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  • False idols and a Napalm Records deal for VINDICTA

    Distraction, false authority and a spectacle that must keep going: these are the targets of “IDOL(L)S”, the second single from VINDICTA. The modern melodic metal band describe the song as a self-ironic reflection of society, casting themselves as the false masters of a theatrical puppet show. “In this lifeless puppet show, we distract you. With […]

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  • How SEVEN KINGDOMS filmed ‘Sono Sola’

    DIY filming tricks and the dry lake beds of Nevada come together in a new making-of video from SEVEN KINGDOMS. The Florida power metal quartet revisit the shoot for “Sono Sola”, showing the practical ingenuity and location work behind the finished music video. The song introduced the band’s forthcoming sixth album, Sono Sola, as its […]

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  • Being Dead – “Man Or Myth” & Aquarium”

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  • Taylor Swift Turns 20

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  • A final work shared in full: HERZOG’s ‘Mugwort’

    Two voices carry the story of Mugwort. Asgeir Amort’s own vocals are heard in its first part; in the second, his wife Isa Myling carries his words forward after illness left him unable to continue singing. The second and final album from Belgium’s HERZOG is now streaming in its entirety through the Black Metal Promotion […]

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  • “Shall I Stroke Your Fragile Ego?” — Industrial Darkwave Duo IARA NAGA Take Aim at Scene Power Games in Video for “Big Fish”

    Shall I stroke your fragile ego?
    Gotta make myself so small for you 

    A little authority in a small music scene can do remarkable things to a person’s sense of proportion. A few contacts become a private kingdom, attention becomes a favour, and everyone else is expected to shrink until the room belongs to one magnificently inflated ego. London/Brighton duo IARA NAGA have apparently run out of patience with this particular species.

    Comprising producers Shonalika and Danny Sanchez, the pair unveil the video for their debut single Big Fish. Released on October 22, 2026, through Gasolina Recordings, the track takes aim at the abuse of power within niche communities, where supposed solidarity can become a convenient cover for somebody’s considerable appetite for control.

    A jackhammer drumbeat opens proceedings, accompanied by bass-heavy synth waves that buck and warble around the rhythm. Old-school Ministry and Nine Inch Nails offer useful points of reference, while the production brings that industrial attack into contact with contemporary darkwave. An anxious bounce runs through the percussion and electronics, suggesting a stray mid-1990s alternative single passed between an industrial club and an adventurous radio programmer. Everything stays lean enough for each accusation to land.

    The vocal sits somewhere between Shirley Manson’s caustic poise and Justine Frischmann’s conversational bite, delivered with a sneer so dry it could strip the paint from a dressing-room door. Distortion roughens the refrain, giving its wounded accusation an agitated edge as the beat keeps pressing forward. The words fit tightly against that rhythm, turning resentment into something sharply articulated and perversely catchy.

    The lyrics pick apart the small humiliations that keep a scene hierarchy intact: flattering a fragile ego, shrinking yourself to preserve somebody else’s importance, and being expected to feel grateful for scraps of attention. The person causing the hurt claims the injured party’s role, shifting blame onto whoever has absorbed their behaviour. Painful truths are buried to preserve the group’s good time, while walking away becomes the clearest escape from an arrangement designed to make one person lose.

    The video gives that inflated ego suitably extravagant accommodation. Red walls, heavy curtains, an ornate gold mirror, and a lavish bed surround a heavily made-up figure whose attention moves between their own reflection and a phone screen. Fishnet, leather, elaborate cosmetics, and bedside encounters turn the room into a little court of appearances, with social-media posts intruding on the action. Elsewhere, two elaborately dressed characters compare messages and comfort one another.

    A public apology delivers the ugliest punchline: an announcement of accountability swiftly turns into an account of the writer’s own suffering and personal growth. The person supposedly accepting responsibility remains, unmistakably, at the centre of the frame. Against this bedroom drama, IARA NAGA performs before a bare white-brick wall, their movements casting vast silhouettes across it. When the figure from the red room finally curls onto the floor, the song’s portrait of fragile authority finds its starkly literal form.

    Watch the video for Big Fish below:

    Formed in the summer of 2026 following the end of Death Drive, IARA NAGA takes its name from shape-shifting figures in Indian and Brazilian folklore, reflecting the producers’ respective heritages. Moving through synthpop, punk, darkwave, percussive industrial, and EBM, the project probes identity, marginalisation, and corruption. Urban decay, neo-noir, magical realism, and survival shape its world.

    Big Fish was produced by IARA NAGA and mixed by Jack Milwaukee (M!R!M).

    Listen to Big Fish below, and order the single here. Find it on streaming here.

