Somebody’s Gonna Die
2. The Scumbag Grift
3. Midnight Ghost (Video bei YouTube)
4. I Got Tunnel Vision
5. Let It Ride (Video bei YouTube)
6. Fell Off
7. Run.
8. Visitor: Unimpressed
9. Unsolving the Mystery
10. Poison II

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An uncompromising statement DYSTOPIAN X VISION“Heartless“Single (in-house production) “Heartless” by Dystopian X Vision is an impressive statement of modern industrial metal art. With ice-cold electronic pads, massive guitars and a consistently dark atmosphere, they have created a world of sound that is deeply rooted in the German dark and industrial tradition, yet has an international […]

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Die Grindcore-Band MELTING ROT hat mit „Infatuation With Premeditation“ ein neues Album angekündigt. Es ist nach „Blood Delusions“ (2021) das zweite Album der US-Amerikaner aus Illinois und wird am 27. März 2026 via Hells Headbangers erscheinen. Vorab gibt es den Track „Morbid Infatuation“ – mit Gast-Vocals von Matt Harvey (EXHUMED) – zu hören.

MELTING ROT Line-Up:
Aaren Pantke – Drums
Brian Koz – Guitars
Ted Soukup – Vocals

MELTING ROT „Infatuation With Premeditation“ Tracklist
1. Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Decomposition
2. Human Pavement Splatter
3. Blinded. Beaten. Stabbed.
4. The Surgeon Was Comatose
5. Submerged In Accelerant
6. Aiming For Construction Workers
7. Open Casket Vomit Spew
8. Morbid Infatuation (Audio bei YouTube)
9. Torrential Continuous Arterial Bleeding
10. Physically Murdered
11. Forklift Facelift

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Do you already know our new “Gothic Metal World” playlist on Spotify? It contains international highlights in the field of gothic metal such as Amaranth, Paradise Lost, Cradle of Filth, Type O Negative, Lacuna Coil, Lacrimosa and Samsas Traum. Let yourself be seduced by the dark, harmonious soundscape.

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  Mona Mur has released “Stick to the Small Time” as the lead single from her forthcoming album, which sees her collaborating with photographer, author, and filmmaker Miron Zownir. The song resonates with the Berlin-based artist’s signature bleak atmospheres, blending post-industrial and dark electronics [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Damage Control has returned after a considerable absence with the “Rage” single, marking the Australian electro/industrial quartet’s first release with Metropolis Records. As the first offering from the band’s new album, the song features a collaboration with Danish electro/EBM artist Claus Larsen [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Today, January 30 sees the release of two new singles from Artoffact Records artists Kontravoid and Antigen Shift, the latter created in collaboration with labelmates Encephalon. “The Fog” is the third single from Nick Thériault’s rhythmic industrial noise and EBM project since signing with the label [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Collaborations are nothing new for Snowbeasts, with today seeing the New England outfit pairing up with Re:Mission Entertainment labelmates Warm Gadget for the Stuck EP. The EP presents the two bridging their collective styles of industrialized metal and experimental noise [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  The horrors of the real world often exceed those of fiction, as SKYND has often observed, the band’s music long examining the impact of true crimes on the victims and society at large. Released today, “Mary Bell” marks the duo’s latest single and music video, the title referring to “Britain’s youngest female killer” [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Nearly a year since the Orange County gothic metal outfit releases the Magnum Spire Hotel album, Our Frankenstein has been announced as the support act for Psyclon Nine on the God’s Not Here Tour. The tour will run from February 1 to March 7, with additional support from Denver aggrotech act Clockwork Echo [..]

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  SPANKTHENUN continues with the New Beat Collection paying homage to the lineage of electro/industrial music with today’s release of the Broken Machine EP. The track marks the initiation of the “WaxTrax! Legacy Protocol” by presenting the Texas outfit’s rendition of “Muscle Machine,” originally by Belgian EBM and new beat act A Split-Second [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

Why is the bedroom so cold? You’ve turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed? Our respect runs so dry
Yet there’s still this appeal that we’ve kept through our lives
But love, love will tear us apart again

At its core, Joy Division’s classic single Love Will Tear Us Apart remains a study in emotional erosion: intimacy thinning out under pressure, devotion corroded by repetition and fatigue. The original expressed its pain with restraint, depicting heartbreak as a structural collapse rather than a dramatic event. This balance—combining precision with personal downfall—served as a subtle blueprint for post-punk, where emotion is controlled, measured, and thus more difficult to break free from.

Jersey City’s BLXCKFLAMINGO approaches this material with reverence. Their version keeps close to the original frame while shifting its center of gravity. The lyrics arrive as a low, almost monastic incantation, mostly chanted rather than sung, edging toward spoken ritual until the chorus surfaces like a grim refrain everyone already knows by heart. Familiarity is treated as weight, not comfort.

“We wanted to pay tribute to the raw emotion and haunting atmosphere Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner created,” says the band.

That intention is audible in the delivery. Kevin Garetz’s thundering voice moves through the track like a sermon offered without salvation: steady, deliberate, edged with finality. Roberto Miranda’s bass provides the track’s spine, locking into a forward motion that suggests inevitability rather than release. It presses on, consistent and unsympathetic, grounding the song in physical momentum. The surrounding synths and guitars feel mineral, almost architectural, evoking empty streets and closed rooms rather than nostalgia. The influence of bands like Molchat Doma, Drab Majesty, and Twin Tribes sits lightly here, folded into the arrangement without fanfare.

The accompanying video extends that mood. Directed by Blxckflamingo with Humanoire Studio, it unfolds as a stream of black-and-white symbols, like channel-surfing through insomniac television hours. Faces, textures, and abstract fragments surface briefly, then vanish, creating the sensation of memory misfiring under strain. The band appears intermittently, less as performers than as witnesses to the images passing by.

Watch below:

Ultimately, BLXCKFLAMINGO’s approach doesn’t seek reinvention. Instead, it considers the song a steady monument, simply changing the lighting around it. What stays is a intense devotion, love expressed as pressure, and a reminder that certain songs persist because they embrace damage as lasting rather than dramatic.

Listen to Love Will Tear Us Apart below and order the single here.

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division – Cover) by BLXCKFLAMINGO

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But when the time comes
I’ll hold my strings
Until my fingers bleed
Vikowski arrives like a band stepping into their own reflection and finally liking what they see. Their home city of Milan suits them: restless streets, interior weather, a sense of languid movement. What began years ago as Vincenzo Coppeta’s solitary outlet has matured into a shared language with Lorenzo Pisanello and Alessandro Panzeri, a trio learning to listen more closely to one another. You can hear that trust everywhere.

Transparency, from their latest album Consistency, circles around one central idea: staying. Staying with work that weighs on you. Staying with people who complicate you. Staying with yourself when the easier option would be escape. Lyrically, the song turns professionalism into a fault line. There’s appreciation for opportunity, spoken plainly, without irony. At the same time, you can feel the cost of compliance, the slow tightening of patience…holding on is an act of control. The song understands how ambition can stabilize and strain in the same breath, how commitment can feel both grounding and bruising. This song carries the tension of adulthood: the bargain between security and selfhood, gratitude and grit, routine and resistance

The electric guitar takes the lead role, less as decoration than as a compass. It moves with intent, sometimes sharp, sometimes restrained, always guiding the emotional direction. Bass lines are economical and sure-footed, anchoring everything to the ground. The rhythm section keeps the pulse clean and direct, giving the song room to breathe without losing momentum. Nothing feels wasted; every element knows its place.

The black and white DIY video for Transparency extends this emotional logic with restraint and precision. It mirrors the song’s interior tension, favoring mood and gesture over explanation. The visual language stays focused and uncluttered, allowing small movements and expressions to carry weight. There’s a sense of containment throughout, as if the frame itself is part of the pressure. Nothing overreaches. The result feels cohesive, purposeful, and quietly unsettling in the best way.

Watch Transparency below:

Over time, Vikowski’s evolution has been steady and deliberate: from early synth-pop textures to more songwriter-focused terrain, and now into something fuller and more assured. Consistency marks a turning point not because it breaks with the past, but because it understands it. This is a band choosing commitment as an aesthetic, persistence as a philosophy. In doing so, Vikowski sounds settled without sounding still, resolved without sounding rigid – a rare balance, and one worth leaning into.

Consistency is out now via Icy Cold Records. You can listen to it below and order the album here.

Consistency by Vikowski

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Anlässlich des 30-jährigen Jubiläums wird „Firestarter“ auf einer limitierten schwarzen 12-Zoll-Vinylplatte mit aktualisiertem Artwork und bedruckten Innenhüllen neu aufgelegt.
Mit der Original-Single, der Instrumentalversion und den Remixen von Empirion und Andy C. 
Weiterlesen …

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Xavier Morales alias RUINED CONFLICT aus den USA kommt hier nach seiner letzte Single "Destructor" nun schon mit einem weiteren Stück um die Ecke und das hat es in sich.  Das sonst eher für Synthpop bekannte Projekt schlägt hier mit "The War Is Coming" härtere Töne an, dieses Stück strotzt vor Energie.
Weiterlesen …

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The great Catherine O’Hara – Delia Deetz, Lola Heatherton, Moira Rose, Sally, Cookie Fleck, and a procession of other indelible souls – has left us at seventy-one. She was born March 4, 1954, in Toronto, and died today in Los Angeles after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, Bo Welch, and their sons, Matthew and Luke.

O’Hara arrived on the scene with a rare readiness. From Toronto’s Second City Theatre she stepped into SCTV, commanding scenes with mad talent such as Martin Short, John Candy, Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy.  She wrote with care, performed with bite, and found in ensemble work a lifelong faith. With SCTV she helped widen comedy’s field, teaching it to trust intelligence, timing, and restraint. Writing and performance braided early for her.

