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The Bobby Lees have revealed details of their upcoming fourth album, which also marks their first for new label Epitaph.

‘New Self’ is its name, and it will be released on June 12. It follows on from 2022’s ‘Bellevue’ and is the band’s first body of work since their return from hiatus, which began in 2023 and continued until late 2024.

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting reads like this:

1. Give
2. Napoleon
3. The End
4. 50 Ft
5. New Self
6. All I Got
7. Got Me Good
8. Red Hot

They have also shared the title track, and it’s going to be stuck in your head instantly. A self-referential, bizarre piece of bleary-eyed storytelling, it’s a song that embodies every era of punk brilliantly. Just snotty enough, just savage enough, just sincere enough. It’s a reawakening as much as it is a raucous escape.

Have a listen to it below.

You can also check out the previously released ‘Napoleon’ right now too.

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What Is The Blood4Blood Event Featuring Alex Terrible?

Blood4Blood is a new hybrid event combining bare-knuckle fighting and live metal performances, headlined by Alex Terrible both as a fighter and as the frontman of Slaughter To Prevail.

TL;DR:

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has partnered with Danny Wimmer Presents to launch Blood4Blood, a new combat sports and heavy music event created by Slaughter To Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible. The May 6 event in Daytona Beach will feature four bare-knuckle fights and four live bands — with Alex Terrible fighting Cameron “The Bull” Delano and performing with Slaughter To Prevail the same night.

I’ve covered metal festivals and fight promotions long enough to know when something genuinely different shows up on the calendar.

This one definitely qualifies.

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has teamed up with Danny Wimmer Presents and Alex Terrible to launch Blood4Blood, a brand-new hybrid event that merges bare-knuckle fighting with heavy music.

And the concept is as intense as it sounds.

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A Fight Card And A Metal Show — In The Same Arena

The inaugural Blood4Blood event takes place May 6 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as the official kickoff to the Welcome To Rockville festival’s 15th anniversary weekend.

The format is simple but wild:

• Four professional bare-knuckle fights
• Four heavy music performances
• One arena
• One night

The headline bout features Alex Terrible stepping into the ring against middleweight fighter and PBR star Cameron “The Bull” Delano.

But that’s only half the story.

Terrible will also headline the music portion of the night with Slaughter To Prevail, meaning he’ll literally fight and perform on the same stage during the event.

The Lineup Is Built For Maximum Chaos

Blood4Blood isn’t just about the fight card.

The musical lineup already stacks several heavy hitters across the modern metal spectrum:

• Black Label Society
• Crowbar
• Malevolence
• Slaughter To Prevail

Additional acts are expected to be announced.

The entire concept leans into the shared DNA between heavy music culture and combat sports — aggression, intensity, and the kind of crowd energy that doesn’t translate well to traditional arenas.

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Alex Terrible’s Vision For Blood4Blood

For Alex Terrible, this event isn’t a gimmick.

It’s personal.

“Fighting and heavy music have always been my world, my passion, my lifestyle,” he said while announcing the event.

“We have four real fights and four powerful bands. I will step into the ring and on the stage. I give everything. This is my heart. This is Blood4Blood.”

If you’ve seen Slaughter To Prevail live, that statement tracks.

Their shows already feel like controlled chaos.

Now imagine that energy inside an arena where actual fights are happening between sets.

Why Promoters Think This Will Work

Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, believes the crossover between metal and combat sports audiences makes this concept feel inevitable.

Blending the adrenaline of bare-knuckle fighting with heavy music performances, he says, creates a natural extension of both cultures.

BKFC founder David Feldman echoed the same idea, calling the event a “groundbreaking moment” for fans of both bare-knuckle fighting and hard rock.

And strategically, the timing is perfect.

Blood4Blood lands the night before Welcome To Rockville begins, effectively turning Daytona Beach into a full week of metal and combat sports chaos.

The Fight That Could Steal The Night

The headline bout pits Alex Terrible — who holds a 1-1 record in bare-knuckle competition — against rising middleweight fighter Cameron “The Bull” Delano.

Delano is already promising violence.

“When two fighters refuse to give an inch, it turns into a war… and I am coming to win this blood bath,” he said while promoting the fight.

That alone would draw attention.

