On Friday, April 24th, The Punk Rock Museum will host an opening for Fast As Hell. Louder Than Both. This is a new exhibition by photographer Alison Braun. It is a visual record of a cultural turning point when underground music scenes overlapped and redefined one another.
Braun‘s early body of work includes striking images of Black Flag and Bad Brains, captured at a time when the hardcore movement was volatile, physical, and defiantly DIY. As hardcore accelerated and metal grew more technical and aggressive, Braun‘s lens tracked the shift.
Bands such as D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, and Corrosion of Conformity represent the cultural transformation Braun documented in real time. These artists rejected genre purity, fusing skate culture, hardcore urgency, and metal musicianship into something raw, confrontational, and entirely new.
Many of the photographs featured also appear in Braun‘s book, Shot in the Dark: Metal Volume, available for purchase in the museum’s gift store.
This photo exhibition will open alongside the museum’s debut of Crossover Corner, offering visitors a deeper look into the powerful intersection between punk and metal music.
Crossover Corner highlights influential metal bands that emerged from punk roots and punk bands that evolved toward metal. The exhibition captures the raw energy, style, and cultural impact that shaped the crossover movement between the two genres.
By pairing photography with historical artifacts, the museum offers a vivid look at the artists and communities that helped forge the crossover sound, celebrating a moment in music history when punk and metal collided to create something entirely new.
Back in 2023, the composer Nomi Abadi sued veteran film scorer Danny Elfman for failing to pay several installments in a sexual harassment settlement. A few months later, a Jane Doe also accused Elfman of sexual misconduct. Elfman denied Abadi’s allegations in a statement to Rolling Stone, leading her to sue him again for defamation in 2024; that’s ongoing after a Superior Court judge rejected Elfman’s anti-SLAPP motion. The Jane Doe’s case was dismissed on technical grounds, and Elfman has also sued her for malicious prosecution.
(written by Islander) If you heard the Bringers of Disease debut EP Gospel Of Pestilence it’s unlikely you’ve easily forgotten the experience, even though it was released 15 years ago. But maybe you never came across it. In that case, what should quickly seize your attention for the band’s debut album Sulphur are the people […]
Wayne Moss, the legendary and prolific Nashville session guitarist who played on classic records like Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” has passed away. Moss died on Monday, and Roy Orbison’s Instagram page broke the news. (Incidentally, Orbison would’ve turned 90 today.) No cause of death has been reported. Moss was 88.
Thirty-three years ago in 1993, Porcupine Tree performed their debut gig at The Nag’s Head in High Wycombe. A year prior, Steven Wilson’s experimental double album On the Sunday of Life laid the groundwork for the band’s sound. Now, in 2026, Voyage 35, led by former Porcupine Tree members Colin Edwin and John Wesley, invites fans on a nostalgia trip back to those heady days. On this podcast, Colin and John discuss the origins of the project, what Steven Wilson thinks, and what else is in store.
“There is so much love for the early Porcupine Tree material, and many people have expressed a desire to hear it again,” Colin Edwin told Louder Sound. “As the band evolved, much of this music fell by the wayside. It feels right to revisit it now with a fresh approach and new musical talent.”
John, who joined the band’s touring lineup in later years, shares that enthusiasm: “I’ve always been intrigued by the band’s early period. I’m really looking forward to playing these songs live and seeing where we can take them.”
While Porcupine Tree famously spearheaded a progressive rock revival with 2002’s In Absentia, the decade of incredible music that preceded it remains a fan favourite—much of which was never performed live. Those lucky enough to witness the band’s formative years remember a sense of languid experimentalism and spaced-out improvisation, all enhanced by the immersive projections of the Fruit Salad Lightshow.
Reunited with that original visual magic, Voyage 35 will head out on a short tour of Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK in September 2026. Fans can also look forward to some very special guests at the London show.
Tour Dates:
Fri 4 Sep Revislate, Italy Campo Sportivo
Tue 8 Sep Aschaffenburg, Germany Colos-Saal
Thu 10 Sep Utrecht, Netherlands TivoliVredenburg
Fri 11 Sep Uden, Netherlands De Pul
Sat 12 Sep Zoetermeer, Netherlands Boerderij
Tue 15 Sep Bristol, UK O2 Academy Bristol
Wed 16 Sep London, UK O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Thu 17 Sep Manchester, UK O2 Ritz
Fri 18 Sep Newcastle, UK The Grove
Sat 19 Sep Glasgow, UK The Classic Grand
Airborne have announced their new self-titled album in a truly original manner. See below the band’s heartfelt letter to Lemmy, sharing their journey through the making of this album and paying homage to their mentor and friend.
The announcement is accompanied by the album’s first single, “Alive After Death (Last Plane Out).” The track’s new music video is also out now. Check it out below.
Well, mate, it’s been a long time since we’ve said “g’day” or shared a stage together. We’ve never forgotten one of the things you said to us, which was: “No matter what, stay true to yourselves. Don’t worry about all the other bullshit in the music industry. Make music that your roadies will like. Because they’ve heard your shit more than anyone else, if they like it, everyone will love it.”