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    IARA NAGA — Big Fish single artwork

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  • AN NCS INTERVIEW: FVNERAL FVKK

    (At the beginning of this week we hosted the exclusive premiere of one of the year’s best albums, Indecent Idols, by the German epic doom band Fvneral Fvkk. And now, on the day before its release by Dying Victims Productions, we present our Comrade Aleks’ interview with two of the band’s members.) The first full-length […]

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  • ‘Honest emotions’ behind IRON SAVIOR’s ‘Climbing Higher’

    Piet Sielck counts “Climbing Higher” among the strongest songs on IRON SAVIOR’s forthcoming album, while acknowledging its accessible approach. The singer and guitarist describes the new track as “probably the most commercial song on the album”, but believes its emotional core gives those catchy melodies staying power. “Even though the song is commercial, it’s full […]

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  • Lifesick to Release “When Brutality Becomes the Language” Full-Length January 22nd, 2027

    – October 22nd, 2026 –

    New Video/Single Now Playing + Pre-Orders Available

    Watch/stream LIFESICK’s “All Eyes On Me” video HERE

    Danish death metal/metallic hardcore champions LIFESICK will unleash their When Brutality Becomes The Language full-length on January 22nd, 2027 via Metal Blade Records.

    With When Brutality Becomes The Language, LIFESICK delivers their most focused and hard-hitting record to date. Blending death metal-inspired riffs with fast hardcore energy and crushing breakdowns, the album pushes the band’s sound further while staying rooted in the chaos of the pit. Following their tenth anniversary in 2024, on this fifth long player the jaundiced Jutlanders have their methodology rigorously locked in. Once again long‑serving sound man, former Hatesphere vocalist, Jacob Bredahl, proved integral to the process. “Jacob understands exactly what we want LIFESICK to sound like and how to push us to get there…,” the band notes. “At this point he almost feels like the sixth member of the band.”

    Photo by Daniel Priess

    The album emerges “ringing with the band’s own sonic quirks… redolent of punk rock jam‑room intimacy and mired in deathly HM‑2 crunch tones, but with a bitter tang that’s entirely LIFESICK.” Lyrically, the record is grounded in the timeless themes of survival, confrontation, and resilience; being shaped by the harsh realities of life and coming out harder to break.

    As is customary, LIFESICK welcomes an array of featured artists from bands they respect and enjoy, each collaborator invigorating the material with new energies. “No Bark, All Bite” features Copenhagen hardcore luminaries and friends of the band Jonathan Albrechtsen (Rot Away) and Victor Kaas (Eyes), “Damaged Goods” showcases Nitisart “Mike” Chaiburi (Whispers), Hallgeir Skretting Enoksen (Purified In Blood) enhances “Scum,” while “Assassination Culture” includes Christoffer Bach Kofoed (Neckbreakker).

    In advance of the record’s release, today the band presents “All Eyes On Me,” with an accompanying video. The band comments, “‘All Eyes On Me’ is built for the pit. It moves from groovy riffs into heavy beatdown sections and ends in a crushing breakdown made to clear the floor. Lyrically, it’s about being impossible to ignore – growing in someone’s head, refusing to disappear and making sure your name sticks.“

    Watch LIFESICK‘s “All Eyes On Me” video HERE

    Watch LIFESICK‘s previously released videos for “Hard To Kill,” “Die With Me,” and “At War With You” HERE.

    When Brutality Becomes The Language was mastered by Brad Boatright (Corrosion Of Conformity, Nails, Obituary, Beastmilk, Yob, Code Orange, etc.) and will be released on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variant:

    Red Black Splatter (EU – Ltd. 500)

    Find pre-orders at: metalblade.com/lifesick

    When Brutality Becomes The Language Track Listing:
    01. When Brutality Becomes The Language
    02. Hard To Kill
    03. All Eyes On Me
    04. No Bark, All Bite (Feat. Rot Away, Eyes)
    05. Damaged Goods (Feat. Whispers)
    06. Scum (Feat. Purified In Blood)
    07. Assassination Culture (Feat. Neckbreakker)
    08. Attitude Adjustment
    09. At War With You
    10. Die With Me

    LIFESICK is:
    Simon Shoshan – vocals
    Nicolai Lindegaard – guitar
    Nikolai Lund – guitar
    Jeppe Riis Frausing – bass
    Lasse Skyttegaard – drums

    ONLINE at:
    https://lifesick.dk
    https://www.facebook.com/lifesick
    https://www.instagram.com/lifesickhc
    https://x.com/lifesickhc

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  • Photo Digest: Dying Fetus, Sanguisugabogg, Crowbar, Left to Suffer, and Deterioration at The Novo (Oct. 10)

    Los Angeles’ The Novo hosted a cavalcade of desecration on October 10, welcoming Dying Fetus, Sanguisugabogg, Crowbar, Left to Suffer, and Deterioration, who released their latest record Observe/Target/Eliminate just last month. Our photographer Harrison Pearl was on the scene to document the destruction. Check out his work below. The tour will continue travelling south, entering Mexico on November 6 before heading to South America for further performances.

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