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Norwegian one‑man metal force Tonic Breed, led by creator and multi‑instrumentalist Patrik K. Svendsen, returns with a brand‑new 2026 single, Name Dealer, a high‑intensity track featuring two legendary guest musicians, Tommy Aldridge (Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne) on drums and Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake) on lead guitar. The single follows Tonic Breed’s earlier 2026 release, Close In, which […]

LA-based rapper Open Mike Eagle and producer Kenny Segal are both staples of the underground rap universe. They’ve known each other for decades, and they’ve worked together many times over the years. Last year, OME released his album Neighborhood Gods Unlimited, and Segal produced lead single “contraband (the plug has bags of me).” Segal really thrives when he’s making full-length collaborations with rappers like billy woods or K-The-I??? Today, we get the very welcome news that Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal have made an entire collaborative LP.

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(written by Islander) The last time we premiered music here from the Italian black metal band Agonia Black Vomit, in the run-up toward their second album Cosmosatanic Wisdom in 2017, we focused on how surprising the songs were, and how significantly they varied from each other in their sounds and moods — much more varied […]

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Words and pix by Sam H Here we are roaming around the city of angels with thousands of others. The crackle of anticipation is palpable; something is definitely happening in town. It sure as hell is, it’s the return of the legendary band RUSH. Yes, they are back, and we are here. The excitement around […]

They weren’t silent about their distaste for the merch cut either.

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20-year-old Spanish newcomer TERE! issues a fearless and utterly unapologetic declaration of independence

The Mars Volta have unveiled an interactive project here, with a countdown timer on the cryptic website having concluded on June 9. Diehard fans have dug deep into the platform, with the general consensus being that the band are preparing a live album drawn from their 2025 touring cycle for Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío — and are giving fans a hand in shaping its contents.

The Mars Volta toured extensively in 2025 in support of Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío, performing the album in full throughout the run, which included an arena tour alongside Deftones. The album itself had an unconventional path to release: it leaked ahead of any announcement and was eventually officially released by the band with minimal fanfare.

The interactive platform provides audio previews of select live performances from the tour, with the various cities represented through enigmatic symbology rather than their names outright — a device that appears designed to discourage fans from voting for their hometown shows over the strongest performances. Fans have already reported deciphering the encoded city identifiers.

The Mars Volta are the experimental progressive rock band founded by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala following the dissolution of At the Drive-In. The band’s catalog spans albums including De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003), Frances the Mute (2005) and Noctourniquet (2012), and a 2022 self-titled reunion album. Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío is their most recent studio release.

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Mayday Parade have revealed the details of their third and final part of their recent album series, and they are seing things out with a bang.

Titled ‘Sugar’, it’s set for release on July 24. It follows on from last year’s first two parts ‘Sweet’ and ‘Sad’.

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is a bit more like this:

1. Set Phasers To Bummed
2. Blame It On The Youth
3. Sweet Sad Sugar
4. Weekend Music
5. Lying To Myself
6. Two Hearts
7. Don’t Give Up On Me
8. Patriotism Of First Tiger Called Into Question
9. So The Story Goes
10. What Happens Next

The record features the previously shared track ‘Blame It On The Youth’, but also the just dropped ‘Weekend Music’. A quintessential piece of romantic, nostalgic and really lovely pop-rock, with key changes and earnest chords aplenty, it’s everything that continues to make Mayday such a pivotal cornerstone of the scene. Even after all these years, they still manage to pull on the heartstrings.

Vocalist Derek Sanders had this to say about the song, stating, “When we began working on Sugar – part three of a three album release – I started to get concerned that we had overextended ourselves. That the good ideas had run dry and needed more time to replenish. ‘Weekend Music’ is one of the songs that came together and put me at ease, it has the catchiness and complexity that I was looking for. It feels good to be able to create a song that we’re proud of so deep into our career.” 

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