Wailin Storms Release Haunting New Video for “Its All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be”

July 22, 2026

Wailin Storms are catching fire with noisy and bluesy explosions of Southern Gothic Rock. Like moths to a flame, critics are mesmerized by the Durham, North Carolina band’s new album, The Arsonist.

As the band prepare to burn rubber on their upcoming U.S. East Coast Tour for The Arsonist, today, Wailin Storms are releasing a new video for the album’s chilling closer. Filmed in one take and recorded live with no editing inside an old church, the gothic ballad “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” will haunt you to the grave.

”’It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” is about coming to terms with the realization that death comes for us all”, Wailin Storms vocalist and guitarist Justin Storms says. “I started writing this song when I was in Belgium, after I saw an old church that looked like a skull. It’s the last song on The Arsonist and is very spare and sad, but there’s also a sliver of hope. Life is temporary and that’s where its beauty lies”.

Watch the music video for “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” https://youtu.be/SPstFFB689w

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Starting next week, Wailin Storms are igniting the stage with a headline tour of the U.S. East Coast. The band will perform songs off The Arsonist for the first time, along with crowd favorites from across their critically-acclaimed discography.

Wailin Storms 2026 The Arsonist U.S. Tour

July 29 - Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway [TICKETS]

July 30 - Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar [TICKETS]

July 31 - Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light [TICKETS]

August 1 - Cincinnati, OH @ Motr [TICKETS]

August 2 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl [TICKETS]

August 3 - Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees [TICKETS]

August 4 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center [TICKETS]

August 5 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery [TICKETS]

August 6 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Gutter [TICKETS]

August 7 - New Hope, PA @ John and Peter’s [TICKETS]

August 8 - Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana [TICKETS]

In September, Wailin Storms will join Messa in Asheville, North Carolina to kick off the official after party for the Acid Bath, Neurosis, Melvins and Kylesa show at Hellbender.

The Official Acid Bath After Party with Wailin Storms and Messa

Saturday, September 5 - Asheville, North Carolina @ Eulogy [FREE SHOW]

The video for “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used To Be” was filmed at Eno House in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Lineup
Justin Storms - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Ben Melton - Lead guitar, backup vocals, Rhodes organ, piano
Steve Stanczyk - Bass
Mark Oates - Drums

Recording credits
Recorded at Earth Analog in May 2025

Production Credits
Produced and engineered by Matt Talbott
Mixed by Mike Lust at Phantom Manor ("Dead End", "Heart of Mine", "You Never Answered", "The Arsonist", "Never Rest", "The Wind", It's All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used to Be"
Mixed by Dave Downham at Gradwell House ("Saved", "Patient Night")
Mastered by Dave Downham at Gradwell House

All lyrics written by Justin Storms

Cover art
Justin Storms

Layout and design
Steve Stanczyk

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Rotting Christ Announce Reissue of Sanctus Diavolos

July 22, 2026

ROTTING CHRIST are announcing the reissue of Sanctus Diavolos. Originally released through Century Media in September 2004, the Greek legends’ eighth full-length is the final pillar from their gothic period and one of the band’s most extreme and cohesive albums

Season of Mist will reissue Sanctus Diavolos on black and colored vinyl on September 11, 2026.

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Sanctus Diavolos was the first album Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis wrote after the departures of the band’s longtime guitarist Costas Vasilakopoulos and keyboardist Georgios Tolias. Sakis absorbed both roles himself, handling guitars, keys and vocals alongside his brother Themis Tolis on drums and Andreas Lagios on bass. Across ten songs, the album moves from the aggression of opener "Visions of a Blind Order" through mid-tempo, riff-driven black and gothic metal, pausing at the string-and-choir interlude "Sanctimonious," before closing on the sprawling, choir-drenched title track.

Thematically, Sanctus Diavolos frames its central figure as Lucifer the light-bearer, a seductive, welcoming presence. This distinction sets it apart from the band's earlier work and from most of the genre's stock devil-worship posturing. Symphonic and choral writing plays a larger role here than on any previous Rotting Christ album. “Visions of a Blind Order” features a guest solo from Gus G and choir arrangements by Christos Antoniou of Septicflesh, which were performed live by an eight-person choir.

Sanctus Diavolos was recorded at SCA Studios in Athens and mixed by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman in Sweden.

Current Line-up:

Sakis Tolis — Vocals, Guitar

Themis Tolis — Drums

Kostis Foukarakis — Guitars

Kostas Cheliotis — Bass

Original Line-up:
Sakis Tolis — Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Themis Tolis — Drums
Andreas Lagios — Bass

Guest Musicians:
Gus G — Guest Solo on "Visions of a Blind Order"
Christos Antoniou — Choir Arrangement

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Misery Index Release Ferocious New Single "Feral Future"

July 21, 2026

After 25 years, Misery Index continue to stand tall at the forefront of extreme music. The band, which features current and former members of Dying Fetus and Pig Destroyer, started 2026 off strong by re-signing to Season of Mist. Now, as they prepare to embark on a headline tour of Europe and the United Kingdom, the firebrands are unleashing their first new single in four years. While still the product of their high-intensity combination of death metal and grindcore, “Feral Future” answers the call of the wild.

“‘Feral Future’ is about changing the way we think about our relationship with nature”, Misery Index bassist and vocalist Jason Netherton says. “Nature isn’t something we rule over or exist outside of. It’s something we are immersed in everywhere all the time. This song champions the rewilding of damaged and corrupted human spaces and reclaims a more feral connection that respects the sublime wonder of nature”.

Watch the lyric video for “Feral Future” below.

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Misery Index An Epitaph for Endtimes EU + UK Summer Tour 2026

July 28 - Helsinki, Finland @ Kult [TICKETS]

July 30 - Wacken, Germany @ Wacken Open Air [TICKETS]

August 1 - Dortmund, Germany @ Dortmund Death Fest [TICKETS]

August 2 - Saint Maurice de Gourdans, France @ Sylak Open Air [TICKETS]

August 4 - Deinze, Belgium @ Elpee [TICKETS]

August 5 - The Hague, Netherlands @ Musicon [TICKETS]

August 6 - Schlotheim, Germany @ Party San Open Air [TICKETS]

August 8 - Swansea, United Kingdom @ Sin City [TICKETS]

August 9 - Manchester, United Kingdom @ Rebellion [TICKETS]

August 11 - Bridgwater, United Kingdom @ The Cobblestones [TICKETS]

August 13 - Munich, Germany @ Backstage [TICKETS]

August 14 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany @ Summer Breeze [TICKETS]

August 15 - Sulingen, Germany @ Reload Festival [TICKETS]

On “Feral Future”, Misery Index keep their social commentary razor-sharp. The band’s new single was one of the very first songs written for their upcoming eighth full-length and its untamed energy helped shape the album’s thematic core. Adam Jarvis pounds his drums until they’re one with the dirt while Mark Kloeppel and Darin Morris sharpen their axes into a filthy headbanging groove.

“This is our future”, Netherton growls during its final blood-pumping sprint. “Feral Future” might be a grim warning for the fate of our planet, but for Misery Index, it’s a sign of more greatness to come.

The lyric video for “Feral Future” was created by Cloud Motion Design.

Misery Index previously released Live in Munich (2013), The Killing Gods (2014) and Rituals of Power (2019) with Season of Mist. The Killing Gods and Rituals of Power are available now through the label’s web shop.

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“Misery Index is a band for the hellish news cycle we are all trapped in”, Invisible Oranges wrote in a review of Complete Control.

Now, having toured their previous album extensively since 2022, Misery Index are back with Season of Mist ahead of their upcoming eighth full-length album. The band released their first new single in four years, “Feral Future”, ahead of their An Epitaph for Endtimes European and United Kingdom summer tour.

Lineup

Jason Netherton - Bass, Vocals

Mark Kloeppel - Guitar, Vocals

Darin Morris - Lead guitar

Adam Jarvis - Drums

Songwriting credits

Music by Jason Netherton and Adam Jarvis

Lyrics by Jason Netherton

Production credits

Mixed by Ricardo Borges

Mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios

Booking contact

Enzo Marangelli (enzo@decibel-touring.com)

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Emptiness Premiere Nowhere Speaks

July 16, 2026

On their new album, Nowhere Speaks, experimental metal band Emptiness unlock an unheard dimension that’s governed by their own awe-inspiring logic.

