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Great Demise deliver CLAUSTROPHOBIA as a tense and visceral blast of alternative rock and punk, translating anxiety and mental overload into an increasingly suffocating sonic experience. Relentless guitar riffs and pounding drums create a racing, almost physical momentum, while jagged and glitchy guitar textures cut through the arrangement like fragmented thoughts. The track’s raw DIY production reinforces its intensity, giving the performance an immediate and unpolished edge. Based in Chino, California, the independent trio handle the entire creative process themselves, from writing and recording to mixing and mastering, allowing their sound to retain a distinctly personal character. CLAUSTROPHOBIA captures the sensation of watching everything unravel while trying to maintain control, turning inner turmoil into a noisy, restless, and uncompromising piece of alternative punk rock.

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Finnish noise-rock and alternative rock outfit MELU247 have unleashed a raw, garage-driven cover of The Prodigy’s iconic 1996 anthem “Breathe”. Active since 2025, the band’s members boast a long musical pedigree, channelling a gritty early-90s spirit that pulls from post-rock, alternative rock, and noise whilst keeping a fierce DIY approach. With “Breathe”, they aimed to … Continue reading Classic Cover: MELU247 – “Breathe” (original by The Prodigy)

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Feature Photo: Forrest L. Smith III (Filberthockey at en.wikipedia), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Our selection of the top 10 Alison Krauss songs showcases a truly exceptional talent in the music world, celebrated for her extensive accolades and significant impact on the bluegrass genre. Born in Illinois, Alison Krauss was immersed in a diverse range of musical styles from a young age. At the age of five, she began studying classical violin, and within a few years she gravitated toward bluegrass, setting the stage for her illustrious career in the music industry. Before her teenage years, Krauss had already started

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Our Top 10 Doobie Brothers albums list takes a look at the catalog of one of the most loved bands in rock and roll history. There are two types of Doobie Brothers fans. Some love everything the Doobie Brothers have done over the years, including the original lineups and the lineups that included Michael McDonald in the mid-to-late 1970s. Of course, there are fans who never liked the Michael McDonald years, as the sound of the Doobie Brothers changed dramatically with the addition of Michael McDonald. That sound helped the band score some of the most successful albums and singles of their career.

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Peruvian Melodic Rock group Revlin Project have released the first single, ‘Mad Drive‘, from their upcoming album ‘Rising Hope‘, released on November 13th, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. Revlin Project is a Peruvian Melodic Rock/AOR project founded by songwriter, producer, and keyboardist Nilver Pérez. Since its inception, the project has been dedicated to crafting […]

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German Hard Rock band Viper Queen have released the title track of their upcoming album ‘Munich City Nights‘, out: October 23rd, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. Stream – here Viper Queen was founded 2019 in Munich with the aim of playing traditional hard rock/heavy metal, inspired by the late eighties: solid, authentic, and classic, […]

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When Genesis wrapped up their hugely successful The Last Domino? reunion tour in March 2022, it wasn’t just the end of the road for one of the most successful British bands of the last 50 years, it also marked Phil Collins’ own swansong as a live performer.

The drummer-turned-singer had been suffering from health issues for years, including severe nerve damage, a foot condition that left him unable to walk properly, and periods of alcohol addiction that resulted in him coming close to death after being hospitalised in 2024.

But in a new interview with Prog, Collins reveals that his career may not be completely over. Asked if he will ever make any new music, he doesn’t rule out the prospect.

“Um, I’m never gonna say no now,” says Collins, whose last album was 2010’s covers set Going Back. “I’ve got my little studio still, and I’d like to get down there and just mess about and see what happens. There are some things I could finish. And other things which are finished. So, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility.”

Collins also tells Prog about his relapse into alcohol addiction after several years of sobriety, and the resultant hospitalisation in 2024 that left him on life support.

“I went through some pretty dark times,” he admits. “I was never ‘falling over’ drunk. That wasn’t it. It was just drinking ‘normally’, as one would drink water. I’d wake up, have a glass of wine. Watch TV, read a book, have a glass of wine. And suddenly… Some people’s insides can’t take it. Mine broke down.

“My manager, Tony, called all the kids to Switzerland to have a meeting about me and my future. Because at one point it was kind of life support. Kidneys and liver were waving the white flag. I was close to dying, and I hadn’t realised. I just thought I was sick. Well, really dark times. Spent a lot of time in hospital. Then, pulling through that, I’ve had five operations on this knee. And drop foot. That’s why I have the crutches, just to make sure – I don’t want to fall over.

Collins adds that he’s in better health today than he has been in a long time. “Physically, now, I reckon I’m A1, 100%. I’ve worked at it. Haven’t drunk for three years. I do physio three times a week, to bring me up to speed. All is good!

Collins’s debut solo album, Face Value, is reissued on September 8 as an expanded 4-LP 45th anniversary edition.

Read the full interview with Collins in the brand new issue of Prog, on sale now. Order it online here.

Battlecreek is a German thrash metal band from Germany. They performed at Wacken Open Air, and we had the chance to meet them and interview them!

