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Where they from?
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Spain won the World Cup on Sunday. Give Argentina some credit though; they did a Hell of a job honoring the New York Jets by scoring no points in a big game in MetLife Stadium! I heard Zach Wilson broke down in tears due to the moving tribute.

Why the hype?
With the amount of gravity blasting this band does, I was convinced that Isaac from Sulfuric Cautery was somehow involved in the project but, lo and behold, he is not! This band hyperblasts and eviscerates all on their own, topped off with generous doses of gore-soaked ‘oompa’ beats and an absolutely inhuman vocal attack, something for everyone! If you are in any way a devotee of the new wave of extreme ‘hypergoreblast,’ then you absolutely must check this shit out, but please remember to wear some gloves.

Latest release?
Split w/ Miserable Fuck, self-released. I can’t stress enough how much of an all-out attack this band’s music is. When they get going with the tin can snare and dual vocal thing, it’s like a boat crash to the ears. It’s enough to make you forget that the New York Jets are now relying on Geno Smith to end an 11-year playoff drought. God help us.

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Chelsea Wolfe has shared the details of her upcoming 9th full-length, serving as the follow-up to 2024’s ‘She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She’.

Titled ‘The Dark’, it will be released on August 21 via Loma Vista Recordings.

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is more like this:



As well as including previously shared tracks ‘The Dark’ and ‘Death Is Not The End’, it will also feature ‘Cold’, an intimately gorgeous piece that has as much pop sensability squeezed into it as off-kilter intent.

Here it is:

Chelsea will also be playing a very special show at The Dome in London on August 18, where new tracks will be premiered. Tickets are available from right here.

If you can’t make that show, maybe you can catch her on her absolutely massive world tour that kicks off in September. Here are the dates.

SEPTEMBER

16 – SAN FRANCISCO Curran Theatre
18 – SEATTLE The Moore Theatre
19 – SALEM Elsinore Theatre
20 – PORTLAND Roseland Theater 
22 – SALT LAKE CITY The Union Event Center
24 – DENVER Paramount Theatre
25 – LAWRENCE Liberty Hall
26 – ST. PAUL The Fitzgerald Theater
28 – CHICAGO The Riviera Theatre
29 – COLUMBUS The Bluestone
30 – DETROIT Masonic Jack White Theatre

OCTOBER

05 – BOSTON Boch Center Shubert Theatre
06 – NEW YORK The Town Hall 
08 – MUNHALL Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
09 – GLENSIDE Keswick Theatre
10 – WASHINGTON Sixth & I 
12 – ASHEVILLE The Orange Peel
13 – ATLANTA Buckhead Theatre
14 – NASHVILLE Marathon Music Works
16 – DALLAS Texas Theatre
17 – AUSTIN Emo’s
20 – TUCSON Rialto Theatre
21 – EL CAJON The Magnolia
23 – LOS ANGELES The Orpheum Theatre

NOVEMBER

21 – UTRECHT Tivoli Vredenburg
23 – BERLIN Admiralspalast 
24 – HAMBURG Große Freiheit 36
25 – COPENHAGEN Vega
27 – OSLO Betong
28 – STOCKHOLM Vasateatern
30 – TALLINN Helitehas

DECEMBER

02 – VILNIUS LOFTAS
03 – WARSAW Progresja 
05 – PRAGUE ARCHA+
06 – VIENNA Budocenter
07 – BUDAPEST Akvárium Klub
09 – MANNHEIM Capitol 
11 – FRIBOURG Fri-Son
12 – MILAN Live Club
13 – MUNICH Isarphilharmonie
15 – ANTWERP Trix
16 – PARIS Casino de Paris
19 – ATHENS FLOYD

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Backtracking once more to the golden decade of the 1990s, Louder Than War’s self-confessed music nostalgist Martin Gray revisits for its 30th anniversary (albeit belatedly) the near-flawless debut album from quite possibly the greatest Welsh band of modern times: Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals. My first inaugural encounter with Super Furry Animals came – […]

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– July 21st, 2026 –

Band Confirms Headlining Dates Surrounding North American Tour Supporting Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats And More!

