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Manchester’s own industrial extreme metal terrorists, The Machinist, (who we talked to before Bloodstock 2025) have just unleashed a grimy new video for “The Anthropic Mistake”. It’s one of the stand-out, most harrowing tracks from their second album, Contempt For Life, which has been picking up serious acclaim since it landed via InViMa Records last … Continue reading The Machinist drop harrowing new video for “The Anthropic Mistake”

Interview With Winter – East Heat #2 Green Rooms 21.02.26



1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.

We are WINTER. We are a 4 piece Welsh Metalcore band formed In the heart of Newport, following our debut releases success “Malevolent” we wanted to throw ourselves back into the heavy pitting and neck breaking breakdowns.

2. What made you want to participate in the Metal To The Masses South Wales 2026 campaign? Have you had previous experience? Or is this your first time?

Our lead vocalist has done the previous two M2TM with other bands. After going to the shows ourselves, we knew this was a competition that we wanted to participate in.

3. M2TM is all about supporting your local scene. How important is the local scene to you as a band?

The local scene is a key element of our band. We all love to support the local scene when we get the chance to. We’re really looking forward to seeing some local bands through M2TM.

4. We have a slightly different set up this year with Heats/Quarters/Semis taking place at Bunkhouse/Green Rooms. Have you played the venue before or is this your first time? Are you excited to get on those stages?

Our lead vocalist has played both venues but the remainder of the band are excited to get into these venues and get some pits started. A few of the members have been in the green rooms but have never been on stage.

5. What are your expectations from being a part of M2TM?

As it is our first time competing our expectation is to turn up to a great venue , play with some fantastic bands and most importantly spread our music. We would love the opportunity to play bloodstock but it will be a hard competition with all of these amazing bands competing. We wish them all the best and we can’t wait to share a stage with them.

6. What would getting to our Day Of Wreckoning final and the possibility of playing Bloodstock Festival 2026 mean to you?

Playing day of reckoning or bloodstock would mean the world to us as we’re a band who have recently reborn. To get to that stage within the early days of the band would be everything.

7. We encourage all the bands in M2TM to try and check out the other bands, who are you most looking forward to? Who should your fans also try to catch?

Following their latest single release and ep release we are really looking forward to seeing Virtue in vain take on the stage. As well we are excited to see syndicate, Excursia and if you’re near Manchester go see Bloodsaw.

8. Tell us in five words why people should come and see your band?

Heavy riffs and circle pits

ARROGANZ unleash the opening track ‘Die for Nothing‘ taken from their forthcoming new album with the programmatic title “Death Doom Punks” as the first advance single in the shape of a disturbing music video. The seventh full-length of the German death doom punks has been scheduled for release on May 15, 2026. Pre-sale link: https://spkr.store/collections/arroganz ARROGANZ comment: “This is the blade to kill all […]

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Bruce Springsteen has been vocal about his anti-ICE stance in recent months, telling them to “get the fuck out of Minneapolis” at Asbury Park’s Light Of Day WinterFest, releasing an anti-ICE protest song called “Streets Of Minneapolis,” and performing it at Tom Morello’s benefit in that city. Now, he’s announcing a tour “in celebration and in defense of America,” and it’ll kick off in Minneapolis.

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Atmospheric black metal outfit SOTABOSC has announced their debut full-length album “El Batec dels Maquis”, set for release on April 17 via Dunk!Records. To mark the occasion, the band has unveiled their first single and 17-minute monolith “El Batec dels Maquis / Records vius en la foscor”, offering a raw, intense first glimpse of what’s to come. Stream the single HERE SOTABOSC was […]

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Right now, the former Sonic Youth member who’s in the public eye the most is Kim Gordon, and she’ll release her new solo album Play Me next month. But Gordon’s ex-husband and former bandmate Thurston Moore has a lot going on, too. Just a couple of weeks ago, he shared Guitar Explorations Of Cloud Formations,…

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Ugh, this is the sort of story that makes a person feel old as fuck. Two decades ago, the badass cartoon show Metalocalypse debuted, giving metalheads everywhere a show to watch and introducing the world to Brendon Small’s brainchild, Dethklok. And though the band isn’t real, per se, they’re going on a short headlining run of shows to commemorate the milestone.