Nowhere Speaks comes out tomorrow, Friday, July 17 on Season of Mist, but you can hear all ten absorbing songs today by listening to the full album stream below:

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Save for vocals, keyboards and additional effects, Emptiness performed Nowhere Speaks live in the studio, after four years of preparation, rehearsals and tests to ensure the music could be performed with the right weight and intention. This is not a production detail so much as a commitment to a specific kind of tension, the kind that does not survive being assembled in pieces. Emptiness’ previous album, Vide (2021), had no distortion, was sung entirely in French, and existed at the edge of silence; Nowhere Speaks moves in the opposite direction, and does so deliberately, opening exactly where Nothing But The Whole (2014) cut off mid-riff and closing by looping back to that album's opening riff.

From early in their career, EMPTINESS has worked this way: Jérémie Bézier handling production across all its dimensions, Olivier J.L.W. directing the visual work in its entirety. Sound and image conceived, shaped and finalized from within. Nowhere Speaks continues that closed circuit, as it always has been.

Nowhere Speaks is not a return. After the most introverted and isolated record of their career, the band opens outward into density and live intensity. The album, developed over an extended period of time, was composed by Jérémie Bézier and Olivier J.L.W., who oversee its production across both sonic and visual dimensions, bringing the work to completion as a unified whole, committed to tape live in the studio. The structural conceit of opening mid-riff from where Nothing But The Whole ended, and closing with that album's opening riff, is not nostalgia. It is the same logic that has always governed EMPTINESS: the cycle without a fixed point, beginning and ending inside each other, nothing and everything at the same time. The band has spent years demonstrating that they do not move in straight lines. Nowhere Speaks is a continuation from a point the listener was not meant to forget.

Line-up:
Jérémie Bezier — Vocals, Bass
Olivier J.L.W. — Guitars
Simon L. — Guitars
Dea Hydra — Synths
Laye Louhenapessy — Drums

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Miscreance Reach Peak Tech-Thrash on New Single “Oracle’s Rift”

July 15, 2026

When they first crawled forth from Italy’s underground four years ago, Miscreance were likened to Death, Sadus, Voivod and other immortal beings from the alternate timeline that is the history of extreme metal. But on the band’s upcoming second album, they deliver a mind-altering experience that’s far from just another blast from the past.

Today, Miscreance are releasing the second advanced single from their upcoming new album. By venturing deep into an unrecognizable past, the band reach peak tech-thrash on “Oracle’s Rift”.

“Through a collective hallucination, a voyage through time led us to discover a moment in human history that was lost”, the band says about the far-out path they took to Reminiscence. “‘Oracle’s Rift’ takes us to where the skies end. Whirl to the dirge of judgement and walk the path to oblivion”.

Listen to “Oracle’s Rift” below:

Reminiscence comes out August 28, 2026 on Season of Mist

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While recorded in Italy, Miscreance discovered the concept for Reminiscence by sifting through the sands of time. As the band chug, gallop and shred through steep shifts in tempo, “Oracle’s Rift” opens upon a hidden world where ancient cave dwellings house crystal dripstones and a shadowy all-knowing entity.

“We are all very happy with how our first album turned out but we wanted to go bigger by tying Reminiscence to a specific concept”, guitarist Tommaso Cappelletti says.

Bassist Jean-Claude Rossignol explains further. “What we’ve created is a ‘lost album’, sent from an unknown civilization that’s both futuristic and extremely primitive. Through psychic powers and capabilities that transcend earthly comprehension, these primordial extraterrestrials have achieved total neural unity. Yet innate wickedness still lures inside of them, harboring the need for preys, scalps and lust”.

Old-school heshers will raise horns upon recognizing the mark of the greats on “Oracle’s Rift”. “We still play old-school tech-thrash", assures guitarist Andrea Granauro. But while faithful to both Atheist and Dark Angel as it is scrupulous to Coroner, Reminiscence isn’t an attempt to recall death metal’s glory days.

“You’ve never known the face of death / But now it becomes yours”, drummer Andrea Feltrin growls from deep within the many twisted passages of the album’s new single. As Miscreance tear through the final sprint of “Oracle’s Rift” before cleansing themselves in the fires of hell, the last thing you see – or hear – is death metal’s future mutating right before our eyes into an otherworldly fusion of whammy bar and bongo.

While recorded in Italy, Miscreance discovered the concept for Reminiscence by sifting through the sands of time. Along with splintering riffs and trippy tempo shifts, the band uncovered a hidden world where jungle-dwelling hunters and digeridoo coexist with strange tongues, telepathic surgeries and a burning celestial corpse. As imagined by Iranian artist Mona Shiraz, the album’s cover art is a modern interpretation of the kind of painting that was all the rage during the Stone Age. “What we’ve created is a ‘lost album’”, Rossignol says. “It comes from an unknown civilization that’s both futuristic and extremely primitive. Through psychic powers and capabilities that transcend earthly comprehension, these primordial extraterrestrials have achieved total neural unity. Yet innate wickedness still lures inside of them, harboring the need for preys, scalps and lust”. Climbing “The Moaning Hill” is not for the faint of heart, but the intricate twists along its perverse path lead to truly sacred pleasures.

“You’ve never known the face of death / But now it becomes yours”, Feltrin growls amidst the many peaks hidden within “Oracle’s Rift”. As the band tear through a torturous passage with ruthless precision, the last thing you see – or hear – is death metal’s future mutating right before our eyes.

With Reminiscence, Miscreance unlock a mind-altering experience of old-school technical death metal.

Lineup
Andrea Feltrin - Drums and Vocals
Jean-Claude Rossignol - Bass
Tommaso Cappelletti - Guitars
Andrea Granauro - Guitars

Guest musicians
Leo Di Angilla - Percussion, Digeridoo, Flute, Berimbau

Recording and Production Credits
Recording Studio - Bridge Produzioni Audio in Susegana, Italy
Mixing and Mastering Studio - Majestic Studio in Silea, Italy
Producer - Marino De Angeli
Mixing, Mastering and Sound Engineer - Marino De Angeli

Cover art
Mona Shiraz

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Unverkalt Release New Video for Grief-Stricken “Ænæ Lithi”

July 13, 2026

After drawing closer and closer to the edge with each album over the past decade, Unverkalt are receiving high praise for the post-metal band’s heavy and heartfelt new offering.

As they bring Héréditaire to the world stage, today, Unverkalt are releasing a video for the album’s most gut-wrenching song. Dedicated in memory to the victims of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, “Ænæ Lithi” turns a historical tragedy into an aching monument for grief.

“It is a great honor for me to create and share this video”, Unverkalt guitarist Themis Ioannou says. “The story behind our song ‘Ænæ Lithi’ is deeply personal to me, as it is part of my own family’s history. I dedicate it to my beloved grandmother and my father, who are no longer with us. This video is for them, and for the millions of people who lost their lives or were forced to abandon their ancestral homes during and after the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922”.

Watch the video for “Ænæ Lithi” below.

Héréditaire is out now on Season of Mist.

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Before they emerged as blackened beacons for post-metal, Unverkalt rose through the Greek underground. In lifting the veil from our cursed existence, Héréditaire bares the weight of a traumatic moment in their home country’s history. “Ænæ Lithi”, which in English roughly translates to “Eternal Oblivion”, mourns the years between 1914 and 1923, when Greek communities across Pontus, Ionia and Eastern Thrace were subjected to persecution, forced deportations, death marches and mass killings during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.

“The memory of those who suffered from the Asia Minor Catastrophe continue to be honored by their descendants and communities around the world”, Ioannou says. “The music video for ‘Ænæ Lithi’, which uses historical photographs from this tragic event, is dedicated to preserving their memory and to the generations forever marked in its aftermath”.

Amidst its smoky and simmering modern-day atmosphere, “Ænæ Lithi” stirs with sounds from a past that refuses to stay buried. Creeping dissonance and a slow pounding of toms intertwine with clarinet and qanun, hand drums, strings and lyrics in Greek. “We are the source”, Unverkalt vocalist Dimitra Kalavrezou chants with her mesmerizing cleans. As the band rise with overwhelming force, “Ænæ Lithi” comes crashing down with the weight of what was lost and all the pain that remains.

Catch Unverkalt live throughout 2026.

