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  • 1000 Rabbits – “Virgin Soil”

    The young UK band 1000 Rabbits come from the small coastal town of Aldeburgh, but now they live in London, and they’re the newest act on the esteemed Young roster. The five-piece band, formerly known as Rabbitfoot, combines violin and synthesizer with your usual guitar-bass-drums configuration, and they became part of the storied scene at…

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  • LEAD INJECTOR – Full Debut Album Stream “Witching Attack” via High Roller Records

    Shortly before its official release on February 20th 2026, High Roller Records are streaming the entire debut album of Dresden-based black/thrash newcomers LEAD INJECTOR. You can listen to “Witching Attack” here: https://youtu.be/ETQyMRUWfas Founded in 2022, the trio is the first serious band for all three members after experiences in solo projects and school ensembles, and they […]

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  • WACKEN celebrates global warm-up party!

    On 18 April, 35 Wacken warm-up concerts will rock the globe! Almost 24 hours will pass between the first show in Japan and the last in Mexico – all of them fulled by the best heavy metal music with celebrating fans coming together for this special event. A live experience carried by the legendary Wacken spirit.  The worldwide […]

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  • Exodus Drop Release Towering Title Track “Goliath”

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    Oh damn. Seems like this new Exodus record doesn’t miss. From what we’ve heard so far, we know Goliath is a true return to form, thanks to the return of Rob Dukes as lead vocalist.

    This time around, the band released a slower, more menacing track in “Goliath”. And while it may be downtempo and plodding, that’s not to say they’ve lost their edge with this one. In fact, it’s a banger that includes a collaboration with incredibly talented violinist Katie Jacoby.

    Speaking of the track the band said it’s a standout track that fans should instantly gravitate toward.

    “‘Goliath’ may quite possibly be the heaviest thing we have ever done, and certainly the slowest song in our catalog, as close to doom metal as Exodus we get! Just pure evil, as sinister as it gets, featuring our friend Katie Jacoby, who laid down 18 tracks of strings in the middle harmony section, making the song go from just pure horror to a thing of beauty.”

    Goliath will be released on March 26, but you can preorder your copy today.

    Goliath tracklisting:
    1. 3111
    2. Hostis Humani Generis
    3. The Changing Me (feat. Peter Tägtgren)
    4. Promise You This
    5. Goliath (feat. Katie Jacoby)
    6. Beyond The Event Horizon
    7. 2 Minutes Hate
    8. Violence Works
    9. Summon Of The God Unknown
    10. The Dirtiest Of The Dozen

    Exodus Announce New Album ‘Goliath’, First Single “3111” Streaming Now

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  • Snail Mail – “My Maker”

    Would you ever ride in a hot air balloon? I would not. That shit looks terrifying. I don’t even like standing on rooftops or on the edges of cliffs, and you still have some form of ground under you when you do that. You don’t just have a basket. A basket is crazy. Where I…

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  • KILLING PACE – HCPM

    (Andy Synn burns down genre boundaries with the new album from Killing Pace) Did you know that I did my disseration on the concept of “categorical perception”? In particular I was looking at the ways in which your (for want of a better term) perspective – dictated by your social, cultural, and even geographical, influences – […]

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  • New Found Glory – ‘Listen Up!’

    In a world full of uncertainty, a new record from pop punk staples New Found Glory feels like a comfort. Thoughts of nostalgia, friendship and living the good life make for a warm album focusing on the simple pleasures in life, and considering ‘Listen Up!’ was recorded while guitarist Chad Gilbert was between hospital visits for a myriad of serious health problems, we’re gifted an album that we can throw ourselves into with the same gusto that he evidently did. There’s no songs which are especially challenging on New Found Glory’s eleventh outing, but that’s a good thing: they’ve stuck to their classic riff-heavy sound which has yet to steer them wrong.

    Every single feels like a hug from a smiling stranger in the pit. “My word is cement, I’m gonna give you one hundred percent,” promises vocalist Jordan Pundik, and we believe him on the old school banger ‘100%’. ‘Laugh It Off’ is all choppy riffs and remembrances of making up after fights with friends, and ‘Treat Yourself’ boasts a killer intro, an Offspring-style beat and a broad streak of self love. The millennial skate kid anthem that is ‘Beer and Blood Stains’ is bound to open up a heck of a pit, assuming our lower backs can take the jumping, but who cares when the guitar’s as strong as the sentiment?

    The real depth comes from the album tracks. “You’re just a soundtrack making money off their sadness,” Pundik swipes at low-tier bands on ‘Boom Roasted’, and while the anti-emo sentiment feels a little bit 2008, he’s got a point. Dwelling on sadness was never New Found Glory’s style and even at times of adversity, they’d rather focus on the positives. Even ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’, a song that lyrically focuses on Gilbert’s recovery from cancer, burns away the fear in favour of power pop punk and guitar-driven strength. In fact, ‘Dream Born Again’ sums up the whole state of affairs for New Found Glory as they stand right now: hopeful, on form, and smiling in the face of negativity. There’s something truly admirable about creating an album that’s full of sunshine, equal parts throwback and update, that stands strong as an important chapter in the unfolding New Found Glory story. As they remind us on ‘You Got This’, we’re capable of rising above our troubles, and they’re a band able to drop an album of straight up self-belief distilled into classic pop-punk.

    We all know what New Found Glory sound like, and ‘Listen Up!’ won’t be the record that changes your perception of them. However, this is a solid slice of pop-punk from a band who’ve made their name from serving up refreshing, fun tunes, and they aren’t about to stop now. New Found Glory continue to be a safe bet, an island of consistency in the rapids of the scene, and that’s been their massive strength since day one. Listen up, and drift away with an album that bounces through the past and present with joy and verve.

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  • “People falling on top of each other, beer flying everywhere, somebody jumped off the balcony. I get kicked, I fall to the ground, someone picks me up. It was beautiful chaos.” Ho99o9 vocalist Yeti Bones picks the albums that changed his life

    From the “black metal version of hip hop”, to original shock rocker Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Sepultura and the Mr. Bungle track that “gets him horny” these are Yeti Bones’ all-time favourites