RAVEN BLACK Unveils Their Most Haunting Creation Yet: The New Album BLACK SONATA


Prepare yourselves as the carnival doors creak open once again, and the music of the shadows will echo forever.

The twisted carnival is back—and this time,

the shadows sing.

The theatrical dark-metal visionaries RAVEN BLACK have released their brand-new full-length album,

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Soen announce new album ‘Reliance’ & release new single ‘Primal’


SOEN announce their forthcoming new studio album Reliance, set for release on January 16th via Silver Lining Music.

With Reliance, their seventh studio album, the Swedish progressive metal powerhouse, spearheaded by Joel Ekelöf (vocals) and Martin Lopez (drums), continue to find incredible new pathways into the spatial areas between light and dark, loud and calm, heavy and soothing. And with its seamless march across deeply human emotional terrain, SOEN’s music continues to explore the human mind, heart, and soul with a visionary duty of care, plus an extra edge of heavy.

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BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCES 27 MORE BANDS FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION


As plans for BLOODSTOCK’s 25th anniversary get underway, the festival has unveiled another 27 bands for 2026’s monumental event. With heavyweights, cult favourites, and rising stars joining the awesome bands already announced, this year’s line-up is shaping up to be one for the ages. And there are still plenty more names yet to come, with approximately 125 bands in total set to appear. Did you know? BLOODSTOCK is going to open the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Thursday now as well! Early bird, campervan, and VIP tickets are already sold out and weekend tickets are over 90% gone, so act quickly to get tickets if you don’t want to miss out!

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Mudvayne Drop ANOTHER New Track With “Sticks and Stones”


 A mere two weeks ago, ’00s hard rock provocateurs MUDVAYNE — Chad Gray [vocals], Greg Tribbett [guitar], Ryan Martinie [drums], and Matthew McDonough [drums] — thrilled fans by dropping  their first new single in 16 years with “HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE” via Alchemy Recordings. The song has already accumulated over half a millions streams and counting. Watch the visualizer and listen to the song here.

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THE RASMUS RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘WEIRDO’ & VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK FEATURING LEE JENNINGS


It’s been almost a year since 6x Platinum and 8x Gold-certified, record-breaking Finnish rock outfit THE RASMUS(@therasmusofficial) released the first single (“Rest In Pieces” on October 24, 2024) from their highly anticipated 11thstudio album, WEIRDO, which finally arrived (September 12) via Better Noise Music (their first for the label) and Playground Music. The album, as well as limited-edition merchandise bundles, are available now HERE

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FOO FIGHTERS TO ROCK OC


The 3.7 earthquake a few miles west of Atascadero wasn’t the only seismic activity to rock San Luis Obispo County last night, as Foo Fighters treated a capacity crowd of FF faithful at the Fremont Theater — many of whom camped out overnight for tickets — to a career-spanning set featuring the thunderous debut of new FF drummer Ilan Rubin.

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