We Came As Romans have shared a new version of “Red Smoke” featuring HEAVENSGATE. You can check that out below. The track will appear on the band’s “ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED: CIRCULARITY” release. That effort will include four new tracks and six reimagined songs featuring Dayseeker, After The Burial, Currents, Bury Tomorrow, HEAVENSGATE, Headwreck, and Ladrones. We Came As Romans commented:
“‘ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED: CIRCULARITY‘ is the culmination of this cycle for WCAR. We are happy to have been able to sit in a place of deep collaboration with so many artists we have toured with over the years & build strong friendships with. The new songs represent a new era for the band as we continue to write & carve out what is next.”
“Two Minutes To Late Night” host Jordan “Gwarsenio Hall” Olds (also of Blood Vulture) has joined forces with Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, God’s Hate), Dave Bland (Full Of Hell, Jarhead Fertilizer), Travis Stone (Pig Destroyer), Kyle Stone (Disgrace, Forced Order), and Miles McIntosh (Phobophilic) for a new cover of Morbid Angel’s “Dawn Of The Angry.” You can check out their take on the track below:
Left To Suffer have premiered a new song titled “STFU.” The track is from the band’s new album, “Unwelcome Guest,” which will be released on October 9. Guitarist Peter Higgs commented:
“Some people think we sold out. Others think we lost the plot. So we did what anyone else from Atlanta would do and tuned up to Drop B, wrote some nu metal riffs, and talked a whole lot of shit. This one’s for everyone who decided they knew what Left To Suffer was supposed to be better than we did.”
Our Common Collapse have premiered a new song titled “Ritual.” You can check that out below. Guitarist Elliot Merriman commented:
“It’s about a parasitic relationship with vices and escapism and how it secludes you, making you feel stuck and isolated but comfortable at the same time—a repeating cycle or ritual.”
KnuckleBonz have announced a partnership with the estate of the late great Ronnie James Dio. The new collaboration will include a 3D immersive experience.
Further details were shared in a press release:
“The legend of Ronnie James Dio is entering a new dimension. KnuckleBonz® today announces an official collaboration with the Dio Estate to bring the iconic heavy metal figure into KnuckleBonz360TM BackStage Experience, a first-of-its-kind immersive 3D digital platform launching Summer 2026. The licensing agreement was brokered by Global Merchandising Services, the worldwide agent for the Dio estate.
KnuckleBonz360™ is a digital platform featuring immersive 3D worlds built to celebrate the iconic imagery of great bands and artists. With 20+ band worlds launching in 2026, KnuckleBonz360 BackStage Experience gives fans a place to connect with other fans, play mini-games, shop for exclusive collectibles, explore and see album art come to life!
The Dio BackStage Experience is developed by a team of incredibly talented artists and engineers and enthusiastic music superfans. The creators are also fans! Dio fans worldwide can come together in KnuckleBonz360 to celebrate his entire legacy.
‘When we first began designing KnuckleBonz360 we immediately imagined what it would be like to go inside Ronnie’s castle or step inside the Holy Diver album art. We can’t wait for fans to see what we have built,’ says Tony Simerman, CEO and Creative Director of KnuckleBonz Corp.
‘Dio’s impact on music and culture continues to inspire fans around the world,’ says Jen Harper, Sr. Licensing Manager at Global Merchandising Services. ‘We’re excited to help bring Ronnie’s legendary world to life in a way that allows fans to experience his legacy like never before.’
Fans will enter the fantastical Dio BackStage Experience and explore the castle and landscape to celebrate Dio’s entire career: from the early Rainbow years to the earth-shaking partnership with Black Sabbath, and all the way through his Holy Diver and Heaven and Hell solo era.
The Dio BackStage Experience will feature digital collectibles and other physical collectibles and merch that ships worldwide. This multi-player world allows Dio fans to connect and explore together.”
Ghøstkid have shared a new song titled “I Destroyed You.” This track is from their new album, “Follow The White Rabbit,” which will be released on October 2.
