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The guitarist mined the scholar Harry Smith’s LP collection, recording her takes on songs rooted in regions the United States has been in conflict with since 1970.

The 78-year-old Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono has been a vastly influential force for decades. After stints in the ’60s psych-rock band Apryl Fool and the folk-rock group Happy End, Hosono led Yellow Magic Orchestra, the electronic group that started in the late ’70s and had a vast impact on all sorts of futuristic music. As a solo artist and producer, Hosono has continued to explore an inspire. In recent years, he’s been sampled by Vampire Weekend and covered by Cornelius, Sam Gendel, and Mac DeMarco (more than once). Now, he’s releasing a new album through the American label Ghostly International.

The post Haruomi Hosono Announces New Album <em>Yours Sincerely</em> appeared first on Stereogum.

(written by Islander) In 2022 the Danish brutal death metal band Defilementory announced a change of name to Dysgnostic and revealed a dramatic change of musical identity through the release of their first album as Dysgnostic — Scar Echoes. It was presented by Transcending Obscurity Records under the banner of magnificently chilling cover art by […]

The post AN NCS PREMIERE: DYSGNOSTIC — “THE LAST REFRAIN” appeared first on NO CLEAN SINGING.

🔥 Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands? 🔥
And who will dominate next month as Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio?
Last month’s winners, ANTIPOPE , crushed the competition with a staggering  721,717 VOTES , claiming the title of Band of the Month on Metal Devastation Radio! You can check them out HERE !
This is the weekly championship edition of the Band Of The Month – Battle Of The Bands that we host every month on MDR!
How does it work?
Every Monday, we launch a new poll featuring bands that submit music each week on metaldevastationradio.com. Voting runs until Friday at 9PM EST .
Each Friday night , at the start of The Zach Moonshine Show , I’ll be spinning the Top Six weekly winners , and announcing the #1 band of the week live on air — getting thousands of listens on Mixcloud !
At the end of the month , all weekly votes are added up, and the band with the highest total votes becomes our Band of the Month !
Winning Band of the Month gets:
A featured post on our Facebook page, reaching thousands of fans
A front-page spotlight on metaldevastationradio.com , which pulls in hundreds of thousands of views every month
A free PR email blast from Metal Devastation PR, hitting 40,000+ contacts including labels, zines, stations, and more
Airplay every hour during general rotation
Tons of social media shares and exposure across our network
If you want the world to know who your band is, this is the easiest way to make it happen!
💥 Want in on the next battle?
Comment below with your band name and we’ll add you to next week’s poll — or email me at zach@metaldevastationradio.com with “Battle Submission” in the subject line.
Bands can compete as many times as they want , and if you enter multiple weeks in the same month, your votes combine toward the Band of the Month title!
👇 Click on the bands below to vote as many times as you like, or add your own! Poll closes Friday, May 22nd at 9PM EST!




Who Will Rise as This Week’s Champion on the MDR Battle Of The Bands?? 05/18/26 – 05/22/26

This promises to be a a reissue-heavy month, but some new releases stand out. Continue reading…

Mallory Hawk is about to drop her debut album. Hawk, who used to front the Brooklyn band Customer and has played in Trace Mountains and M(h)aol, is back today with news of Chinook, her first solo LP. It takes its title from the helicopters that used to provide a constant hum in the military town…

The post Mallory Hawk Announces Debut Album <em>Chinook</em>: Hear “Revolver” appeared first on Stereogum.

Maryland Deathfest kicks off this week and while I’m not putting a proper survival guide together this year I wanted a place to put some useful info all together for everyone. First up, find the official schedule of bands here: https://deathfests.com/set-times/

The official Maryland Deathfest Facebook group can be found here, which is a great place for official updates, to find people to buy/sell tickets (beware of scammers), or to find posts on people complaining about me shooting video at the fest.

You should be aware that starting Wednesday May 20th the three regular MDF photographers, Hillarie Jason, Aaron Pepelis and Josh Sisk, will have a photo exhibit of their MDF photos from past years displayed at Toki Underground, a Japanese restaurant/bar located at 2731 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD 21218 and it will be showing thru June 20th.

