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Death metal legends DEICIDE are gearing up to unleash their unapologetic brutality across festival stages throughout Europe this summer. DEICIDE are currently on tour around North America supporting BEHEMOTH, with ROTTING CHRIST & IMMOLATION.  Since their inception in 1987, DEICIDE has left a ferocious mark on the genre and there are no intentions of slowing down. In […]

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Today, Dutch black metallers Wrang stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, Verwording, at the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel. Set for international release on April 24th via Dominance of Darkness Records, hear Wrang‘s Verwording in its entirety exclusively HERE. Formed in 2013 by the duo of Valr and Galgenvot, Wrang didn’t properly become active until 2015, but since then have become a standard-bearer for […]

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Moonlight Haze has released “Shine”, second single taken from the new EP “Interstellar Madness” to be released on May 22 by Scarlet Records. «“Shine” is an anthemic and very direct song, led by powerful guitar riffs and synths. The upbeat lyrics tell a story of life redemption, showing that willpower and inner strength are the […]

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Part of Tarja’s upcoming new album “Frission Noir”.

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It cannot be overstated how crucial the ’90s proved to be for the co-nerds of Kill Feed. As full-time members of Decibel’s staff, it is quite possible that we wouldn’t be where we are today (good or bad) without the massive strides taken by the underground metal legends of this period. And while we owe much to the music that helped to define our culture, the two millennials that run this column would be lying if we said we were conscious of it in the moment. What we were experiencing, however, was a golden era in home consoles: the explosive growth of technology that pushed video games from 8-bit sprites and 4-track audio to fully rendered 3D graphics and CD quality soundtracks. All of this change incredibly managed to occur in the span of roughly 6 years. And, unbeknownst to us, a similar impact was felt by a future musician living on the other side of the planet.

Enter Lord Gordith, the creative mind behind Australian fantasy synthesizer project Quest Master. Video games and, more specifically, early Nintendo systems played an early role in the solo artist’s compositions, his first release being described as a “soundtrack to a ’90s RPG, that was forgotten by time.” His 2023 full length Sword & Circuitry, as well as his partnership with kindred spirit Out of Season Records, saw his in-studio fantasy become a live performance reality. His latest offering, 2025’s Obscure Power, explores the darker forces of his formative decade while maintaining a fantastical atmosphere. Though a rising star on the label’s roster, interviews with Lord Gordith are incredibly difficult to find. After scheduling around polar opposite time zones, the Quest Master himself becomes our latest player character, here discuss the pivotal series and OSTs that lead him to begin his own journey.

Obscure Power is out now via Out of Season and can be purchased here.
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Triumph guitarist and singer Rik Emmett sat down with Mike DiGiorgio of Rochester’s 13WHAM to talk about the band’s first tour in over 30 years — what fans should expect, who’s filling out the lineup, and how he’s thinking about performing at 72.

The 2026 Triumph tour features original members Emmett and Gil Moore (drums, vocals), joined by guitarist Phil X, drummer/keyboardist Brent Fitz, and bassist Todd Kerns — all three of whom bring serious résumés. Phil X is a Bon Jovi guitarist and a former Triumph member himself; Fitz and Kerns both play in Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators. Original bassist Mike Levine is sitting out most of the dates due to a hand problem that limits his playing.

When asked whether the crowds buying tickets are mostly longtime fans or people experiencing Triumph for the first time, Emmett said (transcribed by Blabbermouth): “It’s a little bit of both. I think that there are people who — I think there are grandfathers that wanna bring their grandsons and their grandchildren. We’re literally sort of three generations in. And honestly, I think it’s a question of the music being — the songs are the things that are dragging us all out. So I think that’s the biggest thing that I feel, that people are kind of going, like, ‘Oh, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Triumph do “Magic Power” or “Fight The Good Fight” or “Lay It On The Line” live.’”