Her place in alternative culture arrived without announcement and stuck like glue. She gravitated to the margins where style speaks first and language follows. In her collaborations with Tim Burton, especially Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, she gave the strange a spine. In this, an unlikely fellowship formed with goth fashion. As Delia Deetz, O’Hara let black serve as thought: art-party severity, architectural dresses, a satirical pretentiousness. These figures offered a lesson: identity is performance; style is stance; laughter steadies the blade…..and an opera glove could double as a hat.

Burton’s worlds found in her a calibrator. She kept fantasy grounded by gesture and posture, by the angle of a chin or the patience of a pause. Even as she voiced Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas, care and longing moved through the seams. She understood how darkness lives with laughter, how a joke steadies the hand.

Her later work extended that fashion influence across decades. Her screen life gathered quickly: Beetlejuice, After Hours, Home Alone, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind. In each, she carried an alertness to posture and pause, to the way a voice can tilt a room.

As Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek, she swanned around rural Ontario in monochrome designer haute couture; her towering silhouettes and flurry of feathers announcing a regal distance from the ordinary. For alternative culture, where style is stance and stance is shelter, Moira became proof that gothic eccentricity ages well.

O’Hara’s reach through film deepened with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, where communities were mapped with affection and accuracy. In those rooms she let vanity breathe, let hope stumble, let kindness arrive sideways. O’Hara was showered with awards for her genius, including an Emmy and the Order of Canada, but they never defined her work. No one did unhinged and untethered as well as Catherine O’Hara, whether she was racing home to her forgotten kid in the back of a van with John Candy and a polka band, to crooning Midnight At The Oasis with Fred Willard. She threw herself into every role with an unmatched zeal.

She returned often, revisiting Delia in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, stepping into new dramas, keeping her measure. Across roles, she honoured the outsider’s intelligence and the artist’s patience. She made comedy precise and drama generous. She taught alternative culture a quiet lesson: exaggeration can be honest; laughter can sharpen; style can think. Catherine O’Hara leaves behind a veritable city populated by her hilarious, endlessly quotable characters from the last 50 years…even the ones who don’t know how to ‘fold in the cheese.’

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Damals wie heute schlägt das schwarze Herz im Takt der Nacht: Vor 30 Jahren tanzten wir zu den düsteren Klängen von Bauhaus, Love Like Blood, Das Ich, Front 242, The Cure, Depeche Mode und vielen weiteren Ikonen der dunklen Musik. 2026 wird dieses Gefühl zurückgeholt – und zwar mit vier DJs, die wissen, wie man schwarze Magie auf die Tanzfläche des WERK2-Kulturfabrik in Leipzig bringt:

A.L.E.X., der mit einem sicheren Gespür für Szene-Klassiker und tanzbare Perlen begeistert
Hells, bekannt für seine treibenden Sets zwischen EBM und Futurepop
Frequen-C, der Industrial, Synth und düstere Beats mit Leidenschaft kombiniert
H@jo, der mit Dark Wave und Gothic Rock den Sound der 90er wieder aufleben lässtWeiterlesen …

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Zum 40-jährigen Jubiläum der norwegischen Black-Metal-Legenden DARKTHRONE erscheint am 06.03. eine epische 9-LP-Deluxe-Sammlerbox, mit neuem Audio-Mastering. Inklusive 48-seitigem Buch und DVD mit exklusivem, neu aufgenommenem Karriere-Interview.

„The Fist In The Face Of God“ vorbestellen:
https://darkthrone.lnk.to/The_Fist_In_The_Face_Of-God

 

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Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA und Gründer von TRISTANIA) hat heute den fünften MORTEMIA-Song aus „The Cover Collab Sessions“ veröffentlicht. Eine Sammlung von 12 Coversongs mit verschiedenen Gastsängern für jeden Song. Dieser Track ist eine Coverversion von „Sweet Dreams“, ursprünglich aufgenommen von Eurythmics, mit Kristyn Hope (Daedric) als Gastsängerin. Der Song ist ab heute, dem 30. Januar 2026, auf allen digitalen Plattformen erhältlich.
Listen: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mortemia/sweet-dreams-feat-kristyn-hope

Morten Veland:
„I’m proud and honoured to welcome Kristyn Hope as my special guest for ‚The Cover Collab Sessions‘. This is the fifth song to be released for this album. I discovered Kristyn’s band Daedric on instagram about a year ago, sometimes the algorithms introduce you to great new music. I was instantly blown away by Kristyn’s voice, and the intense nerve in all her performances. So naturally I’ve had Kristyn in mind for a possible collab ever since, and I’m very excited that the time now has come. The song we have chosen to do together is a cover of The Eurythmics‘ timeless classic ‚Sweet Dreams‘. Kristyn did an absolutely amazing job with this song, and I’m thrilled with how this collab has turned out. Together we have created a really cool version of this timeless classic. I feel truly privileged and thankful to have Kristyn on board this project and we both can’t wait to share this song with you all. The song will be available on all digital platforms on Friday the 30th of January 2026“.

 

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Mit STEPMOTHER HELD. GUTRECTOMY THREAT SIGNAL SONS OF ETERNITY MOL NECROFIER THERION TROY THE BAND WAZZARA NOVOMUNDO ERBEET AZHAK EVIG NATT CRUEL FORCE VANISHMENT SATIN PUPPETS SAILLE CNOC AN TURSA SHADOWMASS AGNOSTIC FRONT WISDOM IN CHAINS KARNIVOOL EDGE OF PARADISE IOTUNN MOTHICA SEVENDUST IGORRR STAIRWAY TO VIOLET CRA COI AXEL RUDI PELL THE MON SEVENTH STATION ELWOOD STRAY FOREIGNWOLF DECIPHER BIG ASS TRUCK I.E. BODYSNATCHER INGESTED THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER SWIM THE CURRENT DAYSEEKER MAKE THEM SUFFER MOTIONLESS IN WHITE SIDEWINDER SLAUGHTERDAY HANGING GARDEN PAPA ROACH MYSTFALL APOLAUSTIC RAM-ZET VREID HAGGARD CAT MORS VERUM THE HU THE LAST VINCI PREMIER JESTER PHASMA DAIDALOS IRON BONES HAMMERFALL POWERWOLF WIND ROSE NERVOSA I CURSED SAINT CITY ORCHESTRA VINTA SAINTED SINNERS KERRIGAN CRASHDÏET MOTORPSYCHO IN AETERNUM SAMURAI PIZZA CATS ABROGATION THE LIGHT BELOW DARK RIDE DUST IN MIND TULUS EVOKED ECLIPSE EMPIRE OF DISEASE W.E.B. PRELUDIO ANCESTRAL DIMSCUA THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT LLOTH BATTLESOUL SHINE SAASTA WITCHER ANUBIS (USA) VICIOUS RAIN DRAMATIST GLADENFOLD FURIES TRIGGERFINGER ANKOR MIRE TOTAL MANIAC HOLOSOIL YOUR INLAND EMPIRE GROWTH WOLFBASTARD SUM OF R RADIAN INTHRACED ONLY HUMAN TARDIGRADE INFERNO DUST (ITA) SNOVONNE OPETH NMB WORM HORSKH WRECK-DEFY MISOTHEIST THE HARA DEATH DEALER CEMETERY REIGN VIOGRESSION LEGIONARY BLACK STONE CHERRY VIRTUE IN VAIN FALLUJAH IN MOURNING OMNIUM GATHERUM BLOODHUNTER AKEM MANAH WARSENAL JEGONG A PURPLE SKY TÜRBÖWITCH VANIR KILL CITY TRIUMPHER LEATHERHEAD FATE UNBURIED DARKLON ANTHEA ADELINE GRAY AXE DRAGGER NIGHT THIEVES MESSTICATOR DARK HEART IZZY AND THE BLACK TREES

STEPMOTHER
Genres: rock n roll

Mehr dazu: STEPMOTHER: neuer Song „New World“

HELD.
Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu: HELD.: neues Album „Grey“ im Mai 2026

GUTRECTOMY
Genres: deathcore

Mehr dazu: GUTRECTOMY: neue Single “I Am Endless”

THREAT SIGNAL
Genres: power metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: THREAT SIGNAL veröffentlichen nach neun Jahren ein neues Album

SONS OF ETERNITY
Genres: heavy metal

Mehr dazu: SONS OF ETERNITY: neues Album „Human Beast“

MOL
Genres: Post Metal post rock

Mehr dazu: MØL: alle Videos von „Dreamcrush“ & Tour im Winter 2026

NECROFIER
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: NECROFIER: zweites Video zum kommenden Album „Transcend into Oblivion“

THERION
Genres: heavy metal symphonic metal

Mehr dazu: THERION: alle Videos vom Live-Album „Con Orquesta“

TROY THE BAND
Genres: doom metal stoner rock

Mehr dazu: TROY THE BAND: neuer Song „The Moment“

WAZZARA
Genres: black metal Post Metal

Mehr dazu: WAZZARA: neues Atmospheric Blackgaze / Post-Metal Album „Arbor“ aus Zürich

NOVOMUNDO
Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu: NOVOMUNDO: weiteres Video vom neuen Groove Death Metal Album „The Cursed Cult“ über Voodoo-Kultur

ERBEET AZHAK
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: ERBEET AZHAK: kündigen neues Black Metal Album „Only the Vile Will Remain“ an

