San Francisco Bay Area groove metal veterans SKINLAB are back with their heaviest move in years. On April 10, 2026, the band releases a full cover of “Last Breath” — the iconic track from Hatebreed’s landmark 1997 album Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Ulrich Wild (Pantera, Static-X, White Zombie, Deftones), the cover is not a replication — it is a full reimagining, dragged deep into Skinlab’s groove metal world and built to hit hard.
KEY DETAILS
■ “Last Breath” releases April 10, 2026 on all platforms ■ Original by Hatebreed — from Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) ■ Produced, mixed & mastered by Ulrich Wild (WURMgroup) ■ Features new guitarist Angelo Miles — his first recorded music with the band ■ Current lineup: Steev Esquivel (vocals/bass), Marcos Melina (guitar), Angelo Miles (guitar), Fabian Vestod (drums) ■ Skinlab is on the road NOW as direct support for Exhorder on The Tour of Unsound Minds — 18 dates, April 2–19
ON TOUR: THE TOUR OF UNSOUND MINDS
Skinlab is currently on the road as direct support for Exhorder on The Tour of Unsound Minds. The 18-date run kicked off April 2nd in Morgantown, WV and wraps April 19th in Cadillac, MI, hitting the East Coast and Midwest.
The April 10 single release date falls mid-tour in Harrisburg, PA — making for a release-day show experience that night at Capital City Music Hall.
Indian prog metal/mathcore powerhouse Maneating Orchid will release their third full-length album, Cold Logic, on June 5th, 2026. The album will be available internationally via Subcontinental Records.
Maneating Orchid’s third full-length album, Cold Logic, continues the evolution of the band’s manic soundscape. Abrupt left turns, uneven song forms, and caustic harmonic passages shape a suffocating 34-minute experience. Jagged, angular riffs collide with violently dynamic blast beats, warped and syncopated low-end patterns, and hellish screams, forming a shifting wall of sound that feels perpetually on the brink of collapse.
With the addition of new drummer Vishnu Reddy, the band’s already volatile sound is pushed even further, amplifying its feral intensity just when it appears to have reached its limits. The result is a relentless collision of dissonant death metal, aggressive punk urgency, and math-leaning progressive passages, assembled in deliberately uneven proportions.
Lyrically and thematically, Cold Logic grapples with cosmic dread, deep space isolation, and the psychological horror of confronting a reality stripped of narrative and intention. Across the album, perception fractures, identity dissolves, and the self mutates beyond recognition. Post-human transformation and body horror emerge not as spectacle, but as symptoms of existential decay. Time, meaning, and consciousness begin to fold under an indifferent universe’s cold scrutiny. This marks a decisive shift away from the more socio-political themes of the band’s previous releases.
Formed in 2011, Maneating Orchid has spent over a decade carving out a distinct space in extreme music. Previously known as “Orchid,” the band has forged a sound that twists progressive metal and mathcore into something volatile and unhinged. With dense, dissonant riffing, abrasive vocals, and song structures that collapse and mutate in real time, they have consistently pushed the boundaries of heavy music while developing a voice that is unmistakably their own.
Their 2016 self-titled EP introduced them as true outliers, earning cult status and critical praise. The debut full-length, Miasma (2019), sharpened that chaotic edge further, cementing their reputation for crafting unpredictable music that defies easy categorisation. By the time Hive Mind (2022) arrived, Maneating Orchid had fully evolved into one of contemporary extreme metal’s most singular and uncompromising voices, with no intention of sounding comfortable or familiar.
Now, with their third album on the horizon, the band is diving even deeper into sonically mercurial territory.
For fans of: Voivod, Watchtower, Dysrhythmia, Gorguts, Spastik Ink, Converge, Cardiacs, Blotted Science, Botch, Discordance Axis, Mico, Behold… The Arctopus
The Australian extreme metal titans bring their “relentless slab of death metal” to the physical realm, accompanied by a string of high-octane live dates.
After the crushing digital release of ‘He Who Kills’, extreme metal warriors Monoliyth now unleash the album in its most tangible forms.
Following the recent vinyl edition, the record is now available worldwide on CD via Wormholedeath Records / Aural Musci Group. This is the definitive way to experience the album — a relentless slab of Australian death metal, forged for those who demand it physical, loud, and unapologetic.
He Who Kills is available now on all major digital platforms and in physical formats through the following links:
Formed in 1998 by guitarist Mick Barr in Melbourne, MONOLIYTH has maintained a relentless dedication to extreme music across decades. Evolving from classic thrash to old-school death metal with hints of technical death, their music delivers aggressive, complex, and boundary-pushing compositions.
He Who Kills explores the darker side of humanity, focusing on the psychology of serial killers as a lens into depravity, rather than specific historical events. The album blends pounding rhythms, menacing instrumentation, unnerving tension, and cathartic release, fueled by guttural vocals and diminished harmonies. Drawing influence from thrash legends like Kreator, Metallica, Megadeth, and death metal icons such as Morbid Angel, Suffocation, and Death, MONOLIYTH crafts a sonic assault that is uniquely their own.
“Destroyer” is the last track My Kingdom Music premiere from “Maledicti In Aeternvm”, the upcoming new album by DEATH DIES.
It’s a blade that cuts through you, ferocious and gloomy. The only English-language song on the album, “Destroyer” represents the final step leading up to the release of “Maledicti In Aeternvm” scheduled for April 3rd.
This is DEATH DIES, this is “Maledicti In Aeternvm,” a journey into the darkest depths of Black Metal, uncompromising extreme music in the name of the most ferocious and extremist Dark Art.
