How much blood would constitute an arterial bombardment? Probably a lot, right? Too much. I don’t want to bombard anyone arterially. It makes me think of a firehose, or maybe a Gwar show. It also makes me think that the blood must somehow be solid, and possibly also explosive? It sounds unpleasant, which means it’s a great topic for a new Undeath song.
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(written by Islander) Transcending Obscurity Records doesn’t often release splits, but on November 20th they’re dropping one that’s likely to leave a smoking crater in the midst of the coming winter. Aptly titled Indomitable Hostility, the split joins together new songs from two death metal ravagers whose forward-thinking music you should already know — Replicant […]
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Reunited Midwest emo pioneers American Football have influenced a great many bands over the years. They’ve been back together since 2014, though they haven’t always had an easy time with it, and young artists like Hayley Williams and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates have lined up to work with them. While they’re out there promoting their fourth album, American Football recently did an in-studio session for SiriusXMU and covered one of their own great influences, the Cure.
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For the second straight year, metalcore heroes Converge are throwing their Saddest Day festival at Roadrunner in Boston this Dec. 12 and 13. The lineup is once again stacked, and we’re giving away a pair of full-weekend passes.
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Down has shared the official music video for “The Myth,” the latest single from the New Orleans heavy metal brotherhood’s long-awaited new studio album, Volume V. The album arrives Nov. 20 via Nuclear Blast Records — produced by Eddie Mapp and Down, mixed by Dave Fortman and mastered by Maor Appelbaum. Among the album’s most notable moments: “Merciful Fate” features King Diamond, with a vocal duel between Philip H. Anselmo and King Diamond alongside fret-burning solos at 120bpm; King’s wife Livia Zita also lends dark vocal accents to the track.
Anselmo comments on “The Myth”: “‘The Myth’ has some epic moments. It’s a jammer. It’s got a big nod to Trouble, but vocally I’m thinking of James Dewar, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Glenn Hughes, and many of the other greats… The track and video are both straightforward and hammering.”
Kirk Windstein adds: “It’s a perfect example of a classic Down collaboration. Amazing vocals, great riffs, and it comes together in a great Down song!”
Pepper Keenan says: “‘The Myth’ is classic Down in all its hammer fisted glory leading into a ’70s jam trip that’s damn well worthy of the ride. Deliberate decisions of all the things we love… Quoting my main man. ‘When times are tough, they count on us!’”
Pat Bruders notes: “This is one of those songs that almost wrote itself. Especially when we all got in the same room together to work it out. It stands alone like all the other songs on this album.”
Jimmy Bower adds: “It’s one of my favorite tracks off the new record. It’s heavy hitting and has all the right moves. It’s no myth…. This song rules!”
Lead single “Blood Oath” is anchored by an alternately hard-hitting and hummable riff and an anthemic chorus. Anselmo says of the track: “Anybody who’s from New Orleans is going to get a kick out of the references to the city. Musically, it’s got a big hook. It’s a Down song, but it takes a turn.” Keenan adds: “You’ll know it’s Down right off the f***ing bat. It’s heavy in its attack.”
Volume V was written face-to-face at Anselmo’s home studio, Nodferatu’s Lair, over the course of 2025. Keenan and Windstein chose to record their guitars simultaneously, giving the album a timeless punch. Closer “Twice-Told Tales” caps the record with a heavy and hypnotic denouement, with Anselmo noting: “It’s a conglomerate of tight riffs and blues rock mixed with the diligence of classic metal. It’s an important song to us. I could feel Ozzy Osbourne’s influence on me in the strangest way.”
On Volume V as a whole, Anselmo says: “We were all excited about this. There was a sense of lightness in the air. Everyone’s attitude was positive. There was more focus than ever.
“It just felt fresh again. Each one of us was individually striving for something, and I believe we achieved what we wanted to achieve. The record is a journey. It’s classic Down, but it’s also unique.”
Windstein adds: “Everybody played their asses off, wrote great riffs, and Philip is singing amazing. There’s so much electricity when we get together. To me, it’s the same vibe as our debut NOLA, but we’ve got another 35 years of experience as songwriters.”
Keenan reflects: “The five of us are from the same era, grew up together, and accomplished a lot on our own. We all sounded different, but we’re still from the same 20-block radius. As far as what makes Down special, we knew one another before any of us had done anything. There’s history.”
On Nov. 20, the night Volume V drops, Down will headline “The Great NOLA Trendkill!” festival at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans — a two-day event (Nov. 20–21) also featuring Pantera’s first New Orleans show in 30 years, Black Label Society, Corrosion of Conformity, Power Trip, Crowbar, Eyehategod and Pig Destroyer, presented by Housecore Horror, Housecore Records and Live Nation. Down will also headline day two of the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest Denver on Dec. 5.
