Austin musician Kelsey Wilson, one-half of the duo known as Wild Child, shares her new adventures in motherhood and family music.
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Welcome to this weeks edition of Devil’s Island! Every week we maroon a band or artist on the island and see what they get up to, how they cope with being all alone on a small island in the middle of the ocean. It’s not your average desert island and we’ll see just how each person copes with the extreme conditions.
This week when we arrived at Devil’s Island we find The Heir Apparition sat on the beach. The island is far from their home, so how did they end up here and how did they cope with life on Devil’s Island?
Find out now…
Welcome to The Razors’e Edge and our somewhat lovely, warm desert island. Don’t worry about it’s name I’m sure it’s not as bad as that would suggest.
You’re marooned here on this island, but before you ended up shipwrecked you chose one album that you couldn’t live without. Which album did you each chose and why?
Reece: I mean I’d wanna say my favourite album which is Good Apollo by Coheed, but really I should pick something a bit more relaxing and optimistic, so I’d go with I/O by Peter Gabriel.
Adam: Maybe Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness, partly cause it’s a fantastic album but also because its really long. I’f were only stuck with a small amount of music
we need as much of it as possible haha
Jake: Hell Is For Heroes – The Neon Handshake. I vividly remember hearing this album when it was new, I was like 10. I’m not sure what it is about that album but it just has “it”.
Just behind that palm tree is a shack for each of you to stay in, with enough space for you to put up a poster on the wall of one album cover. What album cover do you each chose?
Reece: Ah man, thats actually a tough one. I think a couple of my absolute favourite album covers are Dio – Holy Diver and Fair To Midland – Fables From A Mayfly, so one of those. I’d most likely
pick Fables.
Adam: Purple Rain by Prince, i get to be reminded that Prince was the fuckin man and also thats a dope bike.
Jake: The Offspring, Conspiracy Of One. Again, this is a big nostalgia thing for me. I had a huge poster of it in my bedroom that I got years ago after a gig, it lasted ages.
There’s also a bar on this here island. But alas each of you only get to choose one drink for the entirety of your stay. What’s your tipple of choice?
Reece: I don’t drink alcohol in general but I love a summer fruit Oasis, especially if it’s ice cold. That’s the one.
Adam: A good whiskey sour, with two cherries and a slice of lime.
Jake: Jack Daniels. I’m basic.
Your suitcases were lost when your ship sank, but you each managed to salvage one item of band merch. What’s the merch and for what band?
Reece: I’m gonna cheat a bit here and say one of those Cave & Canary Meteora guitars. The Dear Hunter have their own line of guitars, that definitely counts as merch right?
Adam: Do any bands sell hunting equipment? Knives or something?
Jake: It’s always a shirt. I have so many band shirts, I’d have to grab one of my old band’s white t-shirts, it might not stay that way for long on a desert island though!
You’re sat on the island thinking “I’m stuck here on this island with my bandmates for eternity”… who would you rather have been shipwrecked with?
Reece: I mean I love these guys but I think Bear Grylls or some survivor type fellow would probably be a better outcome. Thinking less practically, Tom Hanks. He was shipwrecked once
and got home in the end, that’s a true story.
Adam: I’m good with these guys if we’ve got access to instruments?
Jake: Someone with experience of escaping desert islands.
There’s a walkman in your pocket, on the tape inside is the recording of the one live show that stands out for you. It could be any show, from any band, anywhere in the world. What show is on that walkman?
Reece: Pink Floyd – Pulse, the earls court show from 1994, or Frank Zappa – Halloween 77.
Adam: Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells 2 live at Edinburgh castle. I had the VHS as a kid, I was fascinated by it.
Jake: Sum 41 at Manchester Academy, 26/2/2008. Watching videos of live performances is one thing but its totally different to actually be there experiencing it. This was my first gig
on my own and it was a wild experience. The energy remains unmatched to this day.
You’re getting desperate, you decide the only course of action is to put a message in a bottle and hope someone finds it. Your message could be to any member of any band, but should be the most suitable for a rescue attempt. Who is it?
Reece: Bon Jovi seems like the kind of guy to mount a rescue attempt from his yacht or whatever, I’ll go with him.
Adam: You’d want to go with someone who could actually rescue you, so I’m going with Bruce Dickinson.
Jake: Yeah Bruce would do it, but I’d pick Dexter Holland for the same reason.
You’ve been stuck here a while and food supplies are running low. There’s only one thing for it… which fellow band member gets sacrificed to help the others survive?
Adam: Jake would be easier to scalp, from a cookery standpoint, but I feel like Jake would also probably be a good hunter so, I’m gonna say Reece. Sorry, hope you taste good.
Jake: Well I’m a vegan, but I’d also be quite practical in survival situations so… It’d be Reece.
Reece: Honestly I’m just gonna take one for the team here.
Finally, when the ship sank you each managed to save one person from the wreckage. That person is the one musician that has influenced your career the most, shaped your way of thinking and your outlook on life. Who did you save?
Reece: Claudio Sanchez, easy.
Adam: Frank Iero, I’ve toured the world thanks to the inspiration I got from him. He’s exactly what I’ve always wanted to be as a musician and a performer, somehow i’ve never met him, but I’ve
come close!
