From The Land, a new dark country/gothic rock project, has officially launched with their debut single, “Psalm 2”, available now across all platforms, accompanied by a music video. This release offers the first glimpse into the band’s forthcoming debut album, “Stolen Season pt. I“, slated for release on 21 November via 7 Mater, with distribution handled by The Circle Music.
From The Land is the brainchild of Anatoly Pakhalenko, frontman of the dark folk band Nytt Land. Conceived in 2025, the project serves as an alter ego for Pakhalenko’s creative exploration and experimentation within dark country and blues genres. The band’s aesthetic is described as a “black and white world tired of all this s**t that’s going on around and gradually sinking into an endless sleep.”
“Psalm 2” is based on the biblical text of the second psalm, with its content and lyrics aligning with the main guitar riff and melody. The track also features a Mongolian traditional flute, the “shoor”, as a nod to Pakhalenko’s work with Nytt Land.
The song “Psalm 2” was composed by Anatoly Pakhalenko and Aleksandr Rosliakov, with lyrics taken from the Bible. It was recorded at Nytt Land Studio between January and May 2025, with Anatoly Pakhalenko serving as recording and mixing engineer, and producer.
From The Land draws inspiration from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and David Lynch.
German brutal-surf-death-party metal band STILLBIRTH will unleash their forthcoming release “Survival Protocol” on October 31st via rising metal label Reigning Phoenix Music. The album is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed “Homo Deus,” which was released in 2023.
“Survival Protocol” is a concept album that tells the story of an unknown hero surviving a nuclear apocalypse. The narrative began on the album “Annihilation of Mankind” and now reaches its conclusion on “Survival Protocol.” It picks up where “Homo Deus” left off: the true creator descends from the skies, and the epic battle for planetary dominance begins. Humanity is nearly wiped out, with a handful of survivors managing to escape into space. After a long journey, they discover a habitable planet and begin to colonize it. The events of this journey are told across the tracks of “Survival Protocol.”
The album’s first single, ‘Baptized In Blood’ is a perfect introduction to what to expect on “Survival Protocol”as it’s the first time the band has been able to capture their live surf vibe on a studio recording. The lyrics depict an epic clash with titanic, godlike creatures inhabiting the new world. After surviving the apex predator, the humans now face another seemingly invincible foe. Their primitive weapons prove useless, but driven by past victories, they don’t back down. It’s David vs. Goliath on an alien planet.
STILLBIRTH live: 07.08.2025 DE Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal 12.08.2025 DE Karlsruhe – Substage
“Monster Kill” EU Tour 2025 28.09.2025 DE Munich – Backstage (Club) 01.10.2025 IT Paderno Dugnano (MI) – Slaughter Club
About STILLBIRTH STILLBIRTH is a slamming death metal force from Hagen, Germany, known for their chaotic live shows, unrelenting brutality, and wild blend of Death Metal, Grindcore, Deathcore, and Slam. Since 1999, the band has been obliterating venues and festivals worldwide with an extreme sound fueled by filthy grooves, blast beats, and a tongue-in-cheek attitude that’s equal parts destruction and party.
Founded by guitarist-turned-vocalist Lukas Swiaczny, STILLBIRTH quickly gained a cult following with their 2002 debut Happy Stillbirth Party. After a short hiatus from 2003 to 2005, the band came roaring back, contributing to international split releases and building a reputation across Europe. Their sophomore effort, Plakative Aggressionen (2009), led to their first Eastern European tour and set the tone for a relentless schedule of releases and performances.
By 2011, Endgame Is Near expanded their reach, earning them a spot on their first U.S. tour. STILLBIRTH’s 2015 album Global Error marked a high point, with back-to-back tours across the U.S. and Europe. Their signing to Unique Leader Records saw them level up again with Annihilation of Mankind (2018), landing major festival appearances and a tour through Asia.
In 2019, they revisited their roots with Back to the Stoned Age, re-recording fan favorites with updated production and guest vocals. The follow-up, Revive the Throne (2020), doubled down on brutality with dual basses, massive grooves, and razor-sharp production—setting a new bar for heaviness in their discography.
Tragedy struck in 2021 with the passing of bassist and engineer Dominik “Pumpa” Koenig. His legacy lives on in the band’s music and spirit. After signing to Distortion Music Group in 2022, STILLBIRTH dropped Homo Deus in 2023, toured Europe with KATAKLYSM and FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, and crushed stages at Summer Breeze, Party.San, and Tolminator.
Now, STILLBIRTH is poised to unleash their ninth full-length, Survival Protocol, on September 26, a dystopian concept album promising their most refined yet devastating sound to date.
