Metal Anarchy

  • Alkaline Trio Cancel UK Tour Due To Illness

    Alkaline Trio have cancelled their UK tour. The shows were scrapped due to Matt Skiba’s medical issues.

    The band said the following:

    “We are immensely sorry but we must cancel our dates in England, including tonight’s show in Birmingham, due to medical issues Matt has been suffering from that have worsened. He’s gonna be okay but needs to be treated stateside as soon as possible. We will be back healthier and stronger! Refunds are available at the point of purchase.”

    Skiba added:

    “Love y’all so much. Thank you to my beautiful bandmates and crew, the promoters and our label and teams here that have been so kind and understanding. Thank you to THE FANS and all my homies for reaching out. I love all of you so much and we’ll be back asap to make these shows up to you.❣️”

    He also shared a video statement:

    “Hey guys, it’s your friend Matt reporting from London Heathrow. I just wanted to say thank you for all the love and support. It means the world to me. We have the best fans in the world. You guys deserve a better show than I can throw right now. I got numbness in my feet, numbness in my hands. As you can tell, I’m losing my voice, so I can’t really talk, walk, play, or sing. But I’m okay. I’m just a little, little tuned up. But, um, gonna go home and get looked at, and we’ll be back as soon as we can. Yeah, thanks so much for being so understanding and I’ll see you soon.”

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  • Stanley Simmons Premiere “Don’t Leave Me Here Like That” Video

    Stanley Simmons, the project featuring Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, the sons of KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, have premiered a new video for their new song “Don’t Leave Me Here Like That.” You can check that out below. The track is from the band’s new album, “Dancing While The World Is Ending,” which will be released on August 28.

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  • GoFundMe Launched To Raise Money For The Late Shaun Glass’ Medical Bills And His Son’s Future

    As previously reported, Shaun Glass (Repentance, ex-SOiL, ex-Broken Hope) recently passed away. Now, a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to assist with his medical bills and his son’s future.

    The following statement was issued:

    “On July 1, 2026, the world lost Shaun Glass, a legendary musician who spent over four decades shaping the Chicago metal scene through Terminal Death, Sindrome, Broken Hope, SOiL, Dirge Within, The Bloodline, and most recently Repentance. He shared stages with some of the biggest names in the genre and left behind music that fans still play on repeat.

    But if you ask anyone who actually knew Shaun, the music was never the most impressive thing about him.

    Shaun‘s wealth was never in a bank account, it was in every room he ever walked into. You could know him for five minutes and walk away feeling like you’d known him your whole life. He introduced bands, friends, and strangers to chances they never would have found on their own, not because it benefited him, but because that’s just who he was, and he never once asked for anything back. Ask around the metal scene and you won’t find one person who claims to be his best friend. You’ll find fifty. That’s not an exaggeration. That was just Shaun.

    On May 31, 2026, Shaun suffered a stroke brought on by undiagnosed high blood pressure. He spent nearly a month in the hospital on life support, surrounded the entire time by people who truly loved him, before passing peacefully on hospice care. Shaun‘s insurance is pending, and anyone who has ever dealt with a hospital bill knows what even a few days in intensive care can cost. A month on life support has left behind an overwhelming amount of medical debt and final expenses.

    Every donation goes into the Maddux Glass Irrevocable Trust. Shaun‘s medical and final expenses are paid from it first, but the heart of this fund is Maddux, giving him the education, stability, and future his father always wanted for him. That future is protected in this trust, permanent, and something no one can ever take from him.

    If Shaun ever made you feel like family, connected you to someone, or picked up the phone when you needed him, this is the moment to give back a fraction of what he gave so many of us for free.

    Shaun Glass made thousands of people feel like they mattered. Now it’s our turn to make sure his son knows he mattered too.”

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  • Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats Call Out “Pop Diva” Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) For Stopping Their Roskilde Festival Set

    Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats have taken to social media to call out Gorillaz for stopping their July 2 set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. According to the band, “pop diva” Damon Albarn “threw a hissy fit” after taking issue with their “loud” performance.

    The group said the following:

    “Apologies to everyone who came to Roskilde festival hoping to see us play a full set last night. Pop diva Damon Albarn of the novelty cartoon act Gorillaz threw a hissy fit while we played, threatened to storm off stage before finally getting our set shut down because we were “too loud”. They were the only headliner of the whole weekend who couldn’t cope with playing at the same time as other artists.