EVIG NATT
Genres: doom metal gothic metal

Mehr dazu: EVIG NATT: Lyric-Video vom neuen Gothic / Doom Metal Album „Vaketimen“

CRUEL FORCE
Genres: thrash metal

Mehr dazu: CRUEL FORCE: erste Single vom neuen Thrash Metal Album „Haneda“

VANISHMENT
Genres: heavy metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: VANISHMENT: weiteres Video vom neuen Thrash / Heavy Metal Album „..And Now We Die“

SATIN PUPPETS
Genres: gothic

Mehr dazu: SATIN PUPPETS: neue Gothic Pop Single „Lace and Sword…Locket Tarnished“ von Zwillingsschwestern

SAILLE
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: SAILLE: Opener vom neuen Epic Black Metal Album „Forebode“ als Video-Clip

CNOC AN TURSA
Genres: black metal folk metal

Mehr dazu: CNOC AN TURSA: kündigen neues Black / Folk Metal Album „A Cry For The Slain“ an

SHADOWMASS
Genres: black metal heavy metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: SHADOWMASS: Opener vom neuen Blackened Heavy /Thrash Metal Album „Wastelands“ als Video-Clip

AGNOSTIC FRONT WISDOM IN CHAINS
Genres: hardcore

Mehr dazu: AGNOSTIC FRONT: neues Hardcore-Album „Echoes In Eternity“ – Video zu „You Say“ & Tour 2026

KARNIVOOL
Genres: progressive rock

Mehr dazu: KARNIVOOL: neues Album „In Verses“ & Tour im April 2026

EDGE OF PARADISE
Genres: melodic metal modern metal

Mehr dazu: EDGE OF PARADISE: weiteres Video vom Modern / Melodic Metal-Album „Prophecy“

IOTUNN
Genres: progressive metal

Mehr dazu: IOTUNN: Video-Clip vom neuen Live-Album „Waves Over Copenhell“

MOTHICA
Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu: MOTHICA: neue EP „Somewhere In Between“ im Februar 2026

SEVENDUST
Genres: alternative metal

Mehr dazu: SEVENDUST: neues Video „Is This The Real You?“ vom Album „One“

IGORRR
Genres: AVANTGARDE electronic

Mehr dazu: IGORRR: alle Videos zum „Amen“-Album

STAIRWAY TO VIOLET
Genres: ROCK

Mehr dazu: STAIRWAY TO VIOLET: Debütalbum „Invictus“ erscheint im Frühjahr 2026

CRA COI
Genres: Post Punk

Mehr dazu: CRA COI: dritte Single vom neuen Post-Punk Album „Tá brón orm“ aus Irland

AXEL RUDI PELL
Genres: hard rock

Mehr dazu: AXEL RUDI PELL: Tourdates & neues Album „Ghost Town“

THE MON
Genres: electronic singer songwriter

Mehr dazu: THE MON: kündigen neues Album „Songs Of Embrace“ von Urlo (UFOMAMMUT) an

SEVENTH STATION
Genres: progressive metal

Mehr dazu: SEVENTH STATION: Video von Progressive Metal EP „On Shoulders Of Giants“ und Konzerte in Berlin & München

ELWOOD STRAY
Genres: metalcore post hardcore

Mehr dazu: ELWOOD STRAY: weiteres Video vom neuen Post-Hardcore / Metalcore Album „Descending“

FOREIGNWOLF
Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu: FOREIGNWOLF: kündigen neue Alternative Rock EP „Merely Mortal“ an

DECIPHER
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: DECIPHER: zweite Single vom neuen Black Metal Album „θελημα“ aus Athen

BIG ASS TRUCK I.E. BODYSNATCHER INGESTED
Genres: deathcore

Mehr dazu: BODYSNATCHER: neues Album „Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home“ & Konzerte 2026

THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER
Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu: THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER: neues Album „Royal Discordance“ – Video zu „Nope“

SWIM THE CURRENT
Genres: ROCK

Mehr dazu: SWIM THE CURRENT: neuer Song „Concrete Angel“

DAYSEEKER MAKE THEM SUFFER MOTIONLESS IN WHITE
Genres: metalcore modern metal

Mehr dazu: MOTIONLESS IN WHITE: neuer Song „Afraid Of The Dark“ & Tour 2026

SIDEWINDER
Genres: hard rock psychedelic rock stoner rock

Mehr dazu: SIDEWINDER: neue Single vom „Dominion“-Album

SLAUGHTERDAY
Genres: Brutal Death Metal death metal grindcore

Mehr dazu: SLAUGHTERDAY: neues Video zum „Dread Emperor“-Album

HANGING GARDEN
Genres: dark metal doom metal gothic metal

Mehr dazu: HANGING GARDEN: neues Album “Isle of Bliss”

PAPA ROACH
Genres: ROCK

Mehr dazu: PAPA ROACH: neue Single „Wake Up Calling“ & Konzerte in Deutschland

MYSTFALL
Genres: symphonic metal

Mehr dazu: MYSTFALL: kündigen neues Symphonic Metal Album „Embers of A Dying World“ an

APOLAUSTIC
Genres: black metal death metal melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: APOLAUSTIC: Lyric-Video vom neuen Melodic Black / Death Metal Album „No Plenitude Without Suffering“

RAM-ZET
Genres: gothic metal progressive metal

Mehr dazu: RAM-ZET: kehren mit neuem Progressive / Gothic Metal Album „Sapien“ zurück

VREID
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: VREID: zweite Single vom neuen Black Metal Album „The Skies Turn Black“

HAGGARD CAT
Genres: alternative rock post hardcore

Mehr dazu: HAGGARD CAT: kündigen neues Post-Hardcore / Alternative Rock Album „The Pain That Orbits Life“ an

MORS VERUM
Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu: MORS VERUM: Titeltrack von neuer Death Metal EP „Canvas“

THE HU
Genres: folk metal hard rock

Mehr dazu: THE HU: neue Hard Rock / Folk Metal Single „The Real You“ mitsamt Video

THE LAST VINCI
Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu: THE LAST VINCI: erste Single vom neuen Alternative Rock Album „15 Minutes at a Time“

PREMIER JESTER
Genres: modern metal

Mehr dazu: PREMIER JESTER: neue Modern Metal Single „Pac’d Out“ mitsamt Video-Clip

PHASMA
Genres: black metal death metal deathcore

Mehr dazu: PHASMA: dritter Track vom neuen Blackened Death Metal / Deathcore Album „Purgatory“

DAIDALOS
Genres: dark metal symphonic metal

Mehr dazu: DAIDALOS: dritte Single vom neuen Symphonic Dark Metal Album „Dante“

IRON BONES
Genres: heavy metal speed metal

Mehr dazu: IRON BONES: neues Heavy / Speed Metal Album „Poison Riot“ aus Chile

HAMMERFALL POWERWOLF WIND ROSE
Genres: heavy metal power metal

Mehr dazu: POWERWOLF: Clip zu „1589“ vom Live-Album „Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle)“ – Tour startet im Februar 2026

NERVOSA
Genres: thrash metal

Mehr dazu: NERVOSA veröffentlichen im April 2026 ihr neues Album „Slave Machine“ 

I CURSED
Genres: grindcore

Mehr dazu: I, CURSED: neuer Plattenvertrag & neue Single

SAINT CITY ORCHESTRA
Genres: FOLK punk rock

Mehr dazu: SAINT CITY ORCHESTRA: neues Album „This Ain’t Quiet“ im März 2026

VINTA
Genres: alternative metal modern metal

Mehr dazu: VINTA: neues Album „Kalypso“ & Tour 2026

SAINTED SINNERS
Genres: hard rock

Mehr dazu: SAINTED SINNERS: neues Video „Sunshine“ vom Album „High On Fire“

KERRIGAN
Genres: heavy metal

Mehr dazu: KERRIGAN veröffentlichen ihr zweites Album „Wayfarer“

CRASHDÏET
Genres: glam rock hard rock

Mehr dazu: CRASHDÏET: Die Sleaze Rock-Band veröffentlicht im Mai 2026 ihr neues Album „Art of Chaos“

MOTORPSYCHO
Genres: Retro Rock

Mehr dazu: MOTORPSYCHO: neues Album „The Gaia ll Space Corps“

IN AETERNUM
Genres: black metal death metal

Mehr dazu: IN AETERNUM kehren mit neuem Black / Death Metal Album „…Of Death and Fire“ zurück

SAMURAI PIZZA CATS
Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu: SAMURAI PIZZA CATS: Das neue Album „Press Start“ erscheint im März 2026 

ABROGATION
Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: ABROGATION: neues Album „Widerschein“

THE LIGHT BELOW
Genres: crossover post rock

Mehr dazu: THE LIGHT BELOW: neues Album „Georgia“

DARK RIDE
Genres: Pop Punk

Mehr dazu: DARK RIDE: Neues Horrorpunk-Album „Blade Manor“

DUST IN MIND
Genres: modern metal

Mehr dazu: DUST IN MIND: neues Album „HCNO“ im Frühjahr 2026

TULUS
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: TULUS: Black Metal-Band veröffentlicht neues Album „Morbid Desires“

EVOKED ECLIPSE
Genres: black metal death metal

Mehr dazu: EVOKED ECLIPSE: erste Single vom neuen Black / Death Metal Album „The Cries Of Evil“

EMPIRE OF DISEASE
Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: EMPIRE OF DISEASE: neues Melodic Death Metal Album „While Everything Collapses“ aus Bilbao

W.E.B.
Genres: dark metal symphonic metal

Mehr dazu: W.E.B.: Video vom neuen Symphonic Dark Metal Live-Album „Darkness Alive“