Comeback Kid have shared an official music video for the title track of their new album “Chosen Hell.” That effort will be released on November 6. Vocalist Andrew Neufeld commented:
“The theme of the title track ‘Chosen Hell’ on our new album touches on morality and ethics. Something as simple as right or wrong. Good or evil. Healthy or unhealthy, and our ability to make a choice. Often, we are incapable of choosing the right thing, and we find ourselves in situations that we know hold us back, therefore affecting our own well being. The outcome is what we make of it.”
“Chosen Hell” Track Listing:
01. “Target on My Back”
02. “Vindication”
03. “Shedding Season” (feat. Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox)
04. “Lost and Found”
05. “Underneath the Pressure”
06. “Chosen Hell”
07. “Yesterday’s Gone” (feat. Brendan Garrone of Incendiary)
08. “Tunnel Vision”
09. “Becoming”
10. “Heartland Elegy”
11. “Too Late”
Tour Dates:
11/07 Oklahoma City, OK – Flyover Fest
With Dead Heat, Fear Of Loss, and Slow Pulse:
11/08 Dallas, TX – Puzzles Deep Ellum
11/09 Houston, TX – Secret Group
11/10 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
11/11 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
With Defeater, Dead Heat, and Barrio Slam:
11/13 Las Vegas, NV – American Legion Post 8
11/14 San Diego, CA – Corazon Del Barrio
11/15 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
11/16 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
With The Warriors, Dead Heat, and Barrio Slam:
11/18 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
11/19 Tacoma, WA – Real Art
With The Warriors, Dead Heat, and Time x Heist:
11/20 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
11/22 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
During an interview with Dales Rock Interviews, SOiL’s Tim King offered an update on the band’s new album. He says the effort is “completely done.”
King said the following:
“We wrote an entire new release last year. We didn’t do any touring last year. We were in the writing mode in the studio. We went back and forth into the studio into Nashville, and we’ve got a new release completely done. We’re gonna be announcing it very soon. [We] signed a new record deal. We have a new manager with Shelter Music Group over there. And we just revived everything SOIL. Brand new release, brand new record label, brand new management, and we’re gonna release the first single this year, and then the [full-length] release will come out probably January of 2027.”
He continued when asked about the lengthy wait:
“With a band like ours, we’ve got a lot of hits, we’ve got a lot of history, and for older bands like us that have had a legacy, it gets… I, at least, find it really monotonous and boring when bands just keep releasing material that sounds the same or subpar or they feel like they just need to release it to appease the fans or to go out on tour with. And with SOIL, we released an amazing record with the return of [SOIL singer] Ryan [McCombs] back in 2013, which was ‘Whole’. And it really brought the band back to form. It sounded like the old days of SOIL. It was a great record to reintroduce and reinvigorate the band. And since then we’ve done a ton of touring. But we said to ourselves, ‘If we’re gonna do a follow-up, we either have to write songs that are better than the ‘Scars’ [2001] record,’ which is our biggest record, ‘and we need at least one hit or more that are better than the song ‘Halo’, or at least as good.’ And we just kept writing and writing and just weren’t feeling it. And time went by and more touring went on, and things got pushed aside, and finally we said, ‘We’re taking an entire year off, and we’re going to buckle down and make this happen.’ And that’s what we did.”
He went on to discuss the musical direction:
“It’s amazing stuff. I mean, I say that with absolutely no ego. And it’s gonna appease the old SOIL fans, it’s gonna appease new SOIL fans. It’s got a great classic old SOIL sound, but with a lot of modern elements incorporated into it, and it’s just undeniable. We finally have a piece of material, a body of material that we feel is going to blow this band back into the the good graces with a new record. The fanbase has been eager to get some new material, and we’re gonna give it to them.”