Unverkalt 2026 Show Dates

October 24 - Berlin, Germany @ Neue Zukunft

November 11 - Schwedt, Germany @ Exit

December 11 - Leipzig, Germany @ Heavy Crisis Festival

The video for “Ænæ Lithi” was directed and edited by Themis Ioannou at RAWBITE Studio

Additional video credits

Produced by Unverkalt

Cinematography - Themis Ioannou

2nd Assistant Camera - Eli Mavrychev

Lighting - Die Klinke

Location - Noir Surge Studios

Costume Design / Styling - Pieces by Sister Jane

Jewellery Design - Pieces by Eumorphia

On Héréditaire, Unverkalt lift the veil on our cursed existence with their heaviest and most heartfelt offering.

Recording Lineup:
Dimitra Kalavrezou — Vocals
Themis Ioannou — Guitars, Keys
Eli Mavrychev — Guitars, Vocals
Joscha Hoyer — Bass
Christian Eggers — Drums

Guest Musicians:
Sakis Tolis — Vocals on "I, The Deceit"

Songwriting Credits:
Comped by Themis Ioannou.
Lyrics by Dimitra Kalavrezou & Eli Mavrychev.
Lyrics for "I, The Deceit" by Dimitra Kalavrezou & Joscha Hoyer.

Recording Credits:
Recorded & Engineered by Unverkalt.
Drums Recorded & Engineered by Christian Eggers at Noir Surge Sound, Berlin, Germany.

Production Credits:
Produced by Themis Ioannou.
Vocals produced by Dimitra Kalavrezou & Eli Mavrychev.
Mixed by Joshua Barber.
Mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD Studios, Lübeck, Germany.

Cover Art:
Themis Ioannou

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Available Formats:
CD Digipak
2x12" Vinyl Gatefold — Black
2x12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold — Black & Gold 'Sunburst'

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Weedeater Announce 2026 U.S. Fall Tour

July 12, 2026

After lighting up the ol’ dusty trail with Conan and Telekinetic Yeti, Weedeater are re-upping with a fresh supply of U.S. tour dates. This fall, the Cape Fear Legends will smoke stages from coast to coast with their buds in Zeke, Royal Thunder and Yes Ma’am.

To pour more Evan Williams onto the fire, along the way, for three special dates, the Weed metal trio will join forces with the mighty GWAR before headlining Day 4 of Emissions from the Monolith.

Get tickets at tonedeaftouring.com/weedeater

Weedeater 2026 U.S. Fall Tour Dates

with Zeke, Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am + dates supporting GWAR

September 17 - Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern %

September 18 - St. Louis, MO @ Golden Record #

September 19 - Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre $

September 20 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection $

September 22 - Memphis, TN @ Satellite Music $

September 23 - Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge #

September 24 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace #

September 25 - Tuscon, AZ @ 191 Toole #

September 26 - Jacumba Springs, CA @ Jacumba Hotel #

September 28 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah #

September 29 - Costa Mesa, CA @ Wayfarer #

September 30 - Fresno, CA @ Mario’s #

October 1 - San Jose CA @ The Ritz*

October 2 - Sacramento, CA @ Colonial Theatre *

October 4 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon *

October 5 - Boise, ID @ Shrine Ballroom *

October 7 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep *

October 8 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *

October 10 - Chicago, IL @ WC Social Club *

October 11 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl ^

October 13 - Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall *

October 14 - Reading, PA @ Reverb *

October 15 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat *

October 17 - Chattanooga, TN @ The Boneyard *

% with Royal Thunder

$ supporting GWAR

# with Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am

* with Zeke, Royal Thunder & Yes Ma’am

^ Weedeater only at Emissions from the Monolith

Weedeater's discography is available now on Season of Mist

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Line-up:
Dixie Dave: Bass, vocals
Shep: Guitar, vocals
Ramzi Ateyeh: Drums

Origin: North Carolina
Style: Weed Metal

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Holissstik Bares Tortured Soul on New Single “Would You Take This Heart”

July 8, 2026

No matter what shape his muse takes, Tor-Helge Skei remains both one of the most consistent and surprising talents in extreme music. As a founding member of the critically acclaimed Manes and Lethe, the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and producer has pushed the boundaries of metal and electronic music. Now, with his latest experiment, he’s expanding his vision like never before. While it spans an impressive range of genres and features many celebrated collaborators, Holissstik achieves something even greater than its individual accomplishments.

Today, Holissstik are releasing the second advanced single from Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude. While scarred by past misgivings, by bearing its tortured soul, “Would You Take This Heart” reveals the collective spirit that makes Skei and his collaborators such a unified force.

“Collaboration is the heart and soul of Holissstik”, Skei says. “‘Would You Take This Heart’ was originally a simple, slow, ambient instrumental. But, as is often the case, the song evolved, unplanned and uncontrolled. As more and more collaborators added their parts, it became heavier and heavier, darker and darker”.

Listen to “Would You Take This Heart” Below:

Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude comes out August 14, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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Besides Hellem, Murphy and Parelius, the other members of Manes’ core and extended family who contribute to Holissstik include Atrox’s Eivind Fjøseide, ex-Atrox’s Tor-Arne Helgesen, The Third and the Mortal’s Rune Hoemsnes, Drontheim’s Tom Christian Engelsøy and Atrox’s Rune Folgerø. Holissstik also welcomed involvement from Kristoffer Oustad of Kristoffer Nyströms Orkester, Plague Machinery and formerly V:28; Christophe Denhez of Område and Ecr.Linf; rapper Pierre Ripka, or “K-rip”; Nik Košar of Kamra; Gabriel Trentini of Luce d’Inverno and Malaflame; rocker and engineering guru Stig Waltoft, a.k.a. “FluffyBunnyFeets”; and Trond Johansen. Not to mention, Buddhist monks were even persuaded to contribute chanting. While This Endless Solitude is mostly in English, it also features Pali, French, Polish and Italian.

Although the very nature of Holissstik demands that we expect the unexpected, the collective’s future certainly seems to guarantee obsidian horizons and torrential deluges of artistic truth. In other words, the project promises to persistently and ritualistically pummel us with devastating yet necessary, epic masterworks. Skei and his collaborators truly present the most immersive experiences possible and, in Manes language, offer a safe place in the unsafe; dive in with your hands bound, and be submerged within the imprisoning brilliance. Skei continues to participate in a range of outstanding groups, and yet Holissstik stands as the most unpredictable and, counterintuitive as it might sound, accessible undertaking in the history of his illustrious career.

Lineup
Tor-Helge Skei

Guest musicians

Anna Murphy - Vocals on “Obsession Six”

Christophe Denhez - Guitars on “The Rhythm of Silence”, Guitars, vocals and lyrics on “Behind Me”

Eivind Fjøseide - Guitars on all songs except “Projections”

Gabriel Trentini - Vocals and lyrics on “Obsession Six”

Kristoffer Oustad - Synth on “The Rhythm of Silence”, “Projections”, “Reoccuring Dreams”, “This Endless Solitude”

Tor-Arne Helgesen - Drums on all songs except “Behind Me” and “This Endless Solitude”

Marita Hellem - Vocals on “The Rhythm of Silence” and “This Endless Solitude”

Martyna Halas - Vocals and lyrics on “The Rhythm of Silence”, “My Salvation”, “Would You Take This Heart” and “This Endless Solitude”

Nik Košar - Vocals and lyrics on “Projections” and “Reoccuring Dreams”

Pierre Ripka - Vocals and lyrics on “The Rhythm of Silence”

Paritta Monks - Chanting on “Would You Take This Heart”

Rune Folgerø - Vocals on "This Endless Solitude"
Rune Hoemsnes - Drums on "Behind Me"
Stig Waltoft - Synth and sounds on "Would You Take This Heart"
Tom Engelsøy - Vocals on "Obsession Six"
Torstein Parelius - Bass on "Behind Me" and "This Endless Solitude", lyrics on "This Endless Solitude"
Trond Johansen - Guitars on "Would You Take This Heart"

Production credits

Recorded, produced and mixed by Tor-Helge Skei

Mastered by Knut V. Prytz

Songwriting credits

All songwriting and arrangements by Tor-Helge Skei

Biography

Jillian Drachman

Cover art

Adrien Bousson

Pre-order & Stream

https://orcd.co/holissstiktheendlesssolitude

Available formats

CD Digipack with alternative cover

12” Vinyl (Black)

12” Vinyl (Clear, green and purple marbled)

Follow Holissstik

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Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/holissstik/1895853949

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GÅTE Announce New Album Sigil

July 7, 2026

Gåte are one of the most distinct bands to come out of Norway. Starting in the early 2000s, the band broke new ground by mixing Nordic folk tradition and modern rock. Their debut album entered at #1 on the Norwegian Albums chart and won them the Spellemann Award (Norwegian Grammy) for Best Newcomer. They represented Norway in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest and toured throughout Europe in 2025 with Leprous.

