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Fire in the Mountains released the nearly complete line-up a few weeks ago for their 2026 iteration, set to run from July 23 to 26 in Cut Bank, Montana. The festival already had a strong ensemble with a 16 Horsepower reunion, Sigh, a rare Gallowsbraid set, Wayfarer, Enslaved, and Baroness, but the final additions shot it over the moon. Agalloch will perform Ashes in the Wake in full, and Abbath’s one-off side project with Ice Dale and Armagedda, I, will play their record Between Two Worlds for the second time ever live. This is all without the yet-announced surprise headliner, whom festival organizers have been tight-lipped about.
As exciting as this is, Fire in the Mountains’ appeal lays beyond its marquee acts. The picturesque location in Red Eagle Campground is a far cry from the corporate sponsored and ad-infested metagame of most festivals. The fantasy of going off grid into the woods and getting closer with nature, for whatever esoteric or incantatious purposes, is central to Fire in the Mountains. Organizers work closely with the Blackfeet Nation to build solidarity and community between festival goers and host populations. As their site states, “It’s the deliberate curation of music, art, education, food, social responsibility, and adventure with the intention to cultivate our intrinsic nature through the act of rewilding; that is, to reconnect and immerse oneself with the natural world, thus strengthening our ancestral roots.” Yes, every festival is a gathering of like-minded people and a chance to connect, but Fire in the Mountains is more intentional about what that community means.
And that community extends to the performers, some of whom come from indigenous populations or who may fly under the radar when names like Agalloch and Abbath are thrown around. However, they aren’t to be missed. Here are some of the lesser-known bands on the bill that you should check out.
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Yaotl Mictlan
The Salt Lake City-based trio Yaotl Mictlan (“Warriors from the land of the Dead” in Nahuatl) are interesting to compare and contrast with the rest of Fire in the Mountains. They have the same longevity as their peers higher up on the bill, yet retain more of black metal’s venom than, say, modern Enslaved or Borknagar. And while there are many permutations of black metal on the line-up, Yaotl Mictlan are the only ones heavily influenced by Mayan culture, going beyond lyrical themes and incorporating indigenous instruments and textures.
This manifests as equal parts pagan and atmospheric black metal that swaps Nordic overtures for Mayan ones, at least on their most recent album, Sagrada Tierra Del Jaguar (2020). It’s familiar but novel. That’s difficult to achieve for a genre as resistant and stubborn as black metal, but, ultimately, it’s what most search for. “Entre Lluvias Fuertes,” the first track from Sagrada Tierra Del Jaguar, serves a vertical slice for the group; it puffs its chest and marches to a war drum. On it, Yaolt Mictlan play tributes to the fallen heroes of Mexican history, summoning blood moons in their honor. The pre-Hispanic instruments largely replace synths as atmospheric flourishes and plant the band’s flag squarely in Mexico without disrupting black metal’s principles.
Yaotl Mictlan have a small discography, especially in light of their multi-decade career, but it’s diverse. Their current pagan black metal is much different from their debut, Guerreros de la Tierra de Los Muertos, which turns 20 this year. It’s the type of feral offering befitting a debut album, though the track “A Batalla Vamos” plants the seeds for their later style. Meanwhile, their sophomore record, Dentro Del Manto Gris de Chaac (2010), is somehow more depraved, raw, and melodic, as “Hun Hunapu” and “Gemeos Heroes” prove.
The high-batting average of Yaotl Mictlan’s output is enough to justify carving out time to see them at Fire in the Mountains, but they’re more fascinating when considered through a larger context. They show how black metal developed in different countries and offer an alternative to their viking metal contemporaries, showing what, for example, Enslaved could sound look like if the Norwegian group didn’t progress so much.
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Savage Oath
Savage Oath only have one album under their belt, but their personnel holds a pedigree higher than their place on the Fire in the Mountains schedule implies. They’re a supergroup of sorts, boasting some of the most impressive players in the US heavy metal scene. Brendan Radigan from Sumerlands (who are also appearing at the festival) and the last Pagan Altar album performs vocals, Leeland Campana from Visigoth (whose vocalist is set to perform as Gallowsbraid) provides guitar, and Phil Ross of Manilla Road and Ironsword is on bass. Likely, you know exactly what they sound like based on that information alone.
