Poppy has premiered a new video for her new song “Bruised Sky.” This track is from her new album, “Empty Hands,” which will be released on January 23.
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Therion Announce New Live Album/Film “Con Orquesta”
Therion will be releasing a new live album/film, titled “Con Orquesta,” on January 30. The effort will feature the band’s January 20, 2024 performance with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, MX.
“Con Orquesta” Track Listing:
CD 1:
01. “The Blood Of Kingu”
02. “The Ruler Of Tamag”
03. “The Birth Of Venus Illegitima”
04. “Tuonela”
05. “Twilight Of The Gods”
06. “Mon Amour Mon Ami”
07. “La Maritza”
08. “Via Nocturna”
09. “Asgård”
10. “Draconian Trilogy”CD 2:
01. “Ginnungagap”
02. “Ten Courts Of Diyu”
03. “Litany Of The Fallen”
04. “Siren Of The Woods”
05. “Son Of The Staves Of Time”
06. “Lemuria”
07. “Sitra Ahra”
08. “Quetzalcoatl”
09. “The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah”
10. “To Mega Therion”Blu-ray/DVD:
01. “The Blood Of Kingu”
02. “The Ruler Of Tamag”
03. “The Birth Of Venus Illegitima”
04. “Tuonela”
05. “Twilight Of The Gods”
06. “Mon Amour Mon Ami”
07. “La Maritza”
08. “Via Nocturna”
09. “Asgård”
10. “Draconian Trilogy”
11. “Ginnungagap”
12. “Ten Courts Of Diyu”
13. “Litany Of The Fallen”
14. “Siren Of The Woods”
15. “Son Of The Staves Of Time”
16. “Lemuria”
17. “Sitra Ahra”
18. “Quetzalcoatl”
19. “The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah”
20. “To Mega Therion”
21. Bonus Material: RehearsalTherion mastermind Christofer Johnsson commented:
“In the past, our concept was more like Therion going classical, with the band and the symphonic orchestra meeting on an equal basis. Thus, we did a fully orchestral version of one song and it was divided almost 50/50 between playing Therion songs and classical excerpts being rearranged for band and orchestra. This time, however, I wanted to take a different approach. I invited a renowned conductor and composer from Mexico to reinterpret our songs by adding new arrangements and expanding the originals with the orchestra. They also wrote some new intros and small interludes, making this a truly authentic Mexican interpretation of Therion live with orchestra.”
A video for the first single, an orchestral version of “The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah,” can be found below. The band added the following about that track:
“‘The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah’ is our most popular song and it was an obvious choice for this event. But it is also one of the most suitable songs to perform live with orchestra.”
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Clutch Announce May 2026 European/UK Tour
Clutch have announced a May 2026 European/UK tour. Here’s the dates:
05/17 London, UK – Desertfest
05/19 Bucharest, ROM – Quantic
05/20 Sofia, BUL – Hall 3 of the National Palace Of Culture
05/21 Thessaloniki, GRE – Moni Lazariston
05/23 Athens, GRE – Floyd
05/25-26 Dublin, IRE – Academy
05/27 Belfast, IRE – Limelight 1
05/30 Limerick, IRE – Dolan’s Warehouse
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BABYMETAL Announce Australian Tour With Bloodywood
BABYMETAL have announced an Australian tour with Bloodywood. Here’s the dates:
03/12 Perth, AUS – HPC
03/14 Adelaide, AUS – ABC Theatre
03/17 Melbourne, AUS – John Cain Arena
03/20 Sydney, AUS – Hordern Pavilion
03/22 Brisbane, AUS – Riverstage
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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: “We’re Easily Talking About Touring For Another Three To Five Years”
During a recent interview with Kerrang!, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine discussed the band’s upcoming farewell shows. According to him, they are “easily talking about touring for another three to five years.”
Mustaine said the following:
“I think when things happen like the throat cancer, or my neck being fused, or the saturnine palsy in my arm, most people would stop. Most people would be terrified, and I did step back and regroup. But this is what I love doing, and I know that at some point the time is going to come for our last show.”
“We’re easily talking about touring for another three to five years. And if we’re going to be doing it for that long then, shit, I’ll be looking at the birthday I don’t even want to think about!”
“I’m not caught up in longevity and stuff like that, and being one of those guys who can play until he’s in his 80s. I have to remember that people live and they die. And I need to take good care of myself.”
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Black Label Society Announce 2026 North American Tour With Zakk Sabbath And Dark Chapel
Black Label Society have announced a 2026 North American tour with Black Sabbath tribute act Zakk Sabbath and Dark Chapel. You can find the dates for that run below. Notably, members of Black Label Society will be pulling double duty with frontman Zakk Wylde, bassist John “JD” DeServio, and drummer Jeff Fabb performing with Zakk Sabbath and guitarist Dario Lorina performing with Dark Chapel.
Tour Dates:
02/27 San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port
02/28 Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
03/01 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
03/03 Chesterfield, MO – The Factory at the District
03/04 North Kansas City, MO – VooDoo at Harrah’s Kansas City
03/06 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
03/07 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
03/09 Albuquerque, NM – Revel Entertainment Center
03/10 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
03/12 Funner, CA – Harrah’s Resort Southern California
03/13 Inglewood, CA – YouTube Theater
03/14 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
03/16 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
03/17 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theater
03/19 Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre
03/21 Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall
03/23 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
03/25 Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino
03/27 Madison, WI – The Sylvee
03/28 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
03/29 Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
03/31 Montreal, QC – MTELUS
04/02 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
04/03 Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
04/04 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
04/06 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
04/07 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
04/09 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
04/10 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
05/10 North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
05/11 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
05/12 Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center
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Eye Of Melian (Delain, Auri, Etc.) Premiere “Blackthorn Winter” Video
Eye Of Melian, the Tolkien-inspired project founded by Martijn Westerholt (Delain) and Johanna Kurkela (Auri), have premiered a new video for their new song “Blackthorn Winter.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Forest Of Forgetting,” which will be released on February 20.
