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Underoath are set to celebrate two decades of one of their most seminal albums, with a whole host of very special bands as support.

‘Define The Great Line’ was released on June 20 2006, and has come to be a definitive statement of what Underoath is, and continues to be sonically and emotionally. Beautifully constructed, effortlessly ethereal and wonderfully bold, it still sounds as fresh and nailed on relevant today as it did back then.

And in taking the album on the road to celebrate, they are bringing along bands that share in their vision as well as who perfectly define the scene at the time as well as today. They are August Burns Red, Atreyu, As Cities Burn and Emery. Wow.

Keyboardist had this to say about the tour stating, “What this album has meant to us, and so many others, over the past 20 years is hard to quantify. It gave us permission to be ourselves. It sent us around the world. It gave people the freedom to say (and scream) the things out loud they had buried deep. It will outlive us. We still play these songs on stage 20 years later and get those chills. The opportunity to devote an entire tour to presenting this album in the best way it ever has been, alongside friends we’ve had since before it was released, is going to be bucket list material for us.”

Here are all of the dates:

NOVEMBER

05 – ST. LOUIS The Pageant *
06 – OKLAHOMA CITY The Criterion *
07 – ALBUQUERQUE Revel Entertainment Center*
09 – PHOENIX Arizona Financial Theatre *
10 – SAN DIEGO SOMA *
12 – LAS VEGAS Brooklyn Bowl *
14 – SAN FRANCISCO The Masonic *
16 – SEATTLE Paramount Theatre *
17 – VANCOUVER PNE Forum *
19 – SALT LAKE CITY The Union Event Center *
21 – DENVER Fillmore Auditorium *
23 – MINNEAPOLIS The Armory *
24 – CHICAGO Aragon Ballroom *
25 – GRAND RAPIDS GLC Live at 20 Monroe *
28 – MONTREAL MTELUS ^#
29 – BOSTON MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^

DECEMBER

01 – PHILADELPHIA The Fillmore ^
03 – LANCASTER Freedom Hall ^
04 – CINCINATTI The Andrew J Brady Music Center ^
05 – INDIANAPOLIS Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
06 – DETROIT The Fillmore ^
08 – BROOKLYN Brooklyn Paramount ^
11 – RALEIGH The Ritz ^
12 – MYRTLE BEACH House of Blues ^
15 – AUSTIN ACL Live at the Moody Theater ^
16 – HOUSTON Bayou Music Center ^
18 – TAMPA Yuengling Center ^ 

* As Cities Burn
^ Emery
# – Atreyu not performing

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On the back of their AMP Award-nominated debut album Strange Love, latest single ‘Black & White’, their headline tour, festival appearances including Golden Plains and handful of shows as special guests of Pulp, Bleak Squad – Adalita from Magic Dirt, Mick Harvey from Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/PJ Harvey, Mick Turner from Dirty Three/Mess Esque/Fancy Weapon and Marty Brown from Clare Bowditch and Art of Fighting – have a run of shows coming up in late July and August. In addition to previously announced shows in Brisbane, Eumundi, Murwillumbah and Adelaide, the band has just announced a new Melbourne date. And it’s one with a twist; the venue won’t be announced until the day of the show, Friday August 7.

The band has announced and explained the show on their socials: “OK, we’ve added a Melbs show to our run in August. But it’s a little bit different. You know how it’s always the twenty-somethings that do secret, pop-up shows in super cool spaces? And we’ve all gone to the same venues a thousand times to the point that they feel like an extension of our lounge rooms?

Well, we might be just a couple of years past our twenties, but we thought we’d get in on the secret venue action too. So on Fri Aug 7th we’ll be presenting just that. Melbs, Inner north, venue location will be disclosed on the day of the gig, 7:30pm doors, everything wrapped up by 10:30pm. Lighting design by Let There Be Light. Interstitial music by Matty Vehl and Daisy Kilbourne. Super limited capacity in what we think will be an adventurous, immersive night. Tickets only available to people on our emailing list (coz we need to email you the address!)”

Sign up at www.bleaksquad.com (probably best to now-ish, and make sure you click on the Confirm Subscription link to ensure you get all the info.)

Tickets onsale this Weds morning 10am.

In other (big) news, Bleak Squad are happy to let it be known they’re working on album #2 and they’ll be playing UK and European shows in November. Stay tuned for updates.

Bleak Squad 2006
Jul 30 – Princess Theatre, Brisbane
Jul 31 – Imperial Hotel, Eumundi
Aug 1 – The Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah
Aug 2 – The Gov, Adelaide
Aug 7 – Secret Venue, Melbourne
Tickets and more info from www.feelpresents.com

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In a new interview with Matty Roberts of the Percussion Discussion podcast, former Motörhead and current Scorpions drummer Mikkey Dee discussed how he keeps his drumming in shape when off the road, and why his nearly six decades of experience have made him a more precise performer than ever.

Dee said (transcribed by Blabbermouth) about staying active between tours: “I do different projects… I play drums when I’m off, yes. But right now, the body, actually, after a long tour with SCORPS, it’s important for your body to rest also — your shoulders, your elbows, your wrists. But I am doing some shows with ‘Mikkey Dee With Friends’; we’re out playing some stuff. And I do session work… And so I try to play as much as I can, but I also need the rest for it.”

He elaborated on how maturity has reshaped his technique: “I think I’m way more mature on my drums. The routine I have, the lack of physical power you compensate with routine and knowledge, if you will. And I compare this to ice hockey as well, because when you were 20, you had so much physical ability, you were skating all over the place like a f***ing moron. And then when you meet the older guys, old pros and stuff, they spend maybe 40% of their energy because they are at the right place at the right time all the time. While we were skating 100% just to make it to these areas and to be right, but they already know that. Why do they do that? Well, because they have the routine and knowledge where to be on the ice. Same as a drummer. I know where to back off today. I know where I can push. I feel so much more secure behind the drums.”

On his reputation for zero-mistakes performances, Dee recalled what he told his new bandmates when he joined the Scorpions: “I told the Scorpions boys, I said, when I joined them [a decade ago], I said, ‘I don’t do f***-ups.’ And they were laughing, and I said, ‘No, no, I’m serious. I never f*** up.’ ‘Yeah, yeah, Mikkey. We understand. It’s okay. It’s no problem. Everyone f***s up.’ I said, ‘I don’t,’ because I don’t. I don’t f*** up. I do my homework, and I know by the time I sit behind the drum kit, I don’t f*** up. And that’s because of routine. You know how to prepare yourself. You do your homework in the right way.”

Dee also addressed the physical side of longevity at the drum kit: “You don’t have to have the same energy when you are 15, 20, 25 years old anymore. I hit the drums with a different approach. You don’t need that much muscle and energy. You have a different snap in a way. So, it compensates. And I try to stay fit, and I stay the f*** away from drugs, and I drink only beer. And so my hair keeps growing, and that’s about it. And I play a lot of hockey when I can, and I do sports and try to live a decent life. And keeping up on my drums. And that’s all I have to do, really, to stay on the level that I wanna be.”

Earlier this year, Dee announced more than a dozen European shows for 2026 on which he will perform Motörhead classics alongside The Drippers members Viktor Skatt (bass/vocals) and Stig William Rickard (guitar).

A Swede of Greek descent, Dee rose to prominence with King Diamond in the mid-1980s, recording the albums Fatal Portrait (1986), Abigail (1987) and Them before serving as a session drummer on Conspiracy (1989). He then joined Don Dokken for Up From the Ashes (1990), with the videos for “Stay” and “Mirror Mirror” receiving airplay on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball, and briefly filled in with World War Three. Having been courted by Lemmy Kilmister since 1985, Dee accepted the invitation in 1992, replacing Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor as Motörhead’s drummer; his first show with the band was Aug. 30, 1992, at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Following Lemmy’s death and Motörhead’s dissolution, Dee joined the Scorpions in 2016. His only studio album with them to date is Rock Believer (2022).

