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Four years after Voices In The Sky was released, Finnish extreme folk metal battalion Brymir shared news that they have finished the work on the follow-up. More info coming soon.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metallurg Magazine Issue #7 Spotlights Metal Devastation PR Roster With Featured Cover The Prodigal Son!
Metallurg Magazine has released Issue #7, delivering another packed edition of underground metal coverage featuring interviews, reviews, and a full compilation CD highlighting multiple Metal Devastation PR artists.
This issue includes coverage of W’t’M, The Trousers, Eternal Autumn, Cruentus, Blood of Angels, Grate, Red Vinter, Mordeth, Archfiend, Age of Fire, Machine Cult Ritual, Hellfrost, and Magefa, all receiving editorial attention through features, reviews, and compilation placement.
Front and center on the cover is Metallurg’s featured artist and Metal Devastation PR client The Prodigal Son, marking a standout moment in the issue and further cementing the publication’s commitment to spotlighting emerging and established underground talent.
Metallurg Magazine continues to serve as a vital platform for the global extreme metal scene, keeping the underground documented, promoted, and alive.
Issue #7 is available now on Bandcamp. Support independent metal media and grab your copy here:
https://metallurg.bandcamp.com/merch/metallurg-music-magazine-no-7

Check out the bands at these links: 
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28274/the-prodigal-son-unleashes-progressive-heavy-metal-anthem-silence-of-kaos
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28214/magefa-unleashes-crushing-new-single-war-on-innocence-out-november-13-2025
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28845/age-of-fire-unleashes-from-the-forge-vinyl-edition-for-national-record-store-day-april-18-2026
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28709/machine-cult-ritual-announces-debut-album-occult-mechanics-out-april-3
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28978/hellfrost-ignites-florida-metal-scene-with-bestial-rage-and-teases-two-new-brutal-tracks
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28615/metal-devastation-pr-client-the-trousers-featured-in-metal-hammer-magazine
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28210/sweden-rock-magazine-hails-cruentus-and-their-new-album-end-without-end
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/21851/new-single-blood-of-angels-spillage-melodic-death-metal
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28568/grate-unleashes-new-single-your-life-sucks-on-social-blasphemy-records
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28964/red-vinter-launch-exclusive-pre-orders-for-new-album-ghost-in-the-fog
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28222/mordeth-unleash-their-fourth-album-hermetic-creation-a-cosmic-descent-into-brazilian-death-metal-darkness
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/28514/archfiend-announces-new-concept-album-lost-forever-out-now
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/25445/new-promo-eternal-autumn-below-the-lightless-heavens-melodic-death-metal
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/27863/wtm-hits-1-on-kxci-913-fms-heavy-chart

Their cryptic new website still has a bit of mystery to it though.

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North Carolina progressive/alternative metal band Stellar Circuits are unveiling a lyric video for their new single, “Wounded Healer”.
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When Converge released their eleventh album earlier this year, the critical and fan response was nearly universal: Love is Not Enough is the best Converge album in a long time. How long depends on what you like most about Converge, but Love Is Not Enough took the band’s sound back to their roots, recalling the sharp aggression of You Fail Me or Axe to Fall more than the moody atmospheres of All We Love We Leave Behind or Bloodmoon, Converge’s collab with Chelsea Wolfe. 

It’s not even four months after Love is Not Enough and we have Hum of Hurt, Converge’s twelfth studio album. That’s a fast turnover for the art-metalcore heroes but what’s even more impressive about Converge’s 2026 output is the fact that the two albums sound so different.

Both records are shaved down considerably from Converge’s releases prior, finishing at just over 30 minutes each. Love Is Not Enough starts with four furious tracks, including the moshy “Bad Faith” and total sprint “Distract and Divide.” It takes until the fifth track before any attempt is made at slowing down, though they jump right back in with career high “Amon Amok.” Love Is Not Enough then peaks with “Force Meets Presence,” which serves as the sonic equivalent to a blunt object. There are three songs after, all setting a similar tone, with “Gilded Cage” even hinting at the noise rock-heavy style of the next album. 

If Love is Not Enough was Converge’s scorched earth album, then Hum of Hurt is their brooding (but explosive) record. Both albums were recorded in the same session, which makes the stark differences all the more surprising. 

