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The world continues to mourn the great American artist Dolly Parton, who passed away last month at the age of 80. Before Parton’s death, fans were already campaigning to have Nashville International Airport renamed in Parton’s honor. A few days after her death, the airport and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that those plans were moving forward. Today, the seven members of the Nashville Airport Authority board voted unanimously to approve the plan, which required modifying a policy that required a person be dead for two years before an airport is named after them.

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Live Review: Kill-Town Death Fest – Saturday

5th September 2026
Words: Sam Jones

Filth open day three up with easily the most crowded outdoor performance I’ve yet seen at Kill-Town. Their sound is huge, made all the more possible by great sound mixing which isn’t so easy for a small outdoor stage. Bellowing vocals assail the masses whilst slabs of riff come down on us like they’re the sole thing one will receive from them. I appreciate when bands perform outdoors here like they would on the indoor stages, it demonstrates they’ll give it their all regardless where they’ll play. The weather has vastly improved top spirits are higher, people are that little more jovial, and Filth infect is all with vile and repugnant tones.

Proscription are the first band to take to the Black Stage with their signature harrowing black/death metal onslaught, and as people continue to pour in it’s clear the quality of band taking this stage has already been set. Proscription offer a merciless and unending tsunami of slaughter as even during their steadier sequence, there’s no indication the intensity will start declining whatsoever.

Civerous. Talk about making an entrance on your first ever European show. I’ve seen great bands take to the stage heretofore but Civerous came out utterly swinging, to remind you this is their stage. From frontman to guitarists and drummer and bassist, every member came out fired up and ready for war. Performing Maze Envy in full was a significant selling point for many regarding this year’s edition of the festival, myself included, and they did not disappoint. From the word go the sole purpose Civerous had on their mind was obliteration, bombarding our meagre forms with enough bass to blow the roof clean off and solos rending flesh asunder. It reached a point where I felt the last vestiges of my sanity slipping away, my jaw slowly dropping as Civerous unleashed volley after volley of unmitigated annihilation, volleys that hardly ceased, refusing to be quelled.

I’ve said for years how striking it is Of Feather And Bone can create such hideous levels of power and noise from being just a three-piece. A single song in and they prove just why they’re born for Kill Town, delivering swathes of riffs and blast beats. Seeing them live is a dream come true; their live sound matches that of their studio work, it manages to sound exactly as I know it on record, its spooky. I don’t know what energy their drummer is on but it’s another level; his precision, his stamina, the unbridled ferocity he throws into his performance is honestly frightening. It was confirmed onstage too, February next year, we’d finally receive the band’s new album.

Snet are the next band I see, all the way from the Czech Republic. I first saw them at Necropolis in London and it’s evident they’ve only gone from strength to strength. Their frontman is excellent having fronted Filth all the way bs k at the day’s start. Drinks have evidently flowed and all semblance of shy niceties have dissipated as the mic stand is jettisoned into the crowd and their frontman hurls himself crowdsurfing amongst the inebriated masses. We’ve reached a time in the night where everyone is feeling it. There’s soon conveyed the prospect anything could happen, Snet are here to have fun and that’s all that matters.

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Pulling inspiration from the greatest guitar-driven acts of the last two decades, South West alt-rock outfit Wild Oceans—featuring Jon Burnell (vocals/guitar), Mark Lee (bass/keys), Phil Thomas (lead guitar), and Rich Walker (drums)—brings serious musical muscle to their latest release, “Losing Myself.”

The track is a deeply honest, emotionally charged anthem that dives headfirst into the unspoken struggles of becoming a parent. Exploring the delicate balancing act between love, sacrifice, and the fear of slipping away under the weight of new responsibilities, “Losing Myself” channels that tension through soaring guitars and a massive, singalong chorus. Driven by a powerhouse rhythm section, sticky vocal melodies, and brilliant lead guitar work, it’s a beautifully written, top-tier performance from a band at the top of their game.

