Another week, another flood of new sounds hitting from every corner of the underground. Hardcore, screamo, punk, metal, and all the twisted blends in between—there’s plenty to chew on. Scroll through, hit the jump links, and find what fits your current state of mind.
⤵ Hardcore / Metalcore, ⤵ Screamo / Post Hardcore, ⤵ Post Rock / Post Metal, ⤵ Punk Rock, ⤵ Metal, ⤵ Rock, ⤵ Experimental / Other.
⤵ Hardcore / Metalcore
DAZE quietly pushed out the new BIG BOY EP Love Songs, landing officially tomorrow but already streaming on Bandcamp, a five-track hit of heavy West Coast swagger that jumps from their usual pit-builder pace into a curveball closer, “Other Side Of The River.” It’s the first release from the San Jose crew with an actual title after years of promo tapes, and it shows up with the kind of confidence you’d expect from a band sharing DNA with Sunami and Hands Of God, clocking in at just minutes.
PUSH! drop their new single “Right Through” featuring Who I Am, a tight, bruising dose of Lisbon-born hardcore built on street grit, metallic bite, and that familiar old-school swing. The track lands as the band push toward their upcoming full-length Plowing Ahead, due late 2025, sharpening their mix of MADBALL-style toughness, TERROR-driven urgency, and the raw honesty that’s earned them a loyal crowd across Europe.
PILLAGED have released their No Mercy Left demo through Indecision Records. It’s a three-track burst of Denver hardcore built on fast, bouncy rhythms and blunt aggression, landing close to the early TRAPPED UNDER ICE energy.
Sydney hardcore band CURSES have released their new EP Born From Pain via Kingpin Melbourne Records. The six-track beast includes Chess Not Checkers, Phenomena Pt. II, Snake, Burn, Ronin, and the title track Born From Pain.
Florida hardcore band KILL YOU have unleashed their new single American Dream, an independently released blast of pure aggression. Clocking in short, fast, and heavy, the track channels the intensity of classic acts like BURIED ALIVE and STRIFE while keeping its focus sharp and furious.
Oslo’s FERAL NATURE have unveiled “Oath,” the first single from their upcoming EP. The track features guest vocals from Rikke Emilie List of Konvent alongside members of Gloombound and Villmark. Written, as vocalist Selma Bahner puts it, “for our grandmothers, for our mothers and for our sisters,” the song stands as an ode to womanhood and a vow to remember the pain and strength of those who came before.
PETALPUSHER have released Result Of a Cycle Unbroken, a three-track follow-up to For Who We Used To Be that the band describes as a direct push toward “real growth.” Justin says they took everything they liked about the first EP and pushed it further, cutting anything that felt like settling and focusing on a heavier, more intentional atmosphere. Tyler’s lyrics lock into themes of anger, resentment, and long-running family fractures, keeping a consistent thread across all tracks. See our full piece at this location.
CIRCLE JERKS will hit the road next spring for a run of U.S. dates joined by GORILLA BISCUITS and NEGATIVE APPROACH on most shows. The hardcore veterans will kick off the tour in Ohio on March 27 and make stops across the Northeast, including Philadelphia, Albany, and Boston, before wrapping up in Portland, Maine on April 11.
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DEAF CLUB have pulled their entire catalog from Spotify, joining SWING KIDS in protest against the platform. In a statement shared through Three One G, the band issued a pointed list of demands — fair pay, accountability, ethical investment, diversity, culture, and transparency among them — ending with a blunt “Fuck Spotify.”
Fans can still catch the band live on their West Coast run supporting We Demand a Permanent State of Happiness, with MELT BANANA joining select dates in California from November 12–16.
BOOKIE have released their debut full-length So what good does living do me?, a self-issued nine-track record blending mid-tempo sludgy hardcore with faster beatdown and classic New York hardcore touches. The Brooklyn trio — Gavin Hughes, Niko Hasapopoulos, and Scott Chupp — recorded with Jack Lynch at Pottawatomie Creek, with mixing and mastering handled by Hasapopoulos.
GREAT AMERICAN GHOST drop their new single “Scars”, a sharp, hostile cut that leans into the band’s metal/hardcore bite while setting the tone for their upcoming Tragedy Of The Commons tour. Hitting venues across the U.S. from early November through mid-December with WRISTMEETRAZOR, DOWNSWING, and SALTWOUND, the run pushes straight through clubs, basements, and bars from Long Island to Albany — a full-scale grind that matches the energy of the track.
“‘Scars’ was the heaviest song we recorded during the Tragedy of The Commons sessions,” says Harrison. “When we looked back at everything we’d made, this one stood out — it had a different kind of energy, something we knew people needed to hear, but in its own space. Releasing it separately feels right; it gives the song the weight and focus it deserves. This is the angriest side of the Tragedy of The Commons era. Prepare yourself.”
BANE and ROTTING OUT are teaming up for a West Coast run this January, dropping a classic hardcore double-shot across ten dates from San Diego to Englewood. The tour kicks off January 16th at Soma Sidestage and hits Los Angeles, Mesa, Vegas, San Jose, Portland (for two nights), Seattle, and finally Colorado’s Gothic Theatre on the 31st.
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LIFE CYCLES have dropped a new single and video, The End Still Awaits, via 1126 Records, pushing their Texas crossover blend of thrash and hardcore into darker, sharper territory. The track opens with eerie clean melodies before locking into Slayer-leaning speed, Pantera grit, and a full hardcore crash, while drummer Xavier Rios frames the lyrics as a look at self-sabotage and looping destructive thoughts. The band will take the new material on a massive early-2026 European run with SYLOSIS, REVOCATION, and DISTANT, hitting Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the UK, and Ireland.
Southern California’s AUDITORY ANGUISH are dropping their new EP AFA tomorrow through Creator-Destructor, but they’ve already put the whole thing up to stream — a move that fits the vibe of a band that doesn’t really care about pacing themselves. The record pushes their death-metal/metalcore hybrid into a heavier, more pointed zone, shaped at The Pit by Taylor Young, who also jumps in on vocals for “Unrelenting Blade,” with members of Tzompantli showing up on “Tierra Santa.” It’s the tightest thing they’ve released so far, leaning into that Xibalba-meets-Cannibal-Corpse grind while leaving enough room for the Deftones-style atmosphere they’ve been flirting with.
Vinyl lands November 14, and they’ll celebrate with a release show on November 28 in San Fernando before heading to Bakersfield for a toy-drive gig in December.
CEREMONY revealed a surprise collab merch drop with TOUCHÉ AMORÉ at their Pappy & Harriet’s show last weekend, selling out before many fans could reach the table. Due to the flood of messages afterward, the full “CEREMORÉ” line was made available online for one night only, with no future reprints planned. The Pioneertown appearance closed CEREMONY’s 2025 run, and the band now shifts focus to early 2026, returning for HOMESICK at San Francisco’s August Hall on January 31 and The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo on February 1.
NUCLEAR DUDES just let Skeletal Blasphemy rip over at MetalSucks, streaming the whole record ahead of Friday’s drop through The Ghost Is Clear Records.
