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Poppy has issued a statement on her absence onstage during her band's set at Upheaval Festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Continue reading…

Another weekend of hard rock, heavy metal and tattooing at the Ohio State Reformatory. See photos from all three days of Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. Continue reading…

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SAVATAGE: A THOUSAND TALES UNTOLD – The Early Years The definitive journey through Savatage’s history. A unique collector’s volume filled with rare photographs, previously unpublished […]

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Jack Osbourne shares his big 'ask' of fans in celebrating the one year anniversary of Ozzy's death. Continue reading…

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats have announced their seventh full-length album, Shapes Of Midnight, and unveiled its title track. The album, arriving later in 2026 on the band’s own Killer Candy Records, follows 2024’s Nell’ Ora Blu, the band’s synth-heavy soundtrack for an imaginary Giallo film. Shapes Of Midnight returns Uncle Acid to a guitar-forward sound while introducing new layers of melancholic pop, NWOBHM gallop, jazz-inflected arrangements and Krautrock-influenced synthesizer textures.

A concept album partly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque Of The Red Death,” Shapes Of Midnight weaves the anxieties of the modern world into a framework of eerie harmonies, twin-guitar interplay and the dense, downbeat heaviness that has defined the band’s catalog since the breakthrough of 2011’s Blood Lust. Founder and chief songwriter Kevin Starrs offered this about the band’s worldbuilding approach: “Our albums exist in an alternate universe to our own. They’re all stories that could happen here, but everything’s just a bit ‘off.’”

Shapes Of Midnight was recorded live to analog tape at Abbey Road Studios over three days with engineer Chris Bolster, whose previous credits include work with Phil Spector, Ozzy Osbourne and Paul McCartney. The sessions employed era-appropriate microphones — including vintage Neumann models previously used by The Beatles and Pink Floyd — as well as period-correct consoles and compression equipment. Mastering was handled by Grammy-nominated engineer Noel Summerville, whose catalogue spans The White Stripes, The Clash and My Bloody Valentine.

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Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats were formed in Cambridge in 2009 by Starrs as a solo project before evolving into a full band. Their catalog of psychedelic doom-influenced hard rock attracted wide critical attention with Blood Lust (2011) and its follow-up Mind Control (2013), both released through Rise Above Records. The band further cemented their cult status with The Night Creeper (2015) and Wasteland, before venturing into more atmospheric and experimental territory with Nell’ Ora Blu. A 2013 tour as sole support to Black Sabbath announced Uncle Acid to a wider heavy music audience. The current lineup is Starrs (vocals, lead guitar), George Hudson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jus Smith (bass), Jon Rice (drums) and Rachel Burnett (keys, vocals).

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Let us know which is the better classic metal album – Ozzy's 'Diary of a Madman' or Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid.' Continue reading…

Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett is best known as the founder and original guitarist and vocalist of Pink Floyd. He appeared on their first two albums but was forced out of the band due to problems with drugs and deteriorating mental health. Despite these struggles, Syd Barrett released two solo albums of original work, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett. Both albums were released in 1970. Neither album was particularly commercially successful, but they became cult classics in the following years. Unfortunately, Barrett’s struggles with mental illness caused him to leave the music industry entirely by the mid-seventies. Syd lived out the rest of

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A warning, a spell, and an act of devotion – the second single from Verbolgen arrives as a short film steeped in folk horror

Dark black metal duo HULDER have released “In Blood and In Earth,” the second single from their forthcoming album Verbolgen, set for release on August 7th, 2026 via 20 Buck Spin (North America) and Season of Mist (Europe). The track is accompanied by an official music video directed by Newfoundland filmmaker Justin Oakey, arriving as the final preview before the full record drops.

Running just over seven minutes, “In Blood and In Earth” is an act of communal rite set in motion by the landscape itself. The track builds from foreboding restraint into sweeping, storm-gathered momentum, as Hulder’s vocals call out an incantation before the full weight of the arrangement bears down. The song frames endurance and bloodshed not as tragedy but as covenant: a pact between flesh and earth that the living inherit from the ancient dead. The band describe it plainly: “This second offering from the forthcoming album stands as a warning and a spell. Speak these words as the land below bellows forewarning… Shall you fall upon your knees?“

“IN BLOOD AND IN EARTH” MUSIC VIDEO: 
https://youtu.be/vG5mJaPagic

Recorded between Elektric City Recording in Portland, Oregon and at various locations by the band, themselves, the album was mixed by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studios in Kemi, Finland and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki. It marks Hulder’s third full-length and the first to formally welcome Necreon as co-leader of the project: a status the duo’s creative process has long reflected in practice.

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Verbolgen was produced by Hulder, with both drum performances engineered in Portland, Oregon and Norway. Guitars, bass, and vocals were engineered by Necreon, with additional instrumentation engineered by Keld and Hulder. The album was mixed by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studios (Kemi, Finland) and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios (Helsinki, Finland). Cover artwork was painted by Morrigan, with logo design by Jannicke Wiese Hansen and photography by Liana Rakijian.

The music video for “In Blood and In Earth” was directed by Justin Oakey and produced by Black River Pictures. Of the project, Oakey says: “I am beyond honoured Hulder trusted me with putting together something for the new album. Inspired by folk horror, it follows a family clinging to an inhospitable landscape and slowly reveals a dark, sinister atmosphere. The colourist of the video Clinton Homuth introduced me to Hulder in 2019 with some of the early demos. The balance between the bucolic and raw sounds felt incredibly original while staying true to the roots. I reached out and we stayed in touch, finding ways to collaborate. It’s inspiring to see the new, creative directions Hulder and Necreon take with each release.“

Verbolgen Track-list:

1. Drie Raven (Intro) (2:18)
2. The Crowning (6:28)
3. Thy Binding Oath (5:38)
4. Verbolgen (4:01)
5. …And We Shall Sing (6:01)
6. In Blood and In Earth (7:09)
7. Den Nacht Zijn Lied (6:45)
8. View From Nemeton (5:23)
9. The Glow of Dawn (4:48)

Full runtime: 48:33

In support of the forthcoming release, HULDER will embark on a North American tour in August with DIMMU BORGIR, HYPOCRISY and SUFFOCATION. Tickets are available at: https://hulder-official.com/pages/shows.

HULDER North American Tour Dates:

Aug 7 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square
Aug 8 – Worcester, PA @ The Palladium
Aug 10 – Toronto, ON @ History
Aug 11 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
Aug 13 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Aug 14 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
Aug 15 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
Aug 18 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
Aug 21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
Aug 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo

Line-up:
Hulder – Voice, Electric Guitars, Keys, Acoustic Guitars
Necreon – Bass, Voice
Keld – Hurdy Gurdy, Electric Guitars, Keys (session)
Vapula – Drums (session)
Vrolok – Drums (session)

Follow HULDER:
Website: https://www.hulder-official.com
Bandcamp: https://hulder.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jTw0xPTe-9yYzXG3Tczpw
Nightshift Merch (US): https://www.nightshiftmerch.com/pages/hulder

Impericon Merch (EU): https://www.impericon.com/collections/hulder
Direct Merch: https://direct-merch.com/collections/hulder

Matt Zane: “Let’s be honest, there was no reason to pull the music off this track and change it. But by doing so they get some of the publishing. Personally, I would have left it as Wayne intended.”

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