Northern California extreme metal outfit All Shall Perish has put out an official lyric video for “Led to Slaughter,” the band’s second new song in 15 years. Like “Be as Kings, Be as Gods,” which dropped last month, it was produced by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Fallujah) and released through Arson Theory, the music company co-founded by frontman Hernan “Eddie” Hermida.
The video pulls footage from The Price of Existence 20 Year Anniversary tour, which kicked off Sept. 4 in Fresno, Calif., and wraps Oct. 3 in San Jose, Calif. The run marks two decades since All Shall Perish released its second album, The Price of Existence, through Nuclear Blast in 2006. It was the first record to feature Hermida and lead guitarist Chris Storey.
The single arrives after All Shall Perish hit its $75,000 goal on Kickstarter, money meant to cover the band’s first album since 2011. The band plans to make the record on its own, and says it currently has no label or manager.
All Shall Perish says the Kickstarter funds will be divided as follows:
The current touring lineup features Hermida, guitarists Storey and Ben Orum, bassist Adrian Oropeza and drummer Andrew Baird.
The road to this point had some bumps. In October 2013, Mike Tiner, then the band’s bassist, told Metal Injection that All Shall Perish had little choice but to part ways with Hermida after the singer took over for the late Mitch Lucker in Suicide Silence.
By October 2015, the band had announced the return of Hermida and Storey, joined by founding members Matthew Kuykendall, Caysen Russo and Orum. The press release said original vocalist Craig Betit would take part in some capacity. The group added that Tiner turned down a personal invitation to participate.
Exodus are getting their own corner of the digital world. KnuckleBonz has announced an official team-up with the Bay Area thrash pioneers to put the band inside KnuckleBonz360 BackStage Experience, a 3D platform launching in October 2026.
Gary Holt said: “I’ve seen a lot of strange things in 45 years of thrash, but walking around the 360 District next to a giant Goliath and a 3D version of myself is pretty cool. Fans are going to lose their minds when they check out this 3D world.”
KnuckleBonz360 hosts immersive 3D worlds built around the imagery of major bands and artists, with more than 20 of them due in 2026. Inside, fans can meet other fans, play mini-games, shop exclusive collectibles and wander through album art that comes to life.
“Exodus wrote the rulebook for Bay Area thrash, and more than four decades later the band still hits harder than anyone,” says Tony Simerman, CEO and creative director of KnuckleBonz, Inc. He adds, “The first time our team watched Goliath stomp through the 360 District, the whole studio stopped working. Now fans get that same jolt, and they can stand face to face with Gary Holt in 3D.”
The ExodusExperience was built by a crew of artists, engineers and music superfans, so the people making it are fans too. Fans from around the world can gather there to celebrate the band.
Visitors will move through the history of the band that helped spark the Bay Area thrash scene, from the pit-born violence of Bonded by Blood to the crushing weight of the latest album, Goliath. Classic Exodus artwork comes to life throughout, and Goliath himself occasionally strolls the streets of the 360 District, towering over anyone in his way.
Holt also joins the 360 District as a featured artist. He is rendered in 3D, so fans can meet one of thrash metal’s most ferocious guitarists in person, or close enough.
The ExodusExperience will offer digital collectibles, physical collectibles including the KnuckleBonzGary Holt statue, and merchandise that ships worldwide. It is a multiplayer world, so fans can explore it together. It launches in October 2026.
KnuckleBonz, Inc. is a music merchandising and immersive digital experience company aimed at the music superfan. Founded in 2003, it has spent more than two decades making high-end collectibles and content centered on music, art and collector culture. With KnuckleBonz360, the company is pushing that mission toward fresh experiences and merchandise for people who live and breathe music.
The screams of children, far away
Echo in this perfect day
A perfect society becomes considerably harder to admire once somebody explains who has been paying for it. In Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, an entire city’s happiness depends upon the suffering of a single child, an arrangement its citizens learn to accept as the price of their good fortune. There is plenty of room for horror in that cheerful consensus, especially once the people benefiting from it begin explaining why things simply have to be this way.
Bologna’s La Mano Sinistra, whose name means “the left hand” in Italian, take up that ugly bargain on their debut single, Unnecessary Perfection. The track introduces Omelas, a seven-track concept album due November 6, 2026, through Bat-Cave Productions, translating Le Guin’s ethical dilemma into gothic rock with enough melodic momentum to carry its uncomfortable questions straight onto the dancefloor.
