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  • DINO CAZARES Details The Upcoming FEAR FACTORY Album: “Humanity In Fragments, AI Dominates”

    A photo of Dino Cazares playing with Fear Factory.

    Fear Factory’s first LP with singer Milo Silvestro promises a conceptual journey through AI, dystopia, and the band’s signature futuristic metal.

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  • Vegas Un Alive Festival 2026 Announces Lineup Featuring DECREPIT BIRTH, THE CONVALESCENCE, CASKET ROBBERY & More

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    Rising from the ashes of Las Vegas Deathfest, the inaugural extreme metal festival brings 25 bands, freakshows, firebreathers, and unrelenting riffs.

    The post Vegas Un Alive Festival 2026 Announces Lineup Featuring DECREPIT BIRTH, THE CONVALESCENCE, CASKET ROBBERY & More appeared first on Metal Injection.

  • NEVERMORE & ANNIHILATOR Guitarists Were Recommended To Join MEGADETH In The Mid-2000s

    Glen Drover performing live on stage with Megadeth.

    Former Megadeth guitarist names Jeff Loomis, Jeff Waters, and Chris Broderick as potential successors following his 2008 exit.

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  • AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): ABSENT RITUAL — “THE CRYPTIC DESCENT: A COMPILATION OF MADNESS”

    (written by Islander) The Eternal Death label bills the debut demo from NYC’s Absent Ritual as “outsider black metal”. But what does that mean? Isn’t all black metal “outsider” music at its core? Wasn’t that indeed what spawned it so many decades ago, as a rebellious reaction to death metal and other musical genres that […]

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  • When Weight and Emotion Collide – JINJER in Budapest

    February 16, 2026 – Budapest, Barba Negra When I found myself standing in front of the stage at Budapest’s Barba Negra again on February 16, 2026, a strange, ambivalent mix of feelings washed over me: on the one hand, I thought I knew exactly what to expect from the night; on the other, I had […]

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  • Weird Nightmare – “Pay No Mind”

    For many years, Alex Edkins led the extremely sick Toronto noise-rock power trio METZ. Now, he’s half of the duo Noble Rot with Holy Fuck’s Graham Walsh, and he makes his own excellent power-pop jams under the name Weird Nightmare. This spring, Edkins will follow Weird Nightmare’s very cool 2023 self-titled debut with a new…

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  • SLOMOSA: Norwegian Riff Giants To Kick Off First Ever North American Headlining Tour, Later This Month

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    Norway’s sludge-fueled heavy groove titans SLOMOSA will bring their riffs to North American stages later this month! The Breaking Ice Tour 2026 will commence on March 26th at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City and close on May 1st at The Grog Shop in Cleveland. Support will be provided by The Mainliners. The journey marks the band’s first ever US/Canadian headlining tour.

    Tickets are on sale now at slomosamusic.com/#tour with many shows already sold out! See all confirmed dates below.

    SLOMOSA w/ The Mainliners:

    3/26/2026 The Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY * Sold Out *
    3/27/2026 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA * Sold Out *
    3/28/2026 Union Stage – Washington, DC
    3/29/2026 Richmond Music Hall – Richmond, VA
    3/31/2026 Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC
    4/01/2026 Eulogy – Asheville, NC
    4/02/2026 The Masquerade (Hell) – Atlanta, GA
    4/03/2026 The Blue Room – Nashville, TN * Sold Out *
    4/06/2026 Club Dada – Dallas, TX
    4/07/2026 Brushy Street Commons – Austin, TX
    4/09/2026 The Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ * Sold Out *
    4/10/2026 El Rey – Los Angeles, CA * Sold Out *
    4/11/2026 Bottom Of The Hill – San Francisco, CA * Sold Out *
    4/12/2026 Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA
    4/14/2026 Mission Theater – Portland, OR * Sold Out *
    4/15/2026 Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA * Sold Out *
    4/17/2026 Neurolux – Boise, ID
    4/18/2026 Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT * Sold Out *
    4/20/2026 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
    4/21/2026 Marquis – Denver, CO * Sold Out *
    4/23/2026 The Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
    4/24/2026 7th St. Entry – Minneapolis, MN * Sold Out *
    4/25/2026 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL * Sold Out *
    4/26/2026 El Club – Detroit, MI
    4/28/2026 The Garrison – Toronto, ON * Sold Out *
    4/29/2026 Preserving Underground – Pittsburgh, PA
    4/30/2026 A&R Music Bar – Columbus, OH
    5/01/2026 The Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

