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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thrown.jpg”] Swedish nü-metalcore act Thrown have confirmed a series of U.S. headlining dates surrounding their upcoming spring tour with In Flames, Distant, and Upon Stone. The new leg will feature support from Mugshot, Vomit Forth, and Your Spirit Dies, bringing an extra punch of heavy energy to each stop. The full tour kicks…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Panopticon-Live.jpg”] Austin Lunn‘s Panopticon has built a reputation for prolific output, dropping two albums last year and preparing another new one called Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet for a May 8 release via Bindrune Recordings. While his studio work is plentiful, East Coast live appearances are few and far between. Even rarer are opportunities to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Unsane.png”] New York City noise rock veterans Unsane are shining a spotlight on one of the most pivotal records in their catalog. Their fourth studio album, Occupational Hazard, has returned in a newly remastered edition, reviving a defining era in the band’s evolution where punishing noise rock collided with elements of punk, metal,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Metal-Injection-Headers-1.png”] Just out of curiosity – does CourtneyLaPlante of Spiritbox sound in anyway similar to say, Kiarely “Kia” Castillo or JanelMoniqueDuarte (formerly) of ConquerDivide? Do LizzieHale of Halestorm and FernandaLira of Crypta share some common characteristic that defines what they sound like? Or are all of the bands just lumped together because of their…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/six-feet-under.jpg”] Veteran Florida death metal outfit Six Feet Under are preparing to unleash their fifteenth studio album, Next to Die, due out April 24. The new record features 12 tracks and represents a creative high point for the band, blending fast, aggressive death metal with the groove-heavy sound that helped define the group’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/devin-townsend-2026.png”] Canadian metal visionary Devin Townsend is set to release The Moth on May 29, 2026 – a sprawling 24-track work over a decade in the making. Known for building distinctive creative worlds across his discography, Townsend describes this release as a culmination rather than a stylistic pivot, conceived from the start as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gene-simmons-trump.jpeg”] While Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has been known to have an opinion on just about everything from questioning rap’s place in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, to proclaiming proclaiming rock & roll is dead, the 76-year-old would prefer politics stay out of art – at least when it comes to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Sigh-Hangmans-Hymn-MMXXV.png”] After almost two decades away, Japan’s experimental extreme metal pioneers Sigh are returning to the U.S. for a week-long tour, starting with the Fire in the Mountains festival (July 23-26, 2026) and extending to stops in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Berkeley, and Los Angeles. Sharing the stage with them will be progressive metal…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dave-Ellefson.png”] Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has opened up about his complicated relationship with bandleader Dave Mustaine, reflecting on both the close friendship they once shared and the circumstances surrounding his departure from the band. Speaking on the Quemar Un Patrullero podcast hosted by Argentine rock journalist Gustavo Olmedo, Ellefson described periods where…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/chris-barnes-six-feet-under-2025.jpeg”] Six Feet Under announced their new record this morning, but that’s not all! The band has now announced a North American headlining tour alongside Kataklysm and opener Wormhole. On the tour, Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes said: “July and August are gonna get ultra brutal on our headline tour of North…