STILLBIRTH is a party at the edge of the apocalypse. Total madness guaranteed!
STILLBIRTH is: Lukas Swiaczny – Vocals Martin Grupe – Drums Lukas Kaminski – Bass Leonard Thoma – Guitar Szymon Skiba – Guitar
Just in time for spooky season when the veil gets thinner between the living and dead, the maestro of horror returns to haunt North America! Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin will be performing two special headlining tours of Canada and the United States. From October 8 – 15, the horror collective will bring the score of Dario Argento’s ‘Suspiria’ along with a screening of the film for audiences in Canada.
Then, the band will cross into the states to deliver the sounds of Argento’s ‘Deep Red / Profondo Rosso’ to a special 50th anniversary screening of the filmfrom October 24 until the tour’s epic conclusion in Los Angeles, CA on November 8 as one of featured artists for Future Ruins Music & Arts festival. Organized and curated by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Future Ruins is a first-of-its-kind music festival: a day-long event where the world’s most influential film and television composers step out from behind the screen and onto the stage. Simonetti’s Goblin will perform along with other composers who are household names such as Danny Elfman, John Carpenter and their younger contemporaries like Cristobal Tapia de Veer (‘Black Mirror,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Babygirl,’ etc). More info and tickets on the event can be found HERE.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday, August 1 @ 10:00 A.M. EDT at THIS LOCATION.
The band will be performing full concerts instead of movie screenings during their exclusive appearances at both Future Ruins festival and Saturday Nightmares Horror Con in Los Angeles CA and East Rutherford, NJ on October 25, respectively. These will be the only two full GOBLIN concerts of the tour.
Composer Claudio Simonetti has written and recorded some of the most influential scores and soundtracks in horror, including ‘Suspiria,’ ‘Dawn of the Dead,’ ‘Deep Red / Profondo Rosso,’ ‘Tenebre,’ ‘Demons,’ and many others, with his seminal work still informing the genre to this day.
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Canadian Tour 2025 (performing ‘Suspiria’):
10/08: Calgary, AB @ Globe Cinema 10/09: Calgary, AB @ Globe Cinema 10/11: Edmonton, AB @ Metro Cinema 10/14: Vancouver, BC @ Rio Theatre 10/15: Vancouver, BC @ Rio Theatre
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin U.S. Tour 2025 (performing ‘Deep Red / Profondo Rosso’):
10/24: New York, NY @ City Winery 10/25: East Rutherford, NJ @ Saturday Nightmares // The Williams Center* 10/26: Philadelphia, PA @ City Winery 10/29: Boston, MA @ City Winery 10/31: Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre 11/01: Boston, MA @ City Winery 11/02: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 11/05: Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre 11/08: Los Angeles, CA @ Future Ruins*
*Best of set only
Claudio Simonetti is a renowned composer, musician, and keyboardist, best known for his work in the horror film genre. He gained fame as the founder of the Italian progressive rock band Goblin, which became iconic for its collaborations with director Dario Argento, particularly with films like Suspiria and Profondo Rosso.
Simonetti’s compositions are characterized by their innovative use of synthesizers and orchestral elements, blending rock, classical, and avant-garde influences. His scores have significantly contributed to the atmospheric tension of Argento’s films and have garnered a dedicated following. In addition to his film work, Simonetti has released solo albums and continues to perform internationally, celebrating the legacy of Goblin while exploring new musical avenues.
With a career spanning several decades, Simonetti remains a pivotal figure in both the horror film industry and the progressive rock scene, influencing a generation of musicians and filmmakers.
Kris Barras’ new UK blues-rock collective Hollow Souls release their third single “Bad Things,” this time joining forces with Chris Tapp, the driving force behind acclaimed band The Cold Stares. The single is available on all streaming platforms from Thursday July 31st.
“Having already released two belting singles featuring guest stars from across the pond, “Borderline” feat. guitarist Jared James Nichols and “Shotgun” feat. Jon ‘Marv’ Harvey from Monster Truck, Hollow Souls led by Kris Barras, continues their stellar collaborative winning streak with “Bad Things.”
Kentucky natives (but now based out of Indiana) The Cold Stares are a long-standing duo (recently turned trio) fronted by guitarist and vocalist Tapp. After both becoming leading lights in a new wave of blues-rock signed to Mascot Records’ Provogue imprint, Barras and Tapp started a friendship born of a mutual admiration over the past few years. Known for their fresh take on blues and southern rock styles, Tapp’s song-writing for The Cold Stares has seen them soundtrack famous video games and TV commercials.
