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You picked Buddy Miller – Buddy Miller as your favorite new release for the week of September 11, 2026.

Founded by multi-instrumentalists Nicolò and Federico Vese, Italian progressive metal duo Asymmetric Universe has carved out a distinct space in the modern instrumental scene with a sound that seamlessly blends the aggressive intensity of metal with the rich harmonies and improvisational spirit of jazz fusion.

One year on from the release of their most recent studio album ‘A Memory And What Came After’, the band is pleased to release a deluxe digital version featuring 3 reimaginings of select tracks.

Stream it now here: https://asymmetricuniverse.lnk.to/AMemoryandWhatCameAfter-DeluxeEdition

Federico comments: “In the latest year we had the chance of playing it live in some live shows and connecting with so many people both at the shows and online, all of this thanks to this record. We are so happy to celebrate the first anniversary of our debut album releasing a new version of some selected songs. As artists we are always evolving and it felt natural to give a new interpretation of some of the album music, enhancing some of the characteristics of the original versions or completely changing the aesthetic while still retaining the same vibes and feelings. Maybe you will listen to the original versions in a different way after having listened to the new ones!”

Asymmetric Universe will play with Temic & Kingcrow on the 15th October at Slaughter Club in Milan, Italy.

The band’s latest full-length reflects a refined vision and deeper maturity. “We have grown a lot since, both as artists and as human beings,” says Federico. “We always liked to blend genres… and we believe that now we have reached a clear vision of the balance of these genres.”

Earlier work often fused genres section-by-section, but now, with more confidence, the duo began each track with hybrid intentions, resulting in a more cohesive and expressive sound. “All the different arrangements and melodies are working together towards the same goal: convey the message and feeling that was at the base of each song,” Federico adds.

Their latest work features saxophone prominently, a decision inspired in part by a BILMURI live show. “We always loved adding trumpets and saxophones… In this album we changed the balance with these instruments again, focusing on saxophone as we felt it was fitting perfectly with the vibe of the album,” says Federico.

The album was mixed by Sebastian Sendon, with Adam “Nolly” Getgood also providing assistance with drum recording, which took place in the UK at Middle Farm Studios.

A Memory And What Came After will be available as a Ltd CD Digipak, Ltd. Blue-Black Marbled LP & as Digital Album.
Pre-order now here: https://asymmetricuniverse.lnk.to/AMAWCA-Album

The full track-listing for the deluxe edition is as follows:

1.Coquelicot (feat. Richard Henshall of Haken)
2.Fair Enough
3.Don’t Go Too Early
4.Reaction – Overthrow (feat. Jared Yee of Sungazer)
5.Reaction – Thirst For Stars
6.Feather On A Glass
7.Dancing Through Contradictions
8.Opaco
9.Those Who Stay
10.Coquelicot – A Distorted Memory
11.Reaction – An Imperfect Memory
12.Recovery – A Starless Memory

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Rock n’ roll trailblazers Dirty Honey are returning with their third full-length album, ‘Catch My Butterfly‘, arriving January 15th. The announcement comes alongside the release of the album’s first two singles, ‘Lights Out‘ and ‘Butterfly’, kicking off the next chapter with a dynamic, dangerous sound that proves Dirty Honey aren’t slowing down. Produced by John Feldmann […]

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Out October 17th, Pre-Order Here

Newly restored high-resolution footage of George Greenough’s pioneering film ‘Echoes’ from 1973 cult-classic surf film Crystal Voyager available via Pink Floyd’s YouTube channel on 17th October

(18th September 2026) – Today, Pink Floyd announce a new San Tropez Orange Marble vinyl edition of their landmark 1971 album Meddle, for this year’s National Album Day, via Sony Music. Out on October 17th, you can pre-order Meddle Here.

To celebrate the occasion on 17 October, Pink Floyd’s YouTube channel will premiere a newly restored high-resolution 4K version of the iconic “Echoes” surf film which was shot in 1970/71 by legendary surfer and pioneering water cinematographer George Greenough .

A pivotal moment in the band’s development, Meddle was the sixth studio album by the British rock group, originally released in 1971. Produced between touring commitments and widely regarded as a notable progression from their previous work, the band devised a series of novel recording and writing experiments, which also inspired the album’s signature track, ‘Echoes’.

Alongside this, it’s also announced that a newly restored high-resolution version of the iconic ‘Echoes’ sequence, the final chapter from cult-classic 1973 surf film Crystal Voyager will be available via Pink Floyd’s YouTube channel on 17th October. The 1973 documentary directed by David Elfick was written and narrated by futuristic surfer, photographer and filmmaker George Greenough. Its iconic closing sequence shot by Greenough showcased his innovative new technique for filming in the water, involving a self-developed and built seventeen pound camera rig, which allowed the audience to see footage from inside a wave for the first time ever.

Greenough was looking for an appropriate soundtrack for this groundbreaking footage, and stumbled across a record his mother had bought for him. Upon hearing the closing track, and noting its perfectly matched 23-minute run time, he knew he had found what he was looking for. Then came the necessity of getting permission to use the song. Elfick travelled to London to meet with the band, and disclosed the fact that they didn’t actually have the money to pay them for use of the song. An agreement was proposed, whereby Elfick and Greenough could use the song, if Floyd could use the footage as background visuals for their live shows. With both parties happy, the deal was made, and ‘Echoes’ became an iconic accompaniment to a legendary film.

