• Breakdown Of Sanity Premiere “Hibernate” Music Video

    Breakdown Of Sanity have premiered a new video for their new song “Hibernate.” You can find that below. The track is from the band’s new album, “Reveries,” which will be released on November 6.

  • Swept Into Decay Premiere “BODY//GOLD” Music Video

    Swept Into Decay have shared an official video for the title track of their new EP “BODY//GOLD.” That effort will be released on September 18.

    The band commented:

    “The final single released with the whole EP is ‘Body/Gold,’ and let us tell you, this one is a wild ride. We basically put everything we love into this track. It’s the grooviest one for sure with some insane riffs. The biggest highlight is actually the drums. Tom had a blast writing them and it shows. Lyrically it follows a battle between good and evil.

    The inner struggle tears the person apart and the only good left in them (gold) begins to seep through the scars. The music video complements the song to the point where they become inseparable from each other. Shot in the same location as ‘Ethereal,’ we invited two very talented dancers to present the internal struggle in a more physical form. They start as equals, but after a while, one starts consuming the other.”

  • Rikki Rockett Says Poison Still Don’t Have Concrete Plans To Tour In 2027

    During a recent appearance on the Cobras & Fire podcast, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett addressed the possibility of a 2027 tour once again. However, according to him, there is still no concrete plans.

    Rockett said the following about wanting to maintain momentum following the group’s 2022 stadium tour with Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard:

    “Yeah, I was ready to go out the next year, honestly. Bret [Michaels] was pursuing Bret Michaels Band. I mean, it’s that simple. There really is no other… I could lie, but that’s the beginning and the end of it. He wanted to go out there with his solo band and do stuff. And he wanted to give it a shot with all that, and use that momentum to do that. And so he did. And hopefully that’ll change in the new year, and we’ll get back out there.”

    When asked about concrete plans for 2027, he responded by saying “Not yet.”

    He also added the following when asked about the possibility of hiring a new singer:

    “We’ve talked about that when we’ve gotten upset, just like I’m sure Bret’s talked about replacing me when he’s gotten upset. But there hasn’t been any serious discussion about that.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

  • Byron Davis (God Forbid) Announces Desert Urban Industries Apparel Line

    Byron Davis (God Forbid) has announced a new apparel line called Desert Urban Industries. The brand will offer “a new aesthetic tailored specifically for corporate metalheads and grown rockers.”

    Futher details were shared in a press release:

    “Desert Urban Industries, LLC has officially announced the launch of its debut apparel line, introducing a new aesthetic tailored specifically for corporate metalheads and grown rockers. Born in the desert and urban-made, the brand bridges the gap between the raw energy of heavy music culture and the demands of daily professional life—delivering pieces built for effortless contrast, authentic identity, and quiet rebellion.

    Designed by Byron Davis (frontman of God Forbid), Desert Urban Industries delivers high-quality, corporate-appropriate apparel and custom merchandise that allow professionals to keep their edge without compromising on sophistication. Moving away from loud tour prints and traditional band tees, the lineup features refined graphics, subtle crest logos, and custom-detailed outerwear suitable for everything.”

    Davis added:

    “For years, those of us who grew up in the heavy music scene were expected to swap our identity for a dress code the second we stepped into professional life. We created Desert Urban Industries so you don’t have to choose between your roots and your career. It’s about maintaining that rebellious spirit in a way that’s classy, functional, and built for modern life.”

  • Finger Eleven Announce 2027 Canadian Tour

    Finger Eleven have announced a 2027 Canadian tour. The trek will take place in March/April.

    Tour Dates:

    03/03 Thunder Bay, ON – Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
    03/05 Winnipeg, MB – Club Regent Event Centre
    03/06 Saskatoon, SK – Capitol Music Club
    03/07 Saskatoon, SK – Capitol Music Club
    03/09 Lloydminster, AB – Vic Juba Community Theatre
    03/11 Grande Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s
    03/12 Grande Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s
    03/14 Prince George, BC – CN Centre
    03/15 Kamloops, BC – Sagebrush Theatre
    03/16 Victoria, BC – McPherson Playhouse
    03/18 Nanaimo, BC – Port Theatre
    03/19 Campbell River, BC – Tidemark Theatre
    03/20 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
    03/22 Vernon, BC – Venon & District Performing Arts Centre
    03/23 Trail, BC – Charles Baily Theatre
    03/25 Cranbrook, BC – Key City Theatre
    03/26 Red Deer, AB – Red Deer Memorial Centre
    03/27 Tsuut’ina, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre
    03/30 Sherwood Park, AB – Festival Place
    03/31 Camrose, AB – Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre
    04/02 Regina, SK – Casino Regina
    04/03 Brandon, MB – Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
    04/05 Prince Albert, SK – EA Rawlinson Centre For The Arts

