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Walkways have announced that they have signed with Wild Thing Records, and released a song straight from the heart to celebrate.

On the signing, vocalist Ran Yerushalmi exclaimed, “We’re very happy to announce signing with Wild Thing Records. It really feels like working with family – the team has been super attentive, supportive, patient, and eager to help us get this album out to the world, as a gift of support to anyone who may need it.”

Whilst Wild Thing Records Director Eli Chamravi had this to say, stating, “Walkways are a band dear to our hearts. They’ve been through uncertain times, but have refused to let it define them. They continue to persevere, and share their positive message with the world. We’re really proud to be ushering in their highly anticipated new musical era.”

And the song that they have shared, ‘All For You’ goes a long way to bringing that positivity to light. A gruelling mix of modern metalcore and hard rock, it’s a song brimming with soaring anthemics and spine-tingling melodies. Lyrically, it’s an incredible personal outpouring of feeling, ensuring that those who are here when we no longer are have the same hope for a brighter future.

Ran had this to say, showing just how personal the song is, explaining, “This song is dedicated to my son, and to everyone who walks with us now and in the future. I love you. I hope my voice, through our music, can offer even a small amount of comfort, warmth, or belonging to anyone who’s going through dark times in their lives right now”.

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Following the release of their sixth studio album CONFLICT DLC last year, HEALTH are showing no signs of slowing down. Now, the band have released R-TYPE 1, the first in a series of remix EPs that compliment and expand the universe the band created on CONFLICT DLC. Listen/share here: https://i.hlth.band/healthr-type1.

CONFLICT DLC resonated far and wide, receiving praise from the likes of Pitchfork, DIY, Kerrang, Revolver and many more around its release last December. The album is a stack of 12 full-octane industrial metal songs, that sees HEALTH continue to explore deep existential undercurrents through a borderless genre lens. A slate of sad bangers for the end times, CONFLICT DLC finds connection in the disconnect and comfort in the dark.

HEALTH’s unapologetically heavy sound has always pulsed with an electronic undercurrent. Since the bands’ earliest days, they have consistently broadened their sonic world through remixes and reinterpretations of their work, and R-TYPE 1 is no exception. Bringing in artists such as EKKSTACY, Mothica, Street Sex, HVDES and others, the release builds on the originals to carve out an entirely new dimension within the CONFLICT DLC landscape.

Listen to R-TYPE 1 here:
https://i.hlth.band/healthr-type1

Having toured across the US, Mexico and South America last year with Pierce The Veil, HEALTH are ready to take their new show on their own co-headline tour next month across North America with Carpenter Brut before heading to Europe for festivals this summer and then Australia in September to tour with Perturbator and King Yosef.

The band will be unleashing their apocalyptic energy on stages throughout the continent, transforming each show into a visceral, full-body experience. Known for channelling chaos into catharsis, their performances fuse crushing riffs, sweeping electronics, and an intensity so consuming it feels more like a ritual than a concert.

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Kreator have teamed up with Thunderflix to bring their acclaimed documentary Kreator – Hate & Hope to London this March, with a special screening and Q&A at The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval. You can watch the film trailer here.

The film will premiere for the first time outside of Germany on Thursday 26 March 2026 at 7:30pm. Director Cordula Kablitz-Post will be in attendance, alongside all members of the band for a post-screening Q&A.

The documentary follows Kreator between 2023 and 2024 across global shows (Japan, India, Los Angeles and Germany), digging into the band’s history with archival material dating back to 1984 and covering the pre-production of their latest album Krushers Of The World.

“When we first heard about Kreator – Hate & Hope, we knew it was going to be special,” Thunderflix said. “One of the biggest bands in metal, finally getting a well-deserved career-spanning documentary.

“It’s an honour to be launching it on Thunderflix for the world to watch! And to celebrate this, we’re giving the film the Red Carpet UK premiere it deserves at the London Ritzy the night before Kreator destroys The O2 Academy Brixton.”

The movie will be available worldwide via Thunderflix a day after the screening (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

“We are excited to present our documentary, Hate And Hope, to our fans in the UK,” Kreator’s Mille Petrozza says. “Be there with us at our London screening on March 26th, it will be epic.”

