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Mouth Culture have become the third band to sign to new UK label Killabop, and it comes at a very exciting time in their journey.

The deal encompasses their debut mixtape ‘These Days’, which was released back in 2021, as well as their upcoming debut album, which they are still working on and should arrive very soon.

They join VENUS GRRRLS and Hongza as part of the Killabop family, a label set up to support and champion young British talent.

The band had this to say about the signing, stating, “We pride ourselves on writing killer bops, so it only makes sense that we’ve found our home at Killabop. From the moment we met Nav and the team, we knew their vision aligned with ours. Working with a label that genuinely cares about its artists and the longevity of what we’re building is incredibly refreshing, and it’s rare to find people who truly believe in something. We can’t wait to see what the future holds. Blessed to be part of it.”

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Mouth Culture released their latest single back in October last year. It was called ‘On and On’ and sounds a lot like this:

The band are set to head out on a headline tour across the UK alongside Overgrown. Here are the dates.

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02 – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
03 – EXETER Cavern
04 – Portsmouth TAKEDOWN FESTIVAL
06 – BRIGHTON Dust
07 – OXFORD Academy 2
08 – NORWICH Voodoo Daddy’s
10 – SHEFFIELD Corporation
11 – NEWCASTLE The Grove
12 – CARLISLE The Brickyard
14 – ABERDEEN Tunnels
15 – EDINBURGH Mash House
16 – LIVERPOOL Arts Club Loft
18 – HULL Polar Bear

The post Mouth Culture Sign To Killabop Ahead Of Debut Album appeared first on Rock Sound.

🔥 Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands? 🔥
And who will dominate next month as Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio?
Last month’s winners, ETHEREAL DARKNESS, crushed the competition with a staggering   339,768 VOTES , claiming the title of Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio! You can check them out HERE !
This is the weekly championship edition of the Band Of The Month – Battle Of The Bands that we host every month on MDR!
How does it work?
Every Monday, we launch a new poll featuring bands that submit music each week on metaldevastationradio.com. Voting runs until Friday at 9PM EST .
Each Friday night , at the start of The Zach Moonshine Show , I’ll be spinning the Top Six weekly winners , and announcing the #1 band of the week live on air — getting thousands of listens on Mixcloud !
At the end of the month , all weekly votes are added up, and the band with the highest total votes becomes our Band of the Month !
Winning Band of the Month gets:
A featured post on our Facebook page, reaching thousands of fans
A front-page spotlight on metaldevastationradio.com , which pulls in hundreds of thousands of views every month
A free PR email blast from Metal Devastation PR, hitting 40,000+ contacts including labels, zines, stations, and more
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If you want the world to know who your band is, this is the easiest way to make it happen!
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Bands can compete as many times as they want , and if you enter multiple weeks in the same month, your votes combine toward the Band of the Month title!
👇 Click on the bands below to vote as many times as you like, or add your own! Poll closes Friday, April 3rd at 9PM EST!




Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands?? 03/31/26 – 04/03/26

Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else

Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else

Do you recall where you were when these big rock and metal events were happening? Continue reading…

The Barbarians Of California have released their latest single, “Vanilla Latte,” along with an accompanying music video. The metallic hardcore outfit — featuring members and alumni of AWOLNATION and Tinfed — once again teamed up with director Justin Warren for the clip, which was filmed during their appearance on this past January’s ShipRock… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Crystal Lake notes that they will not cancel any shows, and will play all of ’em with “special guest vocalists filling.”

The post CRYSTAL LAKE Splits With Vocalist JOHN ROBERT CENTORRINO, Will Not Cancel Any Shows appeared first on Metal Injection.

These days I think of the Sub Pop roster as hip, eclectic, and a little bit soft, but Slift get me back in touch with the label’s hard-hitting origins. Not that the French trio plays grunge, but their heavy psych, with its gnarly guitar riffs and barked-out lyrics, is raw and explosive in a way…

The post Slift Announce New Album <em>Fantasia</em>: Hear “A Storm Of Wings” appeared first on Stereogum.