  • Pepper Keenan (Down, Corrosion Of Conformity) Planning First Solo Album

    Pepper Keenan (Down, Corrosion Of Conformity) has revealed that he is planning to record a solo album. He said the following about that during an appearance on the “We Wreck Records” podcast:

    “Oh, man, I’m pulling out all the stops on this sucker. I have a shitload of songs I’ve been saving. A lot of them I was keeping and I was, like, ‘Well, I’ll just save this till I get older.’ ‘Cause they were very like stare-too-long type of songs. I don’t know if you know what that is. Those type of things. I was, like, ‘Ah, I’ll just save them till I get older.’ And I was, like, ‘Fuck, I’m old.’ But that’s not here or there right now. But it’s in the back of my brain. I’m starting to slowly organize stuff, so when I have some downtime, I can start saying, ‘I want this guy to play guitar on this one.’ ‘I need this drummer to help on this one.’”

    [via Blabbermouth]

  • Testament Planning To Release Remixed Version Of “Souls Of Black” In 2027

    Testament are working on a remixed version of their 1990 album “Souls Of Black.” The updated effort will be released sometime in 2027.

    Chuck Billy told Metal Express Radio the following:

    “Me and [guitarist] Eric [Peterson] took back all the Atlantic records, the six records we did with [the] Atlantic [major record label]. Now we took them back. Next year we get ‘The Ritual’ [1992] back, and a few years later we’ll get ‘Low’ [1994] back. But right now we have ‘The Legacy’ [1987], ‘The New Order’ [1988], ‘Practice What You Preach’ [1989] and now ‘Souls Of Black’. And we remastered all the others — ‘The Legacy’, ‘The New Order’ and ‘Practice’ — because we couldn’t find the two-inch master reels, so we just did a remastering. But ‘Souls Of Black’, we had all the tracks, so we went in there and remixed it, and it sounds great. I can’t wait for people to hear it. It sounds so good. Really modern sound and raw. It sounds good.”

    He also discussed the sound of the original version and how it felt underwhelming:

    “Well, we put our faith in the producers, engineers, people mixing it. We were young, and we put a record out every year and toured. We didn’t know the studio or none of that stuff. We were just writing songs and recording, so we left it up to the people in charge. In the end, we wanted it to sound better, but we didn’t know how to make it sound better. It took us 35, 40 years later for us to get in a studio and put up the tracks again and go, ‘Oh, God, that sounds bad. Let’s fix that.’ So now that’s what we’ve done, and it just sounds… I hear the songs way different now, because you can really hear the guitars are so heavy and the vocals aren’t all wet and reverbed out. We pulled a lot of stuff back and made it really raw and hit you a lot harder. So, yeah, it’s way better.”

    He continued when asked if he was ever tempted to re-record his vocals:

    “I thought I would. But I was very happy with all the vocals. It was actually a very strong performance on all the tracks. There was no… Nothing, when we listened to it, said, ‘Oh, oh, I wanna change that,’ or, ‘Oh, I don’t like that.’ All of it was… I had a good performance on that record, so that helped. I didn’t have to fix anything.”

    He also added the following about release plans:

    “That’ll be next year sometime. Right now we’re still pushing the original version with Nuclear Blast. And then next year, once that’s done and we got a really cool packaging put together, that’ll come out next year.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

  • The Number Twelve Looks Like You Premiere “Glow In The Dark Skin” Video

    The Number Twelve Looks Like You have premiered a new video for their new song “Glow In The Dark Skin.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Howls From The Holographic Heart,” which will be released on October 16. The group commented:

    “This song is about the desire to be TRULY seen. Beneath our surface is a world of growth, beauty and complexity but it feels like no one notices until it’s already disappearing.”

  • Watch Circa Survive Play First Live Show Since 2021

    On September 15, Circa Survive took the stage at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for their first live show since 2021. You can check out some fan-filmed footage from that set below: