Metal Anarchy

  • Sicksense Premiere “Artificial Irrelevance” Music Video

    Sicksense have premiered a new video for their new song “Artificial Irrelevance.” You can check that out below. The track will appear on the band’s new EP, “Funerals,” which will be released on September 25.

    Vocalist Robby J. Fonts (ex-Stuck Mojo) had the following to say about the new single:

    “It’s a social commentary on modern internet culture. The song points out the phoniness of people’s online personas. They present themselves one way, when in reality they live and act differently. They become addicted to being someone they aren’t and obsessed with superficial numbers from the engagement they receive online.

    Musically, from the very beginning when we started working (on our previous album) with our producer, Joey Doherty, he really wanted to take what we are as Sicksense and push us and our sound to the next level.

    I definitely feel this is a step in that direction, hinting at more of what we are capable of doing as artists.”

    Vocalist Vicky Psarakis (ex-The Agonist) added:

    “How much social media has altered people’s lives isn’t anything new. We’re all addicted to our phones, stuck constantly doom scrolling and searching for dopamine hits and validation from the internet space.

    What is relatively new however is the insane rise of AI content and ‘creators’ on these platforms, which is deeply disturbing when it comes to anything artistic. Musicians are seeing their work stolen. We keep getting fed reels that are 100% fake and it’s a big issue that AI has gotten so hard to distinguish for most people. So not only are we living in a non-existent space, we’re also constantly second guessing if what we are looking at is even real. It’s a whole new layer of unsettling.

    For the music video of ‘Artificial Irrelevance,’ we wanted to make a mockery of the internet culture that exists today. We each created different and extravagant personas for ourselves and performed in ways that are completely unrealistic looking in one scene and then also filmed a full band performance at the Nile Underground venue in Mesa, AZ. At the end of the day, AI can’t do what we do in a live environment and music fans will always connect with bands that are the real deal and able to deliver that to you in person.”

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  • End It’s Akil Godsey On Banana Man Controversy: “We’re A Hardcore Band. We Do Hardcore Things.”

    As previously reported, End It recently faced backlash after turning a Toronto, ON crowd on a man wearing a banana costume. Now, vocalist Akil Godsey has officially addressed the controversy.

    Godsey said the following:

    “The funniest thing to come out of all this is people telling me they were disappointed in me, when the first song I ever wrote for this band is called ‘Give Up‘, which is where I instruct people to walk into the woods to commit suicide. You’ve obviously not been listening to the band, and I don’t know what the fuck you thought was going on over here. We’re in a, we’re a hardcore band. We do hardcore things. You don’t have to come over here. You don’t have to pay attention to me at fucking all.

    Everyone in my life loves me very much. I’m very well taken care of. I do not need your attention or validation. I’ll be just fine. Hey, if the band got to quit, so be it. I guess I’ll go to work. I’m a fully functioning adult male. I’ll be just fine. There’s more to life than whatever the fuck you think is going on over here. You don’t even know what’s going on over here. We haven’t spoken in ages. You’re living off of assumptions. Don’t assume, my parents taught me that. But have fun with the life you’ve made for yourself.”

    He also added:

    “Thanks for the racism and death threats and dissertations. It’s all been very taxing. I’m gonna go raise my child now. Peace.”

    [via The PRP]

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  • Boundaries, Bleeding Through, Emmure, And More Added To 2026 Endless Fires Festival

    More bands have been added to this year’s Endless Fires Fest. That event will take place at Sharkey’s Event Center in Syracuse, NY on August 15-16.

