(Andy Synn has something a little grimmer and grimier for you all to enjoy today) By sheer coincidence today we’re talking about the second masked band in as many days. But whereas Gaerea‘s semi-anonymous aesthetic has started to feel more and more like a calculated attempt to craft a marketable mystique, Calvana‘s decision to conceal […]
MetalTalk favourite James Kennedy And The Underdogs have signed to Combat Records, promising a new album for this autumn. The label, formerly run by Megadeth’s Dave Ellefson, is now owned by Robert Dujmusic and Alex Stojak and has its base in Germany.
“Combat is thrilled to back the mighty Underdogs,” Dujmusic told MetalTalk, “a hard-working, hard-touring band with a punk attitude worthy of the Combat name. And their new album is insane.”
James Kennedy, the author of Loud Medicine and Noise Damage, released the album Make Anger Great Again in 202 drawing the ire of YouTube, which banned the film for the single The Power.
“We’re so stoked to be working with the awesome crew over at Combat,” James Kennedy said. “It’s great to see that iconic name back in business, and we’ve got one hell of a new record to unleash on it.”
The Underdogs hit the road on tour with Gypsy Pistoleros through April and May, and Kennedy promises that we will get the chance to hear some of the new material live.
The band have been rehearsing an entirely new set at their band headquarters in Newport. “We’re so excited to start playing these new tunes live and see how people react to them,” Kennedy told MetalTalk. “We’re keeping some old favourites in the set, though, too.”
James Kennedy promises that more information about the new album, singles, videos and shows will be announced soon in what is shaping up to be a busy year for the band. They have also just launched a brand new website, which will be the central hub for music, photos, videos and info old and new. You can find out more at JamesKennedyOfficial.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026. Tickets and Dark Faerie Tales pre-orders are available from gypsypistoleros.com.
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The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
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The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline
Event Details
The glam punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaws Gypsy Pistoleros will release Dark Faerie Tales, their “most ambitious and eclectic album yet,” on 17 April 2026, along with their biggest UK headline tour to date.
Following the success of their previous album Church Of The Pistoleros, Gypsy Pistoleros have conjured something even bolder. Dark Faerie Tales is a dark fairytale for the damned, a love letter to the beautiful and broken, and a twisted hymn for the strange of heart.
“Born from the fires of their own mythology, Dark Faerie Tales drifts through haunted woods and neon dreams,” the band said, “where sleaze-drenched punk anthems meet gothic grandeur, and glam swagger burns with outlaw soul.”
The Dark Faerie Tales begin at The Band Club, St Austell, on 11 April 2026, with a press launch at The Underworld on 16 April 2026.
The band play Breaking Bands Festival, Droitwich, on 23 May, Beltane Gathering Festival, Wales, over 1-2 May, and a festival appearance to be confirmed on 9 May 2026.
Tickets and pre-orders will be available from gypsypistoleros.com.
Today, Hells Headbangers announces May 15th as the international release date for Desolus‘ highly anticipated second album, Dwellers of the Twilight Void, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. In lieu of this announcement, Desolus will be supporting Hirax and Savage Master on a short run of tour dates in the northern part of the United States, starting this Friday. The […]
Norway’s Green Carnation have had quite a journey in their career. Formed in 1990, they began as a Death Metal band before seguing into a Progressive Metal band with Gothic influences. Their roots go deep. Founded by Emperor’s bassist Tchort, they burned prolifically through five early releases in the 2000’s, and then took a hiatus in 2007. They regrouped just before the COVID-19 pandemic, and began to envision a trilogy based on Shakespeare’s tragic Ophelia, with reflections of life and death. A Dark Poem II – Sanguis is the second part of this trilogy. “We wanted A Dark Poem to start off with guns blazing. Judging by the reaction, The Shores of Melancholia was successful in doing that”, the band’s vocalist Kjetil Nordhus says. “But for Part II, we have some very personal stories that we want people to hear. Sanguis invites listeners into our darkest inner rooms with some of the most raw and vulnerable songs that we’ve ever written.”