PRELUDIO ANCESTRAL
Genres: heavy metal power metal

Mehr dazu: PRELUDIO ANCESTRAL: kündigen neues Power / Heavy Metal Album „Guardians of Twilight“ an

DIMSCUA
Genres: Post Metal sludge

Mehr dazu: DIMSCUA: Video von neuer Atmospheric Sludge / Post-Metal EP „Dust Eater“ aus England

THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT
Genres: psychedelic rock

Mehr dazu: THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT: kündigen neues Garage / Psychedelic Rock Album „Forever Loaded“ an

LLOTH
Genres: black metal death metal

Mehr dazu: LLOTH: weiteres Video vom neuen Black / Death Metal Album „Archees Legeones (Ancient Legions)“

BATTLESOUL
Genres: pagan metal

Mehr dazu: BATTLESOUL: Opener von neuer Pagan Metal EP „The Wheel“ als Lyric-Video

SHINE
Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu: SHINE: zweiter Track vom neuen Death Metal Album „Wrathcult“ aus Polen

SAASTA
Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu: SAASTA: neue Death Metal Single „The Leeches“ mitsamt Video-Clip aus Finnland

WITCHER
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: WITCHER: Titeltrack vom neuen Atmospheric Black Metal Album „Öröklét“ als Video-Clip

ANUBIS (USA)
Genres: power metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: ANUBIS: zweite Single vom neuen Power / Thrash Metal Album „Anthromorphicide“ aus Los Angeles

VICIOUS RAIN
Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu: VICIOUS RAIN: neues Album „The Anatomy Of Surviving“ – weiterer Song „Trading Hearts“

DRAMATIST
Genres: post hardcore

Mehr dazu: DRAMATIST: neues Album „Wasting Words“ – Video zu „Black Hole“

GLADENFOLD
Genres: heavy metal power metal

Mehr dazu: GLADENFOLD: neues Album „Soulbound“, neue Single „Wardens Of Time“

FURIES
Genres: heavy metal

Mehr dazu: FURIES: Plattenvertrag und neuer Song „Cannibale“

TRIGGERFINGER
Genres: alternative rock ROCK

Mehr dazu: TRIGGERFINGER: neuer Song „Come Clean“

ANKOR
Genres: alternative metal

Mehr dazu: ANKOR: neuer Song „Nagato – Purple Eyes“

MIRE
Genres: deathcore EXTREM progressive death metal

Mehr dazu: MIRE: neues Album „Pale Reflection“ im April 2026

TOTAL MANIAC
Genres: rock n roll

Mehr dazu: TOTAL MANIAC: kündigen neues Street Metal / Rock ´n´ Roll Album „Love Overdrive“ an

HOLOSOIL
Genres: progressive rock

Mehr dazu: HOLOSOIL: neuer Song „Spirals“

YOUR INLAND EMPIRE
Genres: dark wave industrial Post Metal

Mehr dazu: YOUR INLAND EMPIRE: weiterer Video-Clip vom neuen Industrial Darkwave / Post-Metal Album „Your Inland Empire“

GROWTH
Genres: progressive death metal

Mehr dazu: GROWTH: kündigen neues Progressive Death Metal Album „Under the Under“ an

WOLFBASTARD
Genres: black metal Crust

Mehr dazu: WOLFBASTARD: kündigen neues Black Metal / Crust Punk Album „Satanic Scum Punks“ an

SUM OF R
Genres: doom metal psychedelic rock

Mehr dazu: SUM OF R: weiterer Video-Clip vom neuen Psychedelic Doom / Krautrock Album „Spectral“

RADIAN
Genres: doom metal sludge

Mehr dazu: RADIAN: kündigen neues Sludge / Doom Metal Album „Subterfuge“ an

INTHRACED
Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: INTHRACED: zweite Single vom neuen Melodic Death Metal Album „Constellation Zero“

ONLY HUMAN
Genres: metalcore progressive metal

Mehr dazu: ONLY HUMAN: debütieren mit neuem Progressive Metal / Metalcore Album „Planned Obsolescence“

TARDIGRADE INFERNO
Genres: alternative metal

Mehr dazu: TARDIGRADE INFERNO: zweite Single vom neuen Dark Cabaret Metal Album „Hush“ aus St. Petersburg

DUST (ITA)
Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu: DUST: kündigen neues Groove Metal / Metalcore Album „Thoughts Of A Falling Man“ an

SNOVONNE
Genres: alternative rock ROCK

Mehr dazu: SNOVONNE: neuer Song „Bright Sides“

OPETH
Genres: progressive metal

Mehr dazu: OPETH: Konzert im Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen im August 2026 & neuer Videoclip „§7“

NMB
Genres: progressive rock

Mehr dazu: NMB: neues Album „L.I.F.T.“ – Video zu „Hurt People“

WORM
Genres: black metal death doom metal

Mehr dazu: WORM: weiterer Song vom neuen Album „Necropalace“

HORSKH
Genres: industrial

Mehr dazu: HORSKH: neuer Song „Bad Glitch“

WRECK-DEFY
Genres: thrash metal

Mehr dazu: WRECK-DEFY: neues Album „Dissecting The Leech“ – weiterer Song „Under The Sun“

MISOTHEIST
Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu: MISOTHEIST: neues Black Metal Album „De Pinte“ aus Norwegen

THE HARA
Genres: alternative rock emo metalcore

Mehr dazu: THE HARA: weiterer Video-Clip vom neuen Alternative Rock / Metalcore / Emo Album „The Fallout“

DEATH DEALER
Genres: heavy metal

Mehr dazu: DEATH DEALER: Lyric-Video vom neuen Heavy Metal Album „Reign Of Steel“

CEMETERY REIGN
Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu: CEMETERY REIGN: neues Death Metal Album „Confined To Time“ erscheint am 26. Februar 2026

VIOGRESSION
Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu: VIOGRESSION: Video-Clip vom neuen Death Metal Album „Thaumaturgic Veil“

LEGIONARY
Genres: melodic death metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: LEGIONARY: kündigen neues Melodic Death / Thrash Metal Album „Never-Ending Quest for Purpose“ an

BLACK STONE CHERRY
Genres: hard rock southern rock

Mehr dazu: BLACK STONE CHERRY: weiterer Track von neuer Southern / Hard Rock EP „Celebrate“ & Tour im September 2026

VIRTUE IN VAIN
Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu: VIRTUE IN VAIN: Video-Clip von neuer Metalcore EP „Nothing Is All I Am“ aus Wales

FALLUJAH IN MOURNING OMNIUM GATHERUM
Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: OMNIUM GATHERUM: neuer Song „Moongold“ & Tour 2026

BLOODHUNTER
Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: BLOODHUNTER: neuer Song „The Devil’s Own“

AKEM MANAH
Genres: doom metal

Mehr dazu: AKEM MANAH: neues Doom Metal-Album „Threnodies“ im April 2026

WARSENAL
Genres: speed metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: WARSENAL: neues Album „Endless Beginnings“ im März 2026

JEGONG
Genres: post rock

Mehr dazu: JEGONG: neues Album „Gomi Kuzu Can“ – Video zu „Parallel Tracks“

A PURPLE SKY
Genres: alternative metal modern metal

Mehr dazu: A PURPLE SKY: neuer Song „Let Me Go“

TÜRBÖWITCH
Genres: speed metal thrash metal

Mehr dazu: TÜRBÖWITCH: kündigen neues Speed / Thrash Metal Album „Under Haunted Skies“ an

VANIR
Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu: VANIR: erste Single vom neuen Melodic Death Metal Album „Wyrd“

KILL CITY
Genres: hard rock heavy metal

Mehr dazu: KILL CITY: neue Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Single „I’ll Just Wait“ aus Ecuador

TRIUMPHER
Genres: heavy metal power metal

Mehr dazu: TRIUMPHER: zweite Single vom neuen Epic Metal Album „Piercing The Heart Of The World“

LEATHERHEAD
Genres: heavy metal speed metal

Mehr dazu: LEATHERHEAD: Video-Clip vom neuen Heavy / Speed Metal Album „Violent Horror Stories“

FATE UNBURIED
Genres: progressive death metal

Mehr dazu: FATE UNBURIED: Labeldeal für neues Progressive Death Metal Album „Neraspeme“

DARKLON
Genres: heavy metal power metal

Mehr dazu: DARKLON: Opener vom neuen Power / Epic Heavy Metal Album „Mind Reaper“ als Video-Clip

ANTHEA
Genres: symphonic metal

Mehr dazu: ANTHEA: kündigen neues Symphonic Metal Album „Beyond The Dawn“ an

ADELINE GRAY
Genres: alternative metal

Mehr dazu: ADELINE GRAY: dritter Track von neuer Alternative Groove Metal​ EP „Portrait of Our Descent​“ aus Italien

AXE DRAGGER
Genres: heavy metal

Mehr dazu: AXE DRAGGER: zweite Single vom neuen Heavy Metal Album „Axe Dragger“ der Supergroup

NIGHT THIEVES
Genres: alternative metal

Mehr dazu: NIGHT THIEVES: neue Alternative Metal Single „Mycelia“ aus London

MESSTICATOR
Genres: thrash metal

Mehr dazu: MESSTICATOR: zweite Single vom neuen Death / Thrash Metal Album „Total Mastery“ aus Hamburg

DARK HEART
Genres: hard rock heavy metal

Mehr dazu: DARK HEART: kündigen neues Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album „Evolution“ an

IZZY AND THE BLACK TREES
Genres: alternative rock Post Punk

Mehr dazu: IZZY AND THE BLACK TREES: zweite Single vom neuen Alternative Rock / Post-Punk Album „Kisses to Chaos“

Source: Vampster

Mit "Einsamkeit" haben Universum25 eine weitere Single vom kommenden Album "Die Maschinen wollen leben" ausgekoppelt. Mehr Infos und das Musikvideo hier bei uns!

