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GRAVEBORN Unleashes Title Track Playthrough From Forthcoming Album Metempsychosis

Boston-based progressive death metal outfit GRAVEBORN is giving fans a first taste of their highly anticipated fifth full-length, Metempsychosis , with a playthrough video of the title track. The album is set to drop April 3, and this latest preview showcases guitarist Chris Ramusiewicz in full shred mode. Watch the video:

Vocalist John Leblanc describes the song as the “core statement of the album.”


“It’s the track where everything shifts from what is happening to me to what is happening through me,” Leblanc explains. “ Metempsychosis is not a cute spiritual idea here. It’s a brutal, continuous process. The soul persists across lifetimes, but not in a sentimental way. It persists through reconstruction, through collapse, through the repeated loss of form. It’s endurance through transformation.”


Leblanc continues, emphasizing the philosophical underpinning of the album:


“Ideas move the way souls move. They don’t just appear. They transfer. They are inherited. They go dormant. They reawaken. They show up inside someone like a realization, but they may have been traveling through bloodlines, culture, trauma, resilience, and repetition for generations. This is not passive. It’s evolutionary. Each cycle reshapes what it carries forward. The self is not a fixed object. It’s a changing vessel. The essential nature persists, but the expression changes, sometimes violently.”


The track’s chorus mirrors this complexity, fragmenting as language itself struggles to capture the concept of continuity and transformation:


“Ego fades. Boundaries dissolve. Self becomes pattern. Awareness becomes primary. I’m not the origin of who I am. I’m part of a continuum. My life is not a standalone story. It’s one iteration in a larger transmission.”


Metempsychosis spans 11 tracks and sees GRAVEBORN confronting both personal and societal collapse, exploring the mechanisms of continuity amidst destruction.
Since 2021’s Transmigrator , GRAVEBORN has spent five years crafting this magnum opus, challenging listeners to stare into both the internal and external abyss. Metempsychosis does not offer easy answers; instead, it confronts destruction as an essential part of continuity, asking a single relentless question: what remains when everything else is gone?
Pre-orders for the album are available now at gravebornma.bandcamp.com, and the title track, along with previous singles, are streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

 

New Album The Mountain Out Now

 

Following months of speculation and anticipation — as well as a pair of L.A. shows playing new album The Mountain in its entirety and the US opening of their House of Kong exhibition — Gorillaz have confirmed details of their first extensive North American tour since 2022. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will see the world’s most successful virtual act once again brought to life on these shores by Gorillaz co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, with Albarn joined onstage by the Gorillaz live band and some very special guest performers. The newly announced series of 22 sure-to-be-unforgettable arena dates across the U.S. and Canada (plus a headline appearance at the Shaky Knees festival) begins September 17 in Orlando, FL and wraps up with a Halloween night finale in Seattle, WA. Little Simz will join Gorillaz on the majority of the dates, with Deltron 3030 appearing on all shows.

 

The Gorillaz live experience hailed by ROLLING STONE as “an overwhelming pop spectacle, with Damon Albarn’s steady presence to keep the audience focused” draws on a quarter century of genre-bending, paradigm-shifting, consistently innovative musical brilliance. Since their creation at the hands of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist Noodle and drummer Russel Hobbs have amassed an unparalleled arsenal of classic tunes including “Feel Good Inc.,” “Clint Eastwood,” “On Melancholy Hill,” “DARE,” “Dirty Harry,” “Stylo,” “Kids with Guns,” “Tomorrow Comes Today,” “Rhinestone Eyes” and literally dozens more. The BRIT and GRAMMY Award winning band’s latest album The Mountain was released February 27 on their own new independent KONG label, preceded by joyously received singles “The Happy Dictator (featuring Sparks),” “The Manifesto (featuring Trueno and Proof),” “The God of Lying (featuring IDLES),” “Damascus (featuring Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)” and “Orange County (featuring Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar)”/ “The Hardest Thing (featuring Tony Allen).” The Mountain is the latest instalment in the towering Gorillaz discography that includes Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010), The Fall (2011), Humanz (2017), The Now Now (2018), Song Machine – Season One: Strange Timez(2020), and Cracker Island (2023).

A truly global phenomenon, Gorillaz have achieved success in entirely groundbreaking and unique ways, touring the world from San Diego to Syria, Montevideo to Manchester and winning numerous awards including the coveted Jim Henson Creativity Honor. The band is recognized by The Guinness Book Of World Records as the planet’s Most Successful Virtual Act.

Tickets will first be available via a KONG Card presale beginning Wednesday, March 4 at 10am local time, followed by a Citi presale at 12pm local time (details below). To participate in the Gorillaz Artist Presale on Friday, March 6 at 10am local, you must sign up at https://livemu.sc/gorillaz by Thursday, March 5 at 10am ET. No codes are needed – access is tied to your Ticketmaster account, and anyone who signs up can join the sale. The general on-sale will take place on Monday, March 9 at 10am local time at gorillaz.com/tour.

The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, access to The Mountain Experience VIP Space, Gorillaz tour tote bag filled with exclusive merchandise & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com.

Citi is the official card of The Mountain Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, March 4 at 12pm local time until Thursday, March 5 at 10am ET / 7am PT through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

For further information, visit https://www.gorillaz.com/ and https://www.livenation.com/.