Mate, we did it.
Six years ago, we shut the roller doors to everyone and got to work writing songs for this record, spending many, many hours, many, many days, weeks, months, and years writing and writing, throwing things out, starting again, and always sifting for gold. After about five years of this, we felt that we had a solid bunch of Rock’ n’Roll songs happening. Then, Mutt Lange and BryanAdams brought in their big guns, and a couple of those songs we wrote with them have made the record. We wrote a lot with Bryan, and he was incredibly inspiring, and we learned a lot from him – a true rock ‘n’ roll gentleman. At that point, a long-time mate of ours, Vick Wright, flew out to Australia, and we wrote and wrote and wrote some more with him. He’s a rock ‘n’ roll street poet, and he taught us a lot as well. We ended up with some really good rockers with him.
We sent everything to Brian Howes, and he said we have a solid record now, and he was pumped to work his magic. Dante from Spinefarm, who has been a real champion all along the way on this record, gave us the green light to make Airbourne.
We shipped out a ton of gear from our Manchester compound and from all over the world, loaded it into a semi-tonne truck, and drove it up the Eastern guts of Australia from Melbourne to Music Farm Studios, hidden in a jungle on the surf coast of Australia. This place is surrounded by snakes, Sydney funnel-web spiders, rats, and cane toads—plenty of stuff that can kill ya. We know you would have loved it there because that which doesn’t kill you only makes you louder!
We coped with hurricane weather, flash flooding rains, and palm trees that were torn out of the ground. One of them almost killed Streety, our bass player. That was a very near miss. The tape machine was a fucker. It wouldn’t stop blowing up, but she sounded great, so she was worth dealing with and waiting on.
Every day we would wake up, jump over a brown snake or python, feed the pigs, say “g’day” to the goats, watch the one male rooster with a harem of hens swooning around him whilst he’s strutting around the place like he was King Dick. Who knew that fowl could be so inspiring?
We’d make our way down the hill to the studio, jumping over “old mate,” the resident snake that lived at the front doors of the studio. When we entered the studio, we’d make some heart-starting coffees, put some pies in the pie warmer, VB’s on ice, then Brian Howes, Mike Fraser, and KarlDicaire would show up. A few cigarettes, laughs, and caffeine later, we’d talk some bullshit, and then we’d get rocking. For about 12-16 hours, we would go. Time ceased to exist for us, and it was the best fun we’ve ever had making an album.
The last batch of songs we wrote with Brian around the Studio Kitchen table, often whilst hurricanes had killed the power. While they were smashing the Studio together, we brought this album home. The main console was the original Neve desk from Albert Studios 1 here in Australia (AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, Billy Thorpe, and more). There’s an unmistakable raw Oz rock tone in this desk, and you’d love it.
We didn’t finish the record in time, as we had to go back out on tour, which actually worked out really well because lyrics that weren’t written in that studio needed to come from being on the road, and that’s exactly what happened with the song “Alive After Death.” We came back after the tour to our Melbourne studio home, down in St Kilda, the famous Hothouse Studios, where we recorded our first EP. We’ve always had a love affair with Hothouse—it has the Neve console from Albert’s Studio 2, so it was gutsy to go back there and finish this record off.
Craig Harnath, who we’ve been mates with forever, joined the team, and after another tour, another few months, and trips down to Hothouse, we finally finished the record. Zakk Cervini joined the team and mixed up a Rock’ n’ Roll storm of a record. He’s a real weapon! Ted Jensen—aka “the great one”— gave Zakk’s atomic mixes a real supercharged spit and polish and brought it all home with his classic trademark Sterling master print that only he can do.
So, we finally ripped off the Band-Aid and mustered up the balls to play it to the roadies…. And guess what? They love this one! Thank fuck! Only took us 20 years! Thanks again for all of your words back then, mate. We’ve never forgotten them, and we wouldn’t be here without ya. We’ll always keep you “Alive After Death.”
Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter has long been the high-priest of alternative metal’s heavy-handed riffs and even heavier cannabis consumption. To celebrate 4/20 this year, Kiesel Guitars has officially unveiled “The Dope Guitar”—a custom, one-of-a-kind instrument designed specifically for Carpenter that literally puts the green in the gear.
This isn’t just a paint job; the guitar features actual, master-grade cannabis buds and leaves suspended in resin within the body and knobs. Combining eight strings of destruction with a custom-app-controlled LED lighting system, Carpenter’s latest headless Vader is a vivid fusion of his signature tone and his most legendary lifestyle habit.
Higher Specs: The “Dope” Guitar Breakdown
The “Dope” guitar is a masterwork from the Kiesel Custom Shop, built on the Vader headless template that Carpenter has favored in recent years. The instrument’s body is crafted from Roasted Swamp Ash with a Mastergrade Buckeye Burl top, but the centerpiece is a custom route filled with purple holographic metal flake and genuine, freshly cut cannabis buds and leaves.
