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  • Kirk Windstein On New Down Album: “It’s Really Gonna Be A Killer, Killer Record”

    During an appearance on “The Jasta Show,” Down’s Kirk Windstein discussed the band’s upcoming album. According to him, “it’s really gonna be a killer, killer record.”

    Windstein said the following:  

    “We kind of got it set up for Pepper and I to finish all the guitars in November. He doesn’t get home till October 27th or something, and we [in CROWBAR] do the [Headbangers] Boat, but we’re home. We’ll be home on the 5th of November, so I’m pretty much ready. Give me two or three days, and we’ll start knocking out guitar.

    Phil’s doing the vocals at [his] home studio, and that’s where drums and bass were done. We did all the rhythm guitars at Duane’s [Simoneaux]. And Eddie’s [Mapp, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY’s live sound engineer] going out with ZAKK SABBATH on that tour, which is long. So he’s gonna be going all the way up to practically Christmas, so me and Pepper are, like, we might as well just do it at Duane’s and knock out the solos and sweetie tracks and stuff over there. But I think Phil’s got the proper files on two of the songs. So, to my knowledge, by the weekend or going in the next week, he may have done two already. We were talking at [the] Louder Than Life [festival in September], and he’s, like, dude, ‘I guess I oughta just…’ ‘Cause he’s already got it all written and planned out. Drums and bass are done, rhythm guitars are done. And he goes, ‘I guess I oughta just knock it out while my pipes are good,’ because that PANTERA/AMON AMARTH [tour] was long. They did have a break and all, but it was long. And I said, ‘Yeah, dude, just go for it while you’re feeling good.’ I mean, he can do it on his own schedule, his own pace. All he’s gotta do is say, ‘Yeah, I wanna sing today.’ Or, ‘Yeah, I ain’t feeling it. Okay, I’ll can come in tomorrow’ or whatever. But it’s 10 tracks, [and] he’s got great ideas on all of ’em. It’s really gonna be a killer, killer record.

    It’s either gonna totally be this huge thing or just flop. But if you’re a DOWN fan, I don’t see how you can not like it.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

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  • “Monster Magnet 1993-2000” Vinyl Box Set To Be Released In December

    [PIAS] Recordings will be releasing a new Monster Magnet box set, titled “Monster Magnet 1993-2000,” on December 19. The collection will include colored vinyl pressings of “Superjudge,“ “Dopes To Infinity,“ “Powertrip,” and “God Says No.” Notably, individual black vinyl pressings will also be available on April 10. Pre-orders can be found HERE.

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  • Amyl And The Sniffers And Thornhill Among 2025 ARIA Awards Winners

    This year’s ARIA Awards were officially handed out during a November 19 ceremony at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. Among the winners were Amyl And The Sniffers, who scored “Album Of The Year,” “Best Rock Album,” and “Best Group,” and Thornhill, who scored “Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album.” Further winners can be found HERE.

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  • UNCULTIVATES Premiere “Flatley” Music Video

    UNCULTIVATES have premiered a new video for their new song “Flatley.” This track is from the band’s new album, “This Will Become Clear Later, Like The French Revolution,” which will be released on February 6. The group commented:

    “This little ditty is about getting old and your body not doing what it used to. It’s about how in 1998, Tap dancing legend Michael Flatley broke the record for most taps in a second with an incredible 35 taps. What people don’t know is that in dancing at that speed, ol’ twinkletoes opened up a hole in space and time where he saw a version of himself in another dimension. In this alternate reality he was the world’s most skilled kickboxer and was loved and respected by all. Every day since, he has tried to dance that fast again in the tenuous hope that he can come face to face with his alter ego and defeat him in the ultimate tap dancing kickboxing bloodbath.”

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  • Jay Weinberg (Ex-Slipknot, Etc.) Recruits Deafheaven’s George Clarke For New Song “Sandstone”

    Jay Weinberg (Suicidal Tendencies, ex-Slipknot, etc.) has shared a visualizer for his new song “Sandstone.” The track, which features Deafheaven’s George Clarke, will appear on Weinberg’s upcoming collaborative EP.

    Weinberg told Wall Of Sound the following:

    “Oh boy. I’m really excited about it. I’ve been working on this song specifically between six and eight years. Guitar is actually the instrument that I started with. I started playing drums when I was 14, but I started playing guitar when I was nine, and that’s always been my primary writing instrument. Whenever I sit down to write stuff, it’s typically with a guitar first.

    And so I’ve thrown together different versions of what I would want to do with these songs, material I’ve written for a long, long time, and it just kind of started to make sense where I felt comfortable recording all the instruments myself, and then kind of pitching a song here or a song there to friends of mine.”

    He continued:

    “I’ve always wanted to collaborate with mainly vocalists and just create a very low pressure, like, ‘Hey, here’s a song, why don’t we’, instead of… ‘oh, we got to start a side project.’ In the instance of ‘Sandstone‘, I really felt like the music I was creating really lent itself to what my friend George Clarke would be able to do with his voice and his lyrics, and I just kind pitched it to him like, ‘Hey, let’s do this one song’.

    And he heard that loud and clear, came in and completely schooled it. It was incredible to watch it come to a fully realized form of a song.”

    He also added:

    “It’s the first song I’ve ever released under my own name, and it’s the first song in a series of collaborations, an EP that I have that’s in various stations of completion, but that I’m hoping to have out in the early part of 2026.”

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  • Lionheart Premiere “Bulletproof” Video

    Lionheart have premiered a new video for their new song “Bulletproof.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Valley Of Death II,” which will be released on January 9.

