• Carnifex Sign With Sumerian Records, Premiere “Roses & Rotting Corpses” Video

    Carnifex have signed a new deal with Sumerian Records. The band’s first release through the label is a new single titled “Roses & Rotting Corpses.” You can find a video for that track below. Vocalist Scott Ian Lewis said the following about the label deal:

    “We’ve entered a new era of Carnifex, and I couldn’t be happier to do it with Sumerian Records. Carnifex and the team at Sumerian have parallel histories going back nearly two decades, so to finally be working together on what will arguably be our best album is an incredible feeling. Our new song ‘Roses & Rotting Corpses’ is just the beginning of this next chapter.”

  • Koyo Premiere “Barely Here” Music Video

    Koyo have shared an official video for the title track of their newly released album “Barely Here.” You can check that out below:

  • Slipknot’s M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan: “I Have A Skipping Heart And I Got To Get A Surgery”

    During an appearance on the “Tetragrammaton With Rick Rubin” podcast, Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan opened up about his health issues. According to him, he has “a skipping heart and [has] to get a surgery” to correct the issue.

    Clown said the following:

    “You know Slipknot is good for me, always has been. And I hate that. I hate that it keeps me alive. You know what I mean, Rick? Like it keeps me alive. It makes me drink water. It makes me… It gets the bad smoke that I had once out of me. It gets the tox… you know, it keeps me alive. It gives me desire. It gives me will. Gives me purpose. And I can’t stand it. It’s such a priority of existence. And I have to do it.

    I have a skipping heart and I got to get a surgery. And I found this out after my last tour. I went in, I wasn’t feeling good, and I went in and the nurse was trying to get an EKG thing going on me or whatever and it just wasn’t happening. I kind of fell asleep and I woke up. I’m like, ‘Are you going to get this thing?’ And she’s like, ‘Oh, it’s not working.’ They thought I was having a heart attack right there. Anyway, my heart skips and apparently I’ve taught myself to be like a cross country runner.

    So, I’m overweight and my brain is so strong that it tells this stuff what to do. So, my standing heart rate at night is 43 and during the day I get down to 33. [It] hasn’t happened since I’ve been here with you, which is good, because I’ll go from ‘on’, to just straight up I feel like I’m dying. So, I got to get a surgery. It’s a very easy surgery. You’re usually out on the same day. It’s not like they rip you open. This is something about the electricity.

    But at first, they thought maybe I needed a pacemaker. And I was like, ‘Doc, listen, I get a pacemaker. I’m done, right? Touring, Slipknot?’ So he goes, ‘Oh, no. You’re going to feel better.’ And I just I lost it. I was like, I can’t get out of this to save my life. I’m like, there is nothing, not even my heart. It’s going to be better because of Slipknot.

    I got a concierge doctor because I’m in Slipknot and I’m able to go to levels and they’re like, ‘No, you’re going to feel better. You better get in shape because you got to do more now at 56.’ And it’s just like I just can’t believe it, man, that this was me. It’s wonderful. I’m lucky.”

    [via The PRP]

  • Crossbreed Announce New Album “Radiation Therapy”

    Crossbreed have revealed that they will be releasing a new album, titled “Radiation Therapy,” on August 4. The first two singles, “Welcome To The Wasteland” and “Whisper In Your Eyes” featuring Babadook and Xosex, can be found below. The next single, a cover of EMF‘s “Unbelievable” featuring Seven Dunbar and Wade Harris, will debut on June 1.

  • SENNA Premiere “Out Of The Blue” Music Video

    SENNA have premiered a new video for their new song “Out Of The Blue.” Notably, the single is the band’s first to feature guitarist Marcel Dürr on vocals. The group said the following about the track:

    “‘Out of The Blue‘ is about confronting fear of rejection and self-worth with a kind of honesty that turns vulnerability into connection.”

  • Salem Trials Premiere “Left To Bleed” Video

    Salem Trials have premiered a new video for their new song “Left To Bleed.” This track is from the band’s new EP, “Heavy Is The Head,” which will be released on June 12.

    The group commented:

    “The first introduction to our new offering is via the first single/video, ‘Left to Bleed,’ which follows the EP’s general theme of abuse of power. Though it may not be a new concept that the world is led by wealthy class who shape it to suit their interests, this song’s focus mainly on those who live beneath that class. Forced to fight their wars and work until they die so that the rich may continue to hoard power, money and influence, all while using fear tactics, media manipulation and rhetoric to force the less connected to pick a side and turn on each other. When they are done with us, we are all left to bleed.

    Our new ‘Heavy Is The Head‘ EP feels like we’ve truly dialed in our sound as a band and turned the page. The writing process happened pretty naturally over just a few months. We’re a lot more focused on song structures and vocal dynamics and as a result we’ve written some of our heaviest and most cohesive songs to date. We really feel like we’re hitting our stride with these new songs and they hit harder than anything we’ve done. We really can’t wait for everyone to hear what we’ve been working on.”

  • New Idea Society Premiere New Song “Lantern”

    New Idea Society, the project featuring Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, etc.) and Mike Law (Wild Arrows, Euclid), have premiered a new song titled “Lantern.” This track is from their new album, “Fire On The Hill,” which will be released on May 15. Law commented:

    “[‘Lantern‘] evolved from one of the earliest demos for the album once we settled on a direction. The first few things I sent to Steve were a lot more visceral and raw than where we ended up. This one morphed into Steve’s lyrical vision and it was a cool and rare experience for me to sing someone else’s words.”

  • Lifesick Premiere “Die With Me” Music Video

    Lifesick have premiered a new video for their new song “Die With Me.” The band commented:

    “‘Die With Me” is about staring death in the face and not backing down. Pure aggression from start to finish, with the ‘Die With Me‘ chant pushing everything forward. It’s meant to feel overwhelming — like everything hitting at once.”

  • Raunchy Premiere “Designed Despair” Music Video

    Raunchy have premiered a new video for their latest single “Designed Despair.” You can check that out below. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming album “Prisoner.” The group commented:

    “‘Designed Despair’ sheds light on the arcane mechanisms of systemic oppression and the engineering of invisible borders that divide, confine, and silence. Voices rise from the margins only to vanish into a void built to ignore them, as redlined boundaries and hierarchical design trap those hidden in plain sight. Ultimately, this song reflects the reality of a system that creates roads to nowhere, where escape exists only through the narrow cracks of a broken foundation.”