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Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, the follow-up to the 2015 cult horror-comedy Deathgasm, opens in theaters across the U.S. and Canada on Sept. 29, with a VOD release set for Oct. 13.

The story picks up years after the demon apocalypse of the first film. Brodie (Milo Crossman) is broke, washed up and stuck going nowhere in his small town. Word gets around that NoizeQuest, a battle-of-the-bands contest, is coming to town, and Brodie spots a shot at turning things around, along with maybe winning back his old flame, Medina (Kimberley Crossman). There is just one hitch: his drummer is short an arm, and the rest of his bandmates are dead. Fortunately, Brodie still has pages torn from The Black Hymn, so bringing his band back from beyond is just one riff away. Naturally, every chord triggers more blood, guts and the kind of chaos that only Deathgasm can deliver.

Deathgasm II: Goremageddon had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2025 and went on to play Sitges, BIFAN, Fantaspoa, BIFFF, Screamfest, Telluride Horror Show, Razor Reel, Monster Fest and more than a dozen other film festivals around the world.

The cast brings back Milo Cawthorne, Kimberley Crossman, James Joshua Blake, Sam Berkley and Daniel Cresswell from the 2015 original, and adds new faces in Kieran Charnock, Harrison Keefe, Maggie Nicole Robertson and Adam Scherr, better known to wrestling fans as WWE‘s Braun Strowman. Matthew Kiichi Heafy of the Grammy-nominated band Trivium wrote the film’s original score. The soundtrack also pulls in tracks from GWAR, Sanguisugabogg, Frozen Soul, Alien Weaponry and other acts, and an earlier press release billed it as having “the most skull-shattering metal soundtrack in movie history.”

The film is a non-treaty co-production between New Zealand and Canada, made by New Zealand’s Fish Entertainment alongside Canada’s Raven Banner Entertainment and Hangar 18 Media. Backing came from Creative Saskatchewan, the New Zealand Film Commission, Fahrenheit Films, Bitbot Media and Metalheads Ltd.

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Story Of The Year have shared the music video for See Through, the focus track from their seventh studio record A.R.S.O.N., released in February via SharpTone Records. The music video for See Through, directed by Jordan Phoenix, transports Story Of The Year to a mysterious laboratory, where frontman Dan Marsala takes on the role of […]

One of the highlights of Marillion’s second album Fugazi was its top 30 second single, Assassing, which remains regarded as a high point of the band’s Fish era. Its video, however, was less well-received – especially by the band. When they spoke to Prog n 2021 they seemed as bewildered about it as they’d been when it was released in 1984.

The early 80s was the Wild West when it came to the emergent art form that was the music video. But even by the maverick standards of the day, the clip for Marillion track Assassing was something else.

The second single from 1984 album Fugazi was accompanied by a promo that yoked state-of-the-art digital effects to a plot that was somewhere between would-be spy thriller and office training video. The results were both visually striking and utterly incomprehensible.

It was directed by Simon Milne, who’d overseen the eye-catching clips for He Knows You Know and Garden Party. This time, the filmmaker was determined to try out the new chroma key technique, aka green screen. The only problem was, no one had quite got a handle on how it worked.

“Because they were inexperienced, they didn’t light it properly, so they weren’t able to superimpose the images on the screen,” says keyboardist Mark Kelly. “That’s why some of the time you just see a plain blue or green screen.”

The ‘plot’ featured Fish joining a group of dark-suited office workers – possibly spies – gathered in a dim room to watch a woman give a presentation, in which footage of the band playing is accompanied by lines of computer-generated data, mainly describing the colour of the text that’s appearing

“What the fuck they were doing with all the computer-generated graphics and Jimmy Bond spy stuff, I have no idea,” says Kelly. “It was just rubbish.”

At one point, the woman finds herself trapped in the middle of screens showing separate performances by the each bandmember. There’s also a moment of high comedy on the set when a car is driven through one of the giant green screens.

“The stunt driver was, like, ‘Oh yeah, I can do that,’” says Kelly. “So he drives through this screen – then bounces through the warehouse and crashes into a wall on the other side of the room.”

Fish recalls: “The first time Ian Mosley saw the video for Assassing, he said, ‘What the fuck was that all about?’ I had to agree with him.”

Apocalyptica have revealed a new music piece, the song called “Upperhand” featuring guest vocals by Katrine Stenbekk of Kalandra. The song was originally created for the game ‘Control Resonant’.
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Interview by Angela Croudace The Dandy Warhols’ Zia McCabe has spent decades making music, but her latest creative chapter is taking her somewhere unexpected: immersive art. Returning to Australia in November, McCabe says the band’s relationship with Australian audiences remains special, saying “once Aussies decide they love you, they love you forever.” But alongside the […]

“The vibe feels honest and true to me. It’s uneasy and reminds me of recording in the earlier days.”

