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For the first time ever, Swedish epic doom metal pioneers CANDLEMASS will bring their monumental sound to Australian shores this September and October for a long-awaited debut tour in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Formed in Stockholm in 1985 by bassist and main songwriter Leif Edling, Candlemass stand as one of the true architects of epic […]

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Thrash metal titans ANTHRAX return to Australia later this month for four huge shows. Bold and uncompromising, ANTHRAX stands as one of the legendary Big Four of thrash, a band whose breakneck riffs and mosh-pit anthems have shaped heavy music for over four decades. On their 2026 Australian tour, ANTHRAX will ignite stages in Brisbane, […]

Seattle’s God Tongue comes writhing back into view with the official video for Grip, landing like somebody slipped a tab of acid into the circuitry of an old warehouse PA. This is a nasty little delight, the kind of track that feels like it was born under a strobe light in a room with bad wiring, suspicious stains, and one person in the corner who may or may not be a prophet. The band’s self-described “Acid Body Rave” tag sounds at first like the sort of phrase a group might invent after too much coffee and one treasured VHS copy of Liquid Sky, but here it actually fits. You hear it and think: yes, that is exactly the sickness we ordered.

God Tongue have built their whole deal around an ugly-beautiful collision of EBM muscle, acid corrosion, minimal-wave chill, and the sort of B-movie sleaze that used to drift through midnight cable. Grip tightens that recipe into a mean machine. The bassline stomps in with a cold-blooded purpose, the drum programming snaps like a trap being tested for your ankle, and the synths smear themselves across the track in warped streaks. The song’s general menace comes with a side helping of a wicked sense of play, the feeling that the band knows exactly how deliciously absurd this zone can get when you lean into it with enough conviction and enough damaged equipment.

The video, shot by Vancouver filmmaker Daniel Brand, understands the assignment and then scribbles in the margins. It is lo-fi, grainy, weird, and gloriously glitched, like somebody found a floppy disk in the gutter marked DO NOT OPEN and naturally opened it in the middle of a dark club. There are flashes of mysterious data, a masked fiend serving…milkshakes? And a general mood of A Clockwork Orange-meets-cyberpunk depravity that brings to mind Hackers after a nervous breakdown and Strange Days after one too many energy drinks. The imagery has that degraded, diseased glamour that makes you want to laugh and recoil at the same time, which is usually a good sign.

Watch Grip below:

Grip lurches, lunges, and locks in. God Tongue are not aiming for polish; they want impact, pressure, and a little psychic damage on the side. Bless them for that. In a world overflowing with tidy little tracks that behave themselves, Grip shows up with its shirt half-buttoned, its pupils blown wide, and a grin that suggests very poor intentions.

Listen to Grip below and order the album LIMINAL here.

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So, Reverie arrives out of Liverpool with a compelling, authentic backstory. You can hear it in the grain of their music: two young lifers, Andy Power and Cain Garcia, learning how to stay standing through the usual artistic bruisings, then turning that bond into a duo that knows how to move with purpose. Their latest single, Runaway, feels born from exactly that sort of hard-earned closeness, where instinct travels fast, and one small riff passed across a soundcheck can become the engine for something bigger, brighter, and slightly bruised.

What grabs you first is the lift of their jangle-pop melody, that quicksilver guitar riff that came from Power pulling himself out of standard tuning and into strange territory inspired by Billy Corgan’s methods. You can almost feel the room where it clicked, the moment Garcia latched onto it, the week between discovery and development, the drum machine experiment giving way to live drums when the pair realized the song needed muscle and motion rather than mechanical neatness. That choice gives Runaway a pulse and push; the sense of a song being chased by its own momentum.

There is a marvellous emotional split at the center, which Power describes perfectly: “After we wrote the instrumental, I really wanted the lyrics to feel bittersweet in contrast to how joyous the melodies were as that juxtaposition between sadness and happiness within music is something that has always fascinated me.” The tune glides in with a kind of open-armed rush, while the words carry the ache of loving someone who will never return the same devotion; of knowing the scales are broken and offering your heart to them anyway.

