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Metallica, “Master of Puppets” review: There’s a moment in “Battery” when you realize this record isn’t interested in easing you in.

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Adam Janota Bzowski offers a quietly profound moment with OK To Make Mistakes, a delicate instrumental cue taken from his score to the documentary Holloway. Built on restrained, emotive motifs and subtle textural swells, the piece carries a deep sense of reflection and vulnerability. There’s a cinematic patience in the composition—each note allowed space to breathe, mirroring the intimacy and emotional gravity of the film’s subject matter.

Rather than dramatizing, Bzowski leans into tenderness and nuance, crafting a soundscape that feels compassionate and contemplative. OK To Make Mistakes resonates as a gentle reminder of humanity, fragility, and the quiet strength found in honest self-examination.

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Hannah Juanita and Mose Wilson join voices on If I Ever Lost You, a classic country duet steeped in timeless devotion. Drawing inspiration from the golden era of country pairings, the track leans into warm pedal steel tones, steady rhythms, and heartfelt harmonies that feel lived-in and sincere. Their chemistry—both musical and personal—adds an authentic tenderness, as each line carries the weight of real partnership. Simple, honest, and emotionally direct, If I Ever Lost You is a love song in its purest form: vulnerable, steadfast, and rooted in tradition.

Tōth blends dry humor with emotional urgency on Thoughts Are Like Clouds, a meditation-inspired indie rock cut that turns spiritual clichés into something raw and real. Driven by punchy drums and clattering piano, the song moves from wry, self-aware observations to an explosive, vulnerable climax, revealing the tension between mindfulness and human need. Tōth captures the struggle of letting thoughts drift by while still craving connection, making the track feel both playful and deeply sincere.

It’s a cathartic reminder that surrendering to the moment is rarely simple—but always worth attempting.

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Paul Gilbert is widely regarded as one of rock’s most accomplished and versatile guitarists. He first rose to prominence as a member of Racer X, including their genre-defining album “Street Lethal”, and later became a key creative force in Mr. Big. His résumé also includes participation in the celebrated G3 project. Alongside these high-profile collaborations,… Continue Reading →

The Cadence of Rhyme reflects on existence with If (Freebird), a contemplative track that blurs genre lines while keeping its lyrical core front and center. Built on expansive instrumentation that gradually opens up, the song carries a sense of motion—restless yet introspective. The production feels modern and textured, but it’s the words that anchor the experience, tracing questions of identity, freedom, and life’s turning points.

There’s a thoughtful tension between human vulnerability and polished sonic architecture, creating a sound that feels both intimate and widescreen. If (Freebird) unfolds like a personal manifesto—searching, reflective, and unafraid to ask the bigger questions.

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“It has nothing to do with anyone’s personality or anyone in the band at all.”

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Complex, ambitious, experimental, conceptual, long-form, fantastical, pretentious — just a handful of adjectives often used to describe progressive rock. While the genre often defies categorization and can’t be easily contained, the aforementioned descriptors couldn’t be more on-the-nose when it comes to the Yes opus from 1974, Tales From Topographic Oceans.

Over the years, the double album has earned a bit more praise and appreciation. Upon its release, however, it was met with derision and confusion. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman was so disenchanted, he quit Yes after they toured the record. Nevertheless, it topped the U.K. album chart and snuck inside the Top 10 in the U.S., earning a Gold record.

Now, 53 years later, a Super Deluxe Edition of Tales From Topographic Oceans offers a complete picture with new mixes, previously unreleased material from the sessions, and live music from the subsequent tour. Available as a 12-CD, double LP, single Blu-ray box set, the new mixes, including an incredible Dolby Atmos version, were done by Steven Wilson with extensive liner notes by Syd Schwartz.

Sprawling across four side‑long tracks, Tales From Topographic Oceans grew out of a conversation singer Jon Anderson had with King Crimson percussionist Jamie Muir about Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. Anderson was particularly taken with the book’s stated four shastras, that outline different aspects of spiritual knowledge. This resulted in the four movements comprising the album: “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn),” “The Remembering (High The Memory),” “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun),” and “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil).”