Source: Sonic Seducer

Mit "We Are One" haben Consequence Of Energy heute ihr lange erwartetes Debütalbum vorgelegt. Mehr Infos und die Video-Single "Searching The Light" hier bei uns!

Source: Sonic Seducer

TROY THE BAND präsentieren ihr neues, noch unbetiteltes Album mit der Single „The Moment„. Es ist die dritte Auskopplung aus der Platte, die im Sommer 2026 erscheinen soll. Zuvor gab es bereits den Preview-Track „Nothing„.

Außerdem ist „Porous“ verfügbar. Bei dem Stück handelt es sich um eine Kollaboration mit Sängerin Soozi Chameleone. Die Single markierte das erste neue Material seit dem Album „Cataclysm“ (2024).

TROY THE BAND Line-up 2025
Sean Durbin – Bass
Sean Burn – Guitar
Jack Revans – Drums

Source: Vampster

Die Heavy Stoner Rock-Band FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS geht im Mai und Juni 2026 auf Europatournee. Angesetzt sind auch Konzerte in Cottbus, Radebeul, Münster, Hagen, Asendorf, Hamburg sowie Hildesheim.

Mit den Shows will das Duo sein aktuelles Album „Bear“ (2025) live vorstellen.

FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS Tourdaten 2026

16 MAY 2026 Coevorden (NL) MFC
19 MAY 2026 Barberaz (FR) Le Brin de Zinc
23 MAY 2026 Cottbus (DE) Galerie Fango  
25 MAY 2026 Bratislava (SK) Koncerty na Garážach
27 MAY 2026 Radebeul (DE) Barnyard Club  
28 MAY 2026 Münster (DE) Rare Guitar  
29 MAY 2026 Hagen (DE) Werkhof Hohenlimburg  
30 MAY 2026 Asendorf (DE) Kulturhaus B.O.  
02 JUN 2026 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang  
03 JUN 2026 Hildesheim (DE) Club VEB
06 JUN 2026 Esch-Alzette (LU) MK Bar

Source: Vampster

STEPMOTHER melden sich mit einer neuen Single zurück: „New World“ gibt es u.a. via bandcamp im Stream.

Entnommen ist der Track dem kommenden Album „Absurdus Manifestus“, das für 10. April 2026 angekündigt ist und via Tee Pee Records auf Vinyl sowie digital erscheinen wird.

STEPMOTHER Line-up 2026
Graham Clise – Guitar, Vocals
Rob Muinos – Bass, Vocals
Lee Parker – Drums

Source: Vampster

Danish dark synthpop and electronic artist ee:man (aka Erik Sejer Pedersen) returns with the new...

Source: Side Line

Hunter As a Horse, the South African dark electronic project of vocalist and songwriter Mia...

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Toronto post-punk duo Traitrs will release their fourth album “Possessor” in Europe as a dedicated...

Source: Side Line

Electro-industrial group Damage Control has released the new single “Rage (with Leæther Strip)” via Metropolis...

Source: Side Line

Hinter HELD. stecken keine Unbekannten: Douglas Robinson und Bassist Sal Mignano (beide THE SLEEPING) haben sich mit Schlagzeuger Josh Eppard (COHEED AND CAMBRIA) zusammengetan, um am 15. Mai 2026 ihr Debütalbum „Grey“ zu veröffentlichen. Erscheinen wird die Scheibe, die von Jon Markson produziert wurde, via MNRK Heavy.

Eine erste Single gibt es vorab mit „New You Anthem„, an der auch Frank Iero (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE) als Gast beteiligt ist.

HELD. „Grey“ Tracklist

DEFENDING THE EARTH
NEW YOU ANTHEM (FT. FRANK IERO) (Video bei YouTube)
CONSTANT TENSION
KNIFEPOINT (FT. HIGH VIS)
WAVES OF FIRE
GREY
I AND I AGAINST YOU ALL
THROUGH THE CRACKS
BROKEN SPACESUIT (DECAY AND SAND)
EMPTINESS: A SIDE EFFECT

Source: Vampster

Drei Jahrzehnte ‘Massive Ego’ fühlen sich nicht nach Staub im Archiv an, sondern nach offenen Wunden, Narben und erstaunlich viel Überlebenswillen. Statt das Jubiläum mit einer Best-of-Schleife...

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Die Blackgaze-Band MØL hat ein neues Album angekündigt: „Dreamcrush“ erscheint am 30. Januar 2026 via Nuclear Blast. Nun hat die Band einen weiteren Song geteilt und stellt auch „Hud“mit einem Clip vor:

 

Vor wenigen Wochen veröffentlichte die Band „Crush“ und ein Video:

Zurvor teilte die Band den Track „Young“:

Wie sich das kommende Werk anhört, verrät außerdem die erste Single „Garland„.

Ab Februar 2026 geht das Gespann auf Headline-Tournee durch Europa, im Vorprogramm treten TAYNE sowie COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS auf.

MØL „Dreamcrush“ Tracklist
1 DREAM
2 Sma° Forlis
3 Young (Video bei YouTube)
4 Hud (Video bei YouTube)
5 Garland (Video bei YouTube)
6 Favour
7 A Former Blueprint
8 8
9 Dissonance
10 Mimic
11 CRUSH (Video bei YouTube)

MØL, TAYNE, COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS Tourdaten 2026

6. Feb. – Berlin, DE – Hole 44
7. Feb. – Prag, CZ – Futurum
8. Feb. – Leipzig, DE – Naummans
9. Feb. – München, DE – Feierwerk
10. Feb. – Wiesbaden, DE – Kesselhaus
11. Feb. – Eindhoven, NL – Effenaar KZ
12. Feb. – London, UK – Underworld
13. Feb. – Manchester, UK – Rebellion
14. Feb. – Glasgow, UK – Classic Grand
15. Feb. – Leeds, UK – Key Club
16. Feb. – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute2
17. Feb. – Bristol, UK – Exchange
18. Feb. – Paris, FR – Petit Bain
20. Feb. – Köln, DE – Club Volta
21. Feb. – Hamburg, DE – Betty

Source: Vampster

‚I Am Endless‚ ist der Titel der neuen Singe der deutschen Deathcore-Band GUTRECTOMY. 

 

Gutrectomy Line-up: 
Dennis Schuler – Vocals
Philip Dahlenburg – Guitar
Louis Weber – Bass
Julien Kuny – Drums

Source: Vampster

Nach langer Pause stellen die Kanadier THREAT SIGNAL neues Material vor und haben den Track  “Non-Essential” geteilt. Er stammt vom kommenden Album “Revelations”, das am 27. März 2026 via Agonia Records erscheint.

Zur aktuellen Besetzung gehören Sänger  Jon Howard, Bassist Pat Kavanagh und Gitarrist Travis Montgomery, Drummer Joey Muha ist zur Band zurückgekehrt, neu dabei ist Gitarrist Oswin Wong.

THREAT SIGNAL „Revelation“ Tracklist & Cover

1. The Great Tribulation
2. Non-Essential (Video bei YouTube)
3. Exercise The Demon
4. Fire At Will
5. Death Will Find Us All
6. Paralysis
7. Revelations
8. NME
9. Hell And Back
10. Live For You

Source: Vampster

SONS OF ETERNITY veröffentlichen ihr  zweites Album:  „Human Beast“ erscheint  am 27. März 2026 via Massacre Records.

Mit „Forever“ stellt die deutsche Heavy-Metal-Band nun die erste Single vor:

 

 

Produziert und gemischt hat „Human Beast“ Jonas Roßner  im JRSound Studio, das Mastering ist von Christoph Beyerlein.

 

SONS OF ETERNITY „Human Beast“  Tracklist & Cover

1. Sons Of Eternity

2. Forever (Video bei YouTube)

3. Resistance

4. When Fantasy Dies

5. Human Beast

6. The Line

7. Fight

8. Tearing Down The Walls

9. Abyss Of Life

 

SONS OF ETERNITY sind:

Matthias Schenk – Gesang

Matthias Kirchgessner – Gitarren

Jonas Roßner – Gitarre

Freddy Müller-Schartl – Bass

Thomas Abts – Schlagzeug

SONS OF ETERNITY – Hirsch, Nürnberg – 25.01.2025 – Konzertfotos

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Am 30. Januar 2026 veröffentlichen THERION ihr Live-Album „Con Orquesta“ als CD, LP und BluRay. Der Mitschnitt zeigt den Auftritt der Band mit dem  Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México aus dem Jahr 2024 vor 11.000 ZuschauerInnen in der ausverkauften Mexico City Arena. Christofer Johnsson über Con Orquesta:

„In der Vergangenheit war unser Konzept eher so, dass THERION klassisch wurde, wobei die Band und das Symphonieorchester sich auf Augenhöhe trafen. So haben wir eine vollständig orchestrale Version eines Songs aufgenommen, die fast zu gleichen Teilen aus THERION-Songs und klassischen Auszügen bestand, die für Band und Orchester neu arrangiert wurden. Dieses Mal wollte ich jedoch einen anderen Ansatz verfolgen. Ich lud einen renommierten Dirigenten und Komponisten aus Mexiko ein, unsere Songs neu zu interpretieren, indem er neue Arrangements hinzufügte und die Originale mit dem Orchester erweiterte. Sie schrieben auch einige neue Intros und kleine Zwischenspiele, was dies zu einer wirklich authentischen mexikanischen Interpretation von THERION live mit Orchester macht.“

Mit „The Ruler of Tamag“ haben THERION nun einen weiteren Clip geteilt:

Anfang 2026  haben THERION auch den Mitschnitt der „Draconian Trilogy“ bestehend aus „The Opening“, „Morning Star“ und „Black Diamonds“.