    Here’s the updated daily lineups:

    August 15:

    GWAR
    Circle Jerks
    American Nightmare
    Comeback Kid
    Deadguy
    Weekend Nachos
    Bleeding Through
    On Broken Wings
    Missing Link
    X-Cops
    Two Piece
    Through The Eyes Of The Dead
    Eighteen Visions
    Chain Gang
    Fury Of Five
    Beyond Repair
    D Bloc
    Strength For A Reason
    xUNCONQUEREDx
    Frozen Ground
    GHOSTxSHIP
    Ante Up
    Dawg Pound
    Suffocate Faster
    No Grave
    War Nerve
    With Teeth
    Townsquare Execution
    Rotting Youth
    FirstKil
    No Leash
    RW Hellborn
    Blood Desecration
    Disruptor
    Dystopica
    Offensive

    August 16:

    Three 6 Mafia
    Boundaries
    Project Pat
    Emmure
    E-Town Concrete
    Lil Wyte
    Madball
    Ouija Macc
    Lionheart
    Gridiron
    Wisdom In Chains
    Crown Of Thornz
    Bodybox
    Invocation Of Nehek
    Fatal Realm
    Combust
    Mushmouth
    Kent Osborne
    Lifeless
    Pure Bliss
    These Streets
    Apocalypse Tribe
    The Real Raw Breed
    On A Warpath
    Harsh Reality
    Bounty Hunter
    Pool Scum
    Locked In A Vacancy
    Reign Of Z
    Critical Damage
    Crashing Wayward
    Concrete
    Deep Disdain
    Spawn Trap
    Blissful Myth

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  • Drummer Joe Longobardi Exits The Amity Affliction

    Joe Longobardi has announced his departure from The Amity Affliction. The drummer commented:

    “After 8 years I have decided to leave The Amity Affliction. I feel extremely grateful and fortunate to have spent those years with the band. I wish Johnny, Dan and Joel along with the crew nothing but the very best moving forward. It’s been an incredible journey. Thank you all for the love. See you out there.”

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  • Rob Zombie Premieres “Tarantula” Music Video

    Rob Zombie has premiered a new video for his song “Tarantula.” That track is from the frontman’s latest album “The Great Satan.”

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  • Deep Purple Premiere “Guilt Trippin’” Video

    Deep Purple have premiered a new video for their new song “Guilt Trippin’.” That track will appear on the band’s new album, “SPLAT!,” which is set to be released on July 3. The single “imagines God and Charles Darwin sharing a drink in a pub, reflecting on how things on earth have not exactly worked out according to plan.” Singer Ian Gillan added:

    “The song starts, and I’m in the studio. I don’t have any words for it yet. So I just start screaming. It was the pure joy of yelling it. I vowed when I was 40 that I’d stop screaming by the time I was 60. Now I’m looking back and thinking, ‘Whatever happened to that?’ So we’ll give it a go.”

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  • Russian Circles Premiere “Empath” Video, Announce New Album And Tour

    Russian Circles have premiered a new video for their new song “Empath.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Nine,” which will be released on August 28. The group commented on that effort:

    “The music we make is a collective process of reconciliation, navigation, and reflection upon aging both as individuals and as a creative entity. Life has created very real distances between us, but the band continues to be at the center, and this creative collaboration is a way of charting the passage of time while also giving us a reason to look to the future.”

    “Nine” Track Listing:

    01. “Borehole”
    02. “Empath”
    03. “Eluvial”
    04. “E2”
    05. “Meridian”
    06. “Arletta”
    07. “Seventh Seal”

    In other news, Russian Circles have also announced a North American tour. Here’s the dates:

    With Pelican:

    09/25 Whitefish Bay, WI – The Argo
    09/26 Chicago, IL – Bohemian National Cemetery
    09/28 Detroit, MI – El Club
    09/29 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
    09/30 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
    10/01 Boston, MA – Royale
    10/03 Queens, NY – Knockdown Center
    10/04 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
    10/05 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
    10/07 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
    10/08 Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
    10/09 Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theater
    10/10 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
    10/12 Nashville, TN – The Basement East
    10/13 Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi

    With Primitive Man:

    11/04 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
    11/06 Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
    11/07 Austin, TX – The Far Out Lounge
    11/09 Phoenix, AZ – Walter Studios
    11/11 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasc
    11/12 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
    11/14 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
    11/15 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
    11/16 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
    11/17 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
    11/19 Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre
    11/20 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
    11/21 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater

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  • Ignea Premiere “Dreams Of Lands Unseen” Video

    Ignea have premiered a new video for their new song “Dreams Of Lands Unseen.” The track “explores the race to space during the Cold War” and it will appear on the band’s new album, “Monumental,” which will be released on October 23.