Barras, with co-collaborator and long-standing bandmate Josiah J Manning, having already sketched the basic outline of the song, on this occasion knew that Tapp would be the perfect partner to co-write and record remotely from his home studio in Evansville IN. The result is a devilishly upbeat and subtly swampy earworm that interplays Tapp’s effortlessly cool verses with Hollow Souls’ lead vocalist Phoebe Jane’s punchy choruses.
Barras says, “I have admired Chris and the work of Cold Stares for a long while and I’ve sort of been waiting for the right track to work on together to drop out of my head. I knew instantly he would take this song up ten notches. He did, and I’m so grateful to have him involved.”
“When considering guests for this album, Chris Tapp from The Cold Stares was always high up on my list. We’ve been friends since meeting on the Joe Bonamassa ‘Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea’ cruise, and I’ve been a fan of his work for a good while.”
It’s important for me to have the guests bring their own flavour to the songs and put their own stamp on things. I sent Chris what Josiah and I had been working on, and he had free rein with the verses. We loved what he came back with and turned it into a duet with Hollow Souls’ main singer Phoebe Jane.”
Fresh from their first-ever live performance on the main stage at Maid of Stone Festival where the band performed a ‘secret set,’ Hollow Souls are pleased to announce Troy Redfern as their special guest on their 20-date Autumn UK tour. Troy, known for his explosive slide guitar and energetic performances, is hugely celebrated for the wall of sound he creates from a mere two-piece guitar and drum combo, which will perform on every Hollow Souls date of the upcoming tour. Tickets are available from The Gig Cartel.
Hollow Souls are also pleased to announce their eponymous debut EP Hollow Souls released on Friday October 10th.Featuring six tracks, including all three currently available singles, the EP will be released on 10” vinyl, CD and download. The EP isavailable to pre-order from https://shop.hollowsouls.co.uk.
OCTOBER Thu 16 – Bedford, Esquires Fri 17 – Chesterfield, Real Time Live Sat 18 – London, Camden Underworld Sun 19 – Stowmarket, John Peel Centre Wed 22 – Shoreham, Ropetackle Thu 23 – Cardiff, The Globe Fri 24 – Leek, Foxlowe Arts Sat 25 – Gloucester, Guildhall Sun 26 – Norwich, Waterfront Studio Wed 29 – Grimsby, Docks Academy Thu 30 – Huddersfield, Parish Fri 31 – Birmingham, Castle & Falcon NOVEMBER Sat 1 – Stockton, Georgian Theatre Sun 2 – Carlisle, Old Fire Station Tue 4 – Glasgow, Oran Mor Wed 5 – Edinburgh, La Belle Angele Thu 6 – York, Crescent Fri 7 – Blackpool, Waterloo Sat 8 – Southampton, Suburbia Sun 9 – Tavistock, Wharf
Eric Gales releases his sizzling new single “Don’t Wanna Go Home” featuring Joe Bonamassa. You can watch the video HERE.
This is the latest single taken from his new album, a powerful and moving homage to his late brother Manuel Gales, ‘A Tribute To LJK‘. The album will be released digitally on 29 August and physically on 24 October via Provogue and features appearances by Buddy Guy,Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Joe Bonamassa, Roosevelt Collier and Josh Smith.
There comes a time when every musician must look their past squarely in the eye. And while Gales’ latest release, Tribute To LJK, is a thrillingly modern record for the here and now, it’s also a nod to his bloodline and the roots of his family tree. “This record has been a long time coming,” he says of the speaker-rattling release co-produced by Bonamassa and Josh Smith. “I wanted it to be the ultimate tribute to my late brother, Little Jimmy King, to keep his memory alive and make sure people remember who he was and still is. All of these songs, except one, are his originals. I wanted to deliver his tunes to the world through my eyes. And I wanted it to be badass – and that’s exactly how it turned out.”
“Don’t Wanna Go Home” has an infectious, slinky groove with some fiery fretwork that whips it up into a swaggering song about taking your paycheque out on the town. The song saw Joe Bonamassa break out of the control room for a stinger solo and is a homage to the Little Jimmy King song from his 1997 album Soldier For The Blues.
Talking about the song, Gales says, “That may be the most rocking song on the album. Me and Joe looked at each other and I told him, ‘Man, I think this is the one you should be on’. And he said, ‘Hey man, let’s do it. ‘ It’s just a clear depiction of a dude that don’t wanna go home with his paycheque. We broke out the rare Les Pauls – Joe took the solo in the middle, I took the ride-out, and we went for it. I think it turned out great.”
