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Beginning in France in March.

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Lift the veil, see what I’ve become
An exoskeletal pantheon
Born again from bone and breath
To spread the living gospel of death 

On Tears for the Dying‘s blistering new gothic track Devour Me, Adria Stembridge drags the band back toward its earlier roots with a slower, heavier gait, then breaks that crawl apart with abrupt tempo changes that make the song feel unstable beneath your feet.

Stembridge handles drum machine, guitar, bass, and vocals, building the track from dark guitar figures, blunt low-end pressure, and drums that move with the patience of something following you home. Her vocals hang above it all in a cold echo, less concerned with theatrical grandstanding than with letting the words rot in the air for a second before the next image lands. You can hear Bauhaus in the skeletal guitar work, Alien Sex Fiend in the queasy theatricality, and PiL and Fields of the Nephilim in the sense that somebody has wandered far enough from civilization to start inventing a religion.

That religious impulse becomes central once the lyrics start opening the trapdoor. Stembridge draws from cosmic horror, but the terror here feels brutally physical. A solitary figure encounters an impossible swarm, loses control of the body piece by piece, and becomes host to something that treats flesh as raw material. Bones break. Insects burrow. The victim survives only in the technical sense, gradually becoming an alien deity whose transformation has erased whatever person existed before.

The nastiest idea arrives afterward: worship. What begins as predation becomes conversion, and the ruined body becomes scripture. Consumption, reproduction, faith, and extermination collapse together until divinity itself starts looking like another parasitic infection. There is something wonderfully foul about that conception of godhood, especially coming from a band whose Southern gothic deathrock has long carried radical queer politics alongside its horror imagery. Authority here comes crawling out of meat.

The slower passages give those images room to breathe before the faster sections shove everything toward panic. That contrast is crucial. Speed alone would turn the song into pursuit; the deliberate sections make you wait for whatever is chewing through the floorboards. By the final transformation, cosmic horror has lost every trace of abstraction. Infinity sprouts mandibles, theology breeds larvae, and salvation becomes a forced rebirth inside a body that has been converted into temple, nursery, and weapon.

Listen to Devour Me below and order the single here.

Catch Tears For The Dying live (with long-time collaborator Joshua Broughton):

• Oct 3 at Masquerade Atlanta with Bragolin, Carrellee, and Jah Phnx
• Oct 30 at 40 Watt Athens – Southern Gothic Festival (Night 1)

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Speed Stroke’s “Damage Control Tour 2026” kicks off on October 9: the band will headline at the Legend Club in Milan.

Hell in the Club and Nastyville will open the show for an evening entirely dedicated to hard rock and rock ’n’ roll.

Following the release of their new album “Damage Control,” which came out on August 21, 2026, on Scarlet Records, Speed Stroke continues its journey across Italian stages, performing their new songs live alongside the most iconic tracks from their more than fifteen-year career.

Tickets can be bough on  Ticketone and Mailticket

Other upcoming shows:

17.10.2026 – Traffic Club – Roma – tickets on Ticketone and Mailticket

• Sons Of Thunder
• Supersonic Deuces

13.11.2026 – Damage Inc. – San Giovanni Lupatoto (VR) – tickets on Ticketone and Mailticket

• Reckless
• Sandness
• To the Max!

28.11.2026 – Rock Planet – Pinarella di Cervia (RA) – tickets on  Ticketnation

• The Loyal Cheaters
• Pit Dust

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Northern California extreme metal outfit All Shall Perish has put out an official lyric video for “Led to Slaughter,” the band’s second new song in 15 years. Like “Be as Kings, Be as Gods,” which dropped last month, it was produced by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Fallujah) and released through Arson Theory, the music company co-founded by frontman Hernan “Eddie” Hermida.