Now, after starting 2026 by signing with Season of Mist, Gåte are officially announcing their sixth album, Sigil. Powered by Hardanger fiddle and electric guitar, “Oskorsreia” conjures the thrilling chase of the Nordic Wild Hunt.

“We are dying to immerse people in the soundtrack of ‘Oskorsreia’, aka The Wild Hunt, this entourage of ghouls and half-deads, eating, consuming but never to be satiated”, Gåte says. “We played this song live throughout Europe and it is already a live favorite”.

Watch the music video for “Oskorsreia” below:

Sigil comes out September 25 on Season of Mist.

Pre-order

https://orcd.co/gatesigil

Sigil is Gåte’s most ambitious album yet. The album recounts ancient legend and folk narratives to ask what survives once illusion falls away. Its lead single, “Oskorsreia” centers on the ancient Nordic legend of the Wild Hunt. A spectral procession of the dead sweep across the landscape, seducing the living into joining its endless procession. The song brings this story to life with elements of Nordic folk and modern rock.

The video for “Oskorsreia” was filmed during a night in the forests of Trondheim. Its procession of ghouls, blind horses, and half-dead beings becomes a mirror for a contemporary world propelled by consumption, distraction and desire that circles endlessly without resolution.

Sigil was recorded at MagnuStudio and Øra Studio and produced by Kristian Fanavoll Tvedt and Magnus Børmark. Lead single "Sannsiger," released in April 2026, featured guest vocals from Maria Franz of Season of Mist labelmates Heilung.

Gåte’s upcoming fall tour will bring the band to nine cities across Norway, plus one date in Istanbul, Turkey. During this ten date run, they will perform “Oskorsreia” and other new songs from Sigil, along with fan favorites from their celebrated discography.

Gåte Concerts 2026

October 23 - Trondheim, Norway @ Havet [TICKETS]

October 30 - Drammen, Norway @ Union [TICKETS]

October 31 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene [TICKETS]

November 5 - Haugesund, Norway @ Høvleriet [TICKETS]

November 6 - Stavanger, Norway @ Folken [TICKETS]

November 7 - Bergen, Norway @ Verftet [TICKETS]

November 12 - Skien, Norway @ Parkbiografen [TICKETS]

November 13 - Moss, Norway @ Verket Scene [TICKETS]

November 14 - Hamar, Norway @ Festiviteten [TICKETS]

November 21 - Istanbul, Turkey @ IF Performance [TICKETS]

Gåte are also performing an acoustic set at Castlefest in the Netherlands on August 1.

Gåte (acoustic) at Castlefest 2026

Saturday, August 1 - Lisse, Netherlands [TICKETS]

The video for “Oskorsreia” was produced by Herstory and directed by Maja Holand.

Additional video credits

Cinematography, Editing & Post-production: Maja Holand

Production Interns: Edel Garstad & Ola Flåterud

Makeup, Costume & Production Design: Leo Thörn

Lighting: Sindre Hansen & Npro

Horses: Kaisa & Mosippa, provided by Ann Hege Rådal

Sigil is GÅTE's first album for Season of Mist and the most internationally minded chapter of their catalogue to date. Across ten tracks, the record moves through ancient legend and folk narrative to ask what survives once illusion falls away: enchantment, hunger, prophecy, mortality, and finally renewal. “Oskorsreia” conjures the Wild Hunt as a mirror for modern consumption and excess, while “Strandvaskar” draws on coastal burial superstition to stage a quiet exchange between the living and the dead. The album's emotional weight builds toward “Mi Jord”, where the earth itself seems to withdraw on shifting currents, before resolving in “Jostedalsrypa”, a song rooted in the true story of a child who survived alone in the mountains after the Black Death. Musically, Sigilthreads Hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa, and hurdy-gurdy through programmed electronics, heavy guitar, and Gunnhild Sundli's voice, with Maria Franz of HEILUNG joining on lead single "Sannsiger." The record never treats tradition as artefact. Old material is reworked rather than preserved, carrying inherited stories into something urgent and present.

Line-up:
Gunnhild Sundli — Vocals

Magnus Børmark — Guitars, Nyckelharpa, Sounds, FX, Programming, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Jon Even Schärer — Drums, Percussion, Programming, Mouth Harp, Backing Vocals

Arent Todal — Hardanger Fiddle, Nyckelharpa, Violin, Sounds, Backing Vocals

Mats Paulsen — Bass, Backing Vocals

Production Credits:
Recorded at MagnuStudio; Øra Studio.

Produced by Kristian Fanavoll Tvedt & Magnus Børmark.
Mixed & Mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios.

Guest Musicians:
Kristian Fanavoll Tvedt — Synths, Programming, Sounds, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Maria Franz — Guest Vocals on "Sannsiger"
Olav Luksengård Mjelva — Hardanger Fiddle on "Bergteken", "Oskorsreia", "Strandvaskar", "Songen", "Aude"
John Stenersen — Hurdy-Gurdy on "Mi Jord"
Knut Anders Vestad — Concert Grand Piano on "Jostedalsrypa"
Marit Aspås — Cello on "Jostedalsrypa"
Sylvelin Sundli — Upright Piano on "Bòd frå djupet"

Cover Art:
Martine Solstad Larsen (Sigil Artist); Martin Kvamme (Cover Art and Design).

Photography:
Ole Ekker

Pre-save & Pre-order: https://orcd.co/gatesigil

Booking Contact:
Geir Tore Grinde (gt@allthingslive.com)

Available Formats:
CD Digipak w/ 12-page booklet
Black 12" vinyl in gatefold with double-sided insert
Copper 12" vinyl (33 rpm) in gatefold with double-sided insert
Crystal clear 12" vinyl (33 rpm) in gatefold with double-sided insert

Follow GÅTE:
Official Website: https://www.gåte.com/
Bandcamp: https://gaate.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gaateband/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaate_official/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gaateband
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/G%C3%A5temusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3YxkGgMvqCQA75aFpy6524
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/g%C3%A5te/73355577
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/16043
Tidal: https://tidal.com/artist/12122/

TodoMal Premiere Grand and Gloomy New Album Graveyards of Joy

July 5, 2026

Graveyards of Joy is the third album and the closing chapter of a trilogy. Written in solitude following personal tragedy, it channels grief, anger and hard-won hope into nine tracks of slow-burning, widescreen doom. The music breathes: vast Hammond-driven passages give way to desolate folk, Morricone-like strings open onto dusty cinematic plains, and heavy riffs anchor songs that never lose sight of melody. A DIY record of striking emotional depth and modern, alternative edge.

Recording Line-up:
Wildman – Guitars and Vocals

Mile – Bass and Vocals

Javi – Guitars

Bud – Drums

Cecilia – Synths and Vocals

Production Credits:

Recording Studio: Trinitat-Montseny / 7th Middle Street / Moontower Studios

Producer: Javier Fernández Milla / Christopher B. Wildman; assisted by Javier Félez Rodríguez (drums recording and guitar engineering)

Mixing: Javier Fernández Milla at Trinitat Montseny

Mastering: Jaime López Arellano at Arda Recorders (Portugal)

Guest Musicians:
Cecilia Tallo (background vocals, tracks 4 and 6)

Teodora Gosheva (vocals)

Darío Garrido (acoustic guitars)

Manu Clavijo (live strings)

Cover Art:
Lluís Rigalt, Ruïnes (1865), Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Photography:
Christopher B. Wildman

Follow TodoMal:
Bandcamp: https://todomalband.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/todomalofficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/todo_mal_band/

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/todomal

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2grCvuOH8MibDqryxpW6jR

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/todomal/1587939438

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/146831572

Tidal: https://tidal.com/artist/5655213

On their grand and gloomy new album, TodoMal channels grief, anger and hard-won hope through the slow-burning atmosphere of classic doom and dramatic rock.

Graveyards of Joy came out, Friday, July 3 on Season of Mist but you can hear all nine doomy and atmospheric songs today by listening to the full album stream below.

