The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett
Breaking Benjamin are back, and they’re launching into a fresh era with a delightfully brooding new single.
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Titled ‘Something Wicked’, the hard rock giants’ latest track is a masterclass in atmospheric tension. Dialling into the band’s signature blend of raw introspection and crushing intensity, it moves from a gorgeously haunting opening to a powerful crescendo, serving as an explosive introduction to Breaking Benjamin’s forthcoming full-length.
Speaking on the track, frontman Benjamin Burnley has shared:
“‘Something Wicked’ is a quick look into our influences both musically and thematically. We challenged ourselves especially hard on this record and on this song. We pushed every boundary we’ve previously had as far as it will go, then pushed a little more. ‘Something Wicked’ was the result.”
This summer, Breaking Benjamin will return to the UK and Europe for their first overseas shows since 2017, with support from Chevelle and Return To Dust.
Check out the dates below.
JULY
10: BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute – SOLD OUT 11: GLASGOW O2 Academy – SOLD OUT 13: BELFAST The Telegraph Building 14: DUBLIN National Stadium – SOLD OUT 16: MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse – SOLD OUT 17: LONDON O2 Academy Brixton – SOLD OUT
The institution that is Modest Mouse has released another song from its forthcoming new album in the form of the quiet gut-punch Third Side of the Moon. The track has been a highlight of the band’s live show since it was first introduced two years ago. Frontman Isaac Brock’s vivid lyrical style is the anchor, […]
Maniac Maison is the boundary-pushing Brussels-based trio of Casimir Liberski, Lucien Fraipont and Shoko Igarashi. Blending avant-pop, synth experimentation,
It’s been a few years since we have heard from Danish veterans Artillery, and there have been a few changes since tenth album ‘X’ released in 2021. Long time vocalist Michael Bastholm Dahl has moved on to pastures new as has guitarist Kræn Meier, and of course there was the sad passing of drummer Josua Madsen (RIP), so major upheaval for many reasons. So, joining sole surviving founder member Michael Stützer (guitars and primary songwriter), and long time bassist Peter Thorslund, who has been around since 1989, are Frederik Kjelstrup Hansen (drums), René Loua (Guitars) and vocalist Martin Steene.
To introduce this new line-up the band has issued this four track EP; ‘Made in Hell’, with two brand new tracks, a re-recording and a classic live track. The title-track starts with some archetypical eastern melodies that the band has made their own, before segueing seamlessly into some trademark heavy Danish riffing. One of my minor quibbles with 21st century Artillery has been the shift away from thrash to a slightly more power metal approach, especially in the vocals, as both previous incumbents Michael Bastholm Dahl and Søren Adamsen were both very melodic and clean vocalists, so I was very keen to hear what Steene’s approach would be.
I’m glad to say that the grit is back, don’t get me wrong, he’s still very much a singer, and can carry a melody with ease, he has a great range, but his standard singing voice is in a lower register, bringing him more in line with Flemming Rönsdorf who sang on the first four albums, although he does lack a bit of the manic, banshee like qualities of Flemming, he also utilises a lower growl to great effect, as on the title track, musically the riffing is extremely tight, with razor sharp guitar work, with the production highlighting the powerful performance. Second track ‘The Ghost in the Machine’ is more driving with more of a mid-tempo stomp, with the middle section again making good use of those eastern style melodies. Both of these new tracks are growers, neither of them on first listen really rattled my cage, but after a few more spins they really imprinted themselves into my brain and are worthy additions to the Artillery discography.
Rounding out this mini-album are new versions of a couple of classic tracks from the debut album “Fear of Tomorrow”; a newly re-recorded studio version of ‘Into the Universe’, which is decent, but isn’t a patch on the original, and for some reason the band has decided to double track the vocals in places, which really doesn’t work for this listener, much better is the live version of ‘The Almighty’ which is raw and faithful and shows that the band are still a potent live act. It’s great to have these Danish legends back, and “Made in Hell” is a tasty appetiser, I’m now really looking forward to album number eleven.
UK Heavy Metal occult rockers Green Lung have announced their long-awaited fourth album, Necropolitan, set for release on 11 September 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. Described as a love letter to gothic London in riffs, Necropolitan explores themes of nature, the occult and the enduring spirit of traditional British Heavy Metal.
Produced, recorded and mixed by Tom Dalgety (Opeth, Ghost), the album was tracked at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales, following in the footsteps of Black Sabbath, Queen and Judas Priest.
The band aimed to capture their towering live sound with a rawer and heavier approach, stripping back layered arrangements and recording much of the album live in the studio. The result blends the soaring hooks of 2023’s This Heathen Land with a darker, heavier atmosphere inspired by the roots of classic British Metal.
Lead single Evil in this House arrives alongside a new music video inspired by 1970s haunted house cinema. The track combines crushing Sabbathian riffs with eerie synth passages, with the band describing it as “what would it sound like if a stoner Metal band carried out a paranormal investigation?”
Green Lung – Necropolitan tracklisting
1. Open the Hellmouth 2. Dance to the Grave 3. Black Magick Radio 4. Necropolitan Line 5. Evil in this House 6. Together in Death 7. Ozymandias 8. Alostrael (Be My Babalon) 9. To the Gallows Born
Green Lung – Marble Factory, Bristol – 18 February 2025. Photo: Paul Hutchings/MetalTalk
Green Lung will also headline Desertfest London this weekend and appear with Acid Bath and Conan at Manchester Academy on 25 June 2026.
Since emerging from London’s Heavy rock underground with their 2018 debut EP Free the Witch, Green Lung have become one of the UK’s leading modern Heavy Metal bands. Their albums Woodland Rites, Black Harvest and This Heathen Land have earned critical acclaim, with This Heathen Land reaching number one on the UK Official Rock and Metal Album Chart.
The institution that is Modest Mouse has released another song from its forthcoming new album in the form of the quiet gut-punch Third Side of the Moon. The track has been a highlight of the band’s live show since it was first introduced two years ago. Frontman Isaac Brock’s vivid lyrical style is the anchor, […]
