It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Boycomma, the emo troublemakers from Southern California whose 2023 record Use Me (In Memory Of) earned them a Band To Watch honor. The following year they released the equally invigorating EP Stress Starving, and last year they shared an atmospheric track called “Jesus Was Crucified In Fresno I Thought” featuring Putrid.
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Al Cisneros has recruited members of Melvins and Void for this latest incarnation of the band.
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Last fall the 1975’s Matty Healy posted footage of himself covering James Taylor’s “Carolina In My Mind” with Tiny Habits, the Boston folk-pop group. They may well have been together working on “Anything He Was,” the lead single from Tiny Habits’ new album.
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The fierce, generational legacy of heavy metal’s most sacred anti-establishment family has collided headfirst with the volatile world of modern sports politics. Jack Osbourne, the media-facing son of legendary Black Sabbath frontman and cultural icon Ozzy Osbourne, has found himself trapped in the center of an absolute buzzsaw of fan fury.
After proudly documenting his front-row VIP access to the controversial UFC Freedom 250 showcase at the White House, the heavy music community completely revolted—accusing the rock scion of profound political hypocrisy and desecrating the very anti-war foundations that built his family’s generational empire.
Osbourne has now officially fired back in an unedited, high-velocity response video addressing his critics.
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The online warfare ignited almost immediately after Osbourne uploaded a carousel of photos alongside his wife Aree, captioning the high-profile excursion as the “Ultimate Date Night! UFC FREEDOM 250.” For a massive, dedicated tier of Black Sabbath disciples, the visual imagery of the Prince of Darkness’s son enjoying an elite, private for-profit sporting spectacle on the White House lawn was an unforgivable cultural disconnect.
Comment sections rapidly transformed into absolute digital battlegrounds. Hundreds of long-time listeners immediately cited the explicit, biting lyrical architecture of Black Sabbath’s 1970 multi-platinum anti-war anthem, “War Pigs.” Critics fiercely pointed out the bitter irony of an Osbourne rubbing shoulders with the Washington elite, quoting legendary lines written by Geezer Butler and belted by Ozzy regarding politicians who treat human lives like chess pieces while hiding themselves away from the conflicts they orchestrate.
The outrage intensified due to what fans viewed as a flagrant personal contradiction. Earlier this spring, Jack Osbourne had aggressively aligned himself with the “shut up and sing” philosophy, telling media outlets that Hollywood elites and pop-culture celebrities should completely abstain from weaponizing their public platforms to broadcast personal political biases or endorse specific administrations.
LIVE & LOUD: Stream the World’s Hardest Radio Station 24/7 Below:On June 17, 2026, Osbourne decided he had seen enough. Releasing an explosive, direct-to-camera response video on his official YouTube platform, the 40-year-old television personality completely unloaded on the internet’s reaction, describing the wave of digital assumptions as completely unhinged.
“Some of the comments I’ve been getting are completely insane. And like, what the fuck, I went to a sporting event – that’s it,” Osbourne clarified aggressively. “I didn’t go and throw my hat in the ring for political office. I wasn’t there going to endorse a politician or some kind of, you know, foreign affairs issue. Nothing. I literally went to the White House to go see UFC.”
Osbourne heavily defended his presence by establishing his lifelong, authentic credentials within the combat sports community, noting he began training in traditional martial arts at six years old and has closely followed the UFC and PRIDE fighting circuits since the early 2000s.
“So when I got invited by Dana White to attend the fight at the White House, of course I would go,” Jack continued. “Any person out there who would get an invite would have gone. I’m sorry. There was no one I could think of that would have been like, ‘No, I’m not doing that because I don’t approve of, you know, orange man or whatever the fuck.’ It’s ridiculous. It was a fucking fight at the White House. Who gives a fuck?”
The absolute apex of Osbourne’s fury was directed squarely at commentators claiming his iconic father would be “rolling over in his grave” over the White House excursion. Jack wasted zero time tearing down the internet’s assumptions regarding Ozzy’s real-world geopolitical views, separating artistic rock-and-roll poetry from actual family history.
“As far as the people bringing my father into this saying, ‘Oh, Ozzy would not approve. He’s rolling over in his grave.’ Shut the fuck up,” Osbourne fired back. “You did not know my father. You did not know where he stood with things. Yes, he wrote a song called War Pigs. Sure, anti-war song. He wasn’t anti-UFC. He wasn’t anti- going to an event at the White House. He was anti-war. Sure, fair enough.”
