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The Great White North has provided far more than its fair share of excellent rock. Continue reading…

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Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine is prepared to share the most intimate details of his life’s most grueling battle in a new memoir titled “In My […]

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Though it’s likely more of a new beginning.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Icelandic Chaos Unleashed: The Invid Debut Self-Titled Album
Reykjavík, Iceland – January 30, 2026 – From the icy underground of Reykjavík, a new force is ripping through the metal and punk scenes. The Invid have dropped their self-titled debut album, a full-throttle collision of thrash metal, punk, d-beat, hardcore, and death metal.
Formed in September 2024 by multi-instrumentalist Kristján B. Heiðarsson (Vetur, Drungi, ex-Kookaveen) and powerhouse vocalist Mik Annetts (ex-Bastard, ex-Under the Church, ex-Kookaveen), The Invid channel an unrelenting energy that’s impossible to pin down. “The Invid is a grand mixture of influences to the point that it is hard to locate on the genre map, but fast and relentless are the key words,” the band explains.
Recorded with studio wizard Helgi Durhuus at Stúdíó Helvíti , Reykjavík, the album captures raw aggression with precision, pairing chaotic riffs with punishing rhythms. The artwork by Frossty and layout by Sigvaldi Ástríðarson complete a package that’s as visually striking as it is sonically devastating.
The Invid are already charging forward with a new EP planned for 2026 and a full-length album on the horizon for 2027. Live shows are in the works, with a full band lineup being assembled to bring their brutal hybrid sound to the stage.
Stream and support the album now on Bandcamp: https://theinvidofficial.bandcamp.com
Production Credits:
Kristján B. Heiðarsson – producer
Helgi Durhuus – co-producer, recording, mixing
Frossty – cover art
Sigvaldi Ástríðarson – layout
Jón Gestur Björgvinsson – photography

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Contact:
Kristján B. Heiðarsson: theinvidofficial@gmail.com

The story behind the Britpop era’s most one-sided ‘battle’

The book will detail the thrash singer/guitarist’s life after being diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma at the back of his tongue in 2019

Ziemba, aka René Kladzyk, put out her albums True Romantic and Unsubtle Magic back in 2020 and 2021 respectively, and we haven’t heard a peep from her since. In the interim, she moved from El Paso to Los Angeles, and she kept working on music. “The Perfect Rose,” Ziemba’s first new song in five years,…

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Bostonian stoner metal band Gozu have a new album coming out this May dubbed Gozu VI and to mark that announcement, they released that album’s lead single “Banacek”.

Slated for release on May 15 via Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records, Gozu VI features eight new tracks that ddddwere produced and mixed by Benny Grotto, of Boston’s Mad Oak Studio. Gozu vocalist/guitarist Marc Gaffney said this new album’s a pretty raw and personal one, given what he was going through while writing:

“We wanted something that really moved and hit a nerve. I was pretty roughed up emotionally while writing. I played guitar more in the past two years than ever before. I would work, go to the gym, come home, eat and then play guitar until I went to bed.”

With the band being known for melding “intense, fuzzy ’70s-inspired riffs, rich, catchy, grunge-esque vocal melodies, and a touch of old-school stoner psychedelia” for their sound, fans should expect to hear more of that on this upcoming record. Case and point is the single they dropped today, “Banacek”.

Speaking of the new single, Gaffney said the band took some liberties with their approach on it and opted to adopt an iconic heavy metal band’s style.

“Iron Maiden is a huge favorite for all of us and we wanted a tune with that Steve Harris gallop. Jellyfish has always been a band that has crippled me with their amazing vocal harmonies so intrinsically that’s how the vocals arrived!”

Gozu VI will be released on May 15 via Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records, but you can preorder your copy today.

