Catalonia’s old school black metal emissary Burghâsh rises from the ashes of Burgûli to deliver a savage new chapter with their first official EP under the new moniker: La tríada dels idiotes, out on 29 August 2025, via Wormholedeath.
Forged in 2025 as the ideological successor to the decade-spanning entity Burgûli (est. 2012), Burghâsh is not a reinvention—it is a spiritual weapon sharpened through years of misanthropic creation. Seven releases under the Burgûli name carved their presence deep into the underground with raw sonics and caustic anti-theistic themes, culminating in a linguistic and conceptual turn toward their native Catalan.
Now, with La tríada dels idiotes, Tar-Mairon doubles down on the venom. Across three unrelenting tracks, Burghâsh launches a serrated critique of the so-called “holy trinity” of Abrahamic faiths. The EP is a hate-fueled triptych that drags sacred dogma into the dust and dissects it with contempt.
Grainy analog recording techniques give La tríada dels idiotes its corroded, tomb-cold texture—every riff a rusted blade, every howl an echo from a crumbling altar. The Catalan tongue becomes both cultural anchor and sonic dagger, delivering each word with historical resonance and irreligious fire.
Burghâsh emerges as the purified essence of what Burgûli once was—stripped of compromise, baptized in distortion, and focused entirely on confrontation. La tríada dels idiotes is not just an EP—it’s a spiritual autopsy, composed for those who see faith not as salvation, but as the oldest poison in the bloodstream of mankind.
tracklist: 1.- El parricida de Canaan (Abraham) 2.- El bastard de Natzaret (Jesucrist) 3.- El xarlatà de la Meca (Mahoma)
Prog-Rock supergroup DarWin announce the upcoming release of their new studio album, Distorted Mirror, on September 26 via OoS/Phantom Recordings.
Distorted Mirror is the follow up to last year’s hit release, Five Steps on the Sun, and picks up exactly where the last album left off, with original and creative rock songs that continue to break new ground. The album is a true journey, packed with intricate melodies, sledgehammer grooves and wall-to-wall virtuoso playing. The 8-track album should be listened to in its entirety, from the dramatic Instrumental opener “Rising Distortion,” where we sonically witness the rise of superintelligence, to the title track “Distorted Mirror” which marks some of the heaviest—and athletic—work of DarWin to date. The album closes with a multi-minute jam fest at the end of “Winter Fare,” with guitarist Greg Howe laying down some of his tastiest solo work to date, promising fans that the fun has just started and DarWin has a lot of gas left in the tank.
In June, DarWin released “Man vs. Machine” to a chorus of praise and accolades, reaching over 450,000 streams on YouTube within the first two weeks. Today, DarWin releases the next song from the album, “Loophole.” The multi-faceted “Loophole” is a jarring cautionary tale about “ancient conflicts rearing their ugly heads again.” Says DarWin, “I envisioned a young man having no choice but to take up arms, the emotional weight of such a decision.” The circular, acoustic guitar patterns underscore this notion of “history repeating,” and an ominous feel weaves its way throughout this stunning track that sees Andrew Freeman joining Matt Bissonette on vocals. Watch the lyric video for “Loophole” HERE.
The Distorted Mirror album tracklisting is as follows:
Rising Distortion
Distorted Mirror
Man vs. Machine*
33rd Century Man
Cry a River
Glow
Loophole*
Winter Fare
*Instant grat tracks available with digital purchase of the album
Pre-save / pre-add the album HERE Physical CD pre-order HERE
The Rock and Roll Channel on TalkShopLive will feature a dedicated one hour show with DarWin, Simon Phillips and band members live on Wednesday, September 10th. The show will touch on the development of the new album, include a track by track breakdown as well as the project’s history will be discussed in detail and will be available to view on demand after the livestream 24/7. TalkShopLive is offering DarWin fans the exclusive autographed CD available to purchase now. For more information click HERE.
