The band have also released a new taste of the record in the form of ‘covet’. A silky smooth blend of pop sensability and electronic flutters with bursts of crushing heaviness littered throughout, it’s further proof of how masterfully the duo are able to combine different styles and sounds. It’s insatiably catchy and brilliantly bludgeoning, the best of both worlds.
They had this to say about the track’s themes, stating, “Our second single off of brutalist – ‘covet’, remaining anchored to the definition of the word, is an audible representation for jealousy, wanting what/who someone else has to the point of being inept at moving within my own connection.”
You will be able to catch sace6 opening for Dayseeker alongside Northlane and Wind Walkers around the album’s release. Here are the dates:
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01 – HUNTINGTON The Paramount 02 – WALLINGFORD The Dome @ Oakdale 03 – SAYREVILLE Starland Ballroom 05 – ALLENTOWN Archer Music Hall 06 – BUFFALO Buffalo Riverworks 07 – GRANDRAPIDS 20 Monroe Live 09 – GREEN BAY Epic Event Center 10 – DES MOINES Val Air Ballroom 12 – OKLAHOMA CITY Diamond Ballroom 15 – ST. LOUIS The Pageant 16 – KANSAS CITY Grinders 19 – WINNIPEG Burton Cummings Theatre 20 – SASKATOON Coors Event Theatre 22 – EDMONTON Midway Music Hall 23 – CALGARY MacEwan Hall 25 – VANCOUVERCommodore Ballroom 26 – SPOKANE Knitting Factory 28 – WHEATLAND Hard Rock Live 29 – POMONA Fox Theater 30 – SAN DIEGO SOMA
Bad Juju have joined the Easy Life Records family and shared a song that shows exactly why the label’s ears were pricked up.
The song is titled ‘The Weight Of Water’ and is modern nu-metal in its finest form. There are plenty of electronic fizzes, record scratches and pummelling atmospheres, but what brings it flying into 2026 is the soaring melodies and energetic bounce. A tribute to those who paved the way, but with bigger and bolder things on their minds, it’s an immensely addictive song that will catch the attention of all who let it into their lives.
Vocalist Russel Holland had this to say about the tune, stating, “The Weight of Water is that band’s heaviest release to date. The lyrics confront the end of a long-term friendship where bad behavior was ignored until the illusion finally cracked. As the ‘high’ wears off, you see the truth, cut the deadweight, and walk away. It’s raw, confrontational, and unapologetic, capturing the moment denial ends and self-preservation takes over.”
It’s the band’s first offering since last year’s EP ‘Simulacra’. Here is ‘HONEY’ from that very release.
If you’re around Melbourne next week, the band are playing a headline show on March 21 at the Revolver Bandroom. So yeah, there are your Saturday plans.
“A raven sits on a tree branch in a forest with the moon rising behind it,” Ravnmocker’s press release says to set the scene. “Its eyes glow an odd color, revealing that this is the Raven Mocker in its cloaked form. A flock of ravens flies behind it in the sky over the forest—The entire scene is representative of the scene where the music video was shot by the band in Angeles National Forest.”
Southern California melodic death metal newcomers Ravenmocker released this as their second single following their debut track, “Infallible.” The new single continues building the band’s identity: soaring melody, cultural storytelling honoring indigenous heritage, and melodic sensibilities.
“‘Where The Raven Flies’ is a very anthemic single, telling the origins of The Raven Mocker,” says guitarist and vocalist Tom Tierney, A cryptid from the Adirondack mountains, the Raven Mocker is a being that feeds on the sick and the dying. If you see the Raven Mocker, you’ve already been given a death sentence. The Raven Mocker takes your heart from your chest without leaving marks or scars, and adds the time that its victim would have lived, to its own life. The song describes the Raven Mocker flying over forests and villages, seeking out the terminally ill and seeking its pray. Resembling a raven to the normal eye, the Raven Mocker stands over almost any human, grim and gaunt, looking more like a feathery dragon on its hind legs with a raven skull for a face. The song describes the creature as a sort of Reaper—as a setting sun on your life and a gust of wind at night that passes you from this life to the next.
