Adema have just signed a new deal with Worldwide Entertainment Group. This news comes as the band are preparing to release a new album, titled “Cruel Machine,” later this year.
WEG’s president Dave Lory commented:
“It’s all about a new chapter for Adema. We are all very excited to be a part of it.”
WEG’s executive vice president Sandy Rizzo added:
“I’m inspired to be involved in this phase of Adema’s career. They have a passion for the music they create, and it’s special to be a part of.”
Adema’s Dave DeRoo also chimed in:
“We’re excited to join forces with Worldwide Entertainment Group and have Dave Lory and Sandy Rizzo in our corner. We have known Sandy for over 20 years when we worked with her during our first few years as a band, and it’s great to be united! Excited for what the future holds!”
Blue Öyster Cult singer Eric Bloom has revealed that he is currently recovering from a recent surgery. As such, he will be missing the band’s upcoming shows. Bloom issued the following statement:
“During BÖC’s time off I scheduled a non-life threatening surgical procedure. I am on the mend, however the recovery is taking a little longer than initially expected for healing and physical therapy. Luckily, we have a deep bench. Our former bandmate Kasim Sulton will be standing in for me for a few shows and knock it out of the park! I’ll see you all out there soon.”
Nonpoint have announced some summer shows with SOiL, Spineshank, and (hed)p.e. Here’s the dates:
07/31 Wyandotte, MI – District 142
08/02 Lakewood, OH – The Winchester
08/04 Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
08/06 Hampton Beach, NH – Wallys
08/07 Albany, NY – Empire Live
Peacemaker FL have just signed a new deal with Papercut Recordings. With this news, the band have also released a new song titled “Reverse Bear Trap.” You can find a video for that track below. The group said the following about the single:
“The song depicts someone who is seeking vengeance on a person who seeks to prey on and harm other people.”
Ocean Sleeper have officially signed with Rise Records and BMG Australia. With this news, the band have also released a new single titled “Break The Cycle.” You can find a video for that track below. The group said the following about the song:
“This song captures our struggle in breaking out of Australia and into the global touring market as an independent band. It’s fast-paced, heavier than before, while still keeping the emotional depth with one of our biggest choruses to date. We instantly knew this song was going to be something special.”
A Perfect Circle and Puscifer have expanded their world touring plans. You can find their updated schedules below. Notably, both bands feature Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan.
Tour Dates:
A Perfect Circle:
06/03 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton (feat. Jehnny Beth & Reclus.É)
06/04 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton (feat. Jehnny Beth & Reclus.É)
06/06 Nürnberg, GER – Rock Im Park
06/07 Nürburg, GER – Rock Am Ring
06/09 München, GER – Zenith (feat. Jehnny Beth)
06/10 Warszawa, POL – Torwar (feat. Jehnny Beth)
06/12 Wien, AUT – Nova Rock Festival
06/13 Ferrara, ITA – Ferrara Summer Festival (feat. Jehnny Beth & A.A. Williams)
06/15 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Park (feat. Jehnny Beth)
06/16 Zagreb, HRV – SRC Šalata (feat. A.A Williams)
06/18 Zürich, SWI – Halle622 (feat. Jehnny Beth)
06/20 June Clisson, FRA – Hellfest
06/21 Düsseldorf, GER – Mitsubishi Hall (feat. Jehnny Beth)
06/23 Tilburg, NET – Poppodium 013 (feat. A.A Williams)
06/24 Amsterdam, NET – AFAS Live (feat. A.A Williams)
06/26 København, DEN – Copenhell
06/27 Oslo, NOR – Tons of Rock
06/28 Stockholm, SWE – Gröna Lund
07/01 Berlin, GER – Zitadelle (feat. Jehnny Beth)
07/02 Praha, CZE – Forum Karlín (feat. Jehnny Beth)
07/04 Esch-sur-Alzette, LX – Rockhal (feat. Jehnny Beth)
07/05 Werchter, BEL – Rock Werchter 2026
07/07 Paris, FRA – Zenith Paris (feat. Jehnny Beth)
07/09 Oeiras, POR – NOS Alive 2026
07/10 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool Festival
A Perfect Circle and Puscifer:
11/25 Mexico City, MEX – Estadio Fray Nano
11/28 Buenos Aires, ARG – Microestadio Argentinos Juniors
11/29 Santiago, CHL – Hipodromo de Chile