The group’s lone full-length release, Divine Battle, is identifiably power metal, jubilant and free of self-doubt. The shredding solo that opens the record’s great halls wipes away any pretense. It announces that Savage Oath are something of a respite for its members, a chance to perform as brightly as possible with the only limitation being that they have to kick ass. Fortunately, the troupe is practiced and talented enough that the proclivity for fun never gets in the way of itself or undercooks the songs. Every track has wings, flying to a high echelon befitting the epic imagery. As such, Savage Oath are perfect for the sweaty, bond-forming atmosphere of Fire in the Mountains.
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Galvanist
Galvanist aren’t traveling too far for Fire in the Mountains since they call Bozeman, Montana home. Unlike other acts from nearby who draw from Montana’s country roots, Galvanist pull from the overwhelming nothingness that is wide open space. Montana is the third least densely populated state, after all. The distance and scope between other humans, the mountains and fields, the pressure to create meaning out of countrysides that do not succumb to our morals, and how that impulse confronts our sense of control and reveals how poor it is, all things considered, are what Galvanist take from their home state and its swaths of open air.
Their genre of choice is doom metal, but Galvanist inject so many different subgenres that it’s both limiting and disingenuous to pin them to doom alone. Death, black, sludge, and post-metal all contort Galvanist’s atmosphere-first take on doom, and their songs are typically long enough to shuffle through each. I mean, their debut record Connection, which the band deems a demo even though it’s quite fleshed out, has only three tracks and runs for 40 minutes. From it, “Tears of Eros” provides the best overview of the band.
Connection dropped in 2022, and Galvanist are set to release their next album, The Silence Between the Stars, this month. The first single, “Hauntology,” is their most direct track yet, blending modern black metal (think of the artful and experimental strain that’s cropped up over the last decade) with doom metal and arresting drum work. It’s as if Galvanist learned how to speed up and condense Connection‘s dread while illuminating their explosive ticks. Fire in the Mountains is in no way short of doom this year, but Galvanist’s take is ideally suited for the festival’s isolated outdoor setting.
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Nocturne
There isn’t much available about Nocturne at the moment. Hailing from Tiwa, New Mexico, the trio formed in 2023 and have a single demo to their name. Excluding the first track (it’s an intro), they only have three songs. It’s then hard to determine much about them and how they’ll use their time at Fire in the Mountains. As it stands, Nocturne feeds the craving for raw black metal. They still sound like they’re in their infancy as Vengeance Demo plays exactly like you’d expect a demo to–ideas are sketched out, but few are expanded beyond their blueprint. That’s not necessarily a knock given how new Nocturne are. Vengeance Demo is then a document of them figuring themselves out.
Still, Nocturne contrast the high gloss and progressive leanings of the other present black metal bands. Cowboys, Malazan-lore scribes, viking elders, and psychedelic freaks will each appear at Red Eagle Campground, leaving a drought of rugged corpse paint music. Nocturne fill that void. What they’ve made available is noisy second-wave black metal worship that gets a decent amount of mileage out of that premise. They lean heavily on the atmosphere of feedback and fuzz, and the dynamic shifts on “DESOLATE” are interesting. This is to say, Nocturne have potential and a solid foundation. Given their commitment to corpse paint, blood, and blasphemy, they should be exciting live.
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Drug Church have answered your prayers. The post-hardcore favorites are back with “Pynch,” their first new music since 2024’s Prude, which was our Album Of The Week. “It’s as close as we’ve ever come to a love song,” frontman Patrick Kindlon says. “This one is about meeting someone who won’t allow you to be a loser…
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US-based progressive rock group Advent Horizon is set to return with a new studio album titled Falling Together. The follow-up to their critically acclaimed album 2023 release A Cell to Call Home will be released on May 15th, 2026, and is available for pre-order now here.
Falling Together is a record about holding your beliefs under a microscope, and determining whether they are truly yours, or whether they were planted there by others when you were young and impressionable. Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter Rylee McDonald explains, “I’ve spent the past decade re-examining my upbringing and realized many of the ‘truths’ I was taught were carefully shaped beliefs. While rooted in my own experience, it revealed how we still divide ourselves by religion, politics, and class — an enduring ‘us vs. them.’ Falling Together is my attempt to capture those reflections in song.”