Speaking on ‘Echoes’, George Greenough said: “I’d never heard ‘Echoes’ before until my mother got it for me. When I heard it, I went, ‘my god, that’s gotta be the soundtrack!’ We asked about using it, and we made a deal with Pink Floyd and everybody had smiles on their faces. That was over 50 years ago and the footage and the audio still looks and sounds groundbreaking today. I’m just so stoked that this whole thing is coming about; it’s amazing to work with Pink Floyd again. The big sound and the big picture; you can’t beat it!”

Upon release, ‘Echoes’ immediately became an enduring fan favourite, regularly played live during the busy five year period of 1971 – 1975, and featured heavily in Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii, with the song split into two halves, to bookend the movie. ‘Echoes’ was resurrected at the start of the 1987 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour for the first eleven shows that year, and again for David Gilmour’s 2006 On An Island tour where it closed the main set of each show. Finally, sixteen years later, Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets added Echoes to their set to much acclaim. It’s regarded as one of the key musical pieces from the band’s earlier period, with Meddle a key, essential album.

This National Album Day release continues a remarkable couple of years for Pink Floyd. Earlier this year saw the release of 8-Tracks, a new official Pink Floyd compilation project, featuring eight essential classics selected from the band’s 1971 – 1979 era. This followed the 50th anniversary release of Wish You Were Here becoming a Top 10 charting album across the world, signalling Pink Floyd’s second #1 release of 2025 in the UK, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, 50 years after it first topped the chart. Seven months prior, the cinematic release of Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII became a Top 10 Box Office hit, and the accompanying soundtrack album earned the band’s first UK #1 album since 2014’s The Endless River – their final studio LP.

Pre-order Meddle on San Tropez Orange Marble Vinyl here.

TRACK LIST:

1. One of These Days
2. A Pillow of Winds
3. Fearless
4. San Tropez
5. Seamus
6. Echoes

 

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Vredensdal was dead.

Or so we were told.

After an impressive run of four full-length albums and a couple of EPs between 2019 and 2023, culminating in the blight-rupturing record Sonic Devotion to Darkness, primary songwriter the Goblin Reaper himself called it quits. He still wrote and recorded music, of course, but he recognized that his relationship to that music was changing, and he was unwilling to chain new ideas to an old identity.

It seemed like Vredensdal might be relegated to the rear view. A new project, Cranial Vortex, dropped its prog-death neutron bomb Infinite Interactions in the waning days of 2024, but still something stirred beneath the Goblin’s cold-eyed mask. More Vredensdal music had been recorded in 2023 but languished, unreleased, until Goblin Reaper returned to it with fresh ears and revitalized intent. In October, the full record, called Mystery & Power, will blaze a path to Vredensdal’s audience, and Decibel gets to share that album’s second track with you today.

Goblin Reaper shared these insights on his band’s hiatus and return:

“My previous experience with my last album opened my eyes to the business side of an industry I had thought was built on passion for the music. Over the years, I began to feel that black metal had become complacent and stagnant, with so many artists essentially copying and pasting the rules of the genre into their music for acceptance rather than creating something truly unique for the sake of the sound.

“In many ways, this album represents what ‘broke’ Vredensdal – the point where the project began to fracture and descend because of the evolution of an ideology clashing with a tradition steeped in gatekeeping. This song touches on that directly, eschewing the comforts of simpleminded conformity for an authentic embrace of the blade’s edge known as creativity.”

Make sure to check out the Vredensdal Bandcamp page to pre-order Mystery & Power and catch up on any of the Vredensdal history you might have missed up to this point!

The post Track Premiere: Vredensdal – “Consortium of Fools” appeared first on Decibel Magazine.

Posted on September 18th 2026, 12:55pm

Haywire have given us another taste of their new album ‘I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye’, and it’s an absolutely crushing one.

With the follow-up to the band’s 2024 debut ‘CONDITIONED FOR DEMOLITION’ set to arrive on October 02, their latest single is titled ‘Sincerely Yours’.

It comes alongside an incredible music video directed and produced by Luis Hernandez, which serves as a powerful message about the importance of community.

Check it out below.

With the band currently getting ready for a run of shows with the legendary Circle Jerks, they’ll also be hitting up a load more festivals this year, as well as playing some shows alongside Comeback Kid.

Here is where you will be able to catch them:

SEPTEMBER

18: LOUISVILLE, KY Louder Than Life
19: RICHMOND, VA The National
20: CHICAGO, IL Riot Fest
21: TOLEDO, OH The Abyss
22: HARRISBURG, PA Capital City Music Hall
23: WILMINGTON, DE The Queen
24: WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 Club
25: PITTSBURGH, PA Four Chord Music Festival
26: BROOKLYN, NY CBGB Fest

OCTOBER

2: SACRAMENTO, CA Aftershock
10: BIRMINGHAM, AL Furnace Fest
17: STORRS, CT University Of Connecticut
24: DALLAS, TX Sick New World

NOVEMBER

13: SPRINGFIELD, MO Pressure Point Fest
15: ORLANDO, FL Vans Warped Tour

JANUARY

14: MÜNSTER Sputnikcafe
15: KARLSRUHE Substage
16: LYON La Rayonne
17: TOULOUSE Bascala
18: NANTES Warehouse
19: PARIS Trabendo
20: ANTWERP Trix
21: NIJMEGEN Doornroosje
22: COLOGNE Essigfabrik
23: HAMBURG Gruenspan
24: BERLIN Festsaal Kreuzberg
26: WARSAW Proxima
27: PRAGUE MeetFactory
28: NUREMBERG Z-Bau
29: MUNICH Nachtwerk
30: VIENNA Arena
31: BUDAPEST Dürer Kert

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Posted on September 18th 2026, 12:31pm

The band says everyone is okay, though two members will sit out their upcoming Leipzig performance

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