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Ordh are a death metal band from the US and this is their debut album. Blind in Abyssal Realms brings us 43 minutes of progressive death metal from current/ex-members of Barishi and Come to Grief. Ordh impress with their ability to being multiple elements together into a very satisfying whole. Throughout Blind in Abyssal Realms … Continue reading “Ordh – Blind in Abyssal Realms (Review)”

The Tygers Of Pan Tang need no introduction to any true heavy rock fan of the past five decades. Yet, unlike many of their peers from the NWOBHM era, the British rock legends continue not only to endure, but to evolve, delivering fresh energy, sharper hooks, and undeniable fire with every new release. ‘Electrifyed‘, their brand […]

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Smoking Wheels, the debut album by ROCKLUST, is now available on all digital platforms via Volcano Records & Promotion.

After months of steady growth and increasing attention from industry insiders, the Italian band presents a record that perfectly captures their artistic identity, projecting it with confidence onto the international hard rock scene. Smoking Wheels is deeply rooted in classic hard rock, reinterpreted through a modern attitude and a clear vision. With sharp riffs, driving rhythms, and powerful, personality-driven vocals, the album builds a coherent and recognizable sonic journey, evoking the legacy of bands such as Whitesnake, Airbourne, and Scorpions without ever sounding derivative.

The ROCKLUST project quickly gained attention within the European underground scene thanks to a series of singles that, step by step, showcased the band’s different facets: “Smoking Wheels”, “Wild Crowd”, the power ballad “Child Spirit”, leading up to “Rocklust”, released just a few days ago, a true manifesto track that solidified the band’s position as one of the most exciting emerging acts in the European hard rock landscape.

This sequence of releases, supported by tangible media attention and strong traction across platforms, has placed Rocklust increasingly on the radar of industry professionals, building anticipation around a debut that now finally reaches its full expression.

Within Smoking Wheels, energy, attitude, and vision coexist: direct and powerful tracks alternate with more expansive and reflective moments, shaping a record that goes beyond a simple collection of songs and becomes a true artistic statement. An album that stands as a solid and self-aware starting point, capable of anticipating even more ambitious developments in the future.

Stream Smoking Wheels on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major digital platforms, and watch the lyric video for the latest single “Rocklust” here: https://youtu.be/9Utr2enSO-Q

Also Watch:
“Child Spirit” – https://youtu.be/7SWVAWMZfxE  

“Wild Crowd” – https://youtu.be/63I3lvfzmx0

“Smoking Wheels” – https://youtu.be/j9clBpoo998

Further info at:
www.volcanopromotion.com
www.instagram.com/rocklust_band

Source: VOLCANO Records & Promotion

German Death Metal powerhouse MAGEFA is proud to announce the upcoming release of their latest studio work, “Legion”. Building on the momentum of their previous assaults, this album marks a new chapter of sonic brutality and technical precision. Active since 2014, MAGEFA—meaning “Plague” in Hebrew—continues to bridge the gap between old-school death metal ferocity and modern production. Fresh off a successful […]

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Including shows with Thy Art Is Murder, vianova and Pupil Slicer.

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“…melodic invocations of infernal menace, stultifying misery, haunting eeriness, and towering black-shrouded grandeur… Sulphur is a tremendously good album and a very memorable one.” – No Clean Singing Stream BRINGERS OF DISEASE’s Sulphur HERE. Sulphur, the brutalizing new album from vile Midwest US black metal outfit BRINGERS OF DISEASE, is now streaming exclusively at No Clean Singing, ahead […]

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Time to use the gun, that’s hanging on the wall
Time to learn the landing, or learn to love the fall
Learn to keep your mouth shut, a better man would try
Learn to tell the truth, when a better man would lie 

Anton Chekhov once laid down one of literature’s most durable rules: if a gun is hanging on the wall in the first act, it ought to go off by the end. In other words, nothing placed in plain sight is innocent for long. Soft Vein takes that dramatic principle and turns it inward on Chekhov, a sleek, sickly, seductive piece of synth-pop about the slow catastrophe of self-deception. This is a song for anyone who has ever powdered over panic, struck a pose to hide a fracture, or smiled through the kind of spiritual weariness that eventually starts showing in the eyes.

As the first single from his forthcoming album, Chekhov feels like a genuine shift in Soft Vein’s approach. Here, he sounds possessed by the material, pushing it toward something sharper, sadder, and more sensual. Co-produced by Justin Chamberlain and Andrea Mantione of Nuovo Testamento, the track pulls from modern synthpop and dream-pop while slipping into the satin-lined sophistication of sophisti-pop and new wave. You can hear echoes of Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera, China Crisis, and ABC in its polish and poise, but Chamberlain never sounds like a curator fussing over old record sleeves.

Chamberlain, handling vocals, synthesizer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, and drum programming, keeps every part locked to the same emotional engine. The arrangement glides, but there is strain under the gloss. The synths spread like a soft artificial sunset; the guitars give the song contour and lift; and Rachel Mazer’s saxophone arrives like warm air through an open door, adding a touch of romantic ruin to the scene. Her playing helps tilt the track into that rare sweet spot where elegance and unease can occupy the same breath.

The song builds around the idea that consequence has already entered the room, even if nobody quite wants to acknowledge it. These lyrics sketch a figure trapped in performance, someone who moves by imitation, charm, cultivated intelligence, and practiced gestures while the real self withers somewhere behind the mask. Every false move, every polished evasion, every pretty little lie adds pressure. The “gun” in this case is the truth itself, hanging there from the start, waiting for the moment when pretense can no longer keep it from firing.

The Alejandro Lomeli-directed video understands this beautifully. Set on a bright beach with seagulls stalking the sand while dusk rolls in, it frames the song’s private collapse against a calm, open horizon. It plays like a summer reverie with a loaded idea at its center, a cool breeze carrying bad news. By the time the song reaches its reckoning, the reference is clear: the gun was never decoration. It was destiny.

Watch the video for Chekkov below:

Mixed by Chamberlain and mastered by Jason Corbett at Jacknife Sound, the track has a clean, lustrous finish that lets all that emotional damage shine through with wicked clarity. Listen to Chekhov below and order the single here, out now via Artoffact Records.

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Vio-lence is set to return to the global stage with their Summer 2026 tour, “Eruption of Screams.” Kicking off on July 20 in Gdańsk and July 21 in Warsaw, Poland, opening for Biohazard. As a pioneering Bay Area thrash band that emerged in the late 1980s, Vio-lence built a reputation for their aggressive sound and influential […]

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Bedouine’s first album in five years, Neon Summer Skin, will arrive at the top of June. The early singles “Long Way To Fall” and “Always On Time” have been as thoughtful and tender as we’ve come to expect from Azniv Korkejian. Today, she’s released a third song from the album under special circumstances. Today is…

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