“Maledicti In Aeternvm” will be released on April 3rd on My Kingdom Music and is available for pre-order on LP, digipak CD, and Deluxe Edition at https://t.ly/O-Q7U
IVOIRE announce the release of their debut album “Uragano”, due out on May 8, 2026: an emotionally devastating, intense and layered work, capable of turning the weight of pain into dense, dark and deeply immersive sonic matter.
With “Uragano”, the band shape a personal expressive language in which a solid post-metal foundation intertwines with an intricate interplay of tension and texture, opening up to further shades that include black metal elements and atmospheric passages. The result is a thick and shadowy sound, oppressive yet never static, capable of suddenly opening into waves of melancholy, rarefied passages and moments of almost contemplative suspension. It is precisely within this unstable balance between impact and fragility, fury and introspection, that the album finds its deepest identity.
“Uragano” was born in December 2021, when Nicolò Lenoci, founder of IVOIRE and, up to that point, the project’s main songwriter, decided to put a series of personal reflections into words. From that intimate yet unavoidable creative urgency, the first embryonic ideas for the songs began to emerge, eventually forming the backbone of the album. The record developed as a process of surfacing, in which inner tensions, visions and emotional fragments gradually took shape as a coherent and lacerating sonic narrative.
From a musical standpoint, the album moves between post-metal, sludge and black metal influences, alternating moments of overwhelming intensity with more rarefied and atmospheric sections. Harsh vocals intertwine with ambient passages and spoken-word moments, feeding a constant contrast between implosion and release, violence and reflection. The concept behind “Uragano” revolves around decay and the exploration of the boundary between destruction and catharsis: an imagery that does not end with the writing of the songs, but also extends into the live dimension, conceived as a natural continuation of the world evoked by the record.
The full-length features, alongside Nicolò Lenoci, Antonio Caggese on vocals and Giovanni Solazzo (Turangalila, Duocane) on drums. Further enriching the album are Fabrizio Cioce (Zolfo), appearing in the outro of “Sotto la Cenere”, and Michael Anthony Foti (Die Sünde), who wrote the lyrics for and performed vocals on “Chimera”. Together, these contributions broaden the album’s emotional scope and reinforce its collective dimension while remaining firmly rooted in a clearly defined artistic vision.
In 2025, the project finally found its definitive line-up with the permanent addition of Sebastiano Liso on guitar, Cipo (The Apulian Blues Foundation) on drums and Francesco Bizzoca (Sürd, A Violet Pine) on bass. This is the line-up with which IVOIRE present themselves today, ready to accompany the release of “Uragano” and bring its full expressive force to the stage.
With “Uragano”, IVOIRE deliver a debut that seeks no compromise: a visceral, bleak and deeply human record that descends into the cracks and turns them into sound.
Tracklist:
01. Le Catene dell’Estro 02. Vetta 03. Tempeste 04. Chimera 05. Sotto La Cenere
For fans of: Amenra, Cult of Luna, Dirge, Year of No Light
Line-up:
Antonio Caggese – Vocals Nicolò Lenoci – Guitar Sebastiano Liso – Guitar Cipo – Drums Francesco Bizzoca – Bass
Album line-up:
Nicolò Lenoci – Guitar, bass Antonio Caggese – Vocals Giovanni Solazzo – Drums
Credits:
Recording, mixing, mastering: Andrea Lenoci
Artwork: Camilla Di Bella Vecchi
Music and lyrics: Nicolò Lenoci
Saxophone on “Sotto la Cenere”: Fabrizio Cioce (Zolfo)
Vocals and lyrics on “Chimera”: Michael Anthony Foti (Die Sünde)
Stockholm’s own DEVIL’S CIGARETTE, one of the most talked-about new acts on Sweden’s rising rock scene, are proud to release their new album, ‘Meet Me On The Floor Tonight!,’ out now via Wild Kingdom / Sound Pollution. To celebrate, the band also shares the title track, alongside an official music video, available below.
DEVIL’S CIGARETTE delivers a sharp, modern take on rock with commanding choruses, searing guitars, and driving rhythms. Their new single and video for “Meet Me On The Floor Tonight” captures the band’s attitude, urgency, and unmistakable identity.
Directed in true DIY spirit by band members Miles Martin and Lucas Kinnari, the video highlights the central role of the song itself — the heart of everything the band creates.
While rooted in garage rock grit, DEVIL’S CIGARETTE represents a new generation. Their youthful energy and evolving sound push the genre forward with clarity, maturity, and dynamic force. ‘Meet Me On The Floor Tonight’ marks a defining step in that progression.
On stage, the band delivers explosive, confident performances that have made them a standout presence in Stockholm’s underground scene — intense, visceral, and impossible to forget.
“We want every show to feel like a party — an explosion of energy where the audience is just as much a part of the experience as we are,” the band states.
Watch the Music Video for “Meet Me On The Floor Tonight”:
Since forming in Stockholm in 2023, DEVIL’S CIGARETTE have rapidly built a reputation as a band to watch. Their explosive live shows, relentless energy and ability to cut through the noise have taken them from cramped basement venues to becoming one of the most buzzed about names in Sweden’s new wave of rock.
With “I’m Bored” leading the way and ‘Meet Me On The Floor Tonight!’ on the horizon, DEVIL’S CIGARETTE are poised to take their next major step. Their blend of raw musical force, magnetic stage presence and fearless ambition positions them as one of Sweden’s most exciting emerging exports.
DEVIL’S CIGARETTE aren’t just the next big thing in Swedish rock. They’ve already arrived, and they refuse to be ignored.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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