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MOONLIGHT HAZE new EP “Interstellar Madness” out in May
Moonlight Haze will release the new EP “Interstellar Madness” on May 22 through Scarlet Records. Moonlight Haze and extraordinary vocalist Chiara Tricarico (Avantasia) brought symphonic power metal to the next level throughout the tracklist of their fifth studio release, indulging in extremely mighty, epic and theatrical moments. Guided by striking instrumentals parts, catchy and epic […] -
WACKEN OPEN AIR 2026 – over 50 new bands announced!
Excitement for Wacken Open Air is ramping up. Last week’s announcement for W:O:A’s “Wasted Wednesday” kicked things off. Now 49 more bands have been announced for this year’s anniversary edition! The festival week stars with a bone-crushing party on Wednesday, as Sacred Steel, The Troops of Doom, Phantom, Poison the Preacher, Crypt Sermon, Battlecreek and Diabolisches Werk promise to musically plough up the […] -
US prog/tech death band XENOSIS unveil astounding new album via Transcending Obscurity
It’s only for their fifth album that this deserving and rather overlooked US band got a record deal. Xenosis are playing prog/tech death metal and they have been increasingly experimenting with their music. On their latest album “Hermetic Transmutation”, one can even hear influences of dissonant as well as brutal death metal. Watch their newly released official video AT […] -
Filth Need Help After Their Tour Van Was Totaled in a Hit-And-Run, GoFundMe Launched
It always sucks when something goes down and it sets a touring band back. We’ve seen it time and again — gear gets stolen, people get injured, and methods of transportation go down for the count. Such was the case for Filth, who lost their van and trailer in a hit-and-run accident on I-95. Though everyone came out of that incident unscathed, the same couldn’t be said about aforementioned van and trailer. And now they’re looking for some help from their fans and strangers.
According to a GoFundMe page started yesterday, the accident happened on Tuesday, causing their trailer to flip and damage some of their gear. The biggest damage, however, came to the van, which is now completely totaled. Rather than go over their account myself, here’s the information straight from the band:
“Tuesday March 10th we were involved in a crash on I-95 that totaled our van, flipped our trailer, damaged the side of it, and blew the tire out. Everyone is thankfully okay and safe, most of our gear was fine, some damage here and there. We decided we didn’t want to drop the tour, we were able to find a RV to rent so we could keep going.
“The expenses from all of this keeps adding up, Insurance isn’t covering anything since the van is totaled and we didn’t have full coverage on it, we are completely at a loss with that. The RV rental drained all the money we had saved up. We have a very large merch order that has to be paid off at the end of tour, as well as having to try and purchase a van before our next tour starts in April. We wanted to continue the tour so we could play these shows, see all of our friends and fans, and make any money we can to help with all the financial stress we are under now. We hate asking for handouts as we’ve always handled everything ourselves, but we are in a bind and need help.
“Anything at all helps, and we can not express enough how thankful we are for everyone who has supported us along this journey.
“Thank you all so much, GUTTER GANG!”
That fucking sucks, but the good news is their initial ask of $18,000 is already nearly met, with just a couple thousand dollars needed to reach their goal. To help sweeten the pot for anyone considering donating to the cause, the band is offering a free t-shirt and guest list access to a future show to anyone that donates $50 or more
In a separate statement, the band said they were reticent to start a GoFundMe after the accident, but they’re heartened by the outpouring of support.
“We truly hate to ask for any help, but at the moment we are at our wits’ end. We cannot express how much we appreciate all the support we’ve gotten over the years from everyone, it means the world to us.”
If you have the means and can spare a little something for Filth, you can head over to their GoFundMe to contribute to the cause. Hell, you might get you some merch and a concert guest list as a result, so why not?
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sace6 Announce Debut Album ‘brutalist’
After announcing their signing to Sumerian Records, sace6 have now shared the details of their first body of work for the label.
The band’s debut full-length will be titled ‘brutalist’ and will be released on May 08. It serves as a follow-up to the duo’s 2025 EP ‘Limerence’.
The artwork looks like this:
Whilst the tracklist is more like this:
1. besotted
2. reverie ft. jxdn
3. basorexia
4. allured
5. ego
6. covet
7. uneven
8. dolorous
9. nepenthe
10. fabulist
11. perfidyThe 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:
MAY01 – 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 SOMAThe post sace6 Announce Debut Album ‘brutalist’ appeared first on Rock Sound.
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Bad Juju Unleash Huge New Track ‘The Weight of Water’
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.
The post Bad Juju Unleash Huge New Track ‘The Weight of Water’ appeared first on Rock Sound.
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Video Premiere: Ravenmocker – “Where the Raven Flies”
“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
The post Video Premiere: Ravenmocker – “Where the Raven Flies” appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Live review: Poppy, Bristol Electric
“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.
Get your Poppy x Kerrang! limited-edition 20-page zine.
Read this next:
- Poppy: “Every day I wake up, I want to push myself to do something that I haven’t done the day before”
- Poppy: “I haven’t really found my place. I’m an explorer, but I don’t feel like I’ve fully arrived”
- Poppy: “People are always trying to get ahead as opposed to living, it takes a lot of work to fight to be in the present”
Posted on March 12th 2026, 4:00p.m.
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WORM SHEPHERD: “DAWN OF THE ICONOCLAST”
(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, […]
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SPIRIT ADRIFT Plots Their Final Album & Show, Streams “Eternal Celestial Energy”
Nate Garrett’s doom-laden project returns with a standalone single ahead of their final Spirit Adrift performance on March 20.
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