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  • Nanaco Sato Shares New Single “Lust – Love Underground”

    The inimitable and borderless Japanese poet and singer-songwriter Nanaco Sato has shared a new single titled “Lust –

  • The Scene Pays Tribute To New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert

    New Found Glory‘s founding guitarist Chad Gilbert has passed away at the age of 45.

    Having played on all of the band’s albums from 1999’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ to this year’s ‘Listen Up!’, Chad also served as vocalist for seminal hardcore band Shai Hulud between 1995-1998 and 2012-2013, as well as producer for A Day To Remember’s ‘Homesick’, ‘What Separates Me From You’ and ‘Common Courtesy’, H2O’s ‘Nothing To Prove’ and Fireworks’ ‘All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion’.

    For the last five years, Gilbert has been battling cancer, and, as shared by his wife, passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of September 20.

    In a touching statement announcing the sad news, she said:

    “He left this world surrounded by friends and family and took his final breaths with his wife and mother by his side, just as he wished. We are devastated and shocked by how quickly he left us, yet so grateful for how peacefully and smoothly he went. The amount of visitors that crowded the hospital lobby at a moment’s notice is a testament to how beloved and cherished Chad was, and always will be. He was a legendary musician, but his favorite accomplishment was being a husband and father. His biggest dreams came true. He is survived by his wife, Lisa, his daughter, Lily, his mother, Jackie, and his brother, Brian.”

    His New Found Glory bandmates have paid tribute to their friend sharing:

    “Chad’s guitar playing, songwriting, humor, and relentless drive helped shape New Found Glory for nearly three decades. Through more than a dozen albums, endless tours around the world, and more accolades than we ever could have imagined, Chad challenged all of us to grow as musicians, performers, and human beings. While we are devastated to lose him, we are so grateful for the incredible life he lived, the memories we shared, and the brotherhood we had. His influence will always be part of New Found Glory and his spirit will be felt on every stage we stand on, with every note we play.”

    Since the announcement there has been an outpouring of tributes shared from every corner of the scene, including those who considered Chad an inspiration, a friend, a collaborator, and a brother.

    Take a look at some of the tributes below.

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  • Josh Homme Recalls Getting ‘Destroyed’ by Tom Waits

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  • Soccer Mommy Drop New Single ‘Rings of Saturn’

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  • NEVERMORE will return to Europe in 2027

    There are songs that never really leave you. And for Nevermore fans, the chance to hear them live again has been a long time coming. Throughout 2026, that wait finally came to an end. From packed festival grounds to their recent shows alongside Judas Priest, Nevermore’s return to European stages has been met with an… Continue Reading →

  • Faith And The Muse Announce Remastered Reissue Of ‘Elyria’ 

    One of goth rock‘s most enchanting acts, Faith and the Muse is a collaboration between Monica Richards (Strange

  • Complete List Of Zayn Malik Songs From A to Z

    Zayn Malik Songs

    Zain Javadd Malik, known professionally as ZAYN, first became internationally known as a member of One Direction after appearing on The X Factor in 2010. After leaving the group in 2015, he moved quickly into a solo career that gave him far more room to explore R&B, pop, electronic music, soul, and the South Asian influences that had always been part of his musical identity. His voice, especially his falsetto and ability to move between restrained phrasing and dramatic high notes, became the center of a catalog that developed very differently from the music he had made with One Direction.

    The post Complete List Of Zayn Malik Songs From A to Z appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

  • Review SKÁLD “Ørlǫg”

    Skáld take their listeners into a world of Nordic mysticism and mythology. Founded in 2018 by Christophe Voisin-Boisvinet, the band actually comes from France, even though their name, subject matter, and musical approach might lead you to guess Scandinavia or Iceland before you ever see the map. Skáld have released four albums so far, and… Continue Reading →

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  • Mittags-Abgrund – Mittags-Abgrund Review

    At face value, Mittags-Abgrund appear to be an act after my own heart. Their name—which translates from German approximately to “Midday Abyss”—references what else but Thus Spoke Zarathustra (though the lyrics are penned in progenitor Sch.’s native Russian). Promo material even contains the source quote where Zarathustra proclaims with a kind of prophetic joy, “when, O well of eternity! you serene and ghastly midday-abyss! when will you drink my soul back into you?”1 This epigraph, in conjunction with artwork depicting a ringlike serpent surrounding a dramatically rent sky, points towards the theme of Eternal Recurrence, an idea that forms the philosophical center of the book and which is to many an important piece of Nietzsche’s thought overall.2 But it’s one whose true relevance to the music of Mittags-Abgrund is ultimately vague. Mittags-Abgrund have me on side immediately, but can the music win over its audience in the same way?

