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FIRST WORLD APPETITE Featured by BraveWords for “Silence Of God” Lyric Video
Dutch Industrial Alt-Metal Project Earns Coverage for Latest Visual Release Featuring DIFFY
August 25, 2026 – Dutch industrial alt-metal project First World Appetite has been featured by BraveWords following the release of the official lyric video for “Silence Of God” featuring DIFFY.
The new lyric video, taken from First World Appetite’s latest full-length album Angel Shades Demise , expands on the record’s themes of isolation, questioning, identity, and the search for meaning in an increasingly uncertain world. The track combines mechanical industrial intensity with raw emotional vulnerability, while the cinematic visual presentation further brings the dark atmosphere of the album to life.
Released June 12, 2026, Angel Shades Demise represents First World Appetite’s most ambitious release to date, blending industrial aggression, nu-metal weight, dark electronic textures, and cinematic atmosphere.
The project, founded in 2017 by Ronald de Groot, draws influence from Ministry, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, and Korn while forging its own dark and introspective identity.
BraveWords highlighted the release as part of its Heavy Metal, News, and Video coverage, giving First World Appetite another notable media spotlight for Angel Shades Demise and the new “Silence Of God” lyric video.
Read the BraveWords feature:
https://bravewords.com/news/first-world-appetite-releases-lyric-video-for-silence-of-god-ft-diffy/
Listen to Angel Shades Demise and discover First World Appetite:
First World Appetite continues to push forward with a sound built around confrontation, atmosphere, aggression, and the psychological weight of modern existence.

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(Andy Synn has a few thoughts about the new Dreamwell, out on Friday, to share today) Change is one of the few, reliable constants in life. All of us change – sometimes drastically, sometimes subtly – whether we want to or not, and the same goes for bands… especially when they undergo any sort of […]

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The Cure, Slowdive & The Slow Readers Club, Wythenshawe Park, Manchester, 21.08.26



Getting to this one felt like a proper military operation. The train trip up from Norwich was a long, muggy slog, and once you get to Manchester, you quickly realize Wythenshawe Park isn’t central at all. It requires another local train connection, tracking down the hotel, and then fighting through gridlocked city traffic in an Uber just to get near the site. But all that travel hassle evaporated the second I stepped onto the grass. Standing in an open park with over 35,000 people who are all there for the exact same reason creates a very special kind of atmosphere. You could feel the collective anticipation humming right across the grass before a single note was played.

Before getting into the music, credit needs to be given where it’s due regarding the housekeeping. In an era where gig prices are getting completely out of hand with dynamic pricing scams and obscene service fees, seeing tickets kept under £80 for an event of this scale is a total breath of fresh air. Even better, t-shirts were capped at £25 on the merch table. Robert Smith and the band clearly made a conscious effort to keep this accessible for real music fans, and that respect for the audience set a brilliant tone for the whole day.

I wasn’t overly familiar with The Slow Readers Club (8) before stepping into the park, but they proved to be a brilliant way to kick off the afternoon. You could see on their faces just how much it meant to them to be playing a massive hometown show of this size. They didn’t shrink under the pressure; they grabbed the opportunity with both hands, delivering a sharp, driving set of dark post-punk that had the early arrivals moving early on.

Then came Slowdive (9). I’d somehow managed to miss seeing them live across all these years, so catching them on an outdoor stage like this was high on my list for the day. They were simply wonderful. Their lush, dreamlike shoegaze swept across the field as the evening sun started to dip and the crowd continued to swell from the traffic jams outside. Layers of shimmering, delay-drenched guitars washed over 35,000 people in a way that felt hypnotic, peaceful, and tailor-made for a summer evening.

By the time The Cure (10) wandered onto the stage, the field was packed solid as far as the eye could see. Robert Smith shuffled out to the edge of the stage, paused, and looked out with a expression that seemed genuinely surprised at the sheer size of the crowd stretching out in front of him. For a band that has been doing this for half a century, that humility and awe was fantastic to witness.

They opened with Alone, the sprawling lead track from their latest record. The long, atmospheric instrumental build-up built up a massive amount of tension across the park. When that music finally gave way to Smith’s opening line “This is the end of every song that we sing” it sent an absolute chill straight down the spine. It was a dark, breathtaking entry point that locked everyone in instantly.

What struck me immediately, as it always does with this band, was Smith’s voice. Decades into a punishing career, he sounds completely identical to the very first time I heard him on record. That voice acts like a total time machine. It immediately drags up decades of personal history, old friends, past gigs, long-lost times, and the raw emotion of growing up with this music as the soundtrack to your life. Sharing that cathartic moment with tens of thousands of other people, all singing along to every word, was something truly special.

The main set was a masterclass in pacing and stamina, balancing massive chart hits with darker album cuts. They glided through heavy classics like Pictures Of You, High, Lovesong, Burn, and a razor-sharp rendition of Fascination Street. The energy in the field spiked with In Between Days and Just Like Heaven, before they pulled out some rarely played gems like Treasure, a huge, unexpected treat for the diehards in the audience who recognized the intro straight away.

As darkness fell over Wythenshawe, the band dug deep into their darker, gothic repertoire. A towering version of A Forest had the entire field moving in unison to that iconic, hypnotic bassline, before closing out the main set with the emotional weight of From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea and Endsong.

Between songs, Smith kept his banter to an absolute minimum, letting the music do all the heavy lifting. He summed up his entire philosophy perfectly at one point, noting to the crowd: “I can speak, but I just don’t have very much to say. It’s on the songs; that’s why we sing them.” It’s a refreshing lack of ego that so many younger frontmen could learn a thing or two from.

Then came an extended encore that would have been worth the ticket price all on its own. They returned to rattle off hit after hit in a glorious, continuous sprint: Lullaby, Wrong Number, The Walk, Mint Car, The Lovecats, Friday I’m In Love, Close To Me, Why Can’t I Be You?, and a triumphant Boys Don’t Cry to wrap the night up. To hear a band deliver nearly thirty songs with that level of energy and pitch-perfect execution is nothing short of incredible.

My own rookie mistake in picking a hotel miles away from the main tram and coach routes meant a long, freezing wait for an expensive Uber at the end of the night. But standing in that field watching a band at the absolute top of their game made every single mile of travel hassle and every pound spent completely worth it. An unforgettable night.

“Blastafari”, the first advance single from Mourning Wood‘s debut studio record Rise & Shine, has premiered online in the form of a lyric video.
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Black metallers Bloedmaan will be releasing their third full-length effort, Circle Of The Moon, on October 30th, 2026 through Immortal Frost Productions.
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“Classic Traffic” is a funny thing to name your band, especially if Steve Winwood is not involved in any way. As far as we can tell, Winwood has zero involvement in the New Jersey DIY power pop trio Classic Traffic, who haven’t been around for long but who have already built up a solid discography. The formed in 2022, and they have three full-length albums and one collaborative covers EP to their name. This fall, they’ll release album number four, which is called Real Music — a funny thing to name your album.

The post Classic Traffic Announce New Album <em>Real Music</em>: Hear “My Rage” appeared first on Stereogum.

Ahead of her debut festival, Daisy Chain Fields, taking place this coming weekend, Olivia Rodrigo has shared a new track called ‘Serena Joy’,

The song, written during the sessions for her recently released album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, it was initially only available as a physical release on CD in one shop, that being Analog Records in Orange County, California. The song itself feels fitting for such a medium, as it pulls from the energetic yet minimal essence that made so many indie and alternative bands of the century tick.

It is colourful, honest and effortlessly catchy, like capturing the last of the sunshine before the rain clouds arrive overhead.

Check out ‘Serena Joy’ below.

Daisy Chain Fields will take place at Great Park in Irvine, California, on August 29. Joining Olivia will be Chappell Roan, Bikini Kill, The Breeders, Die Spitz, Garbage, Mitski and many more.

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Hi everybody, Dave Mustcomplain here. Fair warning before I do this review: I’ve had a real bummer of a week. First off, my shitting wife Doreen capped me off at three Busch Lights a week on account of the fact that my heart threw a bitch fit a month back. Says she’s worried I’m going to finally give up the ghost and leave her all alone. I told her I’d go ahead and eat a fucking shotgun if she continues to boss me around like that, because at least then I’d get some peace and quiet. Sent her crying as she ran into the bedroom, which is fine by me since it kept her from squawking in my ear.

To cap it all off, I have to write another review for you virgin mouthbreathers. Meh, at least it’s a distraction from my dumpster fire of a marriage, so I’ll try to concentrate real hard on this one. Here’s the new album by Deathgrave.

Track 1: “Hell is Evil”

Who’d have thought upchucking your scrotal fluid into a microphone could be so varied? I hear a very low growl, a very high growl, and a middle of the road yell. Not that I like it. In fact, I hate it.

Track 2: “Hard to Swallow”

I’m going to go ahead and put “looking up the lyrics to this song” dead last on my list of priorities. My creep of an editor at MetalSucks told me that this band is heavily influenced by another band called Autopsy, as if that means a fucking thing to me.

Track 3: “I Am Here”

You know what? This track isn’t so bad. Just kidding.

Track 4: “Born from Death”

If money wasn’t so tight right now, I’d treat the MetalSucks staff to a field trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over in Cleveland. I bet those freaks would stop giving a toss about this shit after hearing some Eagles or Aerosmith, and they’d all thank me for the privilege. I’d be a goddamned hero.

Track 5: “Smaller and Smaller”

No interest in the lyrics to this one either. Thank Christ you weenies don’t have my email address, because I know you’d all get off on sending them to me.

Track 6: “It’s Only Midnight”

God, I wish I was listening to “After Midnight” by Eric Clapton right now. Now that’s a musician, with some fantastic views on politics and science as well. I doubt any of the latte-swigging limpdicks reading this site appreciate him, though. Fucking shame.

Track 7: “Yaws 3D”

Someone should tell this drummer to take a breather. Maybe lay off the kick a little bit, or even join another band entirely. This song’s gonna make me shit my pants again.

Track 8: “Your Pain Is Ready”

Yes, I said “again.” I did brown the Wranglers a bit when I had my heart attack. Doc told me it’s common, and anyway, our President does it all the time, and he’s the greatest American to ever live, so suck it.

Track 9: “Won’t See You in Heaven”

That’s for goddamn sure. This band doesn’t strike me as the godly type. I’d personally witness to them, but that’d mean I’d have to put up with this shit in Heaven, too. My apologies, but it’s not gonna happen.

Track 10: 27B/6

Can’t believe I just now looked at the album art. What’s with that multi-mouthed Mogwai? Nevermind, I don’t want to know. I’m just happy to be done with this.

Gonna start a new rating system here. This album gets 5/5 turds. How’s that for positivity? See you shitweasels next week. Dave Mustcomplain out.

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Posted on August 25th 2026, 3:00pm

To promote their forthcoming debut LP I – The Forge, set to land in stores on October 9th, 2026 via Cruz Del Sur Music, Spanish epic doomers Crimson Coven offer in listening the first single “Crimson Coven”.
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