Sydney-based, female death metal musician Evilean has released her debut single and official music video Lost Cause. Drawing on a heavy, brutal, raw and dark narrative covering themes of violence, aggression, death, revenge and power, Evilean captures death metal in its most honest form — filthy, direct, and hostile. There is no polish, no trend-chasing, […]Category: news
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EVILEAN Drops Debut Single ‘Lost Cause’
Sydney-based, female death metal musician Evilean has released her debut single and official music video Lost Cause. Drawing on a heavy, brutal, raw and dark narrative covering themes of violence, aggression, death, revenge and power, Evilean captures death metal in its most honest form — filthy, direct, and hostile. There is no polish, no trend-chasing, […] -
LIVE REVIEW: SAMANTHA FISH at O2 Ritz, Manchester
You know it’s going to be a good night when Samantha Fish rolls into town. When the support act is the brilliant Zac Schulze Gang as well, you know you’re in for something special.
Opening the evening was Zac Schulze, and whatever he has for breakfast I’d love to know. From the very first note to the final chord, the energy coming off the stage was immense — and that’s before even mentioning the guitar playing. Schulze is one of those young-gun players who clearly lives and breathes what he does. Imagine Rory Gallagher’s fire, Wilko Johnson’s swagger and just a touch of Angus Young attitude, all rolled into one.
The trio delivered a set steeped in classic British R&B, played with conviction and serious muscle. Despite releasing their debut album Straight To It in September 2025, they only dipped into it once tonight with “High Roller” perhaps keeping the rest fresh for their UK headline tour planned for November 2026. What we did get was superb: three tracks from their Made of Three EP release along with the excellent “Woman”, a song that has been getting heavy play on Planet Rock.
The set flew by far too quickly, closing with a fantastic cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Oh Well.” But the highlight for me was their barnstorming take on the Dr. Feelgood classic “She Does It Right.” If you get the chance to catch them on that headline tour later this year, don’t miss it.
Then it was time for the main event.
Samantha Fish is no stranger to UK audiences. Since first coming over in 2013, she has built a loyal following through sheer grit and determination, returning virtually every year. That dedication has paid off, tonight she’s packing out the magnificent O2 Ritz in Manchester, a venue she’s played before and one that recently hosted The Foo Fighters only days earlier.
Samantha Fish and her band wasted no time kicking things into gear, opening with a storming cover of MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams.” It was the perfect introduction, which was greeted by huge applause from a packed Ritz crowd.
From there the set rolled through a powerful selection of material. “Paper Doll,” the title track from her latest album, sat alongside the groove-heavy “Can Ya Handle the Heat.” During “I’m Done Runnin’,” Samantha Fish paused to greet the audience “How y’all doing?” before launching back into the driving rhythm.
One of the standout moments came with “Sweet Southern Sounds,” where Samantha Fish switched to a shimmering silver semi-acoustic guitar, creating a cool, laid-back groove that had the Manchester crowd swaying along. Later, “Lose You More” had the audience clapping along as the band laid fully into the groove.
Things turned up several notches during “Bulletproof.” Samantha Fish strapped on her cigar-box guitar and unleashed a frantic slide workout, screaming vocals cutting through the roaring tones, absolute guitar heaven.
The mood then dipped into something darker and sleazier with “Fortune Teller,” before moving through “Poor Mattie”and the razor-sharp new single “Rusty Razor.” By this point the band were completely locked in, riding the wave of a crowd that clearly didn’t want the night to end.
One of the biggest highlights arrived during “Black Wind Howlin’,” when Zac Schulze returned to the stage for an electrifying guitar duel. The two traded licks back and forth with joyous intensity, the kind of moment that reminds you exactly why live music is unbeatable.
Samantha Fish is the real deal a modern rock star in every sense. She struts the stage with the swagger of a young Phil Lynott while unleashing blistering blues licks that few players can match. Add to that a voice packed with power and raw emotion, capable of lifting you up one moment and tearing you apart the next.
Quite simply, live music doesn’t get much better than this. If Samantha Fish is playing anywhere near you on this tour, go see her. You won’t regret it.
Photos by David Pickles
With special thanks to Peter Noble of Noble PR for the media access.
GALLERY
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2026 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony Review: Pure Magic
“Life in Motion” wasn’t just a tagline on a screen Friday night — it was the first real breath you felt at the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.
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BLOODHUNTER Unleash Video For New Single “The Outspoken”
Hot on the heels of “The Devil’s Own,” Spain’s BLOODHUNTER have unveiled the official music video for their new single “The Outspoken.”
This track hits hard. Fast-paced drums, razor-sharp melodic leads and crushing riffs collide with Diva Satanica’s commanding vocal delivery. The result is a relentless melodic death metal rager that balances aggression with sharp hooks and tight songwriting. “The Outspoken” doesn’t waste a second. It builds, strikes, and leaves its mark.
Lyrically, the song serves as a defining statement for the band. Vocalist Diva Satanica comments:
“It’s like a hymn that defines the identity of this band. We can be many things, but we will never stop being honest with other people and with ourselves. It’s a very powerful song that speaks about our own identity as a band over the years.”
With “The Outspoken,” BLOODHUNTER reaffirm their place in modern melodic death metal: intense, direct, and unapologetically honest and leave fans hungry for more music that will hopefully follow soon!
