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Papa Roach has another monster hit on its hands. “See U In Hell,” the band’s single from the Devil May Cry animated series on Netflix, has now crossed 100 million streams since dropping in May — putting it ahead of even the band’s biggest recent chart-toppers. The track features Indian rapper Hanumankind, who broke through globally in 2024 with “Big Dogs” (597 million Spotify streams) and has since played Coachella and other major festival stages.

“We are blown away by the reception from audiences around the world. Performing the song in Europe this summer was amazing,” said Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix. “We were proud to bring this era of The Devil May Cry to life, and to reach fans in the gaming and anime spaces. They’re all in the P Roach universe now, and it’s showing.”

The momentum on stage matches the momentum on the charts. Papa Roach‘s 2025 Rise Of The Roach world tour rolls into 2026 having already played to 750,000 fans, and the band returns to Glasgow on Nov. 1 for the first time in nine years as part of a 22-city run. The itinerary is stacked with long-overdue stops, including Dublin, a sold-out Cardiff date, debut shows in Rotterdam, Bergamo and Katowice, a return to Cologne after 12 years, and a first-ever gig in Lyon.

“These are the biggest headline shows of our career, and some places we’ve never been,” Shaddix continued. “We’ll leave an exclamation point on these cities, that’s for sure.”

French support acts Landmvrks and Sleep Theory will join the run, which sees €1 (or £1 in the UK) from every ticket going toward local suicide prevention and mental health charities.

The tour keeps Papa Roach‘s reputation intact as one of rock’s most relentless live acts, still pushing hard both on stage and off with sets built around fan favorites and nonstop energy.

A two-time Grammy nominee and platinum-selling pioneer of alternative hard rock, Papa Roach marked the 25th anniversary of its breakthrough album Infest in 2025. Mental health advocacy has long been part of the band’s identity, dating back to the iconic Last Resort and continuing through the more recent collaboration with Carrie Underwood on “Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark),” which pulled in over $500,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention while also supporting CALM in the UK.

Eleven studio albums deep, Papa Roach shows no signs of slowing, most recently with Ego Trip on its own New Noize Records. The band’s catalog has topped one billion global streams overall, with Ego Trip alone producing four No. 1 singles and pushing the band’s career tally to 28 Top 10 hits and 15 No. 1s across the Rock, Alternative and Hot AC charts.

After sold-out arena runs across Europe and North America in 2025, Papa Roach took the show to Asia and Australia this spring, hit European festivals in June, and heads into a UK tour in November 2026. “Wake Up Calling” and “See U In Hell” are both out now everywhere.

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75. 40. 20. Three numbers. One extraordinary chapter in heavy metal history. New Album available for Pre-Order now 2027 marks a unique triple anniversary for Udo […]

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Foghat lead singer/guitarist Scott Holt takes center stage on the band’s soul-stirring take on the Elmore James blues classic, “It Hurts Me Too,” the second single released today from the upcoming triple-vinyl Live & Loud Across The U.S.A. It arrives ahead of the album’s October 30 release on Foghat Records, distributed by Select-O-Hits, a division of Sun Records.

Live & Loud Across The U.S.A. will be sold as two gold vinyl discs, along with a bonus third red vinyl disc (along with a double CD) that will include a reissue of the fan favorite Earl & the Agitators (aka Foghat) record, Shaken & Stirred (produced/mixed/mastered by guitarist Bryan Bassett), which has never been available on vinyl until now.

Recorded live in 2024, “It Hurts Me Too” finds Foghat returning to the deep blues foundation upon which the band was built in their days with Savoy Brown. Written by Hudson Whittaker, it was first recorded by Tampa Red in 1940 and later immortalized by the great Elmore James. The song has traveled through generations of blues musicians, and in Foghat’s hands it becomes something immediate, raw, and deeply personal. Scott doesn’t simply sing the blues; he reaches inside the song and makes every word, note, and silence count.

“This is the kind of song Scott was born to sing,” says Foghat founding drummer Roger Earl. “He doesn’t just play the blues; he understands where it comes from and what it’s supposed to feel like. Every night we play this song, he takes us somewhere different. I’m sitting behind him listening, and I still get chills.”.

A limited quantity of numbered and autographed copies of Live & Loud Across The U.S.A. can be pre-ordered here and on TalkShop.Live. On August 13, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, and Jason Peverett (Lonesome Dave’s son), along with a few selected fans, appeared on the site’s Rock & Roll Channel with their good friend and host, Steve Harkins, for an in-depth discussion about this new release and the band’s legendary career.