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Wishy Wishy Wishy, can’t you see. Sometimes your tunes just hypnotize me. And I just love your catchy ways. Guess this why they’re broke and you’re getting so much love from what remains of the independent music blogosphere.

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EDM DJ John Summit is a huge deal in the dance world, a big enough name to headline a festival like Bonnaroo or Outside Lands. But when another artist randomly and unexpectedly makes an appearance during one of his sets, the whole thing might get shut down. On Sunday night, Summit played a set at Lilly’s Club in Monte Carlo, as part of an afterparty for the Monaco Grand Prix, but the set ended early because another artist bum-rushed the stage. According to TMZ, that artist was Travis Scott.

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Melrose Avenue have announced that they are going to be heading out on a truly extensive tour across the UK and Europe at the start of next year.

The band will be kicking off 2027 by spending over a month making their away from the continent, hitting up no less than 19 countries as they go. Pretty amazing, to be honest. They will also be joined by Arankai on all dates.

Vocalist Vlado Saric had this to say about the run, stating, “We knew this summer would be absolute madness – packed-out festivals, sweat, chaos, and some wild crowds. So we wanted to get back to those people asap and turn the heat up even more. Bigger stages, heavier songs and louder nights. We love the beautiful chaos of touring overseas and this run is going to get wild. See you in the pit.”

Here are all the dates you need to know.

JANUARY

27 – DUBLIN Academy
28 – BELFAST Limelight 2
30 – GLASGOW The Garage
31 – LEEDS The Key Club

FEBRUARY

01 – MANCHESTER Club Academy
03 – BIRMINGHAM Institute2
04 – LONDON Electric Ballroom
06 – UTRECHT TivoliVredenburg Pandora
07 – ANTWERP Kavka Zappa
09 – PARIS Trabendo
10 – COLOGNE Live Music Hall
11 – HAMBURG Gruenspan
12 – COPENHAGEN Hotel Cecil
13 – OSLO John Dee
14 – STOCKHOLM Kollektivet Livet
16 – HELSINKI Tavastia
17 – TAMPERE Olympia
18 – TALLINN Paavli Kultuurivabrik
19 – RIGA Palladium
21 – WARSAW Proxima
22 – BERLIN Columbia Theater
24 – PRAGUE Rock Café
25 – VIENNA Flex
26 – BUDAPEST Analog Music Hall
27 – BOLOGNA Locomotiv Club

MARCH

01 – ZURICH Dynamo
02 – MUNICH Technikum
03 – BARCELONA Razzmatazz 3
05 – MADRID Revilive
07 – LISBON República da Música

And here is a little taste of what to expect, with the band’s recent single ‘Taste’:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BraveWords Features Crucial Velocity’s New Single “Martyr’s Blood” Featuring Dan Mongrain of Voivod
Crucial Velocity continues to gain momentum following the release of their latest single, “Martyr’s Blood,” with leading metal publication BraveWords recently spotlighting the track and its accompanying video.
In their feature, BraveWords highlighted the band’s blend of classic heavy metal influences, progressive musicianship, and modern production while emphasizing the special guest appearance from Voivod guitarist Dan Mongrain. The publication praised Mongrain’s contribution, noting that his distinctive guitar work adds “an added layer of intensity and technical brilliance” to the song.
“Martyr’s Blood” also features commanding vocals from Androo O’Hearn, virtuosic guitar work from Michael Harris, and powerhouse drumming from Matt Thompson of King Diamond fame.
The recognition from BraveWords marks another milestone for Crucial Velocity as the band continues to expand its reach with one of its most ambitious and acclaimed releases to date.
Stream “Martyr’s Blood” now:
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