12/04 Adelaide, AUS – The Drive
12/06 Melbourne, AUS – Rod Laver Arena
12/08 Brisbane, AU Riverstage
12/10 Sydney, AUS – Carriageworks
12/11 Sydney, AUS – TikTok Entertainment Centre
12/13 Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena
12/15 Tokyo, JPN – Zepp DiverCity
12/17 Osaka, JPN – Zepp Bayside
12/19 Honolulu, HI – Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
Puscifer and Dave Hill:
10/25 Stockholm, SWE – Annexet
10/26 Oslo, NOR – Konserthus
10/28 Warsaw, POL – Stodola
10/30 Berlin, GER – Uber Eats Hall
11/01 Zurich, SWI – Komplex 457
11/02 Brussels, BEL – A/B
11/03 Tilburg, NET – 013
11/05 Amsterdam, NET – Gashouder
11/07 London, UK – British Airways ARC
11/08 Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
11/09 Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
11/12 Dublin, IRE – The Helix
Keenan commented:
“I just got off of a Zoom call with The Synth Whisperer, Fanny Grey, and Bellendia Black. They could barely contain their enthusiasm about taking the Puscifer ‘Normal Isn’t’ show out on its first international tour. They were literally buzzing about going to the EU, UK, DUBLIN!, Mexico City, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Hawaii. I believe their exact words were ‘Observe. Integrate. Synthesize. Assimilate. We are on a Mission.’”
A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel continued:
“Pretty, pretty excited to be getting back to places we haven’t played in over 20 years!!! Adding Japan and Hawaii to our 2026 Pacific Ring of Fire tour, with Puscifer joining us across the world!”
Puscifer’s Carina Round added:
“This is the first time we’re bringing ‘Normal Isn’t’ to Europe and the U.K., and it will be a joy. The audiences have always been incredibly warm and welcoming. Playing in England will be especially meaningful for me personally, as it will be my first time performing there since my mother passed. I’m really looking forward to bringing these shows home.”
In other news, Puscifer have also shared episode five of their “Tales From The Pusciverse Prodcast”:
During Deftones’ May 13 show at Spark Arena in Auckland, NZ, frontman Chino Moreno ended up falling onstage. You can see fan-filmed footage of that at the 58:19 mark in the below video. The fall occurred during “Hole In The Earth.”
It looks like Korn have a wealth of material for their next album. During an interview with Rolling Stone Brasil, guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer revealed that the band have “written probably almost 40 songs.”
Munky said the following:
“It’s taking a f*cking long time. We’ve gone through… I swear to God, we’ve written probably almost 40 songs, and gone through ’em, and rewrote ’em, and got rid of ’em, and tore ’em apart, and rebuilt ’em. And it’s been quite a long process, because we’re very critical about what we do now. We’re very particular, in… because we wanna keep our original sound. You can’t really get away from that — when we start playing, it sounds like Korn, especially with all five of us.
And Ra [Diaz, Korn bassist] has actually been such a, such a great addition to bringing a lot of energy in the rhythm section. And Ray [Luzier, Korn drummer] and him play really well together. And it’s fun to watch those guys work out parts, because they do some stuff that I wouldn’t think of.
That’s been a big part of this writing process, is those two working together. Because they’ve never worked together on a record. Obviously, they’ve, you know, worked together on the older songs and stuff. But I think that working on the older songs, those two, learning the rhythm parts, has really given some insight to what is on the back catalog. And they’ve brought a similar vibe into the newer stuff that we’ve written, and that is exciting.
But, yeah, we’re trying to… As an artist — and any artist — you don’t wanna paint the same picture over and over again. You wanna add some flavor, add some color, add something new so it feels fresh, so the listeners still get a classic sound, but with fresh takes on things. So, it still sounds like Korn, for sure. There’s not… there’s no heavy electronics, you’re not gonna get anything too far out of left field. It’s still in the… very guitar driven and bass heavy.”
