Spanish death dealers Caustic have never moved quickly in their pursuit to release new music—there’s a six-year gap between their first two albums, a ten-year gap between the second and third and now eleven years to Inner Deflagration, Caustic’s fourth album. Formed in 1992, Caustic are a product of their time, delivering pure, riff-focused death metal with technical precision.
Given the nature of the songs, comparisons to bands like Cannibal Corpse, Cryptopsy and Deicide are inevitable, but there’s a strong undercurrent of groovier ’90s bands like Dying Fetus and Pyrexia. The tight songwriting also means the 10 tracks on Inner Deflagration breeze by, leaving you wanting more.
Inner Deflagration is out on April 10 via Horror Pain Gore Death but the whole album is below for your early listening. Hopefully it won’t be another decade until the next one!
(written by Islander) The Russian band Goatpsalm first caught our attention almost a full decade ago, when we reviewed their third album Downstream a few months before its February 2016 release by the UK’s Aesthetic Death label. Back then I wrote (in part): The music of Goatpsalm is spacious, mystical, shamanic. It conjures images of […]
Metallica is heading into 2026 with a full touring schedule already in motion, and they’ve just added two more shows to the end of it. The band has announced a No Repeat Weekend at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on November 19 and 21, timed to the venue’s 25th anniversary.
The band put it plainly in their announcement: “Just as we’re getting ready to head out on the road for the first shows of ’26, we’ve added two more gigs to the calendar to wrap up the year. Join us at the intimate Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, to celebrate their 25th anniversary… as we like to say, they’re just getting started!”
“You know the drill: two nights, two totally different set lists with no songs repeated, two unique special guests, and one great weekend!” the band continues. “Joining us on November 19 will be our tour buddies Suicidal Tendencies, and on November 21, our new friends Spiritbox.”
The ticketing breakdown: single-day and two-day tickets go on sale Friday, April 10, at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT, with both dates also available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office from Saturday, April 11. Fifth Members — the band’s fan club — get early access via presale beginning Wednesday, April 8 at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT.
Metallica framed the weekend in the terms their fanbase has come to expect from the format: “Two nights, two totally different set lists with no songs repeated, two unique special guests, and one great weekend!”
The No Repeat Weekend concept was introduced during the band’s M72 world tour and has become a reliable draw, essentially a guarantee that fans attending both nights will hear two entirely different shows. At a venue like Mohegan Sun Arena, which holds around 10,000 people, the scale is considerably more contained than what the band typically works with. The arena sits within a sprawling entertainment and gaming complex along the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut, accessible from New York, Boston, Hartford, and Providence.
Metallica noted the company they’ll be joining on the venue’s roster: “We hope to see you there as we join a long list of artists who have performed at the arena, including Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Lady Gaga, Chris Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Joel, Beyoncé, and many more. Twenty-five years and over 3,000 events later, we’re honored to help celebrate this milestone.”
The Connecticut dates cap what is shaping up to be one of the band’s busier years. Before November, Metallica will make history as the first hard rock band to perform at the Sphere in Las Vegas, with a residency called “Life Burns Faster” scheduled for eight initial dates in October. The No Repeat Weekend format carries over there as well, with no songs repeated between each Thursday and Saturday pairing throughout the run.
To promote their forthcoming studio release Satanic Chaos Legions, death metallers Nunslaughter have launched a music video for the newly streaming single “Jesus Fucking Dies”. Read more…
Heavy metal’s reigning kings in Metallica have newly added a pair of fall shows to their 2026 slate. The diamond-certified thrash metal legends have just been booked for November 19th & 21st concerts at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Those dates are part of a promotion celebrating the 25th anniversary of that venue.…
This is the third album from UK doomgaze band Sugar Horse. Following on from 2024’s well-received The Grand Scheme of Things, Not a Sound in Heaven offers up 44 minutes of new music for fans of the band to salivate over. Yep, Sugar Horse are back, and this time they’re even better. Once more we’re treated … Continue reading “Sugar Horse – Not a Sound in Heaven (Review)”
Riffs! I like riffs. I like it when songs have lots of riffs. I like when one riff stops and another one suddenly starts. The Oxnard, California heavy hardcore band Torena has riffs for days. They’ve got so many riffs that their new single burns through a few of them before anyone starts singing. Torena…