The electro-powerviolence project helmed by Jon Weisnewski pulls in Coady Willis of MELVINS/HIGH ON FIRE for a full drum assault, turning what started as a pandemic experiment into a wired, futuristic grind-synth hybrid that somehow feels both feral and intentional. Mixed by Matt Bayles and mastered by Ed Brooks, the LP lands only weeks after their last blast and arrives on limited vinyl, pushing the duo’s chaotic, clever collision of metal, noise, and new wave into its sharpest form yet.
A fresh batch of hardcore footage just landed on HATE5SIX,. New uploads include sets from Ghostlike (June 6, 2025), HIRS at the Punks For Palestine 2025 gig, Risk tearing through an August Chicago show, and Onelinedrawing from Hellphyra 2025. You also get American Nightmare, Shattered Realm, Sanguisugabogg, and Exit Strategy, all taped at Tied Down or TIHC.
New hardcore uploads just landed from FEET FIRST PRODUCTIONS, all filmed at SWB IV (11.08.25). Fresh sets include QUEENSWAY, NEVER AGAIN, FIRE IN THE BLOOD, THE PEACE CORPS, ALL 4 ALL, KINGDOM AD, EARTH TO HEAVEN, and MADMAN — tight-room energy, floor pile-ons, and the usual Wilkes-Barre chaos captured clean.
OMOIYARI’s new single “Hollow Faces” pushes deeper into the project’s ongoing themes of identity, illness, and digital pressure, trading the explosive edge of earlier tracks for something sharper and more exhaled.
El Tyler treats the song as a cathartic purge, speaking plainly about psychotic conditions, stigma, and the pull to hide behind genre expectations, turning the track into a study of honesty rather than posture. Go here to see our full feature on Omoiyari!
RAW BRIGADE have dropped their new album 100% on Flatspot Records, delivering eleven tracks in both English and Spanish that channel the band’s straight edge identity, Colombian roots, and NYHC influence, alongside a new documentary outlining their history and impact, released just ahead of their December US tour with AGNOSTIC FRONT.
Bound By Modern Age Records unearths a long-forgotten late-’90s artifact with the reissue of SOLUTION 151’s In These Dark Times The Eye Begins To See — a militant vegan straight-edge EP originally recorded in 1999 by members of WITHDRAWN and now remastered for its first physical release. Four tracks of abrasive ’90s metalcore delivered with raw urgency, available digitally now with pre-orders for vinyl and tapes opening November 28.
Bound By Modern Age Records also drops another archival strike with the reissue of WITHDRAWN’s Seeds of Inhumanity — the band’s 1999 debut, newly remastered and finally on vinyl for the first time. A cornerstone of UK vegan straight-edge metalcore, the album captures WITHDRAWN at full intensity, now expanded with a lost bonus track unearthed from the original sessions.
Finnish powerviolence crew HARMER just dropped Porco Dio, a three-track blast of grinding abrasion straight out of Tampere, tightening their formula into six minutes of pure rupture while their listener base keeps spreading from Helsinki to Mexico City.
LDB Fest just dropped the 2026 lineup, bringing SAVES THE DAY, TERROR, ALL OUT WAR, ON BROKEN WINGS, GRIDIRON, DIVISION OF MIND, BIG BOY, FINAL RESTING PLACE and a stacked list of newer heavies back to Louisville on February 27–28. The fest moves into a re-worked Mellwood layout with fewer tickets and a new side-room flea market for records, art, and vendors.
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BLEEDING THROUGH have launched pre-orders for the 20th anniversary pressing of The Truth, a double 12″ gatefold vinyl packing two bonus studio cuts, three covers, and a full 2007 San Diego Sports Arena live set, with variants capped at 100/300/600 and the first 300 buyers getting a numbered enamel pin; the band will perform The Truth in full on November 29 at House of Blues Anaheim with STICK TO YOUR GUNS and THE WARRIORS.
TREBLE just dropped a new Smash It Up column rounding up eight standout punk albums from Fall 2025, spotlighting everything from the treble-burned hardcore of ACID CASUALTIES and the dub-shaded post-punk return of BLACK EYES to the power-pop sprint of DARK THOUGHTS, the politically charged blast from HARAM, the synth-punk surge of HOME FRONT, the analog minimal wave of OPTIC SINK, the ’60s-soaked garage grime of THE OUT-SECT, and the hypercaffeinated chaos of SNOOPER.
SHATTERED REALM and DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR are teaming up for the Street Brutality tour in January. The poster lists a run of U.S. dates from January 16 through February 1, hitting New York, Norfolk, Columbia, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Jacksonville, Nashville, Atlanta, Raleigh, Dublin, Evansville, Danville, Pittsburgh, Albany, Providence, and Baltimore.
The announcement frames it as the return of Street Brutality, with the tour moving through small rooms, skateparks, VFW halls, and DIY spaces.
Street Brutality with ⚔️ Shattered Realm ⚔️ and Death Before Dishonor in January! pic.twitter.com/6pVxBNsB0I
— Trustkill (@Trustkill) November 14, 2025
BETTER LOVERS mark the one-year anniversary of Highly Irresponsible with a deluxe edition out now via SharpTone, adding two new tracks — “The Impossible End” and “Don’t Forget To Say Please.” The expanded version lands as the band hits the road again, including a Warped Tour Orlando stop and their Blissmas ’25 event in Buffalo alongside Glassjaw, Saves The Day, Terror, and more. Vinyl and streaming links are live.
Pro tip: visit the ⤵ Experimental / Other section for some exciting post-REFUSED news!
⤵ Screamo / Post Hardcore
Raw emoviolent skramz, noise punk, melodic emo MySpace stuff, but also rockish 90s post hardcore.
Also, be sure to visit ⤵ Rock section, it’s full of post hardcore and emo infused sounds, too!
Japanese screamo band SANS VISAGE have released their new EP drowned / resistance digitally on November 15, 2025. It’s a five-track set running just over 16 minutes, out via Asian Gothic Label. Physical formats follow: CD on December 10, vinyl in early 2026 through Dog Knights, and tape later via BSDJ Label and Zegema Beach.
The band also announced a Japan tour with BLIND GIRLS starting at the end of the month, with early CD copies available at the shows. The artwork is by Anandhika Primawan.
DEATH OF YOUTH have announced their new full-length Nothing Is The Same Anymore, with pre-orders now live through Sell The Heart Records. The London-based melodic hardcore/emo band — originally Rob David’s solo project, later expanded into a full lineup in 2024 — continue their blend of emotionally charged hardcore, skramz-leaning intensity, and socially aware lyricism. Influences trace to Touché Amoré, Departures, and La Dispute.
The album arrives February 10, 2026, with a vinyl edition shipping February 16. It’s a co-release with Engineer Records, Cat’s Claw Records, Remorse Records, Dancing Rabbit Records, and Vina Records.
MONDRARY, a post-hardcore band from Harford County, Maryland, have dropped a new single called “Act of Desperation”. It’s their second advance track ahead of their debut full-length No Better Than Man, which arrives November 22. The rollout started with “Deliverance” on November 8.
It’s a blend of clean, intricate passages and chaotic 90s-style emo/post-hardcore energy shaped by acts like Saetia and Jerome’s Dream. The album was recorded at Magpie Cage, mastered by Plotkinworks, and engineered/mixed by Matt Redenbo and Cal Mumm. The artwork comes from Moldybagelll.
