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Western Australia’s RATSALAD return with ‘Pest From The West’, a loud, honest and unapologetically regional punk record that captures life growing

President has announced Blood of Your Empire, the masked British rock band’s debut full-length, due Sept. 4 via Atlantic Records. The announcement is accompanied by a video for the album’s latest single, “Doom Loop.” President, which launched in 2025, operating under a deliberate cloak of anonymity, is rumored to be fronted by Charlie Simpson of pop-punk act Busted and post-hardcore outfit Fightstar. The band’s debut EP, “King of Terrors,” was released in the fall of 2025.

The band’s frontman said of “Doom Loop”: “The song is really about the strange tragedy of time — how we spend our lives chasing it, wasting it, and fearing it — only to realize its value once a moment is gone. It’s a reminder for people to be present while they are actually living their lives, not just remembering them afterwards.”

On the album, the frontman said: “‘Blood of Your Empire’ was born out of my own struggle with existential crisis and trying to make sense of belief, mortality, and humanity’s relationship with faith. Religion has inspired incredible compassion, purpose, and beauty in the world — but it has also been responsible for unimaginable suffering and bloodshed throughout history. This album lives in the tension between those two truths. Writing it became a way for me to confront the fear, confusion, and questions I’ve carried for years, and turn them into something I’m truly proud of.”

The album cover reproduces “The Battle of Poitiers,” a painting by Eugène Delacroix that hangs in the Louvre. Fresh off its first U.S. run supporting Bad Omens, President will return to North America this fall for a sold-out headline tour promoted by Live Nation. The run kicks off Sept. 4 at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville and makes stops in Chicago, New York, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle and Los Angeles before wrapping Oct. 14 at House of Blues in Dallas. Cenobia and Showing Teeth will support on select dates.

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According to License Global, Jack and Sharon Osbourne confirmed at Licensing Expo 2026 in Las Vegas that the Osbourne family has partnered with a company called Hyperreal to create what Jack described as “the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne — voice, image [and] movement.” The expo took place May 19 through 21 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Sharon said of the project: “The things that you can do with that are just endless.”

Jack elaborated: “It’s kind of scary how it’s really very accurate. He will exist digitally as himself for as long as we have computers. Technology has come such a long way to where it’s almost drag and drop. You could shoot a template for a commercial… literally prompt what you want digital Ozzy to do in that commercial and you just drop it in. It’s that simple now.” Sharon added: “You can ask Ozzy anything, and he will answer you in his own voice — and the answers will be what Ozzy would have said. We’re going to take it all around the world. People can talk to him and he will talk back.”

Hyperreal describes itself as “powering ownership, control, performance, and monetization of identity across digital ecosystems.” The company previously created a life-sized A.I.-powered avatar of late comic book legend Stan Lee that interacted with attendees at the 2025 Los Angeles Comic Con, where visitors could pay $15 to speak to the holographic Lee and receive responses in his recognizable voice. Hyperreal has also developed digital avatars of Paul McCartney, the Notorious B.I.G. and Mike Tyson.

Sharon and Jack Osbourne appeared at a session titled “The Enduring Legacy of a Rock Icon and His Family: Ozzy Osbourne and the Osbournes” on May 20, moderated by Jens Drinkwater, head of licensing at Global Merchandising Services, and Lisa Streff, senior vice president of licensing and brand development at Global Merchandising Services.

Ozzy Osbourne, known globally as the Prince of Darkness, died July 22, 2025 of a heart attack. He built his legacy redefining heavy metal with Black Sabbath before launching a solo career that became a global phenomenon. Upcoming projects tied to his name include an Ozzy Osbourne biopic, the “Back to the Beginning” Ozzy and Black Sabbath theatrical project and the return of Ozzfest in 2027.

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Don’t we all want our person? Anthony da Costa does, too. But “Everybody Wants Their Person” isn’t really a love song. He’s found her — he’s just not sure he’s worthy of her. The longing here isn’t for another person. It’s for a better version of himself.

Slovakian post-black metal outfit Besna have officially released their new digital live album and full concert video project, titled Live at Brutal Assault. Released today, 25th May 2026, the performance captures the band’s milestone early Saturday morning set from last summer’s edition of the iconic European extreme music festival, which drew an exceptionally large crowd … Continue reading Besna release full live audio and video recording from Brutal Assault

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The band kicked off their 2026 Run For Your Lives dates at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens this weekend

Last Friday, May 22, 2026, Barry J Walsh officially released his brand new celestial pop single, “Star Ride.”

Emerging from the Moldovan music scene, the alternative rock band Dă-Mi Pace continues to make waves with “WHOARE,”

Chilean underground veterans Necrobeast have officially unleashed their debut full-length album, Iron Baphomet. Released today, 25th May 2026, the eight-track collection serves as a definitive manifestation of the band’s well-honed blackened thrash metal formula, driving the genre back to its raw, old-school origins. Emerging twenty years ago from Valdivia in the deep south of Chile, … Continue reading Necrobeast drop debut full-length album ‘Iron Baphomet’