The lengthy title track leads us off, and it has a weighted, groovy, and energetic riff coupled with old school keyboards…using the kind of vibrato from the 70’s that is nostalgic and sentimental. The harmonies in the chorus are warm gold, providing a sense of warmth until the snarl of harsh vocals rears its head. The two vocal styles trade off and move freely between dark, stormy skies, and passages of light, and varied emotions come with them…anger, and resolve. Sanguis means “blood” in Latin. “Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold” downs the noise from the thoughts in your head, and leaves you feeling melancholy. Loneliness can be a comfort for some, and a constant ache for others. For me, the song represents the dull ache of regret. “Sweet to the Point of Bitter” raises the raging tide once again, and the heavy riff buts up against the sweet vocals trying to push them down and away. It’s a story in contrast that the band tells vividly.
The first half of the album presents three distinct songs that have a common thread. In Shakepeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia’s death is viewed as a tragic suicide. Following the murder of her father, at the hands of her lover, she descends into madness, and accidentally drowns in a river while hanging flowers from a willow branch. Did she commit suicide, or what is an unforeseen accident? The music reflects this question by raising suspicion and doubt in the hardened passages and vocals fry, while also presenting the innocence of a senseless misfortune. “I Am Time” has dark and firm tones, but also a lot of melody, and it makes me feel melancholy, but also content. The vocals are heavy with burden, and so expressive. Time is a strange thing. When you are young, you think you have an endless amount of it. But when you are older, you begin to count the days and think of what might be next…if anything.
“Fire in Ice” represents the duality and conflict inherent on the album. The riffs are weighted at first, but they give way to smooth, gentle vocals, and a familiar lead break brings you back to the center so that you can find your way…for it’s easy to get lost in this song. “Lunar Tale” closes the album. Lunar refers to the moon, which has always had a sense of mystery for humans on earth. All of your fight has been drained from you, and you are left with your own thoughts. Is it time to rebuild, or stay in bed, defeated? It’s a gentle, nostalgic, and pretty ending to a wonderful album. “A Dark Poem II – Sanguis” has an anti-climactic ending, essentially leaving the way for Part III to come.
It’s a dark and tragic story at its core, and it’s the kind of darkness that envelopes you and doesn’t offer any beacons of hope. It’s also one without a defined resolution. This kind of suspension creates a heightened sense of wonder and even tension that does not offer relief. In more familiar terms, it’s an itch that you can’t scratch, or a heated fight where neither side was victorious. A Dark Poem II – Sanguis finds Green Carnation at their most raw and emotionally exposed, weaving crushing heaviness and haunting melody into a dark, unresolved journey that lingers long after the final note.
Release Date: April 3, 2026
1. Sanguis
2. Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold
3. Sweet to the Point of Bitter
4. I Am Time
5. Fire in Ice
6. Lunar Tale
Alternative metal / dark rock musical project Ann my Guard released their first full concert video: the Hungarian–Dutch band’s performance on December 27 at Dürer Kert, Budapest can now be watched in its entirety. “I am incredibly proud that Ann my Guard finally has a full concert recording, somehow this had been missing from our repertoire until now. I […]
It’s extremely cool that Gun N’ Roses are now a perfectly functional stadium act with Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan back in the fold and co-existing relatively comfortably. But that’s not exactly a true Guns N’ Roses reunion. Even in their classic era, before things got all weird, the band had a ton of members coming in and out, and those guys were characters. Izzy Stradlin? Matt Sorum? Guys like that were key to the mythology, and most of them aren’t back in the band now. But on Monday night, a bunch of them got together in Los Angeles.
Seven Metal Sins unveil “Wolves Of The Last Dawn”, the first single taken from their forthcoming full-length album “Legacy Of Chaos“, set for release on next June 05th, 2026 via Rockshots Records. Listen: https://lnk.to/ybAMOx Seven Metal Sins unveil “Wolves Of The Last Dawn”, the first single taken from their forthcoming debut album “Legacy Of Chaos“, set for release on […]