    Unfortunately we only managed 25 minutes of assaulting his precious ears from our stage half a mile away before his goons came over and pulled the plug. Despite us being below the festival dB limit and offering to turn down FOH to continue the show, they wanted us off.

    Thanks to the Roskilde crew and stage manager who tried their best to intervene but it was ultimately out of their hands. Orders from above.

    p.s to our Danish fans….we love you and we’ll see you next year in Copenhagen.”

    Drummer Jon Rice also issued a statement:

    “Apologies to everyone who attended Roskilde Festival with the intentions of watching the full Uncle Acid set last night. We were forced to cut our set short by Gorillaz due to what they called ‘technical difficulties’, when in reality they could faintly hear the sound coming from our stage in between their songs and decided to throw a bitch fit, threatening to pull their gig entirely if we didn’t stop playing. We can’t apologize enough for the premature end of our set but it wasn’t our call to make.

    Funnily enough, The Cure (who headlined the festival on a previous day) played at the same time as Monolord and could faintly hear the sound from the same stage we played on, but powered through like professionals. Our Front of House sound engineer was 2db below the festival mandated decibel limit for the entirety of our gig as well, so the ‘we were playing too loud’ excuse doesn’t hold water.

    In addition to all of this, Gorillaz put the entire staff organizing Roskilde Festival in a horrible position, firstly having to deliver the news to us that we wouldn’t be able to play the remaining 30 minutes of our set and then having to tell thousands of very agitated fans who paid good money to see ALL of the bands that our set would not continue. They didn’t deserve the very loud ‘SHAME ON YOU’ chant the crowd leaned into when receiving the final verdict, but Gorillaz sure as fuck do.”

    Despite this, organizers claim the cancellation was caused by “wind conditions and technical factors”:

    “Strong winds are expected to continue throughout the day. To reduce the risk of further disruptions and provide the best possible experience for both festivalgoers and artists, we’ve made a number of changes to today’s programme.

    The decision follows yesterday’s Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats show at Lagune, which we unfortunately had to stop. We know this was disappointing for everyone involved, and we’re sorry that both festivalgoers and the artists missed out on the experience they had been looking forward to.

    The interruption was caused by a combination of wind conditions and technical factors that affected the sound production. When hosting a large outdoor live event, changing weather conditions can sometimes create operational challenges.”

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  • Mutoid Man Call Out FIFA Over Similarities Between 2026 World Cup Theme & “Call Of The Void”

    Mutoid Man (Cave In, Converge, etc.) have called out FIFA over the similarities between the 2026 World Cup theme and their song “Call Of The Void.” The band said the following via social media:

    “Hey @fifaworldcup that vocal line sure sounds familiar. #goalofthevoid”

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  • Staind Frontman Aaron Lewis On Having COVID-19 Twice: “I’ve Had Colds That Were Worse”

    During an appearance on “The Right View With Lara Trump” podcast, Staind’s Aaron Lewis reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic. The vocalist/guitarist, who is known for pushing controversial right-wing talking points, says he contracted the virus twice and that he has “had colds that were worse.”

    Lewis said the following about recording “Am I The Only One” during the pandemic:

    “Me and Jeffrey [Steele] and Ira [Dean] wrote the song in the middle of COVID shutdown. We broke the rules, and we got together and didn’t wear masks.

    He also blasted the COVID-19 lockdowns:

    “I found that to be the craziest thing that I’ve ever experienced in my 54 years on this Earth. And I never thought in a million years… I can’t even imagine all the grandfathers and the aunts and uncles and great-grandfathers that were rolling over in their grave, watching us give up every last bit of our freedom over fear.”

    He went on to discuss a 0.007% case-fatality ratio that he had heard about:

    “The flu kills more people than that every year. Everything else was fear. I’m pretty sure the treatments killed more people than the actual virus.”

    He also added the following about remaining unvaccinated and battling COVID-19 twice:

    “As a boss that is all about people’s rights and everything else, I didn’t get vaccinated. I didn’t make any of my employees get vaccinated. None of my band got vaccinated. And when I got it, inevitably — I’ve been way sicker. Aside from losing my taste and smell, I’ve had colds that were worse.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

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  • Watch Oceans Ate Alaska’s Chris Turner Add His Own Drum Parts To Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover”

    Drumeo recently tasked Oceans Ate Alaska drummer Chris Turner with covering Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” after hearing it for the first time without percussion. You can see footage of him adding his own drum parts to the song below:

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  • Silent Planet’s Garrett Russell Discusses Playing In Ukraine

    During a recent interview with Metal Hammer, Silent Planet frontman Garrett Russell opened up about performing in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion. According to him, “a tour across the United States between November and February is probably more dangerous than going to Ukraine.”