The video pulls footage from The Price of Existence 20 Year Anniversary tour, which kicked off Sept. 4 in Fresno, Calif., and wraps Oct. 3 in San Jose, Calif. The run marks two decades since All Shall Perish released its second album, The Price of Existence, through Nuclear Blast in 2006. It was the first record to feature Hermida and lead guitarist Chris Storey.

The single arrives after All Shall Perish hit its $75,000 goal on Kickstarter, money meant to cover the band’s first album since 2011. The band plans to make the record on its own, and says it currently has no label or manager.

All Shall Perish says the Kickstarter funds will be divided as follows:

Finish recording: $30,000 (40%)
Videos: $18,000 (24%)
Promotion: $8,250 (11%)
Contingency: $7,000 (9%)
Mastering: $5,000 (7%)
Platform fees: $6,750 (9%)
Total goal: $75,000 (100%)

The current touring lineup features Hermida, guitarists Storey and Ben Orum, bassist Adrian Oropeza and drummer Andrew Baird.

The road to this point had some bumps. In October 2013, Mike Tiner, then the band’s bassist, told Metal Injection that All Shall Perish had little choice but to part ways with Hermida after the singer took over for the late Mitch Lucker in Suicide Silence.

By October 2015, the band had announced the return of Hermida and Storey, joined by founding members Matthew Kuykendall, Caysen Russo and Orum. The press release said original vocalist Craig Betit would take part in some capacity. The group added that Tiner turned down a personal invitation to participate.

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Southampton hard-rock quartet Black Water Redemption have officially released their self-titled debut album today, 2nd October 2026. To mark the arrival of the record, the band have also premiered the official music video for their hard-hitting new single, “I Gave It All”. Rooted in the swagger and grit of classic hard rock, the four-piece—featuring vocalist … Continue reading Black Water Redemption release self-titled debut album and premiere video for “I Gave It All” ahead of UK tour

The group recently signed with Facedown Records.

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In 2023, Alexa Lahey released her latest album The Answer Is Always Yes. Since then, the Australian singer-songwriter has shared a deluxe version, as well as some songs and collaborations, including one with Tegan And Sara. Now, she’s back with the Garage Sale [Vol. 1] EP.

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Exodus are getting their own corner of the digital world. KnuckleBonz has announced an official team-up with the Bay Area thrash pioneers to put the band inside KnuckleBonz360 BackStage Experience, a 3D platform launching in October 2026.

Gary Holt said: “I’ve seen a lot of strange things in 45 years of thrash, but walking around the 360 District next to a giant Goliath and a 3D version of myself is pretty cool. Fans are going to lose their minds when they check out this 3D world.”

KnuckleBonz360 hosts immersive 3D worlds built around the imagery of major bands and artists, with more than 20 of them due in 2026. Inside, fans can meet other fans, play mini-games, shop exclusive collectibles and wander through album art that comes to life.

“Exodus wrote the rulebook for Bay Area thrash, and more than four decades later the band still hits harder than anyone,” says Tony Simerman, CEO and creative director of KnuckleBonz, Inc. He adds, “The first time our team watched Goliath stomp through the 360 District, the whole studio stopped working. Now fans get that same jolt, and they can stand face to face with Gary Holt in 3D.”

The Exodus Experience was built by a crew of artists, engineers and music superfans, so the people making it are fans too. Fans from around the world can gather there to celebrate the band.

Visitors will move through the history of the band that helped spark the Bay Area thrash scene, from the pit-born violence of Bonded by Blood to the crushing weight of the latest album, Goliath. Classic Exodus artwork comes to life throughout, and Goliath himself occasionally strolls the streets of the 360 District, towering over anyone in his way.

Holt also joins the 360 District as a featured artist. He is rendered in 3D, so fans can meet one of thrash metal’s most ferocious guitarists in person, or close enough.

The Exodus Experience will offer digital collectibles, physical collectibles including the KnuckleBonz Gary Holt statue, and merchandise that ships worldwide. It is a multiplayer world, so fans can explore it together. It launches in October 2026.

Fans can join the KnuckleBonz360 waitlist here.

