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  • Dying Scene Radio Presents: Four Records – Episode 17: Tim Hildebrand (Catbite)

    Photo Credit: Alan Cross

    Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four records at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest and Karina speak with Tim Hildebrand, guitarist with ska band Catbite. Last year, Catbite released their six song EP Doom Garden. After touring for the majority of last year, the band is scaling things back a bit, but do have some tour dates coming up including opening spots for Fishbone and the RX Bandits.:

    Apr 22 – Empire Underground – Albany, NY w/ Fishbone

    Apr 23 – Crossroads – Garwood, NJ w/ Fishbone

    Apr 24 – Apr 26 – Broken Goblet Brewing – Bensalem, PA (This Is Not Croydon Fest 7)

    May 14 – May 17 – Narrowsburg Campground – Narrowsburg NY (Froggy Daze Family Campout 21)

    Jun 11 – Jun 13 – Fort Royale Farm – Bedford, PA (High Hopes Music Festival 2026)

    Jul 16 – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 17 – Warsaw – New York, NY w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 18 – Asbury Lanes – Asbury Park, NJ w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 19 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 21 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 22 – The Filmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 24 – Saint Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 25 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Rx Bandits

    Jul 26 – Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN w/ Rx Bandits

    Sep 12 – Sep 13 – Fort Monroe – Hampton, VA (Supernova Ska Festival 2026)

    Oct 25 – Oct 30 – Norwegian Jewel – Miami, FL (Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise)

    For more information please check out Catbite.net 

    Tim Hildebrandt’s Four Records:

    0-10: Various Artists – Tarzan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Teenage: Rancid – Let’s Go

    Twenties: The Aggrolites – The Aggrolites

    Recent Record: Jeff Rosenstock – No Dream & Ska Dream

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    Opening song: Rad Skulls – “Loud as Shit”

    Closing song: Lucas Perea – “Underneath Ashes”

  • SPIRIT ADRIFT launched a stunning surprise album

    The end has come… long revered and widely acclaimed heavy metal giants Spirit Adrift have released their sixth and final album, “Infinite Illumination,” today via 20 Buck Spin. Bookending a monumental decade+ long run, the band’s bittersweet swan song is marked by one of their most ambitious and crushing records to date.  Spirit Adrift mastermind… Continue Reading →
  • Einherjer – Next Full Length Effort Coming In June

    On the 19th of June 2026, Norwegian vikings Einherjer will return with their next full-length instalment dubbed Lifeblood. Comprised of 8 new tracks, it was recorded and mixed by Frode Glesnes. Mastered by Tony Lindgren. To to taste a first piece of the new music, give a listen to the “Bloodborn” single.
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  • YES Announces 24th Studio Album “Aurora” And Shares Video For Title Track

    Yes, who is Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood and Jay Schellen, are proud to announce their 24th studio album Aurora which will be released on the 12th June 2026 via InsideOutMusic/Sony Music.

    As Howe explains: “Making this record was joyful, a chance to play, explore and give everything to the music. It’s always been about collaboration, somebody can write a song, but until everybody puts their contribution in it isn’t really a Yes song. We’re not trying to echo the past; we’re carrying the spirit of Yes forward and turning it into something new”.

    The band is also launching the first single from the album, and a beautiful animated video for the title track, created by Matt Hutchings (Greg Lake, Oasis, Iron Maiden).

    Aurora will be available as a Limited Deluxe 180g Light Green 2LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook & Poster, as well as a Ltd Deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook, both featuring the stunning artwork of Roger Dean and Freya Dean, as well as a bonus disc of instrumentals, and a blu-ray featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound & 24bit stereo mixes (by Curtis Schwartz). The album is also available as a Gatefold 180g 2LP + LP-booklet, Special Edition CD Digipak & as Digital Album. It can be pre-order now here.

    When Yes first began sketching out ideas for what would become Aurora, the process was loose and exploratory. There was no preconceived concept at the start, just a collection of musical fragments that gradually began to find one another and take form. Among these early sketches was a piece titled “Aurora,” and it quickly became clear that the name carried certain gravity. It suggested light, emergence, and a sense of vastness, qualities that resonated deeply with the band. Jon Davison remembers how “the title immediately resonated with Steve Howe and sparked visual inspiration for artist Roger Dean, setting a conceptual tone that would guide the project.”

    Work on Aurora began almost as soon as the Classic Tales of Yes tour ended in 2024. The idea of a new album surfaced quickly and with the label’s encouragement, the band had the time to develop material organically. Rather than gathering in a single studio for months, they embraced a modern workflow; ideas were born in home studios, shaped independently, and then woven together through constant collaboration. Downes and Howe often acted as the central creative axis, with Howe, as producer, serving as the point through which all ideas eventually flowed.

