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THE LIMIT Release New Video/Single ‘Another Drop Of Blood’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2026
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The Limit has unveiled the hypnotic new video for their second single, ‘Another Drop of Blood’, taken from the explosive forthcoming album, Another Drop, set for release on July 31st via Silver Lining Music. Pre-orders are available now at this location

‘Another Drop of Blood’ is a collaboration between Sonny Vincent (Testors) and Bobby Liebling (Pentagram) on a track that offers a powerful glimpse into an album driven by danger, honesty, and genuine rock ‘n’ roll impact. It’s the sound of artists abandoning overthought and expectation and simply following the moment wherever it leads.

“I wrote the music; Bobby delivered one of his most emotionally exposed lyrical performances —raw, direct, and completely unfiltered” comments founder, guitarist and primary song-writer Sonny Vincent. “The track captures the chemistry of The Limit… we are a band operating purely on instinct. No formulas. No calculated game plan. We are just musicians pushing toward intensity, atmosphere and emotional truth in real time.”

Watch/Listen to ‘Another Drop of Blood’ here – video edited and compiled by Johannes Fritsche.

In your face, vital and visceral, The Limit are a super-charged collision of hard-edged genres. The new album, Another Drop is a record that doesn’t sit comfortably alongside anything else: it stands apart. It’s a sound that refuses to sit in one lane, connecting just as strongly with punk, hard rock and metal fans alike, tapping into a shared instinct that resonates across scenes and generations.  There’s sweat, smoke, and grime running through raucous cuts like ‘Tryptophan’, the low-slung drive of ‘Sidetracked’, and the defiant surge of ‘Unchained’. Each track delivered with a clarity of purpose and a refusal to overcomplicate what should hit hard and fast.

Watch/Listen to the band’s recently released single ‘Part Two, Screw You’ here, featuring a blistering guest appearance from Steve Stevens on guitar – video produced by Sonny Vincent and Alex Schwers; edited by Johannes Fritsche.

Another Drop doesn’t just celebrate rock ‘n’ roll, it reasserts its core values. This is music made with integrity, and with a deep-rooted understanding of what gives it life in the first place. In an age of overproduction and imitation, The Limit strip everything back to the essentials and remind you what it feels like when it’s done right.

Another Drop will be released on July 31st on Limited Edition 12” Splattered Vinyl, 12” Black Vinyl, CD Digipak, Digital Download, Streaming and special D2C bundles. Available to pre-order now at this location

Another Drop Track Listing:

1 Another Drop of Blood
2 Don’t Say Try
3 Reverb in My Soul
4 Know Your Indecision
5 (Just A) Calling Card
6 Social Eyes
7 Stalemate
8 Sidetracked
9 Part Two, Screw You
10 Over a Cliff
11 Cause of Mystery
12 Fall Down, Get Up
13 Panzer
14 Tryptophan
15 Unchained

The Limit:

Sonny Vincent – Guitar, Vocals
Bobby Liebling – Vocals
Alex Schwers – Drums
Hugo Conim – Guitar
Dee Dammers – Guitar

Bass Guitar by Alex Farrar

Follow The Limit:

facebook.com/TheLimitRock/
spotify.com/thelimit
instagram.com/thelimitrock
tiktok.com/@thelimitrock 
youtube.com/@TheLimitBandOfficial

Pelagic Fest Announces Final Bands & Day Splits for 2026 Edition

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2026
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Slift and Slow Crush will complete the line-up for Pelagic Fest 2026, a boutique festival showcasing Berlin record label Pelagic Records’ take on contemporary progressive, post-rock and experimental heavy music. The two day event takes place on 28th and 29th August at Muziekgieterij in Maastricht, The Netherlands. 

After a secret satellite show in Morocco in June, headliners The Ocean will return to the stage with a new lineup for their first ever performance on European shores to give a glimpse of their upcoming album Solaris, due for a September 2026 release. They are joined by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble for an ultra-rare one-off performance, as well as Swedish post rock luminaries Oh Hiroshima and EF, Finish progressive metal act Wheel and many more.