Graveyards of Joy is the closing chapter of a trilogy that TodoMal began with Ultracrepidarian (2021) and continued with A Greater Good (2023). Written in solitude following personal tragedy, the album draws on the landscapes and ghost towns of rural eastern Spain, a terrain the band describe as raw, honest and untamed. Vast Hammond organ-driven passages give way to desolate folk; strings with Morriconian openness sit alongside heavy, anchoring riffs. The duo draw on a wide range of reference points, from the orchestral sweep of Vangelis and the warmth of Deep Purple to the dramatic sensibility of Tindersticks and Nick Cave, without losing the solemnity that defines them.

TodoMal Graveyards of Joy 2026 European Tour

*with Evoken

4 July - Viveiro, ES @ Resurrection Fest

24 July - Tolmin, SI @ Tolminator Fest

30 July - Paris, FR @ Le Klub*
31 July - Rouen, FR @ Fury Defendu*
1 August - Diest, BE @ Club Hell*
2 August - Rotterdam, NL @ Baroeg*
3 August - Hamburg, DE @ MS Stubnitz*
5 August - Berlin, DE @ Neue Zukunft*
6 August - Schlotheim, DE @ Party.San Open Air*
7 August - Karlsruhe, DE @ Die Stadtmitte*
9 August - Dresden, DE @ Chemiefabrik*
10 August - Prague, CZ @ Subzero*

11 August - Bratislava, SK @ Pink Whale

18 September: Barcelona, ES @ Sala Boveda

25 September: Madrid, ES @ Dark Echoes Fest (w/ Draconian, Dødheimsgard)

26 September: Auzas, FR @ L'Homme Sauvage Festival

Emptiness Release New Single “Nowhere Speaks”

July 1, 2026

Black/death experimental metal band Emptiness are releasing the title track from the band’s upcoming seventh album as its third and final advanced single. While it serves as the album’s conceptual center, “Nowhere Speaks” builds toward an enclosing, unyielding force.

Listen to “Nowhere Speaks” below:

Nowhere Speaks comes out July 17th, 2026 on Season of Mist.

Pre-order & pre-save

https://orcd.co/emptinessnowherespeaks

Save for vocals, keyboards and additional effects, Nowhere Speaks was played live in the studio, after four years of preparation, rehearsals and tests to ensure the music could be performed with the right weight and intention. This is not a production detail so much as a commitment to a specific kind of tension, the kind that does not survive being assembled in pieces. Emptiness’ previous album, Vide (2021), had no distortion, was sung entirely in French, and existed at the edge of silence; Nowhere Speaks moves in the opposite direction, and does so deliberately, opening exactly where Nothing But The Whole (2014) cut off mid-riff and closing by looping back to that album's opening riff.

The title track opens in unhurried density, a body of sound that grows and presses inward without urgency, The lyrics inhabit the dimension the album describes without mapping it: a mind that twists, a dead world moving alongside something unresolved from the past, and through it all, something vast speaking outward into a landscape of sorrow, addressed to no one in particular. "Nowhere speaks loud thru the wind, in a landscape of sorrow, to a soldier of steel."

Line-up:
Jérémie Bezier — Vocals, Bass
Olivier J.L.W. — Guitars
Simon L. — Guitars
Dea Hydra — Synths
Laye Louhenapessy — Drums

Untitled With Drums Release New Single “Shame”

June 30, 2026

UNTITLED WITH DRUMS are releasing the second advanced single off their upcoming sophomore album Made Flesh. “Shame” channels frustration and a sharp sense of injustice into a song that hits with the directness of an accusation.

“‘Shame’ is about injustice, insolence and the stark observation that while so many of us are consumed by spirals of remorse and regret, others seem entirely immune and thriving without consequence”, Untitled With Drums says. “A theme that echoes the album's broader thread of truly facing what we feel and acknowledging how deeply these flaws are woven into our core identity. ‘Shame’ is addressed to those who, for once in their lives, would do better to share that burden with the rest of us.”

Watch the music video for “Shame” below:

Made Flesh comes out August 21, 2026 on Season of Mist

Pre-order & Pre-save

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Made Flesh maps a free-flowing exploration of the human psyche. The album deals with the ego, denial, toxicity and faith without coming to any easy resolutions. Whereas the album’s lead single, “Matter”, dissected the compulsion to dominate and be seen, “Shame” shifts the lens outward to those who move through the world unburdened by the weight that quietly crushes everyone else. "Still you are unknown to shame / While I bathed in mine / I gave it my name."

No strangers to the specialist press or the festival circuit, Untitled With Drums have been together since 2014. The band released their debut album Hollow in 2020, just days before their native France entered its first COVID lockdown. Despite the timing, the album drew widespread praise and propelled the band to the stages of Hellfest, London’s Desertfest and the Nuits de Fourviere festival, where they opened for the Deftones and Baroness.

The music video for “Shame” has been directed by Angélique Delarbre, and co-edited by Martin Le Borgne.

That UNTITLED WITH DRUMS didn't throw in the towel during the COVID era is nothing short of a miracle. While their debut album, Hollow, had the misfortune of being released just days before the lockdown was declared in France in March 2020, the praise from the specialized media allowed it to soar above the fray. This propelled this heir to Failure, Quicksand, and Cave In to the stages of Hellfest 2022 and the Nuits de Fourvière festival, opening for the legendary Deftones, as well as London's Desertfest. This was enough to build confidence, gather strength, and prepare the ground for a worthy successor to their first album, as well as to the symbols EP released at the end of 2025. This was merely an appetizer before Made Flesh, their sophomore album, through which the Clermont-Ferrand-based band pushes their hybrid of alt rock and 90s post-hardcore to new heights.

Recorded and mixed under the guidance of Cyrille Gachet (Fange, Year Of No Light, The Great Old Ones…) and then mastered by Alan Douches (Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Converge…), Made Flesh grew out of a long and intense period of songwriting, fraught with self-doubt and soul-searching. But above all, it testifies to a compositional intent focused on efficiency and a better showcasing of everything that constitutes the band's sonic DNA. Only one single guiding principle here: ensuring that these 10 new tracks resonate personally. This is Untitled With Drums as its members want you to hear them — not as you might expect. Far from being weakened by their reformation as a quartet, it is precisely their unbreakable bonds forged more than a decade ago that constitute their strength, more alive with symbiosis than ever.

While the power of Lucas D.'s riffs is heightened, the ethereal soundscapes he weaves are even more expanded. They blend seamlessly with Nicolas Z.'s synthesizers, now more prominent than ever. Rémy D.'s drumming provides the songs’ backbone, delivering grooves with assertive nuances without neglecting more intricate patterns. This array of strengths wouldn't be complete without bassist Martin L.B..'s vocals, never failing to deliver an infectious emotional intensity. This energy serves Made Flesh's thematic focus: a satirical outlook on our times delivered from a multitude of perspectives, like donning and dropping one mask after another.

With this sophomore album, UNTITLED WITH DRUMS establish themselves as the beacon of a French rock scene struggling to take risks, too often settling for crude heaviness. Theirs cuts deeper — straight to the flesh.

Line-up:
Martin L.B. — Bass, Vocals, Additional Guitar

Lucas Delay — Guitar, Additional Guitar

Nicolas Zalachas — Keyboards

Remy D. Perrin — Drums, Additional Guitar

Additional Recording Lineup:

Etienne Marchal — Additional Guitar

Recording Studio:

Halle du Jeu de Paume (Vic-le-Comte, France).

Production Credits:

Produced and Mixed by Cyrille Gachet.

Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.

Cover Art:

Martin Le Borgne

Biography:

Clément Duboscq

Photography:

Angélique Delabre

Follow Untitled With Drums

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/uwd666

Bandcamp: https://untitledwithdrums.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/untitledwithdrums/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/untitled_with_drums/

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07Z6EpQUvCmC84MN1Rhqzg

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XiFVuDepsbUebkmNbTjlu

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/untitled-with-drums/1433932755

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/50464792

Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/3842713

Cryptopsy Performing at Billy Strings’ Ionia Freak Fair

June 28, 2026

Fresh off crushing cities across North America during their headline run on this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour, Cryptopsy remain insatiable as ever. The Montreal legends’ latest album, An Insatiable Violence, received their second nomination for Best Metal/Hard Music Album at this year’s JUNO Awards, a category they won two years ago. Now, ahead of their summer European headline tour, they are revealing a freakish surprise that shows once more why they are the most vile band in death metal.

