THE GREEN GOBLINS Release New Single ‘Turn It Around’

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The Swiss Celtic folk ’n’ roll band THE GREEN GOBLINS release “Turn It Around”, the next lead single from their self-titled debut album (out on October 2nd at Metalville).

“Turn It Around” is an uplifting rock anthem about resilience, change and the decision to keep moving forward when life gets tough. With driving guitars, a powerful chorus and an infectious energy, the song captures the moment when you stop looking back and start taking control again.

A reminder that setbacks are part of the journey – but giving up is never an option.

A guitar, a violin, a bagpipe – that’s how the story of THE GREEN GOBLINS began in 2017.  As a street music band in the Switzerland–Germany–France border region, they quickly made a name for themselves with their unique blend of traditional Irish folk, infectious energy and a musical style all of their own.

The streets gave way to the stages: With their explosive live shows, powerful melodies and boundless enthusiasm, THE GREEN GOBLINS conquered pubs, festivals, medieval markets and concert halls far beyond their home region. In the process, they developed their own style – a blend of Irish tradition, modern rock elements and epic songs, which they themselves describe as ‘Celtic Folk ’n’ Roll’.

Over time, the band’s sound evolved: electric violin meets guitar, drums and bass. This gave rise to the unmistakable sound of The Green Goblins – raw, energetic and boundless. Their debut EP ‘Arandore’ was followed by further singles and music videos, including ‘Roll On’, and the band continued to develop their sound.

Today, The Green Goblins are among the most exciting exponents of modern Celtic Folk ’n’ Roll and thrill their audiences with up to 50 concerts a year in Switzerland, Germany and Alsace.

And now THE GREEN GOBLINS are embarking on their next big chapter: their self-titled debut album, “The Green Goblins”, is due for release on 2 October 2026 via Metalville  

With new songs, an unmistakable sound and the energy of a band ready to tear the place apart, THE GREEN GOBLINS are gearing up to conquer the world’s stages.

TRACK LISTING

01 What’s Wrong, What’s Right
02 Tally Ho
03 Whiskey, Tequila, Vodka & Beer
04 Roll On
05 Spinning Goblin
06 Turn It Around
07 Take A Stand
08 The Battle Of Sturning Bridge
09 The Courier
10 Free Soul
11 Johnny Jump Up
12 Goblins March

LINE UP
Jam Hakimi – guitars & vocals
Ania Cieslar – violins
Tom Erni – bass
Mario Steinacher – drums

LINKS
https://thegreengoblins.ch/
https://www.facebook.com/green.goblins.official
https://www.instagram.com/thegreengoblins_official/
https://www.youtube.com/@thegreengoblinsband
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-green-goblins/1775791840
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/1A8d7AvEYFl0b6igKrCNWK

ENUFF Z’NUFF Invite You to Join Them on A Magical Mystery Tour

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Hallelujah! Melodic rock true believers Enuff Z’nuff bring their peace and love gospel to the masses at Hollywood’s historic Whisky-A-Go-Go with this breathtaking live performance!

Featuring highlights from the band’s massive catalog of divine hits, as well as a clutch of incredible cover versions, Live At The Whisky A Go Go is more than a simple live album.  

​Recorded live on December 29 2025, it’s also an opportunity to wholly immerse yourself in the holy, hard rockin’ vibes of one of the most inspired groups around – and one that is still preaching the gospel of good times, good music and good-hearted fun!

​The celebrations kick off today with the release of one of the most glorious cuts on the entire album, a truly Enuff Z’nuffed-out cover of The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour,” a Paul McCartney composition that also titled the Fab Four’s 1967 TV movie.

SINGLE: https://orcd.co/enuffznuff_magicalmysterytour

And there’s more Macca later in the set, as Enuff Z’Nuff drive into “Eleanor Rigby,” “Jet” and a deceptively rearranged “Live and Let Die,” monster hits that are joined by a thrilling exploration of the band’s own smash-packed catalog.

​Spinning back to the band’s self-titled 1989 debut (“In The Groove,” “Kiss The Clown” and the hits “New Thing” and “Fly High Michelle,”), Live At The Whisky-A-Go-Go gallops along through “Baby Loves You” and “Heaven and Hell” (from 1991’s Strength – the album that prompted Rolling Stone to bestow the label “Hot Band Of The Year” upon the group),  “Right By Your Side” and “The Love Train” (1993’s Animals With Human Intelligence), “Metal Heart” (2002’s Welcome To Blue Island) and the spectacular closer, “The Gospel” (2020’s Brainwashed Generation). And more!