Developed while on the road with Steve Howe, the album came together in the studio as the other band members — Wakeman, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan While, making his first appearance on a Yes studio album — struggled to bring it to fruition. Despite their reservations, the playing and performances are nothing short of superb. Squire’s bass lines are articulate and prominent, weaving around Howe’s fluid guitar work. Wakeman’s keys add color and atmosphere, while White not only anchors the shifting rhythms, but contributed a little bit of piano.

The textures are rich, the vocals layered, and the guitar-keyboard mix creates integral ambient soundscapes. The overall production, led by Eddie Offord, is dense yet vivid, allowing the ensemble’s interplay to shine.

The Super Deluxe Edition shares previously unreleased in-progress versions of all four album tracks, while the set’s live material, sourced from shows in Zürich,  Manchester, and Cardiff, finds the band in their element, spreading their wings at every turn. For audiophiles, the Atmos mix, alongside the 2016 5.1 surround mix, is immersive and encapsulating enough to give any doubters cause for reexamination.

As Schwartz says in his liner notes: “Without Tales, there’s no Relayer. No pivot to leaner, sharper structures in the later 70s. No map gets drawn without first pushing the edges of the known world — and Tales is where Yes did exactly that.” Wakeman returned to the band in 1977 when they recorded the much leaner, song- oriented Going For The One and stayed on until 1980 when both he and Anderson left (though not for good). From there on out, Yes in its many forms conformed to a more strict, linear path. Still, the complexity, ambition, experimentation, and pretentiousness of Tales Of Topographic Oceans remains a highwater mark in the annals of progressive rock.

~ Shawn Perry

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Following months of anticipation, rock and metal icon ROB ZOMBIE has released his new album, The Great Satan, today via Nuclear Blast Records.

Across more than four decades, Zombie has cemented himself as a singular cultural force. Fusing avant-garde aesthetics with monstrous, groove-driven rock, his work has consistently defied convention. With The Great Satan, Zombie extends that legacy, delivering one of the boldest and most fully realized records of his career.

From the foot-stomping, hell-raising swagger of ‘(I’m a) Rock ’N’ Roller’ to the throwback grit of ‘Heathen Days’ and the anthemic punch of ‘Punks And Demons,’ Zombie continues to evolve on his own terms—leaving trends and expectations in his space dust.

Coinciding with the album’s release, Zombie has unveiled a new self-directed music video for ‘F.T.W. 84,’ further expanding the album’s vivid and uncompromising visual world.

Purchase/Stream The Great Satan:
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The Great Satan Tracklist:

01. F.T.W. 84
02. Tarantula
03. (I’m a) Rock ‘N’ Roller
04. Heathen Days
05. Who Am I
06. Black Rat Coffin
07. Sir Lord Acid Wolfman
08. Punks And Demons
09. The Devilman
10. Out of Sight
11. Revolution Motherfuckers
12. Welcome To The Electric Age
13. The Black Scorpion
14. Unclean Animals
15. Grave Discontent

As a rock icon and filmmaker with a unique vision, Rob Zombie has continuously challenged audiences as he stretches the boundaries of both music and film. He has sold more than fifteen million albums worldwide, and is the only artist to experience unprecedented success in both music and film as the writer/director of nine feature films including “HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES,” “THE DEVIL’S REJECTS,” “THE MUNSTERS” and the number one smash “HALLOWEEN.”

After four years, Rob Zombie is back with new music as he announces his latest record, THE GREAT SATAN, out on Nuclear Blast in 2026. The new music brings Zombie back to his Hellbilly roots with frenetic cuts such as ‘Punks And Demons,’ ‘Heathen Days,’ ‘(I’m a) Rock ‘N’ Roller’ and ‘Tarantula.’

