It looks like Greta Van Fleet are back in action. The band recently shared a preview of a new song along with the following caption: “We’re back, baby!.” This news comes after the group made headlines for a cryptic “thanks for the wild ride” post.
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Saxon To Release New Album In January 2027
During an appearance on the Last Ride podcast, Saxon frontman Biff Byford offered an update on the band’s new album. He said the following:
“I can’t tell you anything about that. What we can tell you, though, is — [and this is an] exclusive — we can tell you that the album is coming out on [Friday] the 22 of January [of 2027]. Nobody knows that. You’re the first person [we’ve told]. And you’re gonna be able to order the album early September. And the first single — video and single — I think it’s gonna be a seven-inch vinyl as well of the single, in September.””
[via Blabbermouth]
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Mastodon Finish New Album
During a recent interview with Blabbermouth, Mastodon drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor offered an update on the band’s new album. According to him, the effort is “finished.” A 2026 release is expected.
Dailor said the following:
“We’re very excited about it. It was a hard record to make. It was a very emotional time for us. I lost my mom, we went through all this turmoil with Brent [Hinds], and then he passed away. It’s been tough. It’s all in the music, it’s all in the songs, and I’m excited to release it and get it out there into the world because we’ve been sitting on it for a while. A lot of this stuff, at least the skeletons of what this album is, we’ve been sitting on for two years now. A lot was going on.”
He also confirmed that Brent Hinds will not appear on any of the new material:
“No. It’s all new stuff. Toward the end, unfortunately, it was hard to get him to come down to the [practice] space. He was interested in doing other stuff, which was fine. It was a confusing time. [Laughs] I was the one going, ‘Come on, man. Come down. Let’s riff.’ He was a free spirit. He wanted to ride his motorcycle around and go do this and that.
He was wherever the wind took him. Unfortunately, it was not down to the practice space to work on riffs. It was a little bit frustrating. I was okay with it. I was like, ‘Hey man, everyone can do whatever they want to do in their life. If you’re unhappy and not wanting to be here doing whatever, figure out what does make you happy and do that.’”
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Watch Breaking Benjamin Perform New Song “Something Wicked” At Welcome To Rockville
During their May 9 set at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, FL, Breaking Benjamin performed a new song titled “Something Wicked.” You can see some fan-filmed footage of that below:
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Listen To “The Temple Of The King” From “Ride The Rainbow – The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow”
Steve Morse, Phil Soussan, Ronnie Romero, Simon Wright, Jonathan Cain, and Kevin James Morse have shared their take on Rainbow’s “The Temple Of The King.” You can stream that below. The track is from the Rainbow tribute album, “Ride The Rainbow – The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow,” which will be released on June 19.
Romero commented:
“Being part of the Rainbow legacy, and having the opportunity to play this song with Ritchie himself on stage, to record this song it means the world to me. I would never be grateful enough for the chance of being part of this legendary band, so here is a humble way to pay tribute to one of my favorite songs and my all-time favorite band. Hope the people like it the same way I loved it recording it.”
Morse continued:
“I remember playing an outdoor festival show featuring Rainbow, with my previous band, The Dregs. I stayed and watched Rainbow and thought that every single song sounded really good! Ritchie had always worked with very good musicians, but his vision of heavy, but melodic, rock really impressed me. I think hearing them sounding so well playing live, really helped to set the bar high for live performance.”
Cain added:
“When Cleopatra asked me to play on a Rainbow tribute project, I was excited to add my keyboards to it. Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio were one of the truly melodic and memorable metal bands. I got to party with him towards the end of his touring days after a Sweden Rock Festival. His soaring voice and melodies will be remembered for decades to come.”
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Venom Comment On Having The Same Album Title As Lamb Of God: “So Fucking What?”
Venom and Lamb Of God both released albums titled “Into Oblivion” this year. However, it appears Venom are not concerned with the coincidence.
Guitarist Stuart “Rage” Dixon told Overdrive.ie the following about Lamb Of God’s use of the title:
“I think there was a bit, like, we were messaging, and then, I’ll not say who it was, one of us went, ‘So fucking what?’ [Laughs]”
Drummer Danny “Danté” Needham continued:
“The record label weren’t too concerned. So it wasn’t, like, ‘Shit, we need a quick change of plan.’ It was, like, ‘Nah, nah.’”
Rage added:
“We wrote the song ‘Into Oblivion”] five years ago. Fuck that. We were there first.”
Danté concluded:
“They’ve [Lamb Of God] done three fucking albums since we wrote that fucker, so we were at least touring then.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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