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Source: C Squared Music
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The Struggle Within: Ready To Leave Hell With HAYDEN McGOOGAN
Fresh off the release of his latest single Relapse, Sydney singer-songwriter Hayden McGoogan is writing from a place of hard-won clarity. Penned just after a month into sobriety, the stripped-back track captures a fragile headspace: doing well, but fearing it could all unravel. “It’s not about relapsing,” he explains. “It’s about hoping I don’t.” Recorded […] -
Ukrainian band OnesteP release new single “Arise”
Ukrainian metal band OnesteP released a new single, “Arise.” The single comes as their lead singer Brood’s celebrtaes her birthday. Liisten to “Arise” here below and wish Brood a happy birthday!
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FLESHGOD – APOCALYPSE Announce North American Headline Dates
Italy’s FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE are preparing to shroud stages across North America in their haunting, symphonic-infused death metal and have unveiled a series of headline dates for this spring. This follows the announcement that the band will be joining AVATAR on their “Don’t Go in the Forest 2026” tour with guests FROZEN SOUL.
The band comments, “Could we come to North America and completely forget Dallas (TX), St. Louis (MO), Albany (NY), or let our Canadian friends in Montreal (QC) down? Of course we could not! That’s why we have added four exclusive headlining shows alongside the massive spring trek supporting Avatar this April and May. Expect a longer setlist, a bigger production, and some extra surprises! Our Texan friends FROZEN SOUL will be joining us for these dates, so you know exactly what to do. See you there folks!”
2026 Headline Dates:
4/21 – Dallas, TX – Granada*
4/27 – St. Louis, MO – Red Flag
5/17 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
5/18 – Montreal, QC – Beanfield Theatre* no FROZEN SOUL
Purchase tickets HERE.
2026 Tour Dates with AVATAR and FROZEN SOUL:
4/16 Sacramento, CA Channel 24
4/17 Los Angeles, CA Novo
4/19 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
4/20 Albuquerque, NM Revel
4/22 San Antonio, TX Aztec
4/23 Oklahoma City, OK Criterion
4/25 Omaha, NE Steelhouse Omaha
4/26 Des Moines, IA Val Air
4/28 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
4/29 Moline, IL The Rust Belt
4/30 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Live at 20 Monroe
5/1 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club Stage
5/2 Fort Wayne, IN The Clyde
5/4 Huntsville, AL VBC Mars Music Hall
5/5 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
5/6 Knoxville, TN Mill & Mine
5/7 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
5/8 Daytona Beach, FL Welcome to Rockville
5/10 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
5/12 Richmond, VA The National
5/13 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall
5/14 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2026
5/15 New York, NY Palladium Times Square
5/16 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Riverworks
5/19 Wallingford, CT The Dome
5/20 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
Opera Track – Listing:
1. Ode to Art (De’ Sepolcri)
2. I Can Never Die
3. Pendulum
4. Bloodclock
5. At War With My Soul
6. Morphine Waltz
7. Matricide 8.21
8. Per Aspera Ad Astra
9. Till Death Do Us Part
10. OperaSource: C Squared Music
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Metallica Just Added Four More Sphere Shows — And Says ‘This Is It’
Metallica has added four more nights to its upcoming “Life Burns Faster” residency at the high-tech Sphere.
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Hermidgets Faces the Person They Never Were in Video for Somber Synthpop Track “Could I Be Better”
I could have been a wise man
Could have been the one…
Hermidgets has taken an old wound off the shelf, peeled away the dried glue and cheap varnish, and found that it still bleeds when pressed. Their latest single, Could I Be Better, feels like the kind of song that stares into its own earlier incarnation with a crooked, hard-earned grin, then guts it and starts over. The first version, as it turns out, no longer knew enough about pain to tell the truth. That history matters. You can hear it in the bones of the track, in the sense that every line has been rehandled, worried over, stripped clean until all the decorative fat is gone and what’s left is nerve, muscle, and a few bruises that never quite healed right.
The track’s strength comes from the way it circles all the people a person might have been for somebody else: saviour, lover, stooge, safe harbour, evidence of some greater meaning…and then lets those phantoms drift off one by one, until the song is left standing in the cold with its plainest and hardest admission. There is no grand absolution here, no theatrical collapse onto the chaise lounge, no purple plume of romantic ruin. What you get instead is a plainspoken reckoning with the slow humiliation of waking up to yourself again, dragging your body into another day, and finding that the vacancy is still there.
Musically, Hermidgets keeps the frame severe and the feeling fevered. The synths move with a stern, spare elegance, while the beat keeps its measured tread like somebody pacing the kitchen at dawn, too tired to panic and too awake to lie down. There’s a lineage here tied to dark synthpop’s cooler bloodline, but Hermidgets isn’t kneeling at anybody’s altar. The track carries its own weather: private, wintry, and claustrophobic, yet never smothered under studio fog or needless ornament. The arrangement understands restraint in the old dramatic sense, where holding back becomes its own form of pressure.
The black-and-white video deepens that mood without gilding it. By the river, with faces partly withheld and bodies doubled through layered performance, Hermidgets turns anonymity into a kind of spiritual condition. The female figure passing through detachment, collapse, and ascent lends the clip a mournful grace, though even that rise feels provisional, like grace on layaway.
Watch Could I Be Better below:
Self-revision can be savage work. Could I Be Better doesn’t present growth as triumph. It presents it as a question asked in an empty room, where the echo comes back smarter than you were the first time.
Hermidgets previously released The Mire (2020) and NIHIL (2024), gradually shaping a coherent, emotionally resonant artistic identity.
Listen to Could I Be Better below and order the single here.
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Album review: SQUEEZE- Trixies
BMG Records (release date 06.03.26) Something old, something new….. for Squeeze’s first studio album in over eight years since 2017’s ‘The Knowledge’ they have revisited what might in a parallel world have been their debut album. At the outset of … Continue reading The post Album review: SQUEEZE- Trixies appeared first on Get Ready to ROCK!.
