VRSTY Share Their Single and Video for “sugar” – New Album Coming Soon


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New York City-based collective VRSTY (pronounced “Varsity”), recently dropped the new video for their track “sugar.” It arrived as the band announced that they will be unleashing their new album, ícon, on October 23, via Spinefarm Records. Catch the new video and find out more below.
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INTERVIEW: Mem V. Stein on Exumer’s “Death Mask Messiah” and the Politics Behind the Riffs


Chris Elliott caught up with Mem V. Stein of veteran German thrash institution Exumer to discuss the band’s new studio album “Death Mask Messiah,” set for release on August 28, 2026, through Metal Blade Records, their first new full-length in seven years. Mem breaks down the album’s politically charged conceptual framework, drawing on US politics of the last decade, the pandemic, the weaponization of misinformation, and the thirtieth anniversary of the Waco standoff with the Branch Davidians, which inspired the track “Allocated Savagery.” Continue reading →


Miss May I Share Their Single and Video “Death Threat” – New Album Coming Soon


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Miss May I have unleashed their latest single, “Death Threat,” accompanied by an official lyric video. It comes from the band’s new album, No Place For Me, due October 2, via Solid State Records. Watch the lyric video and read more below.
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