    Across Aurora, each track carries its own character. Some echo the classic Yes approach, others push into new territory, but together they form a cohesive whole that honors the band’s heritage while embracing forward motion. With their 24th studio album, Yes demonstrate not just longevity, but a sustained curiosity, a desire to keep exploring, keep refining and keep discovering their capacity to create.

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  • Non Est Deus – Blessings and Curses Review

    To receive the honor of reviewing duties for Noise’s latest as a superfan of his output is an exciting prospect. I tend to agree with Carcharodon when it comes to their critical consensus, and Kanonenfieber is one of my favorite acts around. So, when I was (presumptively) lucky enough to review the latest Non Est Deus record, Blessings and Curses, I was excited to say the least. We have lavished praise here at AMG across the Noise spectrum, and while his projects range in quality, that quality remains firmly in the top tier of melodic black metal. So, with all that out of the way, is the latest noise from Noise a blessing of black metal righteousness or a curse on the venerable artist’s output?

    Out of the gate, Blessing and Curses works to establish a more unique sound for Non Est Deus in comparison to Noise’s other projects. Whereas Legacy could lean a little too close to Kanonenfieber or Leiþa at times, this latest record makes a clear differentiation between the new Non Est Deus and the old. Noise’s vocals are clear and crisp, sung completely in English, and never hit the heaviness of Kanonenfieber or the tortured emotion of Leiþa. In fact, the first band that came to mind when spinning Blessings and Curses was Rotting Christ. At first glance, this feels like a clear step in a better direction for a project that needed a more unique identity, but upon further inspection, it hampers the album at nearly every turn.

    Blessings and Curses has a strong artistic foundation and conceptual structure, with three interludes (Prayer I, II, and III, respectively) and psalms scourging every major track. The album feels unique in the way that it follows a believer in God who loses their way and becomes disillusioned, directly mirroring the diptych on the album cover, as well as the title of the record. Phenomenal album cover aside, the musical progression isn’t as pronounced as I had hoped based on the concept, and Blessings and Curses is repetitive throughout. Nearly every track follows a similar structure, including choruses that repeat the same cadence and emotional beats on a majority of the songs. Noise returns to refrains that have a main line (usually the song title) followed by a “whispered” section that either repeats that same idea or only a slight variation on it (“Show Mercy”, “My Lord”, “The Forsaken”, “The Indulgence”). It leaves Blessings and Curses sounding like someone trying to replicate Noise as opposed to Noise himself.

    To Blessings and Curses’ detriment, spoken word sections are back, and the album remains worse for it. The opening “Prayer I” feels entirely throwaway, and the interludes are so quick as to make them feel like an afterthought. The psalms on each track also kill momentum, with their placement typically towards the finale of the song. Derailing every track, the psalms are the vegetables before getting to the meat of it all. While they serve the album conceptually, they are half-baked throughout. The idea of splitting the album is an interesting one, and the best tracks are in the back half, but Blessings and Curses is sonically stagnant. “Show Mercy” and “Forgive Me” (an album highlight) play with some very light black n’ roll elements, making me wish the first half had gone all in on that idea, leaving the second half to be a blasting blackened death beast. Unfortunately, neither is that diverse, sitting in this mid space that just sounds a bit like Noise on autopilot. None of the songs are bad, some are even great, but the album as a whole feels like it wastes a phenomenal concept.

    If you told me I would be reviewing Noise for AMG in 2026, I would call you a fuckin’ liar and that you shouldn’t play with my emotions. If you told me that I would be the one to give Noise a proper tongue lashing, I would be doubly upset. As a stalwart fan of the artist, I still enjoyed Blessings and Curses on a lizard-brain level, and there are some truly great tracks (Forgive Me, Kora, Transgression). I appreciate Non Est Deus doing more to differentiate itself from the rest of Noise’s work, but I would love to see it pushed even further and move out of its melodic black metal safe zone. As it stands, a mediocre Noise record is still better than most other offerings out there, but for an artist with such incredible albums under his belt, I prayed for more.


    Rating: Mixed
    DR: N/A| Format Reviewed: A dreamy streamy
    Label: Noisebringer Records
    Websites: Website | Bandcamp
    Releases Worldwide: April 3rd, 2026

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  • The Lumberjack Feedback – New Track Streaming

    French instrumental sludge/post-metal force The Lumberjack Feedback has unleashed a brand new song “Sword Of The Sun”, which can be listened via YouTube player below.
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  • “On our first tour one of the venues burned down, and the cops would shut things down.” Police raids, venue fires and murderous rednecks: the story of Converge, the band who defined metalcore for a generation

    Before Killswitch Engage, Bring Me The Horizon or Architects brought metalcore to new commercial heights, Converge were shaping the genre for the future