Complementing Pelagic Records’ diverse roster – from serene post-rock to uncompromisingly heavy sounds – a number of guest acts have been invited to further enrich and broaden the festival’s musical landscape. 

Pelagic Fest 2026 is shaping up to be another standout celebration of the adventurous spirit and sonic diversity that have come to define the label.

Along with the final band announcement, the stage splits and times have also been revealed:

Friday 28th August:

16:00 – Preyrs – Small Room
16:45 – Spurv – Big Room
17:50 – Abraham – Small Room
18:35 – EF – Big Room
19:40 – Red Dwarf Star – Foyer
20:25 – Predatory Void – Small Room
21:15 – Wheel – Big Room
22:20 – Som – Small Room
23:25 – The Ocean – Big Room

Saturday 29th August: 

13:40 – Hanry – Big Room
14:30 – Norna – Small Room
15:20 – The Devil’s Trade – Big Room
16:10 – Zatokrev – Small Room
17:00 – Lost In Kyiv – Big Room
18:05 – Slow Crush – Small Room
18:55 – Oh Hiroshima – Big Room
20:30 – Otay:Onii – Small Room
21:25 – The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Big Room
22:40 – A.A Williams – Small Room
23:45 – Slift – Big Room 

Tickets are availble here: https://muziekgieterij.stager.co/shop/pelagic

As a teaser for this year’s Pelagic Fest, they has released a venue tour video, filmed at the 2025 edition. Watch here:

More information on Pelagic Records:

Founded in 2009 by post-metal spearheads The Ocean and their Berlin collective, Pelagic Records has grown into one of the most influential labels in the realms of post-rock, post-metal, and progressive/left-field heavy music. Over the years, Pelagic has worked with an impressive roster of artists, including MONO, Årabrot, Sugar Horse, Year of No Light, and Bruit ≤, among many others. Celebrating its 15th anniversary last year, Pelagic Records is focused on further solidifying its legacy by establishing Pelagic Fest as an annual event, an occasion that removes barriers and brings together artists and fans for a captivating celebration of the music that defines the label’s diverse and forward-thinking sound.

Pelagic Records online:
https://pelagic-records.com
https://www.facebook.com/pelagicrecords
instagram.com/pelagic_records
https://pelagicrecords.bandcamp.com/

TROPIC GOLD Return with New Single & Video ‘Witch House’, Feat. Harpy

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2026
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Ahead of their Download Festival appearance this month, hotly-tipped Essex trio, Tropic Gold, return with brand new single, ‘WITCH HOUSE’, featuring Harpy, their first for new label partner, BLKIIBLK.

“Witch House explores the all encompassing parasite of an external force consuming and trapping its victim,” share the band. “This force is experienced in many forms, Witch House addresses the relationship and connection between two people, one being the trapped, feeling they’re within a hex they cannot break.”

Listen to ‘WITCH HOUSE’: https://ffm.to/witchhouse

Tropic Gold pull from metalcore, industrial noise, electronic production and modern alternative culture without ever sitting comfortably in one lane. Self-produced and creatively self-driven, the South East trio have built early momentum through a mix of huge hooks, abrasive electronics and the kind of volatility that makes their songs feel like they could completely fall apart at any second.

Support from BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! and Rock Sound has helped push the band well beyond underground buzz, while tours alongside WARGASM, Resolve, Windwaker and Normandie have quickly established them as a genuinely impressive live band rather than just another internet-heavy project.

The material following last year’s ‘SICK TO DEATH OF EVERYTHING’ EP feels sharper, heavier and more immediate, leaning harder into contrast without losing the hooks underneath it all.

With appearances at Download Festival and a stage headline slot at 2000trees Festival this summer, Tropic Gold are starting to feel less like a promising new act and more like a band properly breaking through.