Stream MESSA’s “At Races (Cold Cave Remix)” HERE

Italian doom metallers MESSA are pleased to present their latest single: a Cold Cave remix of “At Races.” The original track appears on the band’s critically lauded full-length, The Spin, released last year via Metal Blade Records. The Cold Cave remix gives the enveloping track a darkwave/synthpop touch.

Photo by MESSA

Offers vocalist Sarah, “Who knows me personally and is close to me in real life is aware of my adoration for Cold Cave. From the lyrics to the sounds, the spectrum of feelings, the somber aesthetic and visuals. On a private sidenote, even though I love all of their catalog, their album Cherish The Light Years particularly helped me navigate some hard moments and kept me going. Few bands deal with the inadequacy of being in this world as perfectly as they do. Knowing I am not the only one that feels a deep connection to their material, it’s an incredible pleasure to share this collaboration. Hope you’ll dance to it, sing to it, get carried away. And I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did, under a starry Summer sky.“

Stream MESSA‘s “At Races (Cold Cave Remix)” HERE.

Following their Summer festival appearances, MESSA will return to North American stages this Fall as direct support to Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats. The journey runs from September 5th through October 11th and includes several headlining dates scattered throughout. From there, the band will embark upon a European headlining tour from October 27th through November 21st with support provided by labelmates The Night Eternal. See all confirmed dates below.

MESSA Live:

Summer Festivals
7/25/2026 Rock N Bol – Sardegna, IT
8/08/2026 Palp Festival – Couvert du Goly, CH
8/29/2026 Suburbiae Unexpected Fest – Teramo, IT

US Dates
w/ Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats:
9/05/2026 Acid Bath After Party @ Eulogy – Asheville, NC **
9/06/2026 Richmond Music Hall – Richmond, VA **
9/08/2026 Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
9/09/2026 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
9/10/2026 Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN
9/11/2026 White Water Tavern – Little Rock, AR **
9/12/2026 The Studio @ Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX
9/13/2026 Levitation Festival – Austin, TX
9/15/2026 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
9/16/2026 La Rosa – Tucson, AZ
9/18/2026 The Portal @ AREA15 – Las Vegas, NV
9/19/2026 Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA
9/20/2026 The Bellwether – Los Angeles, CA
9/21/2026 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
9/22/2026The Alpine – Reno, NV **
9/24/2026 Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
9/25/2026 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
9/26/2026 The Showbox – Seattle, WA
9/27/2026 The Cobalt – Vancouver, BC **
9/29/2026 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
9/30/2026 Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
10/02/2026 Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN
10/03/2026 Slowdown – Omaha, NE
10/04/2026 Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
10/05/2026 Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI **
10/06/2026 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
10/07/2026 Theatre Beanfield – Montreal, QC
10/08/2026 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
10/09/2026 Nevermore Hall – Baltimore, MD
10/11/2026 Irving Plaza – New York, NY
** MESSA Headlining Date

EU/UK Dates
w/ special guest The Night Eternal
10/27/2026 Le Dodu – Marseille, FR
10/28/2026 Sala Salamandra – Barcelona, ES
10/29/2026 Sala Copernico – Madrid, ES
10/30/2026 Antirouille – Montpellier, FR
10/31/2026 Westill Fest – Nantes, FR
11/01/2026 Petit Bain – Paris, FR
11/03/2026 Cathouse – Glasgow, UK
11/04/2026 Rebellion – Manchester, UK
11/05/2026 Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK
11/06/2026 Thekla – Bristol, UK
11/07/2026 The Garage – London, UK
11/09/2026 13 – Tilburg, NL
11/10/2026 Kavka – Antwerp, BE
11/12/2026 Franz Club – Berlin, DE
11/13/2026 Logo – Hamburg, DE
11/14/2026 Rockpalast – Bochum, DE
11/15/2026 Artheater – Cologne, DE
11/17/2026 Das Bett – Frankfurt, DE
11/18/2026 Backstage Club – Munich, DE
11/19/2026 Dynamo – Zurich, CH
11/21/2026 Live Club – Trezzo sull’Adda, IT

MESSA‘s signature sound absorbs influences from jazz and blues, punk and prog, and black metal and dark ambient, but their restless experimentalism has extraordinarily smooth and assured results. The Spin incorporates another new element, interpolating an ’80s goth rock vibe in typically full-blooded fashion. “We don’t like to repeat ourselves and we constantly try to find a new language to express while keeping our identity,” stresses the band. “This time we delved into a territory we had never explored before, which is the decade of the 1980s. We are aware that many bands before us took inspiration from that era, but we decided to be careless and run away with it mainly because we get involved and question what we do. We are not part of the ‘dark scene’ in any way. The influence for this record looks back to the early goth rock/dark wave rather than the later emanations of the genre.” In addition to Sisters Of Mercy and Virgin Prunes, the band cites records by Killing Joke, Mercyful Fate, Jimmy Page, Journey, The Sound, Boy Harsher, and Vangelis as impacting significantly upon the creation of The Spin.

