Category: Music News

North Sea Echoes to Release ‘How to Cast a Shadow’ July 24th via Metal Blade Records

NORTH SEA ECHOES – featuring progressive metal pioneers singer Ray Alder and guitarist Jim Matheos of Fates Warning – are back with a new studio album, How To Cast A Shadow, set for release on July 24th on Metal Blade Records! On NORTH SEA ECHOES’ critically acclaimed 2024 debut, Really Good Terrible Things, Alder and Matheos garnered rave reviews…


Nequient LP Avarice Out Now via Nefarious Industries

Chicago’s politically motivated grindcore faction NEQUIENT will launch their Summer tour this week in support of their caustic third LP, Avarice, out now on Nefarious Industries. How can artists and musicians respond to an era when jackbooted thugs descend on U.S. cities, tech billionaires blithely deploy technologies calculated to wipe out the livelihoods of millions, and misinformation controls…


Yeti on Horseback to Release ‘Traditional Addictions’ July 24th

YETI ON HORSEBACK is an almighty roaring musical beast that refuses to be silenced and lives to give audiences an alternative perspective on modern metal. Their sound contains howling vocals over doom-laden riffs that slice through the heart of formulaic music and hail bands like Sleep, Electric Wizard, Yob, and Melvins. Hailing from London, Ontario, the…


Under Auburn Skies to Release Diminisher of Hope July 17th

Denver, Colorado-based metalcore group UNDER AUBURN SKIES will release their blazing new EP, Diminisher Of Hope, on July 17th, today unveiling the record’s cover art, track listing, preorders, and a video for its lead single, “The Pale King.” UNDER AUBURN SKIES carves their own sonic territory through a tempest of pummeling riffs and soaring melodies, drawing comparisons to the…


Revocation Announces North American Tour – Tickets on Sale Now

REVOCATION will commemorate their 20th anniversary with a special month-long North American headlining trek this Fall! The 20 Years Of Torment tour runs from September 10th through October 10th and will find the band performing tracks from across their entire catalog. Support will be provided by Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, and Weeping. The journey follows the band’s European…


Left to Die to Release Initium Mortis July 17th to Newly Signed Relapse Records

LEFT TO DIE has signed to Relapse Records and today announce their debut full-length, Initium Mortis, set for release on July 17th! Death alumni Rick Rozz and Terry Butler joined forces with gore metal pioneer Matt Harvey and Gruesome drummer Gus Rios to form LEFT TO DIE. Their new album, Initium Mortis, pays homage to the brutal beginnings of Death. Initium…


Psycroptic LP ‘The Pulse of Annihilation’ Out July 17th Plus Announce Tour Dates

Technical death metal juggernauts PSYCROPTIC present their new single, “No Blade Of Grass.” The track comes off the band’s impending new full-length, and first for Metal Blade Records, The Pulse Of Annihilation, set for release on July 17th. “This one has a good blend of old-school PSYCROPTIC-style riffage and slightly sludge filled, loosey-goosey sections straight outta the classic death…


The Secrecy ‘Everything Is Noise’ Out July 17th via Disorder Recordings

“Sky” is the latest video/single from post-punk quartet THE SECRECY, whose members also play with the likes of Flesher, Chrome Waves, Bringers Of Disease, Isolation Drills, En Dive, and more. The song is the latest preview of Pins & Needles, which drops this Friday on Disorder Recordings. Rather than leaning on nostalgia, THE SECRECY uses the vocabulary of post-punk…


Blackstaff to Release ‘Downer’ July 10th

BLACKSTAFF will unleash its earthshaking new EP, Drowner, on July 10th. Born in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state in 2022, BLACKSTAFF is the passion project of multi-instrumentalist and dark fantasy nerd Dustin Cleary. Inspired by thirty years of reading and writing horror and fantasy books, a decade of practicing Germanic heathenry, and a lifetime of video and tabletop…


Pylar to Release Delyrio July 10th via Cyclic Law

With Delyrio, Spanish practitioners of lucid delirium PYLAR return to further expand its singular body of chrono-irrational sonic artefacts. Conceived as the opening movement of the band’s final album cycle, Delyrio pushes deeper into a fractured realm where metaphysical inquiry, delirium, and sonic extremity converge. Having previously descended into vast territories of cosmic horror and existential collapse, unpredictable metal entity PYLAR now…