Diesect have premiered a new video for their new song “Four Walls.” This track is from the new deluxe edition of “Hide From The Light,” which will be released on February 20. The group commented:
“‘Four Walls’ is the immediate step into the aftermath of suffering in the dark. The lyrics speak for themselves, and if you’re a fan of our most punishing material, you won’t be disappointed. The release of this project has been so surreal and has opened a lot of doors for us, and we can’t thank everyone who has listened or had any part in it enough. We don’t plan on stopping anytime soon and we think 2026 will be our biggest year yet.”
“Hide From The Light” Deluxe Edition Track Listing:
01. “Hide From The Light”
02. “Too Many Scars”
03. “Pretty Much Dead”
04. “Shura”
05. “There Was Never Light”
06. “Suffer In The Dark”
07. “Four Walls”
08. “Death Of A Shadow”
09. “No Home Left To Find”
Purge Engine, the new project featuring Tyler Shelton (Traitors) and Josh Null (Shrine Of Malice), have premiered a new song titled “Odium Propagate.” You can check that out below:
Within Temptation and Smash Into Pieces have shared a new video for their collaborative track “Somebody Like You.” You can check that out below:
Within Temptation singer Sharon Den Adel previously commented on the single:
“We are excited and looking forward to release ‘Somebody Like You’ together with Smash Into Pieces. We have known each other for a long time and have been on tour together. This is the perfect song to also finally join forces. Adding an orchestra to this song felt like a small trip down memory lane for us, while at the same time blending perfectly with a more modern rock sound. We’re proud of what this song has become and grateful for the collaboration that brought it to life.”
Smash Into Pieces added:
“18 years ago, we started our careers with one simple goal: to help others, through music, find their own engine, their inner drive, and pursue their dreams. That engine is, and always has been, what makes Smash Into Pieces what we are. Today, we get to share a song with a band that has inspired us, that we’ve experienced some of our toughest and grandest moments live with, and that has ultimately helped form our sound. For the people who change us forever, who carry us through our darkest moments, and leave a mark that can never be replaced, we give you ‘Somebody Like You.’ We want to direct a very special thanks to Sharon Den Adel for her beautiful performance in the video and to Within Temptation for sharing this marvel of a song with us.”
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is among the guests booked to appear at this year’s Monsterpalooza convention. That event will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA on May 30-31. The singer will be available for autographs and pro-photo ops.
Raven have announced a spring North American tour. Slackjaw will open.
Tour Dates:
03/18 Louisville, KY – Goodwood Whiskey Row
03/19 St. Louis, MO – Red Flag
03/20 Kansas City, MO – Westport Brewery
03/21 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street Live
03/22 Dallas, TX – RBC
03/26 West Hollywood, CA – The Whisky
03/28 San Francisco, CA – Above DNA
03/29 Reno, NV – Club Underground
03/31 Portland, OR – Dante’s
04/01 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
04/02 Seattle, WA – The Funhouse
04/04 Salt Lake City, UT – Aces High Saloon
04/05 Denver, CO – The Federal Theatre
04/07 Lincoln, NE – 1867 Bar
04/08 Cudahy, WI – X-Ray Arcade
04/09 Chicago,IL – Reggie’s Rock Club
04/10 Columbus, OH – The King of Clubs
04/11 Lakewood, OH – Mercury Music Lounge
04/12 Hamtramck, MI – Sanctuary
04/14 New Kensington, PA – Preserving Underground
04/16 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
04/17 Ottawa, ON – Rainbow Bistro
04/18 Quebec City, QC – L’Anti Bar & Spectacles
04/19 Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
04/21 Albany, NY – Empire Underground
04/22 Old Town, ME – The Old Town Theatre
04/23 Manchester, NH – Jewel Music Venue
04/24 Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
04/25 Harrisburg, PA – HMAC
04/26 Richmond, VA – Ember Music Hall
04/29 Raleigh, NC – Chapel Of Bones
04/30 Greenville, SC – Radio Room
05/01 Nashville, TN – Exit/In
05/02 Atlanta, GA – Boggs Social & Supply
05/03 Bradenton, FL – Oscura
Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) and her band The Obsession have released a new song titled “After Us, The Flood.” You can find a video for that track below:
Wessels commented:
“‘After Us, The Flood’ is a song about climate change, told through the eyes of someone who has convinced himself it isn’t real. He feels protected within the walls of his own home while the world outside quietly begins to fall apart. As the song unfolds (spoilers!) that sense of safety proves to be an illusion; the decay he’s ignored eventually finds its way inside.