“Where The Raven Flies is a song describing the life and actions of the Ravenmocker and gives the listeners a general insight into the lore and detail behind the cryptid and influence for the band name. The song has a much loftier and epic feel compared to Infallible, wanting to display the feel of gliding over mountains and trees while maintaining a fierce and sharp sound. The video that was shot by Darkslate Media takes sound into visual art as the shots and images captured by Kim and Andrew hold a tight hand with the song’s beautiful but visceral approach.” – Tom Tierney – Guitar and Vocals – Ravenmocker
“Welcome to the House Of Poppy,” booms a disembodied voice on the stroke of 9pm. The story goes that in here, “every face in this room is a mirror, every sound a pulse in infinite space” and this nightclub “remembers everyone who has ever walked through its doors”. It’s less romantic than this Disney-like narrative sounds. “It knows what you try to hide.”
This layer of theatre couldn’t befit anyone from our world better, someone known as a chameleonic figure shifting through eras and sounds behind a veil of mystery with only glimmers of transparency. Being an enigma sells well nowadays (hello Sleep Token, hello PRESIDENT), but Poppy never does anything to ride a wave – and neither is it the reason she’s reached such an ascendancy. She built this with immaculate songwriting, and now, it’s time for her to light a match with those songs live.
Intriguingly, she sits atop an oddly nu metal-heavy bill, starting with the testosterone-fuelled Fox Lake. “All-American muscle from the USA!” boasts vocalist Nathan Johnson as their chunky riffs curl and flex beneath him, with such a strong whiff of ‘bro’ you can practically smell beer and sweaty T‑shirts (but they still declare “Free Palestine and fuck Trump”). Nonetheless, they’re determined, they sizzle with energy, and they sure do sound sharp.
Ocean Grove – or Ocean Loathe, shall we say, with the Liverpool metallers’ Feisal El-Khazragi filling in on guitar – take a little longer to find their groove. Once the blood gets pumping and the hooks get bigger, as on the sun-soaked Ask For The Anthem and the whirling, melodic Raindrop, they become the party-starting chaos-makers they always wanted to be. Then again, ending on a song as muscular as Fly Away makes them pass with flying colours all on their own, the crowd jumping along after they decide they quite like these raucous Aussies.
The logic of this unusual bill becomes clearer once Poppy arrives, in a big, puffy bridal-like dress behind a glittery microphone stand. By comparison, she seems even more singular. At times, like in the arcing chorus of Bruised Sky, she brings grace to contrast the aggression of the music around her. At others, like on the seething, stomping verses of BLOODMONEY, she’s a transfixing figure of rage.
Even when she appears delicate and unassuming, her power is even more effective. There’s strength in contrast, and she’s always embodied that, slipping from a demure Southern drawl – “Every day they give me a list of things I am not supposed to do up here…” she wonders – into a lacerating roar. “I wanna see you go absolutely feral… Can you do that?” Then she tears into the center’s falling out, and she gets what she wants.
Some of the strongest moments here, meanwhile, occur when the songs take on a new life beyond the slickness on record. Crystallised gains a little extra sparkle live with the more organic touch of live guitar, as does Time Will Tell, and it even befits the dystopian shudder of Bad Omens collaboration V.A.N. The moments where she goes for the jugular feel even fiercer, like the bark of ‘Coward!’ that kickstarts they’re all around us. No wonder the chant of “Poppy! Poppy!” when the house lights drop are so loud, before she returns to bring the night to a blazing end with new way out.
Poppy’s always written her distinctiveness large, but the live show is where that gets magnified. Every side of her gets to shine – she gets to be heavy and soft, aggressive and feminine, controlled and unhinged. She dances in the overlap, and she knows that makes her special.
