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LONG DISTANCE CALLING – new song revealed
Shortly before the release of their new album “The Phantom Void” on April 10, German instrumental rock pioneers Long Distance Calling present their final single, “Sinister Companion.” As the album’s closing track, “Sinister Companion” delivers a spectacular, electrifying finale. A final, dramatic burst of energy that captures the emotional depth and raw intensity of “The… Continue Reading → -
Loneshore – From Now On Part Of Willowtip Records
Brazilian progressive//death doom/post-metal formation Loneshore have joined forces with Willowtip Records for the release of their new music, the first since 2018’s debut From Presence To Silence. More info coming soon.
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Album review: Tigers Jaw – Lost On You
Tigers Jaw make albums like English professors. Now on their seventh record, Lost On You is a carefully constructed musical lasagne, layered with hope and hurt and yearning and learning. The Scranton five show and don’t tell, making listeners dig through its depths to find the meanings for ourselves.
Ultimately, Lost On You’s most glaring theme is time. It’s about the different versions of yourself, and how they all exist at once. The band taps into the complexities of existence, how you can be an adult and still not feel grown up. They do so from a place that feels both forlorn and at times optimistic, finding joy in not knowing what’s next, summarised by co-vocalists Ben Walsh and Brianna Collins on Primary Colors: ‘It’s not supposed to make sense.’
Head Is Like A Sinking Stone mirrors this in its sound alone, a guitar riff inciting some sort of longing for a feeling that’s hard to even put a name on. It’s one of the record’s rockier and moody offerings, but ballad Baptized On A Redwood Drive takes the crown in this regard, coming in at over five minutes and spanning big swooping choruses and lullaby-esque keys right at the end. Moving on and acceptance is confronted on Light Leaks Through, where Ben sings, ‘Hurts to be alive and not beside you / But the version of the person that you miss does not exist.’
This is an album that might make you bawl your eyes out, but it may also make you feel like things are gonna work out okay. The results will probably vary on every listen, and depending where your own head’s at. It even cleverly loops right back to the short intro track with its final and titular diamond Lost On You, sharing the same lyrical themes of sensitivity and searching for peace among it all. Tigers Jaw are masters of a craft that they feel like the founders of.
Verdict: 4/5
For fans of: Joyce Manor, Turnover, Basement
Lost On You is released on March 27 via Hopeless.
Posted on March 26th 2026, 8:30a.m.
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Powerrage – Share New Song
In wake of their upcoming debut album release Beast, due out on April 24th, Canadian heavy metal purveyors Powerrage present the second single in advance titled “Dragon Man”.
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Corrosion Of Conformity – Confirm West Coast Summer Shows
Corrosion Of Conformity have confirmed July touring run over the western part of North American continent. Fellow countrymen Whores. and Crobot will be joining them as support on all dates.
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Dash Crofts of ’70s Soft-Rockers Seals and Crofts Dies
His passing was confirmed by Louie Shelton, the producer who helped them define a new genre. Continue reading… -
SUNK LOTO Announce A Trio Of Shows This August In Support of Crushing New Single ‘Dead Shadows’, Out May 8
Gold Coast metal icons Sunk Loto return to the stage in August playing their first shows since 2023. Hitting the Crowbars and the Corner with new single Dead Shadows front and centre. Instrumental in shaping Australia’s heavier end of the alternative scene in the early 2000’s, Sunk Loto were mentioned in the same breath as Sevendust, Korn and Deftones. After a decade of being everywhere, they disappeared in 2007 – gone for 15 years.
Then in 2022, they came roaring back and picked up exactly where they left off, whipping the old guard, and a tonne of new fans into a frenzy via two sold out national tours. It was like they never went away.
With plenty left to say, they showed it with their first new song in twenty years, The Gallows Wait, a less than subtle reminder that none of the ferocity had been diluted.
Of the upcoming tour the band comment; “We’re going to be playing a spread of old and new, songs we haven’t played live in years, our new single and more from the forthcoming release. We can’t wait, see you there!”
Dead Shadows will be released on May 8 along with a music video featuring a full band performance filmed with rising star videographer Colin Jeffs.This will be the first video clip to feature the band since 2003. These shows will be the closest you’ll get to Sunk Loto in full flight. Both literally and figuratively. Initmate rooms, no barriers. Just the band, the crowd and the music.
If the last run of dates proved anything, it was that people couldn’t get enough. We’d be surprised if these shows don’t sell out fast.
Tickets available via
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Tight Grips – Endless Gifts For Me, Myself, And I LP (Geenger Records)
If you paid attention to what’s happening on the contemporary rock scene, then you’ve probably noticed how many -
Kanonenfieber, Mental Cruelty: Inselpark Arena, Hamburg, 24/03/2026
Words and Photos by: Messer Jack When a band like Kanonenfieber announces a show in Hamburg, you already expect something intense. But what happened yesterday (24 March 2026) in the completely sold out Inselparkarena went far beyond expectations. Together with support act Mental Cruelty, the evening turned into a powerful and emotionally overwhelming experience that […] -
Sunk Loto Return from the Shadows
Three years on from their last run of shows, Sunk Loto are back with a new track.
Unseen on Aussie stages since 2023 after their successful return four years ago, the lads are launching their newest musical endeavour with a three date tour in August.
New single Dead Shadows in released on May 8, then they’ll kick into live mode in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, with special guests to be announced. Look out for Dead Shadows soon, and hit this link for show pre-sales.
