Rock band Framing Hanley has released "Poor lil' Me" as the second single from their upcoming EP "Flowers". The EP's tracklist has been published on the band's Instagram profile a while ago but the release date remains unknown. In the interview for Metal Insider, band's frontman Kenneth Nixon stated that the initial plan was to have physical copies available at The Flowers Tour exclusively and later release the album digitally. However, the tour ended in spring and there's still no information about the release anywhere. The single's premiere was delayed as well, as initially it was supposed to drop on August 1st.
Flowers EP tracklist:
1. Lost My Smile
2. I Am the Reckoning
3. Mean It (Photographs & Gasoline Pt. 2)
4. Poor lil' Me
5. Sweet Tooth (Lovely)
Hailing from Boston MA, alternative/heavy rock outfit Miltown has disclosed two new songs at the official Bandcamp location of Man Alive Records.
Titled "Cleverer" and "Unraveling", both cuts are part of the band's upcoming debut album Tales of Never Letting Go, due out on September 5.
Miltown had recorded the material in the late '90s, but they disbanded right before mixing. The master tapes had been shelved in some South California warehouse hitherto.
You can listen to both singles, right below:
https://manaliverecords.bandcamp.com/album/tales-of-never-letting-go
Swedish melodeath legends At the Gates have announced that singer Tomas Lindberg is suffering from cancer.
According to the recent announcement, Lindberg has been suffering from adenoid cystic carcinoma, a form of mouth cancer, since December 2023, causing the band to cancel all their upcoming shows and go almost entirely radio-silent. He experienced a setback in early May, which, according to Lindberg, is another tumor inaccessible through surgery or radiation therapy.
Both the band and Lindberg have issued statements:
"We want to take a moment to update you on what’s been happening with At the Gates, and to do so, we need to take you back about a year and a half.
Below, you’ll find a message from Tomas, written this past March 2025, where he reflects on the past 15 months and the reasons for the radio silence. However, in early May, Tomas experienced a health setback. Since then, he has been hospitalised and has bee ...more
A few days after the August 10 alignment of planets Mercury, Venus, Zeus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, visible at dawn along the east-to-south horizon, Swiss tech thrash veterans Coroner uploaded a video for a brand new song at their official YouTube channel.
Titled "Renewal", the track is part of the band's upcoming album Dissonance Theory, due out on October 17 through Century Media records.
In a social media post issued on Thursday, Megadeth shared that their next studio album "will be the last" and that a "global farewell tour" will come in the new year.
The message comes in a one minute video full of Megadeth's trademark "news coverage of the end times" style and is heavily produced by AI. It also features voiceover from Vic Rattlehead in a striking white suit.
You can watch the message in its brief entirety here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AmUfy5WwQ/
Fuchsia Fest recently announced the full lineup and dates for their fifth year. The music and art fest focuses on rock, emo, hardcore, and shoegaze, featuring regional and local bands and local artists. Fuchsia Fest will be held at Stage 2, Evansville, IN on Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27, 2025.
Single day and two-day passes are available now: https://fuchsia.bigcartel.com/product/fuchsia-fest-2025
Day One lineup:
Prevention
What Counts
Self Interest
Pucker Up
Struck
Grow Blind
High Strung
Dark Deal
Mr Alan
Spun Out
Art shown by Graden Herrell, McClain Britt-Nellis, Terry Stuckey, and NM Ceramics
Day Two lineup:
House & Home
I Hate It Too
Sign Language
Public Opinion
The Sewing Club
97 Flood
A Modest Proposal
Shatterhand
Early Mourning
Truck
Stella
Together In Du ...more
UK sludge/post-metal outfit Conjurer have unleashed a crushing new single titled “Hang Them In Your Head”. The song arrives with an official music video, marking the band’s latest offering since their 2022 album Páthos.
The track appears as the seventh cut on the upcoming album Unself, which is available to preorder now and scheduled to be released on October 24th through Nuclear Blast Records.
With the exception of a couple collaborated tracks with other artists, in recent years Bad Omens have remained completely quiet and shown little signs of capitalising on their breakthrough album The Death of Peace of Mind, which released in 2022. After teasing new music with a video of Ryan Hurst as a therapist, talking to a boy dressed as a ghost, and "specter - 8.8" in the description, the band has finally released a new single, titled "Spectre". No announcement has been made regarding a new album.
Canadian deathcore legends Despised Icon have announced their upcoming seventh studio album, Shadow Work, due out October 31st. It marks the band’s first full-length release since 2019’s Purgatory.
Alongside the announcement, the band has unleashed a new single titled "Over My Dead Body", which features a guest appearance from Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan TX.
Speaking on the collaboration, vocalist Alex Erian commented:
"We’ve been fans of Kublai Khan TX for years, and having Matt lend his voice to this track took it to another level. 'Over My Dead Body' is about standing your ground no matter the cost — and Matt embodied that energy perfectly."
Wolf Alice has released the 3rd single off their upcoming new album, 'The Clearing.' The song, White Horses, is the first song of theirs to feature vocals from drummer Joel Amey.
'The Clearing' is scheduled to release on August 22, and Wolf Alice will be on tour throughout the US this fall.