He also discussed the production process:
“We went in with a great production team. We spent a lot of time in Nashville recording all this stuff. Like I said, we basically retooled the entire band — new label, new management, new producers, new music, new everything. So, 2027 is gonna be a very exciting time for the band.
I wish I could say more, but we’re still waiting for announcements to come out and having meetings on when to announce and when to launch and stuff like that. So, it will be all coming in due time, but it’s all completed, so there’s no, ‘Oh, SOIL’s going in the studio or anything like that.’ It’s completely finished, so it’s ready to go. So we’re just picking out the right time to launch and all that good stuff.”
He also added the following when asked if it easy to write new music nowadays:
“Back in the day, and all the way leading up to the ‘Whole’ record, we had always written in a rehearsal room together — bass, drums, guitars, throwing riffs at each other, putting things together, talking about it, drinking some beers, and then we’d send it off to Ryan. He’d come back with some vocal ideas, some changes. We’d make that, then Ryan would come to the rehearsal and sing it, and we’d hear what it was like, and we’d demo it out and stuff. So that was the way we always wrote things — old school. And we found that that really worked well because right in that moment of time, you could alter things, and you got that vibe, and you’re playing off of each other, and you’re going back and forth. And I think the reason it took us so long to get things together is in the age of computers, and when COVID hit and all that, everything started going by FaceTime or sending files back and forth, and it’s just so stale. It’s so… I don’t know how to put it. It’s just so — I guess you could say, yeah, ‘stale’ is the best word. There’s really no vibe there. If I send a riff to the guys, or Adam [Zadel, SOIL guitarist] sends some ideas put to a drum machine, or the drummer [T.J. Taylor] gets a drum beat and we put some stuff to it, and we’re just sending it around, you’re not really getting that interaction. So we were very uninspired for many years because there really wasn’t that outlet to all get together. Me and Adam live in Chicago, our drummer’s in Kentucky, Ryan’s in the U.K. Getting together to practice for a tour was hard enough, let alone to start writing sessions. So that’s why we decided to buckle down and take that year off and really hone in and make sure that we did it the way that we felt most comfortable with. So that’s the way we like to write in this band. Other people might be able to send each other computer files and stuff, but it’s just not the way we operate. We need to be in there with each other and vibing off of each other and having the producer sit there and help us with things and stuff. So that’s the way we did it this time.”
Scorched Earth Policy have premiered a new song titled “Say Goodnight.” The track is from the band’s debut EP, which will be released on September 11. In other news, the group are also set to open for Outta Pocket and Sin Against Sin on the following dates:
09/19 Poughkeepsie, NY – Reason & Ruckus
09/20 Boston MA, – Cambridge Elks Lodge
09/21 Portland, ME – Geno’s Rock Club
09/22 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
09/23 Burlington, VT – Seaba
09/24 Florence, MA – Florence VFW
09/25 Upper Darby, PA – Post 214 Legion
09/26 Wilkes Barre, PA – Hallenback Skatepark
09/27 Syracuse, NY – Silver Street
09/28 Buffalo, NY – Hen House
09/29 Toronto, ON – See-Scape
10/22 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus (Scorched Earth Policy only) (feat. Missing Link, Age Of Apocalypse, and Gemstar)
Kamelot have premiered a new video for their new song “Sanctuary.” You can check that out below. The track, which features Clémentine Delauney (Visions Of Atlantis) and Ignacia Fernández (Decessus), is from the band’s new album, “Dark Asylum,” which will be released on August 28. Guitarist Thomas Youngblood said the following about the single:
“‘Sanctuary’ represents the moment when the darkness of RavenHill is finally left behind. The song is about hope, freedom and finding your way back to yourself after everything you’ve endured. The video takes the story beyond the walls of RavenHill and gives us a glimpse of life after the escape, a new beginning, but one still shaped by the memories and scars of the past. With Tommy, Clémentine, and Ignacia bringing three distinct voices to the song, it gives ‘Sanctuary’ an emotional depth that perfectly reflects the journey from darkness into light.”
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