Krushers Of The World is out now via Nuckear Blast. Kreator’s UK + EU Tour with Carcass, Exodus and Nails begins this month. Tickets for Kreator – Hate & Hope are available from PictureHouses.com.

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Jack Biilmann is back with the release his smouldering new single called Outlaw. Told from the POV of a bandit influenced by watching old westerns with his Father as a boy, Biilmann doesn’t miss in delivering grit, grooves and hooks to excite his loyal listeners with his dark Country, Blues & Rock flavours with a new level of polish.

The track also boasts backing vocals from one of Australia’s best vocalists Ashleigh Mannix who is currently on the road with Ocean Alley. Outlaw is the first official offering from Biilmann’s new and upcoming album release, which is set for release later this year.

After ten years of prolific touring, world famous Fender and Maton guitars endorsements, millions of streams, ARIA/AMRAP/AIR chartings, praise from USA guitar sensation Joe Bonamassa, five albums and a reputation for a hell of a live show, Biilmann has earned his place as one of Australia’s most talented artists for appreciators of Blues, Country & Rock.

Freshly signed to Frankdon Music Publishing, endorsed by Fender/Maton guitars and Badcat amplifiers, the new single is just the beginning of the album rollout ahead of the LP’s release in spring with Pat Quinn Quirke (Guitar), Jono Warren (Drums) & Alec Coulson (Bass) creating a formidable live band that is a hot commodity on the Australian festival scene with performances at Wanderer Festival, Queanbeyan Music Muster, Thredbo Blues Fest, Zestfest and
Peak Festival to name just a few.

New single called Outlaw is available on all major streaming services.

JACK BIILMANN SHOW DATES

March 6 – Fun Time Pony, Canberra, ACT
Free Entry | 18+ only

April 17 – Fun Time Pony, Canberra, ACT
Free Entry | 18+ only

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Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums] — are thrilled to announce their forthcoming EP, titled It Calls Me By Name. The band will unleash the latest beastly addition to its catalog on April 17 via Fearless Records.

The band have dropped the video for the first single SONG OF THE SWAMP and it’s the most brutal song they’ve released in years — if not EVER!

What populates the thick and humid swamps of Florida? Alligators, anacondas, and other cold-blooded animals that can eviscerate your existence with a single bite. Fittingly, Wage War‘s absolutely savage new track, Song of the Swamp, sounds exactly like how you would feel if any or all of the above-mentioned predators sank their teeth into your flesh. Rife with bloodthirsty screams, deadly riffage, and pummeling percussion that’ll make you feel like the speedbag at the local boxing gym, it rages from start to finish. You will be, as the lyrics snarl, “overpowered” by every note. And that’s just how metal masochists like it!

“The tone setter,” the band declares. “SONG OF THE SWAMP is rooted in where we’re from. Driven by Florida and the raw aggression of nature, it’s a heavy track built on tension and hostility.”

Regarding the EP as a whole, the band says, “It Calls Me By Name is about being drawn to your roots. This isn’t a concept EP but is meant to live in its own world. Five tracks shaped by Florida, the swamp, and the relentless aggression of nature. Built heavy, but still driven by the hooks that have defined us. It’s our signature sound amplified and pushed further into metal than we’ve ever taken it.”

Wage War will waste no time bringing these leviathan-sized new songs to fans, as the band will return to the road this April and May on the “It Calls Me By Name Tour,” featuring support from Nevertel and Orthodox. The tour kicks off on April 28 in Phoenix and runs through May 31 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

SONG OF THE SWAMP – OUT NOW
https://wagewar.ffm.to/sots

IT CALLS ME BY NAME EP – DUE OUT APRIL 17
https://wagewar.ffm.to/icmbn

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In support of their upcoming album release, planned to come out this spring, old school death metal machine Jungle Rot has announced an extensive touring plan across the European lands. It is divided in three legs and scheduled to be executed this summer.
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Gritty blues rock guitarist Jack J Hutchinson is pleased to announce his ‘Soul Believer Tour 2026’. He hits the road later this year in support of his forthcoming studio album, ‘Soul Believer’, which lands early next year. The album will feature 10 brand new tracks co-written with Josiah J Manning (Kris Barras Band, Seth Lakeman) and will be the first to feature Hutchinson’s new band, featuring Greg Smith on bass and Phil Wilson on drums.

