Shiran Kaïdine, a long-time guitarist of French post-metal group Year Of No Light, has sadly passed away due to cancer. Shiran joined the band back in 2008.
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ANA Debuts “The Matrix” Inspired Music Video for “Shadow of Life”
Melbourne-based band ANA has released the music video for their latest single, “Shadow of Life.” Directed by Peter Coulson, the visual aesthetic draws heavy inspiration from The Matrix, featuring high-fashion “couture metal” styling with leather coats and sunglasses. While the song’s lyrics serve as a philosophical reminder to embrace the present, vocalist Anna Khristenko chose a more upbeat and cinematic direction for the video.
The track is the second single from the band’s upcoming full-length album, Motivated By Death, scheduled for release on May 29, 2026. The production of the video also featured a custom neon green Ormsby guitar, which the band has announced will be part of a special giveaway for fans.
Watch “Shadow of Life”:
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April Art Returns with New Single “Panic Stations”
April Art has released their new single “Panic Stations,” providing the first preview of the band’s next full-length album. The track, produced by Julian Breucker, features the signature vocal style of frontwoman Lisa-Marie Watz and focuses on the concept of embracing chaos when life feels out of control. It follows the group’s 2024 album Rodeo and continues their blend of modern heavy rock and melodic breakdowns.
To support the new material, the band will embark on a headlining tour through Germany and Switzerland starting in late October 2026. They are also set to perform a string of dates in the Czech Republic as special guests for Dymytry. Tickets for the upcoming winter tour are available now through the band’s official website.
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“In the Shadows of the Underground” — Daniel Knutz Rides a Subterranean Goth Groove in Video for “Echoes in the Metro”
Strangers pass but we have a chance,
Silent prayers in the dance.
Graffiti dreams on concrete walls,
Every station, is a call.Daniel Knutz makes music like a man who has seen the last train pull out, shrugged, and decided to turn the platform into a nightclub anyway. Based in Berlin with roots in Brazil, working with a stout DIY streak and a healthy disregard for polite permission, he barrels into Echoes in the Metro with the kind of conviction that suggests he would rather hijack the PA system than wait for a label executive to rubber-stamp his soul. God bless him for that. Too many people in music want a seat in first class. Knutz sounds happier hanging off the side of the car, sparks flying, grin intact.
The swaggering Echoes in the Metro takes the underground as both setting and state of mind. You can feel the swirling station air in it, that perfume of steel, brake dust, mystery fluids, and somebody’s regrettable cologne. The track rolls in on a shuffling beat that feels like a train finding its rhythm after a lurch, while the synths rise up in long, wailing lines, the sort that seem half seduction, half civil emergency. It’s catchy as hell, but with enough chill around the edges to keep the smile from getting too comfortable.
Let us pause here to salute Knutz for understanding one of pop’s oldest truths: if you’re going to sing about romance in public transit, you’d better give people a hook they can clutch like a subway pole at rush hour. He does. The groove has real body to it, moving with that loose-hipped, after-midnight confidence that makes even the most iron-hearted commuter consider missing their stop. There’s a whiff of Goldfrapp’s gloss, a bit of Nine Inch Nails machinery, some Bauhaus poise, and the lush, looming perfume of Type O Negative hovering above the tracks, but Knutz keeps the train on his own line.
The video gives that mood a sweet little shape. Its plot follows two figures traversing the Metro, their paths nearly crossing, almost touching, as if the city itself keeps nudging them together and then whisking them apart for sport. It plays like a cute vignette, but one with genuine feeling in its bones: souls circling the same subterranean world, pulled by timing, chance, and whatever weird little current runs through underground stations after dark. Hanka appears as “Victim of Time,” which is a marvelous title, half heartbreak, half comic-book tragedy, while Knutz himself takes the role of “Echoes,” drifting through the frame like the idea of connection given human form.
The photography deserves its flowers too. Streykatt, Gael Pettinaroli, and Daniel Knutz shoot the Metro with a keen eye for the romance of public transit, which is no easy feat when the setting is mostly concrete, fluorescent light, and the psychic residue of ten thousand commuters who missed lunch. They find tenderness in the in-between spaces, in the near-misses, in the way two people can feel fated without ever quite catching the same train.
Watch the video for Echoes in the Metro below:
So here comes Echoes in the Metro, arriving right on time with a good groove, a great hook, and enough nocturnal charm to make the underground feel like the only overground worth visiting. Mind the gap, sure, but maybe dance over it first.
Listen to the single below, and order it on Bandcamp here:
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Alexandra Căpitănescu Releases Piano Version of Eurovision Entry “Choke Me”
Alexandra Căpitănescu has released a new piano version of her single “Choke Me,” stripping back the intense nu-metal production of the original for a more melodic, vocal-focused arrangement. Released on April 16, 2026, this version highlights the song’s metaphorical themes of inner struggle and emotional pressure, which Căpitănescu has described as a reflection of self-doubt and the desire for growth.
“Choke Me” serves as Romania’s official entry for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. As one of only six rock and metal songs out of the 35 competing entries this year, “Choke Me” represents a heavier side of the international competition. Căpitănescu, who rose to fame after winning Vocea României in 2023, is scheduled to perform in the first half of the second semi-final on May 14.
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COG, SOLKYRI, PENROSE WAY: Odeon, Hobart, 17/04/2026
Photos by: Pete Mellows Words by: Annette Geneva The first real bite of winter in Hobart – that sharp, needling cold that gets under your coat and stays there. But inside the Odeon on a Friday night it was a different climate entirely. I walked in carrying the cold with me. But ended up feeling […] -
Burial Clouds – Announce Studio Album Release
Portland, Oregon based post-metal/doom unit Burial Clouds will be releasing their second full-length offering, Burn Holy, on May 22nd via Church Road Records. Engineered, recorded, and mixed by the band, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.
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Glasgow Kiss Release Music Video for “One Last Time”
Glasgow Kiss released a music video for their power ballad “One Last Time,” directed by Bård Leite. The video features drone footage of the Norwegian landscape at Hagavik and Kalandsvatnet, using a rose as a central symbol for the fragility of love and loss. Vocalist Charlotte Marlen Midtun wrote the song as a personal expression of grief for a lost friend.
This is the fourth music video from the band’s full-length album, Down In Flames, which was released in late 2025. The track highlights a more vulnerable side of the Norwegian five-piece, contrasting their usual high-intensity rock with a melodic focus on darkness and shadow.
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Miamorii Releases “Welcome To My Hell (Acoustic Version)”
Miamorii released “Welcome To My Hell (Acoustic Version)” on April 10, 2026. This reimagining of their debut track trades the intensity of the original for a dreamier, more intimate sound. The song continues to follow the story of the protagonist, Mia, specifically focusing on her internal power struggle and desire for revenge.
Formed in late 2023, Miamorii is a fully remote project with members Reena, Cam, Nate, and Kyle spread across the United States. The group prioritizes narrative-driven music over specific genres, allowing the story to dictate how each track sounds. This single was written and produced entirely from the members’ home studios, continuing the digital collaboration they established in 2024.
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“Storm Thorgerson didn’t say the pig on the cover of Animals had been Roger Waters’ idea. Roger was very angry”: Why Pink Floyd didn’t go to their go-to artwork guys for The Wall, and what The Dark Side Of The Moon cover might have looked like
Hipgnosis design house co-founder Aubrey Powell recalls the 70s from their first big success and the inflatable pig incident to destruction at the hands of a young punk artist