Danny Wimmer Presents has added another event to their huge 2026 calendar, and it’s a colliding of two worlds in a big way.
The event is called BLOOD4BLOOD and serves as a crossover between heavy metal and bare-knuckle boxing, specifically the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC)
Taking place on May 06 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, it will consist of four band performances and four brawls.
The bands that will be playing are Slaughter To Prevail, Black Label Society, Crowbar and Malevolence, whilst the first confirmed fight will be between Alex Terrible and Cameron Delano. The other three fights are still to be confirmed.
Tickets will go on general sale from March 06 at 10am ET.
A pre-sale will begin on March 04 at 11am CT/5pm GMT, and can be accessed with the code ROCKSOUND. That can be used at this link.
This Friday, the dreamy Tuscon rockers Mute Swan will release their sophomore album Skin Slip, the last album they recorded before the death of their guitarist Tom Sloane. We’ve heard a bit of the record already with singles like “Hypnosis Tapes” and “Cocteau Swans,” and Mute Swan are churning out even more previews of what’s to…
Since 2022’s Warm Chris, Aldous Harding has stayed busy by collaborating with Perfume Genius, John Parish, and Sleaford Mods. Now the New Zealand-born, Wales-based singer-songwriter is announcing her fifth studio album, Train On The Island. Train On The Island was co-produced by John Parish at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where they recorded 2017’s Party,…
Tokyo-based brutal death metal band SEEPING PROTOPLASM split open their forthcoming album ‘Repugnant Entanglement’ with the gut-spilling new single ‘Exposing the Guts’. ‘Exposing the Guts’ offers another preview of the eight-song album, which draws from the raw intensity of late ’90s brutal death metal while incorporating elements of grind, slam, and experimental extremity. ‘Repugnant Entanglement’ will be released on CD via Iron Fortress Records, […]
Butcher Babies‘ return with their powerful new single “Lost In Your Touch”, produced by Howard Benson. Blending emotional vulnerability with crushing intensity, the track — which marks the second release from Butcher Babies‘ forthcoming album via Judge & Jury Records — serves as a key chapter in an LP that functions as a deeply personal love letter to vocalist Heidi Shepherd‘s past reflecting on the experiences, relationships, heartbreaks, and hard-earned lessons that have shaped her over the last 25 years. It’s a record rooted in self-reflection and growth, honoring where she’s been while embracing the strength and clarity of who she has become today.
Heidi shares: “10 years ago, I watched the love of my life fall in love with someone else. I watched him fill my shoes with another girl’s touch. She slowly took my place in the late-night phone calls and early morning coffee. He replaced ‘us’ with her name on his lips. I bent between this new reality and the past that my body and heart so desperately wanted back.
“As I watched this unfold, I couldn’t help but wonder if they shared the same, deep emotional bond we once shared, and if ‘she gets lost in his touch like I do,’” she adds. “This song brings me back to those heartbreaking moments alone; reflecting, growing, and finding myself again. I don’t take a love like that for granted now. It’s special, and deserves to be put on a pedestal.
“Recording this song with Howard was really special. From the get-go, he understood the emotion and story behind the lyrics. We both knew this song was going to be special, and treated it with the emotional sensitivity needed to not just hear the song, but to feel it.”
Judge & Jury Records is a powerhouse record label and production company founded by multi-platinum producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Seether, Skillet, Of Mice & Men) and Neil Sanderson of Three Days Grace.
Benson and Sanderson meticulously crafted the instrumentation for Butcher Babies’ new LP at West Valley Recording Studios, Benson‘s studio in Woodland Hills, California.
Howard says about “Lost In Your Touch”: “I gravitated to this song immediately because of the vulnerability of the lyrics. To me, as a producer, if I can get lyrics like this that I know the vocalist will deliver — like Heidi delivers the emotions in this song — that’s so critical to the track connecting.”
When Goon released their album Dream 3 last summer, at least one great song was left over. The folky, poppy, psych-y Los Angeles band has now found an outlet for that track. “Atrium” will be released next month on a 7″, backed by the previously released “Death Spells.” The music, which has hit the internet…
Held., the new trio featuring Douglas Robinson and Sal Mignano of The Sleeping alongside Josh Eppard of Coheed And Cambria, have dropped “Constant Tension,” the second single from their debut album Grey. The record is set for release May 15 through MNRK Heavy.
The five-minute track follows their first single, “New You Anthem,” which featured Frank Iero and drew early attention. Revolver highlighted its “lightning-strike guitar… and thunderous drums,” while Alternative Press called it “rousing,” and idobi described it as a “dazzling post-hardcore tune.”
Where “New You Anthem” focused on connection and release, “Constant Tension” shifts inward. The song digs into internal conflict, backed by a video directed by Adam Thomson that continues the narrative introduced in the band’s first clip. The visual approach leans into sci-fi territory, matching the themes that run through Grey.
Robinson breaks down the meaning behind the track in detail: “‘Constant Tension’ stems from an everlasting battle within myself to embrace who I am via internal reflection. It’s all of my strengths fighting against all of my weaknesses. There is a ‘constant tension,’ a violent push and pull within my mind every single day. I let myself down so much, to the point where I often feel like I have to somewhat abandon myself and step outside to try and see the bigger picture, but the hurt inside of me pulls me back into my own thoughts. I go completely blank to try and focus, which oddly enough resorts to more tension, and more clouded thoughts. It feels like an endless cycle. The lyrics to ‘Constant Tension’ mirror all of this.”
To mark the release, Held. have scheduled an intimate Grey listening party on Thursday, March 5, at Selva in Brooklyn. The band will be present from 7 to 10 p.m., and no RSVP is required.
On Grey, Held. pull from decades of combined experience in the post-hardcore and alternative scenes. Robinson sees the album as a defining step in his evolution as a writer. “The album as a whole truly feels like it’s everything I have ever wanted to write in my time growing as a musician,” he says. “This record has, in many ways, healed me…. or, it’s at least trying to.”
The album was produced and mixed by Jon Markson — known for his work with Drug Church, Drain, and The Story So Far — and recorded at the Animal Farm in Flemington, New Jersey. With “Constant Tension,” Held. continue to set the tone for a debut built on confrontation, reflection, and weight.
(Andy Synn tries his best to catch you up with some of what you may have missed last month) Today’s edition of “Things You May Have Missed” is going to be another bumper one – six albums, instead of the usual four – due to the ridiculous number of new releases that came out in February. In […]
