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Aussie metallers Voyager have unveiled “Secret”, their brand new single. You can stream it and watch the official video.
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I commonly see the “blackgaze” and “post-black” genre labels used interchangeably. Though they are, in fact, distinct from one another, I could understand the confusion if Cløudy Skies were a listener’s first exposure. On their sophomore record, Bury Me Beneath the Stars, this French duo seeks to blend hazy shoegaze with seismic post-metal (and sparing elements of black metal). The promise of this type of light and heavy fusion is always enticing enough to get me through the door, but the right mood-setting needs to happen for me to want to stay there. How is this week’s weather forecast looking?

The title of the opening track, “Fluffy Darkness,” is a pretty good summation of how the entire album sounds. The overarching climate is morose but decidedly unthreatening. Nicolas Simon’s guitar tones adopt the twinkling tones one can expect of blackgaze acts such as Falaise or Together to the Stars, often releasing torrents of reverb to shower the listener with suffocating walls of sound. Lionel Forest handles the vocals, alternating between drab, dreary singing and anguished rasps and roars. The combined effect of this gazey post-metal reminds me a lot of Junius, albeit with less defined and more shapeless melodies that I struggle to recall after numerous plays.

As expected from such an atmospheric album, much hinges on mood setting. Unfortunately, Cløudy Skies often create multiple conflicting moods. The problem stems from the heavier sections when the post-metal growls and thunderous drum beats are layered atop the exact same gossamer guitar lines as in the serene shoegaze parts. It probably would have been better if the guitar lines followed the rest of the music into the post-metal realm. The vocals themselves are also pretty problematic on their own. It’s as if the harshes try too hard to be expressive, and the cleans barely try at all. The two styles sound weaker when they’re double-tracked together (“Depth Spell,” “Bury Me Beneath the Stars”). Their shortcomings are even more stark in “Birdsong,” which is a cappella save for a few background synths, making for a thoroughly unpleasant track. Essentially, the vocals wield a multi-pronged attack that doesn’t win on any front.

Ironically, I most enjoy the moments when stray rays of sunlight break through the clouds. This most often occurs during the tranquil, introspective moments, like the beginning of “Bury Me Beneath the Stars” or the midsection of “Depth Spell.” The heftier riffs in the intro of “Lights of the Night” are also promising, though they soon fizzle out. But even during these times, the notes swirl without coalescing into anything substantial. The biggest bright spot is the drumming, courtesy of Conny Pettersson (Anata), whose engaging rhythms and fills do their best to anchor the wispy, dreamlike music. But rarely can a drum performance carry lackluster songwriting on its own. Bloat is also a minor issue, as most of the tracks are in the 7 to 10-minute range, but, in this case, there isn’t much that would be noteworthy even if they were half as long.

Bury Me Beneath the Stars is the type of music that depends on making the listener feel something, but what it makes me feel is a double whammy of boredom and confusion. There are some promising things going on instrumentally that could be developed further, but the vocals tend to chase away the fleeting reveries that Cløudy Skies manage to formulate. This is disappointing because I am incredibly predisposed to like this kind of music. I hope that in the future the two halves of Cløudy Skies can find a way to mix together more harmoniously. For now, it’s time for me to turn it over to ClarkKent for the aerial traffic report.

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Rating: 2.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Argonauta Records
Websites: cloudyskies.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/cloudyskies.fr
Releases Worldwide: October 16th, 2026

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Busted’s James Bourne has shared an incredible update on his health that has kept him away from touring for the last year.

In the post, which can be found in his Spotify bio, he reveals that his brother Chris Bourne, who also filled in for him in Busted for their dates throughout 2025, has donated one of his kidneys to him.

You can read the full emotional message below:

“Wow, what the hell happened? One minute you’re heading out on tour, the next thing you know you’re on the bench and out of the game.

My condition was serious and the doctors told me I had a few years left to live.

I’m happy to share now that my youngest brother, Chris, who stepped in for me on tour last year, has saved my life yet again. This time quite literally by donating me one of his kidneys.

I can’t believe how much better I’m starting to feel already.

I’m still going to need some time, but I wanted you to know that we’re both recovering from surgery just fine. My brother is a hero.”