Decibel Magazine championed, “a sweeping statement that draws equally from doom and goth rock, with hefty doses of classic heavy metal and jazz thrown in.” Deaf Forever concurred, praising the band’s, “strongest album to date,” that, “definitively establishes MESSA as one of the most exciting and creative bands of the modern era.” New Noise Magazine hailed, “a deeply rewarding album from a band whose time has come,” further elaborating, “…though all of their output makes for easy recommendations, it’s The Spin that finally shoulders MESSA out of the niche, best-kept-secret parameters they’ve been snagged in and onwards towards the oh, so elite, ‘many are called but few are chosen’ province of unequivocal, rock n’ roll preeminence. This is analogous to Soundgarden’s flight path from Badmotorfinger to Superunknown.” Added Metal Hammer Germany, “Anyone who appreciates the free-spirited combination of an exceptional voice with plenty of quiet moments and some blaring riffs will find MESSA to be the perfect band.”

The Spin earned a host of year end list spots globally including #2 on Decibel Magazine‘s Top 40 Of 2025 and #5 on Metal Injection‘s 2025 Albums Of The Year and has surpassed 4 million streams within a year on Spotify alone.

The record is available now on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.

Preview/purchase the record at: metalblade.com/messa

Watch MESSA‘s previously released videos for “Reveal” HERE, “At Races” HERE, “The Dress” HERE, and “Fire On The Roof” HERE.

MESSA:
Sara – vocals
Marco – guitars/bass
Alberto – guitars
Rocco – drums

Fine MESSA Online:
https://messaband.com
https://www.facebook.com/MESSAproject
https://www.instagram.com/messa_band
https://messa.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSGTv_yAuP0cO2_D8rVqPg

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Self Defense Family have returned with their first new music in six years, and Patrick Kindlon has a lot to get off of his chest.

The track is titled ‘Reclusion’ and serves as the band’s first release since a string of singles back in 2020.

And in picking up where they left off, the band are dealing out tension and tenacity in abundance. Like a rubber band stretched to its absolute limit but that refuses to snap, it is a knife-edge of a listen. A gruelling, churning, fantastically discomforting piece of relentless emotional release.

Dishing out gorgeously brash poetry by the bucketload, vocalist Patrick Kindlon has seemingly turned his attention to the things that are good in his life. But clearly, he cannot shift the feeling that something bad is just around the corner. It’s a fascinating juxtaposition, that makes for an even more compelling and cathartic experience.


This is what he had to say about what the track represents and where it fits in future plans:

“I’ve been trying to write lyrics about family and animals instead of songs about being atomized and thinking everyone is crazy. But it turns out even my love songs are about being atomized and thinking everyone is crazy. Call it a creative through line, I guess.

We’ve been playing together forever, so meeting up to write and record some songs is just a natural thing that happens. We recorded last year, but I’ve been holding up the process. Typically I go into the studio and write while I record, and it’s only ever about conveying a moment. But this time I’m struggling with the idea of getting things ‘perfect.’ A silly idea. But some of these songs are about things I want to get right the first time. I’ve got a family I love but everyone is dying on me. I’d like to have lyrics that do it all justice.”

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Facebook Now we’re talking – a UK southern rock band with country and Americana influences. Fire Me Up is a song about resilience, fighting in the face of adversity, flipping the bird to your doubters. It hits you with a … Continue reading →

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Theoretically, Nick Hakim makes soul music, but it’s more like visiting spirit music. The Queens-based polymath, a trusted collaborator for figures as disparate as Adrianne Lenker and Lil Yachty, can be heard on many kinds of records. But he may be doing his finest work in his own catalog, crafting spectral R&B songs with sound design so immaculate it becomes an instrument unto itself.

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