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
Prolific and wordy French one-man avant-black metal mainstay Esoctrilihum has announced his (seemingly annual) full-length record, Ghostigmatah - Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm. The album is set for release September 5, as always through I, Voidhanger Records.
The first track, “Hark! The Bewitched Trumpet of the Red Harbinger Is Calling the Dead To Gather”, is available to stream now on Bandcamp. Preorders are also up:
German post-black metal outfit Heretoir have announced their upcoming 4th full-length album, entitled Solastalgia. The record will be released September 19 through AOP Records, but the first track (properly) is already available to stream, and it is stunning to behold. The album will also feature an In Flames cover.
Stream "The Ashen Falls" now and/or preorder the album below:
American post-hardcore giants Thrice have released a new single 'Gnash' from their upcoming record Horizons/West due out October 3rd via Epitaph. The song, featuring a sludgier, more hardcore sound and even a chugging breakdown, is the heaviest Thrice track in years.
Horizons/West is a follow up to its companion album 'Horizons/East' released in 2021.
Heavy Metal legend Ozzy Osbourne has officially passed away at the age of 76. The news of his passing comes just three weeks after he had just finished one final show with his band Black Sabbath over at Villa Park. The famed artist had been battling with various health issues within recent years, including Parkinson's Disease.
He leaves his wife Sharon, their three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack, as well as his two older children Jessica and Louis from a different marriage.
His family issued a statement earlier today: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love."
British composer Peter Connelly, better known for composing Tomb Raider's 4-6, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison following a guilty verdict for loan fraud during the Covid period.
Connelly started work on a project that would reimagine music from the Tomb Raider series. In an interview with Insolvency Service, Connelly would call it a "significant project which had the potential to be very lucrative," reportedly selling his car and taking out personal loans to fund the project. However, work would "stall" by the time the pandemic hit, and Peter Connelly Limited would go into liquidation in 2021.
During the Covid period, in 2020 his company took out two loans from the Bounce Back Loan Scheme. The Chief Investigator at Insolvency Service said:
"Peter Connelly blatantly disregarded the rules of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, designed to support small and medium-sized businesses during the pandemic. Connelly not o ...more
Former members of Exotic Animal Petting Zoo have unveiled their new project, Spy Balloon, on streaming services. The self-titled album is more peeled back and heartfelt than the heaviness of their previous band.
Japanese alt prog/metal band, Band-Maid, have released a new song titled "What is justice?" for the anime TOUGEN ANKI. This track follows on the heels of "Ready to Rock" which was written and released for a different anime three months ago.
L.A. Industrial band 3TEETH recently dropped a brand new song. "Civil War", a rendition of Guns N' Roses' 1993 single, is a faithful rendition that retains all of the band's core tenets.
The band are not shy to cover other artists' work, having covered Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks", Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and Dead or Alive's "You Spin me Right Round", to name a few.
Jane’s Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell has filed a lawsuit against bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins following a lawsuit filed by the band against Farrell on Wednesday. The original lawsuit by the band stems from an incident that took place last September in which Farrell angrily confronted Navarro onstage during a performance in Boston, aggressively body checking and shouting at the guitarist before being restrained by stage crew members.
Following the incident, the band canceled the remainder of their tour while Farrell issued a statement apologizing to both fans and bandmates for his behavior. On July 16th Navarro, Avery and Perkins filed a $10 million lawsuit against Farrell accusing the singer of assault both on and off stage, breaching contractual obligations and costing the band millions of dollars in concert revenue as ...more
Nine Inch Nails unveiled the first song off their upcoming Tron: Ares soundtrack, called "As Alive As You Need Me To Be". The OST will be out on September 19, while the movie's premiere is scheduled for October 10. The band will resume their Peel It Back Tour with a North American trek, starting on August 6. All dates are listed here: https://www.nin.com/live/
Listen to "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" below:
Tracklist:
01. INIT
02. FORKED REALITY
03. AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE
04. ECHOES
05. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
06. IN THE IMAGE OF
07. I KNOW YOU CAN FEEL IT
08. PERMANENCE
09. INFILTRATOR
10. 100% EXPENDABLE
11. STILL REMAINS
12. WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?
13. BUILDING BETTER WORLDS
14. TARGET IDENTIFIED
15. D ...more
Der Weg Einer Freiheit are returning after a several-year break to release their upcoming album 'Innern'. The first song off of that album - "Eos" - just dropped today. Give it a listen below:
Well known Canadian artist and former Juno Award winner Matthew Good has released two new singles from his upcoming album, Zero Hours, titled "Triage" and "Lost and Found Kids" respectively. Little has been said about the album as a whole; however, "Triage" features a collaboration with Saukrates.
Deftones have released a new song from the upcoming album Private Music, released on August 22nd. The song is titled "My Mind Is A Mountain" and can be streamed below:
Norwegian experimental/ambient/progressive rock outfit Whispers of Granite, is streaming its first album at the official Bandcamp location of compatriot label Apollon Record AS.
Titled Liquid Stone, the long player was officially released on July 4.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://whispersofgranite.bandcamp.com/album/liquid-stone
California deathcore band Elysia has reunited, marking their first appearance in a decade, with three newly announced reunion shows co-headlined by Arsonists Get All The Girls.
The stacked lineup also features supporting performances from Moria, Knights of the Abyss, Vice In Vanity, and Culprit.
Attack Attack! have released another new song to promote their upcoming reunion album and self-titled sequel, Attack Attack! II. Titled "i complain on r/metalcore", it sees the crabcore pioneers call out fans who resent them for their change in sound.
Following a brief teaser posted at the beginning of the month, indie/alternative rock band The Republic of Wolves have officially dropped their first song since 2023's Why Would Anyone Want To Live This Long?, titled "Heat Signature".
The single sounds like a natural progression from that EP, retaining the key aspects of the band's classic sound (there are enough heavy guitars and shouts to go around) while also adding in lustrous, vibrant chords and an urgent yet wholly accessible melody.
You can listen to "Heat Signature" here:
To purchase or stream the track via The Republic of Wolves' official bandcamp page, click here: https://therepublicofwolves.bandcamp.com/track/heat-signature
For Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0yrYV21oXzZgIZ52Dzt71J?si=cfuazSfQS5in3VfwoxkKAg
