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Guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, have just shared their new single, “Akatsuki,” featuring Japanese jazz virtuoso, Hiromi. Arriving with an accompanying video, the track appears on the forthcoming album, OurHome, due September 18th, via ATO Records. Watch it below and read more.
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It’s hard to believe, but Brent Hinds, formerly a creative force in Mastodon, died one year ago today. He was just 51. He died in a motorcycle crash in Atlanta when a motorist did not yield to Hinds, who was on his Harley-Davidson Motorcycle. Although the split with the band under acrimonius circumstances earlier in 2025, Hind co-founded the band in 2000 and appeared on all eight of their albums, won a Grammy awards, and made a huge impact, especially with his composing and lead guitar playing on albums such as the classic debut Remission, Leviathan (both Relapse Records), Blood Mountain, Crack The Skye and The Hunter (2011) for Reprise Records. In the wake of his death, there have been countless tributes to “Dirty B,” a public memorial at the intersection where he died, murals all over Atlanta celebrating his life and music, and a public walk to memorialize him. Our own Wil Cifer also wrote a tribute to Brent which you can read here. RIP.
The inaugural Drums of War Festival descends on Barcelona, Spain, this August 27 to 29 with 31 bands across three days of underground extreme metal at Atlantic Events. Destruction, 1349, Nargaroth, Pestilence, Grave, Tormentor, Unleashed, Impaled Nazarene, and many more fill the bill. Tickets at drumsofwar.com. Continue reading