Vorab verfügbar ist auch „To Mega Therion“ geteilt – den Song wählte die Band ganz bewusst aus:

„‚To Mega Therion‘ ist unser Markenzeichen und der Opener unseres Albums Theli, mit dem wir bekannt wurden. Dieser Song wird für immer ein Symbol sein, wie sich THERION von einer Underground-Combo zu einer Band entwickelt hat, die damals in aller Munde war.“

Reinschauen kann man seit November auch in „The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah“:

THERION über „The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah“:

„‚The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah‘ ist unser beliebtester Song und war daher eine offensichtliche Wahl, bei diesem Event zu spielen. Gleichzeitig ist es aber auch einer der Songs, die sich für eine Aufführung mit Orchester am besten eignen.“
Schaue JETZT das offizielle Live-Video zu „The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah“

THERION „Con Orquesta“ Tracklist
CD 1
The Blood of Kingu
The Ruler of Tamag (Video bei YouTube)
The Birth of Venus Illegitima
Tuonela
Twilight of the Gods
Mon Amour mon Ami
La Maritza
Via Nocturna
Asgård
Draconian Trilogy (Mitschnitt bei YouTube)

CD 2
Ginnungagap
Ten Courts of Diyu
Litany of the Fallen
Siren of the Woods
Son of the Staves of Time
Lemuria
Sitra Ahra
Quetzalcoatl
The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
To Mega Therion (Video bei YouTube)

BluRay/DVD

The Blood of Kingu
The Ruler of Tamag
The Birth of Venus Illegitima
Tuonela
Twilight of the Gods
Mon Amour mon Ami
La Maritza
Via Nocturna
Asgård
Draconian Trilogy
Ginnungagap
Ten Courts of Diyu
Litany of the Fallen
Siren of the Woods
Son of the Staves of Time
Lemuria
Sitra Ahra
Quetzalcoatl
The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
To Mega Therion
Bonus Material: Rehearsal

 

THERION Line-up:
Christofer Johnsson – Guitar
Christian Vidal – Guitar
Christopher Davidsson – Bass
Sami Karppinen – Drums
Thomas Vikström – Vocals
Rosalia Sairem – Vocals
Lori Lewis – Vocals

Source: Vampster

Die süddeutsche Thrash Metal Band NUCLEAR WARFARE veröffentlicht am 19. März 2026 „All Hail To The Liberator“, das neue Album erscheint via MDD Records.

Aufgenommen, gemischt und gemastert wurden die neun neuen Songs im Dual Noise Studio Sao Paulo von Rogerio Wecko.

Source: Vampster

Das Line-up von CROUCH liest sich vielversprechend:  Wim Coppers (WIEGEDOOD, OATHBREAKER, RISE AND FALL, LIVING GATE) an den Drums, Jasper Hollevoet (VENTILATEUR) am Bass und Levy Seynaeve (WIEGEDOOD, OATHBREAKER, ex-AMENRA, LIVING GATE) an der Gitarre,  Seynaeve übernimmt auch den Gesang.

Wie das Post Metal-Projekt klingt, verrät die erste Single „Lhotse“, ein Album folgt im Frühjahr:

„Breaking The Catatonic State“ erscheint am 20. März 2026 via Heimlich Manoeuvres. Zuvor veröffentlichten CROUCH im Jahr 2023 eine selbstbetitelte EP.

 

„Der Bruch mit dem 4/4-Herzschlagrhythmus, der uns allen schon vor unserer Geburt so viel Trost spendet, steht im Mittelpunkt dieses Albums“, erklärt die Band. „Hooks und überraschende Wendungen halten uns als Musiker auf Trab und treiben uns letztendlich dazu an, Musik zu schreiben. Wir haben deshalb alle  Vorstellungen davon, wie der Nachfolger unserer EP klingen sollte,  über Bord zu geworfen.

CROUCH „Breaking The Catatonic State“ Tracklist & Cover
Godby
Vida
Yellow Eyes
Hatchets And Hammers
Twisted Colossus
Good Seed
Bad Seed
Geneva
Non-Competitive Garden Display
Lhotse (Video bei YouTube)

Source: Vampster

Am 27. Februar 2026 veröffentlicht die texanische Black Metal-Band NECROFIER ihr neues Album „Transcend into Oblivion“ via Metal Blade Records.

NECROFIER haben nun eine zweite Single geteilte, hier ist das Video zu „Fires of the Apocalypse, Light My Path III“:

„Servants Of Darkness, Guide My Way I“ ist die erste Single, ein Video dazu haben NECROFIER bei YouTube geteilt.

„Transcend Into Oblivion“ entstand im  Southwing Studio und im House Of Thorns in Houston, Texas. Produzent war Joel Hamilton, das Artwork kommt von José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal.

„Mit dieses Album haben wir endlich erreicht, was wir immer wollten“, sagt Sänger/Gitarrist Bakka. „Ich bin tiefer in mich selbst versunken als je zu vor, und tiefer in alles andere. Ich habe gespürt, wie sich das Album anhören muss. Manchmal chaotisch, manchmal geordnet. Ich unser vorheriges Album sehr, aber es ist nicht vergleichbar mit dem, was wir auf dem neuen Album erreicht haben.

NECROFIER Transcend Into Oblivion Tracklist & Cover
Fires of the Apocalypse, Light My Path I
Fires of the Apocalypse, Light My Path II
Fires of the Apocalypse, Light My Path III (Video bei YouTube)
Behold, the Birth of Ascension
Servants of Darkness, Guide My Way I (Video bei YouTube)
Servants of Darkness, Guide My Way II
Servants of Darkness, Guide My Way III
Mystical Creation of Enlightenment
Horns of Destruction, Lift My Blade I
Horns of Destruction, Lift My Blade II
Horns of Destruction, Lift My Blade III
Toward the Necrofier

 

NECROFIER Line-up: 
Bakka – vocals, guitar
Semir Özerkan – guitar
Mat Aleman – bass
Dobber Beverly – drums

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Mit "Broken Tomorrow" ft. Boy George haben Massive Ego eine neue Single vom kommenden Album "Symphony Of Flies" ausgekoppelt. Mehr Infos und das Musikvideo hier bei uns!

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Anyone who likes folk metal will love Sagenbringer. As mystical storytellers, they make it clear in the intro “Fire and Ice”: this is going to be epic! Finally you can see for yourself, because the album of our “Newcomer of the Issue” “Zwischen den Welten” has been released. We have an interesting interview with the […]

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MORTUARIUM
„The Black Flame“
(Black Metal)

Wertung: Gut

VÖ: 31.08.2025

Label: Schattenkult Produktionen

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Das hessische Projekt MORTUARIUM wurde 2022 gegründet, nachdem sich die von mir hochgeschätzten Ulfsdalir aufgelöst haben. Im August ´25 kam durch das Debütalbum die erste Veröffentlichung. Ragnar fährt diese Band alleine auf der Asche seiner alten Band Mortuary (1993-1996). Musikalische Inspiration für den Black Metal, der sich im unteren bis mittleren Tempo bewegt holt Ragnar sich bei alten Helden wie Thorns, Samael und Burzum.
Die Laufzeit von etwas über 35 Minuten bei 5 Songs und einem Intro deuten schon daraufhin, dass man sich zwar nicht in epischen Überlangen bewegt, aber auch keine kurzen, knackigen Ohrwürmer auf den Tisch knallt.
Ich bin eigentlich eher der Hochgeschwindigkeitstyp, lehne Down- bis Midtempo aber nicht kategorisch ab. Eine Mischung in der Hochgeschwindigkeit überwiegt und das langsame als Kontrast eingesetzt wird, liegt mir am meisten. Auf „The Black Flame“  wird es genau gegensätzlich gehandhabt. Überwiegend bewegt man sich schon fast in doomigen Gefilden, ab und zu wird Fahrt aufgenommen. Wobei ich „Darkness Within“ hervorheben möchte, der mit zur Abwechslung eingestreuten, schönen Doublebasseinlagen gerne an Burzum erinnert.
Bei Songlänge zwischen über fünfeinhalb bis fast siebeneinhalb Minuten, dürfte man für meinen Geschmack, aber etwas mehr Abwechslung einstreuen, um Längen zu verhindern.
Zu meiner Überraschung packt MORTUARIUMs Debüt mich aber mehr als andere Veröffentlichungen in dieser Ausrichtung. Liegt es am dumpfen Sound, bei dem man aber jedes Instrument gut heraushören kann? Oder an den Melodien, die mich vor allem in „Endless Echoes Of The Past“ packen können? Die Stimme von Ragnar gefällt mir sehr gut, wäre mit etwas mehr Abwechslung, aber noch tragender. Ein bisschen höher angesetzt und mit eingestreutem Kreischen, wäre sie hier perfekt. Aber auch so wie sie ist, macht sie ordentlich was her. Ich brauchte ein paar Anläufe, um mich auf „The Black Flame“ einlassen zu können, da es nicht meinem Standardgeschmack entspricht, aber hier gibt es einiges zu entdecken und wie gesagt, sticht die Scheibe für mich aus ähnlichen Produktionen heraus.
Das Digipack gibt es für 12€ auf der Bandcampseite von Schattenkult Produktionen, die oben verlinkt ist. (hendrik)

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Was passiert, wenn jahrhundertealte georgische Volkslieder auf schwere Post-Rock-Gitarren treffen? Wenn archaische Frauenstimmen nicht im Museum landen, sondern mit Post-Metal und weit aufgerissenen Klanglandschaften kollidieren? The Light...

