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6 Big Things That Happened at the 2026 Download Festival
The 2026 Download Festival gave us a festival first, some crowd chaos, a refresher on who's 'new' and some political messaging. Continue reading… -
“I rode him so hard he threatened to take me apart piece by piece if I didn’t back off”: How an ex-punk band delivered one of the greatest albums of the 70s
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Win a Rush ‘R50’ Deluxe Vinyl Box Set
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Get The Shot Tease Their Impending New Single “Feed Me To The Pigs”
It will be served up later this week.
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Converge Set The Dates For The 2026 ‘Saddest Day’ Festival
You might want to start planning for December in Boston.
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Inherits the Void – The Silent Abscission (Review)
This is the fourth album from French solo black metal act Inherits the Void. From 2021’s Monolith of Light to 2023’s The Impending Fall of the Stars to Scars of Yesteryears, the artist behind Inherits the Void seems to refine and tweak his vision for atmospheric/melodic black metal just that little bit more with every … Continue reading “Inherits the Void – The Silent Abscission (Review)” -
BRUCE DICKINSON Shares Behind-The-Scenes Footage From “Tears Of The Dragon” Film
In September 2025, shortly after performing at The Town festival in São Paulo, Brazil, Bruce Dickinson teamed up with directors Leo Liberti and Antoine De Montremy to create a cinematic companion piece for a newly reworked version of “Tears Of The Dragon”. The updated track appears on More Balls To Picasso, the revamped edition of Bruce Dickinson‘s 1994 solo album Balls To Picasso.
Filmed inside a disused brewery in São Paulo, the production brought together Bruce Dickinson, his House Band Of Hell, and the Almai Orchestra under the direction of Antonio Teoli. The orchestra had already contributed to the studio recording of the new version of “Tears Of The Dragon”, helping reshape the song with a broader orchestral arrangement.
The finished film also features Brazilian ballet dancer Renata Bardazi, whose performance adds another visual layer to the song’s emotional themes. The project has already made an impact on the film festival circuit, collecting several awards and nominations before its public release. Behind-the-scenes footage from the production has also been made available.
Discussing the project, Bruce Dickinson said: “When we reimagined the whole More Balls To Picasso album, we always wanted to do an orchestral version of “Tears Of The Dragon”. Antonio Teoli scored it and we recorded it, then we called up the filmmaker Leo Liberti who previously shot a load of live stuff for me in Brazil that was fabulous. We found this amazing location, an enormous old-school brewery that was almost like a renaissance building, and we made up the orchestra so they looked slightly zombified. All the HOUSE BAND OF HELL band members are in the video and I gave them all instruments to play. The whole thing was brilliant madness. Leo Liberti also came up with the idea of having a ballet dancer interpreting the song, and she was amazing, poetic, and that adds an incredible extra-emotional dimension to the video.”
The video has already collected a number of honors, including several Best Music Video awards across international film festivals.
“Tears Of The Dragon” Video Awards (2026)
- Los Angeles Film Festival IAF — Best Music Video
- Los Angeles Film Awards — Best Music Video
- New York International Film Awards — Best Music Video
- Eastern Europe Film Festival — Best Music Video
- Sweden Luleå International Film Festival — Best Music Video
- World Premiere Films Awards — Best Music Video / Best Editing
- Asian Independent Film Festival — Best Music Video
- Berlin Music Video Awards — Bronze
While Balls To Picasso received a positive response when it was originally released, the album never fully reflected Bruce Dickinson‘s complete vision for the material. Following the success of The Mandrake Project in 2024, he revisited the record, resulting in More Balls To Picasso, a release featuring partial re-recordings, fresh mixes and new mastering work. The updated version presents the songs with a more expansive approach while preserving the spirit of the original album.
More Balls To Picasso also adds two previously unreleased live-in-the-studio recordings, “Gods Of War” and “Shoot All The Clowns”. The album is available as a splatter vinyl double LP and a tri-panel digisleeve CD edition.
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Underoath Announce “Define The Great Line” 20th Anniversary Hometown Event
Featuring a unique mural installation, a gallery of album-era merch and more.
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DS Photo Gallery & Show Review: Hot Stove Jimmy, The Crombies, Run and Punch, Burn Rebuild at Reggie’s Rock Club. Chicago, IL (05.29.2026)
The weather outside Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago was mild, but the Ska inside was hot. Hot Stove Jimmy, The Crombies, Run and Punch, and Burn Rebuild put on an all-Chicago bonanza.
Hot Stove Jimmy celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its album Salute. The Chicago Ska Revival band was formed in 1994. On this evening, the headliners brought sizzling bombast and a cacophony of sounds in the very best way. Three decades plus on, the band, through numerous line-up changes, the band was also able to bring out the fun, with each member displaying their own kind of energy.
Jamming through the songs from Salute, it was obvious the fans in this crowd had long been thirsting for the band’s return.
The Crombies is a beloved Windy City crew that plays regularly around the city, with occasional forays across this continent and others.
Tight as always, the band is a blast to watch, with members spinning, jumping, and getting down onto the rock club’s floor with the mic, inviting fans and the many close friends in the crowd to join in the singing.
Get to one of the band’s next shows stat!
Run and Punch punched through tune after tune. The band’s self-description of “Our songs feel like a house party with your favorite people: loud, loose, and sometimes a little too honest” is spot on. Run and Punch’s joy is infectious, but in this case alone, you don’t want a vaccination against it.
Burn Rebuild blazed through its set list as the kick-off band. They grabbed the crowd from the first note and did not let go. That is not always easy work to do for an opening band. But as with its fellow Chicagoans on the bill, a substantial history assured Burn Rebuild would have no issue builfding the tempo for the evening.
More images of Hot Stove Jimmy; The Crombies; Run and Punch; and Burn Rebuild on Instagram.
Once again. Reggies hosted a terrific evening of ska, two-tone, and punk with some of Chicago’s hometown favorites. Good job guys!
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Holding Absence Preview New Track “Lucid Love”
Their Sumerian Records debut album “Modern Life Is Lonely” is due in August.
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