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Formed in the late 1990s, extreme dark metal outfit PHLEFONYAAR is back with a vengeance. Their new opus, Encyclopaedia Sociopathica, drops on September 18th—a relentless journey pushing the boundaries of doom, death, drone, and industrial sludge. PHLEFONYAAR has long been a reliable purveyor of dark, extreme metal: thundering anthems constructed from gnarled, grisly riffs, harnessed […]

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DINAH explore the uneasy relationship between technology and human creativity on AM I AI, an introspective indie-pop track that questions what makes art truly human. Sleek modern production creates a fitting backdrop for its central theme, while the songwriting focuses on emotion, authenticity, and the imperfections that give creative work its meaning. Rather than simply rejecting technological progress, the song raises more interesting questions about imitation, originality, and the human experience behind music. Thoughtful and contemporary, AM I AI combines an engaging electronic edge with a genuinely reflective message, making it a timely addition to the indie-pop landscape.

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Ice Nine Kills is bringing its brand of blood-slicked, hook-heavy horror metal to Universal Studios Hollywood this fall. The band is scoring new music for “Terror Tram Starring Art The Clown,” debuting as part of Halloween Horror Nights, which opens Thursday, Sept. 3, and runs select nights through Sunday, Nov. 1. Tickets are available now through the event’s website.

The long-running “Terror Tram” attraction gets a new host this year in Art the Clown, who arrives on the historic Universal backlot with a blood-soaked sack of presents, realizes he’s early for Christmas, and hijacks the tram to throw his own twisted holiday party instead. Ice Nine Kills built new music for the experience by putting its own dark spin on classic Christmas songs, and guests who think they’ve dodged Art on the backlot may still run into him lurking elsewhere in the park.

This isn’t the band’s first trip into Art’s world. Ice Nine Kills previously contributed “A Work of Art,” its official song for Terrifier 3, complete with a blood-drenched music video that dropped alongside the film’s theatrical release. That track has racked up nearly 60 million streams and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard‘s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, where it spent 18 weeks.

Frontman Spencer Charnas commented on the new partnership: “We are forever honored that Terrifier writer/director Damien Leone and his team invited us to play in their sandbox of bloodshed. Art himself, David Howard Thornton, killed it in the “A Work Of Art” music video, and we’ve had Damien and several of his cast members at our Silver Scream Cons every year so far. Halloween Horror Nights is among our favorite destinations each season, and our fans love it, too. This is yet another natural step forward in our unnatural world of horror.”

The Universal tie-in adds to a growing list of horror franchise collaborations for the band. Ice Nine Kills landed “Twisting the Knife” featuring Mckenna Grace over the closing credits of Scream 7, contributed “Hell or High Slaughter (Grave Diggler Pt. 2)” to Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, and built “Play Dead” for Dead by Daylight‘s tenth anniversary, which came bundled with an in-game Ice Nine Kills collection.

Those franchise placements have landed alongside some real career milestones too. The band’s single “A Grave Mistake,” inspired by The Crow, earned an official gold certification from the RIAA. “Twisting the Knife” gave Ice Nine Kills its first No. 1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and also topped the Hot Hard Rock Songs and Hard Rock Digital Song Sales charts, pulling in 35 million cross-platform streams along the way.

Twenty years removed from their debut album, Ice Nine Kills is putting a new soundtrack under the screams on Universal’s historic backlot, with Art the Clown running the show and Christmas showing up far too early.

Fronted by Charnas, Ice Nine Kills has built an international following by fusing extreme metal with pop-sharp melody, a formula heard across its two breakthrough records, The Silver Scream (home to gold single “A Grave Mistake”) and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood. The band has topped two billion global streams and more than 500 million YouTube views.

Ice Nine Kills has toured alongside Slipknot and was hand-selected by Metallica for the “M72” world tour. Beyond the music, the band’s INKverse extends into cinematic music videos, mock true-crime books, graphic novels, “Nightmare on the 9th” merch drops, and the annual Silver Scream Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts, not far from the band’s North Shore roots. 2025 wrapped with a headlining set at OVO Arena Wembley and the first Silver Scream Con London, and 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut record.

Charnas‘s longtime love of the horror community has been returned in kind, with major franchise collaborations and a growing presence at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. Terrifier 3, billed as the highest-grossing unrated film ever, features “A Work of Art.” Scream 7, which posted the biggest opening weekend in franchise history, carries “Twisting the Knife.” “Hell or High Slaughter (Grave Diggler Pt. 2)” appears in Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. And this past summer, the band entered Dead by Daylight with “Play Dead,” another bloody step forward, with more surprises reportedly still to come.