FORTHCOMING LIVE SHOWS

JUNE

13: DONINGTON Download Festival
30: NEWCASTLE Think Tank *

JULY

01: LEEDS Hyde Park Book Club *
02: SOUTHAMPTON 1865 *
03: BEDFORD Esquires *
04: NORWICH The Waterfront *
05: BRIGHTON Patterns *
10: CHELTENHAM 2000 Trees Festival

NOVEMBER

28: SHEFFIELD Novocaine Festival

* co-headline w/ Banks Arcade

EPICDOWN & BELL OF MIMIR Announce Second Chapter of Argonauta Records’ Digital Split Collaborations Series

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2026
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Argonauta Records proudly unveils the second chapter of its newly launched Digital Split Collaborations series, bringing together Germany’s EpicDown and Finland’s Bell Of Mimir for an exclusive new split release available across all major digital streaming platforms: https://tidal.com/album/518543409/u

Created to strengthen artistic connections between bands from the Argonauta roster, the Digital Split Collaborations series was conceived as a platform for creative exchange, pairing artists from different countries and musical backgrounds in a series of exclusive digital only releases celebrating collaboration, experimentation and underground unity.

For this second installment, EpicDown and Bell Of Mimir converge in a release that seamlessly blends crushing heaviness, immersive atmospheres and emotionally charged songwriting, showcasing two distinct yet complementary visions of contemporary doom oriented music.

Emerging from Leipzig, Germany, EpicDown was founded in 2021 by Mitzschi on guitars and bass and Fabian on drums and vocals during the uncertainty and isolation of the pandemic years. Conceived as a sonic response to a world shaped by destruction, social collapse and existential anxiety, the band developed a sound rooted in massive downtempo grooves, towering riff structures and melancholic vocal textures. Inspired by seminal acts such as Sleep, Earth, Melvins and Spirit Caravan, EpicDown first introduced its sound through the digital EPs Equinox Pt.1 and Equinox Pt.2 before joining the Argonauta Records roster with the release of Days Of Oblivion in 2024.

Representing the Finnish side of the collaboration, Bell Of Mimir brings a deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant approach inspired by classic doom traditions and enriched by melodic sensibility and compositional depth. Founded in early 2021 by guitarist Karhu, the band was born from a long cultivated desire to create heavy music centered around expansive chord structures, evocative melodies and the influence of classical music studies. What initially started as a personal compositional experiment gradually evolved into a complete band with the addition of Tuohino, Marde, Nordlund and vocalist Korvenmaa, ultimately leading to the release of their acclaimed debut album Nocturne via Argonauta Records in 2025.

This collaboration fully embodies the spirit behind the Digital Split series: fostering artistic freedom, encouraging new creative interactions and strengthening the bond between artists within the global Argonauta Records family.

Tracklist

  1. Black Curtains – Bell Of Mimir
  2. Epitaph – Bell Of Mimir
  3. Vicious Possess – EpicDown
  4. Gauntlet Run – EpicDown
  5. Twist Of Fate – EpicDown

For more info:
EpicDown: https://www.facebook.com/epicd0wn
Bell Of Mimir: https://www.instagram.com/bell_of_mimir/
https://www.argonautarecords.com/

Ireland’s AFTERBORN Release New Single ‘Lost In The Shadows’ with Music Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2026
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A powerful new voice emerges from Ireland’s progressive underground as AFTERBORN unveil their debut single, “Lost In The Shadows“.

Stream the single HERE.

Formed in 2024 by former Nebularis collaborators, Hytham Martin (Guitar, Vocals, Synth) and Damian Dziennik (Drums, Percussion, Synth), AFTERBORN was born from a shared desire to create music without boundaries. Drawing from Progressive Metal, World Music and Operatic influences, the project seeks to explore themes of fear, memory, conflict and human fragility through expansive soundscapes and emotionally charged songwriting.

Having previously worked together through Nebularis and the Aiséirí All Ireland Metal Project, Martin and Dziennik spent years developing a creative chemistry rooted in ambition and experimentation. What began as an idea between two musicians soon evolved into something far greater.

