On March 31st Balmora dropped their single “Ophelia” off their upcoming album These Graven Halls. It’s the first song they’ve released with their new vocalist Paul Cole, who replaced Senti earlier this year. The track also features Brie Percy of the band Holder. Guitarist Jay Torblaa said of the single, “Ophelia is a story of betrayal, heartbreak, revenge, and forgiveness. It’s meant to highlight the nature of initial anger, action, and remorse in a hanging balance system.”
When asked about the record they said this, “Influences pull from the obvious like The Black Dahlia Murder and On Broken Wings to a mix of media, classical, and modern music - Requiem For A Dream, Silent Hill, Philip Glass, Bladee.”
“Ophelia”:
Track listing for These Graven Halls, out May 29th via DAZE Records:
1. Balmora more
Hailing from Portland OR, extreme tech metal outfit Lividus has aired two brand new tracks at the official Bandcamp location of Nameless Grave Records.
Titled "Amphisbaena" and "The Empty Circle", both tracks are part of the band's upcoming debut album Scarabaeus, due out on April 17.
Lividus situate their new material somewhere between Voivod, Hammers of Misfortune, Death, Nevermore, Emperor, Deceased, and Sigh.
You can listen both tracks, right below:
https://lividus.bandcamp.com/album/scarabaeus-2
Converge have just announced their second full-length album release of 2026, titled "Hum of Hurt" and due out June 5, following closely in the footsteps of their previous 2026 release "Love Is Not Enough". The title track's music video can be streamed below.
Though recorded during the same sessions as "Love Is Not Enough", Hum of Hurt is not a sequel. “When we came together to write, we ended up with a wealth of material,” the band's vocalist Jacob Bannon explains. “As work progressed we realized we had created two separate albums, and treated them as such.”
“The unifying musical idea early on was, ‘Let’s make a noise rock album.’ But we never really did. The first one wasn’t. This one touches on that spirit, but it’s much more dynamic than that descriptor. To me, it leans more into being ...more
Bohan Daniel Lueders, co-founder of Chicago hardcore punk band Harm's Way, and co-host of the Hardlore podcast has passed away at the age of 38. The news was reported by Colin Young, the other half of the Hardlore podcast. Writing "It is with heavy, broken hearts that we share that our beloved Bo Lueders has passed away."
No cause of death was given, but the suicide and crisis lifeline was linked at the end of the caption.
Bo founded Harm's Way in 2006 after playing in many Chicago hardcore bands in the years prior. Originally a side project of The Few and Proud. The band went on to release 5 albums and 5 EPs, with a new studio release on the way in 2026.
No further statements as to the future of Harm's Way or Hardlore were given; simply asking for "grace and privacy as we navigate this extremely difficult time."
German post-hardcore outfit Future Palace unveiled their latest song "Supernova" along with a music video. The band also announced their headline Deep Blue Tour in Europe this autumn, with the support of alternative metal bands Luna Kills and Defences as well as guest appearances from fellow post-hardcore players As Everything Unfolds.
Listen to "Supernova" here:
Tour dates and tickets are available at the band's website.
https://future-palace.com/#tourdates
New York punk rockers Prince Daddy and the Hyena have released a prom-inspired music video for 24-03-04_Birthday_B4, the 2nd single from their upcoming 4th album Hotwire Trip Switch.
The album reunites the band with Joyce Manor and Modern Baseball producer Joe Reinhart, who produced PDATH's debut album I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving a decade ago.
The only constant is change. Don't trust everything you read. Money doesn't buy happiness. You're probably familiar with these truisms, but after Afroman was fully vindicated by a jury on March 18, I propose a new one: Don't toss Afroman bullshit.
Afroman and his family were the victims of a spurious police raid back in 2022 when the Adams County Sheriff's office raided his home on suspicion of kidnapping and drug dealing (apparently thanks to a bunk confidential informant). No evidence was ever mounted for either and Afroman was never charged. But as anyone who's ever had to seriously deal with the cops can attest to, it's a traumatic experience. So Afroman spent the ensuring years coming out with tracks blasting the officers involved in the dubious raid.
These songs led seven officers to sue Afroman for defamation in 2023. But despite this added injustice, Afroman persevered and released this amazing music video just before the defamation trial. ...more
Neurosis have reunited with new member Aaron Turner, and have unexpectedly released a new album titled An Undying Love For A Burning World. They will play live a the Fire in the Mountains festival.
Mysterious Australian artist Cenobia drops another track entitled "Make Us Whole Again".
The third track from the mysterious one member project hints at a deeper lore tying the three existing songs together. Featuring more dark gothic imagery and a lower tempo, the single lacks the aggression of the two previously released tracks.
Metalcore/hard rock group Black Veil Brides have announced their first new album in five years: "VINDICATE." The album announces comes with the release of the album's title track, which can be heard below:
All Them Witches announced their brand new album, House of Mirrors, to be released on May 29th, 2026.
The long awaited follow up to Nothing as the Ideal, released 2020, also marks the first album that won't feature founding member Robby Staebler, who left the band in 2024. Drumming duties will be handled by Christian Powers from the band Fortune Child.
The album announcement is accompanied by the singe "Starting Line", which you can listen to here:
Millennial youth group heroes Switchfoot have shared details of their next studio album. Titled Forever Now, the album is due out on June 26 and will be the band's first release of all-original material since 2021's Interrobang.
In a statement posted to social media, the band said: "Making an album is like climbing a mountain — an intentional step forward for the band and the story we are telling. The time between albums gave us space to rebuild our creative energy. And last year, we knew it was finally time to start climbing again."
