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Today, militant black / death metallers Bras D’Honneur stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Hate Speech, ahead of its release. Set for international release on March 13th via Primitive Reaction, hear Bras D’Honneur‘s Hate Speech in its entirety HERE at Primitive Reaction‘s official YouTube channel. Bras D’Honneur is the latest creation of the duo R and V, who are jointly renowned / infamous for Drudkh, Precambrian, […]

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New CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION EP Linked to “Evan Torn” Comic Book Series

Where comics and metal meet…

Jesse Lemons, the multi-faceted mad scientist behind the very prolific one-man band CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION is flexing his creative muscles and entering into the realm of comics with the upcoming serial, Evan Torn.

A dark and twisted revenge thriller, Evan Torn follows the tale of a kidnapping victim left brutally mutilated after his wealthy father refuses to pay his ransom. Betrayed, broken and reborn as a masked vigilante. Evan Thorne sets out on a mission to hunt down those who destroyed him. His quest leads to the discovery that survival can cost more than flesh.

Preview Evan Torn here.

Evan Torn official synopsis:

When the kindhearted son of a rich, sleazy defense attorney is kidnapped and held for ransom, his father, William Thorne, refuses to pay. The kidnappers send a message—in the form of flesh.

Still, William says no.

Piece by piece, Evan Thorne is taken apart, his father leaving him to die. When Evan’s mother, Anna, discovers the unpaid ransom, she is horrified. She blackmails her husband with his own criminal dealings and forces his hand. Evan is brought home alive but shattered, hollowed out, and forever changed.

Cast aside by the man who abandoned him, Evan chooses a new purpose: revenge. He hunts down everyone who helped rip him apart, fully embracing the name Evan Torn.

A story this intense demands a soundtrack. This is where CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION steps in. Struck by a lightning bolt of musical inspiration while penning the comic, Lemons picked up his guitar and laid down a collection of wildly eclectic tracks of progressive, djent-tinged deathcore titled Scorned. Torn. Mourn. Reborn. – The Misadventures, Death and Rebirth of Evan Torn. Listeners can expect an explosive dose of metal that expands upon the Evan Torn story with violent grace.

The EP will be released digitally and on limited-run CD. A bonus edition will the available (25 copies only) with a fifth track, titled “Forlorn.”

Track list:
Scorned
Torn
Mourn
Reborn (instrumental)
Forlorn (Bonus track on limited-edition CD only)

Both the comic and EP are set for a May 2026 release.

About CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION:

CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION is the brainchild of Jesse Lemons, a one-man collision of heavy metal, industrial chaos, and raw emotion. Every scream, riff, and mix comes straight from his home studio. No band, no budget, no limits.

The project began over a decade ago, when Jesse wrote a batch of melodic deathcore songs with no lyrics, no vocals, and no idea what they’d become. Life took a hard turn. Grief, addiction, silence and the music sat untouched for years. When he returned, clean and clear-headed, he found himself collaborating with his younger self, finishing what they started together.

Now, CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION exists somewhere between past and present, where rage meets reflection, and noise becomes therapy. Each release blends heaviness with atmosphere, brutality with vulnerability. It’s not about touring or fame; it’s about craft, catharsis, and creation for its own sake — proof that you can rebuild from ruin and still make something that screams.

Stream CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION on YouTube and Spotify

CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION is Jesse Lemons – Everything

Evan Torn credits
Created and written by Jesse Lee Lemons
Lettering and design by Jesse Lee Lemons

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Since her last album, 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Beabadoobee has opened for Sabrina Carpenter in her London hometown, notched a few modeling gigs, and most recently contributed to War Child’s HELP(2) benefit compilation. It’s about time for a new Beabadoobee album, and it looks like one is imminent: Today she’s sharing the new…

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Finnish metal band Malummeh, founded in 2004, have released a new single and music video entitled ‘Dethroned’. It’s been 19 years since the release of their debut album Revival via Spikefarm Records. The band is now set to release a self-titled EP on 28 May 2026 via Inverse Records.  WATCH Dethroned music video: https://youtu.be/Kf1x1ZvQDUE The band […]

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GOOD GOD / BAAD MAN DOUBLE ALBUM TO DROP ON APRIL 3RD VIA NUCLEAR BLAST. ‘You Or Me‘ is the latest single from American heavy metal […]

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Arriving via Neurot Recordings.

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Italian thrashers URAL unleash a new audiovisual bomb with the video-clip for “Rat in a Cage”, the 2nd advance single taken from their upcoming 4th album “Anthropic Genetic Involution”.      A true raw, raging and no-holds-barred Thrash Metal assault, packed with razor-sharp riffs, relentless speed and pure old-school attitude that tears everything apart in its path.      […]

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M-Theory Audio has announced a definitive vinyl reissue for Atlanta’s unsung progressive thrashers, KINETIC DISSENT. Titled ‘Controlled Reaction,’ this massive 2LP set compiles the band’s entire demo discography, meticulously remastered to capture the technical ferocity that nearly made them household names in the early ‘90s. A Legacy of “What Could Have Been”Emerging from the Atlanta scene in the […]

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Swedish hardcore/metalcore band Thrown are coming out to the U.S. starting next month for a number of headlining dates ahead of their run with In Flames in May. For nine shows in late April and early May, they’ll be at the top of the bill with support from Mugshot, Vomit Forth, and Your Spirit Dies.

Set to kick off on April 27 in Fresno, California, the run of dates will continue until May 8 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Along the way, they’ll make stops in San Diego, Ft. Worth, and Pensacola, Florida, to name a few.

You can find the full list of tour dates below. Don’t forget that tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time, so be sure to be ready and waiting on line to make sure you get yours.

Thrown Tour Dates
w/ Mugshot, Vomit Forth & Your Spirit Dies

4/27 Fresno CA Strummers
4/28 San Diego CA Soma Side Stage
4/30 Tucson AZ The Rock
5/1 El Paso TX Lowbrow Palace
5/2 Ft Worth TX Tulips FTW
5/3 Jackson MS Hal & Mals
5/5 Pensacola FL The Handlebar
5/7 Augusta GA Grantski Records
5/8 Chattanooga TN The Signal

w/ In Flames, Distant & Upon Stone

5/12 Milwaukee WI The Rave
5/13 East Moline IL The Rust Belt
5/15 Indianapolis IN The Egyptian Room
5/16 London ON London Music Hall

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