Stephen Carpenter’s affinity for the plant is no secret to the metal community. The guitarist has famously survived multiple rounds in B-Real’s “The Smokebox,” the legendary series where the Cypress Hill rapper attempts to “smoke out” guests inside a sealed, hazy vehicle. While many guests struggle to keep up, Carpenter has consistently held his own, cementing his reputation as one of rock’s most dedicated enthusiasts.
“Stef’s new Vader takes dope to a whole new level,” Kiesel stated during the reveal. The project joins the ranks of Kiesel’s other experimental themed instruments, like the “Sushi” guitar, proving that if Carpenter can dream it—or smoke it—Kiesel can build it.
Deftones 2026 World Tour and Beyond
While the “Dope” guitar is currently a custom piece, fans can catch Carpenter wielding his 7 and 8-string Kiesel and ESP models as Deftones continue their 2026 global takeover. The band is set to hit Australia and New Zealand this May, with massive headline shows at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, before heading to Japan and Europe later this summer.
Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter celebrated 4/20 with the unveiling of a custom Kiesel “Dope” guitar featuring real cannabis buds and leaves inlaid in the body. The 8-string headless Vader also boasts app-controlled LEDs and custom “nug” knobs, marking a wild collaboration between the alternative metal icon and Kiesel’s custom shop.
‘Your Favorite Toy ‘, the titular first single of Foo Fighters’ 12th full-length studio album, has been released.
The first new FF music of 2026, ‘Your Favorite Toy’ is nothing short of an insidious earworm. Jagged guitar shards and sinister keyboard stabs bob and weave atop a relentless rhythmic pulse, as Dave Grohl unleashes a newfound sardonic vocal tone on infectious choruses:
Get back Hear that, boy? Someone threw away your favorite toy for good For good
A perfect first taste and representation of the album of the same name, ‘Your Favorite Toy’ sounds like nothing else in the band’s monolithic discography, while instantly and unmistakably identifiable as Foo Fighters.
Dave Grohl commented, “’Your Favorite Toy’ really was the key that unlocked the tone and energetic direction of the new album. We stumbled upon it after experimenting with different sounds and dynamics for over a year, and the day it took shape I knew that we had to follow its lead. It was the fuse to the powder keg of songs we wound up recording for this record. It feels new.”
Preceded by its title track and last year’s incendiary ‘Asking For A Friend,’ Your Favorite Toy will be released April 24th via Roswell Records/Columbia Records. Recorded at home, the album was co-produced by Foo Fighters and Oliver Roman, engineered by Oliver Roman and mixed by Mark “Spike” Stent, and consists of the following songs:
Caught In The Echo
Of All People
Window
Your Favorite Toy
If You Only Knew
Spit Shine
Unconditional
Child Actor
Amen, Caveman
Asking For A Friend
Your Favorite Toy’s release heralds Foo Fighters’ massive Take Cover world tour, which kicks off June 10th at Unity Arena in Oslo, following a pair of US festival headlines at Welcome to Rockville and Bottlerock. The band will return to the UK for two dates at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on June 25th and 27th.
“Wild ‘N’ Loud” is DEMONESSA at full power ready to take on the world!
All the songs on this album are an embodiment of the ‘80s heavy metal we all know and love. While every song on the album is brand new, they also have a familiar feel that fits right into any playlist, like they’ve always been there.
There are 12 songs, racking up to almost one hour of straight hard-rocking future classics, which really makes it like an all-you-can-eat buffet for heavy metal fans, there’s something for pretty much everyone in there. From arena filling anthems to speeding tickets guaranteeing high-speed hits and emotional ballads, the album covers the full spectrum of classic heavy metal.
Album cover art by Toni Nurmi
Track-listing: Till Death Do Us Part High Voltage Renegade M.A.D. Wild ‘N’ Loud Queen of Pain Livin’ Out of Spite Slowly Losing My Mind In Decay In the Depths of Hell You’ll Burn We Rule the Night I Stand Alone A Knife to a Gunfight
The band shared: “This track was chosen for a lyric video due to the high energy it delivers and the clear strong visual potential to match the outlawish lyrics. The video was created by MVS Visual, known for his work with various artists, most notably Manowar, making him an obvious choice for the project.”
To celebrate the release of the album there are several gigs coming up in Finland that are part of a so-called “Worldwide ‘N’ Loud Tour”, which kicks off on 8th of May in Boothill bar in Helsinki. Following that, there will be some shows in Tampere and Hämeenlinna as well and obviously many more to come, all the necessary information can be found on the band’s social media.
More on Demonessa: Demonessa is a heavy metal band from Tampere, Finland, carving its path with pure power and attitude. Formed in 2019, the band combines the explosive force of 80’s heavy metal with the spectacle of glam metal creating an experience that must be witnessed live.
Line-up: Senja – Vocals John Creweholm – Guitars Hugo M. Raze – Guitars Peet von Rowanskerry – Bass Jones “Pugnax Vehemens” Tervas – Drums
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