After a thirteen-year break between albums and a hiatus, the band Rwake is back with a new cut titled The Return of Magik (Relapse Records). Sonically, Rwake has always been a band that fits into no specific genre and that is on full display on this newest effort. The musicianship on display only adds to the tremendous songwriting that has this feeling of a grand saga playing out before the listener.Continue reading
Wolves In The Room celebrates two decades as one of the most evocative and unique bands in North American Black Metal with the anniversary release of their original 2005 Demo! 2005 Demo is out April 25, 2025 on LP/CD via Relapse Records. Pre-Orders are available as well as immediate streaming services links below.
After 13 years of silence, an unsettling sound that is strangely familiar yet somehow even more haunted re-emerges from the Arkansas depths. There is no mistake as to what this is. RWAKE has released a new transmission. The Return of Magik has arrived. Today, RWAKE share the second single and official visualizer video for “You Swore We’d Always Be Together”, the opening song from The Return of Magik, out March 14, 2025 on LP/CD/Digital via Relapse Records. Watch on YouTube and listen to and pre-save on all streaming platforms below.Continue reading
Getting ready for the April 11th release of their debut album, Life Is Violence (Relapse Records), Idle Heirs will also perform a release show on the same day in Kansas City, MO, with Norma Jean. Additionally, the post-metal band have just unleashed “Pillow Talk,” the second single from the full-length, along with an official music video. Check it out below and find out more.
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Sludge metal lifers, -16-, casually dropped their tenth full-length, Guides For The Misguided (Relapse Records) and it is crushing. Sludge Metal is at its best with bluesy guitar riffs that still feel massive, raspy vocals, and lyrics covering depression, drug addiction, and overall hatred. The L.A. four-piece violently checks off all of those checkboxes. They do so for over forty minutes with minimal to no filler.Continue reading
As they celebrate their 20th-anniversary, Red Fang are preparing to release their new rarities album, Deep Cuts. The extensive, 26-song collection of non-album tracks, covers, and previously unreleased singles, is due out on March 14, via Relapse Records. As a preview, they have shared the track “It’s Always There” (from the deluxe version of Whales and Leeches), along with a lyric video. Check it out below and read more.
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Coming up on 35 years as a band, metallers, -(16)-, are gathering up for the release of their new album, Guides For The Misguided. The record is due out on February 7, via Relapse Records. They have also just dropped a brand new video for “Proudly Damned,” taken from the album. Check it out below.Continue reading
Featuring a former member of Indian, and recently signed to Relapse Records, Chicago trio, Primal Code, will release their debut full-length Opaque Fixation on November 15th. In advance of the record, the band has just shared their third single “Extinction.” Keep reading below for the new track and more from Primal Code.
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Relapse is proud to announce the signing of Cleveland Brutal metallic hardcore band, Walking Wounded, have signed up with Relapse Records, announcing the reissue of their debut, Bestial Condemnation. The band have also shared the official music video for “Food For The Crows,” with a video directed by Chris Walter. Watch it below and find more details.
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Sad news as Pinkish Black vocalist and keyboardist Daron Beck has died. The announcement of his passing came from their former label, Relapse Records on social media. No cause of death has been specifically noted, the post stated he passed from a “medical illness.” Pinkish Black released five albums in eleven years, most recently Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams (Ayler Records) in 2020. Many bands joined the label in paying respects. We extend our deepest condolences to Beck’s friends, family, bandmate Jon Teague, and fans.