 

GORILLAZ

North American Tour 2026

Thu Sep 17 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center*^

Fri Sep 18 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center*^

Sun Sep 20 — Atlanta, GA — Shaky Knees Festival

Wed Sep 23 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center*^

Sat Sep 26 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena*^

Sun Sep 27 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion*^

Tue Sep 29 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden*^

Thu Oct 01 – Boston, MA – TD Garden*^

Sat Oct 03 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre*^

Sun Oct 04 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena*^

Tue Oct 06 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena*^

Wed Oct 07 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena*^

Thu Oct 08 – Chicago, IL – United Center*^

Thu Oct 15 – Austin, TX – Moody Center*^

Fri Oct 16 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena*^

Sun Oct 18 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena*^

Tue Oct 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center*^

Fri Oct 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center*^

Sat Oct 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum^

Sun Oct 25 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena^

Wed Oct 28 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena*^

Fri Oct 30 – Portland, OR – Moda Center*^

Sat Oct 31 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena*^

*with Little Simz

^with Deltron 3030

The post Gorillaz Announce North American Tour appeared first on Mayhem Music Magazine.

Featuring two new tracks and an acoustic rework.

The post Blackbraid To Release New EP “Nocturnal Womb” This Week, “Celestial Bloodlust” Video Debuts appeared first on Theprp.com.

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“I feel like it’s the way, it’s the path. ‘Cause I’ve tried the other way, the whole rock and roll [lifestyle].”

The post Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix On Embracing Christianity: “I’m A Full-Blown Believer Now” appeared first on Theprp.com.

Having completed their mandatory military service, K-pop megastars BTS are returning this year with new album Arirang. Today they’ve shared its tracklist and a detailed lineup of contributors, which includes some interesting names. Kevin Parker, better known as Tame Impala, is a writer and producer on “Merry Go Round.” Rosalía collaborator and long-ago Stereogum Artist…

The post BTS’ New Album Has Contributions From Tame Impala, JPEGMAFIA, Flume, El Guincho, & More appeared first on Stereogum.

Roughly 24 hours after announcing that they were adding six more dates to their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Metallica has actually announced those dates. You’ll need to have the cash and avoid the scalpers, but you might be able to get yourself some tickets pretty soon, too.

Though initially only available for eight days in October, the ‘Life Burns Faster’ residency has been expanded to include more No Repeat Weekends on October 8 and 10, November 5 and 7, and January 28 and 30, 2027. Those last two dates mark the band’s first live shows for the new year.

According to the band, fan club presales for both Legacy and Fifth Members starts tomorrow, March 4 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. Anyone that already received a presale code can use it to access the new presales.

Fans that were attempting to get tickets for the initial eight days have had a hell of a time being able to purchase them. Of course, that’s kind of the natural order of things in this bot-ridden world, but if you want to try to snag tickets on a place like StubHub, you’re going to see inflated costs of about $4,000 for two nights in the “snake pit” and over $1,000 for those two nights in the nosebleeds. Normally, tickets range from $700 for a single night to between $1,000 and almost $3,000 for VIP and multi-night packages, so those third-party prices are fucking insane.

If you choose to try to get your hands on some tickets through Ticketmaster or through the Metallica presale, may the odds be ever in your favor. Otherwise, you’re gonna make some shitty scalper very, very happy. Me? I’ll just sit at home and watch Cunning Stunts for the umpteenth time.

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The post Metallica’s Las Vegas Residency Will Now Creep Into 2027 appeared first on MetalSucks.

Listen to Ella Langley’s Hot 100 hit and more songs about a place that’s long been a source of musical inspiration.

The schedule includes their first concerts of 2027. Continue reading…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nocturnal Ceremony’s “Obsidian” Earns Rave Review – A Dark Horse for AOTY
Independent modern death metal force Nocturnal Ceremony is back from a 30-year hiatus with a debut album that is turning heads and breaking necks. Obsidian , released March 4th, 2026 , has already earned a glowing review from Heavy Metal Philosophy , calling it “a dark horse for your AOTY list. I was genuinely shocked.”
Formed in the 90s as kids playing talent shows, Nocturnal Ceremony disappeared before their full potential could be realized. Now, decades later, they return with a record that outshines many seasoned bands who’ve spent years under major-label guidance. Obsidian delivers crushing riffs, punishing grooves, and an atmosphere both malignant and captivating.
The review highlights:
Guitar tones “some of the chunkiest in recent memory”
Production that amplifies heaviness with clarity and punch
Dynamic shifts that keep every moment fresh
Relentless grooves and malicious atmosphere
Fans of Igorrr, Behemoth, and Bloodbath will find a kindred darkness in Obsidian . Rated “AOTY Contender” , the album is already gaining traction as a standout release in the underground scene.
Nocturnal Ceremony says of the album:
“Sharing our music is a way of alleviation, up to the point of being cathartic. It is a way to express emotions that simply don’t have any words, or a name. Releasing these songs is an act of letting go of some demons. It is about accepting what life now is and who you have become, to perhaps ultimately find some small measure of peace. Maybe by listening, you can too. We are Nocturnal Ceremony – welcome to our darkness.”
Produced, mixed, mastered, and engineered by Thomas Madsen , Obsidian captures the band’s raw ferocity and atmospheric depth. Each track channels chaos and emotion into a dark, crushing sonic journey that refuses to be ignored.
Stream or pre-save the album here: https://hypeddit.com/nocturnalceremony/obsidian
Independent, relentless, and unapologetically heavy, Nocturnal Ceremony proves that modern death metal still has room for both intensity and emotion, and Obsidian is the proof.
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