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The young Irish pop-rock band Florence Road have been getting some big opportunities, including a gig supporting Olivia Rodrigo. That connection is emphasized on new single “Rabbits Can Swim,” which reminds me of Rodrigo in ballad mode. The Phoebe Bridgers influence they’ve been projecting is in there too. The piano-led track features some references to…

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Neurosis reunited. You read that correctly. There’s a whole new album waiting for you.

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Well, I certainly didn’t have this on my 2026 bingo card, but Neurosis is fucking back. They’re still done with Scott Kelly for all the shit he did, so they got ISIS’ Aaron Turner to fill in and handle guitar and vocals. Oh and they’re playing Fire In The Mountains this summer. And they released a new album titled An Undying Love for a Burning World and it’s out right fucking now.

Announced just moments ago, Neurosis’ return has been hinted for a while by Fire In The Mountains organizers, who claimed a special guest was still going to be unveiled at an undisclosed date. And then it turns out that it’s Neurosis comin’ back and I know I’m all discombobulated about it. This shit was completely unexpected.

Speaking of the reunion, Steve Von Till said this was the best way the band could have announced their reunion.

“I cannot think of a more appropriate environment for us to return to the stage. Last year’s Fire in the Mountains festival was the most profound music event I have ever been a part of. The weekend took on a healing, cathartic ceremonial nature that is difficult to put into words. Using emotionally heavy music to build community and collectively stare darkness in the eye is something we have always believed in, but using it to directly address the heartbreaking reality of suicide, grief, loss and trauma is taking it to another level.”

Set to take place from July 23 to 26 in Blackfeet Nation in Montana, Fire In The Mountains is billed as an “immersive, open-air music and cultural event that merges heavy music with natural landscapes and Indigenous cultural experiences.” By working extensively to ensure the event adheres to the Blackfoot Nation’s values, Fire In The Mountains becomes one of the more unique metal festival experiences out there. As such, it should be noted that since the festival is taking place on Blackfeet Nation land, the festival is a completely dry event. That means no booze, drugs, or any other intoxicants, since organizers want the festival to focus on tackling the scourge of suicide, which plagues the indigenous population here in the U.S.

For Fire In The Mountains music curator Shane McCarthy, the fact that the cat’s out of the bag and Neurosis is back is a relief.

“It is a surreal and very exciting feeling to have this lineup complete, and to finally be able to utter the name ‘Neurosis’ out loud. Constructing this year’s lineup has been full of thrills, and ‘dreams do come true’ as so many different corners of music that sits comfortably in the realm of what Fire In The Mountains is has coalesced into something that feels special, and hard to even believe at times.”

As it stands, the lineup for Fire In The Mountains is as follows:

• Neurosis
• 16 Horsepower
• Enslaved
• Between Two Worlds
• Baroness
• Amigo the Devil
• Borknagar (U.S. exclusive)
• Agalloch
• Yob (presented by Firekeeper Alliance)
• The Ruins of Beverast (U.S. exclusive)
• SubRosa
• Full of Hell (presented by Firekeeper Alliance)
• Gallowbraid (U.S. exclusive)
• Sigh
• Wayfarer
• Old Man Gloom
• Raven Chacon & Iggor Cavalera
• Midwife
• Dreadnought
• Phobophilic
• Tarantella
• Yaotl Mictlan
• Savage Oath
• Galvanist
• Nocturne
• El Welk

Check out the various packages on offer over on the festival website. Festival tickets, VIP, all camping types, BBQ, and parking packages are all currently available and some may be more suited for you and your group than others.

So if the idea of camping out and listening to crushing metal music in the majestic American wilderness without any intoxicants intruigues you, then head over to get your tickets right now and book your trip.

As for Neurosis’ new album, you can catch An Undying Love for a Burning World anywhere you get your music today.

