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Seattle progressive metalcore heavyweights Oathbound have pulled back the curtain on the grueling reality of independent music with their cinematic new video for “Set Adrift”. The track serves as a standout centerpiece from their freshly unleashed full-length album, Colors in Grey, out now via Eclipse Records. Directed by Brandon Hartsock, the visual completely dismantles the worn-out cliches of rock-and-roll excess, trading glamorous backstage backdrops for a sobering look at the true currency of modern touring: mental exhaustion, financial strain, and isolation.The music video masterfully maps this suffocating internal atmosphere onto the physical landscape of the open highway, a concept guitarist…
American death metallers Malefic Throne, featuring guitarist Gene Palubicki (Angelcorpse, Perdition Temple), vocalist and bassist Steve Tucker (Morbid Angel), and drummer John Longstreth (Origin, Hate Eternal), have premiered their first-ever music video for the track “When our Shadows Align”. Lifted from their debut album, The Conquering Darkness, which is out now on Agonia Records, the visual release showcases their unrelenting sonic assault.The trio was put together by Palubicki in 2020 after initially meeting at Morrisound Studios in 1997, where both Angelcorpse and Morbid Angel were recording albums side by side. Drummer John Longstreth comments that the band’s roots trace all…
Bulgarian-born, Wales-based sludge metal unit Thrakian have announced the release of their debut full-length album, The Way. Scheduled to land on 24th June 2026 via Aonair Records, the record promises to deliver a dense, atmospheric brand of heaviness that is bound to appeal to fans of Cult of Luna, Primordial, and Neurosis.The project features frontman Atanas on guitar and vocals alongside bass guitarist Matt Strangis. Both musicians are notably members of the acclaimed doom metal band Pantheist, bringing a wealth of experience, expansive sonic textures, and additional depth to this new venture. The Way is a conceptual work born out…
Join Weezy as she sits down with Olly from Mercers to talk all about the band’s latest single, their upcoming EP, and the exciting plans ahead. The conversation dives into the deeper themes behind Mercers music, including political messages, personal experiences, and the importance of mental health. To round things off, Weezy puts Olly through a fun quick-fire round packed with laughs and unexpected answers!Don’t fancy Patreon? Buy us a one-off beverage!Mercers: facebook | twitter | instagram | spotify | tiktokRelated Published by sunshineweezy View all posts by sunshineweezy View Original Article Here
Dark Chapel (c) Axelle ChampionThis past Thursday in the peak of Glasgow summer (the random four days we get in May), a mass of metalheads young and old descended on the O2 Academy. The gig was sold out well in advance to see what was Black Label Society’s first Glasgow show since their 2015 gig at the departed ABC. Legends Venom, Inc. and relative newcomers Dark Chapel were the support line-up, and I doubt this did much to hinder ticket sales.After I managed to conquer the queue to get through the door and found myself a space, Dark Chapel were…
John Robb hit home turf (well close) in Sale Waterside last night after a month promoting his book ‘Punk Rock Ruined My Life’ around the UK.After wowing goth audiences in 2023 with The Art of Darkness, he quickly followed it with Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis, and has just published his long awaited memoirs. The book covers his early days growing up in Blackpool, through the ups and (mostly) downs as a struggling punk in a seaside town, ‘not like you city dwellers’, his long standing roles at the helm of The Membranes and later, Goldblade,…
Dreamy West Coast vibes with touches of folk and a pinch of jazz.Sunflower is the debut album of German/British artist Paul Holland. It features a number of very enjoyable characteristics, from West Coast soft rock to out-and-out folk, via some quite interesting world music. Above all, it has a very relaxed and personal feel to it, making it the perfect sound for relaxing in the sunshine.It opens with a rocky number, Clouds of Haze, which jogs along very nicely indeed, with a live feel about it. The track explores the on/off nature of some relationships and certainly encourages the listener…
In the spring of 1992, Mick Jagger was in Los Angeles preparing his third solo album with Rick Rubin. Jagger’s two previous efforts outside of the Rolling Stones, 1985’s She’s The Boss and 1987’s Primitive Cool, had been little loved and fast forgotten. He’d brought in Rubin to lend him some much-needed credibility. The producer had made his name piloting the Beastie Boys and Run DMC to international acclaim and was fresh from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ multi-platinum BloodSugarSexMagik album.Rubin was also working with an LA bar band called the Red Devils at the time, masterminding their debut album…
Originally published in Uncut, September 2010. Retreat to the West Highlands of Scotland and find PAUL McCARTNEY. Here he works the land, dodges the long-distance brickbats from his old bandmates and embarks on his own, homebrewed solo career. “I needed to get back to ‘me’,” says McCartney. “I’d got too far away from who I was.” IN OCTOBER 12, 1969, out of the blue, a Detroit radio station began announcing that Paul McCartney was dead. The shock claim was picked up by coast-to-coast newspapers and conspiracy theorists, who scoured Beatles lyrics and photographs for evidence. A theory was put together:…
The manager of Bucharest’s Beraria H Herastrau says that she’d never seen anything like it. An enormous beerhall in the Romanian capital, it’s not a place unfamiliar with thirsty customers, and lots of them. But as the pre-party for Iron Maiden’s return to the city, hosting the now-customary Eddie’s Dive Bar for this spot on the Run For Your Lives Tour, it was something else. “I’ve never seen so many shirts!” she says in disbelief. “It was literally everyone, like a uniform. We did kararoke, and it was all Maiden, and some of the people could really sing. “And,” she…
Little Simz’ flawless headline slot crowned a blistering day in the capital. Performances from WAR, KOKOROKO, Lady Wray, and Joy Crookes shone bright as Simz proved once more why she is one of the UK’s most revered artists.As the sun blazed above Brockwell park, an undeniable summer vibe permeated the South London heat with undertones of Arsenal winning the league. Spread over five stages, a lineup teeming with the very best in jazz, hip hop, soul, funk, era defining legends, and emerging talent, Cross the Tracks hit all bases.The temperature was already creeping its way over 30 degrees by the…
Squeeze rose during the era of punk, but sunny yet slyly subversive songs such as Cool For Cats and Up The Junction owed more to The Beatles and The Kinks than the Sex Pistols or The Clash. In 2016, as they released their 14th album, Cradle To The Grave, co-frontmen Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook looked back over the career of one of the UK’s most unique bands. It was a very Squeeze kind of political protest: warm and melodic, wry and witty, sunny on the surface but seething with rage beneath. In January 2016, when Glenn Tilbrook realised his…