Shellac, the legendary Chicago noise daddies, are finally back from their fruitful decade of producing and spawning a few new generations of noise rock bands. After 10 years of studio absence as a collective they have announced a new album out May 17th titled To All Trains via their own Touch and Go Records.
No new single has yet been released. Better yet, according to the band, this announcement is all the promotional campaign they are going to do for the album. Here's the name, the date, the cover. Wait till May, you media-saturated noise slut. Amen!
Heed the press release, while it's still there:
https://www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/band.php?id=22#
Adrian Belew is joining forces with Tony Levin, Danny Carey, and Steve Vai to perform music from King Crimson's 1980s iteration. The band will be called Beat. So far, only one show has been announced, in San Diego on September 17 at Concerts By The Bay.
In a Facebook post, Robert Fripp wrote: "This is the project that Adrian Belew called me about last Autumn, a project which I support and fully encourage, and discussed with Steve Vai recently at McCabes in Santa Monica (3march2024). Even, I suggested the name."
The Decemberists have announced their first release in six years, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, arriving on June 14. News of the double-album was met with its second single, "Joan in the Garden" a nineteen minute epic that marks a return to the band's more ambitious, vaudevillian leanings:
Tracklist:
1. BURIAL GROUND
2. OH NO!
3. THE REAPERS
4. LONG WHITE VEIL
5. WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM
6. DON’T GO TO THE WOODS
7. THE BLACK MARIA
8. ALL I WANT IS YOU
9. BORN TO THE MORNING
10. AMERICA MADE ME
11.TELL ME WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND
12. NEVER SATISFIED
13. JOAN IN THE GARDEN
YouTube group Smosh have released their first studio track for almost a decade with new track "Submissive & Breedable".
Unlike previous singles released by the group, the song has yet to receive a video on their main channel as of this article's publication. The track features Smosh's core duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla (who returned to the channel in 2023) as well as Canadian rapper bbno$. Production was handled by Y2K, who previously worked with bbno$ on the hit "Lalala".
German melodic death metal band Cypecore released their new single, "Make Me Real", which can be streamed below:
EDIT: The band announced their new album, "Make Me Real":
"OG_ENTRY: HQ_BRIEFING_MMCXXXIV_V5: The time for re-creation is upon us. Entering era number five.
We hereby proudly inform all survivors of the completion of chapter five. „Make Me Real“ is ready for deployment and will be rolled out on 26/04/2024.
The production standard includes digital, CD-Digipack and an upgraded box-set, concealing special goods for high-value survivors. The supply of these crates is limited to 333 units.
You gain access upon following the link in the bio.
Join us in advancing into this new and exciting era. Be a part of the alliance and follow us into the ruins of tomorrow. ...more
Michigan deathcore OGs And Hell Followed With dropped the second single, "Kaleidoscope of Tenebrosity", of their upcoming EP, Untoward Perpetuity set to release April 12th:
New vocalist vocalist Pon Zimora said about joining:
"I’m excited and thankful to be a part of this journey. I’m thankful that they have full confidence in me to stand alongside them and love what I’ve done for this project. We’re about to get these kids moving. The new era of And Hell Followed With is only beginning and I can’t wait to show you what we about to drop on y’all’s heads."
"The Waking Worlds Will Tremble As The Fallen Star Rises To Prominence Once Again"
Six Feet Under have released the first single off the upcoming album Killing for Revenge, which releases on May 10th.
The meaning of "Know-Nothing Ingrate", according to Chris Barnes: "...It's basically about online trolls who voice their uneducated and unnecessarily spiteful review of any artist's output. You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine.”
California emo-turned-dream pop project From Indian Lakes have released their first new song in 5 years, "The Fold." While definitely leaner than anything on Dimly Lit, the song is still atmospheric, expansive, and dynamic.
The single release is coupled with the announcement of a new album, Head Void, out May 15, as well as a Spring tour.
MAY
29 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
31 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
JUNE
01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit Live
04 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
05 – Austin, TX @ Parish
07 – Nashville, TN @ Row 1 Stage at Cannery Hall
08 – Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
09 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
11 – Washington, DC @ Songbird
13 – Boston, MA @ Cafe 939
14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
18 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Tuf Club
21 ...more
Dead Icarus have released their first EP Ad Infernum today.
The band features former Atreyu frontman Alex Varkatzas, as well as Gabe Mangold (Enterprise Earth) and Brandon Zackey (Enterprise Earth, Whitechapel).
The album was produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Gabe Mangold. A full-length album is slated to be released sometime later this year.
Edinburgh-based progressive metal band Dvne have brought details of their forthcoming third full-length LP Voidkind, due for release on April 19th through Metal Blade.