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Occasionally, an event comes along that produces absolutely zero hesitation in me before clicking that “buy tickets” button. Rarely, that event involves seven-plus hours of driving and a hotel stop along the way. Such is the power of the draw of this show. Dark Alchemy is the project of T.G. Edwards, aka TommyCreep, a modular … Continue reading Gig Review: Dark Alchemy VII – Aaron Stainthorpe / Dead Space Chamber Music / T.G. Edwards / Eldermother – St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol (19th September 2026)

DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring AWAP

Welcome to this weeks edition of Devil’s Island! Every week we maroon a band or artist on the island and see what they get up to, how they cope with being all alone on a small island in the middle of the ocean. It’s not your average desert island and we’ll see just how each person copes with the extreme conditions.

This week when we arrived at Devil’s Island we find AWAP sat on the beach. The island is far from their home, so how did they end up here and how did they cope with life on Devil’s Island?

Find out now…

Welcome to The Razors’e Edge and our somewhat lovely, warm desert island. Don’t worry about it’s name I’m sure it’s not as bad as that would suggest.

You’re marooned here on this island, but before you ended up shipwrecked you chose one album that you couldn’t live without. Which album did you each chose and why?

Dan: I’d have to say For Victory… by Bolt Thrower because it got me into death metal and who could get bored of that guitar tone?

Alex: Blue Sky Research by Taproot as there are tracks on there that have got me through some hard times.

Matt: Taking Back Sunday’s album Tell All Your Friends. Its catchy and cheesy and encapsulates the early 2000’s emo scene that I was too old to really enjoy even back then.

Aaron: The Gathering by Testament as it’s one of my favourite sounding records of all time and it’s an all around banger of a thrash album.

Rael: Clown Carousel by AWAP

There’s also a bar on this here island. But alas each of you only get to choose one drink for the entirety of your stay. What’s your tipple of choice?

Matt: White Monster as it has water, B12, Caffeine and electrolytes for all your desert island gym pump needs.

Aaron: Coffee to take the edge off the caffeine comedown from the white monster!

Dan: Got to be an old fashioned cocktail to enjoy in the sunshine.

Alex: A cheeky Amareto as a sweet treat after a fine meal of a band mate.

Your suitcases were lost when your ship sank, but you each managed to salvage one item of band merch. What’s the merch and for what band?

Aaron: A Converge long sleeve to get out of the sun.

Matt: My Suicidal Tendencies flip up cap to keep my bonce sun burn free and to continue looking rad!

Dan: My Sepultura Chaos A.D. tour t-shirt from 1993. Threadbare but great for the Robinson Crusoe look.

Alex: My ‘Everything goes back to normal button’ from Jake Morley, it doesn’t work but it makes me feel better.

Rael: Any merch by AWAP which can be found on our desert island bandcamp store!

You’re sat on the island thinking “I’m stuck here on this island with my bandmates for eternity”… who would you rather have been shipwrecked with?

Aaron: Literally anyone else.

Matt: My missus.

Dan: Matt’s missus.

Alex: I’d prefer to be alone please.

There’s a walkman in your pocket, on the tape inside is the recording of the one live show that stands out for you. It could be any show, from any band, anywhere in the world. What show is on that walkman?

Matt: The Cure, The Prayer Tour Wembley Arena 1989 I was there but don’t have a tape of it.

Aaron: Nine Inch Nails Live at The Eden Project 2022

Dan: Sepultura ‘Under Siege – Live in Barcelona 1991’

Alex: Coheed and Cambria – Neverender 2008

Rael: Clown Carousel live by AWAP at a show near you as soon as we get off this island!

You’re getting desperate, you decide the only course of action is to put a message in a bottle and hope someone finds it. Your message could be to any member of any band, but should be the most suitable for a rescue attempt. Who is it?

Aaron: Bruce Dickinson

Matt: Gary Numan

Dan: Amon Amarth so they can row over and get us

Alex: I’m not going to write a message just leave me here to be alone.

You’ve been stuck here a while and food supplies are running low. There’s only one thing for it… which fellow band member gets sacrificed to help the others survive?

All: Alex as he’s ginger so will already be suitably toasted by the tropical weather, plus we all know that bass players are expendable.

Alex: Fuck you, guys; I hope you choke!

Finally, when the ship sank you each managed to save one person from the wreckage. That person is the one musician that has influenced your career the most, shaped your way of thinking and your outlook on life. Who did you save?

Alex: Jake Morley

Matt: Ray Cappo from Youth of Today, Shelter and Better Than a Thousand.

Dan: Alex Hellid from Entombed

Aaron: Henry Rollins

Rael: All of AWAP so they can continue to spread their joyful brand of Thrash Punk

Thanks for your time. We hope you get back to dry land before you’re next due out on tour!

Thanks! We’re off for a nice swim and a meal of finely cooked bassist! We’ll save you some, don’t worry there’s plenty to go around.

P.S. Rael was on his own desert island holiday for this so we may have answered a few for him!

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On January 22nd 2027, French doom metal masters Monolithe will deliver their next full-length instalment dubbed Agalma. Featuring cover artwork of Maciej Kamuda, the band’s eleventh studio album encompasses 11 new tunes.
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