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One of the nice things about my job is that I get to post new Chat Pile songs all the damn time. The Oklahoma City noise-rockers are riding a serious hot streak. They put out lots of music, and that music is always good. Next month, they’ll drop the new LP Who Loves The Sun, and we’ve already posted the singles “Deep Blue” and “PEN I S MALL.” Today, they share an ominous, low-key mud-wallow called “Same Rules.”

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Fujiya & Miyagi are back to make people dance. The British band’s most recent album was 2022’s Sight Variations, and now they’re announcing its followup. New Shiny Object arrives this fall, and the lead single “Lowest Common Denominator” is a post-punk heater in the vein of the Bush Tetras.

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Another chunk of alien metal.

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The Colorado-based musician, composer, and found sound artist Matthew J. Sage is always getting up to something, and a Bandcamp notification from his account is always welcome. The latest arrived today, heralding Brush Flier, a new EP featuring unused material from last year’s album Tender / Wading. He’s calling these six tracks “daydreams from a different world.”

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Another hollowing experience.

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Crown Magnetar Unleash New Single and Video “Shut Up and Bleed” Ahead of Brutal New Album The Hollowing of Godflesh

Colorado deathcore wrecking crew Crown Magnetar are turning up the violence with their latest single and video, “Shut Up and Bleed,” the newest preview of their upcoming third full-length album, The Hollowing of Godflesh .
Set for release September 25, 2026 via Unique Leader Records , The Hollowing of Godflesh finds Crown Magnetar pushing their already ferocious brand of deathcore even further into the realms of brutal death metal and technical extremity.
Watch the official video for “Shut Up and Bleed” here:

Pre-order The Hollowing of Godflesh and stream the new single here:
http://orcd.co/THEHOLLOWINGOFGODFLESH
The new track delivers exactly what its title promises: a relentless, groove-heavy assault packed with crushing riffs, savage vocals, technical precision, and the kind of rhythmic punishment that Crown Magnetar have built their reputation on.
Vocalist Dan Tucker describes the song in appropriately horrifying terms:


“Corruption made permanent. A corrupt entity is condemned within its own form. Its hollow interior filled and hardened until flesh becomes a living tomb. Unable to move, unable to die, it remains conscious and imprisoned in the exact moment of agony. A being with no escape and no reprieve. Shut up and bleed.”


Crown Magnetar Sharpen the Blade

While Crown Magnetar have never been shy about delivering devastating deathcore, The Hollowing of Godflesh represents an evolution of the band’s sound rather than a simple repeat of what came before.
According to Tucker, the album is the most complete representation of Crown Magnetar to date.


“We pushed every aspect of our songwriting further without losing the intensity and rawness that defines the band.”


The goal was to take the elements listeners already expect from Crown Magnetar and push them beyond their previous limits, bringing in greater atmosphere, bigger moments, more aggression, and an even heavier emphasis on riffing.
A major part of that evolution comes from guitarist Rob Maramonte , whose arrival marks his recorded debut with Crown Magnetar.
Maramonte brings serious technical metal credentials to the equation, having previously spent time as a member of Fallujah and The Zenith Passage , while also performing live with Thy Art Is Murder and All Shall Perish .
His influence is immediately apparent in the increasingly technical edge of Crown Magnetar’s material.


“I’ve spent time in a lot of great bands, but this is the first time I’ve felt a gelling of my vision with that of the band,” says Maramonte. “Crown is based on relentless brutality and raw power, and it’s an honor they’ve allowed me to sharpen that into the most deadly version yet.”


That’s a pretty damn good mission statement for a death metal band.
Brutal Death Metal Roots Run Deep

Crown Magnetar aren’t simply following the modern deathcore blueprint. Their sound reaches further back into the brutal death metal that helped establish the genre’s heavier foundations.
The influence of bands such as Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Putridity, Brodequin, and Defeated Sanity can be heard throughout The Hollowing of Godflesh , alongside the deathcore attack of The Red Shore, I Declare War, and Thy Art Is Murder .
That combination gives Crown Magnetar a particularly nasty balance between technical riffing, crushing grooves, speed, and breakdown-driven brutality.
Tucker has pointed increasingly toward brutal death metal as a major part of his listening habits, and the influence is clearly bleeding into the band’s songwriting.
The result is a record that doesn’t abandon Crown Magnetar’s deathcore identity. Instead, it makes that identity considerably more dangerous.
Previously released tracks “Desecrate Infinite,” “Impaled Genesis,” and “Godkiller” have already offered listeners a glimpse of what’s coming.
“Desecrate Infinite” became the band’s biggest streaming track to date, surpassing even their massive 2025 Punishment EP. Live performances of “Desecrate Infinite” and “Impaled Genesis” also helped the band win over audiences while touring alongside acts including Archspire and Undeath.
Now “Shut Up and Bleed” adds another piece to the puzzle.
The album once again features producer and bassist Michael Sahm , who has been behind the desk for Crown Magnetar’s releases throughout the band’s career.
From their early releases The Prophet of Disgust and The Codex of Flesh through Alone In Death , Everything Bleeds , and Punishment , Crown Magnetar have steadily pushed their sound toward an increasingly maximalist form of deathcore.
That relentless progression has been accompanied by an equally relentless touring schedule.
The Road Gets Even More Brutal