INOSUKE return with Allomancer, a concept-driven EP rooted in the Mistborn universe but aimed at real-world fractures. We premiered a special feature on this amazing offering here.
Catalonia’s NOMÉS TOT return with Cicles Caduquen, a nine-track burst of harsh-but-melodic post-hardcore shaped by forest moods, ’90s/’00s energy, and a raw push for honesty.
The duo blends echoes of VIVA BELGRADO, TURNSTILE, REFUSED, TIGERS JAW, SAÏM, and even flamenco and singer-songwriter influences, building a full-cycle record meant to be heard front to back. Very diverse, highly recommended.
Screamo outfit CASSUS break their silence with “As a Person,” a jagged, slow-building single that folds their Norwich-rooted chaos into a colder, more restrained atmosphere, driving to a chaotic resolution, stretching tension across three minutes of scraped nerves and emotional drift in their unique style. Long time no see, guys!
HETTA have dropped their new single Caught Again, released via Lovers & Lollypops. The track arrives ahead of their debut full-length Acetate, due out November 21 and now available for pre-order. Earlier this year, the band shared Plainclothes Man as the record’s first single, with production by André Isidro and mastering by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden.
FRAGILE drop their debut album Big Big Smile, a sharper, brighter push forward from the French post-hardcore outfit after two years of constant touring. The record leans into urgency and melody—vocals flashing shades of Touché Amoré, guitars brushing Basement and Militarie Gun—while tracks like A Reason Why tap into that early-2000s UK rock haze.
Recorded at home in Angers with Camille Belin and polished by Jay Maas, the album carries a mood that’s tense but hopeful, built on paranoia, resilience, and all the road miles behind it. Guest vocals from Adé add a soft counterweight, and the band’s influences stretch beyond music—Hopper, Cohen, Loach—giving the whole release a quiet emotional weight under its punch. Tour dates run through Belgium and France from November into December.
Iodine Recordings has announced the 30th anniversary edition of Manic Compression, restoring the landmark 1995 post-hardcore album from QUICKSAND for a new run on vinyl. Remastered from the original master tapes by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, the reissue arrives January 30, 2026, featuring expanded artwork reconstructed from Melinda Beck’s archival sketches and several limited vinyl variants.
The label is also issuing a 64-page hardcover companion book with previously unseen photos, original art, posters from the 1994–95 era, and tributes from members of bands spanning Knocked Loose to At the Drive-In. The package highlights the record’s long arc of influence, from its NYHC foundations to its crossover impact on alternative rock in the mid-90s.
ACTOR OBSERVER drop a new three-track release titled An Exercise in Futility, a bleak and slow-burning snapshot of the Boston band’s post-hardcore intensity, pairing sprawling emotional weight with the sharpened edge they’ve carried since Songs for the Newly Reclusive.
The single arrives as the band continues to build momentum off festival appearances at Boston Calling, tours with HE IS LEGEND, and their steady rise through New England’s hardcore landscape, reinforcing their shift toward darker, more reflective storytelling rooted in gentrification, toxic masculinity, and generational trauma.
Chicago’s REC LEAGUE have released their debut single “Kerosene.” The track centers on change—burning away the old self and the world around it in search of some kind of peace.
SORRY STATE RECORDS rolls out a heavy batch of new releases this week, led by fresh 7” EPs from LAUGHING CORPSE and DE()T, plus the arrival of PSICO GALERA’s Memorie Di Occhi Grigi LP.
Roachleg follows with four new titles including RIGOROUS INSTITUTION’s Tormentor, while La Vida Es Un Mus opens pre-orders for INDUSTRY’s new album. Sealed Records launches a major pre-order for Paul May’s nearly 500-page UK punk photography book Shot from Both Sides, and new EPs from House Arrest, Split System, Abism, and K9 round out a packed release week. Recent top sellers include the new RIGOROUS INSTITUTION 12” and Paul May’s book, both moving fast across the distro.
The new fall split unites three Midwest screamo forces — INWARD HEAL, STARSFADINGOUTQUIETLY, and MIDDLING — each delivering short, raw, emotionally cut-open tracks that lean into emoviolence, lo-fi intensity, and that unmistakable Bloomington/Indianapolis grain, underscoring why this corner of the scene keeps pulling global listeners into its orbit.
FUGAZI just dropped a newly available archive release from their live series: Fugazi Live at First Avenue, Minneapolis MN, USA 10/15/95 (FLS0736). It’s a full 28-track recording from their 1995 First Avenue set — sharp, raw, and pulled straight from the era when the band was firing on all cylinders.
⤵ Post Rock / Post Metal
Norwegian prog/post-metal unit MONOGRAF just put their new record Occultation up for a full stream at Decibel Magazine, dropping all five tracks in one long, moody sweep. Decibel tags it as a ride that shifts from “crushing doom to acoustic folk touches,” leaning hard on loud-quiet swings. The band keeps it blunt about where the album comes from, saying it’s been “marinating in the darkness of our time, sucking up the self-destructive patterns and hypocrisy that dominates our society” and throwing it back as art shaped by metal roots, Scandinavian folk, and film-score instincts.
A hybrid post-metal/prog/metalcore machine MONOSPHERE drop a new cut called “Nadir,” built on looping motifs and those shifting, restless structures they’ve been leaning into since the double hit “Lapse.” The track swings from thick, groove-first sections into sharp black-metal blasts before sliding into a melodic metalcore closer, with Jei Doublerice of Despite Exile cutting in as a guest voice.
URSTAAT have released their new album Autophagia. It’s a huge post-metal/sludge piece built on heavy groove, mechanical tension, and shifting dynamics. The album’s theme: a world consuming itself and the idea of autophagia as a metaphor for state power, fear, and internal decay.
THISTLE SIFTER opens the path toward “Forever The Optimist” with “One Fleeting Glance,” a single shaped by the aftermath of Pete Barnes’ 2020 cycling accident and the long reset that followed, tracing recovery, disconnection, and the slow work of acceptance without dramatizing the impact. See our full feature and official premiere here.
TIDES FROM NEBULA have released a full live-session performance of Aura, captured in-studio with the band’s signature widescreen dynamics pushed to their limit. The session coincides with a special 2025 edition of Aura, limited to 500 hand-numbered vinyl copies. Shot and produced at Nebula Studio, the video highlights the group’s cinematic post-rock sweep in a raw, controlled environment—tight lighting, careful engineering, and a performance that leans entirely on atmosphere and precision.
THE FINCH CYCLE have released a new collaboration with CHAMPION MOTORIST, extending the project’s post-rock roots and the emotive indie touch that shaped their 2024 debut Mt. Pilot, with the band currently writing material for album two and exploring more side projects under the Key Control Recordings banner.
⤵ Punk Rock
Punk, Pop Punk, Folk Punk, raw, fast, melodic, and more.