    “Valley Of Death II” Track Listing:

    01. “Bulletproof“
    02. “Chewing Through The Leash” (feat. Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan TX)
    03. “Ice Cold“
    04. “Valley Of Death II“
    05. “No Peace“
    06. “Roll Call“
    07. “Salt The Earth“
    08. “Release The Dogs“
    09. “In Love With The Pain“
    10. “Death Grip” (feat. A Day To Remember)

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  • Angel Du$t Announce Early 2026 North American Tour

    Angel Du$t have announced an early 2026 North American tour. Crown Of Thornz, Death Threat, Negative Approach, Midrift, Big Boy, Home Front, Béton Armé, Outta Pocket, Bad Beat, Combust, Jivebomb, Odd Man Out, Leave No Doubt, Love Sick, and Vanity will open on select dates.

    Tour Dates:

    02/27 Washington, DC – St. Stephen’s Church (feat. Crown Of Thornz, Backlash, and Love Sick)
    02/28 Philadelphia, PA – Lithuanian Music Hall (feat. Crown Of Thornz, Combust, and Love Sick)
    03/01 Rutherford, New Jersey – The Williams Center (feat. Crown Of Thornz, Combust, and Love Sick)
    03/02 Albany, NY – Ophelia’s (feat. Combust and Love Sick)
    03/03 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount (feat. Béton Armé, Combust, and Love Sick)
    03/05 Toronto, ON – East End United Basement (feat. Big Boy, Mil-Spec, and Eskrima)
    03/06 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme (feat. Negative Approach, Big Boy, Bad Beat, and The Sissy Boys)
    03/07 Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade (feat. Big Boy and Bad Beat)
    03/08 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge (feat. Big Boy and Bad Beat)
    03/09 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line (feat. Big Boy and Bad Beat)
    03/11 Tulsa, OK – Mass Movement Community Arts (feat. Béton Armé)
    03/12 Dallas, TX – Rubber Gloves (feat. Béton Armé)
    03/13 Houston, TX – The End (feat. Béton Armé)
    03/14 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger (feat. Béton Armé)
    03/15 Austin, TX – Empire Control Room (feat. Béton Armé)
    03/17 Tucson, AZ – Urbxn (feat. Midrift and Béton Armé)
    03/18 Phoenix, AZ – Rosetta Room (feat. Midrift, Béton Armé, and Leave No Doubt)
    03/19 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick (feat. Midrift, Béton Armé, and Leave No Doubt)
    03/21 Los Angeles, CA – 1720 (feat. Midrift, Béton Armé, and Leave No Doubt)
    03/22 Berkley, CA – 924 Gilman St.
    03/24 Portland, OR – High Limit Room (feat. Home Front, Béton Armé, and Odd Man Out)
    03/25 Seattle, WA – Washington Hall (feat. Home Front, Béton Armé, and Odd Man Out)
    03/26 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest (feat. Home Front, Béton Armé, and Odd Man Out)
    03/27 Salt Late City, UT – Fellowship Hall (feat. Home Front, Béton Armé, and Odd Man Out)
    03/29 Denver, CO – Marquis (feat. Home Front, Béton Armé, and Odd Man Out)
    04/01 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway (feat. Outta Pocket and Jivebomb)
    04/02 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups (feat. Outta Pocket and Jivebomb)
    04/03 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground (feat. Outta Pocket and and Jivebomb)
    04/04 New York, NY – Brooklyn Bowl (feat. Outta Pocket, Jivebomb, and Vanity)
    04/06 Boston, MA – The Sinclair (feat. Death Threat, Outta Pocket, and Jivebomb)

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  • Testament’s “Souls Of Black” To Be Reissued On Vinyl And Cassette

    Testament’s “Souls Of Black” is set to be reissued on red with black splatter vinyl and red cassette on March 6. Pre-orders can be found HERE. Notably, a CD reissue was recently released as well.

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  • Lamb Of God Announce New Single “Parasocial Christ”

    Lamb Of God have announced that they will be releasing a new single, titled “Parasocial Christ,” on November 21. Fans can pre-save the track HERE.

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  • Fire From The Gods Announce Early 2026 U.S. Tour With For The Fallen Dreams, VRSTY, And Divide The Fall

    Fire From The Gods have announced an early 2026 U.S. tour. For The Fallen Dreams (anniversary set), VRSTY, and Divide The Fall will serve as support.

    Tour Dates:

    01/22 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
    01/23 Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater
    01/24 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street OKC
    01/25 Tulsa, OK – The Shrine
    01/28 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Purgatory)
    01/29 Winter Park, FL – Conduit
    01/30 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
    01/31 Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
    02/01 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club (Downstairs)
    02/03 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry (The Fillmore)
    02/04 Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
    02/05 Brooklyn, NY – The Meadows
    02/06 Lowell, MA – Taffeta Music Hall
    02/07 Syracuse, NY – Song & Dance
    02/10 Pittsburgh, PA – Crafthouse
    02/11 Columbus, OH – King Of Clubs
    02/12 Cadillac, MI – The Venue Event Center
    02/13 Chicago, IL – WC Social Club
    02/14 Madison, WI – The Annex
    02/15 Minneapolis, MN – Underground Music Venue
    02/17 Denver, CO – HQ
    02/19 Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
    02/20 Anaheim, CA – The Parish @ House of Blues
    02/21 Las Vegas, NV – The Wall @ Area 15

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