Jake: Tim McIlrath of Rise Against.
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Kawaii-metal is going to be heading out across the world yet again, as Babymetal announced they’ll be heading out on a world tour this year. And they’re going to start the whole thing off in North and Latin America.
Kicking off on August 30 in San Diego as a supporting act for My Chemical Romance, Babymetal will then play a total of 20 shows in North America. That run will come to an end on October 3 in Sacramento, California. Supporting Babymetal on their North American run will be Halestorm and Violent Vira.
As for the Latin American run, those dates will begin more than a month later on November 28 in São Paulo, Brazil and will run until December 12 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Tickets for dates in the US and Canada will be available starting with an artist presale that begins on Monday, April 6 at 10 a.m. local time, and you can sign up for that presale now until April 5. A Citi presale will begin on April 6, with additional presales running throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale starting Friday, April 10 at 10 a.m. local time.
Tickets for the Latin American dates will be available starting with an artist presale on Monday, April 20 at 10 a.m. local time through April 21 at 11 p.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting on April 22.
You can find the full list of tour dates below.
In addition to the tour announcement, Babymetal revealed a deluxe edition of last year’s Metal Forth, featuring bonus live tracks and some remixes, as well. That will be released on June 26.
Babymetal Tour Dates
North America Tour Dates
August 30 – San Diego, CA* – Petco Park
September 2 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
September 4 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
September 5 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
September 7 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre
September 9 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
September 10 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
September 12 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
September 13 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
September 15 – Charlotte, NC – Truliant Amphitheater
September 16 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 18 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
September 19 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life**
September 21 – St Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
September 23 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
September 25 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sponsored by Huntsman
September 26 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
September 29 – Albuquerque, NM – First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater
October 1 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
October 3 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival**
*Supporting My Chemical Romance
**Festival
Latin America Tour Dates
November 28 – São Paulo, Brazil – Espaço Unimed
December 1 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Movistar Arena
December 3 – Santiago, Chile – Arena Movistar
December 7 – Lima, Peru – Costa 21
December 12 – Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Fray Nano
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It delivers — the track immediately shows a focused, melody-driven approach that avoids both nostalgia bait and modern overproduction.
The lineup announcement already made noise.
This is the moment that mattered.
Because once the first song is out, there’s no protection from expectations — and “Sleep Eternally” walks straight into that pressure without hesitation.
It doesn’t try to impress you with complexity.
It tries to hit you immediately.
And that choice defines everything.
There’s no buildup here.
“Sleep Eternally” opens direct, controlled, and locked into a structure that feels deliberate from the first few seconds.
Not overloaded. Not chasing trends.
Just tight execution.
That lines up exactly with how the band framed the record themselves:
“There’s elements of everything on the album… both starting out like a fist in your face!”
You hear that right away.
The track isn’t trying to prove technical dominance — it’s built to land quickly and stick.
This could have easily gone the wrong way.
Four members tied to a classic era of metal?
That usually means one of two things:
“Sleep Eternally” avoids both.
The band made it clear where their mindset was:
“Lex Legion is totally written the way we thought in the ’80s… if you liked it, that was a great bonus. If you didn’t like it, that was fine with us, too!”
That attitude shows up in the structure.
The riffs are cleaner.
The pacing is controlled.
The focus is on melody instead of excess.
It feels intentional — not accidental. And yeah it’s definitely got a hint of that classic King Diamond vibe.
There’s a specific expectation that comes with names like this.
You don’t get a warm-up period.
You either:
That’s what makes this first single important.
Not because it’s a debut — but because it answers the question people had after the announcement:
Is this a real band… or just a collection of names?
“Sleep Eternally” answers that fast.
This is probably the most defining choice they made.
They’re not chasing current production trends.
They’re not stacking layers just to sound bigger.
Instead, they’re leaning into:
And they’re openly leaning into that lane:
“This is totally unique. No one is writing this kind of music and there’s a big hole for us to fill.”
Whether you agree with that or not — the confidence is there.
If this track is the entry point, the direction is clear.
The self-titled album drops in June 2026 via MNRK Music Group, with “Gypsy Tears” already positioned as the next step forward.
That matters — because it suggests consistency, not experimentation.
They know exactly what they’re building.
Now it becomes about whether that identity holds across a full record.
A new heavy metal band featuring Mikkey Dee, Andy La Rocque, Pete Blakk, Hal Patino, and vocalist Nils K. Rue.
The debut single and first released track from Lex Legion’s upcoming album.
June 2026 via MNRK Music Group.
Classic heavy metal influence with modern clarity and tighter arrangements.
Lex Legion bring together members of King Diamond’s classic late ’80s lineup — Mikkey Dee, Andy La Rocque, Pete Blakk, and Hal Patino — alongside vocalist Nils K. Rue of Pagan’s Mind. Built on decades of shared history, the band focuses on melody-driven heavy metal rooted in classic influences while avoiding overproduction and trend-chasing.
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In a few short weeks, we’ll all get freaky with Friko. That’s when the enormously likable young Chicago indie band will release their new album Something Worth Waiting For. Right now, that’s an apt title. Friko’s first two singles from the LP, “Seven Degrees” and “Choo Choo,” were among our favorite songs of their respective…
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