As Scott Holt tells it, he first learned of “It Hurts Me Too” from Junior Wells during his long tenure as guitarist with blues legend Buddy Guy, who took him under his wing as a young musician. He spent over a decade touring and recording with Buddy and received an extraordinary musical education (and life education). He traveled around the world and played onstage with greats such as Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, David Bowie, Double Trouble, among many others. He also played on Buddy Guy’s Grammy-winning album, Slippin’ In, and went on to establish his own voice through seven solo records and decades of live performances.

“Buddy taught me that the blues has to be honest,” says Holt. “You can learn the notes, but if you don’t mean them, the audience knows. “It Hurts Me Too” leaves you nowhere to hide. You have to step inside that story and tell the truth.”

Scott Holt’s journey into Foghat was not an overnight replacement or an attempt to recreate the past. It began back in 2014, when Roger Earl, guitarist Bryan Bassett, and the late Craig MacGregor first met Scott and invited him to their studio, Boogie Motel South, to help write a couple of songs for their upcoming album, Under The Influence. The chemistry was immediate, and they ended up writing about 17 songs. Within a couple of years, after an unexpected recording session with students at Dark Horse Institute in Franklin, TN, these four musicians found themselves with enough new music for a full album. Over a couple of bottles of Foghat Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon later, Bryan Bassett deemed this new venture as Earl & the Agitators, and in 2018 they released a record under this new name.

When longtime vocalist Charlie Huhn retired in 2022, Scott was the natural choice to step forward. He already knew the musicians, the music, and the spirit of the band because he had been part of the Foghat family for years.

His arrival as Foghat’s lead singer, along with his blues background, also brought the band’s musical story full circle. Foghat was born in 1971 when Roger Earl and “Lonesome” Dave Peverett left Savoy Brown to follow their own path–taking the blues they loved and turning it into something louder, tougher, and unmistakably their own. More than five decades later, Scott’s lifetime steeped in the blues has reconnected Foghat with those earliest roots while helping drive the band forward.

Founding drummer Roger Earl remains at its heart, and along with Scott, is joined by longtime lead/slide guitarist Bryan Bassett, who has been not only a band member but also the band’s producer and engineer since 1999 (who had also played with “Lonesome” Dave Peverett for many years prior to that), along with bassist/vocalist Rodney O’Quinn, who joined in 2015 after being hand-picked by longtime bassist Craig MacGregor, who sadly passed in 2018.

“A band is more than a list of names from one moment in time,” says Earl. “It’s the music, the history, the people who have carried it forward, and the connection we still have with the fans every night. Bryan, Scott, and Rodney are not pretending to be anyone else. They have each brought their own history, talent, and heart to Foghat, and this band is playing with as much passion as we EVER have.”

Same name, different musicians, same spirit. One continuing story. It’s about the music! It’s not a disconnected side story. It is part of the same musical journey: longtime friends discovering powerful chemistry, writing, and recording together and ultimately becoming the Foghat heard today.

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Danish deathcore band Cabal have just unleashed their brand new track “Hurt Me“, featuring a guest appearance from Employed To Serve vocalist Justine Jones. An accompanying music video has also premiered for the collaboration. Cabal offering the following on working with Jones: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

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The South Central Los Angeles rapper AZ Chike has been making reckless, energized underground music for many years, and now he’s taking his shot at the mainstream. He got his biggest-ever look a couple of years ago when he traded bars with Kendrick Lamar on Kendrick’s song “Peekaboo.” Those two had an intriguing chocolate-and-peanut-butter chemistry. I’m already seeing people lamenting the lack of a Kendrick feature on AZ Chike’s brand new major-label debut No Rest For The Wicked, but I’m not worried about it. AZ Chike can level up just fine on his own.

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Under the Lights (Do You Know Me Anymore?) by Lyfe Indoors settles into a dark late night atmosphere where the bass does much of the emotional heavy lifting. The low end stays present throughout, giving the track a slow physical pull while downtempo drums and hazy electronic textures create plenty of space around the vocals. There is a feeling of isolation running through the arrangement, but the music never becomes completely static, with subtle shifts keeping the tension alive. Lyfe Indoors leaves plenty of room for the lyrics to remain open ended, touching on fading connections, changing relationships and the strange distance that can grow between people who once knew each other well. The production feels intimate and slightly haunted, with the nocturnal mood matching the uncertainty at the heart of the song. Under the Lights finds a strong balance between atmosphere, rhythm and emotional unease.

Some connections fade without making a sound.

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