​Reviewing the show itself, Highwire Daze declared, “Enuff Z’Nuff delivered a performance that reminded everyone why their blend of power-pop hooks, glam swagger, and hard rock grit has remained timeless. The band sounded tight and energized, balancing melodic choruses with crunchy guitars and a confident, road-tested presence that kept the crowd locked in from start to finish.”

​Live At The Whisky-A Go-Go captures all of that and more.

CD/VINYL: https://cleorecs.com/search?q=enuff+znuff+live+at+the+whisky
DIGITAL: https://orcd.co/enuffznuff_liveatthewhiskyagogo

Track Listing

1. The Church
2. Magical Mystery Tour
3. Kiss The Clown
4. Love Train
5. Heaven Or Hell [CD ONLY]
6. Baby Loves You
7. Metal Heart
8. Eleanor Rigby [CD ONLY]
9. In The Groove [CD ONLY]
10. Right By Your Side [CD ONLY]
11. Jet
12. Live And Let Die [CD ONLY]
13. Fly High Michelle
14. New Thing
15. The Gospel

THROATCUT. Drop Crushing New ‘NO KINGS.’ EP

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German hardcore outfit THROATCUT. unleash their devastating new NO KINGS. EP, accompanied by the brand new track ‘BLOOM.’, a merciless collision of suffocating heaviness, feral emotion and uncompromising hardcore aggression.

Stream/order here: https://arisingempire.com/throatcut

Built around images of decay, poisoned roots and severing the ties that keep us trapped, ‘BLOOM.’ turns destruction into an act of liberation. The song begins in wasted soil, where roots rot and nothing seems capable of growing, before gradually transforming that desolation into something defiant. Every broken branch, every parasite and every scar becomes part of the ground from which something new can emerge.

Musically, THROATCUT. give that transformation a brutally physical form. Jagged riffs, punishing rhythms and vicious screams create an almost ritualistic atmosphere, while the track repeatedly tightens its grip before erupting into crushing passages designed for absolute chaos. The recurring call to “let the willows bloom” becomes more than a refrain. It is the moment where submission gives way to resistance.

Catch the band live: 
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31.10.2026 I Corefest 2026 I Göppingen (DE)

Throatcut. online:
https://www.instagram.com/throatcut.hc
https://www.facebook.com/throatcut.hc
https://www.tiktok.com/@throatcut.hc

VENUES Enter a Bold New Era with Powerful New Video Single ‘Eden’, Feat. TOK

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German modern metalcore outfit Venues open the door to an entirely new chapter with their brand new single ‘Eden’, a fierce and deeply personal statement of liberation featuring an explosive guest performance from The Oklahoma Kid vocalist Tobias Rische, formerly of Alazka and Novelists.

Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/venues

More than simply a new song, ‘Eden’ represents a breaking point and a rebirth. Built around the refusal to bend, obey or reshape yourself to fit somebody else’s expectations, the track captures the moment when inner conflict finally turns into freedom. Venues leave behind the pressure to constantly become bigger, faster and more successful, choosing instead to reconnect with the instinct and authenticity that made them want to create music in the first place.

Vocalist Lela Gruber explains: “‘Eden’ feels like the starting point of a new chapter for me, one that stands in complete opposition to the idea of ‘bigger, faster, further.’ We’re all caught in this constant competition where success seems to mean pushing yourself to the edge of burnout. I want to step away from that. To stop comparing myself to everyone around me and return to making music that feels authentic — where the music itself is at the centre.“

That philosophy runs through every second of ‘Eden’. Lyrically, the song confronts the exhausting process of twisting yourself into a shape that was never yours, silencing your own emotions and living according to expectations imposed by others. The repeated declaration “I won’t bend for anyone” becomes the song’s central mantra, drawing a clear line between the person you were expected to become and the person you choose to be.

Venues online:
https://www.instagram.com/venuesofficial
https://www.facebook.com/VENUESofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@venuesofficial

BLACKTOOTHED Deliver Devastating New Single ‘Porcelain’ with Official Video

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Leipzig-based modern metalcore band blacktoothed return with their devastating new single ‘Porcelain’, taken from their upcoming album Feral Bloom, set for release on 15th January. Delivering a brutally honest exploration of emotional emptiness, toxic dependency and the damage left behind when unresolved wounds begin to define every connection, ‘Porcelain’ offers another powerful glimpse into the darker and more vulnerable world of the upcoming record.

