Metal Anarchy

  • Angelus Apatrida Sign With Napalm Records, Announce New EP “The Reckoning”

    Angelus Apatrida have signed with Napalm Records. The label will release their new EP, “The Reckoning,” on November 19. A music video for the effort’s first single, “Cycle Of Ruin,” can be found below:

    “The Reckoning” Track Listing:

    01. “Cycle Of Ruin”
    02. “Burn It Down”
    03. “Propaganda” (Sepultura cover)

    The band commented:

    “Now it’s time to turn the page! Napalm Records had been chasing us for years, and now the time has finally come. From day one, we felt their excitement, ambition and understanding of who Angelus Apatrida is and where we want to go next. We’re still as hungry as ever, and it feels amazing to finally call Napalm Records our new home! And we’re not coming empty-handed! ‘The Reckoning’ is our new three-track EP and the first release of this new chapter. Produced by the band, recorded by our homie Juanan López, and mixed and mastered once again by our longtime partner in crime Zeuss, it’s aggressive, heavy, uncompromising and exactly where we are right now.

    And it all starts with ‘Cycle Of Ruin.’ We knew the first song of this new chapter had to make a statement, and ‘Cycle Of Ruin’ felt like the obvious choice: Fast, relentless and straight to your face, a fresh and modern take on the old-school thrash metal that has always been at the heart of this band. And we wanted the video to capture that same energy, so we threw a real pool party, brought a bunch of friends together and let the madness happen. This is ‘Cycle Of Ruin.’ Enjoy it! We couldn’t think of a better way to start this new journey. A cycle ends. Another begins. Welcome to ‘The Reckoning!’”

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  • Snot Sign With BLKIIBLK

    Snot have signed a new deal with BLKIIBLK Records. The band are planning to release new music in early 2027. A full album will follow in the summer of 2027.

    Guitarist Mikey Doling said the following:

    “I am beyond thrilled to announce Snot’s signing with BLKIIBLK! From my very first conversation with Mike Gitter, it was clear that the team at BLKIIBLK and Snot were a perfect fit. They truly believe in what we’re doing, and we couldn’t be more excited for what’s ahead. We’re proud to be joining the Frontiers/BLKIIBLK family. I’ve got my sunglasses on because the future is so bright! We’re fired up to bring the new Snot songs we’ve been working on to our fans around the world. This is just the beginning!”

    Mike Gitter, who serves as the head of A&R at Frontiers Label Group, also commented:

    “BLKIIBLK isn’t merely just proud to be working with Snot but, more importantly, to be part of fulfilling a legacy that has only intensified as time has gone by. Snot is really the high-octane stopgap between fellow Santa Barbara punk miscreants RKL and generation nu-metal. Mikey, John, Jamie and Andy are on fire and not only celebrating their history but making it much more than a classic-album-and-then-we’re-out proposition. F- that! Snot lives!”

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  • Foo Fighters To Open For AC/DC In St. Louis, MO

    Foo Fighters have been added to AC/DC’s headlining show at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, MO. The concert will be held on September 8 and it will find the band filling in for The Pretty Reckless.

    Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl commented:

    “I remember it like it was yesterday….

    It was AC/DC’s 1980 concert film ‘Let There Be Rock’ that truly introduced me to the raw, primal power of rock and roll performance for the first time. Sure, I had Beatles records, I had Kiss posters, I had an old, broken acoustic guitar with a few strings that I would pretend to play in front of the hallway closet mirror when no one was home, but it wasn’t until that fateful night at the tender age of eleven years old that my best friend, Larry Hinkle and I went downtown to the Uptown theater in Washington D.C. and actually witnessed it on full display.

    Watching from the edge of my seat the entire time, it was like nothing I had ever experienced before. How could five human beings conjure and possess such intensity onstage with just their instruments, and do so with such swagger, such groove….and such danger? My mind was blown. Melted. Changed forever. And my heart felt like it might explode with passion and inspiration.

    From that night on, the bar was set exceptionally high. If you were a drummer and you didn’t have to change your snare drum between songs from pummeling it to splinters, you weren’t hitting it hard enough. If you were a guitarist and you didn’t need oxygen on the side of the stage between solos, you weren’t playing hard enough. If you were a frontman in a band and you weren’t drenched in sweat by the end of the show, you weren’t giving the audience what they deserve (All of these moments can be witnessed in this legendary film)

    It’s safe to say that If it weren’t for this movie, this band, and their decades of timeless anthems, I surely would have approached my life in music from a different perspective. So, if you have ever seen me beat the living shit out of a drum set, or run from side to side of a stage drenched in sweat after hours of hammering my guitar to pieces, you’ll now understand why. All I have ever wanted was to someday live up to the awe inspiring fury of AC/DC, live onstage (an impossible task, by the way)

    And now, for the first time since that fateful night in 1980, my band Foo Fighters will share a stage with the gentlemen who are single handedly responsible for my determination to give every audience everything I have, every night. This is literally a dream come true. So…..if you want blood….you’ve got it.

    Let there be fucking rock, St Louis. See you September 8th.

    Dave”

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  • Enslaved Premiere “Solar Will” Video

    Enslaved have premiered a new video for their new song “Solar Will.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Mið,” which will be released on October 30.

    Guitarist Ivar Bjørnson commented:

    “There have been sun cults as long as Magic Man has been around (at least). The Sun is a nurturing and terrifying parent that can grant as well as obliterate life totally. Such a classic and awe-inspiring object of our worship and myths requires classic and awesome riffs, Bonham-esque drum grooves and blistering melodic flares celebrating its horrific glory. This is what that sounds like to me: ‘Solar Will!’”