To coincide with the announcement, the band is pleased to share the first single from the album, “Past Life Parable,” along with a full band performance video, which you can see now here:
McDonald on the track: “Stylistically, ‘Past Life Parable’ is a sort of bridge between our older music and the new direction that I’ve been wanting for some time to take this band in. It’s heavy at times, but it’s also a melody-driven rock song with an overall uplifting tone. The harmonized guitar/synth solo at the end is something I’m particularly proud of, and can’t wait to recreate live.”
Work on the new album traces back further than it might appear. Much of the material began taking shape during the sessions for A Cell To Call Home, when early ideas — including the expansive “In a Lone and Dreary World” — proved too large in scope to fit that record. Rather than force it into the previous release, the band set those songs aside and began shaping a follow-up built around the same musical DNA. By the time A Cell To Call Home arrived, roughly a third of the next album already existed, and the following year was spent refining and expanding it into a complete statement. The goal became clear: distill what makes the band distinct into something heavier, tighter, and more representative of their identity.
The writing ultimately unfolded in two distinct periods. Half of the material dates from 2018–2021, while the remainder was composed during the summer of 2024, when Rylee McDonald and drummer Mike Lofgreen spent Mondays working beside a remote mountain lake in northern Utah. The quiet surroundings and isolation shaped the tone of the newer material, with several key tracks emerging directly from those sessions.
Recording followed between January and May 2025 at Cold House Studios in Provo, Utah, co-produced by the band alongside engineer and mixer Zach Boorman. The album was mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Haken, Leprous, BTBAM) and its visual presentation was completed with artwork by Travis Smith (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Lamb of God, Mastadon), helping bring the project’s sound and atmosphere fully into focus.
“Falling Together” is available on CD and vinyl here
https://adventhorizon.bandcamp.com/
as well as on all streaming platforms.
1. In A Lone And Dreary World (19:03)
2. Faiths Window (5:20)
3. Patience (4:53)
4. Past Life Parable (5:03)
5. Gravity I (2:35)
6. Gravity II (4:49)
7. Animals (5:34)
ADVENT HORIZON is:
Rylee McDonald – Vocals, Guitars, Keys
Mike Lofgreen – Drums and Percussion
Cason Wood – Bass, Keys, Trombone
Grant Matheson – Guitar, Keys, Vocals
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The endlessly charming DJ, radio personality, and underground rap staple Lord Sear has passed away. As TMZ reports, Sear’s friends and collaborators, including Eminem, shared the news of his passing on Wednesday night. No cause of death has been reported. Sear was 53.
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All-star team-up alert! Or at least they’re stars if you have the good taste and decency to recognize them as such. Two prolific experimental musicians, American guitarist Bill Orcutt and Guatemalan cellist/vocalist Mabe Fratti, have joined forces for a new album called Almost Waking. That’s cool. That’s very cool. The album is coming in May,…
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Ozzy Matilda Osbourne is the newborn daughter of Jack Osbourne and Aree Gearhart, named in honor of Jack’s late father Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away in July 2025.
The Osbourne family just welcomed a new member — and the name carries powerful meaning.
Jack Osbourne and his wife Aree Gearhart have announced the birth of their daughter Ozzy Matilda Osbourne, a tribute to Jack’s legendary father Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away in July 2025.
For longtime fans of the Prince Of Darkness, the name immediately stands out as both symbolic and emotional — a new generation carrying forward the Osbourne legacy.
The couple revealed the birth through a joint Instagram post.
“Introducing Ozzy Matilda Osbourne,” the caption read alongside the announcement of their newborn daughter.
Ozzy Matilda was born March 5, weighing 7 pounds and 4 ounces.
She is the second child Jack shares with Gearhart. Their first daughter together, Maple Artemis Osbourne, was born in July 2022.
Jack is also a father to three daughters from his previous marriage to Lisa Stelly:
That makes Ozzy Matilda the fifth daughter in Jack’s growing family.
The timing of the birth adds a deeper emotional layer.