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The old stories—capes, flags, the comforting lie of the American Way—have now thinned to paper and torn in the rain. What advances now is vicious authoritarianism, propelled by fear, hatred, and momentum rather than purpose; some of what resists falters, worn down by distraction, fatigue, and a misplaced faith in politeness while atrocities loop endlessly through the newsfeed. People don’t stop from confusion but from clarity, from the recognition that no cavalry is coming. Nihilism settles in. Yet the unadvertised truth remains: salvation has changed addresses. It no longer arrives through spectacle, authority, or viral online outrage. It lives in ungloved hands—neighbors sharing resources, bodies gathering in real physical space, people deliberately learning how to move, act, and organize together — and care for one another.

The title says everything before the first note lands. No One Is Coming, the opening signal from ADULT.‘s Kissing Luck Goodbye, moves with a clipped, corrosive urgency: bassline forward, beat off-kilter, feedback bent into something almost tuneful through repetition and pressure. The song speaks plainly about societal collapse, moral rot, political corruption, and the comfort of doing nothing while power dresses itself up and cashes out. Inaction sits here as a shared liability.

The tempo of No One Is Coming arrived by accident: a skipping record caught on a phone during a birthday stay. That stutter became the song’s spine. Its irregular gait mirrors the present moment: systems misfiring, time slipping, urgency breaking through the cracks. Kuperus’ delivery cuts across it with a severity that recalls Diamanda Galás, Lydia Lunch, and the blunt force discipline of Nitzer Ebb and Die Krupps, channeled into something direct and unornamented. Laughter appears throughout the album as a recurring signal, less humor than a stress response, marking the absurdity of living inside a prolonged emergency.

Kuperus frames the song’s purpose without ornament: “While working on this album, I read an article from an esteemed environmental scientist about what’s coming in the future? What stuck with me was their point that we are entering a new phase in existence where the most important thing we can do is know our neighbors and know the strengths of each other, and what resources everyone has. Who needs extra care? Who is on their own? This song was written as a call to arms. Be alert. Be aware. Be prepared. Stand up for yourself and look out for your community. We are better when we are united. Social media is wearing us down. Deluding us. The political landscape is horrifying, distracting, deranged, and unhinged. We are seeing this go down in real time right now in Minneapolis… NO ONE IS COMING TO YOUR RESCUE… except ALL OF US! Keep speaking up! Keep using your right to protest and most importantly keep showing kindness to one another.”

The video for No One Is Coming, assembled from found footage and performance clips, reinforces the song’s blunt thesis. History loops. Bodies remain present. Responsibility circulates outward. ADULT. offer clarity, pressure, and a reminder that collective action is the only answer left standing.

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For more than twenty-five years, Detroit’s ADULT. (Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller) have worked from a place of distrust and friction. Longevity hasn’t softened the message. Kissing Luck Goodbye, their tenth album and fourth for Dais Records, sounds sharpened and confrontational, with Kuperus’ voice placed front and center, spelling out threats, taunts, and rallying cries in hard lines.

Kissing Luck Goodbye was built through fixation. New microphones, upgraded tools, and a swollen archive of samples (thrift-store records, unused fragments from earlier eras, fresh field recordings) were stacked and stressed. Everyday noise was dragged through pedals until it bent into new shapes. Freeze the album at random, and multiple ideas crowd together and collide at once. That density took form alongside producer Nolan Gray, met by chance during a short-term rental stay, a reminder that coincidence still plays a role even when luck feels spent.

By revisiting bass-driven material from the early 2000s, the band tapped into a physical response that felt immediate. Kuperus recalls, “We were in Paris, and the kids were stage diving. And I was like, this is rad. This is kind of the energy I want to get back into.”

That spark arrived amid setbacks—chronic vertigo, technical failures, and the loss of close friend and collaborator Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), to whom the album is dedicated. Miller sums up the inertia that followed: “We were stuck in the mud for quite a while after the election. We had all the concepts, but we would just be like, ‘What’s the point?’” Kuperus adds, “We’re just like everything’s breaking. We’re breaking. We’re broken.”

No One Is Coming is out now via Dais Records. Listen to the single below and pre-order Kissing Luck Goodbye here.

Kissing Luck Goodbye by ADULT.

ADULT. bring their chaotic show across the states Spring 2026. They’ve announced the official Kissing Luck Goodbye US tour today which hits both coasts, the Midwest and more. See below for all dates. Updates and tickets are available here.

Tour Dates:

Apr 10: Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Lodge
Apr 11: Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
Apr 12: Brooklyn, NY – Good Room
Apr 14: Raleigh, NC – Kings
Apr 15: Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Apr 16: Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
Apr 17: Orlando, FL – The Social
Apr 18: Miami, FL – TBD
Apr 21: New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
Apr 22: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
Apr 23: Austin, TX 29th – Street Ballroom
Apr 24: San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Apr 25: Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
Apr 28: Albuquerque, NM – Sister
Apr 29: Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Apr 30: San Diego, CA – The Casbah
May 01: Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever (Masonic Lodge)
May 02: San Francisco, CA -t Rickshaw Stop
May 04: Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
May 05: Seattle, WA – Barboza
May 08: Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
May 09: Cudahy, WI – X-Ray Arcade

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Today, we’d like to take you back to the mid-1990s, long before what would eventually be known as both the post-punk and shoegaze revival scenes. A band known as Low Sunday Ghost Machine were heavily active in the local Pittsburgh scene and had just released their stellar debut LP. On paper, the band combined mercurial darkwave with blistering shoegaze guitars, a sound that while seemingly indebted to the past, was equally ahead of the curve, explored by only a handful of modern bands at the time.

The band quickly caught the attention of essential ethereal/darkwave label Projekt Records, who would re-release their follow-up, the equally excellent Elesgiem, which was a shoe-in for our list of 100 essential dream pop releases. By this time, the band had shortened their name to Lowsunday (often stylized as lowsunday), while their sound became even more focused. The album is, in a word, a masterpiece, one of those records that simply stands the test of time and like a fine wine, gets better with age. As the post-punk and shoegaze revivals would take hold, Lowsunday would quietly disappear, leaving behind a legacy that set the stage for many great bands to come.

After nearly a quarter century of inactivity, Projekt re-released both of Lowsunday’s albums as remastered and expanded editions, making these excellent albums available for a new generation of discovery. Shortly after, Lowsunday reappeared as a duo and immediately dropped a stellar new EP. The White EP featured five gorgeous tracks which picked up right where the band left off and placed extremely high on my own personal best-of list for 2025. The EP was again released by Projekt Records and is currently available on pristine white vinyl and digital formats.The current lineup of the band features vocalist Shane Sahene and bassist Bobby Spell, the latter who joined the original band shortly after the release of the band’s 1996 debut.  The duo performed all of the instruments on The White EP, which serves as both victory lap for the band and a taste of great things to come.  

To kick off 2026, Lowsunday have just released a new video for “Soft Capture,” the EP’s crystalline centerpiece. The video, lovingly directed by Jer Herring, is a kaleidoscopic delight, juxtaposing moody performance clips with surreal shots of industrial landscapes and ominous clouds. Check out the track and video below:

We also had the chance to catch up with Sahene and Spell to talk about the new EP as well as Lowsunday’s future plans.

We’re beyond happy that you’re back! The White EP is the band’s first release in nearly 25 years. What was the catalyst for rekindling the band and recording these tracks?

Shane: Thank you so much! We are thrilled to talk with you and forever grateful to you. You can’t imagine how much it meant to us to make it onto your 2018 “Definitive Dreaminess- 100 Essential Dream Pop Releases” list – this was the kind of thing that gave us a spark when we needed one most. You actually deserve credit in part as one of the people who made us feel like maybe we had more to offer – because we could just have easily remained on the outside, but you raised awareness of the band that many would have otherwise missed.

We hold Postpunk.com in such high regard that this meant more to us than if we had made the cover of Rolling Stone.
That aside, Bobby and I had been exchanging ideas for years after he had moved out of state. Often we were both involved in different projects but even with the long distance, we still had intentions of doing something together again. Our lives just naturally realigned right around the point when Sam at Projekt had reached out to see if we had interest in having a remastered version of our 1999 album Elesgiem released as well as our 1996 Low Sunday Ghost Machine record. He was willing to do it and that gave us the final push to get back in the studio. The fire was lit.

Bobby: After several years of the two of us pursuing other music projects and work opportunities, while continuing to discuss music and our desire to regroup and write together, this opportunity from Sam along with the inclusion of new remixes and re-imaginings of older songs helped to encourage us to begin composing new music.  Things just lined up the right way at the right time for the two of us…

The EP sounds like a perfect progression, as if you didn’t miss a beat after all these years – were there any different approaches to the way you wrote these tracks, or was it like getting back on a bicycle, so to speak?

Shane: Thank you! Surprisingly, It was very natural  – it helped that our minds never really strayed too far from it. Probably the one thing that helped us the most is that we had been so busy with so many things for so long- at times, we had deprived ourselves of this thing we truly love. When we were younger, we had all the time in the world and we played and recorded constantly – things started to get very blurry for us  when we became too immersed in it. It became very easy to lose perspective. We came back with a new clarity.

When we finally got to writing and recording together again- we were bursting with ideas and had a completely renewed love for it. It was the full circle and we found ourselves with the enthusiasm level and perspective we had when we got our first instruments as early teenagers or younger.

What are you listening to these days? What music (or other art forms) tends to influence or inspire you?