    Russell said the following:

    “The first day, when we were in Kyiv, we got all the gear in and they started plugging everything in, and I hadn’t eaten all day. I went to this grocery store and, as I’m walking out, Oleksandra – our tour manager, an amazing person – was like, ‘There you are! All the band’s in the bomb shelter!’ There was an air alert: a couple of Russian drones were flying over Kyiv.

    I checked my phone and there were 50 texts, like, ‘Where the fuck are you?!’ But you look around and no one seems concerned, and there’s supposedly an explosive drone somewhere over town. The danger is very real, but there’s also kind of a casual approach that people take to it.”

    He continued:

    “The second night we were at our hotel in Kyiv, we got woken up by one, so we went down to the bomb shelter. Then we went back to bed, and apparently there was another bomb warning that same night but I just slept through it. My bandmates went back down, so they basically didn’t sleep the night after the first show.”

    He went on to say the following when asked if there was a time when he was legitimately scared:

    “The day before we went into Ukraine, Ukraine landed a huge blow to Russian oil infrastructure [drones attacked a Moscow oil refinery on June 18]. All of us received messages saying that Moscow is going to retaliate. Oleksandra explained to us the reality: from the outside looking in, you see ‘Ukraine does something, Moscow retaliates’, but it’s a war. If one side could land a bigger blow than the other, they would.”

    He also added the following when asked how it feels to be one of the first American bands to return to Ukraine following the invasion:

    “It makes me sad. What breaks my heart is bands have been playing Moscow for the last few years, and getting paid really well to do it, and it seems fucked-up that the country getting invaded by Moscow is not getting shows because of Moscow.”

    He also encouraged other artists to go to Ukraine:

    “Yeah. I really do believe, in the scheme of things, it’s safe. Touring is inherently dangerous: we went through a van flip [in November 2022] and my back’s not been the same since. I think a tour across the United States between November and February is probably more dangerous than going to Ukraine.”

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  • Misery Index To Release Remastered Vinyl Edition Of “Overthrow” EP In December

    Misery Index will be releasing a remastered vinyl editon of their 2001 EP, “Overthrow,” on December 15. The effort will also include three bonus tracks from a 2002 split with Commit Suicide. Pre-orders can be found HERE and HERE.

    “Overload” Track Listing:

    Side A:

    01. “Manufacturing Greed”
    02. “Your Pain Is Nothing”
    03. “Blood On Their Hands”
    04. “Pulling Out The Nails”
    05. “Dead Shall Rise” (Terrorizer cover)

    Side B (Bonus Tracks):

    01. “My Untold Apocalypse”
    02. “Alive?”
    03. “Reality Distortion”

    Frontman Jason Netherton commented:

    “Its been a long time since we released this back in 2001 yet its awesome to see how much of an impact its had, and its staying power has been inspiring – we often get requests for these songs to this day and we are stoked that its finally getting the proper treatment with a fresh vinyl master from Time to Kill.”

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  • Future Palace Premiere “Tidal Waves” Music Video

    Future Palace have premiered a new video for their new song “Tidal Waves.” You can check out that clip below. The track is taken from the band’s new album, “Resurgence,” which will be released on July 31.

    Singer Maria Lessing commented:

    “This is probably the most important song I have ever written. It was extremely hard for me to write and I have failed to write a good song about this very important topic over and over again these past years. To sum it up: This song is about true love and how it feels. It can be very hard to recognize true love, but I personally found it in the role of being a big sister. Being someone who protects, cares, and always finds the time and patience to be there.

    I tried, and still try, my best to keep my younger sister from the pain that I had to go through. Even though we already went through a lot of pain together in our lifes, but it made our bond only stronger. I feel like no one will ever truly understand you like a close sibling does.”

    Guitarist Manuel Kohlert added:

    “This one started with a request by [drummer] Johannes [Früchtenicht] when he said he wanted a certain kind of ballad. Challenge accepted. The instrumental was actually very easy to write and came naturally. Compared to the rest of the album this track is by far the softest, yet it builds up to a big, still heavy chorus followed by a dreamy acoustic bridge. All in all, this is our rock ballad.”

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