Stream and pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/blacktoothed

Built around crushing riffs, relentless screams and one of the band’s most commanding choruses to date, ‘Porcelain’ finds blacktoothed confronting the darker side of human attachment. At its core, the song depicts love not as salvation, but as something desperately consumed in an attempt to fill an internal void. “Give me all you got / I need your constant love” immediately establishes a relationship shaped by dependency, with another person reduced to a substitute for everything that has already been lost.

As the track unfolds, that desperation turns inward. Old insecurities, self-deception and destructive habits blur the line between genuine affection and emotional survival. The narrator recognizes the damage being caused, yet remains trapped inside patterns they can barely identify, admitting: “In my mind, I can’t detect my lies.” It is a painfully self-aware portrait of someone searching for connection while simultaneously poisoning it.

Musically, blacktoothed mirror that internal conflict with a collision of raw aggression and striking melody. Punishing guitars and visceral screams give way to a gigantic chorus before the song reaches one of its defining moments: a breathtaking clean vocal duet between Hendrik Rathgeber and guitarist Matti Keitel. Their voices bring an unexpected vulnerability to the track, amplifying the contrast between its violent exterior and deeply fragile emotional core.

Catch the band live: 
25.09.2026 I Burnout Festival 2026 I Nienburg/Weser (DE)

blacktoothed online:
https://www.instagram.com/blacktoothed
https://www.facebook.com/blacktoothed
https://www.tiktok.com/@blacktoothed

GET THE SHOT Unleash Brutal Single & Video ‘Crucifixion Depiction’ + Announce New EP

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Canadian hardcore heavyweights Get The Shot return with a devastating new single ‘Crucifixion Depiction’, a brutal and deeply personal confrontation with loss, failure and the painful death of a dream. The track also marks the launch of the pre-order for the band’s upcoming EP of the same name, set for release on 23rd October.

Stream/Pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/gettheshot

‘Crucifixion Depiction’ pushes the band’s forward while channeling one of the most difficult experiences we face as human beings: losing something that once gave our lives direction and meaning. Built on crushing riffs, merciless grooves and sheer physical intensity, the song turns grief into something violent, visceral and painfully tangible.

Rather than focusing solely on the death of another person, ‘Crucifixion Depiction’ explores another form of mourning, the moment a future you fought for collapses in front of you and you are forced to grieve the person you thought you would become. Lines such as “I’m losing everything / Is this the end of me?” capture the desperation at the heart of the track, while its imagery grows increasingly brutal as shattered ambition becomes a symbolic execution.

Musically, Get The Shot translate that inner conflict into pure hardcore violence. Punishing rhythms, suffocating heaviness and explosive vocal delivery collide in a track designed to hit with both emotional and physical impact. The stark “Nails. Hammer. Cross.” refrain reduces the song’s central metaphor to three brutal images before its final moments turn sacrifice, self-destruction and liberation against one another.

Catch the band live: 
​29.10.2026 I La Rayonne (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Lyon (FR)
30.10.2026 I L’Alhambra (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Paris (FR)
31.10.2026 I Corefest I Göppingen (DE)
01.11.2026 I Kulttempel I Oberhausen (DE)
02.11.2026 I Les 4 Écluses I Dunkerque (FR)
03.11.2026 I Kavka I Antwerpen (BE)
04.11.2026 I Naumanns I Leipzig (DE)
05.11.2026 I Cafe Central I Weinheim (DE)
06.11.2026 I Monkeys I Hamburg (DE)
07.11.2026 I Belvedere I Namur (BE)
08.11.2026 I La Laiterie (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Strasbourg (FR)
09.11.2026 I 007 Strahov I Prague (CZ)
10.11.2026 I Cassiopeia I Berlin (DE)
11.11.2026 I 2Progi (w/ Nasty, Crawlspace, Pintglass) I Poznan (PL)
12.11.2026 I Pink Whale I Bratislava (SK)
14.11.2026 I Sunset Bar I Martigny (CH)
15.11.2026 I Ebulition I Bulle (CH)

Get The Shot online:
https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc
https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc
https://www.tiktok.com/@gettheshot666