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  • Deftones Announce Seventh Annual Dia De Los Deftones

    Deftones Announce Seventh Annual Dia De Los Deftones

    Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning Sacramento band Deftones return to Petco Park on Saturday, November 7, 2026 for the seventh edition of their annual festival Dia De Los Deftones. Curated by the band as always, this year’s lineup features: The Neighbourhood, AFI, Bktherula, Converge, Jehnny Beth, Ladrones, Lip Critic, and LustSickPuppy.

    Deftones’ Artist Presale opens Wednesday, June 24 at 10 a.m. PT and runs through Thursday, June 25 at 10 p.m. PT. Live Nation, Padres, and local radio presales follow on Thursday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. PST only. General on sale begins Friday, June 26 at 10 a.m. PST at Ticketmaster.com.

    What started as a one-off has become a Southern California institution. For a single day each fall, Deftones take over Petco Park and build a world around their music: two stages spanning hip-hop, electronic, indie, punk, shoegaze, alternative, and metal, plus art installations, local vendors, exclusive merch, and activations across the grounds. Every previous edition has sold out, and the all-star alumni who’ve graced its stages since the inaugural festival include Turnstile, Clipse, Doechii, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, 2Hollis, Knocked Loose, Gojira, IDLES, Ecca Vandal, Future, Rico Nasty and more. It’s a rare festival shaped entirely by the

    band that hosts it, and their fans travel from across the country and beyond to experience everything it has to offer firsthand.

    This edition of the festival closes out a year in which Deftones will have toured across Europe, UK, South America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Remaining dates below.

    2026 TOUR DATES:

    Aug 16 – Wien, Austria @ Metastadt
    Aug 18 – Berlin, Germany @ Parkbühne Wuhlheide
    Aug 20 – Charleville-Mézières, France @ Cabaret Vert 2026
    Aug 22 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival 2026
    Aug 23 – London, UK @ All Points East x Outbreak 2026
    Aug 25 – Dublin, Ireland @ Irish Museum of Modern Art
    Aug 27 – Edinburgh, UK @ Royal Highland Centre
    Aug 29 – Saint-Cloud, France @ Rock en Seine 2026
    Aug 30 – Lisboa, Portugal @ Meo Kalorama 2026
    Oct 24 – Fort Worth, TX @ Sick New World 2026
    Nov 07 – San Diego, CA @ Petco Park – Dia De Los Deftones

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  • A View From The Back Of The Room: Drowning Pool/Spineshank (Alex Tobias)

    Drowning Pool/Spineshank & Silly Goose, Tramshed, Cardiff 16.06.26

    There are gigs that ease you into the evening, and then there are gigs that kick the doors off their hinges before you’ve even finished your first drink. The June 16 stop of Drowning Pool and Spineshank’s UK run at the legendary TramShed belonged firmly in the latter, delivering a sweaty, bruising celebration of nu-metal’s legacy. With Atlanta chaos merchants Silly Goose opening proceedings, Cardiff was treated to a three-band bill that never once let the energy dip.

    If anyone in the room arrived unfamiliar with Silly Goose (7), they certainly weren’t by the end of their set. The Atlanta outfit stormed the stage with the kind of swagger and reckless enthusiasm that feels increasingly rare. Blending rap-rock attitude, hardcore aggression and a non stop energy boost that lasted the entire time they were on stage. They turned the packed venue into a bouncing mass of limbs within minutes.

    Their performance felt less like an opening set and more like a challenge issued directly to the audience: keep up if you can. Frontman antics, relentless grooves and a wall of low-end punishment immediately established the tone for the evening. As support acts go, this was a masterclass in how to win over a room.

    Spineshank (8) have always occupied a unique place in my music collection and brain ever since I heard the bands first album, sitting somewhere between industrial precision and nu-metal groove. On stage in Cardiff, they sounded anything but nostalgic.

    From the opening moments, the Californian veterans were razor sharp. We start with four songs from The Height Of Callousness album, Asthmatic, Synthetic, (Can’t Be) Fixed and Cyanide 2600 which everyone in the building sings at the top of their lungs before the band switch to material from their other albums to mix it up. 