Today, Cryptopsy are announcing that they are performing later this summer at Billy Strings’ annual Ionia Freak Fair. The band will headline The Pyramid Scheme Pinball & Metal Tent on Saturday, August 29. The news arrives almost a year since they collaborated with the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass star on “Blasphemy Made Fresh”.

“We’re incredibly grateful and honored to be part of something as unique as the Ionia Freak Fair”, Cryptopsy says. “Music has always been about breaking boundaries. We can’t wait to bring something heavy to this year’s festival. Who knows, maybe Billy will even stop by for a song…”

Cryptopsy at 2026 Ionia Freak Fair

Saturday, August 29 @ The Pyramid Scheme [SOLD OUT]

Get tickets for Cryptopsy’s 2026 European Headline Tour

http://lnk.to/CRYPTOPSY-EUROPESUMMER26

July 25 - Steenwijk, NL @ Stonehenge Festival
July 26 - Cham, DE @ LA
July 28 - Brasov, RO @ Rockstadt Extreme Fest
July 29 - Kosice, SK @ Collosseum
July 30 - Kraków, PL @ Hype Park
July 31 - Löbnitz, DE @ Full Rewind
August 1 - Dortmund, DE @ Dortmund Deathfest
August 2 - Brighton, UK @ Chalk
August 3 - Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
August 5 - Dublin, IE @ Whelans
August 6 - Derby, UK @ Bloodstock Open Air
August 7 - Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki Metal Fest
August 8 - Jaromer, CZ @ Brutal Assault
August 9 - Vagos, PT @ Vagos Metal Fest
August 12 - Trier, DE @ The Forum
August 13 - Dinkelsbühl, DE @ Summer Breeze
August 14 - Colmar, FR @ Spirit In Black Festival
August 15 - Kortrijk, BE @ DVG Club
August 16 - Carhaix, FR @ Motocultor
August 18 - Martigny, CH @ Sunset Bar
August 19 - Pinarella Di Cervia, IT @ Rockplanet
August 20 - Spital Am Semmering, AT @ Kaltenbach Open Air
August 21 - Litomerice, CZ @ Death Coffee Party

Listen to “Blasphemy Made Fresh” Below:

An Insatiable Violence, None So Vile and other albums from Cryptopsy’s fearsome discography are now available through Season of Mist

Order

https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/cryptopsyall

Stream

https://orcd.co/cryptopsyaninsatiableviolence

Cryptopsy recognize that not every death metal band sticks around long enough to win a Canadian Grammy 30 years into their career. The cover art for An Insatiable Violence was created by the late, great vocalist Martin Lacroix. "The album artwork has got to be one of the most important things to us!”, the band says. “Martin Lacroix was one of our vocalists, one of our great friends and one of the nicest people that anyone could have the privilege to meet. We really wish he was here with us to share this moment. His perfect smile would say it all! Rest in peace brother".

With Cryptopsy’s latest career renaissance showing no signs of slowing down, the recent accolades are only the beginning. An Insatiable Violence reaches a new peak in a career loaded with them.

Lineup

Flo Mounier - Drums

Matt McGachy - Vocals

Christian Donaldson - Guitar

Oli Pinard - Bass

Guest Musicians

Mike DiSalvo performs vocals on "Embrace the Nihility"

Recording, Mixing & Mastering Studio

Christian Donaldson’s Studio

Production, Sound & Mixing Engineer

Christian Donaldson

Cover Art

Martin Lacroix

Photography

Maciej Pieloch

Biography

Adrien Begrand

Pre-order & Pre-save

https://orcd.co/cryptopsyaninsatiableviolence

Booking agents

USA - Continental Touring

www.continentaltouring.us

Europe - Avocado Booking

http://www.avocadobooking.com/

Follow Cryptopsy

Bandcamp: https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cryptopsyofficial/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29PgYwTelpNl6370XLqFtN

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CryptopsyDeathMetal

BandsInTown: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/2941-cryptopsy

Mawiza Release New Indigenous Anthem “MÜR”

June 25, 2026

After Metal Hammer hailed them as the most important new metal band of 2025, this year, Mawiza continue to pound the drum for indigenous metal.

The modern day Mapuche warriors started 2026 by shaking the foundation of Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier’s studio before sharing the stage with Avenged Sevenfold and Mr. Bungle. Now, as they prepare to journey across Europe’s major summer festival circuit, the indigenous metal band are debuting a new song for the first time since their groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed and Chilean Grammy-nominated album ÜL.

Today, Mawiza are releasing a lyric video for their new single “MÜR”. While unplugged, by joining forces with Mira Ceti (Heilung) and Anne Olsen (Danefae), the Mapuche metal band lead a new anthem for indigenous people everywhere.

“In English, MÜR means ‘Together’”, Mawiza vocalist and guitarist Awka says. “This song connects with our ancestral values and reminds us the importance of working together across generations”.

“We wanted this song to not only represent the Mapuche people, but indigenous people all over the world who have lost a part of their culture to colonizers”, Mawiza bassist Zewü says.

Watch the lyric video for “MÜR” Below:

Stream “MÜR”

https://orcd.co/mawizamur

ÜL is available now on Season of Mist.

Order & Stream
https://orcd.co/mawizaul

“‘MÜR’ is a song about people coming together”, Ceti continues. “Joining in with so many beautiful voices from across the world is a great honor. I chose to sing in Occitan, a language from the southern half of France, as a way to remind us of the importance of keeping a diversity of culture alive”.

"I haven’t don’t much featured work before, so I was very happy and a bit intimidated when Awka and the rest of Mawiza reached out to me about collaborating on ‘MÜR’”, says Anne Olsen.

“Heritage is a strange thing”, Olsen continues. “We can try to deny that it sets us apart, but we all have different cultures, stories and traditions. To me, ‘MÜR’ is about how these differences shouldn’t divide us; rather, they should remind us that we all come from somewhere. Naturally, if we understand each other’s heritage, we are one step closer to understanding each other. It was a wonderful song to work on, and the vocals in Mapudungun are so powerful. It was truly inspiring. Now, I just wait and hope to see if performed live some day”.

The video for “MÜR” was created by Jesus Carrillo.

Additional video credits

Images and footage by Andres Hetzler and Bluemphasis

Produced by Awka Nawel and Unai Garcia

Catch Mawiza this summer at select European shows.

Mawiza 2026 European Dates

August 6 - Helsinki, Finland @ WTF - Capital of Metal [TICKETS]

August 7 - Helsinki, Finland @ Hellsinki Metal Festival [TICKETS]

August 12 - Borre, Norway @ Midgardsblot [Acoustic Set] [TICKETS]

August 13 - Borre, Norway @ Midgardsblot [Electric Set] [TICKETS]

August 15 - København, Denmark @ Stengade [TICKETS]

Lineup
Awka - Lead vocals & rhythm guitar
Karü - Lead guitar & backing vocals
Zewü - Bass & backing vocals
Txalkan - Drums & percussion

Guest vocalists for “MÜR”

Fabi Hidalgo

Anne Olsen (Danefae)

Mira Ceti

Songwriting credits for “MÜR”

Music by Mawiza

Production credits
Produced by Awka Nawel and Unai Garcia

Mixed by Dario Llancaman

Mastered by Chalo Gonzalez

Booking information
Europe: juan@thatmusicagency.com
Rest of the World: unai@cowboymusic.agency

Order & Stream
https://orcd.co/mawizaul

Follow Mawiza
Bandcamp: https://mawizakvlt.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mawizakvlt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mawizakvlt
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mawizakvlt
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mawizakvlt
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mawiza/165343595

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Green Carnation Announce A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

June 24, 2026

At no point over the last 25 years has Green Carnation ever shied away from a challenge. Whether completing one of the most ambitious individual epics in metal’s historic archives or performing their acoustic verses under a mountain dam, the prog bards have always flashed a flare for the dramatic. However, from the very beginning, there was one tale - or three, to be exact - that eluded the Norwegians. That is, until now.

Having reached crushing new peaks and delved into their deepest, darkest and most personal depths during the first two parts of A Dark Poem, today, Green Carnation are bringing their critically-acclaimed album trilogy to a bold conclusion. With the announcement of A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex, the band are putting the finishing touches on another masterpiece that stands as one of the defining statements in their storied career.

