A friend of mine describes bands that just seem to pop off in their respective subgenre of music as “having the sound.” Bands that really found the secret sauce for their artwork that resonates with many. Drain has been one of those bands in the crossover thrash space as they drop their third release, …Is Your Friend (Epitaph Records). Keeping it under thirty minutes but above the max of the energy meter.
It’s a heavily anticipated event when the Byron Bay surf rats, Parkway Drive, once again find themselves back on UK shores. Crushing arena after arena across Europe in celebration of 20 years, bringing with them fellow countrymen Thy Art Is Murder and The Amity Affliction. Tonight we head out to witness the promised chaos unfold at Manchester’s AO Arena.Continue reading
All venues for the upcoming UK Sleep Theory tour have been upgraded, due to demand. Tickets for the live run sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale, early October. All previously purchased tickets will be honoured. The band’s first-ever EU/UK headlining tour, it kicks off in Glasgow on February 8, 2026. Support will come from The Pretty Wild. Find the full live listings in the article below.
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Santa Cruz hardcore legends, Drain, have just dropped their new single, “Who’s Having Fun?,” with a music video. It comes of off their forthcoming new album …Is Your Friend, which arrives on the 7th of November 2025, via Epitaph Records. Watch it below and read more from the band.
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Experimental post-rock sextet, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, have just shared their latest single, “Dissolving.” This track is the latest preview of their upcoming album, Dreams of Being Dust, due out on August 22nd, via Epitaph Records. Check it out below and read more from the band.
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Tampa, Florida band, Nevertel, are currently getting ready for the September 12th release of their upcoming record, Start Again, on Epitaph Records. Two of its thirteen tracks have already been revealed, the most recent of which, “Some Things,” can be watched as a music video below. Keep reading for more.
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On album number eight, long-running Canadian punk rockers Propaghandi continue to perfect their craft on At Peace (Epitaph Records) in a manner their peers can not keep up with. They self-identify as a progressive thrash band, which is a point driven home on several songs, but at the album’s core beats their rebellious punk hearts. Perhaps it’s because they are from Canada, but the political edge to their lyrics has always hit differently. They remain thoughtful and self-reflective, with this brooding carrying over into the metallic edge, coloring this album, which must be listened to through headphones, if possible, as it makes the guitar pop more than computer speakers.Continue reading
Nashville-based artist Royale Lynn announces her debut album Black Magic due for release on June 27th via Epitaph Records. Produced by Jonathan Roach, the record is a raw exploration of Royale’s personal struggles with mental health, woven through a narrative inspired by mythology and fantasy. Drawing from the legend of Pandora’s Box, each song represents an “evil” that escaped Pandora’s box into humanity. Taking cues from 2000’s hard-rock icons like Evanescence and Flyleaf, Royale shares the lead single “Greed” with bright, piercing vocals that rise over the urgent, thundering instrumentation of the track. Directed by Scott Hansen (A Day To Remember, Sevendust) with dazzling visual effects, the accompanying music video is set in a dark futuristic fantasy world, featuring a leather-clad Royale performing alongside her band with an army of creepy masked figures that represent “greed”. Watch the video and pre-order the album now! Check it out below: Continue reading
The press release can call it “neo-gothic” or whatever they want, but Magnolia Park‘s Vamp (Epitaph Records) is Nu Metal, landing somewhere between Linkin Park, and Oh! The Horror. What that means in this context is that I really dig it. Continue reading
Orlando, Florida’s Magnolia Park are closing in on the April 11th release of their recently announced concept album, Vamp, for Epitaph Records. The band have now shared the record’s latest single, “Worship,” along with a lyric video. Watch it below and find out more.
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