Commenting on what fans can expect from the tour, Hutchinson says: “This will be the first opportunity to hear the new tracks we have been recording. The tunes sound massive in the studio and we can’t wait for the adrenaline rush of playing them in front of an audience. These shows are certainly going to pack a punch!”

The tour announcement comes after Hutchinson’s successful Kickstarter campaign, which raised over £7K towards the recording sessions of the new record. “As an independent artist getting this level of support from so many amazing people really blows my mind” says Hutchinson. “It has inspired us to give the album everything we’ve got and make it my best record yet.”

Hutchinson’s album ‘Battles’ crash landed in the Official Independent Chart in 2024, spawning two Planet Rock playlisted singles in ‘Bullets’ and ‘Constellations’, plus rave reviews from BBC Radio 2 and Classic Rock Magazine.

The album will be preceded by the album’s title track, ‘Soul Believer’ – out May 2026.

Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday at 9am via https://jackjhutchinsonmusic.com

Pre-save the brand new single ‘Soul Believer’ via Earache Records: https://earache.lnk.to/SoulBeliever

Web: http://www.jackjhutchinsonmusic.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JackJHutchinsonBand
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackjhutchinson
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@JackJHutchinson

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There’s something deliciously awkward about a “lost” concept album finally stepping into the light decades after its uncertain inception, and Trixie’s by Squeeze leans into that faux-naïve ambition with a grin. You get the feeling you’re not just hearing a record, but stepping into a time capsule — one that smells faintly of stale lager, cigarette smoke and big ideas sketched in biro on the back of a setlist in a club just like Trixies.

Opening with What More Can I Say, the album frames itself as an overture to a long night that’s already happened. It’s woozy, reflective, almost hungover  and feels less like teenage bravado and more like righteous inevitability. From there, You Get The Feeling drifts in like yacht-rock left in dry dock: languid, vibey, and knowingly detached (well we are in England not L.A. after all).  You get the feeling the band are both inhabiting and observing the scene at once with a preference for the latter but succumbing to the former ‘if they have to’….

This isn’t the polished pop wit of early Squeeze singles. The sonics and melodic instincts are unmistakable, but here they’re rougher, moodier — more Channel 4 B-movie in the mid-’80s than chart-bound smart-pop glory. The Place Called Mars is beautifully Beatlesque and Hell On Earth has the real in your face energy of early Squeeze and drags us through nightclub shadows and low-life vignettes, all staccato piano and back-alley unease. It’s Soho before gentrification, painted in baroque hues and neon bruises. It’s so bloody good for a couple of teenagers!

There’s a surprising emotional weight, too. The Dancer peers past the sleaze to find vulnerability, while Good Riddance restores melodic sensibilities without sanding off the grit. Even when the vintage glam stomp of Why Don’t You shows its age, but you get the feeling that’s the point — this is Rock and Roll archaeology, not reinvention, just a little light dusting of artefacts.

By the time the two-part title track closes proceedings in a haze of raunch and resignation, it’s clear this was always ahead of itself — gloriously so. Not because it predicts the future, but because it refuses to tidy up and square away the past. I’d love to think my teenage book concepts would shine as brightly decades later…

In the end, I loved it. Listening to Trixie’s is like peeling back decades-old wallpaper and finding something stranger, darker and far more interesting underneath. It may not have the diamond-cut sparkle of vintage Squeeze, but it has atmosphere, nerve and the thrill of discovery — and sometimes that’s even better.

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What’s the most bulletproof entry in the Swedish wardogs’ back-catalogue?

To promote the soon-to-be-released debut full-length Guerre Et Paix, Norwegian one-man act Via Doloris has released a brand new song called “Un Franc Soleil”. You can listen to it now via Bandcamp widget below together with the previously released track, “For The Glory”.
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