To solidify his point, Jack reminded the heavy metal community that Ozzy himself historically attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner during the George W. Bush administration, famously receiving a direct shout-out from the President. Furthermore, he highlighted Ozzy’s extensive real-world history of traveling on USO tours to entertain active service members in South Korea and visiting wounded soldiers recovering at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
“To bring my father into this to say he would or wouldn’t approve is completely insane,” Jack concluded defiantly. “I simply attended a sporting event for a sport that I have a great amount of respect for and something that’s been a part of my life since I can remember. So, deal with it. I’m sorry you weren’t invited.”
Why are metal fans angry at Jack Osbourne? Fans are heavily criticizing Jack Osbourne for attending UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn, claiming his presence at an elite, highly politicized, government-backed event directly contradicts the anti-establishment and anti-war legacy of his father Ozzy Osbourne’s band, Black Sabbath.
What was UFC Freedom 250? Staged on June 14, 2026, UFC Freedom 250 was the first professional combat sports event ever held on White House grounds. The invite-only event commemorated the 250th anniversary of the United States and coincided with President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.
What did Jack Osbourne say about Black Sabbath’s song War Pigs? Jack acknowledged that “War Pigs” is an iconic anti-war song, but argued that his father was strictly anti-war, not anti-UFC or anti-White House, noting that Ozzy regularly visited military hospitals and performed on USO tours.
The lines have been clearly drawn, and the rock and roll underground is refusing to pull any punches. As Jack Osbourne deals with the immediate, high-velocity fallout from his White House date night, the debate over whether the children of rock icons owe allegiance to their parents’ artistic philosophies is raging harder than ever.
Does attending an elite, history-making sporting event at the executive mansion make Jack Osbourne a hypocrite given his past statements, or are internet sleuths completely overreacting to a simple night out at the fights? Fire off your theories, structural breakdown reviews, and thoughts in the comments section below!
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Having enjoyed several local shows from Äxe, naturally I had to show some support for their second demo tape. The band mix heavy and speed metal with elements of black and death in quite a unique way, so it’s definitely going to be up the street of some of you underground dwellers. Set for release on 17th July via Caligari Records.
Opening with some pretty mean mid-tempo riffs and eerie vocals, the piercing guitar tones and driven bass give a bulldozing instrumental mix with some snappy drums and demented vocals; this being the classic Äxe blend for the uninitiated. Their blend of black/speed/thrash/death is firmly rooted in the later half of the 80s and feels maniacal and authentic while having some originality too. Combining the more wild and thrashing onslaughts with groovier moments works to concoct something memorable and yet full of aggression and fury. Frantic soloing continues to accentuate the unshackled approach of total metal devastation while the riffing is always reliably killer. England historically had some very street-toughened sounding bands, something that has been rarer in the modern day with few exceptions. Äxe definitely fit that gritty London stereotype with their in-your-face belligerence.
There is undeniably a healthy dose of black metal, especially in the possessed vocals. But the important thing is Äxe remember the metal in black metal. I can also hear a lot of Razor, Iron Angel, Vulcano and other bands from the 80s. This gives the songs a profoundly gripping attack that fires off artillery and rains shrapnel on all wimps and posers. The more death metal moments call Morbid Angel, Necrovore, Hellhammer and Sadistic Intent to mind, which is a very welcome dynamic in the black speeding hellfire. There are these dissonant flourishes that bring Voivod to mind. They really do manage to pack a lot of ideas into little over half an hour and yet keep everything coherent and direct. Sometimes a release just feels unpretentious and gives you everything you wanted from it. This is one such example.
If you like tame and derivative metal, don’t bother. If you miss the wilder days when black, speed, thrash, heavy, and death metal all collided in some maniacal constellation of morbid furore, then this is for you! Äxe takes only the archaic and forges it into something new, which is exactly what I seek in a newer band. A force to be reckoned with both on tape and in the live arena, bring on the autogeddon!
Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
This song hits hard and fast and it’s still a celebrated track today. It first dropped back in 1989, so it has longevity.
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SoCal pop-punks Moonraker have signed on with Punkerton Records for the release of their upcoming album Me and the Bells, recorded with and produced by Chris Fogal of The Gamits at Black in Bluhm in Denver, CO. We’re stoked to bring you the exclusive premiere of the brand new single “Find Your Fangs”. Check out the music video below and stay tuned for more to come!
Here’s some background on the video, courtesy of Moonraker drummer David Green:
“We shot this using the backup cameras in our cars and a truck I borrowed from work. Shoutout to Raine for shooting it and to my coworker Aaron for working the lift gate on the truck while Matt ripped his solo. We all got crazy sun burnt making this. Turns out when you film in a parking lot all day, you should wear sunscreen. There’s a Beastie Boys video where they have famous actors play them (“Make Some Noise”). When asked about the filming of it, Danny McBride said, “Once you’re there, rapping into a fisheye lens, you realize you’ve been training for this your entire life.” He was right.”
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