With the addition of session bassist Eddie Mann, AFTERBORN continued its search for artists who shared the same creative vision. That search led to the arrival of Adrianna “Adka” Kania (Vocals, Hurdy-gurdy, Synth) and Raphael Costa (Vocals, Guitar, Synth), completing a line-up whose collective influences and musical backgrounds bring depth, atmosphere and intensity to the project’s sound.

Their debut single, ‘Lost in the Shadows’, is a dark and emotionally resonant introduction to the world of AFTERBORN. Balancing crushing progressive arrangements with haunting melodies and cinematic textures, the track reflects on division, betrayal and the emotional scars left behind when trust collapses.

Lyrically, the song paints a vivid picture of a world consumed by fear and disconnection. Themes of memory, hatred and emotional isolation run throughout the track, while its soaring choruses and dramatic shifts in dynamics create a sense of tension and catharsis that lingers long after the final note fades.
Speaking about the single, the band explain:
“Lost in the Shadows’ reflects the emotional weight people carry when relationships, trust and even society itself begin to fracture. We wanted the song to feel personal but also universal. It’s about fear, conflict and the struggle to hold onto humanity when everything around you feels uncertain.”

Atmospheric yet aggressive, intimate yet grand in scale, AFTERBORN are laying the foundations for a project driven not only by technical musicianship, but by genuine emotional connection and artistic honesty.

https://www.instagram.com/afterborn_official/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572031474321
https://www.tiktok.com/@afterborn_official?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
https://www.youtube.com/@Afterborn_Official

SUPERIOR RAGE Unveil New Lyric Video for ‘Soleright’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2026
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Superior Rage continue their resurgence with the release of the new lyric video for “Soleright”, a striking symphonic black metal track that captures the spirit of rebirth, self-discovery, and transformation.

After returning in 2024 with Anthology, Superior Rage have shown no signs of slowing down. Reinforced by a lineup of talented session musicians, the project reopened its creative path by revisiting selected classics while introducing new material through the promo release Back to the Crypt and the EP In Memoriam, the latter released with the support of WormHoleDeath.

Now, as work progresses on the forthcoming full-length album, Superior Rage reveal the lyric video for “Soleright” — a key track featured across the project’s recent releases and a defining statement of this new artistic chapter.

“Soleright” is a symphonic black metal piece driven by a powerful and introspective message: an inner rebirth achieved by breaking free from false demons and moving toward knowledge, self-awareness, and personal growth.

“Phoenix, phoenix, you’ll rise from your ashes. Soleright is waiting for you.”

About SUPERIOR RAGE

SUPERIOR RAGE began in 2006, delivering raw black metal with atmospheric, dark, and symphonic tones. The core lineup features Superior Rage (vocals, synths), Pagan Fury (guitars, synths), and Hyemens Kaiser Tszar (bass).

The first demo (2008) earned strong national reviews, followed by Through Infinity (2010), a mix of unreleased tracks and new material. Between 2010 and 2011, the project released several live recordings with temporary session musicians.

In 2011, SUPERIOR RAGE shifted toward symphonic black metal with III. Two Fire Eternal EPs followed, covering classic black metal songs—first in their original style, then in an ambient approach.

In 2012 the lineup expanded, producing new online recordings, additional covers, and a remake of “The Night of Rains.” The project paused in 2014, briefly resurfacing in 2017 with a new version of “Indecent Condition.”

SUPERIOR RAGE returned in 2022 with the single Boobs Explosions. This led to Anthology, a 2024 collection of re-recorded key tracks, including a new prog-influenced take on “Cuore Sincero.”

In 2025, the promo Back to the Crypt introduced two re-recorded tracks and a new song, “Soleright,” with four session members. The EP In Memoriam followed, adding a new version of “Asmodeus Bacchic” and the unreleased “Death of the Red Dragon.”

Stream ‘In Memoriam’: music.imusician.pro/InMemoriam

Follow SUPERIOR RAGE

superior-rage-raw.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/@SuperiorRageRawchannel
www.facebook.com/rawsuperiorrage

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