Add the live bands, the festival tie-in, and the fact that Terrible will perform with Slaughter To Prevail the same night…

…and suddenly this event looks less like a novelty and more like a prototype.

Could This Become A New Type Of Metal Event?

Metal culture has always overlapped with extreme sports.

But a full hybrid fight card and concert experience inside the same event is something we haven’t really seen executed at this scale before.

If Blood4Blood works, don’t be surprised if more promotions start experimenting with similar formats.

Because fans of both worlds are used to intensity.

And this event might deliver it in a way neither industry has tried before.

So here’s the real question:

Would you go to a metal show where the singer fights in the ring before hitting the stage?

Or is this the most metal event idea anyone has had in years?

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FAQ

What is Blood4Blood?
Blood4Blood is a hybrid event combining bare-knuckle fighting with live heavy metal performances.

When is the Blood4Blood event?
The inaugural event takes place May 6, 2026, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Who is fighting in the main event?
Slaughter To Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible will face middleweight fighter Cameron “The Bull” Delano.

Which bands are performing at Blood4Blood?
Slaughter To Prevail, Black Label Society, Crowbar, and Malevolence are confirmed to perform.

Band Bio: Slaughter To Prevail

Formed in 2014, Slaughter To Prevail has become one of the most talked-about names in modern deathcore. Led by the unmistakable voice of Alex Terrible, the band built its reputation on brutal vocals, crushing breakdowns, and viral performances that have pushed them into the global metal spotlight.

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– March 4th, 2026 –

“The Blind Eye Of Antichrist” Video / Single Now Playing + Pre-Orders Available

Watch / Stream YOTH IRIA’s “The Blind Eye Of Antichrist” HERE

“This time we entered the studio with the clear intention of creating a landmark album for the band.” It’s a noble and challenging mission statement from Hellenic black metal troop YOTH IRIA, and one that has amply succeeded in the form of Gone With The Devil, the Attica quartet’s stellar third album, set for worldwide release May 8th on Metal Blade Records.

Photo by Alex Haritakis

YOTH IRIA‘s trajectory has been on a steep ascent since crafty 2021 debut As The Flame Withers and 2024′s hypnotic Blazing Inferno, but there has audibly been a concerted determination to develop and expand in sinister new directions. “The creative workflow was similar to Blazing Inferno, yet we deliberately pushed ourselves to bring new elements into our music. We kept the immediacy of Blazing Inferno, the psychedelia of As The Flame Withers, and all the characteristics people expect from Hellenic black metal, while adding fresh sounds and atmospheres never before heard from YOTH IRIA.”

The daemonic avatar YOTH IRIA was first explicitly summoned on Rotting Christ‘s legendary debut Thy Mighty Contract in 1993. Bassist/lyricist Jim Mutilator formed that band as Black Church in 1984, before also becoming a founder member of cult Athenian BM heroes Varathron for their first five years. Renewing the otherworldly atmospheres and occult ravishment for a new era, YOTH IRIA functions almost as the third panel in an apocalyptic triptych of Hellenic black metal excellence.

With its windswept intro, rock-steady snap, jubilant solo and duelling harmonies, album opener “Dare To Rebel” is a useful pointer to the more accessible, classic heavy metal influences of Gone With The Devil. The elegant sound and smooth, sinuous arrangements mark a distinct hike in quality at every level, each song ready to roll as an engaging addition to the live set. Predominantly stately tempos ensure the dark riffs, memorable melodies, and flamboyant leads have space to breathe their fire, so that the blastbeats, when they come – as during the mid-section of haunting highlight and lead single “The Blind Eye Of Antichrist” – devastate even more utterly. Flecks of Mediterranean folk and gothic cadences further expand the band’s sonic palate, while there are countless melodies so atavistically simple and primally satisfying they could be a thousand years old.

The band further comments on “The Blind Eye Of Antichrist,” “True change begins when we refine our character, discipline, and inner power. A transformed person creates a transformed reality. Personal evolution becomes a universal shift – a new order of existence. The world changes when the self is reborn.”

Watch YOTH IRIA‘s video for “The Blind Eye Of Antichrist” HERE.