He continued, addressing what fans expecting a time capsule performance are in for: “But the pressure from fans is an interesting thing because, of course, I can’t do what I did when I was in my thirties, which is what most people remember. And so if they think they’re gonna get to relive this guy in his red spandex pants or his jumpsuit or something, that’s just not gonna happen. But I do feel like the resurrection of the band as a concert touring act is because there are these songs, and I really look forward to the chance of getting to play with different musicians and in a different kind of circumstance. I mean, it’s gonna be a big show. So there’s gonna be a crowd that has lots and lots of different people with lots and lots of different expectations in every market. But I don’t know.”

“Back to your question, I think that there’s probably gonna be much more repeat customers than there are people experiencing it for the very first time. But, as I said, if they’re dragging along the next generation or two, then there will be new fans. And so — I don’t know. In some ways, I guess I’ll have to mind my Ps and Qs a little bit.”

On why the band brought in Phil X, Fitz, and Kerns, Emmett explained: “Well, first of all, we felt like we had to build a bit of a safety net for ourselves. There are certain notes that I just can’t hit, but there’s this guy, Todd Kerns, a good Canadian boy from Saskatchewan, and he’s been out with Slash and Alice Cooper. And he’s a tremendous musician — guitar, bass, singer. And then Brent Fitz on drums, just because there are some songs where Gil goes, ‘Well, I wanna come down front and sing.’ So Gil Moore is from the original lineup. But there are gonna be double drummers. We’re gonna be like the Allman Brothers and the Doobie Brothers, and I’m sure that more than half of your audience doesn’t even know who I’m talking about. But we’ll have that for some stuff.”

“And then Gil‘s gonna come down and sing a couple of things. And Brent is amazing. He can play keyboards as well, so we kind of get a double-threat kind of guy there. Oh, and he can sing harmony too, so a triple threat. And then Phil X, who replaced me in Triumph when I left. And Phil, he goes out with Bon Jovi and plays all kinds of different things. And he’s a tremendous guitar player with this absolutely unbridled enthusiasm for rock. So that’s really good for me. It’s kind of like, I get this Phil X cattle project; it keeps giving me bursts of energy.”

On Levine‘s situation, Emmett kept it open-ended: “Mike Levine, his health has been up and down, in and out. I’m not sure he’s gonna be able to join us for a lot of shows. The invitation is open, and there’s a place for him whenever he feels like he might wanna do it, even if he just came and sat at a keyboard for a bit.”

Emmett also weighed in on the ongoing debate around legacy bands touring with partial or rebuilt lineups — pointing to Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, and Def Leppard as acts whose catalogs carry them regardless.

“There are bands that are out there — Journey, Styx, REO [Speedwagon], Def Leppard — and they have a catalog that is so strong that it becomes this compelling thing. So it’s kind of like jukebox rock, if you’re being cynical or skeptical. But what’s wrong with a really great jukebox, if the songs are done with respect and they remain true to the spirit of the original? But I will deviate from that, because I feel like I’m a musician and a writer before I’m anything else. So a performer is part of it, and people wanna, ‘Hey, I’d love to see [former Journey singer] Steve Perry be able to sing “Don’t Stop Believin’” in the original key and hit all the high notes.’ But life is the way that it is. You don’t get any younger. And so, from my perspective, I go, yeah, but these songs — I get a chance to reinvent them as I reinvent myself, given my circumstances. I’m 72 years old.

“The management company we work with, they also handle Peter Frampton, and Frampton went, ‘Okay, I’m gonna go out and I’m gonna do just a farewell tour.’ And he got out there, and he told them, ‘That 90 minutes I get on stage is the best part of my day. As long as I can keep doing it, please keep booking me. I wanna go back out.’ And I feel like I’m already sensing that when I’m in rehearsals. I mean, I tire more easily than I did. I’m working hard to have the same level of chops. I practice now more than I’ve ever practiced in my life. It’s kind of, like, the veteran hockey player goes to the camp, and he’s gotta work way harder than the rookies just to be able to compete. And I feel that.

