Category: Music
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Canadian doom/sludge quartet Destroy My Brains have released WILT, the final chapter in their planned five-album W.I.L.T. series. The title refers to Worthless, InsignifiCan’t, Lifeless and Tormented, with the series exploring self-destruction, trauma and the experiences that have shaped the band’s music. WILT brings the long-running concept to its conclusion. Destroy My Brains formed in…
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Narcotic Wasteland, fronted by guitarist and vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade of Nile, have shared their new single Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse as they begin their August tour. The track tackles the fentanyl epidemic and its wider impact on society. Toler-Wade describes the song as “fast and tricky yet twisted and catchy”, with Kenji Tsunami contributing bass and…
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Canadian metal band Selias will head to the United States in September for the Destroy All Datacenters tour, joining Mantra Of Morta for 10 dates across eight states. The run begins on September 2 at The Rail in Fort Worth, Texas, before travelling through Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin.…
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Northern Irish death/doom metal band The Crawling will release their new EP, What We Leave Behind, on October 2 through Grindscene Records. Formed in Lisburn in 2014, The Crawling have built their sound around death/doom metal while developing a style that has remained distinctly their own. The band’s catalogue includes three full-length albums, among them…
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Finnish noise rock and alternative rock band MELU247 have shared their take on The Prodigy’s Breathe, giving the 1990s track a noisier and more garage-driven treatment. The band formed in 2025, bringing together influences from noise, post-rock and alternative rock with a DIY approach and an early-90s edge. For their version of Breathe, they have…
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Finnish melodic death metal project Magnadur have released Eat the Bat, a new single that takes the project in a slightly more playful direction. The track keeps the heavy guitar work and melodic foundation associated with Magnadur, but puts a greater emphasis on a repetitive chorus and unusual sounds. The result is less concerned with…
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Greek progressive metal band Mother Of Millions have shared their second single, The Innocent, from their upcoming album, T, due out on September 11 through ViciSolum Productions. The song reimagines the Greek myth of Aegeus from the perspective of a lonely figure waiting by the sea for his son to return. Mother Of Millions connect…
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Oulu-based heavy metal band Occult Master are preparing their debut album, Occult Master, drawing heavily on the 1970s and 1980s heavy metal and progressive rock that shaped the band’s sound. The album ranges from straightforward heavy metal attacks to longer, multi-part progressive pieces and quieter, more contemplative passages. There is even a classical guitar track,…
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Finnish metal band Soulgrind have released their new album, Ad Pulchram Mortem, today, August 14, through Inverse Records. The album follows a 15-year hiatus and draws heavily on Finnish folklore and the ancient mythology surrounding Tuonela, the realm of the dead. Translated as “toward beautiful death”, Ad Pulchram Mortem combines crushing doom riffs, raw black…
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German death metal band Heretics have released their new single Cerberus (Terzet for a Hellhound), the second preview of their forthcoming album, Of Poets and Prophets. Based on Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the entrance to the underworld, the song draws on references to ancient Greek texts and centres on the creature’s position between the…