KnuckleBonz, Inc. is a music merchandising and immersive digital experience company aimed at the music superfan. Founded in 2003, it has spent more than two decades making high-end collectibles and content centered on music, art and collector culture. With KnuckleBonz360, the company is pushing that mission toward fresh experiences and merchandise for people who live and breathe music.

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The screams of children, far away
Echo in this perfect day

A perfect society becomes considerably harder to admire once somebody explains who has been paying for it. In Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, an entire city’s happiness depends upon the suffering of a single child, an arrangement its citizens learn to accept as the price of their good fortune. There is plenty of room for horror in that cheerful consensus, especially once the people benefiting from it begin explaining why things simply have to be this way.

Bologna’s La Mano Sinistra, whose name means “the left hand” in Italian, take up that ugly bargain on their debut single, Unnecessary Perfection. The track introduces Omelas, a seven-track concept album due November 6, 2026, through Bat-Cave Productions, translating Le Guin’s ethical dilemma into gothic rock with enough melodic momentum to carry its uncomfortable questions straight onto the dancefloor.

A heartbeat rhythm opens the track, its alternating accents pressing against sustained, cold synthesizer tones before a thick, low-slung bassline sends everything forward. Guitar and electronics give the melody a generous sweep while Davide Sacco sings with the decadent authority of a frontman who can make a warning sound almost inviting. The combination brings to mind The Danse Society around their Heaven Is Waiting era, with something of Children on Stun and Brotherhood of Pagans in the vocal delivery and the way the instruments lock together.

The guitar break ascends and descends through the melody, supplying an exhilarating lift while sustaining the chill of the surrounding synths. When Sacco’s voice returns alongside it, a more romantic quality enters his timbre, adding a strange tenderness to the accusation. This is the kind of gothic rock that makes getting dressed to go out feel like the opening scene of an evening full of possibilities. For a song about the moral cost of everybody having a good time, it has a wicked talent for getting the evening started.

The lyrics initially survey a population blessed with sharp minds, untouched lives, and the promise of a cure for all, while concealed currents move beneath that reassuring surface. Sacco’s recurring question, “What’s necessary, what is not,” unsettles the supposed inevitability of the arrangement. By the closing lines, children’s screams carry across the distance into the perfect day itself. Read alongside Le Guin’s story, that distance becomes part of the accusation: comfort depends upon keeping suffering far enough away to be tolerated, even when its beneficiaries know exactly what sustains their happiness.

The band describe the single this way:

“The paradox of perfection. A fast-paced, impactful track reflecting the fictitious tranquility of a society built upon the distant screams of the weakest.”

The accompanying video gives that selective vision an effective visual counterpart. High-contrast black-and-white performance footage is crossed by horizontal bands that repeatedly interrupt faces, instruments, and the lyrics appearing on screen. Close-ups of hands working the strings alternate with Sacco at the microphone, while the bars make even the plainest words momentarily difficult to see. The treatment suggests an uncomfortable connection between an obstructed image and a society accustomed to accepting a partial view.

Watch the video for Unnecessary Perfection below:

La Mano Sinistra brings together Sacco on vocals and lyrics, Gianluca Lo Presti of Nevica on bass and electronics, and Giuseppe Lo Bue of Caron Dimonio on guitar and electronics. Sacco is also a co-founder of the contemporary theatre company ErosAntEros and artistic director of POLIS Teatro Festival, a background that gives the project’s theatrical character a clear foundation.

Omelas grew out of Sacco’s stage production of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, performed by actress Eva Robin’s. Recorded at Loto Studio in Ravenna during the summer of 2025, the album develops its source material across seven chapters, addressing indifference, collective guilt, and the decision to abandon a prosperity built upon injustice for an uncertain life beyond it.

Unnecessary Perfection is available on digital platforms. Omelas follows on November 6, 2026, via Bat-Cave Productions. Listen to the single on Spotify 

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