We poured a lot of heart into this track, shaping a sonic story about denial, dread, and the fragile comfort of looking away. The video doesn’t literally follow the lyrics, but instead imagines the consequences of that mindset, offering a symbolic glimpse of a world where wealth loses all meaning once the planet as we know it is gone.”
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has revealed the details for his new album “Honora.” The record will be released on March 27 and it will feature six originals and covers of tracks from George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, and Ann Ronell. Pre-orders can be found HERE.
Flea recorded the solo effort with producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Deantoni Parks. Thom Yorke, Nick Cave, Mauro Refosco, Nate Walcott, and more contributed as well. Flea says he was initially worried about working on the album, thinking the other musicians would see him as “a non-playing motherf*cker, charlatan, rock poseur or fan.” However, that wasn’t the case:
“It turns out they were all the most genuinely supportive people, moving me deeply and daily with their generous spirits … Sitting in a room and playing the music with them made me feel like I was on drugs. I was buzzing, tripping and floating around the studio. I love them, they truly gave of themselves. I bow all the way down.”
A visualizer for the latest single, “Traffic Lights,” can be found below. Flea added the following about that:
“Deantoni and I played what became ‘Traffic Lights’ the first day. Something about it reminded me of Atoms For Peace, so I sent it to Thom. Just knowing him, I thought it would be a rhythm and a sensibility that he would relate to. And I was right, he did. With a gorgeous melody and the words, you know, about living in the ‘upside down’ and how do you make sense of things when we’re getting all this fake shit and real shit? Everyone has their ways of dealing with the world. But he’s just the warmest, free-flowing, jamming motherf*cker.”
“Honora” Track Listing:
01. “Golden Wingship”
02. “A Plea”
03. “Traffic Lights”
04. “Frailed”
05. “Morning Cry”
06. “Maggot Brain”
07. “Wichita Lineman”
08. “Thinkin Bout You”
09. “Willow Weep for Me”
10. “Free As I Want To Be”
Tour Dates:
05/07 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
05/09 Toronto, ON – Opera House
05/10 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Beanfield
05/12 New York, NY – Webster Hall
05/13 Washington, DC – Black Cat
05/16 Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theater
05/21 Berlin, Germany – Heimathafen
05/22 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
05/26 London, UK – Koko
05/28 Paris, France – Alhambra
During a recent interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF, Geoff Tate (ex-Queensrÿche) offered another update on his new album “Operation: Mindcrime III.” The singer hopes to release the record this summer.
Tate said the following:
“It’s all recorded. We’re just doing the mixing stage of it right now. With [producer and DISTURBED bassist] John [Moyer] touring and me touring, it’s a bit of a challenge to get us in one place so we can actually confer and listen to the music and make mix notes. So we have to kind of line it up where we have several days that we can devote to it. So that’s coming up very soon. So we hope to be finishing it up and releasing it this summer.”
He also explained the concept:
“[It’s from] the perspective of Dr. X, how the story happened from his point of view. Which is kind of interesting, I think, because we’ve only heard it from Nikki’s point of view, and he’s been sort of this victim throughout the whole story. And Dr. X’s perspective is completely different, ’cause he’s not the victim at all. So it’s very aggressive, and, yeah, I’m looking forward for people to hear it.”
He continued when asked if “Operation: Mindcrime” was always meant to be a trilogy:
“No, it’s kind of an ongoing story. I am fascinated by social science — why human beings do what we do, and groups of people that seem to have patterns over time, following in the footsteps of their generation. That kind of stuff just is fascinating to me. And so that was the basis for the story of ‘Operation: Mindcrime’. And so I just kind of explored that — human nature and what happens to a guy who gets convicted of murder and sent to an insane asylum and then graduates to a prison and then finally gets out after 20 years in prison. Does he still have the motivation for revenge against the people that put him there? That’s kind of the focus of ‘Mindcrime II’, the revenge aspect of it.”
He also added the following when asked if the music will be similar to Queensrÿche’s early material:
“Yeah, I guess so. It’s got some complex arrangements, which QUEENSRŸCHE was pretty into during our writing. It’s just very aggressive sound-wise. And stylistically, I would say, it’s very QUEENSRŸCHE.”
Infant Annihilator’s Dickie Allen has taken to social media to offer an update on the band’s new album. According to him, the effort will arrive this year.
Allen said the following:
“There’s nothing I wanna do more than show everyone new IA, I’ve been listening to the last mix for so long and I just wanna share it with everyone!
BUT, I trust Aaron and Eddie to make what is already a masterpiece even better. This album is their baby and I’m just happy I get to be apart of it. They wrote all the lyrics and did all the patterns for me, all I had to do is have the voice they needed. Extremely grateful to be apart of an album of this magnitude and for me this is the best vocal performance I’ve ever done.
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