Also, the above mentioned MDF photographer Hillarie Jason will be selling just 100 copies of her photo book full of her shots from last year’s MDF XX at the official MDF merch booth.

There’s an unofficial meetup for people wanting to visit Baltimore’s world famous aquarium, which is walking distance from the festival itself. This is one of Baltimore biggest tourist attractions and is most known for the giant shark tank that has a spiral ramp you can walk down the middle of as sharks swim all around you. Details on this meetup are posted in the MDF Facebook group here but here’s the gist of it:
When: Friday, May 22nd at 11:30 AM sharp
Where to Meet: The ticketing booths directly in front of the National Aquarium
The Plan: We will have plenty of time to explore the exhibits and grab a bite before the first bands unleash hell at 3:30 PM.

Philly based tattoo artist Kirsten Flaherty, aka HellriderTattoo, will be tattooing at Transmission Tattoo at 1001 W 36th St A, Baltimore, MD 21211 all MDF weekend long. Shoot her a DM on Instagram here or email her at HellriderTattoo@Gmail.com to inquire about rates and availability during the fest. Below is some of her flash that she will have available but she’s open to other ideas as well.
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And finally below is an alphabetical list of all the bands playing (and the bands that have canceled) with what day/time/stage they will be appearing on. Remember the official Deathfest schedule linked at the top of this page is always the most correct version of the schedule but I wanted to make an easy place to look up bands by name to find out when they’re playing.

1914 (Ukraine) – Sat Nevermore Hall 12:10am – 1:00am (technically Sun morning)

Aberration – Sun Nevermore Hall 4:05 – 4:40

Acheron announces cancelation of all 2026 festival appearances

Aftermath – Sun Soundstage 7:15 – 7:50

Aisle19 – Sun Soundstage 3:05 – 3:30

Anatomia (Japan) Due to logistical issues with tour

…And Oceans (Finland) – Sun Nevermore Hall 10:50 – 11:40 (signing at 4:00)

Antichrist Siege Machine – Sun Nevermore Hall 8:50 – 9:35

Atavistic Decay – Sat Angel’s 10:40 – 11:10

Avernus – Thurs Nevermore Hall 8:05 – 8:50

Batushka (Poland) (the “real” version) – Sun Nevermore Hall 12:20am – 1:20am (technically Mon morning)

Black Lung – Thurs Nevermore Hall 5:00 – 5:35

Blood Red Throne (Norway) – Sun Power Plant Live 7:05 – 7:50 (signing at 3pm)

Bone Weapon – Fri Angel’s 10:40 – 11:10

Bongripper – Thurs Power Plant Live 7:15 – 8:00

Bongzilla – Thurs Nevermore Hall 11:45pm – 12:35am

Cancer (UK) Death Shall Rise set – Sun Market Place 4:40 – 5:30

Caveman Cult – Sun Market Place 3:30 – 4:10

Cemetery Moon – Sun Angel’s 11:45pm – 12:15am

Cephalic Carnage (Old school set – First 3 albums) – Sun Soundstage 12:45am – 1:30am (technically Mon morning)

Cephalotripsy – Thurs Soundstage 8:50 – 9:30

Cerebral Hemmorhage – Thurs Soundstage 4:30 – 5:05

Chaotian (Denmark) No longer on schedule

Condemned – Thurs Soundstage 7:20 – 8:00

The Crown (Sweden) – Fri Power Plant Live 11:10 – 12:00 (signing at 6:45)

Cryptic Shift (UK) Entire US tour canceled

Dead Void (Denmark) – Sat Soundstage 2:00 – 2:35

Death Angel performing Act III in its entirety – Sun Market Place 6:15 – 7:05

Der Weg einer Freiheit (Germany) – Fri Nevermore Hall 10:45 – 11:35 (signing at 6:45)

Desolus – Sat Angel’s 9:15 – 9:45

Destruction performing Infernal Overkill in its entirety – Sat Market Place 7:55 – 8:45

Diabolic Oath – Fri Soundstage 6:50 – 7:25

Dying Fetus first 3 albums set (Purification Through Violence, Killing on Adrenaline, Destroy the Opposition) – Sun Power Plant Live 11:10pm – 12:00am