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Thus far this year, New Orleans’ Twisted Teens have already released two albums of awesomely swampy lo-fi garage-punk, Blame The Clown and Florida Water Blues. A third is on deck. Twisted Teens have made the leap to Sub Pop Records, and their new LP The Holy Cross Tigers drops next month. We already posted lead single “When We First Met,” and their new song “Stalks” hits the internet today.
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Parkway Drive has announced that their landmark Sydney Opera House performance — a sold-out, one-night-only black-tie show staged with a full symphonic orchestra in June 2025 — will be released as a live album, Home – Live At The Sydney Opera House, on Dec. 4 via Epitaph. The first taste, a rendition of “Prey,” is now available. The album also serves as the soundtrack to the accompanying concert film, Parkway Drive: Home, produced by Hype Republic and distributed by Mushroom Studios.
The show sold out in three minutes, with fans travelling from around the globe for the performance, which was independently funded at a level normally reserved for a full European arena tour. The set featured a reimagined set list backed by some of the world’s most accomplished orchestral performers — a radical departure from Parkway Drive’s signature pyro-laden arena spectacle.
Winston McCall told Rolling Stone Australia: “We wanted to build something which was a reconceptualization of what Parkway Drive is in a place that’s very iconically Australian and create a very iconically Australian show. It was all seated, black tie, played on grass with a full symphonic orchestra backing, a flipped-up set list from what you’re used to, and everyone is in ball gowns and suits.
“It was the exact opposite of what you’d expect. And that was kind of what we wanted to do. We wanted to make something worthy of the moment.”
On what made the night unlike anything before it, McCall continued: “It was literally the loudest show that the Opera House has ever had before… You’re confined to seats. There’s no crowd surfers, there’s no barrier.”
The album features Nooky on “Shadow Boxing” and former Tonight Alive frontwoman Jenna McDougall on “A Deathless Song,” and opens with “Welcome To Country” featuring Matthew Doyle. Parkway Drive: Home was directed by Allan Hardy (who previously worked with the band on Viva The Underdogs) and Macario De Souza, director of Bra Boys. The film world-premieres Nov. 10 at Sydney’s State Theatre, followed by Australian cinema screenings from Nov. 12.
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Igorrr has announced a European headline tour for March 2027, supported by Secret Chiefs 3 and Fange. The 17-date trek begins March 13 at the Headbang Festival in Aix-en-Provence, France, and runs through April 4 in Strasbourg, France. The tour supports Igorrr’s fifth album, Amen, released in fall 2025 via Metal Blade Records.
Amen features guest appearances by Scott Ian (Anthrax), Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle) and Mike Leon (CKY, Soulfly). Mastermind Gautier Serre, who has operated under the Igorrr name for 20 years, describes the album: “This album is definitely darker than its predecessors, it has such a very weighty and solemn vibe that has never been reached before in Igorrr. The fact that I recorded a real choir in a church helped this a lot, but above all there has been very long and meticulous work on the sound and the choice of instruments, and deep experimental research to create a unique sound design.
“Of course, because it’s an Igorrr album, there are some more colorful tracks, like ‘Blastbeat Falafel’, ‘ADHD…’ They contrast very much with the ambient heaviness. I need tracks like these on an album — it helps to really get through it fully focused, like a shot of limoncello before the next meal.”
On his creative process, Serre muses: “It’s always difficult for me to know from where the inspiration comes. Music is an expression of life, and I would say everything, even what seems the most insignificant thing, can be a source of inspiration. I would say there hasn’t been one event or one experience that has led me on a creative process, it’s more like a cumulation of everything.
“I love making music, my brain processes music all the time. You cannot imagine the amount of albums and concertos I create during my sleep. The challenge is more how to sort these ideas to keep the ones with the best potential, the ones that I won’t get bored of, the ones that I really Love — with a big letter L.”
Igorrr with Secret Chiefs 3 and Fange — tour dates:
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Right now, the indie rock world is in the process of discovering Emily Moales, the prolific Philly-based New Hampshire native who records extremely cool DIY music under the name Star Moles. The Star Moles discography is deep, with dozens of releases going back nearly a decade, but the recent album Highway To Hell, one of our favorites of the year, is where most of us got on board. Jeff Tweedy covered her. This Is Lorelei loves her. A lot more people will probably get to hear what Moales is doing soon, since she is now labelmates with Phoebe Bridgers and Mitski.
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