See the lyric video for White Horses below:
As well as the lyric video for The Sofa, their second single:
Lastly, the music video for Bloom Baby Bloom, the album's lead single, can be seen here:
American thrash metalcore group Trivium have officially revealed their latest release, a three-track EP entitled Struck Dead. It is the band's first new material since 2021's In the Court of the Dragon, and is scheduled for an October 31st release.
Along with the announcement, Trivium also dropped a new single, "Bury Me With My Screams" in promotion for the EP. You can listen here:
Tracklist
1. Bury Me With My Screams
2. Struck Dead (Pain Is Easier To Remember)
3. Six Walls Surround Me
Pennsylvania emo revival icons Algernon Cadwallader have announced the release of their third LP, Trying Not To Have A Thought, due September 12th through Saddle Creek records. The record will be supported with a North American tour in November and December.
This is the band's first new album in 14 years, and their first since reuniting in 2022.
The band shared the news alongside the release of their new single, "Hawk", along with a music video for the song, shared below.
Nagoya's alternative metal quintet coldrain has released a new single "Chasing Shadows":
A while ago, the band announced a Japanese tour titled OPTIMIZE along with an EP of the same name coming this fall. Other tours this year include SUMMER IN GERMANY 2025 and the UK/EU tour in winter.
While there has yet to be an official announcement anywhere, multiple sources confirm an upcoming Hooded Menace record, Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration, slated for October 3. Neither the band nor even the Encyclopaedia Metallum have posted any updates, but the Drowned Records webshop has already listed pre-orders showcasing the cover art.
The first single, “Portrait Without a Face”, is already available to stream on both Apple Music and Spotify, and Apple Music has the full tracklist to view.
AFI have announced their 12th studio album, Silver Bleeds The Black Sun..., out October 3rd on Run For Cover.
From an excerpt on the pre-order page for the new record, frontman Davey Havok describes the record as "a struggle to reconcile existence in a godless dystopia that lacks sanctuary, mystique, reason, and a chance of survival."
The first single, “Behind the Clock” is out now. Watch the video below.
Imogen Heap has announced a 20th anniversary remaster of her seminal album Speak for Yourself, out October 17.
Released in 2005, the album’s standout track, "Hide and Seek," became a surprise hit with its vocoder-laced a cappella delivery, recorded after a computer crash forced Heap to experiment with a Digitech Vocalist Workstation EX. The track reached mainstream attention via The O.C.'s season 2 finale.
However, it truly went viral in 2007 thanks to SNL’s “Dear Sister” parody, which turned its “Mmm whatcha say” refrain into a meme phenomenon. Funny enough, the skit also featured a young Shia LaBeouf before his Transformers stardom.
Pyrexia, longtime pillars of the brutal death metal scene from Long Island, New York, have unleashed "The Anointed", the second single from their forthcoming album Unholy, due out August 28.
Check out their previous single, inspired by the classic horror film The Shining.
Influential prog punk group Cardiacs have announced their their long delayed final album, LSD, will be released on 19 September.
Due to Tim Smith's 2008 stroke and ultimate death in 2020, not all vocals were recorded by Tim for the album. As such, numerous guests including Shane Embury, Steve Morricone and more were recruited to contribute additional vocals while Oceansize/Biffy Clyro/Empire State Bastard guitarist Mike Vennart has been brought in as the new full-time vocalist.
To accompany the release of the new album, a new single "Woodeneye" was released on 1 August, the first to feature lead vocals from Vennart, although Tim Smith is still credited with some vocals and all lyrics.
LSD track list:
1. Men In Bed
2. The May
3. Gen
4. Woodeneye
5. Spelled All Wrong
...more
After years of teasing, math rock band Yowie reforms with guitarist Daniel Kennedy (of Celtic), Jack Tickner (of Basil's Kite), and Defenestrator (YOWIE, YOWIE, and YOWIE).
Their new album, Taking Umbrage, has a new single titled "Grimgrabber". The single can be checked out on Yowie's bandcamp.
https://yowie.bandcamp.com/album/taking-umbrage
The whole album releases October 3rd, and the band is planning a European tour this fall.
Jason Richardson (formerly of Born of Osiris and Chelsea Grin) has mutually decided with the rest of All That Remains to leave the band to focus on his solo material, the band announced on their Facebook page yesterday. The split is amicable, with the band urging their fans to support his music and wishing him nothing but the best with his future career.
Richardson joined the band in 2018 as an official member for their tour Victim of the New Disease, after the passing of their former guitarist Oli Herbert. He also contributed writing and performance for their most recent album Antifragile. There have so far been no announcements of a replacement, though the band also has not scheduled any tour dates for the current album.
Bedford, England quartet Don Broco have dropped a brand new single and announced a UK tour at the end of the year with STATE CHAMPS, YONAKA and Magnolia Park. Never shy to experiment with their groove-laden rock sound, the band have taken a leap into Nu-metal territories with their new sashaying chugger, "Cellophane".
Richmond, Virginia's Tomb of Annihilation have released their debut full-length album, Execration Rites.
Featuring a solid slab of infectious grooves and memorable riffage, this record is sure to please fans who enjoy a dash of haunting melody in their death metal.
Currently available on Bandcamp ($1.00), and coming to all other streaming platforms soon.
Daughtry has released a new single entitled "THE BOTTOM", from the newly announced EP Shock To The System (Part Two), due out September 12 via Big Machine Records.
Listen to the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnqnhmhwdCk
