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Chandra’s “Boom” opens with a rhythm that feels almost tribal, grounded yet restless. The percussion sets a pulse that draws you in, and then a melody emerges with an exotic hue.

Boom is Chandra’s Single Out Now

 The overall atmosphere brought to mind the spirit of Toto’s Africa—not in direct melodic reference, but in the sense of travel and distant horizons that the track evokes. There’s a nostalgic breeze running through it, subtle but persistent.

I’ve followed this band for a while, and this single stands out as a particularly strong release. The guitars move in long, sustained chords, letting notes ring and breathe as they support the central melody. The rhythm section drives forward relentlessly, creating forward motion without sacrificing nuance. That tension between steadiness and expansion gives “Boom” its identity.

The layering of voices adds depth. Lead vocals and backing harmonies overlap with intention, forming melodic textures that feel rich yet controlled. The arrangement never feels crowded; instead, each layer has its place. The energy builds naturally. The structure feels deliberate, guiding the listener step by step through its evolving landscape.

Around the 2:30 mark, the track enters a hypnotic bridge. A repeated phrase anchors this section, generating tension through subtle insistence. The repetition works effectively, tightening the atmosphere before the final release. Then, when the song launches into its closing stretch, the momentum feels earned rather than abrupt.

The production enhances the track’s sense of movement. The balance between rhythmic drive and melodic flow remains consistent throughout. Even the final whistle acts as a playful signature, a small but memorable detail that leaves a smile at the end.

In essence, “Boom” captures both wanderlust and reflection. Chandra blends rhythmic intensity with melodic grace. It’s an accomplished and engaging release that I highly recommend.

Boom is Chandra’s Single Out Now!

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Chandra is a power pop and alternative rock band known for bright guitars, big choruses, and uplifting melodies. Their sound blends the anthemic energy of Imagine Dragons and The Killers with the melodic style of Fountains of Wayne.

Fronted by vocalist Chandra Nair, praised by Muse Chronicle as “one of the best vocalists of modern times,” the band creates energetic songs about resilience and hope. Their single “Winners” helped grow their audience, contributing to 200k+ streams and 2,000+ radio plays worldwide.

The band features Chandra Nair (vocals, guitar), Mike Paul (lead guitar), and Chris Wong (bass) and continues to release new music regularly.

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Jim Cork describes Crash Of Rhinos as the ultimate democracy, with an obvious “for better or worse” caveat. “We’ve always had this thing where if one single person isn’t happy with any element, we scrap that part of the song or we scrap that song entirely or we don’t do that show,” he explains, which…

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And they enlisted numerous guests to pull it off.

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Greetings, Decibel readers!

It’s a great week for fans of death metal, as four of the albums below basically run on that old-faithful engine of blood, fire, and guts. As for the exception, well. I make no apologies for my loyalty to early-2000s metalcore. So you’ll just have to deal with it.

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Egregore – It Echoes in the Wind

Bands like Egregore are doing important work out there. In blending recognizable forms within an atmosphere of chaos, they attempt to find new ways forward for extreme metal. This is evident from the immediate impact the music makes on you. Sure, there’s death metal in there, a fair amount of black metal (especially first wave), and some doom metal with the guitar tones — but there’s lots of odd techy and thrashy moments too. You’re never quite sure where the music is going to go next, but it’s also not boring or self-indulgent. Think of Morbus Chron if they really loved early Bathory, Coroner, Candlemass and maybe even some Leviathan-era Mastodon (listen to the title track, you’ll hear it there).

Stream: Apple Music

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Hautajaisyö – Surun Paino

Classic Finnish death metal craftsmanship. It’s a style that never really gets old, especially when it’s done with riffs like this. Check out “Kasvoton Kuljettaja” to hear what this band is capable of. Death metal like this needs to bring the crushing grooves, but also requires an ear for memorability and catchy hooks. You’ll want to hit the repeat button on this record.

Stream: Apple Music

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Poison the Well – Peace in Place

It’s been a long time. In the 17 years since the last Poison the Well album, the style they pioneered has been on a perilous journey — from the hypercommercialization of the Rise Records era, the hollowed-out guitar tones borrowed from djent, and the homogenized arena-rock-aspiring dreck that followed. But in recent years, younger bands have rediscovered the raw, punishing, and emotionally resonant spirit of the late 90s and early 2000s. And so the time is ripe for a return. How fitting that the band is set to hit the road with Converge. On Peace In Place, the band displays all the stylistic hallmarks that made them legends back in the day. However, this record also feels like a fresh progression of that style, and not a cynical retread of their first three records. In that way, it takes a moment to let the sound sink in. But once “Primal Bloom” pops off and “Everything Hurts” has its way with you, it all starts to make sense. It’s a powerful, engaging, and deadly serious record. All these years later, their eyes still paralyze us.

 Stream: Apple Music

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Putred – Blestemul din Adânc

From our full album stream, a quote from the band:

“This album is a manifestation of everything Putred stands for. No polished sound, no comfort, just a wall of sound pushed until it starts to rot. The album moves slowly and violently, dragging the listener into its own nauseating pace. The best way to describe it is as a mix between the brutality and aggression of Repulsie Post-Mortem and the grandiosity of Megalit Al Putrefacției; this time, the sound production feels more natural and organic.”

