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INTERVIEW: Fuming Mouth’s Mark Whelan on “The Ringing Bell,” Jay Weinberg, and a Return to Form

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Tim Ledin caught up with Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth⁩ to discuss the band’s third full-length, “The Ringing Bell,” released July 17, 2026, through Triple B Records! Mark breaks down the making of the record, what it meant to track with Kurt Ballou (Converge) at GodCity Studios, and how “The Ringing Bell” delivers a devastating return to form built on massive death metal riffs, frantic chugging, and direct themes of resilience, death, and rebirth.

“The Ringing Bell” features an explosive drumming performance from Jay Weinberg, formerly of Slipknot and Suicidal Tendencies, bringing one of the most talked-about collaborative moments in death metal and hardcore punk this year. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Spread The Disease – The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering

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After nearly three decades, Spread The Disease returns with their brand of blackened metalcore in The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering (Hypaethral Records). Over a half hour of harsh Noise, Black Metal riffs, Metalcore riffs, and a few spicy breakdowns cover a wide variety of tastes in a mixture of varying ratios from song to song.

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ALBUM REVIEW: REZN – Cycles in the Infinite Dream

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There’s something about summertime and music that makes you lose yourself in the sun. Chicago’s REZN has been a band that continues to make just such music for my summer soundtrack. Their latest release, Cycles in the Infinite Dream (Sargent House), not only continues to feed that vibe, but it may just be their best work yet. I cannot ask much more of forty-three minutes, nine tracks, only one of which is an instrumental/transitional track, stellar psychedelic doom.

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