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Devon Allman has announced the “20 Years Strong Tour,” a new run of dates celebrating two decades since the release of his debut album and first national tour. The tour is set to begin August 13 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The shows will serve as a retrospective of Allman’s career, featuring material from across his catalog. That includes selections from his latest release Blues Summit, as well as music from The Allman Betts Band, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Honeytribe, Devon Allman & Donavon Frankenreiter’s Rollers, and songs associated with the Allman Brothers Band.

Allman first gained recognition with Honeytribe before co-founding Royal Southern Brotherhood. He has since built a solo career that blends blues, rock, soul, and improvisation, supported by extensive touring and a steady run of releases. His recent album Blues Summit features collaborations with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Robert Randolph, Jimmy Hall, Larry McCray, Sierra Green, and others.

In addition to the newly announced dates, Allman will be on the road this spring as part of his Blues Summit Tour.

20 Years Strong Tour Dates

Aug. 13 – Portsmouth, NH – Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues
Aug. 14 – Homer, NY – Homer Center for the Arts
Aug. 15 – Lake Placid, NY – Songs at Mirror Lake
Aug. 20 – Bayfield, WI – Big Top Chautauqua
Aug. 21 – Minocqua, WI – Private Event
Aug. 22 – Wausau, WI – Big Bull Falls Blues Fest
Aug. 23 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota
Aug. 28 – Milwaukee, WI – Sharon Lynne Wilson Center
Aug. 29 – Bean Blossom, IN – Southern Indiana Blues Fest

Blues Summit Tour Dates

Apr. 23 – Viroqua, WI – Historic Temple Theatre
Apr. 24 – Des Plaines, IL – Des Plaines Theatre
Apr. 25 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre
Apr. 26 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Apr. 28 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
Apr. 29 – Hobart, IN – Art Theater
Apr. 30 – Madison, TN – Harken Hall
May 1 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
May 3 – Huntsville, AL – VBC Mars Music Hall
May 5 – Ponte Vedra, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
May 6 – Clearwater, FL – Capitol Theatre
May 7 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Parker
May 8 – Bonita Springs, FL – Arts Bonita
May 9 – Ormond Beach, FL – Ormond Beach PAC
May 10 – Stuart, FL – Lyric Theatre
Jun. 10 – Paw Paw, MI – Warner Vineyards
Jun. 11 – Cincinnati, OH – Ludlow Garage
Jun. 12 – Kent, OH – Kent Stage
Jun. 13 – Warrendale, PA – Jergel’s
Jun. 16 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse
Jun. 17 – Newton, NJ – Newton Theatre
Jun. 18 – Salisbury, MD – Blue Ocean Music Hall
Jun. 19 – Lansdowne, PA – Lansdowne Theater
Jun. 20 – Riverhead, NY – Suffolk Theater

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By Dave Campbell

In the most concise term, progressive music is music that moves past conventional song timing, structure, and even prose, and the bottom line is that it evolves. Masked Portuguese Black Metal band GAEREA pushes even these conventionally loose boundaries with a bulldozer until they swell and nearly break. Assuming anonymous/fake identities and using a ritualistic sigil to symbolize their craft, they want the listener to be free from names and images associated with artists and just listen to their music. Their masked markings seem to reflect the coldness and despair of their music, and even the impersonal nature of society. Masks and anonymity have been a part of rock and metal music dating all the way back to KISS in the 1970’s to GWAR in the 1980’s. Some fans find the use of anonymity and masks to be pretentious, while others welcome it as part of the entire package that a band presents, so to speak. I fall into the latter category.

As a pre-teen who first fell in love with KISS, it wasn’t just the music that I loved…it was their larger-than-life, alter egos that they created. As a 50-something adult now, I still find pleasure and mystique in masked bands, and while I am wise enough to know the difference, part of that pre-teen love is still alive in my bones. Cue modern bands like SLEEP TOKEN and GHOST. When you remove the masks, the imagery, is the music good enough to carry the band without them? Formed in the city of Porto, GAEREA has evolved from early traditional Black Metal incantations to Post and Progressive Black Metal as of late. Their newest album, titled Loss is their fifth full-length. They have this to say about the new album: “With Loss, GAEREA have fused the aesthetics of extreme metal, the openness of post-rock and an exposed, emotional nerve to achieve a new musical paradigm. This is GAEREA. Endless space, in infinite time. A bleak crisis, a beautiful passage into the vast void.”