“But I also feel like, how lucky am I, at 72 years of age, that I’m getting to chase this thing? How many other people my age get this opportunity? A friend of my wife said, they were talking on the phone, and she said, ‘Most people when they retire,’ and I retired about four or five years ago, but she said, ‘Most people, when they retire, their lives get smaller. They kind of intentionally, they kind of shrink their lives to make it simpler and easier when they’re retired.’ She goes, ‘Look at Rik. He’s trying to make his life bigger.’ And I think that’s an easy way to say it, that that’s the most fun of all, that I’m kind of going, ‘Yeah. I’m gonna see if I can keep up with the 60-year-olds.’”

Triumph kicked off the 2026 tour on 04/10 in Orlando, Florida, donating 100% of net proceeds from that show to Make-A-Wish. The concert at Hard Rock Live Universal Orlando was part of the 23rd annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival.

The North American run celebrates Triumph‘s 50th anniversary, with support from April Wine throughout. The Canadian leg runs from 04/22 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, through 05/08 in Calgary, Alberta. The U.S. leg begins 05/13 in Rosemont, Illinois, and wraps 06/06 in Boston — 10 Canadian and 17 American cities in total.

Formed in Mississauga in 1975, Triumph built their name the hard way — from high school auditoriums and bar stages to sold-out arenas like Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens and Dallas’s Reunion Arena. The band has shifted over 15 million albums worldwide, with a catalog anchored by “Lay It On The Line,” “Magic Power,” and “Fight The Good Fight,” and a live reputation built on pyro, lasers, and high-production showmanship. A highlight of that era: a 1983 US Festival performance in front of half a million people.

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A new wrestler is making her WWE debut next week and she’s got a bit of a connection to our world, too. Rayne Leverkusen will be joining the major wrestling promotion’s developmental show next week as the “Maiden of Metal,” Lizzie Rain. For those in the know, “maiden” is particularly telling, as she’s also the niece of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr.

Last night during the brand’s April 21 episode, a vignette aired showcasing Rain, who said both she and heavy metal will “never, ever, never ever die.” She’s acting with a sort of old school heavy metal style, which again, makes sense given her connection to Iron fucking Maiden.

Known for her in-ring appearances for European promotions like PROGRESS, Hustle, ATTACK!, and EVE, Rain signed with WWE back in February. When she tried out during last year’s Summerslam, she was considered by those in attendance as the best performer among the hopefuls.

Her connection to Iron Maiden is possible because her uncle Clive Burr played with the band from 1979 to 1982. He’s got credits on all three of Iron Maiden’s first albums, Iron Maiden, Killers, and The Number of the Beast. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2013 due to complications from multiple sclerosis.

Rain revealed her relation to Burr in an episode of Wrestling with Johners, where she admitted that her “Maiden of Metal” persona is a direct reference to her connection with her uncle. She did admit, however, that she never got close to Burr because he was too sick by the time she got to know him. Still, it’s gotta be pretty cool that she’s going to be making her debut a few months before her famous uncle is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We’ll definitely keep an eye on her progress at NXT. Who knows? Maybe this time next year she’ll make the main roster and kick some ass on some bigger stages.

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— AllStarWells (@AllStarWells) April 22, 2026

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The final advance single from their new album “Barely Here”.

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Courtney Love, by her own admission, has quickly gone from “Geese-curious” to Geese appreciator. In a couple of Instgram reels earlier this year, the Hole frontwoman said she was still “trying to get” the Brooklyn band, later updating fans that she was “fully liking it” despite “gatekeeping elder millennial troll fans.” Now, a few weeks after she posted on her story from a Geese show in the UK, she’s singing along.

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Athenian heavy metal force Medusa’s Wrath have released “Breaking the Spell,” a blistering new single and lyric video that serves as the first salvo from their highly anticipated sophomore album, The Seventh Plague of Babylon, set for release on June 5, 2026. Driven by loud “punch and grind” guitars, a tight emphatic rhythm section, and vigorous vocals, “Breaking […]

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