    Vocalist Johnny Santos states that he and the band are so humble to have had been given the amazing welcome the band have from Wales all day before praising new friends Silly Goose and oldest brothers in the game, Drowning Pool. The mechanical riffs hit with machine-like accuracy while the electronic textures that helped define their sound add a layer of menace many modern bands still struggle to replicate. More importantly, the songs have aged remarkably well.

    The crowd response suggested many had waited a long time to see these tracks performed live again. Circle pits erupted throughout the set, while every recognisable chorus was met with a roar from all here tonight. The band round off the set with Dead To Me from the bands 2003 album Self-Destructive Pattern which sent everyone into even more of a frenzy of pits and joy. Rather than feeling like a reunion cash-in, Spineshank looked and sounded like a band with unfinished business.

    Drowning Pool (8) took the stage and this Tramshed crowd was primed for absolute carnage.

    The Texas metal veterans have spent years proving that they’re far more than a one-song band, but let’s be honest: everyone knew what was coming eventually. The band get going with classic after classic in the shape of Sinner, from the bands first album then switching up through the bands very impressive back catalogue with Feel Like I Do and no stops straight into the classic Step Up from 2004s album Desensitized. This is a set packed with groove, aggression and crowd participation.

    Jasen Moreno remains a formidable frontman, effortlessly commanding the room while balancing the band’s heavier moments with an infectious sense of fun. The rhythm section hit like a wrecking ball, while CJ Pierce’s riffs still possess the simple, devastating effectiveness that made Drowning Pool such a force in the first place.

    We then come to the awesome cover of Rebel Yell which sends everyone here crazy with surfs and pitting with singing almost louder than the noise coming from the stage. When Bodies finally arrived, the reaction bordered on predictable chaos. Hundreds of voices united, the floor became a sea of movement and for a few glorious minutes Cardiff collectively lost its mind. It was exactly the moment everyone wanted and the band delivered it flawlessly.

    This wasn’t a nostalgia trip. It was a reminder that heavy music built on riffs, hooks and genuine crowd connection still works exactly as intended.

    Silly Goose brought the unpredictability. Spineshank delivered precision and intensity. Drowning Pool provided the anthems and the payoff.

    Three bands, three very different approaches to heavy music, and one of the most relentlessly entertaining metal shows Cardiff has hosted this year so far.

  • Genesis: The early years – a surprisingly difficult quiz

    Before they became the sleek, stadium-conquering pop juggernaut of the eighties, Genesis were a delightfully strange beast. Long before I Can’t Dance proved that at least two members of the band couldn’t, indeed, dance, the prog pioneers were weaving dense, theatrical tapestries of pastoral English mythology, biblical allegory, and surrealist high art.

    This was an era best represented by the classic five-piece lineup: keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford, guitarist Steve Hackett, drummer Phil Collins and frontman Peter Gabriel, a man who transformed rock music into avant-garde theatre. Gabriel variously sported a reverse mohican, a fox’s head, a batwing gown, and the bulbous costume of the Slipperman, which looked more like a terrifying, highly-contagious skin condition than anything picked off the racks at the popular Kensington branch of Biba.

    Genesis moved swiftly from the boarding school cloisters of Charterhouse to the sprawling, conceptual madness of their early albums, each a masterclass in creative eccentricity and musical virtuosity. They didn’t merely write songs; they constructed entire sonic universes across albums like Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound. It was a time of uncompromising artistic risk, except that it never felt like risk at all. It was a time when whimsical folk melodies could instantly give way to apocalyptic, multi-part epics, and nobody would think it was weird. Why? Because it was their time.

    So, how well do you know the band’s progressive golden age? Do you know your Supper’s Ready from your Musical Box? It’s time to channel your inner cosmic lawnmower and test your knowledge. And please let us know how you got on in the comments – but no googling. We’ll know.

  • PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE Premiere New Single “Mutilated Animals”

    San Antonio, TX-based deathcore five-piece PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE premiere a new single titled "Mutilated Animals", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Joseph Tovar of Get Me the Knife guests on this particular track. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Scrotal Necrosis Premiere New Single & Music Video “PUTRID PUSSY DISORDER”

    Beeville, Texas-based brutal slamming death duo Scrotal Necrosis premiere a new single and music video titled "PUTRID PUSSY DISORDER", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Rotten Resurrection Premiere New Single & Music Video “Swamp Dawg”

    Lake County, FL-based death metal band Rotten Resurrection premiere a new single and music video titled "Swamp Dawg", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Halestorm, Testament, Ex-Pearl Jam, Etc. Members Unite On King Ultramega’S Cover Of Soundgarden’S “Loud Love”

    King Ultramega, a tribute project dedicated to the late Soundgarden, Audioslave, etc. frontman Chris Cornell, have released their latest cover. The project is led by Mark Menghi of Metal Allegiance and has previously featured contributions from members of Mastodon, Big Wreck, Anthrax, and even Soundgarden, among others. The newest re… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • GORGE: Italian Death Metallers to Release Deeds of Horror Debut LP via Time To Kill Records

    Italian death metal act GORGE announce the release of their debut full-length album Deeds of Horror, set to arrive on August 27, 2026 via Time To Kill Records. The band also unveils the first single taken from the record, “Visions Before Dying”, now available on all digital platforms.

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/xgAgZJPxMFU

    Streaming: https://ffm.to/gorge-visions-before-dying

    “Visions Before Dying” is a relentless death metal assault, driven by blistering speed and suffocating intensity reminiscent of the classic brutality associated with bands like Suffocation and Dying Fetus. The song moves between ferocious blastdriven passages and crushing, cavernous grooves, creating a violent dynamic that feels both chaotic and oppressive.

    Lyrically, the track explores the mysterious threshold between life and death. Inspired by psychological and metaphysical films such as Altered States and Jacob’s Ladder, the song dives into the unsettling visions and dreamlike experiences that might occur in the final moments before the body gives out. 

    “Visions Before Dying” imagines the mind drifting through fragments of memories, distorted realities, and unknown dimensions, where dreams, hallucinations, and subconscious fears merge into a final sequence of surreal revelations, a descent into the last visions the brain may conjure as consciousness slowly fades into darkness.

    Track-list:

    1. Sacred Misconception
    2. Visions Before Dying
    3. Mortal Decimation (Deeds Of Horror)
    4. Interlude
    5. Unhinged Punishment (ft. Angel Ochoa)
    6. Without Inheritance
    7. Fear Of Losing Another Vital Limb
    8. Repetition Of The Kill

    Preorders:

    https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/gorge

    https://gorgepv.bandcamp.com/album/deeds-of-horror

    Formed in 2025 by Edoardo Nicoloso (Fulci, Jorelia, TV-Crimes) and Roberto Sava (Jorelia), GORGE were created with the intent of exploring death metal in its most direct and uncompromising form, drawing inspiration from the raw energy of the genre’s foundational years while developing a personal and dynamic approach.

    The band’s approach is rooted in a direct, riff-driven philosophy that draws heavily from the foundational era of Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Gorguts and Malevolent Creation, updated with just the right amount of modern weight without compromising its original identity. 

    GORGE blends death metal with a gritty hardcore sensibility, resulting in a groovy yet ferocious sound that avoids overused slam dynamics in favour of tighter songwriting and internal rhythmic variation. At the centre of everything lies the riff, treated as the primary narrative force across all compositions, supported by a constant attention to structural tension and release.

    Line-up:

    Edoardo Nicoloso – Guitar, Vocals, Drum Programming
    Roberto Sava – Guitar, Vocals

    GORGE:

    https://www.instagram.com/gorgebrutality

    Time To Kill Records:

    https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/timetokillrecords/

    https://www.facebook.com/timetokillrecords/

    https://www.youtube.com/c/TIMETOKILLRECORDS

    https://timetokillrecords.com/

  • Dogma Premiere New Single & Music Video “My Matricidal”

    Dogma have released their new track “My Matricidal,” accompanied by an official music video. The group has remained a polarizing presence in recent months following allegations that the band was effectively being controlled by its management. The controversy ultimately led to Dogma being removed from an Australian tour, with the dates instead g… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Chelsea Wolfe Premirere Two New Tracks “The Dark” & “Death Is Not The End”

    Chelsea Wolfe has released two new singles, “The Dark” and “Death Is Not The End.” The experimental folk doom artist previewed the new material through a collaboration with Heretic Parfum. According to a press release, the songs mark the beginning of a new creative chapter for Wolfe, with additional new music expected to arrive later this su… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com