The guy from the Killers caught the country music bug. Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has released a couple of solo albums over the years, the most recent of which was 2015’s quietly excellent The Desired Effect. We last heard from the Killers when they released Pressure Machine in 2021. In 2023, Flowers said that he’d scrapped an entire halfway-done Killers album. After teasing something new, Flowers is now ready to announce the new solo LP Thrasher, which he’s explicitly framing as his “country/western” album.
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System Of A Down are due to make their way around Europe on a stadium tour alongside Queens of The Stone Age over the coming weeks, and they are bringing some special merch with them too.
The band will set up shop in five cities across the continent; Stockholm, Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf and London. Each store will feature, “custom apparel, accessories, and collectibles, including tees, hoodies, track jackets, jerseys, shorts and more – with the football tops in collaboration with sportswear brand, hummel. Additionally, the stores will offer commemorative posters and exclusive tour-edition coloured vinyl formats of Toxicity. Each store will have its own limited-edition coloured pressing, produced exclusively for each city”.
So that’s exclusive merch, special footy shirts, and pressings of ‘Toxicity’ that you’re not going to find anywhere else? Yeah, that’s ace.
Here are the places you will be able to find the stores and what dates they will be open:
STOCKHOLM
Vasagatan 11, 111 20)
JUNE 27 – JUNE 30
PARIS
23 Rue du Sentier, 75002
JULY 01 – JULY 05
BERLIN
Bismarckstraße, 103, 10625 Berlin-Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
JULY 06 – JULY 09
DUSSELDORF
Galerie Voss Mühlengasse 3 40213
JULY 08 – JULY 11
LONDON
56-57 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8EQ
JULY 10 – JULY 16
And here are the shows that the band will be playing.
JUNE
29 – STOCKHOLM Strawberry Arena
JULY
02 – PARIS Stade De France
06 – MILAN Ippodromo Snai La Maura
08 – BERLIN Olympiastadion
10 – DÜSSELDORF Open Air Park Düsseldorf
13 – LONDON Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
18 – WARSAW Narodowy
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Despite their 46 years of recording history, black metal forefathers Venom have somehow never officially released a flexi disc (save an unofficial sketchy Russian bootleg). That’s about to change courtesy of the Decibel Flexi Series. We’re honored to release “Nevermore (Full Length Version),” which is, unsurprisingly, the complete unedited version of the Into Oblivion track “Nevermore,” as part of our ever-expanding flexi discography!
So stream “Nevermore (Full Length Version)” below and then make sure to snag your copy of the July issue of Decibel, which includes this exclusive piece of floppy vinyl. But you gotta act fast upon the way of the dog, or risk scorn defeat!
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The home hi-fi system has changed a lot over the years, from turntables and radio receivers to cassettes, CDs and wireless streaming – and right back round to turntables again. The vinyl revival’s old news by now, but turntables are still a new addition to many an audio set-up, from baby’s first hi-fis to well-established living-room stacks.
If you’ve been umming and ahhing about adding a turntable to your own setup, you can take a look at our guide to the best Prime Table turntable deals – but if you want something straight off the bat, there’s money off both the Sony PS-LX3BT and Sony PS-LX5BT wireless Bluetooth turntables over at Amazon.
Sony’s PS-LX3BT is the cheapest in the range, and a compelling entry-level turntable for those new to the world of wax. It shares much in common with its big-sibling LX5BT – fully automatic mechanism, aptX Adaptive Bluetooth transmission, built-in phono preamp fuss-free setup – but it rocks a simpler tonearm assembly with a cheaper, softer-sounding stylus. As entry-level record players go, it’s a very swish thing indeed. And it can be yours for less this Prime Day!
And if you’re in the UK, don’t despair as the LX3BT is also on sale at Amazon – down from £299 to just £223.25, a nice 25% discount.View Deal
Sony’s PS-LX5BT is a marriage of great sound and foolproof operation, being a fully-automatic turntable equipped with a decent built-in MM cartridge and aptX Adaptive Bluetooth transmission. No set-up needed, either – just slide its sleek form slickly into your system and you’re off to the races. Prime Day has made it something of a steal, too, with a US-only discount of 20%. That’s about $100 off, and a low barrier of entry to the world of quality wireless vinyl. View Deal
The Sony PS-LX series comprises two variants of Bluetooth-enabled automatic turntable. The LX3BT is the cheaper of the two and is a very user-friendly affair, with full auto playback controlled by some slick buttons at the front. It’s a functionally plug-and-play device, with no calibration or counterweighting necessary. Even the moving-magnet cartridge with which it’s equipped is a fully built-in thing, furnished with a warm-sounding replaceable stylus.
The LX3BT is the more expensive of the two but that extra dough buys you a few functional upgrades, a smarter-looking aluminium platter and a better tonearm, replete with a more detailed cartridge/stylus assembly. Both turntables share the same design language, and, more or less, the same essential features – features which make them extremely attractive for newbies to the vinyl revival.
The automatic mechanism is one such feature, as is the built-in phono preamp that makes plugging into existing hi-fi systems a breeze. More important, though, is the Bluetooth connectivity. Both the LX3BT and LX5BT support aptX Adaptive Bluetooth transmission, so you can cast hi-res audio of your records to a Bluetooth receiver of your choosing. It’s nifty stuff, and dynamite for the hybrid hi-fi.