“A Dark Poem is by far our biggest achievement since Light of Day, Day of Darkness”, Green Carnation vocalist Kjetil Nordhus says. “Our new album trilogy returns to the epic storytelling that put us on the map back in 2001. While the reception to Part I and Part II has been overwhelmingly positive for us, we do believe that Part III saves the best for last. The Messiah Complex ties the whole story together with our most uncompromising statement to date”.

“The intention behind A Dark Poem was to build a completely new musical universe”, Green Carnation bassist and primary lyricist Stein Roger Sordal says. “While the direction revealed itself as the creative journey unfolded, The Messiah Complex was carefully planned with a clear vision for where we wanted the story to end. Our goal was for all three parts to stand on their own, but Part III brings them all together into a unified whole”.

Watch the premiere of the extremely meta music video for pitch-perfect lead single “Unconditional Artificial Chemistry” Below:

A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex comes out September 4, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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“The video for ‘Unconditional Artificial Chemistry’ tells a meta story about the danger of artificial intelligence”, Nordhus says. “We all know, if we are being honest with ourselves, that A.I. is going to take control of our lives. There are powerful people who stand to profit from it and that makes its takeover inevitable.

“The video shows this happening before our eyes” Nordhus continues. As soon as the A.I. takes control, our likeness is corrupted. Before the song is even finished, we’re completely destroyed”.

The video for “Unconditional Artificial Chemistry” was directed and edited by Rikard Amodei.

Catch Green Carnation during their upcoming hometown shows and European summer festival dates.

During their headlining show in September at the Kilden Performing Arts Centre, the band will perform A Dark Poem in its entirety for the first and final time. Already, fans from 18 different countries have purchased tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Green Carnation 2026 + 2027 Show Dates

August 1 - Ungarn, Hungary @ Feke Zaj Festival [TICKETS]

September 12 - Kristiansand, Norway @ Kilden Performing Arts Centre [TICKETS]#

September 25 - Bucuresti, Romania @ Bucharest Prog Day II [TICKETS]

September 26 - Barcelona, Spain @ Be Prog! My Friend [TICKETS]

May 1, 2027 - Kopervik, Norway @ Karmøygeddon [TICKETS]

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Wailin Storms Stoke Fresh Dread on Howling New Single “Dead End”

June 23, 2026

Recipients of high praise from NPR, The Needle Drop, Brooklyn Vegan, Decibel and Metal Hammer, Wailin Storms have caught fire since migrating to North Carolina in 2014. Now, the Durham natives are fanning the flames even higher with their upcoming fifth album and first for Season of Mist. On The Arsonist, the band deliver a fiery baptism of Southern gothic rock.

Today, Wailin Storms are premiering a suspenseful music video for the third and final advanced single from The Arsonist with Treble. With the ghost of David Lynch riding passenger seat, “Dead End” takes a harrowing post-punk turn.

“‘Dead End’ is about seeing yourself after you die”, Wailin Storms vocalist and guitarist Justin Storms says. “It’s the first song on The Arsonist and one of the first that was written for the album. It flowed out of me while I was messing around with my Strymon El Capistan guitar pedal. It sets the tone by jolting you straight into a fever dream that’s filled with cryptic messages from beyond.

Watch the music video for “Dead End” Below:

The Arsonist comes out July 10, 2026 on Season of Mist

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Wailin Storms are igniting the stage this summer with a headline U.S. tour. The band will perform “Dead End” and other songs off The Arsonist for the first time, along with crowd favorites from across their critically-acclaimed discography.

Wailin Storms 2026 The Arsonist U.S. Tour

July 17 - Durham, NC @ Stanczyk’s [Album Release Show] [TICKETS]

July 29 - Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway [TICKETS]

July 30 - Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar [TICKETS]

July 31 - Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light [TICKETS]

August 1 - Cincinnati, OH @ Motr [TICKETS]

August 2 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl [TICKETS]

August 3 - Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees [TICKETS]

August 4 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center [TICKETS]

August 5 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery [TICKETS]

August 6 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Gutter [TICKETS]

August 7 - New Hope, PA @ John and Peter’s [TICKETS]

August 8 - Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana [TICKETS]

While shrouded by a doomy and dreamy atmosphere, The Arsonist is inflamed by real life anxieties. Taking inspiration from René Magritte, the album’s cover art, which is heavily shadowed except for a tiny house gone up in flames, was painted by Storms himself. “These songs are steeped in the trials and tribulations of everyday life”, he says. The title track is slowly engulfed by love’s eternal flame. “Like the wind controls the sea”, he croons over the gentle sway of his guitar. “You always had a hold on me”. The thunderous climax surges with such feverish intensity that it threatens to send the night of passion up in smoke.

Amidst the wreckage of The Arsonist, Wailin Storms do find a semblance of peace. “It’s All Dark Now Where Your Eyes Used to Be” ends the album with a ghostly flicker of gothic romance. “I know a place where we can sit and grow old”, Storms offers with grim assurance. A piano tolls like death’s bell as he glimpses up at a church that resembles a skull. “There’s a sliver of hope in coming to terms with death”, he concludes. “Life is temporary and that's where its beauty lies”.

On The Arsonist, Wailin Storms deliver a fiery baptism of Southern gothic rock.

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Miscreance Announce Second Album Reminiscence

June 16, 2026

Fashioned in high-top sneakers and sleeveless band tees, Northern Italy’s Miscreance proudly reflect the old-school spirit. Upon debuting with Season of Mist in 2022, the band were likened by the press to Death, Sadus, Voivod and other undying greats from the alternate timeline that is the history of extreme metal. But their upcoming second LP isn’t just another blast from the past.

Today, Miscreance are announcing their new album, Reminiscence, with a chilling music video for its lead single “Scalp Ceremony”. The band continue to pound and shred at a blood-thirsty pace, but as they cut through its unfamiliar passages, the song ventures into dark and strange new territory for the genre.

“Through a collective hallucination, a voyage through time led us to discover a moment in human history that was lost”, Miscreance says about the far-out path they took to Reminiscence. “This album is a testimony of what we have seen, heard, perceived and imagined, told through our own perspective on old-school, thrashy, technical death metal”.

Watch the video for “Scalp Ceremony” Below:

Reminiscence comes out August 28, 2026 on Season of Mist

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Even extreme and obscene artists like Miscreance are well-versed in the classics. With its creepy, cultish, handcam video, underground tape collectors will feel at home watching “Scalp Ceremony”. “We still play old-school tech-thrash”, assures guitarist Andrea Granauro. But while faithful to both Atheist and Dark Angel, Reminiscence isn’t an attempt to recall metal’s glory days. With each sharp and fast turn that the band take during their new single, the genre’s signposts warp until they’re unrecognizable.

“No one ever even sees it comes”, growls drummer Andrea Feltrin with murderous delight. For their final sacrifice on “Scalp Ceremony”, Miscreance bang the long-haired heads of their captive audience with a flurry of bongos.

“We are all very happy with how our first album turned out but we wanted to go bigger by tying Reminiscence to a specific concept”, guitarist Tommaso Cappelletti says.

The video for “Scalp Ceremony” was created by Tulpa Studio in Ferrara, Italy.

With Reminiscence, Miscreance unlock a mind-altering experience of old-school technical death metal.

Eihwar Release New Live Video ahead of U.S. Tour

June 15, 2026

As they prepare to set sail on their first-ever U.S. tour, today, the viral Viking sensation Eihwar are releasing a new live video. Filmed during the duo’s set at the 2026 Echos & Merveilles Festival in France, the video highlights hits from their hotly-received new album, Hugrheim, with a thrilling performance that sets the dance floor ablaze with shamanic drums, magical chants and powerful electro beats.

Watch Eihwar’s performance at the 2026 Echos & Merveilles Festival Below:

Hugrheim is out now on Season of Mist.

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Eihwar’s performance at the 2026 Echos & Merveilles Festival showcases the new live show that Asrunn and Mark have built for Hugrheim. Created by lighting designer Yann Gaignard, the stage design places the pagan superheroes inside a fantastical post-apocalyptic Viking camp that’s dominated by towering, fluorescent totems. The setlist includes current hits like “Nauðiz” and the title track from their new album, plus the viral smash “Berserkr”, which has 1.6 million views and counting on YouTube.