Included in the announcement is the debut of single "Plērōma", featuring the new addition of full-time keyboardist Maxime Kelle.
Stream "Plērōma":
Voidkind Tracklist:
1. Summa Blasphemia (5:28)
2. Eleonora (8:48)
3. Reaching for Telos (5:22)
4. Reliquary (7:46)
5. Path of Dust (1:28)
6. Sarmatæ (4:29)
7. Path of Ether (1:29)
8. Abode of the Perfect Soul (7:28)
9. Plērōma (6:00)
10. Cobalt Sun Necropolis (9:57)
British post-metal band Bossk have announced their next release, .4 following on from their return with 2021's Migration and the release of "Kobe x Pijn", a reimagining of one of the band's own songs in collaboration with Manchester-based contemporaries Pijn.
.4 largely continues in the direction of this collaborative spirit the band have embraced on Migration, featuring re-recorded collaborative versions of older material, alongside re-worked versions or original studio recordings for past songs. .4 arrives May 10th on Deathwish Inc.
With the announcement of the release, the band have shared "Truth II", featuring vocals from Dubai-based composer Sheenagh Murray, who the band discovered via a cover of their track "Truth" on Murray's Instagram.
Some words from the band about the new song:
"When we heard Sheenagh's version, it completely changed our idea for 'Truth II', and we practically wro ...more
Michigan/Massachusetts black metal outfit Hekseblad, has posted a trifecta of new songs at its official Bandcamp location.
Titled "A Grain of Truth (Nivellin’s Waltz)", "The White Flame" and "Sodden", all three tracks are part of the band's upcoming first album Kaer Morhen, due out on April 19 through Hypnotic Dirge Records.
You can listen all aforementioned singles, right below:
A Grain of Truth (Nivellin’s Waltz) - https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/track/a-grain-of-truth-nivellin-s-waltz
The White Flame - https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-white-flame
Louisiana blues artist Brother Dege has passed away. A cause of death has not yet been given but it can be presumed to be unexpected considering his planned release of an album this week.
Dege Legg was known for his song Too Old To Die Young which featured in the Django Unchained soundtrack, as well as his bands Santeria and Black Bayou Construkt. He also released a book in 2020 called "Cablog: Diary of a Cabdriver," which chronicled his five years of driving a cab in Lafayette. The memoir recounts his cab encounters, including the grieving parents of a serial-killer victim, a gang of ex-Holiness Apostolic Pentecostals, James Taylor’s band, and a parade of characters.
A statement from label Prophecy Productions on their Facebook page:
"Brother" Dege Legg passed away on Friday, March 8.
Our thoughts and condolences for this tragic loss go out to his family, his band The Brethren, and friends.
2010s post-hardcore band Barrow have released their first new track in ten years, “Carnelian (Where I Was)," taken from a two-part single entitled “Aquamarine,” coming out on 04/02/24.
The track can be found on all streaming platforms. The band has also announced a short run of reunion dates.
4/12 - Knoxville, TN @ Karns Community Center (w/lawofinertia, Knucklehead, ;3)
4/13 - Richmond, VA @ OSB (w/Ostraca, Terror Cell, Burial Dance)
4/14 - Winston-Salem, NC @ Anchor Coffee (w/Old Suns, Glamour World, Craig Miller & the Killer Lites)
Chvrches' vocalist Lauren Mayberry has released her latest single as a solo artist; "Change Shapes" is the third single from the Scottish singer.
"Change Shapes" follows Mayberry's 2023 debut solo song, "Are You Awake?", as well as "Shame" from later that year. The latest track co-written alongside Cleo Tighe, Evan Blair, and Matt Koma.
The grindcore legend, Blake Harrison, has died at the age of 48. The cause of death was heart failure. Blake was battling and beating cancer and a number of other health issues that followed.
He was best known for being a member of the iconic US grindcore group, Pig Destroyer between 2006 and 2022; but Blake was active in other musical projects as well, such as Hatebeak, Zealot R.I.P., TRIAC, Tentacles of God, etc.
US metalcore band Like Moths to Flames have announced their 6th full-length album, The Cycles of Trying to Cope. The album will be released under UNFD, and will contain the previously released singles "Paradigm Trigger" and "Angels Weep".
Vocalist Chris Roetter has stated, "The record encapsulates the many varying emotions we go through when trying to grow through life. The last few years, I really tried to harness some of those emotions as a catalyst to get through whatever I was going through at the time. I think we all have our own unique ways to cope and these are mine."
In conjunction with the announcement, a new single, titled "Kintsugi", has been released. The Cycles of Trying to Cope will be released May 10th.