Four songs were released ahead of the album release date. “Submerged” is first out of the gate, and you aren’t prepared for the monumental onslaught of aggression that is followed by ambiance and atmosphere. It has an end-of-the-world haste to it, as if you are clinging to that last mountain peak that has survived the massive reign of fire from the skies. Melody and emotions are also pushed here in addition to the controlled chaos, and there are even some clean vocals. This was, in fact, the perfect lead single for the album. “Hellbound” is next, and the entering tension is so thick, you can’t see what the morning shadows are hiding. What rides out of the fog is a massive beast with teeth as sharp as swords and claws that are like spears, and it races across the fire-burned landscape, adding more flames to the acrid smoked air. “I burn like fire,” he roars. Even as thick as the first two songs are, they still allow for some melodies to cross over.

“Phoenix” is a legendary immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. In modern culture, it most often refers to one of the best qualities of humans…resolve. No matter how many times you are pushed down and slammed to the floor, you get back up again. That will is what encapsulates this song, and every time you get back up, you feel a rush of adrenaline. The bass work is excellent here as well. “Nomad” recounts the feelings of someone who roams the lands by himself, never content to put down roots. In the case of this song in the context of the album, it appears to more closely describe someone who can turn off those feelings of loss or be able to push them down far enough so that they aren’t bothered by them so much. Is their poetry in this kind of solitary existence? Indeed, as the saying goes, “ignorance is bliss.” There is a balance in this song between the fiery aggression of hatred and the context to just leave a wanderer alone.

“Luminary” lunges forward with a devastating sound that threatens to crush your soul. Some of the anger releases in the chorus during the few bars of vocal harmonies, but it’s a charged song that will leave you feeling electrified. The title means “a natural light-giving body,” and this song will light a path for you through the dark. “Cyclone” begins with clean vocals and guitars. He’s awful calm when he says “cyclone, tearing through my soul,” and then comes the big punch of sound. It’s towering…literally rising above the cityscape. The harsh vocals are emotionally volatile and they carry a massive burden with them. “LBRNTH” is a shorter song, consisting mostly of a sinister atmosphere. The tones are almost playful. “Stardust” is the final song, and it’s also the longest. Warm, clean, and solemn tones lead the song. “Are you still with me, when the world goes dark, and when I fall apart?” This sequence is heightened with the addition of harsh vocals and aggressive guitars, and there is so much emotion packed into this song.

Loss is definitely an evolutionary album within the band’s inventory, and they are more focused than ever. Akin to the themes of the album, the concept of loss can hit people very differently. For some, they react with denial, even anger, and they push it down and go about their day until they just don’t feel it anymore. For others, they are outright sad, detached, and depressed, and you can visibly see it on their face. The one thing that is a constant for nearly everyone with loss however, is the hole left from the person being gone. One of my close friends who lost his wife to cancer said this ten years after she passed: “After years of her being gone, the grief has subsided. But, it’s like a hole in your backyard that you try to keep filling with soil. Each time I muster a shovel full of dirt, I toss it into the hole, but it never fills up. It just gets a little less empty.” This is the void that GAEREA talks about with the music of Loss.

Release Date: March 20, 2026

1. Luminary
2. Submerged
3. Hellbound
4. Uncontrolled
5. Phoenix
6. Cyclone
7. LBRNTH
8. Nomad
9. Stardust

https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/loss-24-bit-hd-audio

Alpha – Guitars, Vocals
Rho – Bass
XI – Drums
Delta – Guitars

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Berlin-based Queens native duendita released her latest project last year with the sprawling a strong desire to survive. Now, she’s announcing her new album, relatably titled existential thottie. The hushed, sparkly tune “super sad!” is out now. “At first, I was nervous to share this project. The songs are so personal, like a diary,” duendita says,…

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