• Dead Heat Premiere “The Order” Video

    Dead Heat have premiered a new video for their new song “The Order.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Process Of Elimination,” which will be released on October 10. Vocalist Chris Ramos commented:

    “‘The Order‘ is about knowing your place in line when it comes to things. Just because you’re given something, doesn’t mean you always earn it and when it comes to that, real recognizes real. Some people, all they do is leech off others and use them just to benefit themselves and break away later. Always know there’s an order to things and if you don’t follow you don’t need to be around.”

  • Northlane Stream “rot.exe” and “ra.exe” From “Node: Reloaded”

    Northlane will be digitally releasing a “Reloaded” version of their 2015 album “Node” on November 7. Physical copies will also be available at a later date. The “reignited” record was mixed, reamped, and remastered by Buster Odeholm. Two updated tracks, “rot.exe” and “ra.exe,” can be found below:

  • 40 Below Summer Premiere “Afterthought” Music Video

    40 Below Summer have premiered a new video for their new song “Afterthought.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Untethered,” which will be released on October 10. The group said the following about the single:

    “[It] captures the band’s signature mix of heaviness and melody, exploring feelings of disconnection, loss, and searching for meaning in a fading world. It’s a powerful reflection on time, decay, and the struggle to hold onto hope while everything around you falls apart.”

  • Ice Nine Kills Premiere “The Laugh Track” Music Video

    Ice Nine Kills have premiered a new video for their new Joker inspired single “The Laugh Track.” You can check that out below. Vocalist Spencer Charnas commented:

    “Why be a brooding bat when you can have the last laugh? After all, Jack Nicholson got top billing in Batman ’89. While Michael Keaton‘s haunted Bruce Wayne is outstanding, young Spencer was drawn more to the Clown Prince of Crime. ‘The Laugh Track‘ is our homage to Tim Burton‘s dark and gorgeous gothic Gotham. Batman ’89 took its comic book material seriously, but it was far from grounded, and never forgot to have fun. It’s the same tightrope we walk in Ice Nine Kills, with broad, maniacal smiles. Terry Kiser returns in the video (although the rumors of Miles’ demise are exaggerated). And it brings a warm human smile to my face to introduce Matthew Lillard and Phil Morris to the INKverse. Like Prince before us, ‘The Laugh Track‘ will have you dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight.”

  • Watch Footage From After Forever’s Recent Reunion Shows

    Mark Jansen’s pre-Epica band After Forever recently reunited for a couple of 25th anniversary shows at the 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands on October 4-5. You can see fan-filmed footage from the second of those concerts below. Notably, the group performed with Angel Wolf-Black (SheWolf) in place of former singer Floor Jansen (Nightwish)

  • Winds Of Plague Frontman Johnny Plague: “We’re Definitely Leaning Towards Making New Music”

    During an interview with Sultans Of Slack, Winds Of Plague frontman Johnny Plague opened up about the band’s recent reunion shows. Notably, he also revealed that the group are “leaning towards making new music.”

    Plague said the following:

    “Really, we got asked to do these two shows, which kind of blew our minds. Like, well, we can’t not do it, right?! So I reached out to all the original guys. We all grew up, going to high school together and we started the band there, and I was, like, ‘Hey, it’d be really cool to do this’ as it’s the actual 20 years since we started WINDS OF PLAGUE; that’s when we got the name and all that. So, everybody wanted to do it. We were, like, ‘Let’s see how these two shows go.’ And it was a lot of fun. I think that the general consensus is, yes, we wanna keep doing more. But as of now, this is all we have planned. Today was the end of it. So I guess we’ll see what’s next, but I think there’s definitely more to come.”

    He also added the following when asked about new music:

    “We have [talked about it]. And we actually have a couple songs that we never recorded, from a couple years ago. So we started kind of revisiting those, punching those up a little bit. So there’s nothing set in stone right now, but we’re definitely leaning towards making new music, playing a couple of more shows, trying to do a couple a year. And it’s fun. It’s really awesome.

    We’ve all kind of moved on from the band stuff in our personal lives. And it’s fun to take a step back into it. It feels like a former life, and we’re all just here just for the love of it at this point. It has nothing to do with paying the bills or being the biggest band or anything like that. It’s just for the love of it. It’s awesome.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

  • Shields Announce New Album “Death & Connection”, Share Video For “Wolfskin” Featuring Left To Suffer’s Taylor Barber

    Shields have announced that they will be releasing a new album, titled “Death & Connection,” on January 30. A music video for the effort’s latest single, “Wolfskin” (feat. Left To Suffer’s Taylor Barber), can be found below:

    “Death & Connection” Track Listing:

    01. “This Is Not A Dream”
    02. “Abuser”
    03. “Kill”
    04. “Parasites”
    05. “Lacerate” (feat. Harvey Freeman of Graphic Nature)
    06. “Womb”
    07. “Brother’s Lament”
    08. “Red & Green”
    09. “Wolfskin” (feat. Taylor Barber of Left To Suffer)
    10. “Loser”
    11. “Death & Connection” (feat. Jonathan Finney)
    12. “Miss Me”

    The band commented:

    “‘Death & Connection’ is a body of work born from the absence of the people who no longer hold space in our lives. This record was created from a necessity to express and soothe our deepest losses. However, that was never the intention. We simply set out to make an album we wanted to hear.”

  • Burton C. Bell (Ex-Fear Factory) Announces Rescheduled Dates For Australian Spoken-Word Events

    Burton C. Bell (ex-Fear Factory) has announced the rescheduled dates for his “Obsolete By Word Of Mouth” spoken-word events in Australia. The first one will take place at Chuck Trailer’s Basement in Sydney on October 25. The second one will take place at the Holy Diver Bar in Melbourne on November 1. Tickets can be found HERE.

    Bell commented:

    “I am proud to announce that I have rescheduled my ‘Obsolete By Word Of Mouth’ spoken-word events, brought to you by Nite-Rite.

    Experience the ‘Obsolete By Word Of Mouth’ without a microphone or amplification. I will be giving first-hand insight into the making of the album, the concepts and origins behind the titles and lyrics, as well as reading the story within the album. part spoken, part performative.

    My intention is to create a prescient and intimate atmosphere. I am requesting this to be a NO CELL PHONE EVENT. NO RECORDING PLEASE.

    All attendees will have to relay their own personal experience by ‘word of mouth’… which is an OBSOLETE form of communication.”

  • ten56. Premiere “IO” Music Video

    ten56. have shared an official video for the title track of their latest album “IO.” You can check that out below:

    Vocalist Aaron Matts commented:

    “This track came at a pivotal time in my life, both literally and figuratively. Looking back at the lyrical content that I’ve put out, I felt that I needed to directly address the why’s and how’s as to why I tend to fall into the same lyrical stupor from track to track. At least that’s how I felt about it.

    This song and its music video also came at a turning point in my life. Between two tours I was admitted to an addiction treatment centre in order to get over a long standing opioid and Benzodiazepine addiction. We were able to film the images during my stay at the rehabilitation clinic, and while on paper this sounds cool; it was a very vulnerable and uncomfortable period for me.

    I hope this track and it’s music video can eventually help anyone else experiencing something similar in their lives. I’m not perfect, but I’m doing my best and I have my boys by my side. Love yourselves.”

  • Gideon Premiere “Wrong One” Video

    Gideon have premiered a new video for their new song “Wrong One.” The band commented:

    “We wrote this song at a time when we were simply fed up with always giving folks the benefit of the doubt. Never mistake kindness for weakness.”