Emasculator – Thurs Soundstage 5:40 – 6:25

Excrescence – Sun Soundstage 5:40 – 6:15

Gestation – Sat Soundstage 3:05 – 3:35

Glorious Depravity – Sat Angel’s 11:45pm – 12:15am

God Dethroned (Netherlands) – Fri Market Place 5:55 – 6:45 (signing at 3:15)

Grave (Sweden) – Old School Grave/Corpse set – Sun Market Place 7:55 – 8:45

Grave Infestation Canceled “due to extenuating circumstances”

Gudsforladt – Sun Angel’s 10:50 – 11:20

Havukruunu (Finland) – Sat Nevermore Hall 10:55 – 11:45 (signing at 7:00)

Hellbutcher (Sweden) – Sat Nevermore Hall 8:50 – 9:40 (signing at 3:00)

Hemorrhoid – Sun Soundstage 4:15 – 4:50

Houkago Grind Time (Andrew Lee of Ripped to Shreds) – Sun Soundstage 8:40 – 9:25

Jarhead Fertilizer – Sat Soundstage 8:15 – 8:50

Kontusion – Sun Soundstage 11:35pm – 12:20am

Kreator (Germany) performing songs from Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty, and Extreme Aggression – Sat Market Place 9:45 – 10:45

Laceration – Sat Power Plant Live 5:35 – 6:10

Lair of the Minotaur – Thurs Nevermore Hall 6:30 – 7:15

Left Cross – Fri Power Plant Live 6:50 – 7:35

Lividity – Fri Soundstage 12:00am to 12:50 am (technically this is Sat morning)

Lömsk (Sweden) – Fri Nevermore Hall 5:15 – 6:00

Macabre – Sat Power Plant Live 7:05 – 7:50

Mellow Harsher – Sat Soundstage 4:15 – 4:50

Melting Rot – Fri Soundstage 5:25 – 5:55

Miasmatic Necrosis – Sat Soundstage 10:45 – 11:15

Monstrosity – Prefest Nevermore Hall Weds 9:00 – 9:50

Morta Skuld – Sat Power Plant Live 10:50 – 11:25

Mortician – Sat Power Plant Live 8:50 – 9:35

Napalm Death – Prefest Nevermore Hall Weds 11:25pm – 12:25am

Necrofier – Fri Market Place 4:40 – 5:20

Novembers Doom – Thurs Power Plant Live 8:45 – 9:30

Old Man’s Child (Norway) – Fri Market Place 9:40 – 10:40

Oranssi Pazuzu (Finland) – Fri Nevermore Hall 12:15am – 1:15am (technically this is Sat morning)

Ordh – Fri Soundstage 4:20 – 4:50

Organ Dealer – Nevermore Hall Prefest Weds 6:45 – 7:20

Ossuary – Sat Soundstage 7:15 – 7:55

Pan-Amerikan Native Front – Fri Nevermore Hall 6:55 – 7:40

Pathology Due to a band member suffering an injury that will require extended physical therapy, Pathology are no longer able to perform at MDF 2026

Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard set – Sat Market Place 6:15 – 7:00

Poltergeist – Sat Nevermore Hall 5:35 – 6:10

Primitive Man – Nevermore Hall Prefest Weds 7:45 – 8:30

Putridity (Italy) – Thurs Soundstage 11:00 – 11:45

Repulsion – Nevermore Hall Prefest Weds 10:15 – 11:00

Rotten Sound (Finland) Murderworks and Exit set – Sat Soundstage 12:45am – 1:30am (technically Sun morning)

Rotting Christ (Greece) playing an old school set (1989-1995) – Fri Market Place 7:40 – 8:40

Rottrevore – Fri Soundstage 10:40 – 11:20

Rwake – Thurs Nevermore Hall 9:25 – 10:25

Sarcófago (Brazil) (performed by Gerald “Incubus” Minelli and the Laws) – Sun Market Place 9:45 – 10:45 (signing 5:30)

Sardonic Witchery – Sat Nevermore Hall 6:35 – 7:15

Sex Prisoner – Sun Soundstage 10:35 – 11:10

Shitstorm – Sat Soundstage 11:40pm – 12:15am

Sinister tribute set 2 members of Sinister couldn’t make it due to illness so lineup will be filled out by members of Maligancy – Sat Power Plant Live 11:45pm – 12:15am