A heartbeat rhythm opens the track, its alternating accents pressing against sustained, cold synthesizer tones before a thick, low-slung bassline sends everything forward. Guitar and electronics give the melody a generous sweep while Davide Sacco sings with the decadent authority of a frontman who can make a warning sound almost inviting. The combination brings to mind The Danse Society around their Heaven Is Waiting era, with something of Children on Stun and Brotherhood of Pagans in the vocal delivery and the way the instruments lock together.
The guitar break ascends and descends through the melody, supplying an exhilarating lift while sustaining the chill of the surrounding synths. When Sacco’s voice returns alongside it, a more romantic quality enters his timbre, adding a strange tenderness to the accusation. This is the kind of gothic rock that makes getting dressed to go out feel like the opening scene of an evening full of possibilities. For a song about the moral cost of everybody having a good time, it has a wicked talent for getting the evening started.
The lyrics initially survey a population blessed with sharp minds, untouched lives, and the promise of a cure for all, while concealed currents move beneath that reassuring surface. Sacco’s recurring question, “What’s necessary, what is not,” unsettles the supposed inevitability of the arrangement. By the closing lines, children’s screams carry across the distance into the perfect day itself. Read alongside Le Guin’s story, that distance becomes part of the accusation: comfort depends upon keeping suffering far enough away to be tolerated, even when its beneficiaries know exactly what sustains their happiness.
The band describe the single this way:
“The paradox of perfection. A fast-paced, impactful track reflecting the fictitious tranquility of a society built upon the distant screams of the weakest.”
The accompanying video gives that selective vision an effective visual counterpart. High-contrast black-and-white performance footage is crossed by horizontal bands that repeatedly interrupt faces, instruments, and the lyrics appearing on screen. Close-ups of hands working the strings alternate with Sacco at the microphone, while the bars make even the plainest words momentarily difficult to see. The treatment suggests an uncomfortable connection between an obstructed image and a society accustomed to accepting a partial view.
Watch the video for Unnecessary Perfection below:
La Mano Sinistra brings together Sacco on vocals and lyrics, Gianluca Lo Presti of Nevica on bass and electronics, and Giuseppe Lo Bue of Caron Dimonio on guitar and electronics. Sacco is also a co-founder of the contemporary theatre company ErosAntEros and artistic director of POLIS Teatro Festival, a background that gives the project’s theatrical character a clear foundation.
Omelas grew out of Sacco’s stage production of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, performed by actress Eva Robin’s. Recorded at Loto Studio in Ravenna during the summer of 2025, the album develops its source material across seven chapters, addressing indifference, collective guilt, and the decision to abandon a prosperity built upon injustice for an uncertain life beyond it.
Unnecessary Perfection is available on digital platforms. Omelas follows on November 6, 2026, via Bat-Cave Productions. Listen to the single on Spotify
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Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell died of multi-organ failure brought on by complications after “necessary” surgeries, a coroner’s inquest has revealed. Campbell, who played in Motörhead from 1984 through 2015, died March 13 at age 64.
The Mirror reports that the cause of death came out earlier today (Friday, Oct. 2) at St Pancras Coroner’s Court, which handles inner north London. Inquests are held in the district where a death occurred when it is sudden, unexplained or suspicious.
The hearing was told that Campbell was seven years sober when he died. He had undergone two liver transplants and bowel surgery at London’s Royal Free Hospital earlier this year. The second transplant went well, but further complications followed. After the bowel surgery he was moved to intensive care, where his condition declined quickly.
Coroner Dr. Richard Brittain said, “My view is that there is nothing here to suggest his death could have been prevented.”
In a March 2026 statement on social media, Campbell‘s family said he died after a “long and courageous battle in intensive care following a complex major operation”. They called him a “devoted husband, a wonderful father, and a proud and loving grandfather, known affectionately as ‘Bampi.’”
“He was deeply loved by all who knew him and will be missed immensely,” his family added.
“His legacy, music and the memories he created with so many will live on forever.”
Motörhead honored Campbell in a post on the group’s social media, calling him a “wonderful” guitarist and an “enormous beam of light”.
The statement said, “Phil was a wonderful guitarist, writer, performer, and musician who had MOTÖRHEAD in his veins.
“He always led with his gift of guitar, and carried a great sense of humor, but most of all, Phil led with his heart. You could not be around him without a chuckle or 20, because quite simply, Phil loved life and lived it with great joy.
“There will be plenty of time for us to share stories — tales of Campbell glory — and some good jokes together; for now, please send love and positive energy to Gaynor and the boys while affording them time, space, and privacy.
“Much love and RIP Phil. The world has just lost an enormous beam of light, and we are devastated.”
Campbell spent the final two decades of Motörhead‘s run as the band’s lone guitarist, playing on records such as Orgasmatron, 1916 and Bastards. The group ended abruptly when founder Lemmy died in 2015.