    Vocalist/bassist Grutle Kjellson added:

    “‘Solar Will’ explores archetypal conflicts, those that manifest in nature, the cosmos, mythology, and, above all, within the human mind. In this instance, the central struggle is expressed through one of the enduring rivalries found in Norse mythology, embodied by two important, though often somewhat overlooked, figures within the pantheon. Readers familiar with the Norse mythological tradition will likely recognize the identities rather instantly, yet I shall refrain from naming them, allowing each reader the opportunity to engage with and decipher the lyrics on their own. After all, perhaps this is one of the essential functions of lyric writing: to invite interpretation and cultivate a sense of wonder? The conclusion, or more precisely, the absence of one, suggests that, for human beings, chaos and dreams are at least as significant as the realities we perceive through our senses. Ultimately, the work advocates not for resolution, but for the acceptance, assimilation, and shaping of these often contradictory forces.”

    “Mið” Track Listing:

    01. “Non-Being”
    02. “I Am Ice” (feat. Johan Sara Jr)
    03. “Solar Will”
    04. “Mountain”
    05. “Spirit Helper” (feat. Kevin Kicking Woman)
    06. “Parting”
    07. “Tales of Trees”
    08. “I Miðju”

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  • King 810 Premiere “LOVE KILLS” Video

    King 810 have premiered a new video for their new song “LOVE KILLS.” This track is from the band’s new album, “K9: La Grande Mort or SILENCE OF GOD,” which will be released on November 27.

    Vocalist David Gunn commented:

    “This song is about the most dangerous game us animals play — love. ’LOVE KILLS’ reveals there is no ceremonial difference between weddings and funerals. There’s a type of devotion that doesn’t care whether the other person is alive to receive it. That’s what this song is – love that outlives the need for consent from the ultimate authority: death.”

    He also added the following about the album:

    “Ten years ago, we explored ‘the little death’ – a phrase the French use to describe orgasm – in a sexually charged body of work. This year, we experience the silence of God. The little death was only a rehearsal for the big death.

    The record is about two lovers and their inconceivably dark relationship. In keeping with the French, it explores the themes of folie à deux (madness shared by two) and l’amour fou (mad love) to their deepest depths. If only one didn’t have to experience these events to articulate them.

    The two individuals whose story is told in this work of non-fiction suffer from enmeshment — what happens when the boundaries between two people become so blurred that individuality starts to disappear. I also play with the idea of decalcomania — adapted from the French décalcomanie, equivalent to décalquer, ‘to transfer a tracing of,’ plus the English ‘-mania.’ Perhaps this can occur at inconceivable heights of creation, where a single soul may be imprinted on two separate individuals.”

    “K9: La Grande Mort or SILENCE OF GOD” Track Listing:

    01. “I KNOW YOU HEARD OF ME”
    02. “HUNGRY GODS”
    03. “LOVE KILLS”
    04. “decalcomania”
    05. “FEAST”
    06. “XOXO”
    07. “SIMULACRA SIMULATING”
    08. “the thin place”
    09. “BLACK MILK”
    10. “DIVINE SPARKS”
    11. “enmeshment”

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  • Squid Pisser Premiere New Song “Rats”

    Squid Pisser have shared a new song titled “Rats.” That track is from the band’s new EP, “Throat Slave,” which will be released on August 28.

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  • Extol Premiere New Song “The One And The Many”

    Extol have premiered a new song titled “The One And The Many.” This track is from their new album, “Aura Of Decay,” which will be released on November 6. Guitarist Christer Espevoll commented:

    “We are living in an era where truth feels relative, yet tribal dogmas seem to be strengthening. We wanted the song to mirror that confusion. It is an invitation to look beneath the surface noise of the internet and reflect on how sanctimonious religious and political practices are fed and kept alive by ideology.”

    “Aura Of Decay” Track Listing:

    01. “The One And The Many“
    02. “Disintegrate“
    03. “Sanctum“
    04. “Merciless Hunger“
    05. “Vile Path“
    06. “Phantom Dismay“
    07. “Shield And Alibi“
    08. “Wrecked Within Walls“
    09. “Dimness Of Lingering Gloom“
    10. “Beneath The Dirt“
    11. “End Of Times“

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  • Darko Planning New Album And Live Shows For 2027

    Darko, the project featuring Chelsea Grin’s Tom Barber and Josh Miller, have offered an update on their plans for 2027. Among them are a new album and their “first and only Darko U.S. shows.”

    The band commented:

    “thank you to all of you. for everything over the years. we’ve been able to express and have the most fun doing this project and bringing you guys music. we love doing darko and the support we get from you guys is unreal.

    thank you for all the love on oni 2 and cuckoo this year. it means the world to us and lets us continue doing this project that we love so much.

    new chelsea grin is around the corner so we will be taking a darko music break for a little bit but

    FIRST and ONLY Darko US shows next year.

    we have some merch drops later this year

    also a new album next year

    keep streaming oni 2 and cuckoo

    thank you all. much love”

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  • Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Announces “In My Darkest Hour” Book Event In New York City

    Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine will be celebrating the release of his memoir, “In My Darkest Hour,” with a special conversation at the Kaufman Music Center in New York, NY on September 8. Tickets are avaliable HERE and will include a signed copy of the book.

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  • Michael Monroe Announces Spring 2027 U.S. Shows

    Michael Monroe has announced some spring 2027 U.S. shows. Here’s the dates:

    04/29 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
    04/30 Derry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall
    05/01 New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
    05/04 Las Vegas, NV – Fremont Country Club
    05/05 Los Angeles, CA – Whisky A Go Go
    05/06-11 Monsters Of Rock Cruise

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