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🔥 Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands? 🔥
And who will dominate next month as Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio?
Last month’s winners, ANOTHER DEMON , crushed the competition with a staggering  78,786,044 VOTES , claiming the title of Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio! You can check them out HERE !
This is the weekly championship edition of the Band Of The Month – Battle Of The Bands that we host every month on MDR!
How does it work?
Every Monday, we launch a new poll featuring bands that submit music each week on metaldevastationradio.com. Voting runs until Friday at 9PM EST .
Each Friday night , at the start of The Zach Moonshine Show , I’ll be spinning the Top Six weekly winners , and announcing the #1 band of the week live on air — getting thousands of listens on Mixcloud !
At the end of the month , all weekly votes are added up, and the band with the highest total votes becomes our Band of the Month !
Winning Band of the Month gets:
A featured post on our Facebook page, reaching thousands of fans
A front-page spotlight on metaldevastationradio.com , which pulls in hundreds of thousands of views every month
A free PR email blast from Metal Devastation PR, hitting 40,000+ contacts including labels, zines, stations, and more
Airplay every hour during general rotation
Tons of social media shares and exposure across our network
If you want the world to know who your band is, this is the easiest way to make it happen!
💥 Want in on the next battle?
Comment below with your band name and we’ll add you to next week’s poll — or email me at zach@metaldevastationradio.com with “Battle Submission” in the subject line.
Bands can compete as many times as they want , and if you enter multiple weeks in the same month, your votes combine toward the Band of the Month title!
👇 Click on the bands below to vote as many times as you like, or add your own! Poll closes Friday, July 17th at 9PM EST!




Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands? 06/15/26 – 06/19/26

Bondo‘s Zuma is a mesmerizing blend of slowcore, postrock and atmospheric indie that unfolds with patience, restraint, and emotional depth. Layered guitars drift between shimmering melodies and slow-burning crescendos, while the rhythm section anchors the track with quiet confidence. Inspired by solitude and late-night reflection, the song evokes the vastness of an empty shoreline through spacious arrangements and cinematic dynamics. Rather than relying on excess, Zuma allows subtle shifts in texture and intensity to carry its emotional weight, resulting in an immersive and deeply evocative listening experience that lingers long after the final note.

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They’ve also put out a casting call for an upcoming music video shoot.

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Lucy Frost strikes the perfect balance between sharp wit and irresistible indie pop charm on Shit Kicker. Built around infectious hooks, punchy guitars, and vibrant production, the track transforms messy attraction into a playful, self-aware anthem. Frost’s charismatic vocal delivery captures the rush of reckless infatuation with equal parts confidence and vulnerability, while the clever songwriting keeps the emotional stakes high beneath its catchy exterior. Effortlessly blending indie rock attitude with polished pop sensibilities, Shit Kicker is bold, addictive, and packed with personality from start to finish.

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Barcelona-based death-doom outfit BOCC are set to unleash their second full-length album, “Demolarium”, on September 11, 2026 via Night Terrors Records. The title-track is now streaming HERE. Formed in 2019 in Catalonia, BOCC have carved their own path through the underground with a crushing and uncompromising blend of death metal, funeral doom weight, sludge hostility and crust punk aggression. Their sound captures the raw […]

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(written by Islander) As we occasionally do, we’re about to step off our usual well-beaten musical paths and premiere a song whose changing facets include a lot of singing, a lot of industrial-strength groove, darting keyboards, and other features that might brand it as hard rock or maybe nu metal. But don’t worry, the song […]

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Timothy and the Apocalypse and L0VR join forces on Can’t Get Enough, an infectious blend of indie electronica, downtempo grooves, and shimmering synth-pop textures. Pulsing beats, lush electronic layers, and dreamy vocal performances combine to create an immersive atmosphere that’s equally suited to late-night listening and sun-soaked drives. The production strikes an elegant balance between danceable energy and emotional subtlety, allowing the melodies to unfold with effortless charm. Smooth, uplifting, and richly textured, Can’t Get Enough is a captivating collaboration that showcases both artists’ flair for crafting sophisticated electronic pop.

The band were a last-minute replacement for Cavalera.

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A few months ago, the great ’90s grunge-punk band L7 announced plans for a farewell tour. Today, singer and bassist Jennifer Finch has shared the news that she won’t be able to take part in the tour because she’s been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The 59-year-old Finch has already been through multiple surgeries. Going forward, she’ll need ongoing medical care and professional in-home assistance, and her friends and family have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for her treatment, as well as an extensive archive of her work and the completion of an in-progress creative project.

The post L7’s Jennifer Finch Reveals Brain Cancer Diagnosis appeared first on Stereogum.

More than four decades have passed since RUTHLESS first emerged on the American heavy metal scene, yet the band is far from simply living off its past. Following The Fallen, the heavier and more thrash-oriented Curse of the Beast is arriving relatively quickly, while the band is also preparing to return to Europe for another […]

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