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Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is giving fans a different perspective on the band’s early years with the upcoming release of Since Forever, a photography book built from decades of personal images and memories.

For years, Jeff Ament documented life on and off the road, photographing the people, places and moments that surrounded him. More recently, he revisited a collection of deteriorating negatives alongside his brother, designer Barry Ament, with the restoration project ultimately becoming a book.

The 9-by-12-inch hardcover features more than 250 black-and-white photographs, accompanied by personal reflections and observations from Jeff Ament.

Explaining how the project came together, Jeff Ament said: “If there was a goal, it was mostly to save the failing 30-year-old negatives. It was Barry’s idea to make a book.

Made up largely of previously unpublished photographs, Since Forever offers a close look at Pearl Jam during its formative years, capturing everything from backstage moments and studio sessions to life between shows. The collection documents the friendships, creative process and experiences that shaped the band as it grew into one of rock’s defining acts.

The book also serves as a personal memoir, showing how travel, relationships and everyday experiences influenced Jeff Ament both as a musician and photographer.

According to Jeff Ament: “Ninety percent of these photos have never been seen before. Anybody who’s a PJ fan or a fan of what was going on in the ’90s will dig it.”

Since Forever is available for pre-order through Pearl Jam‘s official website and will arrive at select independent bookstores on September 25, 2026.

To support the release, Jeff Ament and Barry Ament will appear at a series of book events in select cities, with additional details to be announced. The brothers will also discuss the project on the Storytellers Stage during the Ohana Festival on September 25 and September 27.

Best known as a founding member and bassist of Pearl Jam, Jeff Ament was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2017. Before Pearl Jam, he played with Deranged Diction, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple Of The Dog, War Babies, Three Fish, Tres Mts., RNDM, P.E.S.T, and Deaf Charlie.

His solo catalog includes Tone, While My Heart Beats, Heaven/Hell, American Death Squad and I Should Be Outside. In 2022, he composed the score for Under The Banner Of Heaven and recently released the soundtrack for the documentary Montana Grind. Beyond music, Jeff Ament has earned two Grammy Awards in the Best Recording Package category for his work as a visual artist and designer.

Away from the stage, Jeff Ament has remained active in skateboarding. Through his nonprofit Montana Pool Service, he has helped fund and organize the construction of more than 40 skateparks across Montana and the American West, including several on Native American reservations, creating places where young people can skate, build community and express themselves.

Barry Ament, co-founder of Seattle design studio Ames Bros, has worked with Pearl Jam since the early 1990s, designing album artwork, concert posters, merchandise and other visual material. His creative partnership with Jeff Ament stretches back to childhood, and Since Forever marks another collaboration between the two brothers.

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Rivals will be opening.

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In a month from today, Natacha Simões releases her debut Maripool album Rotten Luck. The Lisbon-born, London-based singer-songwriter unveiled the compelling lead single “Crossing” last month, and now she’s back with a dark, cathartic anthem called “Favourite.”

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Interview: Cerebral Enema at Offal Fest

Interviewed by Patrick O’Reilly

German purveyors of goregrind – Cerebral Enema – played the afterparty at Offal Fest 2026.

We chat to the band over the weekend to talk all about their plans for their set. We discuss the history of the band, their latest album, the growing appeal of goregrind and a whole lot more!

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The deathcore group were out with Sanguisugabogg on that run.

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Filmed in Morocco this past June.

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(written by Islander) I only had one song premiere to prepare for today and nothing else for us to share with you besides the review from Andy that opened our day. So I impetuously decided to pull together this roundup of new music. The first two choices attracted my attention because their overlapping lineups include […]

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Five years after their killer “Mokvání v okovech” debut LP, Czechia’s Sněť are back with their second full length album. Set for release via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records.

There is no introduction to ease you into this record, instead opting for unnerving chords and chiming cymbals with some cool rolling toms. Instantly, I notice how dramatically improved the guitar sound is on this record. I loved the simplistic charms of its predecessor, but this has a matured, more organic tone. The riffs are still in that putrid Autopsy school of groove while blending them with these flourishes of weirdness that perfectly suit Sněť. The gargantuan gurgle of low-register vocals is as brutal as ever and sits upon the throne of carcasses that the instruments conjure up. The gritty guitars and rumbling regurgitations of the bass seep so naturally through the cavernous drum sound and fuel the charge for fetid death metal excellence gloriously. A notably more vintage sound in terms of the gear and mix really accentuates the filthy quirks of Sněť to new heights. Additionally, the vocals sound malicious and jump forth from the shadows at all the right moments. The grave-grooving onslaught of barbaric death metal is off to a very strong start.

From the twisted riffing, each track ebbs and flows nicely, keeping a good pacing throughout. The use of blasting moments accentuates the frantic sense of urgency, and the more doomy parts give atmosphere and breathing room to the record. Naturally, they seem most comfortable in the mid-tempo hooks, which are plentiful and delivered like a roundhouse that will rip your jaw clean off. It feels like they are trying to add a bit more atmosphere this time around without abandoning the sheer fury of the album. I would say the balance is just right for Sněť, and it doesn’t ever fall quite into full-on death-doom territories but also gives a bit more of that graven ambience to things. “Ve stínu slunce” is a perfect example of this, with its Necrophagia-style horror a rotten gem that truly stands out. The leads have that melancholy Finnish feel to them, which, again, pairs supremely well with the chunky offal of the rhythm section. I am struggling to find anything not to like with the sound here.

As a huge fan of Czech metal in general (especially the likes of Root, Törr, Master’s Hammer), the use of their native language gives a small but important uniqueness to the feel of the vocals. Nothing Sněť does is groundbreaking, and I really don’t get the impression they want that, but it does feel from the heart. If you witness them live, you can see how into playing rotted death metal they are, and I say that’s as honourable a cause as any. The conviction and delivery are what truly matter, and this record, along with their performance I caught at the Necropolis festival, certainly leaves no doubt that these guys are 100% into what they do. “V Bažinách Vědomí” is a crushing, convulsive, and caustic listen that will corrode your ears from start to end, leaving a zombified brain craving more ichorous punishment from Sněť.

A really strong follow-up to a record I thoroughly enjoyed. Pure old-school death metal done with a precise, gruesome, and tasteful execution that’s a killer listen from start to end. Sometimes you just want to be bludgeoned by primitive and abhorrent death metal, and this is the exact kind of record to deliver such a beating. The maturing in the sonic department (in terms of tone and mix) suits the still Neanderthalic playing perfectly. This is a damned nasty record, and it knows it.