Kurkela commented on the single:
“‘Blackthorn Winter’ ended up becoming a very personal song to me after writing the lyrics about living here in Finland, where winter feels like it never ends and summer is the best day of the year.”
Westerholt also added the following about the album:
“This album has been a really inspiring process — both for me as a songwriter and in what each of us brought to it. It has a lot of what Eye Of Melian is known for: cinematic, score-like arrangements, minor chords, and those epic, mysterious atmospheres. The lyrics tie everything together; they bring out the worlds and stories that the music hints at and make the whole thing feel complete. The collaboration between us on this record felt very natural. We’ve really found our way of working as a team, and I’m proud of what we created together.”
“Forest Of Forgetting” Track Listing:
01. “Of Willows And Shadows”
02. “Symphonia Arcana”
03. “Child Of Twilight”
04. “Elixir Of Night” (feat. Patty Gurdy and Troy Donockley)
05. “Blackthorn Winter”
06. “Lady Of Light”
07. “Dawn Of Avatars” (feat. Patty Gurdy and Troy Donockley)
08. “Forest Of Forgetting”
09. “The Buried Well”
10. “The Mirror”
11. “Nepenthe”
12. “Tears Of The Dragon” (Bruce Dickinson cover)Tour Dates:
03/10 Kitee, FIN – Kiteesali
03/12 Espoo, FIN – Sellosali
03/13 Kouvola, FIN – Pato-klubi
03/18 Rovaniemi, FIN – Korundi
03/19 Kuusamo, FIN – Kuusamo-talo
03/20 Oulu, FIN – Kaupunginteatteri
03/21 Raahe, FIN – Raahesali
03/24 Helsinki, FIN – Aleksanterin Teatteri
03/26 Turku, FIN – Turun Linnan Kuninkaansali
03/27 Kuopio, FIN – Maxim
03/28 Tampere, FIN – Tuulensuun Palatsi -
Jay Buchanan (Rival Sons) Announces New Solo Album “Weapons Of Beauty”
Jay Buchanan (Rival Sons) has announced that he will be releasing a new solo album, titled “Weapons Of Beauty,” on February 6. A video for the effort’s first single, “Caroline,” can be found below. Pre-orders can be found HERE.
“Weapons Of Beauty” Track Listing:
01. “Caroline”
02. “High And Lonesome”
03. “True Black”
04. “Tumbleweeds”
05. “Shower Of Roses”
06. “Deep Swimming”
07. “Sway”
08. “The Great Divide”
09. “Dance Me To The End Of Love”
10. “Weapons Of Beauty”Buchanan worked on the album in an underground, windowless bunker in the Mojave Desert. He said the following about that experience:
“The silence was both terrifying and liberating. A caterpillar knows when it’s time to get into the cocoon.”
He added:
“As music continues to be choked out by technology, I wanted to draw pictures in the dirt. This approach is right with me, and I’ve just come to a point where there is no longer a choice. ‘Weapons Of Beauty’ is the sound of these plates shifting within me, too loud to ignore. Surprisingly, I’ve never known a vulnerability to feel so empowering.”
He also discussed “Caroline,” which serves as an “aching letter to a lost home or lover”:
“I suppose that writing about unquenchable grief allows you a kind of permission to pay respect to those deep chasms in your life without wallowing in them. Putting it in a song lets you buy the ticket and take the ride — and then move on.”
He also commented on filming the video in gold mines:
“I can see a parallel here, spending twelve hours deep in the earth, trying to mine our own treasure, knowing full well so many have perished in those same caves chasing a future cut dangerously short. That’s a hell of a way to spend a Sunday!”
Buchanan also revealed that he recruited director Scott Cooper to sequence the album after appearing in his Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere”:
“More than anything, it was just a really good hang. I played a band leader, so no acting there. Being on stage together playing music was about bringing Jeremy [Allen White] into my world, and being on camera in a film was about him bringing me into his. It was amazing. Jeremy and Scott [Cooper] made me feel like I belonged there — and that was just what I needed.
On the flight home after the film wrapped, Scott and I had a conversation that stayed with me as I went directly to the desert. I don’t want to get too personal, but we were kind of living on opposite sides of the same coin that day, and he was the last person I spoke to before my desert exile. Months later, the night the record was finished, when I listened to the playback for the first time, I immediately thought of him sequencing it. The whole undertaking had left me so raw that the pan was just too hot for me to pick up. I knew I could trust him — if he’d help me.”
Buchanan also discussed the album cover, which was painted by artist Jeremy Lipking:
“Jeremy Lipking is an old friend and family on my wife’s side. We’ve been wanting to work together forever. He was the only person to hear some of my demos direct from the desert. I told him I was writing a Jeremy Lipking painting. It was important to me that the music have a scenic quality — the America I’ve seen over decades of touring: lonesome sunsets, big-clouded skies, silhouetted by our dreams and failures.”
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