The album's first single "Wake Up, Mr Crow" is due to be released on March 27. To pre-save the album and its singles, head to https://ffm.to/forevernowsf.
Phil Campbell, the longtime guitarist for the legendary band Motorhead, passed away on March 13, 2026. He was 64. Campbell joined Motorhead in 1984 and stuck with the outfit until the band called it quits following Lemmy's death in 2015.
From the Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DV3LIf4jDoQ/
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Philip Anthony Campbell, who passed away peacefully last night following a long and courageous battle in intensive care after a complex major operation.
Phil was a devoted husband, a wonderful father, and a proud and loving grandfather, known affectionately as “Bampi.” He was deeply loved by all who knew him and will be missed immensely. His legacy, music and the memories he created with so many will live on forever.
We kindly ask that our family’s privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time.&qu ...more
Milwaukee's midwest emo outfit A Rise (And Fall) Of a Dilapidated Home release a new single entilted "Marionette" featuring newly added members of the band.
Canadian heavy metal artist Devin Townsend has announced that the long-awaited album version of his rock opera, The Moth, is finally dropping on May 29th. The concept of the opera has been in the works since 2016, and was first performed live back in March of last year.
Devin described the album as "a loose story following someone who realises that old patterns of behaviour are no longer serving them. By digging in and sitting with themselves, an internal conflict is revealed, one they may have been resisting or unconsciously rationalizing for years."
The album is said to be part of a "quadrilogy" of projects, which also includes his 2024 release, Powernerd, as well as another one called Axolotl, and his web series, Ruby Quaker which released its first episode back in November.
Along with the announcement, Devin also released the lead single from the album, "Enter the City".
Pioneering industrial group Godflesh has been forced to retire ahead of the release of its final album after founder Justin Broadrick revealed the impact of an inguinal hernia meant he could no longer perform harsh vocals.
Broadrick confirmed in a statement on Instagram that continuing to perform harsh vocals with Godflesh risks further hernias, and potentially blowing out his abdominal wall entirely, so for his own health Godflesh has immediately ceased operating as a live band. However, the penultimate album, titled Decay, is currently in the mixing and mastering phase with a tentative July/August release. A final album has already been written and will be recorded in late 2026, Broadrick's health permitting. Further dub albums and live albums have not been ruled out.
Broadrick has, however, confirmed that his other less intensive projects, such as Jesu and JK FLESH, will continue alongside other newer projects which won't demand harsh vocals.
The world may be crumbling around us in hyper-speed these days, but at least we're getting some good music to score it to.
Speaking of score, humanity has gotten a big win today with some great news to some old heads of metal:
Avant-garde prog metal band maudlin of the Well is reuniting for their 30th anniversary this year.
Per founding guitarist/bassist/singer/clarinetist/pond water hand tappist Toby Driver:
"In 1996, three friends from Connecticut set out to build a private world, a place to disappear into. We approached music guided by an inner compass, following whatever paths the work revealed, rather than creating something meant for a career or a specific scene. After some time, we left that place, but it continued to unfurl in silence. It traveled quietly from person to person, connecting with those who were meant to find it and gathering energy from around the world as it went, reaching farther than we ever did. In th ...more
Britrockers A have announced that they will be releasing their first studio album since 2005's Teen Dance Ordinance on 22 May.
After signing with Cooking Vinyl late in 2025, the group have announced their comeback album will be called PRANG, which will be their first album with bassist Richard Trigg, having gone through a series of live bassists including Dougie Poynter (McFly) and Tim Hillier-Brook (ex-Architects) since Daniel P Carter's departure in 2012 to focus on his career as a BBC Radio DJ. New single "Hello Sunshine" was accompanied by a lyric video animated by Tom Perou.
PRANG track list:
1. Hello Sunshine
2. Walkover
3. Bring On The Likes
4. Shit Summer
5. All In
6. Techno Viking
7. Kings of Lowestoft
8. Comment Leaver
9. Back To The Shop
10. Lifeline
Texan death metallers Frozen Soul have released the title track off their new album No Place of Warmth, out 8 May via Century Media.
Guesting on the track is My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, another venture into extreme metal after his appearance on Ibaraki's progressive black metal effort "Rōnin" in 2022. The collaboration resulted from a chance meeting between Way and Frozen Soul a couple of years ago:
“We met Gerard a couple of years ago and have become friends. I knew he had a love for metal, so I spun the idea to him about singing in a Frozen Soul song and he was stoked! Gerard is an amazing artist and musician whose creative vision has shaped generations and more to come.”
Album track list:
1 – No Place of Warmth (Feat. Gerard Way)
2 – Invoke War (Feat. Machine Head)
3 – Absolute Zero
4 – Dreadnought (Feat. Sanguisugabogg)
5 – Chaos Will Reign
6 – Eyes of Desp ...more
Brazilian thrash group Sepultura have released first single from their final EP, The Cloud of Unknowing, which will be released on 24 April via Nuclear Blast.
The song, "The Place", was released accompanied by an AI generated lyric video interspersed with real footage of the band, and lyrically challenges the hypocrisy of immigrants who subsequently become anti-immigration once they have settled into a new country.
Track list:
1. All Souls Rising
2. Beyond the Dream
3. Sacred Books
4. The Place
Wounds of Recollection, the long running one man Blackgaze project, has released a split ep with genre newcomer American Sacred Music. The collaboration is entitled “Late in the Season of Flies” and features one new song by WOR and three by AMS. It is available to stream and purchase via their shared label, Fig on Wrist.
