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Basque experimental death metal outfit ALTARAGE will release their seventh full-length album, Cogwheel, on July 31, 2026. The album will be available on double vinyl, CD and cassette through Sentient Ruin in the United States and Doomentia Records in Europe. The announcement marks the renewal of ALTARAGE’s partnership with Sentient Ruin, more than a decade […]

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(written by Islander) Today is the day when the New England blackened technical death metal band Ethereal Rot will release their self-titled debut album, and to help spread the word we’re premiering a video for a song off the new album called “Festum Terrae“. The album narrates an elaborate cosmic horror story conceived by the […]

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Pure Reason Revolution have announced their seventh studio album, Terrifying Angels, along with a lead single and music video, “Spin Like Fire.” The album is due September 25 via InsideOut Music (Century Media Records) and marks the band’s fourth full-length since reforming in 2019.

Vocalist and guitarist Jon Courtney said of the album’s central concept: “My initial thought of an angel was the cute kind of cherub, but traditionally angels aren’t cute or comforting figures. They’re often overwhelming, terrifying beings.”

On the shift in sonic approach from the band’s previous record, Courtney added: “The last record was more chill, so it just felt terribly natural to do something grittier, heavier and more aggressive.” Terrifying Angels is described as dark and potent, built around savage riffs, ominous soundscapes and grungy layering, all anchored by the band’s signature transcendent harmonies.

Pre-order the album here.

The core trio of Courtney, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Annicke Shireen, and drummer Ravi Kesavaram are joined by a range of collaborators on the album. Founding member Greg Jong co-wrote the title track and “Rumination Ruin” with Courtney during a jam session in Portland, Oregon. Alt-rock veteran Paul Mullen — known for fronting Yourcodenameis: Milo and Losers — co-wrote both “Haywire Heart” and the album’s closing 14-minute epic “Hold Your Wrath.” A further track, “Below Radiance,” was developed from a composition by Courtney’s protégé Kenny Fitzgerald. Bass contributions come from Mariusz Duda of Lunatic Soul and Kristoffer Gildenlöw (formerly of Pain of Salvation). Mixing duties are once again handled by Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief.

Pure Reason Revolution will tour the UK in November 2026 in support of the album, with Kyros as special guests. Dates:

• Nov. 1 — Bristol, UK — Thekla
• Nov. 2 — Nottingham, UK — Rescue Rooms
• Nov. 3 — Glasgow, UK — Slay
• Nov. 4 — Bilston, UK — The Robin
• Nov. 5 — Liverpool, UK — O2 Academy 2
• Nov. 6 — London, UK — 229

The band also have previously announced appearances at Prog Storm Festival in Montreal, Canada on Aug. 23, followed by a run of Polish dates in December: Dec. 18 in Poznań (2Progi), Dec. 19 in Warsaw (Voodoo Club) and Dec. 20 in Kraków (Hyde Park).

Pure Reason Revolution — originally formed in London in 2003 — released three albums between 2006 and 2010 before disbanding in 2011. The band reformed in 2019 and has since released Eupnea (2020), Above Cirrus (2021) and Coming up to Consciousness (2024), all on InsideOut Music.

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Canadian Thrashers W.M.D. (When Minds Develop) have launched the official video for “Post Human Predator,” a track from the recently released Against All Warnings, the band’s second full-length album! Check out the video at: youtu.be/FvN4q32OUJE In other W.M.D. news, the band is currently touring throughout Canada, including dates with countrymates Iron Kingdom on the True North Strong and Heavy Canadian Tour 2026. Scroll […]

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“We’re here to depress the punks, I guess.” That was Tony Abarca, frontman of the LA band Generacion Suicida, talking to a restaurant patio full of punks in Richmond on Wednesday night. During one of his infrequent moments of between-songs patter, Abarca admitted to being “not much of a talker,” but “depress the punks, I guess” is a pretty accurate summary of Generacion Suicida’s mission. They’re definitely a punk band. Their fans are punks. (I’m taking a moment here to acknowledge that I skipped this column last month and that this month’s installment is about a punk show, not a hardcore show. It’s OK. We’ll get through it together.) But Generacion Suicida’s version of punk is relatively slow and atmospheric, full of heavy sustain and gothed-out guitar-twinkles. The only problem is that you can’t really get too depressed while listening to Generacion Suicida. They’re too good for that.

