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The Los Angeles-based fearsome foursome Buckets are back with their long-awaited full length sophomore album, Horse To Water. The tracklist of

The Halestorm frontwoman led the glam metal stars for a handful of shows in 2024

It’s still so beatuful that this happened — all of it, every bit. On Saturday night, the city of New York exploded into collective euphoria when the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win their first NBA Championship in 53 years, thanks to a heroic 45-point performance from future Hall Of Famer Jalen Brunson. You don’t have to be a Knick fan to love that. You just have to love watching collective joy in action — video after video of fans flooding the streets, hanging from streetlights, hugging strangers, blaring Jadakiss. It’s been many, many years since I lived in NYC, and I never claimed the Knicks, but I was elated.

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Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery’s collaborative instrumental guitar album, The Roaring Waves, will be released in August

Two titans of progressive music, Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Steve Rothery (Marillion), come together for the first time on ‘The Roaring Waves’ – Seven instrumental tracks that range from the dexterously ridiculous to the brilliantly sublime, though with one common theme: the profundity of the sea. As Rothery explains: “In winter you could hear the roaring of the of the waves during the stormy weather, Whitby was a very evocative place to live, a very poetic and powerful place to grow up.”

The record has been much talked about over the years, and it will now finally see the light of day on the 28th August 2026 via InsideOutMusic.

‘The Roaring Waves’ has been in the making for the best part of eight years, though the initial idea of the pair making an album together was first mooted around three years before that, but their respective day jobs and touring itineraries kept them from working together for months at a time. Though recording sessions at the Racket Club, and their respective home studios yielded a rich seam of creativity. “It was a bit old school our approach, like the idea of mates getting together in the garage and playing and hanging out” says Hackett of their approach to creativity.

‘The Roaring Waves’ will be available to pre-order from the 26th June, and that date will also mark the first time fans will be able to hear and see what the album is all about, with a first single release.

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St. Louis, Missouri’s Iron Linings formed in 2020 and quickly recorded a debut EP which attempted to meld

One of the biggest hits of Sundance was The Invite, an anxious so-called comedy about a dinner party gone awry directed by Olivia Wilde, with a cast led by Wilde, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penélope Cruz and a script by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. That film was acquired by A24, and it’s coming out next month. Sooner than that, we’ll get to hear its original score, composed by the great Devonté Hynes.

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– June 16th, 2026 –

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Watch/stream NORTH SEA ECHOES’ “Enjoy The View” HERE

NORTH SEA ECHOES – featuring progressive metal pioneers singer Ray Alder and guitarist Jim Matheos of Fates Warning – are back with a new studio album, How To Cast A Shadow, set for release on July 24th on Metal Blade Records!

On NORTH SEA ECHOES‘ critically acclaimed 2024 debut, Really Good Terrible Things, Alder and Matheos garnered rave reviews for songs that possessed, “liberating sonic space and emotional vulnerability… from somnambulant electro-fog to gritty, overdriven disquiet, to the quietly devastating (Blabbermouth).“

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With this year’s How To Cast A Shadow, the band’s identity is further explored and expanded. Matheos explains, “this record is a bit heavier, with several more songs featuring real drums, played by Dennis Leeflang. It wasn’t necessarily intentional or planned, just the way things shaped up and how they emerged this time.”

Alder concurs. “[A track like] ‘I’ll Leave A Light On’ is much heavier than anything on Really Good Terrible Things. It has a darker, melancholic feel that fits well on this album. I loosely based the lyrics on a character from my favorite sci-fi series. I won’t say which, but they do use the quote ‘out there in the black.’“

From the radio-ready rock of “All That Comes After” and the intimate, escalating “A Time Of Innocence And Purpose” to the powerful, timeless ballad “Villains Or Saints,” How To Cast A Shadow cohesively crosses genres and challenges aural preconceptions.

The duo’s shared and separate histories help to forge a fresh creative opus. Alder has been the vocalist and main co-writer for prog metal heroes Fates Warning for 37 years, recording ten albums between 1988 (No Exit) and 2020 (Long Day Good Night). Rounding out his discography are seven albums with Redemption, two solo records, and the band A-Z, which debuted in 2022.

Revered guitarist and producer Matheos is a cofounder of Fates Warning, the lineup debuting with 1984′s Night On Bröcken on Metal Blade. In addition to thirteen albums with Fates Warning, Matheos launched several solo albums, four LPs alongside former Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore under the name OSI, and Kings Of Mercia, which launched in 2022.

Of NORTH SEA ECHOES‘ sophomore album, the team says, “You could say that there are elements of everything we do or have done on this album, yet Fates and our various other projects are totally different types of music.” How To Cast A Shadow ups the promise of its predecessor with provocative words of hope, sorrow and consciousness, paired with Matheos’ equally emotive, varied and deeply moving guitar work.

In advance of the release, today the band unveils the lead single, “Enjoy the View.” Comments Alder, “The guitars and drums have this great drive that builds throughout the song. The combination of quiet verses and heavy choruses made me think (lyrically) of a darker side to some people. Those who would choose numbness over pain.”

Watch NORTH SEA ECHOES‘ “Enjoy The View” video HERE.

How To Cast A Shadow will be released on CD and digital formats. Find pre-orders at: metalblade.com/northseaechoes

How To Cast A Shadow Track Listing:
01. A Time of Innocence and Purpose
02. Enjoy the View
03. Good Enough
04. I’ll Leave a Light On
05. All Fall Away
06. Revenge
07. Villains or Saints
08. What Is and What Was
09. All That Comes After
10. How to Cast a Shadow

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