Benedetta

I’m here with the amazing Battlecreek. How are you doing, guys?

Battlecreek

Hi, we are super excited. It’s crazy.

Benedetta

Awesome. So, you’re playing Wacken in the anniversary year. How does it feel?

Battlecreek

It’s not just because of the anniversary, it’s our first time ever we play here and it feels like, I don’t know, like a little bit of dream came true because we are like metalheads since the beginning and we visited Wacken 15 years ago or 2007 the first time, I guess, so now it’s pretty cool to be here as an artist. This was so great, we had so much fun, the people enjoyed it, I guess. The crowd was on fire.

Benedetta

So, I know that it’s your first time at Wacken but obviously you have experience with live shows and you have experience in studio recordings. Do you think that the life of an artist is a lonely life?

Battlecreek

I don’t think so, no. You met so many people on tour or on stages and have so many things to talk. I think that you never get bored. We met a lot of friends and friendships. We actually have friendships since 20 years or longer. We are just our four guys. It’s fun enough just with the music. Still the same band since day one.

Benedetta

Do you think that we will ever have some sort of equality between men and women in the metal world?

Battlecreek

It’s hard to say as a male. Because I don’t know how it feels for a woman, I just can’t imagine. But I think it’s getting better these days. Because there are so many great artists. I am a big fan of Crypta, for example. You can say there is no difference. They play the hardest stuff and they are really cool. But I think it should be more. You see here on the festival many bands with female singers or bandmates. They are represented as well.

Benedetta

Guys, thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview with me. Is there anything else that you want to add to our readers and viewers of the website?

Battlecreek

We never played in Italy. So, we want to say to your fans, to your audience, we want to come to Italy as soon as possible.

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The second day at SonicBlast 2026 had even more up its sleeve. After the psych explorations of Portugal’s Jesus The Snake that included a super tasty snippet of Echoes (this band would be right at home on the El Paraiso label) and the hard rock stylings of Portland’s Hög (if you’re familiar with the excellent Brown Acid series on Riding Easy, you know what I am talking about), those pesky moving parts came into play.

SonicBlast 2026 – Day Two

Viana do Castelo, Portugal – 6-8 August 2026

Words And Photography: Tim Bugbee

Dead Meadow had to pull out as the band incurred a medical situation that unfortunately led to the cancellation of all their remaining European dates (Clamm was a last-minute substitution), and Voivod came on the stage with a singer who had an iPad for lyrics and was decidedly not Snake.

It was not a new singer breaking in before he learned all the words, just a one-off fill-in for the uncategorisable Quebecois band.

If you are gonna name your band Conan, you better be bringing monolithic, bone-crushing power. Do not worry, Jon Davis has that all figured out.

With all the subtlety of an overhead mace strike to your cranium, the band riled up the crowd like a gigantic cattle prod hit the centre of the pit. I still laugh at the memory of a person trying to take a mobile call during their set. Talk about futility.

Kylesa surprised the Metal world last year when Laura Pleasants and Phillip Cope announced their return to the stage, starting with Roadburn. They have obviously been having fun with this current stint, and it was great to hear bona fide classics like Unknown Awareness and Where The Horizon Unfolds after their decade-long hiatus. 

The Casualties were not hard to spot around the festival grounds, brightly colored mohawks towering over their scalps. Though they hail from New York City, their brand of punk was more in line with the classic early ’80s UK style of bands such as Discharge, Charged GBH or Subhumans, and they were another act who got the circle pit spinning round and round.

Like Sizemore, singer Daniel Rodriguez decided to take flight from the scaffolding as their set drew to a close.

As band lore goes, Turbonegro is up near the pinnacle of having a very specific niche. Riffing on the machismo culture of hard rock and Metal, they take inspiration from gay icon Tom of Finland crossed with Hells Angels, with regional chapters of fans (aka Turbojugend) dotted all across the globe. Pure, unadulterated fun, the band comes off as a less po-faced Hives mixed with the grittiness of The Hellacopters. 

Was there still crowd energy to be tapped as the clock hands passed 2 AM? Deathchant made sure of that. Celebrating their fourth appearance here, the LA quartet took the stage, took no prisoners, and plain and simple took over, period.

Gearing up for the release of their fourth record, they started with Enemy, and if that is indicative of what is on the rest of the record, it is clearly going to be their best yet. If you like twinned guitars that intertwine at breakneck speed like prime-era Thin Lizzy, you have come to the right spot.

At festivals like this, there’s definitely a ‘look’, and these guys have that dialled in and then some, shirtless and heavily tattooed, ’70s moustaches, oozing rock ‘n’ roll danger. But do not let that fool you. They are sweethearts when the amps stop howling.

Remember that PA scaffolding I keep talking about? Doug Stuckey obviously noted the previous uses and upped the ante, climbing up the scaffolding to new heights and with a Flying V that was meant to take flight, sailed into the crowd.

Rumours are swirling that he has not yet landed, so if you see him, give me a heads up. His mom is worried.

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