Power goes even deeper: “It’s one of the first songs I’ve written where I’ve actually spoken from the point of view of someone else instead of myself; seeing people you hold dearly to you falling out of love is really difficult and I think it’s something a lot of people can relate to. Whether it’s happening to you or you’re the one witnessing it unfold with others, it all still hurts.”

That perspective gives the song a wider field of feeling, less diary-entry than shared scars.

The Video8 clip directed by Laurie Clapson suits it beautifully, folding Liverpool’s streets and familiar corners into the song’s wistful weather. So, Reverie may wear traces of post-punk, dreampop, jangle-pop, and shoegaze in their bloodstream (via The Smiths, The Cure, and The Ocean Blue), but Runaway feels less like genre exercise than two friends finding the shape of their own language. For a duo still building toward their debut EP, this is one hell of a calling card.

Watch Runaway below:

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For anyone who came of age on late ’80s melodic rock, Trixter were one of those bands that seemed to arrive fully formed — huge hooks, big riffs, and the kind of songs that sounded like they were destined for summer radio. From their breakout debut through later records like New Audio Machine and Human Era, guitarist Steve Brown has been at the heart of that sound, blending melody, energy, and a clear love for the bands that inspired him.

Fast forward to 2026 and the story is still being written. Brown has spent the past year on the road with longtime bandmate P. J. Farley, performing the hugely successful Spirit Of 1989 shows in a stripped-back trio format that has been reconnecting fans with the songs in a completely different way. At the same time, he’s quietly working on new music — revealing recently that he already has around 15 songs written for what could become the next Trixter album. (Today he tells me it’s 75% complete).

There’s more on the horizon too. Brown and Farley have begun filming a documentary chronicling their nearly 40-year musical journey together, promising a look behind the curtain at a partnership that has survived the highs and lows of the music industry while always returning to the same shared love of rock ’n’ roll.

With Trixter finally heading to Australia this March, we caught up with Steve to talk touring, songwriting, new music, the documentary, and what the future might hold for one of melodic rock’s most enduring bands.

 

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WHITECHAPEL is pleased to announce their return to European shores in January 2027. They will be joined by Sylosis, labelmates 200 Stab Wounds, and Tribal Gaze.

Comments WHITECHAPEL’s guitarist Alex Wade: “We are excited to announce the Burn Forever European Tour 2027. This will mark a long overdue full European headlining run featuring some of the sickest names in modern metal. On the mainland Europe dates, we will be headlining while all of the UK dates we will be coheadlining with Sylosis with them closing. We look forward to seeing everyone out there, new fans and old, don’t miss it!”

Later this month, WHITECHAPEL will join Slaughter To Prevail for a month-long North American tour with several one-off headlining shows scattered throughout. In May, the band will appear at Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple festivals before playing a trio of headlining dates with support from labelmates Entheos as well as Tracheotomy, and Mauled. See all confirmed dates below. 

WHITECHAPEL w/ Slaughter To Prevail, Attila:
3/21/2026 The Pinnacle – Nashville, TN
3/22/2026 The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
3/23/2026 The Midland Theatre – Kansas City, MO
3/25/2026 The Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
3/27/2026 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
3/28/2026 Revolution Concert House – Boise, ID
3/29/2026 Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA
3/30/2026 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR **Off-date w/ I Declare War, Misery Whip, Eartheater
4/01/2026 Channel 24 – Sacramento, CA
4/02/2026 Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
4/03/2026 SOMA – San Diego, CA **Off-date w/ Carnifex, Rev3rent
4/04/2026 Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV
4/06/2026 Tulsa Theater – Tulsa, OK
4/08/2026 The Coca Cola Roxy – Atlanta, GA
4/09/2026 The NorVa – Norfolk, VA **Off-date w/ Inter Arma, Üga Büga
4/10/2026 Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA
4/11/2026 The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD
4/12/2026 Roxian Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
4/14/2026 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
4/15/2026 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
4/16/2026 Wally’s – Hampton, NH **Off-date w/ Blood Tithe, Iron Gate
4/17/2026 L’Olympia – Montreal, QC
4/18/2026 HISTORY – Toronto, ON
4/20/2026 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
4/21/2026 Vibrant Music Hall – Waukee, IA
4/22/2026 Myth Live – Minneapolis, MN
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5/10/2026 Welcome To Rockville – Daytona Beach, FL *festival date
5/14/2026 Sonic Temple – Columbus, OH *festival date
w/ Entheos, Tracheotomy, Mauled:
5/11/2026 Club LA – Destin, FL
5/12/2026 2 Minglewood Hall – Memphis, TN
5/13/2026 Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY

WHITECHAPEL w/ Sylosis, 200 Stab Wounds, Tribal Gaze:
1/22/2027 Hellraiser – Leipzig, DE
1/23/2027 Batschkapp – Frankfurt am Main, DE
1/24/2027 Trix – Antwerp, BE
1/26/2027 The Academy – Dublin, IE *
1/28/2027 SWG3 Galvanizers – Glasgow, UK *
1/29/2027 Electric Ballroom – London, UK *
1/30/2027 Manchester Academy 2 – Manchester, UK *
1/31/2027 O2 Academy – Bristol, UK *
2/01/2027 XOYO – Birmingham, UK *
2/03/2027 Trabendo – Paris, FR
2/05/2027 Sala Lab/Wagon – Madrid, ES
2/06/2027 Razzmatazz 2 – Barcelona, ES
2/07/2027 Rayonne – Lyon, FR
2/09/2027 Magazzini Generali – Milan, IT
2/10/2027 Z7 Konzertfabrik – Pratteln, CH
2/12/2027 Live Music Hall – Cologne, DE
2/13/2027 Große Freiheit 36 – Hamburg, DE
2/14/2027 Tivoli Vredenburg – Ronda – Utrecht, NL
2/16/2027 Roxy – Prague, CZ
2/17/2027 Arena – Vienna, AT
2/19/2027 Backstage – Munich, DE
2/20/2027 Metropol – Berlin, DE
2/21/2027 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, DK
2/23/2027 Rockefeller – Oslo, NO
2/24/2027 Fallan – Stockholm, SE
2/26/2027 Tavara-asema – Tampere, FI
2/27/2027 Aeeniwalli – Helsinki, FI
2/28/2027 Helitehas – Tallinn, EE
3/01/2027 Spelet – Riga, LV
3/02/2027 Progresja – Warsaw, PL
*Coheadlining with Sylosis

In conjunction with the European tour announcement, WHITECHAPEL unveils their new video for “Nothing Is Coming For Any Of Us,” from their critically lauded Hymns In Dissonance full-length. 

Watch WHITECHAPEL’s “Nothing Is Coming For Any Of Us” video HERE.

WHITECHAPEL’s Hymns In Dissonance finds the band reinventing themselves, going darker, deeper, and heavier than ever before. The record earned the #2 position on Billboard’s Current Hard Rock Albums chart, #3 on Independent Label Current Albums chart, #4 on the Current Rock Albums chart and #7 on the Digital Albums chart upon its first week of release.

Hymns In Dissonance is available now on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. 

For orders, visit: https://lnk.to/HymnsInDissonance. Find merch bundles and band exclusive vinyl at: whitechapel.merchnow.com.

Watch WHITECHAPEL’s previously release videos for “Prisoner 666” HERE, “Hymns In Dissonance” HERE, “A Visceral Retch” HERE, and “Hate Cult Ritual” HERE. 

WHITECHAPEL:
Phil Bozeman – vocals
Ben Savage – lead guitar
Alex Wade – rhythm guitar
Zach Householder – guitar
Gabe Crisp – bass
Brandon Zackey – drums

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Set amongst the lush bushland confines of Dashville, in the Hunter Valley, Thrashville returns, ready for a one day explosion of punk, rock, metal and all in between, on the darkest, firiest day of the year, Saturday 27th June 2026. Today the festival announces the first chunk of the line up, with a fine selection […]

Long Island punk upstarts Koyo recently announced their sophomore album, Barely Here, arriving May 8 via Pure Noise Records, and now they’re back with another kinetic new single, What I’m Worth. Clocking in at ten songs in just 28 minutes, Barely Here is a lean blast of incredibly anthemic punk that packs the firecracker guts […]