WAR ON WOMEN have signed to Smartpunk Records and unveiled their first new track in five years, “Precious Problem.” The single dives into the realities of intimate partner violence, addiction, and accountability. Vocalist Shawna Potter describes it as a reflection on how substance abuse can intersect with abuse, emphasizing empathy without absolution: “That struggle does not excuse anyone from being violent.” The song channels the band’s trademark urgency—personal, political, and unflinching—as they gear up for a new album in 2026 and a U.S. tour alongside THE DIRTY NIL.
Boston punk originals LA PESTE are finally getting their due with I Don’t Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976–1979 Vol. 1, a new compilation landing April 17 via Wharf Cat. The release gathers long-lost studio and loft recordings, including sessions with The Cars’ Ric Ocasek, who produced the title track now resurfacing with a new video. Frontman Peter Dayton recalls the early chaos with a grin: “We didn’t really know right from wrong when we formed La Peste… The song had two chords, which made it amazing for its utter simplicity.” Raw, repetitive, and restless—the sound of Boston figuring out what punk even was.
Berlin’s anarcho-punk unit INDUSTRY have dropped their new S/T LP through La Vida Es Un Mus, delivering ten tracks built on heavy toms, churning mid-paced riffs, and bleak political focus that echoes Amebix and early Killing Joke without falling into retro replication.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tobi Lill, the album doubles down on the band’s stripped-back, repetitive groove and sharp lyrical criticism—violence against the vulnerable, colonial fallout, systemic decay—framed with the precision that made their 2024 debut a breakout in the European DIY circuit. The record is available now on Bandcamp with vinyl editions shipping immediately, ahead of shows in Barcelona, a European run starting November 19 in Amsterdam, and a London date at New River Studios on November 30.
TRASH BOAT fire off “Get By Then Die,” a sharp, hook-driven shot of alt-rock frustration that leans into the band’s chaotic, genre-fluid edge, somewhere between punk rock and melodic hardcore. Dropping as the first piece of their upcoming EP Even If I Never Get There (out January 30), the single arrives with a lyric video and lands right in the middle of their renewed momentum—fresh off high-profile collabs, global touring, and a continued push beyond the boundaries that once boxed them in.
Raleigh’s own DE()T just dropped Welcome to the Idiot Factory through Sorry State Records — four cuts of synth-laced punk that hit somewhere between burnout reflection and midlife fury. Colin Swanson-White drifts from cold detachment to full-throated screams while the rest of the band drives hard, tight, and unpredictable. It’s sharp, bitter, and wired—music for anyone who’s realized adulthood didn’t come with a manual.
ANTILLECTUAL have just released their first-ever Dutch-language EP, Antillectueel, a sharp political statement aimed straight at the heart of their country’s current climate. The record tackles local manifestations of global issues—rising right-wing populism, tax evasion, farmers’ protests, and cultural division—through a mix of biting punk, satire, and social commentary.
THE MENDOZAZ return with The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada, an eight-song concept EP out now on Cartridge Heart. Built on fast, satirical storytelling and 90s-leaning hooks, the Toronto trio push their usual humor into sharper territory, with tracks like “A Piercing Shriek of Death,” “An American Werewolf in London, Ontario,” and “Late Stage 12 Gauge” leading the release.
ONDT BLOD break a seven-year silence with AUX, a blunt return that drops November 14 ahead of the new album Bauta arriving March 13 via Playground Music. Formed in 2013 in Kirkenes, the band has always tied its hardcore-meets-melodic sound to Northern Norwegian language, Sami pride, and the cultural distance from everything south of Saltfjellet, and the new single sticks to that stance. We premiered the video here.
HIKE THE PEAK return with Water, a two-track digital release that leans into their cross-border melodic punk formula, pairing Lee Byatt and Danny Cummings’ songwriting with guest vocalists from across the scene.
“27 Seconds,” fronted by Adam “Watto” Watson of Deadheat, and “Sowaisopo,” featuring Tom West of Darko, push the Sheffield project’s anthemic direction with sharp hooks and polished production handled at The Propagation Station and mastered by Jesse Cannon in Brooklyn.
Orlando power-hardcore trio OUR ESCAPE drop new single “Siren Skies” a week ahead of their album Who To Blame?, aiming straight at a world stuck in sirens, outrage, and bad-news overload. Mark Neville, Zach Waite, and Brian Jett slam sharp rhythms, heavy riffs and fuzzed-out low end against lyrics that open with “Hypnotized to believe there is a divide” and end on the small, stubborn hope of “We can wish.”
See our full feature here.
SUNSET DETOUR release their new single “All I Am Is Me,” a sharp pop-punk track pushing back against social pressure and expectations. The Danish band frame it as a refusal to shrink or soften yourself, with Thomas Kongshaug calling it “a giant middle finger to expectations.” The single follows “Shotgun Nellie” and “Chuck,” marking a move toward tighter, more polished songwriting and a broader pop-punk direction. Out now on all platforms.
GOLDFINGER have released a new single, “Chasing Amy,” via Big Noise Music Group and Virgin Music. The track brings their familiar mix of fast guitars, sharp hooks, and ska-punk bounce, paired with lyrics centered on pursuit and desire. The current lineup—John Feldmann, Charlie Paulson, Mike Herrera, Nick Gross, and Moon Valjean—continues pushing the band’s long-running sound to new audiences. A North American winter tour starts December 19 with THE SUICIDE MACHINES, UNWRITTEN LAW, and ZEBRAHEAD.
FIGHT BACK MOUNTAIN return with “Failure to Thrive (Glyphosate),” a two-and-a-half-minute hit of punk anxiety wrapped in the band’s usual mix of emo tension and grunge-leaning grit. The track leans into themes of disillusionment, poisoned environments—physical and emotional—and the quiet panic of trying to stay afloat when the world feels rigged against you. It arrives after the Backslider EP and extends the same raw, confrontational tone, pairing biting lyrics with a melodic urgency that’s become their signature.
BEN QUAD drop their new album Wisher via Pure Noise Records, paired with a nostalgic video for “All Your Luck,” built from fan-submitted home footage looping across old TVs.
The band describe the record as a shift beyond their early emo framework, leaning into the pop sensibilities of the artists they grew up with while keeping the emotional core intact. Wisher answers the uncertainty of their 2022 debut with a more hopeful lens, circling themes of grief, small moments of relief, and the quiet optimism that pushes you forward.
The band are currently on tour and will head to the UK/EU with Arm’s Length in February.
LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS has released Watch It Die, the new full-length from HOME FRONT, available now on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital with 24-bit audio downloads. Recorded in Edmonton between late 2024 and spring 2025 and produced by Nik Kozub with co-production from the band and Jonah Falco, the album brings together the duo’s drum machines, analog synths and sharp guitar work across twelve tracks, supported by additional instrumentation from Falco, Nik Kozub and Ryan “Big Red” McGale, with artwork by Euan Retallack.
⤵ Rock
Alternative, Indie Rock, Hard Rock, Emo, Noise Rock, Post Punk, Grunge, Shoegaze and more
DEEP ELM RECORDS has released Chapter 13: Confessions Of A Broken Man, the newest installment of The Emo Diaries and the first chapter since the label’s 30th anniversary, featuring twelve exclusive tracks handpicked by founder John Szuch and continuing the long-running series’ focus on raw, emotionally driven songwriting from emerging artists worldwide.