(We present DGR’s review of a new EP by Massachusetts-based Worm Shepherd which was released last month by Unique Leader Records.) Sometimes a band will find themselves unwittingly serving a purpose beyond the basic enjoyment of music/listener exchange. Worm Shepherd are one such group, as their sort of alternating status between fully activated live act, […]
Tucker Zimmerman, the cult-beloved folk singer-songwriter who struck up a creative partnership with Big Thief in his 80s, died tragically in a house fire alongside his wife Marie-Claire back in January. Before his death, Tuckerman recorded one last album, Dream Me A Dream, which is now set for posthumous release in June. Players on the…
I have been looking forward to this one since its announcement late last year. Bleed From Within are undoubtedly one of the best modern Metal acts to come out of the UK in recent memory, and after missing last year’s show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town, I was gifted another chance with the announcement of the Dying Sun tour and a stop at Epic Studios, Norwich.
Bleed From Within – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
So at around 9:45, the speakers turn up a tad, and the familiar sound of Livin’ On A Prayer by Bon Jovi introduces our final act of the night. There is something about the way the song ended just before the solo that gave me goosebumps. I do not know whose idea that was, but give that person a raise. Chefs kiss.
Bleed From Within walk on stage to a huge reception from the sold-out crowd and burst straight into Zenith. The dancefloor was absolutely trembling, and you could literally hear the energy.
Bleed From Within – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
I have not seen Bleed From Within since their early days of Empire, and I can say right now this band has truly transformed into something exceptional. I mean, I loved them back then, but their evolution throughout the 2010s really catapulted them to the next level.
The band upped the ante with The End Of All We Know, and my god, experiencing this song live is something else, especially when it hits you off guard, as I predicted it would be the encore. And the band do not let up at all, with copious amounts of energy that infuses into the crowd to create an electric atmosphere.
Bleed From Within – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
Frontman, Scott Kennedy, was superb tonight, and it is quickly becoming one of the most demanding presences in modern Metal. Whether it is the lowest growls to souring roars that echo for miles, he stands out among his peers.
And with the band’s secret weapons, the riff machines that are Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones, this outfit really are unstoppable.
Bleed From Within – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
One word to describe Bleed From Within? Massive. I mean, they just sound bigger and bigger on each tour, and tonight they were a well-oiled machine that engulfed the venue.
And with the release of their new album, Zenith, they show no signs of slowing down. They are in their absolute prime, and it should be a sin not to go check them out on this tour.
Bleed From Within recently shared a video for the title track of their new album. Filmed during last year’s Zentih tour, this is a great capture of their high-intensity live shows.
“Zenith was very nearly one of the lead singles during our album campaign,” the band said. “In light of this, we decided to cut together some of the incredible footage captured by our dear friend and long-time content king, Tom Armstrong and give it a proper music video as we approach our next round of touring.
“The final result is a snapshot of the biggest headline tour we’ve ever done up to this point. The Zenith tour travelled across UK and Europe and was a massive step up for our band. We were consistently blown away by the support shown by our fans.”
Bleed From Within – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
“The tour culminated with two sold-out shows at the Glasgow Barrowlands,” the band said, “the venue that we’ve been dreaming of headlining since we started this band 21 years ago.
“Surrounded by fans, friends and family, we celebrated everything that we’ve worked towards over the last two decades.”
Long may they continue.
Bleed From Within – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
Disembodied Tyrant – Baest
Up first were Danish Metallers, Baest. Unfortunately, I missed most of the set due to a late arrival, combined with what seemed like a never-ending hunt for a parking spot in Norwich.
Disembodied Tyrant – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
The name Disembodied Tyrant alone does not exactly suggest campfire singalong vibes. All the way from Missouri in the US, this act was anything but ordinary. Intensity at its absolute finest with immense levels of talent on display.
Disembodied Tyrant – Epic Studios, Norwich – 10 March 2026. Photo: Lawrence Potter/MetalTalk
Disembodied Tyrant bring an extremely creative approach to Deathcore that really sticks out within a genre that has been done to death. The crowd were really into this one throughout as well. Effortlessly brilliant, Disembodied Tyrant are certainly one to keep an eye out for.
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