Rob Zombie has achieved great success in the music industry, first as a member of the multi-platinum band White Zombie and later as a solo artist with even greater results collecting numerous multi-platinum and gold albums along the way including Hellbilly Deluxe, The Sinister Urge and Educated Horses. Rob Zombie’s most recent record, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (2021), debuted at #9 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart, making it his 7th consecutive solo album to debut in the top 10.

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Australia, prepare for spectacular sonic annihilation this June, with Michigan juggernauts I PREVAIL set to make their return down under. In what will be their biggest ever Australian tour, I PREVAIL announce today a national headline arena run joined by special guests IMMINENCE and INVENT ANIMATE.

Set to commence on Sunday 14 June in Perth, the Violent Nature Australian tour will see I PREVAIL roar through Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, before concluding on Tuesday 23 June in Sydney.

Since forming in Detroit, Michigan back in 2013, I PREVAIL‘s trajectory has been nothing short of staggering. Amassing critical and commercial success for well over a decade, I PREVAIL‘s success story spans everything from millions of streams through to mainstream chart domination, unforgettable performances across the globe, and two GRAMMY Award-nominations for good measure.

Achieving gold status in both the US and Canada via their debut 2016 album Lifelines, their 2019 full-length TRAUMA further cemented their status as one of the most elite forces on the scene, with the album itself nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards, as well as single Bow Down in contention for Best Metal Performance. 2022’s TRUE POWER again expanded the band’s extensive reach on defying expectations and genre confines, and in 2025 I PREVAIL ascended yet again with the release of Violent Nature; album #4 and an entirely new era for the band that is equal parts intense, passionate and energetic.

Self-produced alongside bassist and keyboardist Jon Eberhard, Violent Nature ticked off multiple firsts for I PREVAIL, from the band recording in a professional studio for the first time in 10 years through to it also being the first album to feature vocalist Eric Vanlerberghe as the only singer, taking on both clean and unclean vocal duties throughout. Described by Kerrang! as “the most honest record I Prevail have given us in their quick rise”, Violent Nature sonically crushes and soul-searches, while also showcasing I PREVAIL‘s exceptional dexterity and passion that has seen them perform as headliners, alongside Motionless In White, Pierce The Veil, Halestorm, and Fit For A King, and also on stages across Australia, including an acclaimed headline run in 2022 and, most recently, at Good Things Festival in 2023.

Returning after an entirely sold out headline Australian run in 2025, Swedish violincore sensations IMMINENCE are no strangers to wowing crowds with their unique take on alternative metalcore. Forging classical string arrangements with undertones of Scandinavian metal, IMMINENCE‘s trajectory over the past decade has spanned millions of streams and online followers, several bewitching albums, performances at some of the biggest heavy festivals on the planet, and entirely sold out shows of their own. Whether sharing stages with the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Architects and In Flames, or stupefying on Australian stages at Good Things Festival and their own sold out headline crowds, the elegant ferocity of IMMINENCE is an enduring experience; and one definitely not to be missed.

Channeling the uncertainties of the world into a sonic universe that unites and offers powerful catharsis, American metalcore act INVENT ANIMATE have spent over 10 years cultivating a sound and community centred around empathy and articulation. Releasing their debut full-length Everchanger in 2014, the group most recently unveiled their fourth full length, 2023’s Heavener, as well as a collab 2025 EP Bloom in Heaven with Silent Planet. Fusing ambient metalcore, djent and prog, INVENT ANIMATE‘s live performances are also the stuff of legend, with their dynamic sets finding beauty in chaos and ultimately leading them to sharing stages over the years with ERRA, Alpha Wolf, Thornhill, Northlane and, on their most recent Australian visit, with We Came As Romans in 2023.

In 2026, violent delights will take full flight when I PREVAIL take Australian stages by storm. Mark your calendars for June, this is not to be missed!

Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Wednesday 4 March @ 2pm local time
To Gain Early Ticket Access Register Here -> https://daltours.cc/IPrevail

General tickets on sale: Tuesday 10 March @ 2pm local time
Tickets from destroyalllines.com

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