There’s a thrilling balance of ancient and modern, good and evil, harmony and dissonance on Gone With The Devil advancing YOTH IRIA as a hungry contender for extreme metal’s big leagues – an ever-improving unit with a glorious future. Appropriately, however, Gone With The Devil is best summed up with a line already coined by the band to describe their ongoing body of work: “Every note tells a story of rebirth, tradition, and the relentless pursuit of musical transcendence.“

YOTH IRIA’s Gone With The Devil will be released on CD (jewel case – US / digipak – EU) and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

Red Electric Blue Melt (US)
180g Black (EU)
Oxblood Black Merged (EU – Ltd. 500)
Oxblood Blue Silver Merged (EU – Ltd. 250)
Gold Black Splatter (EU – Ltd. 250)

Find all pre-orders at: metalblade.com/yothiria

Gone With The Devil Track Listing:
01. Dare to Rebel
02. Woven Spells of a Demon
03. The Blind Eye of Antichrist
04. I, Totem
05. 3am
06. Give ‘Em My Beautiful Hell
07. Once in a Blue Moon
08. Blessed Be He Who Enters
09. The End of the Known Civilization
10. Harut, Government, Fallen

YOTH IRIA:
HE – vocals
Jim Mutilator – bass
Nikolas Perlepe – guitar
Naberius – guitar
Bill “Vongaar” Stavrianidis – drums

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(On March 27th Dying Victims Productions will release Italian Dark Sound, the debut album from Midryasi’s Kult, and to help pave the way our Comrade Aleks conducted the following interview with the founder Geilt — and we’ve included the album’s first two singles as well.) This story begins in 2002, when the Italian trio Midryasi […]

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When it comes to cover songs, it’s the ones where a band takes an existing song and puts their own unique spin on it that really stand out. Sure, anyone can play a tune note for note and mimic someone else’s style, but the real players put their own little stank on it. And if -(16)-‘s sludgy, fuzzy, aggressive take on The Scorpions’ 1979 track “Can’t Get Enough” is any indication, their forthcoming covers album is going to be full of their own takes on some classics.

This version of the track off of The Scorpions’ 1979 album Lovedrive has a punkier, more aggressive style that we all know -(16)- can bring to the table, while still managing to maintain the original’s energy. It’s as much their own style of the song while maintaining just enough of that special German sauce to remind you who they’re paying homage to.

Set for release on May 1, Forgeries Vol 1, 1972-1984 will be the California quartet’s attempt at paying homage to some of the bands that inspired them to pick up their respective instruments and go as hard as they have for the last three decades. Featuring covers of Black Sabbath, Bee Gees, Black Flag, and more, the band says this release is their way of recognizing those influential artists.

“These are songs that taught us how to stand, how to fall, and how to keep going. In our collective head, this album exists because these songs demanded it. Because they screamed copy me and we listened.”

If you like what you hear in the clip below and you want to ensure you get your copy Forgeries Vol 1, 1972-1984 releases on May 1, you can do so over on -(16)-‘s Bandcamp.

And if you’re going to be in Europe this spring, you can try to catch -(16)- at one of their upcoming shows. Dates and locations are posted below.

-(16)- – European Tour 2026

01.05 PT Barroselas – SWR Metalfest
02.05 IT Torino – HPS Fest
03.05 IT Bologna – HPS Fest
04.05 IT Genova – Trinità Live Club
05.05 IT Milano – Legend Club
06.05 IT Pescara – Scumm 
07.05 IT Roma – Traffic Live Club
08.05 NO Oslo – Deserfest
09.05 ***OPEN SLOT***
10.05 FR Marseille – Le Molotov
12.05 ***OPEN SLOT***
13.05 DE Göppingen – Gaststätte Zille
14.05 ***OPEN SLOT***
15.05 CH Winterthur – HPS FEST
16.05 UK London – Desertfest
17.05 ***OPEN SLOT***
18.05  ***OPEN SLOT***
19.05 NL Amsterdam – Toekomst muziek
20.05 DE Bielefeld – Forum
21.05  ***OPEN SLOT***
22.05 DE Dürrröhrsdorf – GockelScream
23.05 CZ Brno – Kabinet Muz
24.05  ***OPEN SLOT*** 

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Cleveland-based gothic doom unit Frayle released their latest album, "Heretics & Lullabies," last autumn via Napalm Records to noted acclaim, and are about to kick off their upcoming tour supporting Dogma in the USA. In anticipation of the tour, the band has revealed a brand new music video for album track "Souvenirs Of Your Betrayal," which can be… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