Gozu VI Track Listing:
1. Corinthian Leatherface
2. Midnight Express
3. Killer Khan
4. Corner Lariot
5. Banacek!
6. They Did Know Karate
7. Gimme The Lute
8. Corvette Summer

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After Rush finally broke with 2112, they tended to refine and progress with each new album. When it came to the 1980s, that process had to conform to a more streamlined, user-friendly result. Rush accepted the challenge, embraced the technology, and trimmed down the epics to bite-sized songs that the record-buying, MTV-viewing public could relate to. Strangely enough, the Ayn Rand-inspired lyrics were a direct reflection of the “Me” generation that dominated the mindset of the late 70s and 80s. Once synths worked their way onto Signals and its lead-off single “Subdivisions,” Rush seemed to be moving in the right direction. For them, however, more changes were necessary with their 1984 follow-up, Grace Under Pressure. And that started with replacing long-time producer Terry Brown with someone with a fresh perspective. Forty years later, Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition not only features a new remaster and multi-channel remix, but also a new stereo remix by Terry Brown from the original studio album’s analog multitracks co-produced by Rush with Peter Henderson.

The eight songs that fill Grace Under Pressure sort of pick up from where Signals left off by incorporating many of high-tech apparatuses of the day like fancy dialup synths and electronic drums. In an effort to appease record company brass and hit parade impresarios, the object for Rush in 1984 was to come off as a sleek, modern-age band built for MTV comfort without alienating their more guitar-oriented fanbase of the 70s and early 80s. Grace Under Pressure achieves a balance, letting Alex Lifeson’s guitar operate front and center, without overextending its place in the mix. So you can listen to simple chord patterns frame songs like “Distant Early Warning” and “Red Sector A,” while low-flying keys follow along and fill in the gaps. Any short-run leads Lifeson plays are structured for purpose, not for showboat pyrotechnics. By the time you get to the reggae jump of “The Enemy Within” or the deep-seated groove of “Kid Gloves,” it’s as if the band is distancing themselves from their prog rock roots. On an album where none of the eight songs exceed six minutes, each and every track packs an economical punch without tedium excess. By the time you reach “Between The Wheels,” the guitar and keyboards intersect, without any intention of drifting apart.

The Terry Brown remix seems to bring out a little more warmth of the original stereo mix. Without hearing them proper, the jury is still out on Richard Chycki’s 48kHz/24-bit Dolby Atmos and 96kHz/24-bit Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mixes. His surround mixes of other Rush titles haven’t been well received. Steven Wilson’s take on A Farewell To Kings is really the only Rush 5.1 mix audiophiles seem to care about. Too bad it’s only available in the out-of-print box set currently fetching hundreds of duckets on the resale front. Thankfully, the included Blu-ray and the third and fourth CDs on Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition include the complete show Rush performed on September 21, 1984, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, also newly mixed. The video — originally issued on VHS and Betamax as Grace Under Pressure Tour in 1986, two years later on Laserdisc, then reissued in 2006 on DVD as Grace Under Pressure 1984 — has now been retitled Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984. Newly edited, mixed and visually remastered in HD concert video, this is the 20-song live set finding the band totally in sync at every turn and easily at the peak of their powers. Watching Geddy Lee sing, play bass and keyboards in one song is a marvel to behold. And seeing the band lock in on “YYZ” into “2112: The Temples Of Syrinx” is all the proof you need that Rush, even as streamlined as they were in the 80s, always kept their musicianship at the highest level.

Available in multiple configurations — five LPs or four CDs, the Blu-ray, the Dolby Atmos Digital Edition, and Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984 free to view on YouTube — Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition also includes new liner notes by Geddy Lee, as well as new illustrations by original album designer Hugh Syme for the box set  cover and each of the album’s eight songs. Altogether, we’re looking at another teaser to wrap your ears and eyes around before Lee and Lifeson return for the Fifty Something tour to celebrate Rush’s music, legacy, and the life of late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Fans will expect to hear their favorites from Hemispheres, Moving Pictures and Signals. With 19 albums, they have plenty to choose from. That being said, there’s little doubt a song or two from Grace Under Pressure will find its way to the setlist.

~ Shawn Perry

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