Health update. ❤️‍🩹 I’m still alive and kicking and it’s all thanks to my brother. You can read about it in my Spotify bio.

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— James Bourne (@JamesBourne) October 26, 2026

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Chris offered his own update, simply putting ‘We did it brother”.

We did it brother ❤️ https://t.co/fcnWjaC5We

— Chris Bourne (@ChrisBourne) October 26, 2026

Rock Sound sends all of its love to both James and Chris as they navigate their recovery.

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Myrkur has been working on a new album and has now released a new digital single. It’s called “Broken Little Doll” and it features special guest Kalandra. You can watch the accompanying visualizer below.
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New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and Murals are pleased to present the music video for “for

Posted on October 27th 2026, 10:45am

Fresh off a summer and fall tour with labelmates Five Finger Death Punch and emerging as the rock-band-to-watch of 2026, acclaimed Detroit, Michigan hard rock collective Eva Under Fire unleash a brand new song and music video entitled ‘Starshine‘ out now via Better Noise Music. Listen to the single – here Booming stadium-ready drums set […]

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Nothing else sounds like Drag Talk. On debut album Drink The Ocean (MNRK Heavy, 30 October), the L.A. band

Lonely The Brave have released their first new music to feature vocalist David Jakes since 2017, and it is every bit as anthemic as you would expect.

The song comes in the wake of the band announcing that Jakes was rejoining the band earlier this year, of which guitarist Mark Trotter had this to say:

“The five of us reconnecting was something totally organic and unexpected. There was no big pre-conceived plan to start playing with Dave again, but it’s been the best thing ever. To all be in a rehearsal room together again, hearing his voice with the songs we wrote, being the band we were when we first started all this… It’s incredibly special and something all five of us are not taking for granted. The only reason we are here, coming back as our original lineup, is based solely on a sense of friendship, fun and freedom.”

And much of that sentiment can be felt within the track, which feels like a return to the sort of rallying, euphoric, earnest sounds that defined the band way back in the beginning. Driving riffs, bellowed melodies and gorgeously affecting atmospheres, it is Lonely The Brave through and through. Less a return and more a cementing of where this band has always had its foundations.

The band had this to say about it:

“We are all absolutely delighted to be releasing ‘So Nearly’. This is the first song we wrote after all of us got back in a room together again with Dave (Jakes), and decided to just see what happens. To us, ‘So Nearly’ just SOUNDS and FEELS like a Lonely The Brave song should, and we couldn’t be happier with it.”

Lonely The Brave will be playing two special shows next month on November 12 at Cambridge’s Mash and on November 17 at London’s Bush Hall, but have now added a short headline run for 2027.

The band had this to say about that announcement:

“Our first headline tour with our full original lineup in ten years….honestly just writing that phrase feels surreal. Ten years. Proud to be here, honoured to be coming to some of our favourite places and cannot wait to see you all there. Your support is everything, thank you.”

Here are the dates:

MAY 2027

07 – SHEFFIELD Yellow Arch
08 – NEWCASTLE Northumbria Students’ Union
10 – EDINBURGH Edinburgh Mash House
11 – NOTTINGHAM Nottingham Rescue Rooms
13 -CARDIFF Globe

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It has been an exciting year for Silveroller. Having just secretly signed their first record deal, the band made the triumphant announcement on stage at this year’s Maid Of Stone Festival, where they were on a definite high, their blues-soaked rock blending the best of Bad Company and The Faces.

“Silveroller to me are the dream band,” Jonnie Hodson, vocals, harp, “Rod-esque barnet and espresso snob,” told MetalTalk. “We play rock ‘n’ roll in what we see as the traditional way, loose hips, hollering vocals, organ crying for mercy, with a rhythm section that knows when to sit in the pocket and knows when to come crashing through the song. With screaming guitar solos with chunky, spacious riffs, this all gently nods to blues, soul, folk, country, gospel, etc. Roots music.”

Jonnie describes the band as a “rag tag mob of misfits.” Sammy Murdock, guitar and harmony vocals, “can and will quote Peep Show, and is a hater of moths. Drummer Joe Major is a “low-key MD, H Bar C shirt hunter, and can kill a man at ten paces with a glance.”