Ecca Vandal has dropped her new single “MOLLY,” a jagged pop-punk rush that follows February’s “Cruising to Self Soothe,” pairing her scratch-raw melodies with looping guitars and a chorus built to detonate live. The video—shot in Melbourne with director Richie Buxton—throws Vandal into surreal domestic scenes, from fishing in a bathtub to dancing through an indoor garden, while she appears in angel wings as the track spikes into its high point. She describes the song as capturing both the chaos of escape and the slower work of rebuilding yourself piece by piece.
After appearing at Dia De Los Deftones, Vandal hits Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival this weekend before a run through Mexico and South America supporting Limp Bizkit, followed by festival stops including Coachella, Rock am Ring, Rock im Park and Outbreak Festival.
ADIÓS COMETA release their new single “Luminosa” via Spinda Records, marking another step toward their upcoming album Un Destello de Luz, out 29 January 2026. The track focuses on direct, compact songwriting, moving between clean arpeggios and heavier distortion. Check it out and go here to see our full feature.
IDIOTEQ-featured SCARED LITTLE TOASTER shared their upcoming single “Nudibranch”, set for release on November 14. The track follows a surreal narrative about a kidnapped fashion-model nudibranch that escapes the black market and finds peace on a Holiday Inn breakfast platter.
French alt-gaze band MASCARA have unveiled their new single “Nova Ador” through Fever Ltd. After three years of rebuilding and reflection, the Paris group channel their heavy shoegaze roots into something sharper and more personal. The band calls the song “an explosion of light in the dark… a call to break free from the illusion of freedom,” tying its urgency to themes of parenthood and belief in change amid collapse.
HACKTIVIST return with a new single titled Masquerade, co-written and produced by James Hewitt and mixed/mastered by Justin Hill. The track pushes into themes of loyalty, corporatism, and profit-driven systems, with J Hurley and Jordan “jj” Olifent delivering the central refrain: “Tell me where the profit is // Tell me who the prophet is.” It follows their earlier 2025 single Bones and marks one of the first releases with the updated lineup featuring Alex Hek on guitar and vocals and Ste Cole on drums.
French duo FIRST DRAFT have unveiled a new video for “Agnostalgic,” taken from their recent album An Instant Before the Promise of Dawn out on Vlad. The track blends post-rock and post-hardcore tension with reflections on memory and the rise of extremism, pairing heavy tones with raw emotion. Directed by Yannis Pachaud and Julien Poulain, the video expands on the song’s themes of remembrance and resistance.
RETURN TO DUST unleash the new video for their riff-driven single “New Religion,” dropping a grim desert performance cut with twisted religious imagery as they continue their fall run with MAMMOTH and MYLES KENNEDY; with their Speak Like the Dead EP out now, “Bored” climbing toward the Active Rock Top 10, and a packed 2026 festival slate including Download, Rock im Park, Rock am Ring, Graspop, and Tuska, the band keeps accelerating toward a breakout year.
STEREOSITY have released New Life Will Grow, an 11-track album available now on Bandcamp through Choke Artist. The record was written by Sam Krones, Jack Carone, Luke Leibee, and Hunter Leibee, and recorded in Joshua Tree National Park by Julian Tallman-Rogantini and Ryan Tarbutton. Mixing was handled by Krones, with mastering by Tallman-Rogantini.
The album presents themes tied to transition, personal loss, and rebuilding, with each track reflecting variations on struggle, reflection, and forward movement. It follows previous singles “Cocaine Bear” and “Sprout,” and continues the band’s guitar-driven twinkle/alt-rock direction.
FOO FIGHTERS just expanded their 2026 routing with 12 new European dates, running June 10 to July 10. The run starts in Oslo and closes at NOS ALIVE in Portugal. Select shows bring in ROYEL OTIS, INHALER, IDLES, OTOBOKE BEAVER, DIE SPITZ, and FAT DOG as support. Tickets drop Nov 14 at 10 a.m. local.
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Nu-metal veterans LIMP BIZKIT have had their May 31, 2026 show at Unibet Arena in Tallinn, Estonia scrapped after old pro-Russia statements from Fred Durst resurfaced.
Promoter Baltic Live Agency pulled the plug “due to circumstances beyond the organizer’s control,” while Estonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs doubled down that “those who justify Russia’s aggression and the occupation of a neighboring country are not welcome in Estonia. They have no place on Estonian stages and should not be earning income here.”
The backlash goes back to Durst’s 2015 talk about wanting a Russian passport, his letter calling Vladimir Putin “a great guy with clear moral principles,” and even a “Crimea=Russia” sign onstage — moves that already got LIMP BIZKIT banned from Ukraine for five years. Baltic Live Agency later tried to frame it as Durst living in a “distorted information bubble” while married to a Crimean-born partner, but that spin clearly wasn’t enough to keep the Tallinn date alive.
BULL BRIGADE return with their new single “Sopra i Muri,” a track released on November 14 and presented as a statement of continuity, loyalty, and almost twenty years of work.
Formed in 2006 out of BANDA DEL RIONE and YOUNGANG, the Turin band built its identity around Eugy’s push to create something lasting. Over the years the lineup evolved with members from AS S-CONTRO, GAVROCHE, KILL JOY, and CERVELLI STANKI, shifting from straight street punk into a mix that also pulls from punk rock, alt rock and hardcore.
Indie veterans SUPERCHUNK just put out their version of The Magnetic Fields’ “I Don’t Want to Get Over You,” keeping it dry and unhurried the way only they can. The 7-inch comes with a B-side cover of Look Blue Go Purple’s “I Don’t Want You Anyway,” a small reminder that the band still knows how to twist someone else’s melody into their own restless tone.
JAMURAI SACK release their new single “Field Sobriety Stressed,” the first track from the upcoming EP Anagapesis, due 5 December via We’re Trying Records. Written around the final stages of a collapsing relationship, the song pairs an upbeat pace with lyrics centered on frustration, resignation, and the moment clarity begins to replace effort. Greg Denner notes that the track captures “the last part of fighting so hard to fix things” before acknowledging that some situations aren’t worth holding onto.
The EP follows a full narrative arc from connection to disconnection, referencing the Greek term for falling out of love. The band are based in Mountainside, NJ, and align with a Midwest-emo/rock palette, drawing comparisons to Good Sleepy, Seaholm, and Ben Quad.
Washington, DC duo TEEN MORTGAGE just dropped a new track, “Below the Christmas Tree,” a twisted holiday cut that turns seasonal cheer on its head. Frontman James Guile calls it “a satire of people’s tendency to ignore the world and embrace consumerism during Christmas — even in the face of a nuclear holocaust.” The band’s also teaming up with Super Skate Posse and the Boys and Girls Club of Baltimore for a local giveaway and skate demo, before hitting the stage again later this year with shows alongside JOYCE MANOR, MILITARIE GUN, and COMBAT.
Beer-lubricated band JOYCE MANOR have put their “Drunk History” video up on YouTube, telling the story of the band a couple of beers and a shot of tequila deep. Clocking a few thousand views already on their Joyce Manor channel, the clip is basically them talking their own history while slightly sideways, and over on Instagram they’re pushing it as the place to go “for obscure band facts,” so if you want the messy lore straight from the source, that’s where it lives now.