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Hailing from Bradford in West Yorkshire, TORANAGA wrote a chapter in metal history with their first two studio albums, “Bastard Ballads” (1988) and “God’s Gift” (1990), achieving cult status within the metal scene. Although they remained underdogs, TORANAGA can be mentioned alongside their compatriots ONSLAUGHT, XENTRIX, SABBAT and ACID REIGN with confidence. What has always set the band apart is their unique blend of thrash […]

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Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier will miss the band’s upcoming U.S. festival appearances due to an unspecified immigration issue that has prevented him from traveling to the United States in time. He will be temporarily replaced by Luigi Paraventi of Paleface Swiss.

Gojira issued the following statement via social media: “Hey everyone! Important update regarding our festival performances.

“Mario is dealing with an immigration issue that has made it impossible for him to travel to the US in time for our shows. Mario is heartbroken not to be here with us and has fought hard every step of the way to find a solution.

“We’re so grateful for the incredible Luigi Paraventi of Paleface Swiss, who has stepped in on short notice. Player 2 has entered the game — RESPECT. We can’t wait to see you all out there!!”

Affected shows:

• July 16 — Cadott, WI — Rock Fest
• July 17 — Grand Rapids, MI — Upheaval
• July 18 — Mansfield, OH — Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival

In February 2025, Gojira was honored with a Grammy in the “Best Metal Performance” category at the 67th annual Grammy Awards for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!),” a version of the French Revolution-era standard the band performed at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony alongside opera singer Marina Viotti. Gojira made history as the first metal band to ever perform at the Olympic Games.

Gojira’s latest album, Fortitude, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Albums chart in May 2021 and at No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The album was recorded and produced by Joseph Duplantier at Silver Cord Studio in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine). In 2016, Metal Hammer called Gojira “metal’s most important band.”

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No Clean Singing hosts the premiere of ETERNAL MOURN’s debut EP, “Winds of Sorrow”, out on July 20th, 2026 via Terror From Hell Records. Hailing from Italy, the band approaches death-doom through a sound deeply connected to the genre’s formative years, recalling the weight, atmosphere and emotional tension of the 1990s while avoiding a purely reverential approach. Stream “Winds […]

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In February this year, Big Big Train, the award-winning, international progressive rock band, released their 16^th studio album Woodcut. The landmark release for the international group marked their first-ever full-length narrative concept album, exploring creativity, sacrifice and the thin line between inspiration and madness.
 
Now, the band is pleased to share a new Digital Deluxe Edition of Woodcut, complete with demos of each track from the album, as well as two acoustic tracks. The Digital Deluxe Edition is out on the 7^th August and is available for pre-order here.
 
Lead vocalist Alberto Bravin says: “The demos featured on the digital deluxe version of Woodcut are the final ones that I put together shortly before we went into Sweetwater Studios in Fort Wayne in the USA in April 2025. While we had the overall shape and flow of the album largely worked out before we started recording, there were some significant musical developments at Sweetwater. File sharing has a role to play, but creatively nothing can rival the seven of us all playing in the same room together, interacting and sparking off each other with arrangement and performance ideas.”
 
Bassist Gregory Spawton adds: “With this digital release, we wanted also to take the opportunity to make live acoustic versions of a couple of key Woodcut songs available. Back in February this year, Alberto, our violinist Clare Lindley and I performed short two-acoustic-in-store sets in the UK to mark the release of Woodcut. We really enjoyed doing so and might consider more acoustic performances at some point down the line.”
 
Watch the video for “Chimaera” live below.

Big Big Train recently announced a warm-up show to take place on Thursday 24^th September 2026 at Thornden Hall in Eastleigh, UK to kick off The Woodcut & Other Stories tour.
 
This will be the first of 19 shows across the UK and Europe this autumn where the band will play this year’s acclaimed Woodcut album in full as well as over an hour of other material from their extensive back catalogue.
 
Tickets for all shows are on sale here.

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SCATTERBRAIN is back with their third ever track, and the drama and decadence keeps on getting bigger and bolder.

Titled ‘BITTER’, it is hard rock at its most direct and devastating. An angry, unrelenting piece of honest battery that is clearly allowing Brian to express some very necessary feelings, it is as catchy as it crushing. It’s the heaviest offer from the project so far, showcasing that anything is possible and no stone is going to be left unturned.

Get stuck in:

It follows on from ‘FAST LANE’, which sounds a lot like this:

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