    Carved from a foundation of groove-rich heft, melodic bite, and frostbitten desert attitude, SLOMOSA’s sound channels the legendary Palm Desert scene mixed with the raw intensity of Nordic rock.

    Since dropping their self-titled 2020 debut, the band has bulldozed through 350+ shows in 20+ countries, sharing stages with High On Fire, Mastodon, Alkaline Trio, Helmet, Elder and more, earning a reputation as one of the most commanding live acts in heavy music.

    In April of 2025, SLOMOSA won the Spellemann Award (“Norwegian Grammys”) for Rock Album Of The Year with their critically acclaimed sophomore release, Tundra Rock (September, 2024). The album vaulted them into the global spotlight, solidifying their place as the new vanguard of Nordic heaviness. Last Summer, the band dropped a blistering 14-track live concert film, captured at the iconic USF Verftet in their hometown of Bergen, a high-decibel testament to their atmospheric, distortion-soaked live presence.

    Their rise has earned the attention of bona fide rock royalty: Adam Jones (Tool) has publicly championed the band. At the same time, Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri of Kyuss fame have both declared themselves fans of SLOMOSA’s crushing sonic force.

    SLOMOSA:
    Ben Berdous – vocals, guitar
    Marie Moe – vocals, bass
    Tor Erik Bye – guitar
    Jard Hole – drum

    https://www.slomosamusic.com

    https://www.instagram.com/slomosa

    https://www.facebook.com/slomosaband

    Source: EARSPLIT PR

  • KILL FEED SIDE QUEST: Chris Ryan and Bailey Junior of PARTY CANNON Bring Their Party to the N64

    Fun fact: Chris Ryan and Bailey Junior, a.k.a. Vominic Stonebones, of slam metal miscreants Party Cannon are officially Kill Feed’s most interviewed guests. How could this possibly be, given they just arrived at our humble arcade less than a year ago and are far from our only repeat player characters? Therein lies the not-so-fun realities of international communication. Both of our sessions featuring the Scottish slammers—our full-length profile and this Side Quest feature—were marred by technical difficulties, resulting in a near-complete loss of footage of our subjects and subsequent re-records. “Party Cannon luck,” our friends across the pond deadpan as they graciously schedule another discussion with Decibel’s co-nerds. Embarrassment and frustrations aside, however, we are always happy to keep our doors open for the U.K.’s defenders of dumb.

    The last time we linked up with the duo was in regard to their wildly successful port of single “High Tariff Behaviour” to the Sega Mega Drive (the Sega Genesis for our strictly American viewers out there). Keen-eyed readers will remember that they teased a second gaming prospect, but were sparse on the specifics. The result is Subjected to a Partying, a fresh EP out this March that will be playable on the Nintendo 64, the duo’s revered classic console. Containing a whopping maximum capacity of 64 MB of data in comparison to its 4 MB predecessor, the increased storage welcomed a plethora of new tools, tricks and headaches to the process. But seeing as their limited print run sold out in under 48 hours, their pain ultimately became their gain. Ryan and Junior are back for round, er, two to discuss all of the details surrounding their much anticipated cart and what they future may hold for their virtual campaign of lowering I.Q.s as they continue to raise the bar. Lucky us!

    Subjected to a Partying (the non-N64 versions) are available March 27 via Unique Leader and can be pre-ordered here.
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