    Vocalist Helle Bohdanova commented on the single:

    “This song is about the blend of ambition and illusion, where space wasn’t an escape but a conquest shaped by ideology and dreams. Across Ukraine and many post-Soviet countries, mosaics still depict this promised future: cosmonauts, rockets, bold visions of worlds yet unseen. We shot the video in black and white on purpose, reaching for the vibe of old sci-fi rather than modern blockbuster spectacle, using Cooke Varotal lenses, the optics favored by Kubrick. In the end, I think the song isn’t nostalgic for space exploration itself, so much as for an aesthetic that was itself already nostalgic, looking back at a future that was already passing. Still, I guess each of us has dreamt of becoming an astronaut at least once… haven’t you?”

    She also added the following about the video:

    “In the video, actors portraying cosmonauts wear real Soviet space helmets and the bottom layers of Soviet space suits that were also used for stratosphere flights. This is because in a totalitarian regime, sourcing real items for film productions from adjacent ministries was often easier than building fake props—since films were ‘ordered’ by the leadership, and everyone was expected to contribute to their production. After appearing in a Soviet-era space film, the items remained stored at the film studio for decades afterward. The cosmonaut costumes featured in the video were specifically rented from the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studios in Kyiv, home to Ukraine’s largest historic costume collection. On the night of June 14–15, 2026, the studio was hit in a Russian strike on Kyiv, destroying the costume workshop along with roughly 100,000 historical pieces from the archive. The same strike also damaged IGNEA’s own headquarters.”

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  • Loathe Premiere “Fangs” Video

    Loathe have premiered a new video for their new song “Fangs.” You can check that out below. The track is from the band’s new album, “A Stranger To You,” which will be released on July 17.

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  • The Pretty Reckless Announce Stripped-Down Set And Album Signing At Amoeba Hollywood

    The Pretty Reckless will be taking part in a stripped-down set and “Dear God” album signing event at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles, CA on July 1. Fans will have to pre-order the record at the store to attend.

    Amoeba Music shared more information:

    “JUST ANNOUNCED: The Pretty Reckless are doing a stripped-down live set + “Dear God” album signing at Amoeba Hollywood Wednesday, July 1st at 5pm!

    ✨ To get a ticket for the signing, pre-purchase “Dear God” on vinyl IN PERSON at Amoeba Hollywood. Tickets are available now!

    ✨ The performance is free & all-ages. No ticket required to watch the show.

    ** Space is limited!

    ** Max 1 LP + signing ticket per person.

    ** LP will be ready for pickup on event day by showing your hard ticket + attached Amoeba store receipt.

    ** Taylor Momsen will be signing the new album only. No outside or additional items please.

    ** Album signing only. No photos with the artist will be happening.
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    “Dear God is written as a confession, a letter to god, with no holds barred and brutal honesty. A desperation to reveal all your darkest secrets. It encompasses everything I’ve lived and survived up to this point, delivered as a story of a life if I was declaring it in a confession to a higher power. you actually live.” — Taylor Momsen

    The Pretty Reckless’ 5th studio album again provides the captivating vocals and high-powered musical prowess fans have loved for over a decade. In an emotional message to a higher power “Dear God” delivers raw candor and fearlessness. From the sinister “For I Am Death” to the vulnerable yet hopeful “When I Wake Up” listeners are sure to go on a rollercoaster of emotions. “Dear God” is out June 26 via Fearless Records.

    🎶 You can also see The Pretty Reckless live at The Wiltern on July 31st.”

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