The Body and Cel Genesis will be releasing a new collaborative album, titled “Whole Wide World,” on November 13. The first single, “Candy Crush,” can be streamed below:
“Whole Wide World” Track Listing:
01. “Ghost”
02. “Whole Wide World”
03. “Negative Sum”
04. “Memories”
05. To Be Eviscerated”
06. “Candy Crush”
07. “Remind Me”
08. “Everything”
During an interview with Gear4Music, Lamb Of God’s Mark Morton revealed which of the band’s albums he likes the best. The guitarist ultimately picked “As The Palaces Burn” as his favorite.
Morton explained his choice:
“…I just think there’s something really unique about that record. It’s really the sound of the band just kind of getting its legs up under ourselves as songwriters, just barely. And it’s naive and abstract at the same time, and the way it sounds, it doesn’t particularly sound very good, but it sounds on fire. It sounds sonically like… Someone told me very recently that, a good friend of mine said, ‘That record sounds like the colors that are on the cover.’ And I was, like, ‘Yeah, it’s like really burning bright red and yellow.’
And these are all very abstract reasons to pick this thing, but that’s why. I just think it’s just a very early representation of the elements of what Lamb Of God would eventually develop and refine. You can really listen top to bottom on that, and every song kind of has its own character, and it’s an interesting — kind of simple, the instrumentation and the production [are] very simple, but real cool, man.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Venera, the project featuring Korn’s James “Munky” Shaffer and composer/filmmaker Chris Hunt, are featured on Jesse Draxler’s new song “Asbestos.” You can find a video for that track below. The single is from Draxler’s new album, “Tongue Of Angels,” which will receive a digital release on August 24.
Shaffer commented:
“There are only a handful of artists that have the energy and passion for music and art that [Jesse Draxler] does. You can feel how much he loves and enjoys the process of creating whatever he works on. He’s extremely talented. His openness to collaborations allows for others to explore and expand their own creativity.”
Hunt added:
“I agree. Jesse is a generous artist with a keen sensibility towards texture, decay and materiality which resonates with what we’re interested in with our own work. It was an intriguing task looking at the inside of his brain, hearing bits of the world through his ears and attempting to contextualize those sounds. Sometimes field recording is flattened into a pursuit of purity and accuracy of an environment so it’s worthwhile to get to interact with sound like any other compelling textural piece of trash on the street or rotting wall or weird anomaly to be investigated and constructed with.”
[via Revolver]
The dates have been revealed for the 2026 This Is Hardcore festival. The event will take place at Club Reverb in Reading, PA on December 19-20.
Organizers commented:
“We appreciate the interest of what is going on with This Is Hardcore 2026, especially with a Hellfest on each coast, several fantastic fests all slated across the country and calendar.
It makes sense for TIHC at the 20 year mark to continue to have fun doing the fest for the real fans, young and old and to give a proper lineup at a great space, while not trying to lose the script of where we started off. 2006 TIHC was put on to bring back a truly DIY approach to fests, showcasing fan favorites, up and coming bands and keep things hardcore focused.
This Is Hardcore 2026 will take place at Club Reverb in Reading, PA. Years of doing shows and Keystone HC Holiday Jam have proven that the room is perfect for us to celebrate 20 years in the right way. Owned and operated for nearly 20 years by a lifelong hardcore kid, Chris has been constantly on the list of best privately owned music venues in the country.
Truly hope to see you all in December. We will have more information soon and hope to see you all to celebrate 20 years of This Is Hardcore in December.
Tuesday we will go live on Instagram at 7pm EST on @thisishardcorefest feed!!!”
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