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  • Listening Now : Polygraph – Afterglow

    Polygraph’s Afterglow doesn’t rush — it pulls you in slowly, deliberately, like a pulse you suddenly realize you’ve been following all along. This is a darker shade of melodic techno, where atmosphere does the heavy lifting and tension lingers in the spaces between beats. The groove is deep and hypnotic, understated but insistent, wrapping itself around subtle harmonic shifts that bloom almost imperceptibly.

    There’s a seductive restraint here — no explosive drop for the sake of it, just a gradual immersion into shadow-lit textures and emotional undercurrents. Afterglow feels less like a peak-time anthem and more like the moment after — when the lights dim, the crowd thins, and the music starts speaking directly to you.

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  • “He wanted to do it so bad. And he did. He went like a rock star.” Sharon Osbourne on dying Ozzy’s determination to perform one last time

    Ozzy Osbourne and his family knew he didn’t have long to live – yet he insisted on performing at epic farewell show
  • EYEHATEGOD & THUNDERCHIEF HEAT THINGS UP: NEW THUNDERCHIEF PRESSING AND “KILL YOUR SAUCE” HOT SAUCE DROP – @thebeast

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    EYEHATEGOD & THUNDERCHIEF HEAT THINGS UP: NEW THUNDERCHIEF PRESSING AND “KILL YOUR SAUCE” HOT SAUCE DROP
    Richmond’s two-man sonic wrecking crew THUNDERCHIEF aren’t done wreaking havoc. After tearing up the East Coast/Midwest with Telekinetic Yeti , they’re keeping the fire alive with a 2nd pressing of their ferocious full-length No Sufferance For Thy Fools —originally unleashed May 15, 2020. The first batch vanished fast, and now it’s back for anyone who missed it.
    Listen and order here:
    https://thethunderchief.bandcamp.com/album/no-sufferance-for-thy-fools
    Adding extra heat to the mix, THUNDERCHIEF have teamed up with EYEHATEGOD for the ultimate collab: Kill Your Sauce , a fermented firestorm of Red Savina, Moruga, and Scotch Bonnet peppers, with carrot, garlic, cilantro, and pineapple juice. It’s available now at https://armadamerch.com/collections/eyehategod and will hit the road with EYEHATEGOD on their upcoming tour with New Orleans legends Crowbar .
    Details on the tour here: https://lambgoat.com/news/47873/crowbar-and-eyehategod-announce-co-headlining-tour/
    Record revived. Tour fired up. Sauce that bites back. THUNDERCHIEF are back, louder, hotter, and ready to demolish everything in their path.


     Follow Thunderchief:
    https://linktr.ee/thunderchief
     Contact: riksurly@gmail.com 
  • Metal Cosmos (#5)

    metal cosmos radio show podcast #5

    The time has come for us to accept that modernity has died. The notion of universal, absolute, and objective “truth” has died because we realize that other people simply “game” our symbols and manipulate us to destruction.

    Instead we embrace the darkness of the ancients: ambiguity, cause-effect reasoning, and mystical symbolism. To that end, we have cooked up a radio show of ambient metal to show how old school metal was far ahead of the contemporary trash.

    Hipsters now say metal needs shoegaze, indie, core, and other influences. The grim fact remains that we always had better versions of these things, but that most now have forgotten. Join me in remembering.

    Tracklist:
    Fleshcrawl – Inevitable End
    Ancient – Nattens Skjonnhet
    Von – Watain
    Entombed – Crawl
    Demoncy – Opening the Lunar Floodgate
    Cemetary – Sidereal Passing
    The Abyss – Tjanare af Besten
    Summoning – Kotirion Among The Trees
    Sarcofago – The Black Vomit
    Immortal – As The Eternity Opens
    Desecresy – Endless Swamp
    Slayer – Necrophiliac


    Metal Cosmos (#5) (download, 50mb)

  • Pipe Tobacco – Massacra (2026)

    About a decade ago, I designed a personal pipe tobacco blend. It used a lot of dark fired Kentucky Burley, layered Virginias favoring the blonde variant, mucho dark burley, a pinch of cigar leaf, and a dusting of Latakia.

    In this way, my mixing anticipated the current trend, which is to mix everything together in idiosyncratic ratios so that you get a flavor which is a kaleidoscope of distractions, except that this blend has more focus.