The Recording Academy has once again dropped its annual reminder that it still isn’t totally sure what the difference is between rock, metal, alt, or whatever the kids are doing these days, unveiling the 2026 GRAMMY nominations with the usual genre soup.
LINKIN PARK, YUNGBLUD, SLEEP TOKEN, HAYLEY WILLIAMS, GHOST, TURNSTILE, DEFTONES and basically every artist anyone argues about online are now competing across categories that historically get shuffled like a deck of cards. Best Rock Performance? That’s somehow spanning AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS to TURNSTILE to HAYLEY WILLIAMS. Best Metal Performance? Sure, toss DREAM THEATER, GHOST, SLEEP TOKEN, and TURNSTILE in the same bucket again. Rock Song, Rock Album, Alternative Performance — the nominees all bleed into each other in that classic Grammy way where you’re convinced the committee just throws darts at a board and calls it a day.
The big winners in nomination count: TURNSTILE with five, HAYLEY WILLIAMS close behind with four, and YUNGBLUD scooping three, proving once again that if the Grammys can’t tell the genres apart, at least they know who’s trending. Ceremony hits Crypto Arena on February 1. Let the annual discourse begin.
LAKES have just shared Peach Fuzz (Acoustic) — a stripped-down version of their track, released as part of the Faded X Mixtape through Big Scary Monsters. The Watford sextet, known for their intricate mathy-emo sound and layered rhythms, recorded the song during the Slow Fade sessions but set it aside for this companion release. The Faded X Mixtape gathers alternate takes and unreleased material, highlighting the band’s melodic sensibility in a more intimate, understated form.
POPPY has announced her seventh studio album Empty Hands, arriving January 23 via Sumerian Records, alongside the release of the new single “Bruised Sky,” produced and co-written by Jordan Fish. The track leans into her heaviest territory, blending melodic passages with death-growled sections and a dystopian visual directed by Orie McGinness. The announcement follows a major year for Poppy, including a GRAMMY nomination for her collaboration with Knocked Loose and extensive touring across North and South America; she now heads into 2026 with her Constantly Nowhere tour set for Australia and Europe.
THE OCEAN have released a visualizer for their take on Even Deeper, the third single from the upcoming Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux compilation arriving November 28 via Magnetic Eye Records. The Berlin collective push the track into their signature maze of dense, shifting arrangements, featuring guest contributions from Spurv and Playgrounded and marking the final recording with longtime vocalist Loïc Rossetti. The Redux project lands alongside The Downward Spiral Redux, expanding the series with re-imagined NIN cuts by artists such as BLUE HERON, THOU, MARISSA NADLER, and BEES MADE HONEY IN THE VEIN TREE.
The WEIRD SCENE compilation arrives today bringing together an unlikely cross-section of New York’s underground. Curated by Jeremy Willis — the artist behind Willis Willis and a longtime Greenpoint collaborator — the release pulls in exclusive tracks from Anthony Rossomando and Adam Green alongside cuts from emerging voices like Maya Luz, Headfooter, and the queer DIY outfit first president of japan. The idea is less about a single genre and more about documenting the current wave of creativity moving through Brooklyn in 2025.
Albany’s FLATWOUNDS have released a video for their new single “Vilify,” marking their first move since joining Blue Grape Music. Vocalist Colin O’Hare frames the track around frustration and powerlessness, pairing that stance with the sharper edge the band says is missing from modern rock.
The four-piece — already known for steady touring and a run of self-released EPs — has previously shared stages with Show Me the Body, Eyehategod and Jigsaw Youth, and continues building momentum ahead of a new EP planned for 2026.
PUREMOON drop Fill, an eight-track release from Bandung that leans into hazy dream-pop and shoegaze textures, carried by soft synth washes and intimate vocal lines.
The record moves between brief atmospheric cuts and slow-burning indie rock, ethereal shoegaze, and more atmospheric vibes, contunuing the band’s tendency toward minimal, mood-driven songwriting, trading in quiet tension and washed-out detail across its 23-minute runtime.
An AI “country” track just hit #1 — but only on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, the easiest one to game.
BREAKING RUST’s “Walk My Walk” didn’t top streaming, radio, or Hot Country Songs. It just bought its way onto a tiny downloads chart where 3,000 paid downloads = a #1 spot. That’s roughly $3K to fake a headline.
Now multiple AI acts — BREAKING RUST and CAIN WALKER — are sitting all over that same chart, while real artists sit below paid-for numbers. Billboard labels them “virtual acts,” but still counts the downloads like they’re legit.
This isn’t a breakthrough. It’s chart-stuffing. And the only reason anyone’s talking about these songs is because Billboard lets downloads be the loophole.
SCOTIA ROSE announce their debut EP Good Times, out December 5 via Deko Music. The title track and video are available now, showcasing the NYC pop-rock band’s blend of upbeat hooks and guitar-driven rock. The single reflects on staying present and navigating the uncertainty of making music after the pandemic halted their momentum. The band will play a release show at Mercury Lounge on December 6.
LAVISHER drop their new album Aligned & Vital, out today via Nefarious Industries on ultra-clear vinyl and digipak CD. The record spans twelve tracks that sit between velvet-grunge and space-rock, pulling from the atmospherics of Queens Of The Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, and the hazier edges of Deftones and Failure. It’s a mix of distortion, melody, and slow-burn heaviness that pushes the band deeper into their own lane.
Swiss alternative outfit GLAASCATS unveil their new album Dust. The Fribourg trio continue to lean into their self-produced, texture-heavy approach, blending fragility and intensity across a record built on themes of doubt, renewal, and the thin line between humanity and nature.
ONE LAST DAY launch their debut EP Eyes Like Glass // Thoughts Like Fuel, pairing the release with a new video for the lead single “Echoes”. The track looks at how actions shape the way others experience you, something the band frame as a ripple effect that defines perception over time.
WHITE RUSSIAN RECORDS has released But Are You Happy?, the first solo album from Adrian Delange, known from Call It Off, St Plaster and Mayleaf, with all instruments performed by Delange himself.
London alt-rock outfit PACER have dropped their full EP Unwind, expanding on the hazy ’90s-leaning sound teased in their debut single, with scratchy melodic drive, shoegaze-touched textures, and a punchy rhythm section that StartTrack calls “fun and memorable” and anchored by a standout growling bass break.
MURALS just dropped their self-titled debut EP via Equal Vision Records — a seven-track set built by members of HAIL THE SUN, SUFFERER, and SLENDERBODIES, pushing dense riffs, sharp dynamics, and emotionally loaded arrangements. Alongside the release comes a new video for “black tongue,” streaming now, framing the trio’s blend of technical playing and raw thematic weight. Formed out of the SUFFERER project and re-routed by the pandemic, the band leans into socially aware songwriting and the shared chemistry of Shane Gann, Blake Dahlinger, and Tony Bautista. EP is out on all platforms.
