Ghost Cult scribe Wil Cifer ponders the previously unthinkable – what if there was a Type o Negative tribute concert to the late Peter Steele and to the bands’ legacy? Who would be able to fill those massive shoes and do proper justice to The Green Man, we all love so dearly. This is speculative and just a bit of playful, educated spell casting, nothing more. Peter is irreplacaeble, and we know that.
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival has announced their ull lineup for 2026. The 2025 fest shattered all records for attendance, and 2026 could move that needle even more witgh this lineup. Taking place May 14-17, 2026 at Historic Crew Stadium In Columbus, Ohio, and featuring Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, as headliners, Sonic Temple will host over 140 Bands across 5! Ticket info and the full lineup can be seen in the article below.Continue reading
System Of A Down and Korn will headline Sick New World Las Vegas on April 25th, 2026, at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The lineup also includes Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Danny Elfman, Knocked Loose, Ministry, AFI, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, and more. The festival will expand next year with the first-ever Sick New World Texas, set for October 24th, 2026, at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX, featuring System Of A Down, Deftones, and Slayer (performing Reign in Blood in full), among others.Continue reading
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One of black metal’s most iconic bands, Mayhem, have announced their seventh studio album, Liturgy of Death. They have just unleashed the new single and video for “Weep for Nothing,” with the full album coming on February 5th, via Century Media Records. On the same day, they kick off a European headline tour. Catch the new video and more below.
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North Carolina groove metallers, WoR, have just announced that they have officially signed to the BLKIIBLK record label. In the same stroke, the band have shared their brand new single, “The Revenant,” along with an official music video. Watch it below and read more from WoR.
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Norwegian extreme metal festival, Beyond the Gates, have just announced four new bands to the already stacked 2026 bill. The festival now welcomes US thrash veterans Testament, Greece’s Rotting Christ, French post black metal troupe, Alcest, and Icelanders, Vafurlogi. Read more below.
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NYC-based, blackened, Caribbean doom squad, Precious Blood, have just released their brand new single, “Whore’s Grave.” Coming with a video written, directed, and edited by drummer, Grace Perez, and produced by Eye N Eye Productions, it comes from their new album, False Prophets. Watch it below and read more.
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Dark-Folk and Americana artist Don de Leaumont has shared his third pre-release album single, “I’ll Follow The Moon,” from the upcoming new album Dancing on My Father’s Grave and Other Stories. Stream the new track on all DSPs, and pre-order on Bandcamp and Ampwall at the links below. The album releases on November 14th, 2025, via Dark Waters Records. Don has already released two singles, including the title track, and “The Hearse They Rode In On,” featuring songstress Marissa Nadler. With over three decades of performing music and sharing the stage with acts such as Amigo the Devil, Mike Glabicki (Rusted Root), The Avett Brothers, and Kevn Kinney (Drivin’ N’ Cryin’) among many others, de Leaumont has crafted this project as a labor of love and an ode to his haunted roots of New Orleans’ cemeteries, Bourbon Street dive bars, and loves won and lost. Listen to “Dancing on My Father’s Grave and Other Stories” now!
Atmospheric metal artist, Katerina Nicole, has just unleashed her latest single, “Crystalline.” The track comes with a brand new video, which can be found in the article below. Check it out and find out more.
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Mudvayne, Static-X, and Vernded enchanted the large crowd of music enthusiasts at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts, celebrating the 25th anniversary of both Static-X’s stellar album Wisconsin Death Trip and Mudvayne’s legendary album L.D. 50. It was an amazing experience to be able to witness these bands demonstrate their love and passion to the crowd. The energy and dedication that they displayed during their performance resonated throughout the entire evening. Continue reading
Australian psychedelic western rockers, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, have just unveiled their new lyric video for “Dave Is Done.” This is the first single taken from their forthcoming, fourth full-length, Inexorable Opposites, chalked up for release on February 6, 2026, via Magnetic Eye Records. Watch it below and read more from the band.
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Genre-blending rock artist, Leon Knight, has released his latest single, “Yes I Do” (featuring DE’WAYNE), via Knightmare Records. The track premiered earlier with an On The Radar performance. Watch it below and read more.
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Keefy sits down with Jeff Tuttle of Shock Narcotic to discuss their long-awaited second album My Flesh Is Afraid But I Am Not, out now via Philip H. Anselmolo’s ( PanterA, Down) Housecore Records.Continue reading