Crown Magnetar will hit the road this fall for “The Sawed Off Suffering Tour,” a massive co-headlining run with To The Grave .
The tour kicks off September 17 in Chicago and runs through October 17 in Denver, with support from Face Yourself and a rotating lineup featuring I Declare War, Ameonna, Tracheotomy, Backbiter, and Squelching .
The Sawed Off Suffering Tour

September 17, 2026 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
September 18 – Detroit, MI @ Catacombs at The Sanctuary
September 19 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
September 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground
September 22 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
September 23 – Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Électriques
September 24 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
September 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows
September 26 – Harrisburg, PA @ Capital City Music Hall
September 27 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
September 28 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
September 30 – Asheville, NC @ Revival
October 1 – Nashville, TN @ The End
October 2 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory)
October 3 – Jacksonville, FL @ The Albatross
October 4 – West Palm Beach, FL @ The Banyan Live
October 6 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
October 7 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live
October 9 – Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room
October 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
October 11 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
October 13 – Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne Theatre
October 14 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
October 16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
October 17 – Denver, CO @ HQ
Tickets are available here:
https://bnds.us/lv9ika
And Crown Magnetar aren’t slowing down after North America.
Crown Magnetar Head to Europe With Archspire

Following the North American run, Crown Magnetar will head across the Atlantic as part of the Archspire “European Vacation Tour,” joining Archspire, The Zenith Passage, and Analepsy for an extensive European and UK run.
The tour begins October 23 in Köln, Germany and continues through November 21 in Helsinki, Finland.
Archspire “European Vacation Tour”

October 23 – Köln, Germany @ Essigfabrik
October 24 – Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje
October 26 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
October 27 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
October 28 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay
October 29 – Dublin, Ireland @ Academy
October 30 – Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2
October 31 – Bristol, UK @ Electric Bristol
November 2 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka Zappa
November 3 – Paris, France @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge
November 5 – Madrid, Spain @ Revi Live
November 6 – Barcelona, Spain @ Salamandra
November 7 – Toulouse, France @ Bascala
November 8 – Aarau, Switzerland @ Kiff
November 9 – Milan, Italy @ Legend Club
November 10 – München, Germany @ Backstage
November 11 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage
November 12 – Prague, Czechia @ Meet Factory
November 13 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theater
November 14 – Jena, Germany @ F-Haus
November 16 – Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan
November 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
November 18 – Oslo, Norway @ John Dee
November 19 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Kollektivet Livet
November 21 – Helsinki, Finland @ Ääniwallä
Ten Years of Relentless Crown Magnetar

Crown Magnetar have been grinding away since 2016, and their growth has been anything but accidental.
The band landed a major opportunity in 2021 when they joined Lorna Shore on tour following the explosion of “To the Hellfire.” Since then, Crown Magnetar have shared stages with heavyweight acts including Dying Fetus, Archspire, Chelsea Grin, Signs of the Swarm, Aborted, Spite, and others.
Now, with The Hollowing of Godflesh , the band appears ready to take another substantial step forward.
Behind the kit on the road will be Matt Kilner , known for his work with Nithing and Iniquitous Deeds, as well as his previous performances with Gorgasm and Vitriol.
The current Crown Magnetar lineup is:
Dan Tucker – Vocals
Rob Maramonte – Guitar
Michael Sahm – Bass
Matt Kilner – Live Drums
With a new album on the way, a new guitarist bringing additional technical firepower, a brutal new single and video, and two major tours lined up, Crown Magnetar are entering another chapter with the same philosophy that has carried them this far:
Make it heavier. Make it faster. Make it hurt.
The Hollowing of Godflesh arrives September 25, 2026 via Unique Leader Records .
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Things happen at rock ‘n’ roll shows. Objects go flying. Ideally, those flying objects don’t injure anyone. Yoyoyoshie, guitarist for the chaotic Japanese punk band Otoboke Beaver, apparently has a history of tossing her instrument into the audience without accidentally injuring anyone, but a recent show at Osaka’s Umeda Club Quattro did not turn out so well.

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