    Mittags-Abgrund play a style of blackened death that strays just occasionally outside of the lines separating second-wave and melo-black into the territory of dissonant and even old-school death. Bookended by instrumentals that progress from acoustics into something more like atmo-black, its main body is characterised by an almost grandiose, ugly heaviness that quickly recalls Absu, Immortal, and Sch.’s own Cmpt. Sch. pulls from several places across the spectrum of vocal styles in this sphere: croaking, growling, snarling, and chanting in more or less equal measure. Guest musician F takes charge of percussion in a performance that begins as quite standard, but becomes noticeably more complex and dynamic as the record progresses. So does the rest of the music, as the largely unremarkable black metal evolves and we get more overt signs of Sch.’s history in hardcore brutal death metal groups (“Пой со мной (Грусть в глазах бога) ,” “Паруса крыльев простёрты”); there are even a few toe-dips into more experimental territory (“В городе”).

    Mittags-Abgrund could hardly match the profundity of its possible inspiration, but killer riffs and a dramatic atmosphere can make up for that to some extent. These aren’t abundant. The former mostly come in the form of fleeting dissonant scales (“Портреты моих предков”) and arpeggios that dance snakelike above the stalwart barrages (“Высокомерие над пропастью червей”), guitars otherwise persisting in less colourful repetitions. This dominant multi-influence style of blackened death can be gnarly and thrilling when it wants to be (“Высокомерие над пропастью червей,” “Паруса крыльев простёрты”), and the increasing degree of fluctuations and flourishes in the drumming gives a notable edge to proceedings (“Паруса крыльев простёрты,” “Ignis Subterraneus”). The inconsistency of such edges is therefore a pity, the cause of an uneven listening experience requiring patience and close attention to achieve a questionable reward. When not confined to forceful vocal reverb, atmosphere via synths and spaciousness help the music reach some vaguely epic heights (“Aurora Consurgens”) and nuanced spooky pensiveness (“В городе”) I wouldn’t have minded hearing more of and wish were blended better and earlier on with the heavier instrumentation.

    Mittags-Abgrund also perplexes in certain compositional and mixing choices. The music varies in volume depending on the dominant element, with lead guitars typically drawing the short straw except for a few notable occasions on which they appear with particular prominence. This is frustrating when they carry melodic lines and would develop the mood and add tangible layers if they were more audible. Speaking of layers, the use of vocal multitracking takes that idea to a literal extreme with interpolations of growls and wails that distract rather than enrich the progression of the piece (“Паруса крыльев простёрты,” “В городе”). It is nonetheless possibly better than the dominant croak that rapidly grew grating without a sufficiently wild or engrossing soundscape—which would have been improved with louder leads and better atmospheric integration. The album feels overall like an odd dichotomy between hastily combined flirtation with more original musical elements and dry unremarkability, with too little cohesiveness outside of the latter’s tendency to obscure what’s actually good.

    Not for the first time do I find myself lamenting the missed opportunity of a Nietzschean-themed album. Mittags-Abgrund shows glimmers of greatness, but these are close to invisible in the midst of ostensibly heavy and dramatic music one struggles to give adequate attention to. With a better mix, stronger leads, and more confident strides into the unusual shades Mittags-Abgrund display a fondness for, there’s potential. Is it the worst thing an unreserved Amor Fati would have to embrace in embracing the necessity of the totality?3 Absolutely not. But the blend of broadly unstirring blackened death metal and irresolute explorations remains disappointing as they are.

    Rating: Disappointing
    DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320kbps mp3
    Label: Darkness Shall Rise
    Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
    Releases Worldwide: September 15th, 2026

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