Slimelord (UK) Entire US tour canceled

Soil of Ignorance (Canada) Not sure why they can’t play but it was announced here

Solitude Aeturnus – Thurs Power Plant Live 10:30 – 11:30

StarGazer (Australia) Due to personal circumstances, StarGazer have informed us that they are cancelling their appearance at MDF 2026

Terror Corpse – Sat Soundstage 5:35 – 6:10

Tithe – Fri Angel’s 11:30pm – 12:00am

To Violently Vomit (ex-Disgorge US) – Fri Soundstage 8:40 – 9:20

!T.O.O.H.! (Czech Republic) A member of had a personal matter arise that will prevent him from traveling to MDF next week, so they had to cancel

Tómarúm – Sun Angel’s 9:20 – 9:50

Torsofuck (Finland) – Thurs Soundstage 12:20am – 1:05am (technically Fri morning)

Torture Rack – Sat Market Place 2:25 – 3:05

Unmerciful – Sun Power Plant Live 5:35 – 6:15

Vio-Lence – Sun Power Plant Live 8:50 – 9:40

Warbringer – Sat Market Place 3:30 – 4:15

Wayfarer – Fri Nevermore Hall 8:45 – 9:25

Whiplash – Sat Market Place 4:40 – 5:30

Windhand Due to booking recording studio time at the same time

Witch Vomit – Fri Market Place 3:45 – 4:20

Withering Soul – Fri Angel’s 9:10 – 9:40

Woe – Sun Nevermore Hall 7:05 – 7:50

Wolfheart (Finland) – Fri Power Plant Live 8:45 – 9:35

Wrathprayer (Chile) – Sun Nevermore Hall 5:35 – 6:15

After breaking out in a huge way with Fugees’ The Score in 1996, Lauryn Hill took over the world with her 1998 solo debut The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, then never put out another studio album. Over the weekend, Hill joined in some discourse about why things played out that way.

The post Lauryn Hill Responds To Instagram Post About Why She Never Released Another Album appeared first on Stereogum.

The eventful US portion of Hayley Williams’ first-ever solo tour has come to a close. Over the past week, the Paramore singer wrapped up her Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party tour with three headline shows at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, bringing out a bunch of special guests: On Tuesday, she brought out Jay Som’s Melina Duterte for Jay Som’s “Past Lives,” Jack Antonoff for “Good Ol’ Days,” Rachel Brown (of opening act Water From Your Eyes) for “Discovery Channel,” and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino for “Parachute.”

The post Hayley Williams Wraps First US Tour With Jenny Lewis, Julien Baker, & American Football Duets appeared first on Stereogum.

Behemoth have teamed up with Massacre Records for the worldwide physical release of I, Scvlptor. The release will arrive on September 4, 2026, in several formats including CD, LP, cassette, and a limited-edition box set.

According to the announcement, I, Scvlptor contains eight previously unreleased tracks and stands as a separate body of work in the band’s catalog. Pre-orders will open on June 1, 2026, alongside the unveiling of the cover artwork and complete track listing.

Massacre Records label manager Thomas Hertler commented on the partnership, saying: “Behemoth are one of the most powerful and iconic forces in extreme metal, and we could not be more honored to bring I, Scvlptor to their fans on CD and vinyl worldwide. This is a landmark moment for our label, and we are fully committed to giving this release the presentation it deserves.”

Frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski also shared details about the upcoming release: “‘I, Scvlptor‘ is Behemoth‘s latest full-length release — an autonomous work that bridges our past with what is new and fresh. It features brand-new, previously unreleased tracks that embody the full force of our live energy, intensity, and the fire that has driven this band for decades. We also revisited our earliest material, reshaping it with a modern edge while preserving its ancient spirit. ‘I, Scvlptor‘ is equally a tribute to the artists and bands without whom Behemoth would never have existed. Get ready for 40 minutes of a sonic pilgrimage forged at the highest level!”.

Over the last two decades, Behemoth have continued expanding their reach far beyond the Polish underground scene where they began. The band has consistently pushed extreme metal forward while maintaining the intensity and vision that established them as one of the genre’s defining acts.

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