We almost got to hear Jimmy Fallon drop the F-bomb on The Tonight Show. Fcukers, the New York City electronic party-pop duo, were the musical guest last night; they played “I Like It Like That” from their upcoming album Ö. Fallon called them F-U-C-Kers even though that’s not how Fcukers spell their name. The day…

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Norway’s Blodørn understand that, at its core, black metal is unearthly. Yes, the genre’s synths and over-the-top aesthetics can teleport you to a cathedral, be it profane or sacreligious, but its skeletal nature is even better suited to remove you from the current world, not so much dropping you in a specific place but creating a vacuum of location and time, an unconfined, undefined space, and asking you to find something in a fog. Blodørn’s third album, Det Finnes Ingen Trone, reaches for that goal. It plays with a similar sonic ideology as the usual handful of influential Norwegian acts, but, thankfully, is downstream from said handful’s extremity, sitting somewhere more traditionally “listenable” and, somehow, wisened. 

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Adhering to the standards of Norwegian black metal comes naturally to Blodørn because they’ve been around since the genre’s heyday, in a sense. They’re an offshoot of Ulvhedner, who are by no means a prolific band but whose debut dates back to 1995, which two of Blodørn’s main members, Svein Terje Solvang and Arild Hodne, performed on. The withered texture on Det Finnes Ingen Trone is then apropos, although it’s intentional and to its benefit. Growls instead of screams, short bursts of speed followed by tempos that lower their heart rate, and a reliance on guitar melodies are the record’s uniting features. Yet, despite the overall homogeneity, Blodørn avoid feeling iterative or repetitive, instead coming off as consistent because of how they implement their, admittedly, narrow toolkit. 

In fact, Blodørn excel when they lean into the repetitiveness and take their time constructing weary atmospheres. For instance, “Knokkelklang” boasts a tried-and-true tremolo-picked riff opening that Blodørn meditate on for over a minute, soaking in it even, to the point that it loses its immediacy and inverts into a framing device for the next five minutes. It’s one instance among many of the group sticking to an idea for longer than what common sense would dictate, and their investment paying dividends. 

Such pacing asserts that the individual differences between tracks on Det Finnes Ingen Trone matter less than its overall impression. Songs rarely evolve into something mightier than their original forms. Rather, they gather strength through subtle progressions. Although, Blodørn perform best when they contrast with themselves more strongly, like when “Blodslit for Lit” begins decaying at a moment’s notice, eventually paying off in a grimy riff minutes later. “Vandrar Av Rang” employs a near-identical strategy to equally satisfying returns. 

Yet, as implied, stark transitions occur infrequently, as if Blodørn are so dialed into their craft that any new ideas cannot become more than window dressing. The synthesized organ intro to “Svarte Djuv, Kast Dem Ned” is dealt the most debilitating blow in this regard as it’s relegated to a six-second feature. It’s promising, yet its current husk is superfluous, its presence adding nothing but placing a “road under construction” sign at the track’s beginning. Moments like these, though rare, frustrate if only because one wants to bother Blodørn to loosen up. 

Stubbornness is both Det Finnes Ingen Trone’s boon and bane. It’s baked into the record, presented as determination that only comes from aging. It turns black metal’s requisite iciness into a mild but enveloping frigidity, being heavy and explosive but radiating no warmth. Det Finnes Ingen Trone greys that was once pitch black, muting and reducing much of the high contrast of black metal’s scuzzy roots into something both more approachable and less dire. Most importantly, however, it’s a more mature variation of the same isolation that marked early black metal. Many of the riffs and moment-to-moment excitement Blodørn present aren’t memorable, by design, because they’re not working for instant gratification. That’s a knock against the group in some regards, of course, but they also pursued a different muse. They aimed for rustic, lived-in, and familiar, and embellished those qualities until they resonated, coming at ambition’s cost. 

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Det Finnes Ingen Trone is available now via Solistitium Records.

Almost exactly one year ago, SASAMI released her album Blood On The Silver Screen. Today, she’s announcing a new deluxe edition called Blood On The Silver Screen: Director’s Cut. It’ll include the version of “Just Be Friends” with Soccer Mommy, and it’ll also have some remixes from friends and collaborators, including Patti Harrison, the comedian…

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“We heard a girl running down the hall screaming. It was a scream from the heart”