Promoted by Live Nation, the run of gigs will start on April 26 in Chicago, with stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and San Diego before things come to an end on May 28 in San Diego, California.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 20 at 10 a.m. local time.

DETHKLOK 2026 SOLO HEADLINE TOUR DATES:

Sun, Apr 26 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Fri, May 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
Mon, May 25 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Tue, May 26 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Thu, May 28 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park

THE AMONKLOK CONQUEST TOUR
North America:

Apr 15: Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre ~
Apr 17: San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port ~
Apr 18: Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall ~
Apr 20: Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion ~
Apr 21: Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre ~^
Apr 22: Chesterfield, MO – The Factory ~
Apr 24: Minneapolis, MN – The Armory ~
Apr 25: Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall ~
Apr 28: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount ~
Apr 29: Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall At Fenway ~
May 01: Toronto, ON – Great Canadian Casino Resort ~
May 02: Montreal, QC – Bell Centre ~
May 05: National Harbor, MD – The Theater at MGM National Harbor ~
May 07: Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
May 09: Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy ~
May 10: Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle ~^
May 12: Johnstown, PA – 1st Summit Arena ~
May 13: Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre ~
May 14: Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Event Center ~
May 16: Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live ~
May 17: Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple
May 19: Denver, CO – JUNKYARD ~
May 20: Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center ~
May 21: Las Vegas, NV – PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino ~

~ THE AMONKLOK CONQUEST TOUR
~^ Not a Live Nation Date

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Dethklok will hit select West Coast and Midwest cities this spring, with headline shows starting April 26 in Chicago.

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The rock goliaths in Shinedown have officially confirmed they’re heading back to the UK this November for a proper run of arena shows. It’s all part of their massive “Dance Kid Dance Act II” world tour, which will see them hitting 11 countries across 53 dates. They aren’t coming alone either – they’re bringing the … Continue reading Shinedown announce new album EI8HT and massive 2026 UK arena tour, new single streaming now

POPPY has announced that she is going to be bringing her new album ‘Empty Hands’ to the masses on the ‘Constantly Nowhere’ tour across the US.

Alongside a spellbinding, discomforting, fascinating display from Poppy herself, she will also be bringing LANDMVRKS and Thousand Below along for the ride. So a wonderful showcase of the best of modern post-hardcore and metalcore.

Specifically, some of this:

Then a whole load of this:

Before rounding things out with loads of this:

Here are all the dates you need to know:

JULY

07 – WASHINGTON Echostage   
09 – PHILADELPHIA The Fillmore Philadelphia    
10 – NEW YORK The Rooftop at Pier 17  
11 – BOSTON Roadrunner
13 – QUEBEC MTELUS     
15 – TORONTO HISTORY
19 – DETROIT The Fillmore Detroit    
21 – MILWAUKEE The Rave/Eagles Club – The Eagles Ballroom Club Stage
22 – MINNEAPOLIS The Fillmore Minneapolis     
24 – RIVIERA Riviera Theatre   
25 – ST. LOUIS The Pageant
27 – OMAHA The Admiral*** 
29 – DENVER Fillmore Auditorium     
31 – SALT LAKE CITY The Union Event Center   

AUGUST

01 – SEATTLE Paramount Theatre 
03 – PORTLAND Roseland Theater  
05 – OAKLAND Fox Theater
07 – LOS ANGELES Hollywood Palladium  
08 – PHOENIX The Van Buren     
09 – ALBUQUERQUE Revel Entertainment Center 
11 – AUSTIN Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater  
12 – DALLAS House of Blues
13 – HOUSTON House of Blues
15 – ORLANDO Hard Rock Live Orlando 
16 – ATLANTA Tabernacle  
18 – CHARLOTTE The Fillmore Charlotte 
19 – NASHVILLE Marathon Music Works 

Tickets will be on general sale from February 20 at 10 AM local time from right here.

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