“Don’t Wanna Go Home” follows the first single from the album “Somebody” (feat. Buddy Guy and Roosevelt Collier). Gales joined Buddy Guy on his farewell tour in June. Talking about the song, he says, “It’s just a really dope song, man, and I thought it was a great way to end the record. Buddy Guy is a legend, and that idea was actually mentioned by my wife, LaDonna. She said, ‘I think you should see if Buddy is available. We don’t know how much time any of us has, so while you have the opportunity, you should give it a shot.’ So we went for it, and he said, ‘Yeah.’ He knew my brother, and they played together, so I think it was easy for him to agree to do this song – and the rest is history.”
The blues is an ecosystem, and it’s a measure of the respect commanded by both Eric and his fabled older brother, real name Manuel, who sadly passed away in 2002, that these ten explosive covers are delivered by an all-star cast with deep ties to the project.
To understand why Tribute To LJK might be the proudest moment of Gales’ meteoric career, you have to follow the thread back to the late 1970s and a hectic family home in Memphis, Tennessee. “I’m the youngest of five siblings, so I grew up with all my brothers, and everybody played guitar,” he recalls. “Manuel was ten years older, and it was great to have him to look up to. I was so proud when he started his own band and began his career; he was off to the races. And then, after all his years of grinding away at his craft, to hear that he was touring with Albert King’s band in the late-’80s was awesome.”
And while Manuel made his mark in the world – graduating from King’s lineup to front his own ’90s outfit, Little Jimmy King & the Memphis Soul Survivors – Eric and his sibling Eugene signed to Elektra Records for 1991’s debut album, The Eric Gales Band. “I had a deal at 15, and the record came out when I was 16,” he recalls. “Even at that age, I already felt this was what I was gonna do in life.”
If you weren’t already familiar with the jaw-dropping life’s work of Little Jimmy King, Eric Gales’ new album lays it all out there for the world to hear. The album opens with a poignant spoken-word introduction by Danuel Gales (Manuel’s twin brother). Bridging past and present while igniting these masterful songs with his unmistakable delivery, A Tribute to LJK is even more than the sum of its parts – and while the music plays, Manuel Gales lives again. “I foresaw a great record,” considers Eric, “but I didn’t foresee it turning out as amazing as this. My brother is there throughout this whole record – and I can’t wait for it to start turning people’s heads…”
Track Listing 1. You Shouldn’t Have Left Me 2. Rockin’ Horse Rise ft. Christone “Kingsfish” Ingram 3. Guitar Man 4. Don’t Wanna Go Home ft. Joe Bonamassa 5. Something Inside of Me 6. Baby Baby 7. It Takes A Whole Lotta Money ft. Joe Bonamassa & Josh Smith 8, Worried Man 9. Blues Been Good To Me 10. Somebody (feat. Buddy Guy and Roosevelt Collier)
A rebellion burns beneath the ruins of tyranny. “Scorched Tyranny” is LOTAN’s anarchist battle cry, a venomous roar from the people to the elite. In a world ruled by fear and contempt, the new single from the Danes ignites the ashes of oppression and calls for revolt through chaos. This is not a prayer. It is a declaration of war.
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With “Yetzer Hara”, Lotan unleash a searing new chapter of blackened death metal – furious, unrelenting, and razor-sharp in its intent.
Forged in the fires of Denmark’s extreme metal underground, Lotan deliver a blistering fusion of blackened death metal and social defiance. Inspired by the likes of Behemoth, Hate, Mgła, and Anaal Nathrakh, the band blends nihilism and aggression with a confrontational critique of modern decay. “Yetzer Hara” is not just an album: it is a reckoning. Drawing from the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, Lotan delve into the destructive urges that define humanity’s fall from grace, invoking themes of internal conflict, moral collapse, and primal violence.
“Our sound is a weapon – forged in fury, aimed at the puppeteers who thrive on division and decay”, the band states. Across the album’s brutal compositions and incendiary lyrics, Lotan channel raw emotion into resistance – fierce, articulate, and uncompromising.
On stage, their live shows are no mere performance, but a total sensory assault: immersive, volatile, and unforgettable. Lotan aren’t just playing music – they’re igniting a movement.
“This is not escapism. This is resistance. In the name of distortion”.
“Yetzer Hara” will be released digitally on 15.08.2025, via Emanzipation Productions.
Lineup: Martin Rubini – vocals Lasse Heiberg – guitar Andy Dragsberg – guitar Phillip Kaaber – bass Jon Elmquist – drums
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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