“It was super fun to surprise people with a second Converge record this year,” guitarist/producer Kurt Ballou said earlier this year when discussing Hum of Hurt. “What happened was, there was a final sprint during the last round of writing where a lot more stuff got finished than we were expecting. We had to decide what to do with all this material. Nobody has the patience for a double album, the way that people listen to music now. They’re not gonna be able to absorb all these songs. And we really felt great about them, so we wanted every song to have the best chance it had to be heard.”

Lead single “Doom in Bloom” feels closer to Converge’s more recent albums: the skronky riffs and rhythms center vocalist Jacob Bannon’s pained vocals, which he aims at his and others’ inner pain. The best songs on the album—“It Only Gets Worse,” “Detonator,” the title track—take the trademark Converge crescendos and jumpy riffs and mix them with slanted, colorful riffs. Elsewhere, “I Won’t Let You Go” enters the record as one of the most unique-sounding riffs in the Converge canon and “Dream Debris” sees Converge slow down, making for the longest track on either record. 

There are (probably) no more Converge records coming in 2026 but the releases of Love is Not Enough and Hum of Heart make it one of the biggest years in the band’s catalogue. Converge have never left but the albums are proof positive that they can, and will, continue to reshape themselves and their surroundings. 

Hum of Heart and Love is Not Enough are available now.

The post Comparing & Killing: Converge versus Converge appeared first on Decibel Magazine.

Amorphis are excited to announce three headline shows in Japan this September, two in Tokyo and one in Osaka.
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Merrimack debut a new single, a cover of “Wrong”, written by Martin L. Gore and originally recorded by Depeche Mode for their 2009 album Sounds Of The Universe.
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Mephisto Odyssey’s Mikael Johnston Receives RIAA Gold Certification for His “Crucified Dub” of Static-X’s “Push It”
Alternate version developed with Wayne Static during the band’s early Warner Bros. era earns Gold status, highlighting one of Static’s most notable creative collaborations outside Static-X
April 21, 2026 — The RIAA has officially certified Static-X’s iconic single “Push It” as Gold. Among the versions featured on the original 1999 maxi-single was the “Crucified Dub,” an alternate version created by Mikael Johnston of Mephisto Odyssey with creative input from Wayne Static.
Johnston recently completed a 2026 remaster of the track at Pop Twist Studios. The updated version is now streaming here:

The accompanying video was edited by filmmaker Matt Zane.
Wayne Static did not just approve of the “Crucified Dub” — he embraced it, recognizing the creative chemistry he shared with Johnston as something distinct from the core Static-X sound. That connection became the foundation for an ongoing creative partnership.
Static later contributed vocals and writing to Mephisto Odyssey’s “Crash” from the album The Deep Red Connection . The track was featured on the Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker soundtrack, received significant alternative rock radio play and MTV2/MTVX rotation, and was supported by a music video directed by Len Wiseman, featuring Koichi Fukuda on guitar.
Over the following years, Wayne Static continued to work with Johnston whenever he wanted to explore material outside the traditional Static-X framework. Johnston and Mephisto Odyssey contributed remixes and alternate versions for several key tracks, including:


“Love Dump” (Mephisto Odyssey Voodoo Mix) — featured on the 2001 film Valentine soundtrack
“Cold” (Mephisto Odyssey Remix) — released on German promotional singles tied to the Queen of the Damned soundtrack and distributed to winners of a Static-X fan contest
Additional remixes for Static-X tracks including “This Is Not” and “Black & White”

Johnston and Wayne Static remained close collaborators and friends until Static’s passing in October 2014.
In addition to his own work, Johnston has become a visible supporter of filmmaker Matt Zane’s upcoming unauthorized documentary on Wayne Static and Tera Wray, a project that has faced resistance in some circles. Johnston has granted Zane permission to use his 2025–2026 reimagining of “CRASH: Reborn” in the film.
“Wayne was genuinely happy with how the ‘Crucified Dub’ turned out, and that trust led to us working together on several projects over the years,” Johnston said. “I’m proud of the music we created together, and I’m happy to support Matt’s documentary. Wayne’s story deserves to be told honestly, not filtered or controlled by people with their own agendas.”
As interest in Wayne Static’s unreleased recordings and unfinished projects continues to grow, Johnston’s long and well-documented history with Static has placed him at the center of ongoing discussions about how the singer’s legacy should be preserved and presented moving forward.
Mikael Johnston continues to work at Pop Twist Studios in Texas.
Media Contact: poptwistmanagement@gmail.com & zach@metaldevastationradio.com

Grunge worship.

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The band were left stranded and have faced a domino effect of losses since.

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