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Gutvoid – Liminal Shrines

The sound of fiery devastation. This is the Toronto-based quartet’s second full-length album, and follows up 2024’s Breathing Obelisk EP. The band’s style holds equal appeal for fans of off-putting, dissonant death metal and for devotees of cavernous, unrelenting darkness.

Stream: Apple Music

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Boundaries have announced that they have signed to Sumerian Records, and shared an absolutely debauched new track to celebrate.

That track is ‘Skies cast amber black’, and finds the band dealing out the pain harder and faster than ever before. Breakdowns that could split tectonic plates, guttural howls of anguish and anger and an atmosphere that feels like the end of all things wrapping itself around you, it is metalcore at its most belligerent and brutal. An unrelenting, unparalleled slice of heaviness that will leave you broken, breathless and begging for more.

All in a day’s work for the band, really.

Vocalist Matthew McDougal had this to say about the song’s themes:

“I have a deep desire in the pit of my making to surround and suffocate the growing plague of people’s self-interest. Given the chance, I’d remove every ego from the music landscape and burn it off for fuel to power blood hungry behemoths whose only goal is to crush and disable. This song is my plea to cleanse a community I adore of people who see it only as an opportunity or a stepping stone.” 

The track is the band’s first release since their 2024 album ‘Death Is Little More’. Here is ‘Easily Erased’ from that very record.

Boundaries will be playing Download Festival this Summer, alongside a set of support slots in the UK and Ireland. Here’s where you can catch them.

JUNE

14 – DONINGTON PARK Download Festival
15 – BELFAST Limelight #
16 – DUBLIN Academy #
17 – CARDIFF Y Plas *
19 – NORWICH Voodoos ##
20 – EXETER Cavern ##

* – w. Kublai Khan TX
# – w. The Plot In You
## – co-headline w. Heriot

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Posted on March 20th 2026, 4:00p.m.

Greg Dulli’s men in black are back

When three acquaintances decided to make a joke song about a bizarre topic just for the hell of it, they can’t have foreseen what’d happen next

Neurosis have returned without warning. The Oakland post-metal institution has surprise-dropped An Undying Love For A Burning World today via Neurot Recordings — their first new album in ten years, and by all accounts a statement of survival rather than a simple comeback.

The band wasted no words explaining why now. “We need this, perhaps more than ever, and we suspect we are not alone,” they write. “The trials and tribulations in our personal lives and as a band, combined with simply trying to navigate the insanity of our society, with the stress, anxiety, and isolation that come with it, can be excruciating. Add to that the existential confusion and sorrow of the climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction. It is enough to cause you to completely lose your mind if you can’t find release or catharsis.

“This strange, emotionally charged music has always been our method of trying to survive this, and this is what we’ve always been singing about. When you have spent a lifetime engaged with these energies and utilizing this form of expression to purge and purify, it feels detrimental to our well-being to let it sit idle and neglected. This was now or never.”

Joining the band on vocals and guitar is Aaron Turner — the man behind Sumac and ISIS, and a figure whose own artistic history has long run parallel to Neurosis‘s. The band describes his arrival as a natural fit. “He came straight out of the gate, contributing, writing, and presenting ideas. His energy matches ours perfectly. It’s as if he was always meant to be there.”

Turner himself is equally direct about the significance of the pairing. “From the moment I first heard Neurosis over 30 years ago, I felt this was the music my heart and mind had been seeking but not yet heard,” he says. “Now, after many years travelling along various musical paths of my own, the singular sound and spirit embodied by Neurosis continues to speak to the depths of my being. It is an honor and a true pleasure to have been welcomed so warmly into a band that not only shaped my perspective on the limitless possibilities of music but has lived and exemplified the necessity of upholding creative integrity and camaraderie above all else.”

On the question of whether this constitutes a reunion, the band is firm: this is not a reunion. They never broke up.

An Undying Love For A Burning World was recorded by Scott Evans (of Kowloon Walled City, Sumac, and And Great Falls) at Studio Litho in Seattle across three weekends this winter, then mixed in three days at Evans’s Antisleep Audio in Oakland — just six weeks before release.

Neurosis will also make their live return after a seven-year absence, playing Fire In The Mountains festival on the traditional lands of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. The event is organised with the support of Firekeeper Alliance, a non-profit focused on reducing youth suicide in Indian Country. Guitarist Steve Von Till, who serves on the board of Firekeeper Alliance, described last year’s edition as the most profound music event of his life.

“I cannot think of a more appropriate environment for us to return to the stage,” he says. “Last year’s Fire In The Mountains festival was the most profound music event I have ever been a part of. The weekend took on a healing, cathartic, ceremonial nature that is difficult to put into words. Using emotionally heavy music to build community and collectively stare darkness in the eye is something we have always believed in, but using it to directly address the heartbreaking reality of suicide, grief, loss, and trauma is taking it to another level.”

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