Shane: I can speak for both us in saying that we habitually watch stompbox videos more than anything. It’s so nerdy but so inspiring. Right now we are really chasing sounds – whether it be effects, synths, guitar tones, and so on.

We have been writing and recording pretty steadily for the last two years – and more especially in the last six months. When we are in this mode, I don’t like to listen to very much music beyond what we are working on – kind of like we are fasting.  It holds a special place for the time it’s being made – it becomes like a mystery that we are trying to solve and anything else I hear can start to throw me off and blur my focus. I also worry that I’ll hear something that makes me lose confidence – it’s natural to have heightened sensitivities and feel vulnerable when in the middle of these things.

When away from recording and writing- I’ve gone back to House of Love, Sad Lovers and Giants, Telescopes, Jesus and Mary Chain, Siouxsie… However, I am always discovering something new, like this year, a fan had turned us on to Volplane, who I never knew about. Also we always follow old friends from Skywave who we played quite a lot with way back. They were individually brilliant and branched into A Place To Bury Strangers, Ceremony East Coast, and Static Daydream. Closedown was a very early favorite that I still go back to. Home Front was something newer that I really enjoyed. We love Ronny from Clan of Xymox and are always interested in what they’re doing. Astrobrite, The Soft Moon, Diiv, Hangwire…of course The Harrow…and many more.

Still, as much music as we love, once we get in the studio , the greatest inspiration is in the sounds and the back and forth with each other. We can start with the goal of a specific idea and in minutes end up on a totally different planet – that’s the adventure that we love.

Bobby: We’re both listening to A Place to Bury Strangers, Glixen, She’s Green, Niights, and Kid Tigerrr. I’m listening to a lot of Blonde Redhead, Swirlies, Galaxie 500, Feeble Little Horse, Nothing, Lull, the new AFI record, Korine, Hello Mary, Greaver, They are Gutting a Body of Water, and Holy Fawn.

Can you tell us a bit about the lyrics for this EP?

Shane: The lyrics on most of our songs have always been a challenge of not saying too much and not saying enough. I’ve always preferred abstract. My goal is often to write something that feels exactly what it’s intended to but is vague enough that anyone can make them their own. We often start with a title and once the music comes together the song almost start to reveal the words. I don’t really understand it. It’s kinds of like looking at clouds and starting to see shapes as your imagination engages.

I understand you’ll be releasing a follow-up EP this year – please tell us a bit about that!

Shane:Yes! The follow-up to the White EP, the Black EP is very close to being finished. We are mixing and  finishing details as we are about to start mastering. We are sending this to the pressing plant in less than two weeks and are planning for a May release date. The songs are a very natural extension of the White EP – it’s intended as a two EP series. The Black EP is moodier and darker.

We are very happy with this EP. There have been several instances where we have finished the bulk of the tracking on a song and we leave the studio – as we sit and talk about it afterwards, we don’t really know what happened, we feel like we keep getting lucky and are ending up with songs that are more than us. We are afraid to even give it much thought because we don’t want it to stop.

Bobby: The new EP is intended to be a companion piece to the current EP. We feel that the new songs will mesh well with the White EP songs with some similarities in tone, subject and vibe, to form a larger consistent body of work. We’re really enjoying the increased immediacy of releasing EPs at the moment and we feel that modern listeners are consuming music at such a rapid rate it just seems to make more sense to us.

Are you planning on performing live in 2026?

Shane: We talk about it all of the time. Neither of us are used to releasing music and not supporting it live. If there was an opportunity that came up where we were invited to join a band we love for some dates – it’s very likely we would do it.

At the same time, we find ourselves in a very unique situation where we are at our best creatively and we are fighting to capture as much of this creative wave as we can. We are loving the process and view our catalog/songwriting as the most important thing right now. We are feeling protective of the situation, knowing how sensitive it can be and wanna take it as far as we can.
But yes, we still dream of switching back over to live performances when the time is right… §

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The Nocturnal introduces The Marcelas as a band with no interest in keeping things chill. Their debut EP delivers five songs steeped in goth and punk tradition, sharpened by horror aesthetics and bilingual bite. Built for live rooms and late nights, the release balances menace with mischief, presenting a group already fluent in its own language.

Spawning out of East San Diego, The Marcelas bring a Gothic-leaning punk sound filtered through a Chicano lens, slipping between English and Spanish without ceremony.  At the center of it all are brothers Hector and Diego Altamirano, joined by Marcos Macabra, steering the band with a shared sense of purpose. Deep, vampiric vocals meet piercing yells that belong in a punk dive, bass lines that stalk, and drums that snap. Their chaos is focused, shared, and full of charm.

Each song on The Nocturnal carries its own posture and personality, a cast of characters stepping into frame under the same flickering streetlight. It’s music built to move bodies and bend moods, the kind that makes a small room feel alive and slightly dangerous. Horror films aren’t treated as references so much as shared language. There’s playfulness, pride, and a sense of lineage to acts like The Cramps, The Misfits, and Bauhaus.

Nocturnal, the title track, leans into camp with confidence. There’s something knowingly accusatory in its crawl, a dark comedy that nods toward rock-and-roll mischief without breaking character. Ghostly synth flourishes drift through the mix like organ tones from a midnight movie matinee, setting a mood that’s spooky without taking itself too seriously. Lobotomy turns inward and outward at once, ripping away the romantic sheen for something more feral. The track barrels forward like a bad idea you can’t stop yourself from following. The lyrics circle themes of erasure and betrayal, a metaphorical procedure offered as escape. Emotional pressure builds until it feels physical, a spiral where memory and desire collide.

Kreecher shifts the floor under your feet. Its synth work flirts with a cold, icy, dark electroclash dirge, strange and inviting, anchored by a backbeat made for club nights where the lights stay low and the air stays warm. A breakdown drops in with a distorted Spanish voiceover, a moment that feels both ritualistic and mischievous. It’s a reminder that dance and dread have always shared the same room.

Morbid closes in with weight. Spooky vocals ride menacing guitars, pushing the track into a weird, bombastic space that feels half-possessed, half-celebratory. It’s unafraid to get ugly in the name of feeling something real, dragging the listener through a funhouse corridor that ends in laughter rather than fear.

Finally Vampire Breath plays like a midnight love letter written with fangs, a serrated goth anthem threaded with Chicano flair and a deathrock sense of humor that knows exactly what it’s doing. Horror-film theatrics meet cheeky self-awareness as the track tells the story of a soul-stealing siren—icy allure, steep price. Goosebumps come guaranteed, essence optional. It’s romance with bite, served with a grin that suggests everyone’s in on the joke. “Vampire Breath is a loveless romance,” says lead vocalist Hector. “Punk rock in vibe and gothic in character.”

Listen to The Nocturnal below and order the EP here.

The Nocturnal Ep by The Marcelas

The Nocturnal shows up, lights low, volume high, and invites you closer. Bringing in Bidi Cobra from Matte Blvck to produce the EP, alongside Austin Speed for mixing and mastering, gives the songs room to breathe without sanding off their edges. The sound stays physical and immediate, bass-heavy and fast on its feet, every element pulling in the same direction.

For a debut, it feels confident and communal, aware of its roots and excited about its own shadowed future. This is music meant to be played loud in small rooms, shared between friends, and carried out into the night by a cloud of bats.

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MMeaning is the most convincing fiction we agree to rehearse together. We borrow it from lovers, from late-night promises, and from the idea that connection will eventually explain itself. The latest single from Los Angeles darkwave act Never Knows Best, titled “Something From Nothing,” understands how fragile that arrangement is. Hope arrives first, eager and untested, while doubt follows with better timing. In this context, nihilism isn’t theatrical; it’s practical, almost polite. The song lingers in that uneasy interval where desire persists after certainty slips away.

With this song, Never Knows Best recalibrates their sound and direction. Their first original release since 2020’s I Guess signals a band refining its posture, choosing precision over sprawl. What began as Cameron Dunbar’s solitary loop-built exercise expands here into a collective form, with Justin Schultz and Scott Neff adding mass and momentum. Each element feels chosen, introduced, then withdrawn before comfort settles in. The inheritance is clear but unforced: the emotional restraint of New Order, the tense vertical lines of Chameleons, the late-night patience of Pink Turns Blue, the disciplined devotion of Depeche Mode. These references form a shared vocabulary. In the present tense, the pressure of Cold Cave, CHVRCHES, Kontravoid, and Crystal Castles registers as atmosphere rather than aspiration.

Something From Nothing is built from analogue synthesizers and standard drum patterns, arranged with focus and restraint. The guitars are treated with delay and reverb, entering in short, controlled lines rather than broad washes. Lyrically, the song moves from initial optimism toward a more cautious awareness. Romantic connection is framed as a place where meaning is sought, questioned, and gradually found wanting. Instead of a dramatic breakdown, the shift is incremental: a growing understanding that attachment often carries expectations it can’t fulfill. The tension settles in that in-between state, where belief remains, but confidence in it has eroded.

Mixed by Chris King alongside Kai Tak, and co-produced by King and Dunbar, Something From Nothing keeps its surface clean while allowing pressure to show through the seams. The black-and-white video, directed by Dunbar, extends this restraint into motion. With Lark Detweiler choreographing and performing alongside Shan Hafez, the piece treats the body as an argument rather than an illustration. It translates hope, desire, struggle, and acceptance into controlled movement: gestures that speak, pause, and move on.

Watch the video for “Something From Nothing” below:



Something From Nothing documents the practice of searching, the discipline of continuing, and the uneasy comfort of knowing that meaning, like intimacy, is temporary…and still pursued. Listen to the track below:

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