    Instead, this blend moderates the dark fired Kentucky Burley with Virginia sweetness, and then twists that to be more depth of flavor than intensity of flavor. The result is balanced but irrational, like the winds of mayhem.

  • Karbach – Texas Lager (2026)

    So, you wanted an ideal summer beer. This comes very close. Tasting like a hybrid between 1980s Miller and Coors, it is an American adjunct beer which favors the barley flavor but keeps the easy drinking sweet soft texture of Murkan beer.

    This may baffle many because Karbach is known for biting indie hipster IPAs that taste more like grapefruit than fermented sugar. In this case, the wizards at the longbeard establishment simply designed an easy-drinking beer intended to be consumed cold.

    Will I ever consume this again? Unlikely: I prefer the bitter intense beers. However, if I am inviting a dozen people over to watch the next war on cable television, this is the best beer for a group or for mere relaxation.

  • NECROFIER: Transcend into Oblivion

    Out 27 February, 2026 Via Metal Blade Records Words by: Courtney Stark Texas is home to many things — American barbecue, country music, and the ever-repeated adage that ‘everything is bigger in Texas.’ It is also home to Necrofier — a black metal quartet formed in 2018 who have taken that Lone Star defiance, engrained […]
  • The Dear Hunter reveal details on new album ‘Sunya’ along with the first single

    The Dear Hunter have revealed details on the next album, Sunya, continuing the story from their last concept album Antimai. The new album will be available for purchase and shipping as of March 20th. You can pre-save the album here: https://vyd.co/Sunya.

    The band said this about the release, “The road to this point has been long, but without the growth that time has offered us as human beings and creators, this record would not exist. There is so much I would love to discuss about every facet of this album, but I’d rather not taint your experience of it. What we can say is that we love this record. We are so grateful for your support as we continue to expand the world of the Indigo Child. Thank you for your grace as we continue to explore our creativity.”

    The band shared the first single from the album titled “The Glass Desert I – Giants” and you can see the lyric video here:

    SUNYA tracklisting:
    The Wasteland – 7:16
    Marauders – 3:26
    The Bazaareteria 5:01
    The Glass Desert I – Giants 5:18
    The Glass Desert II – Cliffs and Stormlands 7:27
    The Glass Desert III – The Plains 5:42
    Sunya – 8:03

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  • PALE ALISON Release Crushing New Single “FAKE” – Out Now – @thebeast

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    PALE ALISON Release Crushing New Single “FAKE” – Out Now

    No countdown. No waiting around. “FAKE” is officially out now.
    Hailing from Narva, Estonia, PALE ALISON continue their rise in the modern metal scene with a track that hits hard and refuses to let up. Fusing sharp metalcore riffs, haunting vocal harmonies, and cinematic soundscapes, the band delivers a sound that balances precision and chaos in all the right ways.
    With two vocalists trading between soaring cleans and unrelenting extreme vocals, PALE ALISON thrive on contrast. Melody clashes with aggression. Atmosphere builds before the breakdown drops like a sledgehammer. It is controlled intensity with purpose behind it.
    Fans of Spiritbox , Northlane , and Tesseract will find plenty to sink their teeth into here. Like those acts, PALE ALISON blend progressive rhythm work with emotional depth, pushing beyond surface-level heaviness.
    Following the momentum of previous releases “Bipolarity,” “Flashback,” and “Sleepless,” “FAKE” sharpens the band’s identity even further. The track dives into themes of deception and fractured trust, channeling frustration into tight, impactful songwriting. The hooks land. The riffs bite. The breakdowns do not play nice.
    Signed to Bark At Your Owner Publishing, PALE ALISON are actively seeking label partners for signing and licensing opportunities. The material is strong. The vision is clear. The timing is right.
    “FAKE” is streaming now on all major platforms. If you are into modern metal with brains, backbone, and something real to say, PALE ALISON should already be on your radar.
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    https://www.palealison.com
    https://www.facebook.com/palealisonband/
    https://www.instagram.com/palealisonband/
    https://www.tiktok.com/@palealisonband
    https://music.apple.com/se/artist/pale-alison/1522225814
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/6PtjTAgqu27Qt2PHtzUmQl
    Contact: Bark@barkatyourowner.se