Get tickets for Eihwar’s 2026 U.S. Nordic Ritual Nights Tour

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Eihwar 2026 U.S. Nordic Ritual Nights Tour

August 28 - New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg [TICKETS]

August 29 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair [TICKETS]

August 30 - Washington, DC @ The Recher [TICKETS]

September 1 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend [TICKETS]

September 2 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre [TICKETS]

September 4 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall [TICKETS]

September 5 - Dallas, TX @ The Studio at The Bomb Factory [TICKETS]

September 7 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee [TICKETS]

September 8 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre [TICKETS]

September 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall [TICKETS]

September 11 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom [TICKETS]

September 12 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos [TICKETS]

September 14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex [TICKETS]

September 16 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater [TICKETS]

September 18 - St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn [TICKETS]

September 19 - Columbus, OH @ A&R Bar [TICKETS]

September 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts [TICKETS]

Line-up:

Asrunn — Vocals, Shamanic Drums

Mark — Vocals, War Drums, Folk Guitar, Tagelharpa, Percussion & Programming

Production Credits:
Mark & Asrunn of Eihwar — All Production, Mixing & Mastering at Eihwar Studio.

Artwork & Photography:
© Eihwar

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Stoned Jesus Go Deeper and Darker on New Single “Under the Skin”

June 11, 2026

Stoned Jesus are true trailblazers. While often associated with the stoner crowd, the heavy progressive rockers have experimented with folk, prog, pop and alternative rock amidst familiar doses of doom. Last year, the band entered the first phase of an expansive album trilogy that promises to take them from the sun to the moon and back. Songs to Sun was named one of the best albums of 2025 by Doom Charts, Rock Hard, The Obelisk and other outlets. Now, as frontman Igor Sydorenko and his bandmates prepare to blaze through the European summer festival circuit, they’re cycling into the next phase of their evolution.

Today, Stoned Jesus are releasing a new single. Though packed with the band’s reliable dose of heaviness, the progressive post-metal contained within “Under the Skin” shows them entering the darkest, most daring and deeply moving territory of their 17-year career.

“Our upcoming album trilogy started last year with Songs to Sun, which is a loud and heavy album that’s big on choruses and meaty riffs”, Sydorenko says before turning to Stoned Jesus’ latest single. “‘Under the Skin’ begins our next phase in a somewhat similar fashion, but with a sinister twist. The fans of the very first SJ demo will recognize the influence of post-metal, which resurfaced after our tour last summer with the legendary Cult of Luna. But “Under the Skin” is not a step back. It’s darker, bolder and more introspective than anything the band has done before”.

Watch the music video for “Under the Skin” below.

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On the surface, “Under the Skin” picks up right where Stoned Jesus left off. The sinking anxiety that swallowed Songs to Sun gives way here to heavy breathing. And while catchy as ever, the song’s weighty riff isn’t the only dark force that’s rattling inside Sydorenko’s head. “I feel it, it’s creeping in”, he strains, backed by bassist Andrew Rodin, who adds some of the harshest vocals the band have ever pressed to wax.

The video for “Under the Skin” was filmed while Stoned Jesus were recording in Cologne, Germany at Goblin Sound Studio with sound engineer Andy Rosczyk (ex-Ultha). Despite the song’s bleary state of mind (“Promises to keep / I will never sleep”), the band never lose their glow. As drummer Yurii Ciel guides them through a proggy middle passage that leads deeper into the shadows, we catch a glimpse not only into their psyche but the shape of what’s to come. “Sky glider, gone wilder / With the setting sun”.

The video for “Under the Skin” was edited by Marco Menestrina.

Catch Stoned Jesus this summer on the European festival circuit.

Stoned Jesus 2026 European Festival Dates

June 4 - Nepthen, Germany @ Freak Valley [TICKETS]

June 19 - Clisson, France @ Hellfest [TICKETS]

June 27 - Betanzos, Spain @ Fumega Fest [TICKETS]

July 3 - Gisors, France @ Kave Fest [TICKETS]

July 11 - Trieste, Italy @ StonerKras Fest [TICKETS]

August 8 - Rome, Italy @ Roma Stone Fest [TICKETS]

August 29 - Teramo, Italy @ Suburbiae Festival [TICKETS]

September 25 - London, UK @ StoomFest [TICKETS]

Songs to Sun is out now on Season of Mist.

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Songs to Sun arrived in 2025 as the first album in a forthcoming trilogy that once complete, will stand as the pinnacle of what's been a decades-long trip for Stoned Jesus. While picking up where Father Light left off, Sydorenko and his new mates nodded to Seven Thunders Roar and The Harvest along the way. But by merging metal's fiery intensity with mind-melting grooves, vintage prog and their catchiest choruses yet, they brought the many distinct phases of Stoned Jesus to a bright, burning head. The album was named one of the best the year by Doom Charts, Rock Hard, The Obelisk, Weedian, Metal Lair and other outlets.

In 2026, Stoned Jesus are moving into the darkest, most daring and deeply moving phase of their career, starting with the band’s latest single "Under the Skin”.

Recording Lineup
Igor Sydorenko - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Andrew Rodin - Bass, Backing Vocals
Yurii Ciel - Drums, Backing Vocals

Live Lineup

Igor Sydorenko - Vocals, Guitar

Andrew Rodin - Bass, Backing Vocals

Ihor Biriuchenko - Drums, Percussion

Production Credits
Producer - Igor Sydorenko
Sound Engineer - Andy Rosczyk

Mixing and Mastering Engineer - Karl Daniel Lidén

Recording Studio

Goblin Sound Studio in Cologne, Germany

Mixing and Mastering Studio

Studio Tri-Lamb, Sweden

Cover Art
Vadym "Karaska" Karasiov

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Defiled Premiere New Album 'Altered State'

June 11, 2026

Defiled aren’t relics or custodians for the old-school. While the Japanese legends have shared stages with Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Cannibal Corpse and Incantation since the early ‘90s, they’ve carved their own unmistakable path through death metal’s hallowed crypts. With their new album, founding member Yusuke Sumita and his band of technical masters continue to alter the genre in unthinkable ways. On Altered State, they deliver a dizzying blast of death metal straight from the future.

Altered State comes out tomorrow, Friday, June 12 on Season of Mist, but you can hear all 14 mind-altering songs today by listening to the full album stream below.

“Like many other bands, our musical roots are heavily influenced by early ‘90s death metal and ‘80s thrash and hardcore, however, our interpretation is different and has branched off from the current scene”, Sumita says. “On Altered State, there are many catchy hooks, but tricky progressive rhythms and song structures can be found as well. The album may not be understandable after a few listens, but it taps into a blind spot that many bands have missed. We invite anyone to join us in exploring the outermost edges of the genre”.

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Hear Defiled perform songs from Altered State during the band’s current Japanese tour, as well as their upcoming shows with Brujeria.

Defiled 2026 Altered State Japanese Tour

June 11 - Fussa @ Chicken Shack

June 12 - Tokyo @ Earthdom

June 13 - Fukushima @ Sora

June 13 - Sendai @ Solfa

June 14 - Aizuwakamatsu @ Karando

June 14 - Niigata @ Rocka

June 15 - Nagano @ Rosebery Cafe

June 16 - Kofu @ Bodega

June 17 - Iida @ Space Tama

June 18 - Nagoya @ Studio 246

June 19 - Osaka @ Hokage

June 20 - Okayama @ Dogvult

June 20 - Hiroshima @ Agit

June 21 - Fukuoka @ Reflex

June 21 - Sasebo @ Distortion

June 22 - Mabi @ Branch

Defiled 2026 Japanese Dates with Brujeria

September 15 - Tokyo @ Cyclone

September 16 - Osaka @ Socore Factory

Altered State isn’t afraid to wind through the darkest and most mysterious corners of our collective consciousness. But listen closely to Defiled and all secrets will be revealed. “Receive the power”, the band command on the album’s title track with a chaos that only they can control.

Lineup
Shinichiro Hamada - Vocals, Guitar
Yusuke Sumita - Guitar
Takachika Nakajima - Bass
Keisuke Hamada - Drums

Production credits
Recorded at Studio Zot in Tokyo, Japan
Producer - Yusuke Sumita
Sound Engineers - Shinichiro Hamada and Keisuke Hamada
Mixing and Mastering Studio - Studio Nest in Chiba, Japan
Mixing and Mastering Engineer - Kenji Kikuchi

Songwriting credits

Music and lyrics by Yusuke Sumita

Cover art
Wes Benscoter

Booking contact
Yusuke Sumita - info@defiled.info

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