He also explained the lengthy wait for new music:
“I think it’s just been a lot of touring, and us taking our time, to release something that…We didn’t want to release something mediocre. That’s why I think we keep on writing and rewriting, because honestly, it’s like we want to release new music. We could just keep touring, you know, on our old records, but we we like to keep something fresh, you know?
I think we took a page out of out of the book of Metallica on that. You can always play some new music and write something and record and it’s fun. We love the process of writing and recording as just as much as we do touring.”
Munky also opened up about working on the material without bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu:
“There’s been moments where it’s difficult in imagining what it could be right here, you know, if he was in the band. [A] what would he do kind of thing. But on the last couple of records, he kind of checked out. And trying to get him engaged was a little bit difficult, just to stay in the room while we’re writing. He would always just kind of leave… and he’d be in there for a few minutes and then kind of just not focused, and he just kind of lost his ambition, I guess.
But it’s okay. It happens. People, everything, goes in cycles. We’re definitely not mad at him or anything, we want him to be happy. And it didn’t really feel like he was happy being a working musician at the time. So it was kind of like it was a mutual sort of — I wouldn’t say split — because I still use the word hiatus.
You know, I think he just he needed a break from… we work our asses off, you know, even like when we’re not touring, we’re writing music, or we’re working on on things, and when we go home, we take a couple of weeks off from tour and then we’re back at it.
And I think that sort of schedule just became too daunting for him after 30 years to continue. It takes a lot of stamina. I just don’t feel like he had it at the time, or [he] just had a lot of other personal stuff happening too. He wasn’t happy. It was obvious that he wasn’t happy. And at the end of the day he’s our brother and we want him to be happy. So it’s like do what you want to do. Just stay healthy, keep your mental health on the track to pursue whatever it is that makes you happy.”
He also added the following when asked how Fieldy has been doing:
“I’ve heard he’s doing well. I haven’t spoke to him personally in probably a few months, but yeah. I see his kids. His son [Israel Arvizu], is like playing bass and he’s doing a band, and I think Fieldy‘s been helping with that and with his son. And it looks like they’re having a good time and, yeah, he looks like he’s doing better, honestly, which makes makes us all feel great. You know, we definitely want to see him at his best and enjoying being home with his family and staying healthy.”
Sicksense have premiered a new video for their new song “Newsflash.” You can check that out below:
Vocalist Vicky Psarakis (ex-The Agonist) had the following to say about the single:
“’Newsflash’ is about being unapologetically you. We live in a world where people feel a constant pressure to fit into societal standards that are always evolving, leaving us confused and afraid to show our real self. ‘Newsflash of the week, everyone’s a freak’ is the hook in the chorus that empowers you to be different, weird, quirky. Embrace it, own it. Life is short, we shouldn’t spend it always worrying about what others think.”
Vocalist Robby J. Fonts (ex-Stuck Mojo) added:
“People love finding excuses to tear others down. Instead of building their own lives, they live to make everyone else around them as miserable as they are. ‘Newsflash’ is about pointing out that irony and telling everyone: ‘You know what? Stay miserable. I’m going to live my life how I choose without worrying about what you think of me.’ It’s a fun anthem that’s a throwback to Sicksense’s original ‘in-your-face’ attitude while sonically pushing the band forward from where we left off with our ‘Cross Me Twice’ album.”
Good Teal and NOIR BENNY have announced a new split release titled “Good Benny.” The effort will be available on June 5 and a video for its first single, “Company!,” can be found below:
“Good Benny” Track Listing:
01. Good Teal – “Make No Mistakes“
02. Good Teal & NOIR BENNY – “Company!“
03. NOIR BENNY – “Backhand“
04. NOIR BENNY & Good Teal – “Bleus
Good Teal’s Reg Mason commented:
“Lots of people my age are failing at being something they never wanted nor asked to be in the first place. Some go on to project that cognitive dissonance onto people living their truth and some stay true to themselves. It’s difficult to block out the noise so writing a song to celebrate the ones who do felt like a correct first step.”
NOIR BENNY added:
“It’s about celebrating your independence. I wrote it about escaping the hivemind, being your own man, and living your own truth away from whatever truth people try to create for you.”
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