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Swish rockers China have released their breand new single ‘Bright Lights‘. Guitarist Freddy Scherer says – “The song was written during a studio jam between Claudio and myself. Like so many of our songs, there was no grand architecture or calculated design at the start; suddenly, the spark just strikes the rod, and there the […]

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Sionnul sink into a hazy, slow-motion drift on Unknown Location, an instrumental piece where trip hop textures and psychedelic rock atmosphere quietly dissolve into one another. Inspired by abandoned structures in Yorklyn, Delaware, the track carries the feeling of wandering through forgotten spaces while the outside world rushes by somewhere far away. Echoes of Silent Hill unease and Funkadelic-style looseness hover beneath the surface, giving the composition a dreamlike tension without breaking its calm pulse. Unknown Location feels less like a destination and more like a suspended state of mind, somewhere between memory, decay, and peaceful escape.

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There are bad musical moods, and then there’s Mylingar. Over the course of the last decade this group of anonymous Swedes has concocted the type of ill-meaning black/death that makes Diocletian seem like a Care Bear soundtrack. Third album Út is punishing, thoroughly antagonistic, and completely unwelcoming. It also kinda rules.

On paper, there is nothing particularly unique about Mylingar’s sound, but there’s something here that goes beyond. They play caustic, dissonant, heavily-blasted black/death metal that focuses as much on the polluted atmosphere as on things like identifiable riffs and motifs. Think Portal if they decided to play war metal, or perhaps Deathspell Omega gone death metal, or an artsy version of Blasphemy (as if). There’s nary a major chord in sight, and much of the album hammers and cuts at you with a unified cacophony that is quite frankly a little exhausting. But that’s where the vocals come in handy. Yes, the voice here is as venomous and evil as everything else, but it’s also extremely charismatic, bellowing and spitting and phlegm-ing all over the place but in a way that ought to elicit a nasty grin or two.

It helps immensely that Mylingar really knows how to pen a tune, and that, in spite of everything here being absolutely designed to annihilate everything in its path, Út still, well, rocks. The riffs and rhythms frequently churn, but it all churns as if the butter has gone rancid, been poisoned, and then been shat in by the town goblin. The drums blast, sometimes at hyperspeed levels, while providing plenty of ride cymbal flair and little details (the drumming really carry things). The guitars, indistinguishable as they sometimes are, push things into nightmare mode by refusing to provide any moments that are remotely comfortable, while the eased-off, open-picked moments sound positively nauseated, as if the sounds themselves are meant to make you sick. Such passages help to give Út the slightest sense of dynamics, but just the slightest.

That’s not to say things are never catchy, however, as Mylingar sneaks in some moments from the instruments that join the vocals to make Út, the tiniest, teensiest bit infectious. For example, “Blóð” features a fun, syncopated rhythm at one point that would probably get you dancing if everything around it wasn’t so polluted and bleak. “Af,” meanwhile, gets downright riffy in the this-can-be-air-guitared way, but quickly swaps out such moments for those noxious open-picked parts. Basically, Mylingar isn’t going to hit you over the head with hooks, but they’re still going to hook you.

The album also saves some of its strongest stuff for the end, with 11-minute closer “Neðan” perhaps the best track of the bunch. The song actually, almost shockingly begins in non-dissonant mode, but it doesn’t last long. Soon enough the song is doing its unholy churn, but with the sense that there’s some extra big, important, epic going on with these proceedings, as if it’s all a heightened version of everything that came before. Even the open-picked passages feel extra sickly and drunken, and “Neðan” reaches its bottom when it really slows the tempo in favor of ultimate nastiness. After that, all it can do is gradually build back to a fever pitch for the climax, in which the vocals absolutely lose their minds and the listener is left with nothing but a few minutes of unsettling sounds in which to reflect. Even here, at the very end, the band refuses to provide a real resolution.

Mylingar makes music for a very specific corner of mankind. Not only do you need to have a taste for this particular side of black/death metal, you also might need to have a taste for pain. Love Hollow Knight: Silksong but wish the soundtrack was all nasty war metal? Go for Mylingar. Have a habit of trying to match Sean Evans wing-for-wing as he quizzes celebrities on their favorite Blasphemophagher albums? Hit up Mylingar. Still, even with these tendencies, prepare for a little bit of a shock factor. Út will straight mess you up.

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Snailgun spiral headfirst into beautiful disorder on Labyrinth, a wiry post-punk fever dream packed with nervous energy and gloriously unhinged momentum. The Melbourne trio channel the twitchy chaos of acts like Viagra Boys and James Chance, throwing skronky sax blasts, jagged riffs, and manic rhythms into the same claustrophobic room. Yet beneath the mess sits a strangely addictive groove, giving the track a reckless sense of fun instead of collapse. Labyrinth feels like The Fall running on pure adrenaline, capturing the mindset of someone turning obsession into architecture somewhere deep beneath the house.

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Landroid blur the line between cosmic introspection and desert-bred melancholy on Autonomous, a slow-burning meditation on identity, inheritance, and emotional distance. Formed in the California High Desert by veteran musicians Cooper Gillespie and Greg Gordon, the duo channel the vastness of their surroundings into something deeply human and existential. The track unfolds with cinematic patience, pulling the listener into the mind of a man confronting the possibility that his life was shaped more by inherited patterns than personal choice. Heavy without becoming overwhelming, Autonomous feels like staring into open space while quietly reckoning with everything left unsaid.

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VILLANELLE are celebrating the arrival of their hotly anticipated debut EP with a delightfully introspective single.

With their first full body of work ‘Measly Means’ released today (May 06), it includes previously released tracks ‘Measly Means’, ‘Hinge’ and ‘Placebo’, as well as the shoegaze-infused ‘Opportunity Arising’.

Showcasing a slightly different side of the band’s 90s alt and grunge influences, it repackages all of the trio’s charm and charisma into something much more reflective. Moody and hauntingly beautiful in all the right places, it’s driven by a sweeping slide guitar, proving that the band have much more in their arsenal than just high intensity alt-rock bangers.

Speaking on the track, frontman Gene Gallagher has shared:

“’Opportunity Arising’ is one of my favourites as it shows a different side to our usual heavy riffs, branching out into a softer style of music which we love and plan to experiment further with in the future”

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With their debut EP now out in the world, VILLANELLE aren’t hitting the brakes any time soon.

The band have a whole load of upcoming live shows, check out a full list of those below.

MAY

15: BRIGHTON The Great Escape (Soundwaves at The Beach)
24: WARRINGTON Neighbourhood Weekender

JUNE

6: NEW YORK CITY Governor’s Ball
7: BOSTON, MA Sonia
9: TORONTO, ON The Garrison
10: DETROIT, MI The Shelter
12: TENNESSEE Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
13–14: WASHINGTON, DC Vans Warped Tour

JULY

8: SPAIN Mad Cool Festival
17: SPAIN Rockland
18–19: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Splendour Festival
25–26: LONG BEACH, CA Vans Warped Tour

AUGUST

1: CHICAGO, IL Lollapalooza
8: NEWQUAY Boardmasters Festival
30: SHEFFIELD Rock n Roll Circus

SEPTEMBER

19: ATLANTA, GA Shaky Knees Festival

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Deep Purple have announced the release of their new studio album Splat!, set for release on 3 July 2026 via earMUSIC. The album is described by frontman Ian Gillan as “music for the end of humanity (…but not as grim as it may seem)” and marks what the band call their heaviest album in many years.

With more than 120 million albums sold since forming in 1968, Deep Purple continue to build on one of the most influential legacies in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Rather than looking backwards, the band say Splat! captures the energy, dynamics and spirit that defined their classic early 1970s era.

“Where we are now with this incarnation of Deep Purple feels very much like a very ‘now’ version of Deep Purple as it was in the seventies,” Ian Gillan said.

The album reunites the band with acclaimed producer Bob Ezrin, whose previous work includes KISS, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed and Alice Cooper. According to Gillan, the new material recalls the feel of classic Deep Purple tracks such as Highway Star, Smoke On The Water and Lazy.

“I have to say, now we are very much back in with material that is compatible with Highway Star, Smoke On The Water, Lazy, the dynamics, the balance, and the fun of the music we made from ’69 to ’73,” Gillan said.

At the core of Splat! is a concept developed by Gillan, exploring the end of humanity not as destruction but as transformation beyond physical existence. More details surrounding the album concept are expected in the lead-up to release.

Deep Purple will support the album with an extensive 2026 touring schedule featuring 86 shows across 28 countries and three continents.

Splat! will be released in multiple formats, including CD, black vinyl, limited purple vinyl, transparent yellow vinyl, digital editions and a deluxe box set featuring exclusive live recordings and bonus material. Pre-orders are available from deeppurple.lnk.to/SPLAT.

Tour tickets are available from AEG Presents.

Deep Purple – Splat! – Tracklisting

1. Arrogant Boy
2. Diablo
3. The Rider
4. The Lunatic
5. The Only Horse In Town
6. Sacred Land
7. The Beating Of Wings
8. Guilt Trippin’
9. Scriblin’ Gib’rish
10. Jessica’s Bra
11. Third Call
12. My New Movie
13. Splat!

Deep Purple’s current line-up features Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Simon McBride.

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Yoah Johanne drifts gracefully through dream and memory on Hanabira, a delicate ambient folk piece inspired by childhood imagery and moments of stillness experienced in Kyoto. The Viborg-based songwriter keeps things beautifully restrained, letting soft acoustic guitar, airy electronics, and harp-like textures move with the patience of falling petals. There’s a quiet cinematic quality to the track, where each sound seems suspended in winter light, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Rather than building toward a climax, Hanabira invites surrender, unfolding slowly and tenderly like a half-remembered dream that refuses to disappear by morning.

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German heavy metal institution U.D.O. will embark on a European tour in early 2027 with the grand “Triple Anniversary Tour 2027,” celebrating three milestones at once: Udo Dirkschneider’s 75th birthday, 40 years of U.D.O., and the upcoming 20th studio album, set to be released in early 2027 via Reigning Phoenix Music. Following the success of… Continue Reading →