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Quebec City-based extreme metal outfit Eternal Drak have announced the release of their sixth full-length studio album, The Violence of Time, arriving on 17th July 2026 via Canadian label FirstWave. The album represents a philosophical assault from the long-running band, reframing time itself as a hostile, eroding force that distorts human memory and identity.To spearhead the announcement, the duo has unleashed the album’s opening strike and lead single, “We Force It To Speak.” Rooted in raw black metal yet enriched with acoustic textures and dense atmospheric layering, the track tackles the human obsession with observation and how the act of…
We’ve been lucky enough to be asked back to sponsor Hella Rock Festival in Coventry for its third year! Once again, we’re getting to know the bands on the bill in the run up to the big day. Brummie lot Wälker are tackling the questions this time around as the (sort of) locals on the bill!Simple things first – where are you guys from?Collectively we’re based in Birmingham city centre; raised on loud riffs, late nights, and questionable life choices. The local scenes shaped us, but we’ve always had our eyes on something bigger and louder.How long have you been…
It’s safe to say The House Beyond the Fires has been an absolute triumph for The Virginmarys. Having road-tested its songs for a number of years on the lead-up to its recording and release and now, eighteen months on, those songs show no sign of wearing thin. In that time, there’s been some relentless touring and somehow, they’ve found time to sit down and record Beyond the House of Fires, re-working the sonic brilliance and relentlessness of 2024’s album into a beautiful companion piece.If you know this band, then you know they’re one of light and shade, between Ally Dickaty’s…
Dub Maps: A Film by Howard WalmsleyInternational Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester14th May 2026Dedicated to Malcolm Whitehead, the former head of Ikon/FCL, the film making arm of Factory Records who passed away in 2019, Dub Maps features Cathy Brooks and Mark Hoyle from Dub Sex telling stories and searching for the ghosts beneath the new Hulme.On paper, Dub Maps possibly shouldn’t work. Although a simple-ish premise, there is so much condensed into its 30-minute duration it could be overpowering. The fact it does work and doesn’t overcome can be credited to the expertise of the acclaimed film-maker Howard Walmsley, an early…
As the founding member of Anthrax, Scott Ian has been cranking out riffs for several decades and has barely had a chance to catch his breath ever since.An architect of the thrash genre, his band Anthrax – alongside Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth – are regarded as part of ‘The Big Four’ and is widely regarded as one of the greatest rhythm guitarists in metal.He’s also been part of tongue-in-cheek crossover metallers Stormtroopers Of Death, supergroup The Damned Things with members of Every Time I Die and Fall Out Boy, and most recently, Motor Sister with his wife Pearl Aday, with…
Award-winning British singer-songwriter and guitarist Leoni Jane Kennedy has announced the release of her highly anticipated debut album of original material, Synthetic, arriving on 15th June 2026. The milestone follows a remarkably successful crowdfunding campaign that saw the Blackpool-born, London-based musical polymath raise enough funds to produce a full physical merchandise run in just six days. Pre-saves are available now.An official PRS Guitars artist, Kennedy has long been marked out as a unique force in the progressive and rock landscape. In 2018, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor personally awarded her the Freddie Mercury Scholarship, and she recently secured the…
Modern heavy music trailblazers Beartooth have announced the release of their highly anticipated sixth studio album, Pure Ecstasy, arriving on 28th August 2026. The record marks a major milestone for the band as their first release via their new label home, Fearless Records. Pre-orders are live now.To celebrate the announcement, the Columbus, Ohio outfit has unleashed the album’s opening title track as its latest single. Written and developed alongside notable metal architects Misha Mansoor and Jordan Fish (ex-Bring Me The Horizon), the song serves as a raw, disorienting entry point designed to lock listeners into the record’s chaotic vibe immediately.…
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week ends tomorrow (17th), but let’s be honest – mental health awareness is a year-long issue, so there’s never a best or worst time to bring it up. But what’s it got to do with us?Well, this year’s theme is “Take Action”. That could be for you to help yourself, or to help someone else. And those “actions” can be the smallest thing. You’re on a music website (or Facebook page, depending on where you’re reading this), so how can music help?The smallest thing can give you a little boost. Music has helped in in…
Film: Echo Director: Andy Salamonczyk Writer: Andy Salamonczyk Starring: Maneek Chatha, Anita Ramdharry On a cold Sunday morning, a teenager and her mum share a rare walk to the shop. In a new interview on Blazing Minds ahead of the Southend Film Festival, I got a chance to ask Writer-Director Andy Salamonczyk a few questions about his film ‘Echo‘ You can watch Echo at the Southend Film Festival on Sunday 7th June at 12:30hrs as part of the MOSTLY MADE IN SOUTHENDPART ONE. Q. Your film Echo has been selected to play at the Southend Film Festival. Can you tell…
Here’s our weekly overview of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the U.S., along with an update on where each album ranks on the Billboard 200 chart — this time for week 20 of 2026. This week’s recap includes the first-week sales of Chris Brown’s new album BROWN, which debuts at No. 5. Source: HITS Daily Double Chart # Artist(s) Album title Sales Sales + Streams 5 Chris Brown BROWN 5,501 67,012 *DEBUT* 11 Don Toliver OCTANE 667 36,066 16 Justin Bieber SWAG 746 31,897 17 SZA SOS 1,05 31,435 18 Bruno Mars The Romantic 5,275 30,239 21 Post Malone…
In this new entry in our ‘Diamonds In The Rough’ category, we would like to introduce you to upcoming artist VDotSecret and her brand new album titled Victorious Healing. Independent artist and healing visionary VDotSecret has officially released her debut album, Victorious Healing, out now on all streaming platforms. More than just a music project, Victorious Healing is an immersive healing music experience, crafted to uplift the spirit, rebuild confidence, and guide listeners through emotional renewal and personal transformation. Blending healing affirmation music, inspirational R&B, Neo-Soul, classical, jazz, and rich soulful textures, VDotSecret creates an intentional sonic world rooted in…
Baltimore’s “weirdo thrash” stalwarts Nuclear Tomb have premiered their new single, “Unbowed and Averse,” via Invisible Oranges. The track is the second glimpse into their forthcoming full-length album, Epoch Inhumane, which is scheduled to arrive on 12th June via Rotted Life Records.Returning with a sound that is as twisted as it is vicious, the quartet continues to fuse tight thrash riffing with noisy punk aggression and progressive rock ambition. This unique approach has earned them comparisons to trailblazing metal mavericks such as Voivod, Pestilence, and Coroner. The new material on Epoch Inhumane was refined over two years of touring, with…