Jack revealed in a recent interview that his father knew about the pregnancy before he passed away, which helped bring a sense of hope during an extremely difficult time for the family.
“It’s awesome. We’re super-excited,” Jack said while discussing the pregnancy months earlier.
“It’s been partly a healthy distraction, partly healing — probably in that kind of full-cycle category in a weird way. It’s taken energy out of the grieving side of things and parked it in something hopeful.”
For the Osbournes, the arrival of a child named Ozzy feels like a symbolic passing of the torch — not musically, but emotionally.
Ozzy Osbourne passed away on July 22, 2025, leaving behind one of the most influential legacies in the history of heavy music.
The official death certificate revealed that the Black Sabbath icon died of a heart attack, with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease listed as contributing health conditions.
His death came only weeks after what would ultimately become his final live performance, closing a historic career that reshaped heavy metal forever.
For fans, Ozzy’s impact is impossible to measure.
From helping invent heavy metal with Black Sabbath to building a legendary solo career with albums like Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman, his influence stretches across generations of musicians.
Now, his name continues through a new generation of the Osbourne family.
For Jack Osbourne, the birth represents something deeply personal.
Losing a parent is one of the hardest moments anyone faces, but welcoming a child at the same time often shifts the emotional gravity.
Grief and hope tend to collide in strange ways during those moments.
Naming his daughter Ozzy doesn’t just honor a legendary rock icon. It also preserves the memory of a father, grandfather, and family figure whose personality and presence shaped an entire era of music culture.
And for fans who grew up watching the Osbourne family evolve from Black Sabbath legends to reality television icons, the moment feels strangely poetic.
The Prince Of Darkness may be gone — but the name lives on.
Who Is Ozzy Matilda Osbourne?
Ozzy Matilda Osbourne is the daughter of Jack Osbourne and Aree Gearhart, born March 5, 2026.
Why Did Jack Osbourne Name His Daughter Ozzy?
The baby was named in tribute to Jack’s father, Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away in July 2025.
How Many Children Does Jack Osbourne Have?
Jack Osbourne now has five daughters.
When Did Ozzy Osbourne Pass Away?
Ozzy Osbourne died July 22, 2025.
Ozzy Osbourne is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in heavy metal history. Rising to global fame as the frontman of Black Sabbath in the early 1970s, he helped create the blueprint for heavy metal music. After leaving Sabbath, Ozzy launched a hugely successful solo career with classic albums like Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman, and No More Tears. Known as the “Prince Of Darkness,” Osbourne became a cultural icon whose influence extended far beyond music through television, festivals like Ozzfest, and decades of touring.
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Noise rock trio Unsane have announced a super special run of tour dates for later this year and fans of their recently reissued album Occupational Hazard may not want to miss it.
Set to kick off on September 4 in San Antonio, Texas, the tour will feature Unsane playing the entirety of the aforementioned 1998 album. They’re going to do so because it recently received its first-ever reissue.
The entire 32-date run of shows will eventually come to an end on October 10 in Austin, Texas. Other stops along the way include Denver, Tucson, Seattle, Chicago, and a whole buncha dates in Canada. Folks out in Saskatoon and Winnepeg, get hyped.
You can check out the full list of tour dates below and plan out when you’ll be catching Unsane live.
Unsane Tour Dates
09/04 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger Small Room
09/05 Dallas, TX @ Dusty’s
09/07 Louisville, KY @ Portal
09/08 St. Louis, MO @Off Broadway Night Club
09/09 Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
09/10 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
09/11 Denver, CO @ HQ
09/12 Laramie, WY @ Cowboy Bar
09/14 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
09/15 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
09/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
09/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
09/18 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/19 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
09/20 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
09/22 Calgary, AB @ Palomino
09/23 Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat Tavern
09/24 Winnipeg, MB @ Times Changed club
09/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
09/26 Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
09/27 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
09/29 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
09/30 Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz
10/01 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
10/02 Troy, NY @ No Fun
10/03 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/04 Washington, DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse
10/06 Atlanta, GA @ EARL
10/07 Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn
10/08 New Orleans, LA @ Santos Bar
10/09 Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs Stage
10/10 Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge
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Trent Reznor stops show to address violent concertgoers during last Friday’s Desert Diamond Arena gig.
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