Lucas Tadini, organ, keys and harmony vocals, “can sleep on a washing line, and disappears without a trace after being stood right in front of you. A sassy, sassy man.” Jack Scully, bass? “Funk for days, harder than a coffin nail, probably fishing, also a hater of moths.”

The band are a “no fixed abode band,” Jonnie says. “Myself and Scully are from the People’s Republic of Liverpool, Joe is a Stockton boy originally, now living in Darlo, Dini is living in London but is originally from Brazil. Sammy, we think, is from Middle Earth, but he calls it Chesterfield, bless him.”

The official announcement of signing with Frontiers came in July 2026. “I think to tell the full story we would have to do it in volumes,” Jonnie said. “We released our first single late in 2023. We had been given the run around by a few people, promised a lot and let down a lot more, I think is the most diplomatic way of putting it.

“Once we finally grabbed the steering wheel ourselves, things began to move in the right direction. It turns out that being told you will not amount to much is totally subjective, and some hard graft and dedication can actually render rewards.

“Don’t get us wrong, there have been some steep mountains to climb, and some deep valleys to climb out of. But we are proud of what we are achieving, considering the vast majority is just us putting in hard graft.

“Having the right management has helped enormously. Things started really moving in the right direction last year, and having the right someone behind us, who believes in what we’re trying to do has been incredible.

“We’ve got a few people around us now who have bought into the ‘Silveroller thing’. We’re really grateful to them. Really, we want to make honest rock ‘n’ roll, from the heart, no nonsense, yano?”

This is a band that wants to play live, and Jonnie says they approach this in a traditional way. “We don’t use any backing tracks or anything like that,” he says. “We like to change things up a lot, extend sections of songs, get down and have a jam. We don’t use click tracks or go to a grid in the studio, either. We just play together live, let the song, the music breathe as we feel it should.

We’re really excited to get new music out. We’ve signed our first record deal with Frontiers Records, so we’ve got a great label behind us. We’ve just joined Eat Music Agency, too. It’s exciting times in camp Silveroller.”

The Silveroller lineup has a real mixture of influences. “For me, Paul Rodgers’ career is my first love,” Jonnie says. “Free and Bad Company, especially ‘Light Me Up’. I can never land on which of those groups I prefer.

“I’m a huge fan of the blues and soul guys too. I’m listening to a lot of Freddie King at the moment. Muddy is a big hero too. I really got buried in Dobie Grays album Drift Away recently. I really dig the contemporary guys as well, Rival Sons, Blackberry Smoke, Temperance Movement, Cadillac Three.

“But the influences really do stretch. Joe is really into country stuff, Cowboy music, as well as rock ‘n’roll. Dini brings a lot of South American influences as well as the staples of rock ‘n’ roll, soul, blues, gospel. Sam is really into Porcupine Tree and Zeppelin. I’ve nudged him towards Free and Kossoff’s playing as well, [laughs]. Scully is funk to the bone, loves soul, great blues player. He’s really got ‘the sauce’ as a musician. Him and Joe are both really into Vulfpeck. There’s a big variety of influences.”

The record deal with Frontiers is a proud moment for the band. “We’ve taken our fair share of lumps, and moments of ‘how the hell do we survive this’, and we’ve come out of it to the point of signing a record deal with Frontiers,” Jonnie says. “So, I’m sure, like a lot of bands, we’ve survived a fair amount and come out the other side. Signing the deal felt like a moment of ‘I’m glad we fought our way through the difficult times. Now, let’s celebrate by making the best album we can.’

“I think we did that, too. We didn’t have a lot of time in the studio, but I feel like we made the most of it. We tracked live. There’s not a million takes of stuff, so it feels raw from the desk mixes we got back. It feels very real, very honest, which is exactly what we wanted to do.”

The immediate future for Silveroller is having the album mixed and mastered. “Our good friend Ross from The Commoners is on mixing duty,” Jonnie says, “and we’re having it mastered at Abbey Road.”

Now we have to wait. The album will be out in March 2027, and the dates for the Love, Truth and Peace UK Tour are out now. “It’s a really exciting time,” Jonnie says. “New music is not far away, and we can’t wait.”

Silveroller hit the road for their Love, Truth and Peace UK Tour 2027 in March. Tickets are available from Silveroller.com.

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