THE DIRTY NIL announce Live At The Dine Alone Store, a 13-track LP captured during the celebrations around their latest album The Lash. The record drops first as an RSD Black Friday exclusive on Nov 28 at the Dine Alone Store in Toronto (two variants, extremely limited), with remaining vinyl online Nov 29 and a digital release on Dec 5. They’ve shared the first live cut, “Fail In Time,” a stark, blown-open version that leans into the album’s stripped-back, black-and-white aesthetic. The band, currently deep into a heavy run of North American dates, calls the session one of the standout moments of their year.
KARNIVOOL just confirmed a full UK/EU headlining run for April–May 2026, marking their return to European stages with the upcoming album In Verses arriving in February. The tour brings INTERVALS along for support and stretches from Copenhagen to London, giving fans the first chance to hear new material live after years without a major run. Tickets are already on sale.
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HUMAN MISSILE CRISIS release Waste Away, a two-track EP recorded live in a single 10-hour session with engineer Jamie Foulds, mixed by Foulds and mastered by Brad Boatright. The Halifax-based trio leans into raw, rough-edge garage punk energy, channeling the same lived-in grit that defined their 2023 debut Liquor Store Stories.
“Snake in the Grass” pushes into a sharper, more dance-floor-ready direction with slide guitar, fast drums, and a narrative built on betrayal. “Mona Lisa” pulls toward late-night loneliness, balancing a quieter singer-songwriter mood with punchy punk choruses.
⤵ Metal
Alt Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Black Metal, Thrash, Sludge, Nu Metal, Grindcore, and more.
HERIOT just dropped a new single, “Commander Of Pain,” a straight-up 90s death-metal homage produced by Erik Bickerstaffe and mixed/mastered by Randy LeBoeuf. The video comes from Harry Steel.
They’re in North America right now with TRIVIUM and JINJER, running through December, then hit the UK in early 2026 with SIKTH. The track follows the momentum of Devoured by the Mouth of Hell and pushes their metallic-sludge/hardcore hybrid into even heavier territory.
CALIBAN have released a cover of SUICIDE SILENCE’s “You Only Live Once,” paying tribute to the late Mitch Lucker and the band’s lasting influence on heavy music. The German metalcore veterans described the song as “a reminder of what connects this scene: honesty, intensity, and brotherhood.” They noted their shared history with SUICIDE SILENCE, having toured together multiple times and featured Lucker on their track “We Are The Many.” The cover arrives ahead of CALIBAN’s Darkness Over X-Mas tour and follows their recent album Back From Hell.
MEGADETH dropped a second single, “I Don’t Care,” alongside a new video directed by Keith J. Leman. The track appears on their upcoming and final self-titled album, arriving January 23, 2026. Dave Mustaine said the song taps into the urge to finally tell someone “I don’t care,” and mentioned that part of the riff goes back to ideas he had around TSTD&TD. He highlighted the layered guitar work — the main rhythm, a strict down-picking section, octave-chord jump-picking, and the trade-off solos between him and Teemu.
A new two-song split between WARP CHAMBER and BENOTHING is out now via Carbonized Records, available digitally and on limited 7”. WARP CHAMBER contribute “Warp III,” their first new material since Implements Of Excruciation, recorded with Ethan Camp and mastered by Dan Lowndes. BENOTHING offer “Deathways,” a raw, psychedelic-leaning death-metal track recorded in their rehearsal space. Both bands detail their histories, influences, and current creative directions, with WARP CHAMBER also on a U.S. West Coast run from November 13–22.
Slovakian trio HECATONCHEIR are seeing their debut Nightmare Utopia reissued on vinyl by Violence In The Veins, with pre-orders starting November 21. Originally released last year through Total Dissonance Worship, the record moves through crushing death, black metal, and sludge, channeling claustrophobic dissonance and slow-burning tension. It’s a dense, uneasy trip into the kind of cosmic horror where madness and sanity start to blur.
Heavy metal veterans RAVEN have unleashed their take on Metallica’s “Metal Militia,” part of the upcoming tribute compilation No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All, out November 14 via Silver Lining Music. The band’s cover channels the raw ferocity of the 1983 original while twisting it with their own edge. “We’re honored to be part of this awesome tribute to our old sparring partners,” says bassist John Gallagher. “I think we captured that Metallica ‘snarl,’ especially by changing a few key elements.”
MONOSPHERE push deeper into their hybrid of atmospheric post-metal, prog complexity, and metalcore groove with massive new single “Nadir,” a new single featuring Jei Doublerice of DESPITE EXILE and positioned as the next chapter following this year’s double release “Lapse.” Written around recurring motifs and shifting structures, the track moves from heavy, groove-driven passages into black-metal bursts and a melodic metalcore finale, echoing elements from the band’s first two albums while hinting at a broader narrative in progress. After a year spent opening for acts across the heavy spectrum—from Wage War to Car Bomb—the band will team up with DESPITE EXILE for a December co-headline run hitting Munich, Cologne, Berlin, and Mainz.
SLAYER are rolling out a massive 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits on May 15, 2026, via Metal Blade Records, dropping a collector-level overhaul built around newly restored audio and an 18-track live set from Bochum ‘85. The box options run from a three-LP fire-splatter vinyl bundle stuffed with replica tickets and posters to a “blood”-filled liquid vinyl variant limited to 666 copies—because of course it is.
CD and digital editions land the same day, all pulling from the original 1985 tapes remastered by Patrick W. Engel. Preorders are already live, and judging by the rollout, Metal Blade knows exactly how to weaponize nostalgia.
AVOID drop their new EP Creature of Habit today via UNFD, pairing a blast of nostalgic chaos with fresh experiments that push their sound wider. Alongside the release, the band share a new video for Sour Apple and unveil The Song of the Summer, a three-vocalist cut featuring Travis Moseley of COLORBLIND. Currently on tour with BELMONT, the Seattle crew use this EP to peel back the curtain on the highs, lows, and behind-the-scenes grind that shaped their last few years.
DEVOLVER dropped a new video for “Wraiths,” pulling straight from their packed album-release show at Grain Bin Brewing, where 150 people crammed in under the Alberta sky and turned it into a hometown victory lap.
The clip lines up with the heavier, sharpened sound of their latest record Non Compos Mentis, produced by Mark Lewis, and shows the band leaning into that melodeath/metalcore hybrid they’ve been shaping since 2015. The song itself mixes groove and thrash edges with lyrics tied to mysticism and loss, giving the live footage a bit of emotional weight behind all the riff-driven chaos.
Texas metalcore mainstays UPON A BURNING BODY are gearing up for their seventh album, Blood of the Bull, out December 5. The San Antonio crew—Danny Leal, Ruben Alvarez, and Thomas Alvarez—have already dropped three tracks this year: “Hand of God,” “Daywalker,” and “Dragged Through Glass.” Two decades in, they still sound like a band built on survival and heat, all groove, death, and pride, suited up and unflinching.
HPGD just dropped LETHWEI Vol. 1, a new grindcore blitz from the trio of Matti Güey, Ben Anft, and JM Cave, all pulling from their other projects to build a martial-arts-obsessed rager themed around the bare-knuckle brutality of Lethwei—right down to fighters being revived mid-bout with whatever substances keep them standing. Fourteen cuts, all hit-and-run chaos, delivered with the kind of whiplash humor and violence you’d expect from a project literally calling itself “Kung Fu Grindcore Glory.”
