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Grief does not move quickly on Voidlit. Across an hour of funeral doom, UMUS allow isolation, loss and spiritual decay to unfold at a glacial pace, gradually stripping their debut album down towards the emptiness suggested by its title. Ahead of its 13 October release through KSENZA RECORDS / AESTHETIC DEATH, Voidlit is now streaming […]

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Every Mastodon record has Mastodon on it, but the new pressing of Marrow Deep has mastodon in it. The Atlanta metal legends have announced a new version of their latest album featuring actual mastodon fossils. The records, which will be limited of 170 copies, were pressed at Waxworks Records with help from the University of Georgia’s geology department, using “bone dust” created by grinding down a bag of fossilized mastodon teeth the band received as a gift more than two decades ago.

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Davey Rimmer is picking up a second iconic bass job without giving up the first. The bassist has been confirmed as the replacement for Ian Hill in Judas Priest, and he will keep playing with Uriah Heep as well.

Uriah Heep responded to the news on Friday with a social media statement, saying: “Following today’s announcement that Davey Rimmer will be joining Judas Priest from the start of their 2027 touring, we would all like to wish Davey our very best in this very coveted position in one of the giants of heavy metal and hard rock.

“Davey will continue to play with Uriah Heep in 2026 and on all shows in 2027 where schedules permit. For the shows that don’t, we will be announcing a replacement in due course.”

Hill announced his retirement from Judas Priest on Friday morning, effective immediately. The 74-year-old pointed to “advanced” arthritis as the reason. He said he was still able to handle his bass parts on the songs for the band’s upcoming album, but “there were questions whether I’d be able to complete the recent European tour without incident.”

Hill said he “decided to retire and spend the remaining years doing things with [my family] before it involves one of ’em pushing me around in a wheelchair.”

The bassist had no doubts about his successor, calling Rimmer “the obvious choice for my replacement,” and describing him as “a great bassist, and a genuinely nice bloke who’ll fit the job perfectly, and I wish him the very best of luck!”

Rimmer has already gotten a taste of the job. He filled in for Hill at the Sept. 21 Judas Priest show at the Eventim Apollo in London after Hill hurt his arm, an injury described at the time as “a badly damaged tendon in his left arm.”

A Liverpool native, Rimmer picked up the bass at 11 and learned his craft by playing along to vinyl from the likes of Queen, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. He moved to London in the 1990s and dug into the local rock scene. That led to touring and two albums with Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction: Rock Savage (2005, Cosmodelic Records) and We Are Volsung (2010, SPV/Steamhammer). His bass heroes are a very British bunch, including John Entwistle, John Deacon, Trevor Bolder, Bob Daisley and Neil Murray.

In the early 2000s, Rimmer was a regular in Metalworks, a Camden Town covers band whose lineup included Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest and former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks, plus assorted guests. He joined Uriah Heep in 2013, first covering for an ill Bolder. After Bolder passed away, Rimmer took the job full time and played on Outsider (2014) and the albums that followed, including Living The Dream (2018) and Chaos & Colour (2023). His run with the band has become one of its longest stretches without a lineup change. In 2022, he teamed up with Faulkner, Ronnie Romero and others in Elegant Weapons.

Hill was the last original member standing in Judas Priest, which formed in 1969. Singer Rob Halford came aboard in 1973, followed by guitarist Glenn Tipton in 1974. Halford left in the early 1990s to front his own band and returned in 2003. Founding guitarist K.K. Downing exited in 2011, and Faulkner took his spot.

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Brutal Assault have added another 26 names to the line-up of their 30th edition, with KNOCKED LOOSE heading the latest wave of announcements. The new batch also brings AGNOSTIC FRONT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, composer Mick Gordon and a wide spread of death metal, hardcore, black metal, doom and progressive acts to Josefov Fortress. The Kentucky […]

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Canadian and RIAA Diamond-certified, and GRAMMY® Award-nominated rock legends Nickelback announce the 2027 Everything Under The Sun Tour, a massive global arena run celebrating the band’s highly anticipated eleventh studio album, Everything Under The Sun, out October 30 via Virgin Music Group. Following the momentum of 2022’s Get Rollin’ and its record-setting world tour, Nickelback […]

The two outfits previously teamed up on this year’s “Nightmare Tripping”.

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What a packed night at this shifted (in two ways) gig. Originally listed as being at SWG3, the show was moved to the Garage which resulted in doors also being moved from 7pm to 6pm. Unfortunately that meant that due to traffic we couldn’t get there in time to catch openers The Nocturnal Affair… but … Continue reading Gig Review: Fear Factory / Crystal Lake / Hate / The Nocturnal Affair – Garage, Glasgow (7th October 2026)

Today, Minneapolis-based post-hardcore band Careful Gaze returns with their latest LP, IT DOES NOT SLEEP. The band’s third LP is a collection of love songs. It is a monolithic wall of emotion, a tribute to the pain and comfort of human connection. Over the 4 years since WRATH LIKE FLOWERS UPON MY BROW, Careful Gaze […]

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Mastodon has taken its name literally. The Atlanta band is offering a limited-edition vinyl pressing of Marrow Deep with ground-up fossilized mastodon teeth mixed into the wax.

A fan gave the band the fossils about 20 years ago. They were too rough to put on display, so they sat around waiting for a purpose. With bone at the center of the new album’s title and theme, bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders started thinking about working them into a record. Pressing plants around the world turned the idea down for weeks before Loma Vista Recordings found a taker in Waxworks Records.

The University of Georgia’s geology department then pulverized the fossils into particles fine enough to leave sound quality and playability untouched. The band visited the plant, sprinkled the bone dust by hand, and pressed each copy. A “making of” video went up on its social channels Friday.

Only so much bone dust exists, so the run is capped at 170 copies. To give collectors an even shot, some of them are being sold through a draw. Register here to get a chance at one.

Mastodon is currently on the road for The Poisonous Weapons tour, a U.S. run with Deafheaven and Alcest in support. The trek reaches the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Saturday, heads east and wraps at Sick New World in Dallas.

Marrow Deep landed on August 28 through Loma Vista Recordings. It is the first Mastodon full-length since guitarist Brent Hinds was fired in March 2025. He died five months later in a motorcycle accident. The band co-produced the album at its own West End Sound studio in Atlanta with Patrik Berger (Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX) and Kurt Ballou (High on Fire, Converge). Andrew Scheps (Adele, Black Sabbath, Metallica) handled the mix. It also marks the first album with new guitarist Nick Johnston, and keyboardist João Nogueira contributes heavily.

The second single, “Snakes For Dinner,” brings in Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. He previously guested on the 2006 Mastodon song “Colony Of Birchmen.”

Sanders, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, and guitarist Bill Kelliher also looked back on Hinds in the recent documentary The Mastodon In The Room. The three address Brent‘s death head-on, saying they wanted fans to hear their side after the speculation and headlines that followed.

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