The song is part of the playlist Rock Rotation. Give it a go by clicking on the Spotify player below and follow Wild Oceans if you like what you hear. 

Birmingham, Alabama might not be a place where you’d expect to find much shimmery indie-pop jangle, but the world is a rich and complicated place, and things that you might not expect happen all the time. Birmingham’s Slack Times have been perfecting their brightly woozy indie pop for the past few years. Today they unveil their upcoming album Casting.

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Whenever I see Gal Gadot’s name, I know something is wrong. And it seems like MUNA and I are on the same page, or at least we would have been if they had known who the guests were going to be the night they were musical guests on Thursday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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Acres are gearing up for the release of a deluxe edition of their 2025 album ‘The Host’, including a cover of HIM’s classic track ‘Buried Alive By Love’.

The band have put their stamp on the track first released back in 2003 on their influential album ‘Love Metal’.

In taking such an iconic track and making it your own is one thing, but doing it in a way that showcases its DNA in a completely different way is whole other challenge in itself. And Acres do this with vigor and vibrancy.

Forcing the romantic intentions of the tune through a lens of British post-hardcore, the result feels even more broken and beaten than before, with vocalist Ben Lumber pushing his vocal cords to their melodic limit. Throw in plenty of soaring atmosphere and thrashing blastbeats, and you have a completely new angle on the song.

Ben had this to say about it:

“When we were planning a cover HIM were instantly the first band that came to mind. They’ve been such a huge part of my life and honestly one of the main reasons I ever wanted to be in a band. When I was younger, my friends and I would spend hours in the garage learning and playing HIM songs so getting to bring Buried Alive By Love into the world of Acres all these years later feels like a proper full circle moment. It’s our way of paying respect to a band that had a massive part in shaping who I am as a musician.”

The deluxe version of ‘The Host’ is set for release on November 06 via Solid State Records, and brings together ‘The Host’ and EP ‘What It’s Like to Feel Worthless’ alongside a load of live tracks, remixes and more.

Ben had this to say about the intentions of the deluxe edition:

“‘The Host’ has always felt closely connected to the What It’s Like to Feel Worthless EP, so doing a deluxe version felt like the perfect way to bring those two worlds together and close out this era of the band. We loved the idea of putting everything into one record, but also giving people something new with the additional tracks and different versions of songs. We’ve always been into reworking our music whether that’s stripping a song back, a live version or letting it exist in a completely different way. As music fans ourselves, we’ve always loved when bands give you another side of a record you already know, so it felt right to do that with ‘The Host.’”

Here is what the full tracklisting looks like:

1. Bloodlust
2. Not So Different
3. Staring At The Sun
4. Take My Last Breath
5. Built To Bleed
6. Push Me Away
7. Empty Room
8. Steal The Light
9. Welcome To The Family
10. Around Again
11. Leave You To Rot
12. A Different Shade Of Misery
13. Lost
14. Deadweight
15. Lost (Acoustic)
16. Buried Alive By Love
17. Bloodlust (deletetheinternet re-wire)
18. Staring At The Sun (Acoustic)
19. Not So Different – Live in Munich
20. Built To Bleed – Live in Munich

Acres are set to head out on a headline tour across the UK and Europe next month, with support coming from Wayside, What Lies Below and Lifespark.

Here are all the dates:

OCTOBER

14 – BRISTOL The Exchange
15 – LEEDS The Key Club
16 – MANCHESTER Rebellion
17 – LONDON Downstairs At The Dome
18 – SOUTHAMPTON The Joiners
20 – ANTWERP Kavka
21 – UTRECHT De Helling
22 – HAMBURG Monkeys
23 – BERLIN Cassiopeia
24 – LEIPZIG Naumanns
25 – POZNAŃ Pod Minoga
27 – PRAGUE Bike Jesus
28 – VIENNA Viper Room
29 – MUNICH Feierwerk
30 – AARAU KiFF
31 – COLOGNE Helios37

NOVEMBER

01 – WIESBADEN Schlachthof

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