Ukrainian blackened death-doom unit 1914 have issued a new animated video for “1918 Pt. 3: ADE (A Duty to Escape),” the final preview from their album Viribus Unitis, out tomorrow via Napalm Records. The track pulls together the band’s dense historical storytelling with guest vocals from Aaron Stainthorpe, whose performance frames the narrative through the album’s central character, Ivan. Created with animator Costin Chioreanu, the video follows themes of survival, loyalty and the instinct to push forward when everything else collapses. The band describe it as a story driven by the will to live and the kind of love that keeps people moving through war’s worst moments.
Norwegian police are searching for SNORRE RUCH and GENERAL GRIBBSPHIISER, who vanished during what they called a “boys’ hike and a night under open skies in Varghiet forests.” They left on Tuesday, posted a photo, and then went silent. Fosen Folket reports the route is unclear and the terrain in that part of Fosen is rough, with a storm rolling in as the first patrol heads out. Local police have circulated their photos while teams try to reach the area. Ruch, known from Thorns and early-’90s Mayhem circles, and Røstad of Slagmaur were last seen before entering the forests near Trøndelag. Authorities are monitoring weather and access as the search continues.
A rare artifact from CHUCK SCHULDINER’s archives just surfaced: an instrumental guitar cover of Madonna’s 1998 single “Frozen,” posted by the official Death Instagram run by his nephew Chris Steele.
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The clip shows a burned CD spinning in a car stereo, with Schuldiner tracing Madonna’s vocal lines on his B.C. Rich and a drum machine instead of his usual death-metal bite. Steele says Chuck tracked it early in his cancer battle, “sitting in his bedroom… I’m not sure how many people outside of the family and a few friends have heard this but it’s all yours.” The recording slots into the very small pile of material that’s emerged since his passing in 2001, dating back to the same late-’90s window that saw Death’s final album and Control Denied’s first.
HELLFEST dropped the full 2026 lineup, locking in four days (June 18–21) and 183 artists, with 85 of them making their first-ever appearance at the festival. The headliners split across generations: BRING ME THE HORIZON open the weekend, IRON MAIDEN hit their 50th-anniversary “Run For Your Lives” set focused on the first nine albums, LIMP BIZKIT return as nu-metal top billing, and THE OFFSPRING lead a punk-centric finale.
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NOVOMUNDO announce their first full-length, The Cursed Cult, arriving March 1, 2026 — a darker, heavier evolution of their global-influenced metal fusion. Built around a Voodoo-themed concept spanning Loa mythology, slavery, prejudice, and the fear born from ignorance, the record runs fourteen tracks of death-groove, crust-leaning aggression, and shadowy ambient textures. The band preview the album with “The Coven,” now streaming in video form, marking a raw, sharpened chapter for the Rome-area outfit.
Broken Sound Tapes drops flood, the crushing debut from Durham doom/noise outfit SCRAPE — a project forged on Carolinas stages alongside EYEHATEGOD, WHORES, DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE, and TODAY IS THE DAY. Thick, dragging distortion and punishing low-end define the record’s atmosphere, pushing their live reputation into a studio document that feels just as grim and unsteady. Download is live now, with cassettes available directly from the label.
blessthefall kicked off their new Live in Phoenix series with a standout clip from their October 10, 2025 Tempe show, bringing original vocalist Craig Mabbitt back onstage for a charged run through “Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad” during the final night of their tour with MISS MAY I, DARK DIVINE, and COLORBLIND.
Puget Sound heavyweights MOTHER CRONE break their silence with Fever Stone, a towering new single from their upcoming album Embrace the Death, due in early 2026. The track leans into massive sludge groove, progressive shifts, and the band’s renewed intensity after years away. With a refreshed lineup and influences that range from Black Sabbath and Pantera to Bison B.C. and Alcest, the Seattle-area collective signal a darker, heavier chapter ahead. Fever Stone is streaming now.
⤵ Experimental / Electronic / Pop / Other
SOFT KILL have a new two-song single out called Feel This High, released November 15, 2025 through Lamer World. The tracks are “Feel This High” and “Cullerton Girls,” running a bit over seven minutes total. The project continues the work of Tobias Francis, who has been releasing music under the Soft Kill name since 2010 following the end of Blessure Grave and is now based in Chicago. You’ll live the vibe of these new two!
TRACE AMOUNT unleashes FLAGRANT, a new industrial slab out today via King Yosef’s Bleakhouse label — a cold, hostile fusion of noise, metal, dub, and hip hop tracked at Corpus Studios with SHOW ME THE BODY’s Harlan Steed. Built on sparse, punishing drums and night-terror ambience, the record pushes Brandon Gallagher’s project deeper into its own abyss, with features from Fatboi Sharif and Lana del Rabies sharpening the album’s techno-apocalyptic edge.
A brutally intentional statement from an artist who’s toured the world on sheer willpower, FLAGRANT lands as Trace Amount’s most merciless vision yet.
A snarling new outfit BACKENGRILLEN just surfaced out of the REFUSED camp, dropping a 10-minute crusher called “A Hate Inferior” and lining up a self-titled debut for January 23, 2026 via Svart Records.
Three Refused members — Dennis Lyxzén, Magnus Flagge, David Sandström — link up with saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, and the whole thing leans into what they call “chaos and destruction,” built from death/doom or noise-rock riffs stretched until they fall apart. The band says the record was written on a Thursday, played live on Friday, recorded on Saturday — “raw, stupid, gut instinct music” filled with the Västerbotten self-loathing they grew up on. A second album is already cooking, supposedly “less stupid, more ugly.”
ANDONI ROS has released his second solo single, i’ve felt broken too, a darker electronic follow-up to Elsecaller that he wrote during his final months in Brussels while exploring sampling, texture, and more introspective production work. The track focuses on vulnerability and melancholy as creative engines, shaped by experiments he revisited after a recent trip to Romania, where he shot the footage that became the visualizer and pushed him to finish the song. It’s out now on all platforms and available as a free download on Bandcamp.
Trip-hop institution MASSIVE ATTACK say they’ve got new music lined up for 2026 — just don’t look for it on Spotify. In a short post, they said they’ll drop “a cache of work created in the recent past,” available physically and digitally “via a new label with a spotify exception.” The group already bailed on the platform earlier this year over Daniel Ek’s ties to the AI-miltech outfit Helsing. Their last new material was the Euotopia EP in 2020, and they’ve since linked up with artists protesting censorship around the war in Gaza and even geoblocked their catalog in Israel. They’re also confirmed for Primavera Sound 2026.
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FAMILY VISION have signed to Good English Records and released a new five-track EP called Lace, available everywhere now. The material continues the band’s tension-heavy, fast-paced approach, built on sharp, jittery guitars and direct questions about modern social life. The EP was made at Chateau Grand in Brooklyn, where the group recorded each track and then reworked the material through sampling and digital manipulation to give the songs their processed edge.
Lyrically, Lace circles around control, jealousy, grief, and the fallout of ambition, framed through snapshots of strained relationships, awkward parties, and the struggle to stay disciplined in a noisy environment. FAMILY VISION will celebrate the release on November 20 at Night Club 101, joined by Doris and Couch Prints.
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