I’ll be the first to admit that Sony’s prices are a little pricey, generally – and that here, the LX series faces stiff competition from a suite of the best budget turntables. But with Amazon Prime Day, Sony gets the upper hand thanks to these lovely deals.
Want more? Want something to play on your new turntable? Take a look at our Prime Day vinyl deals and for everything else, check out Louder’s hand-picked Prime Day music deals.
– June 23rd, 2026 –
Farewell EP, “Coffin Born”, Out Now On Metal Blade Records
Watch/stream ENDSEEKER’s “True Survivor” (David Hasselhoff cover feat. Lord Of The Lost) HERE
German death metal horde ENDSEEKER are pleased to unleash a special cover and accompanying video of their rendition of David Hasselhoff’s “True Survivor,” featuring Lord Of The Lost. The track appears on the band’s fiery farewell EP, Coffin Born, released on June 19th via Metal Blade Records.
Photo by FlorianLübke
“In the first place, we just love this song,” the band elaborates. “It’s from the movie Kung Fury which absolutely everyone must watch, because it’s a fucking masterpiece and this song is probably the best performance of Hasselhoff ever. We asked our friends in Lord Of The Lost if they would like to join us for this song because we felt like it needed some extra glitter. We think it turned out amazing! Two bands from Hamburg from different genres united in an unexpected cover song. Super-fun project and quite outside the box for a death metal band.“
Watch ENDSEEKER‘s “True Survivor” video HERE.
Watch ENDSEEKER‘s previously released video for “Enemies of Peace” HERE.
“We’ve accomplished more than we have ever imagined in our wildest dreams,” reflects the band on their final release. “We played with fantastic bands, played super-cool festivals, and released four albums and two EPs of which we are extremely proud. We were blessed with great and loyal fans and managed to stay a consistent lineup throughout our whole career. But after grinding for more than a decade and dedicating so much time and energy to this band, we feel like it’s time to move on to other projects. We wanted to end this band like we started – as very good friends. We started with an EP and we end it with an EP. It just feels right to do this now, while we still have the power to deliver a great farewell performance as well in the studio as on stage.“
Since their 2015 debut EP Corrosive Revelation, each release has hoisted the Hamburg quintet further up the death metal mountain, with Mount Carcass (2021) and Global Worming (2023) receiving widespread acclaim.
Produced by the band with drums engineered by Eike Freese (Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Helloween), Coffin Born stands as ENDSEEKER‘s swan song, shaped by the intense bond of a lineup that remained together throughout their whole career.
Coffin Born is out now on digipak CD (w/ 12-page booklet) and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
180g black (EU)
Silver Black Merged (EU – Ltd.250)
“Royalty Metallic” Vintage Gold Marble (EU – Ltd. 250)
Find orders at: metalblade.com/endseeker
Coffin Born Track Listing:
01. Enemies of Peace
02. No After. No Before.
03. Coffin Born
04. Life Breeds Death
05. True Survivor (David Hasselhoff Cover)
ENDSEEKER Live:
7/10/2026 M.U.R. Open Air – Königsee, DE
7/11/2026 Pure Fucking Metal FestEvil – Laberweinting, DE
7/24/2026 Burning Q – Osterholz-Scharmbeck, DE
11/06/2026 Club From Hell – Erfurt, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine
11/07/2026 Live Music Hall – Weiher, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine
11/13/2026 Helvetic – Oberhausen, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine
11/14/2026 Urban Spree – Berlin, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine
11/27/2026 LA Cham – Cham, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine
11/28/2026 Backstage – München, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine
12/12/2026 Knust – Hamburg, DE w/ Stillbirth, Slaughterday
“Musically, the nearly 23-minute Coffin Born follows seamlessly in the footsteps of Global Warming (2023), delivering that signature low-end HM-2 grind, snarling aggression, and captivating melodic passages across varying tempos…” – Metal Hammer
“…five angry, crusty songs that feel like a pummeling…” – Metal Injection
“…one last powerful statement… Driven by that quintessential HM-2 sound, the hardcore/crust-infused ‘Enemies Of Peace’ ruthlessly steamrolls over any fascists, while the Hamburg quintet continues to champion the old-school Swedish sound with expert impact on mid-tempo tracks like ‘No After. No Before…’” – Rock Hard
“ENDSEEKER doesn’t do anything that others haven’t done before, but the instrument handling, the sound, the mixing and the compositions are so impressive that the miss will be even greater when the band retires later this year…” – Metalized
“‘Enemies Of Peace’ conjures images of tanks cresting the hill, but you’re in the valley and doomed. …Witness ‘No After. No Before,’ where off-time rhythms and riffs careen into the title track, sirens and slaughter surrounding your twitching, pleading forms. ‘Life Breeds Death’ grants no reprieve, and a David Hasselhoff cover drives the final nail into Coffin Born. ENDSEEKER lived hard and now dies the same way – on its own terms.” – Rebel Extravaganza
“Expect four original songs plus an outside the box cover song featuring guests from the local Hamburg heavy music scene – going out as aggressive and energetic as they came into the movement over 12 years before.” – Dead Rhetoric
ENDSEEKER:
Lenny Osterhus – vocals
Ben Liepelt – guitar
Jury Kowalczyk – guitar
Torsten Eggert – bass
André Kummer – drums
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