File this one under ‘if there’s smoke, there’s fire’, but it’s looking like Converge isn’t done releasing new music. Just a little more than a month after the release of their latest album Love Is Not Enough, it seems the Massachusetts-based band is going to announce their next studio effort, Hum Of Hurt — along with its title track — tomorrow.

Though it’s not been officially announced just yet, album details have made their way online through sources like the French premium music streaming service Qobuz. Thanks to that and similar listings, we know that the new album will be released on June 5 via Epitaph Records. We also know it’s once again produced by Converge’s guitarist Kurt Ballou, and we know it features 10 new tracks totaling just about 33 and a half minutes of what’s sure to be unadulterated chaos.

There’s even an unlisted YouTube video for the title track that’s currently unavailable for viewing, but was uploaded a few hours ago. That’s apparently supposed to go live tomorrow, but here’s the rub: tomorrow’s April Fools’ Day, so I’m going out on a limb here to post this as a rumor and potentially get burned by some massive prank.

Either way, the prospect of new Converge music is too exciting not to share with you guys. If it all turns out to be a ruse, good job Converge. You got me. If not, then we’re all winners because fuck yes, new Converge!

Hum Of Hurt tracklist

1. Slip the Noose
2. Doom in Bloom
3. It Only Gets Worse
4. Detonator
5. I Won’t Let You Go
6. It’s Not Up To Us
7. Dream Debris
8. It Used to Matter
9. Hum of Hurt
10. Nothing is Over

The post Rumor: Converge to Release a New Album ‘Hum of Hurt’ This June appeared first on MetalSucks.

Lex Legion is a brand new band comprised of old friends with incredible heavy metal pedigree. Comprising four-fifths of the classic late 1980s King Diamond line-up – drummer Mikkey Dee, guitarists Pete Blakk and Andy La Rocque, and bassist Hal Patino – the group is infused with the jaw-dropping vocals of Nils K. Rue (Pagan’s Mind). And let’s not overlook that their members also boast Motörhead, Scorpions, and Death on their collective resumes. 

Lex Legion‘s eponymous debut album is a single-minded, future-facing throwback of world-class hard rock/metal distinguished by tasteful, less-is-more arrangements, virtuoso musicianship, and relentless melody and harmony. Check out the album opener and first single, “Sleep Eternally,” below.

“Lex Legion is totally written the way we thought in the ’80s,” said Mikkey Dee. “We wrote what we wanted, and if you liked it, that was a great bonus. If you didn’t like it, that was fine with us, too!” 

Lex Legion was formed by Blakk and Dee, and completed by Patino, alongside La Rocque (a King Diamond constant since 1985, who also played on Death‘s seminal Individual Thought Patterns), and finally, Rue.

This is music for hard rock/metal fans, but also with a freshness and sense of excitement that only a debut album can capture. Lex Legion‘s members find themselves more musically accomplished than ever before, but now free of the egos of youth, and with friendship that comes with careers spanning more than forty years. 

Despite their impressive resumes (Dee is also a Grammy winner and both La Rocque and Hal Patino are nominees) and busy individual schedules, Lex Legion is a serious passion project that’s been gestating for a quarter century, until the time was right. 

Lex Legion‘s self-titled debut will be released by MNRK Music Group in June of 2026, with possible touring beginning the following year.

“It has elements of everything on the album,” said La Rocque. “The right tempo and the right kind of vocals, starting out like a fist in your face!” Rue’s soaring pipes and ominous harmonies are framed by Dee’s unmistakable powerhouse drumming, imaginative leads from both guitarists, Patino’s melodic basslines, and shifts of pace and tempo that will satiate fans of more progressive sub-genres.”

The second track and follow-up single “Gypsy Tears” (which arrives in May) seals the deal – eerie, rapturous, otherworldly, propulsive, and evocative, but also, straight-up driving, melodic metal. 

“This is totally unique. No one is writing this kind of music, and there’s a big hole for us to fill,” Blakk concluded. “Welcome to our new journey of friendship and hard rock!”

The post LEX LEGION – Featuring Classic KING DIAMOND MEMBERS & PAGAN’s MIND Frontman – Release Music Video For Debut Single “Sleep Eternally” appeared first on Sonic Perspectives.