DarWin is an ongoing musical exploration led by songwriter/guitarist DarWin and drumming legend Simon Phillips (Toto, Jeff Beck, The Who, Judas Priest, Tears for Fears). Since forming in 2015, the duo has collaborated with lead vocalist Matt Bissonette (Joe Satriani, Ringo Starr, Elton John) and has steadily established themselves as a truly original rock group. Bass sensation Mohini Dey (Steve Vai, Willow Smith, Guthrie Govan), joined the group in 2022, contributing her fiery power along with DarWin veteran and virtuoso guitarist Greg Howe (Michael Jackson, Protocol, Justin Timberlake) providing jaw-dropping performances. Joining up with a hall of fame of musicians over the years, including Derek Sherinian, Julian Pollack (J3PO), Jesse Siebenberg, Andy Timmons, Billy Sheehan, Guthrie Govan, and many more, the group seeks to celebrate a shared love for the arts of songwriting, album creation, musicianship and virtuosity. The result is something that must be experienced, and preferably at high volume.
The music of DarWin, which is co-produced by Simon Phillips and DarWin, has its own identity – nothing quite sounds like it; it seems to exist in its own orbit – and the second you think you’ve got the band figured out, they go somewhere fresh and new.
About DarWin
Since forming in 2015, the group has steadily established itself as a true original, issuing a series of studio albums that represent personal, visionary music making at its very best. The group got started when drumming and production legend Simon Phillips and DarWin started working on a few songs without any real plan, and the project just kept growing. Phillips’ career follows the arch of the evolution of modern-day rock music, with his vast credits including Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Big Country, Tears for Fears, the Chemical Brothers, Pete Townshend, and the Who. He was a member of Toto for nearly two decades, and in recent years he’s been leading his own Grammy-nominated jazz fusion outfit, Protocol. Goodness knows that’s just scratching the surface.
Next up is singer and co-writer Matt Bissonette. He’s worked with everyone from Elton John and Ringo Starr to Joe Satriani and Leon Russell. Those pipes are majestic and magical things, and when he opens up that golden throat, he doesn’t just sing – he lets you in on a feeling. In most settings, he doubles on bass, but in DarWin there’s the virtuoso sensation Mohini Dey. Born and raised in Mumbai, Dey has the kind of explosive talent that makes people like Steve Vai and Narada Michael Walden take notice. In DarWin, Dey helps drive the music in ways that are powerful and hypnotic, seismic and thrilling. The team is joined by veritable guitar monster Greg Howe – a six-string force of nature who, in addition to his own albums, has worked with a diverse group of artists that includes Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake and T. Pain. And those rapturous keyboards – this is Gershwin by way of Van Halen – could only come from Derek Sherinian, the go-to guy for Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo and Black Country Communion.
The band takes the name of guitarist, songwriter and all-around creative driver DarWin, an absurdly gifted musical visionary who wants the focus to stay on the delight of the listeners and fans, and definitely not about himself. Additional veteran players have lent their talents to DarWin including keyboardist Julian Pollack (J3PO), singer and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Seibenberg, legendary guitarist Andy Timmons, percussionist Lenny Castro, and singers Andrew Freeman and Chariya Bissonette.
DarWin Discography Five Steps On The Sun (2024) DarWin 3: Unplugged (2021) DarWin 2: A Frozen War (2020) Origin of Species (2018)
Spanish black metal band GJALLARHORN’S WRATH will release their haunting debut album “The Silver Key” on September 5th, 2025 via Non Serviam Records.
“The Silver Key” is a unique blend of melodic and aggressive riffing, with intense screams and infuriated drumming, creating a dark epic atmosphere. The album promises to be a monumental step in the band’s journey, further solidifying their place in the extreme metal world.
“The Silver Key” will be available as CD / vinyl / digital, and can be pre-ordered HERE:
GJALLARHORN’S WRATH have just offered a first taste from their upcoming album – the stunning single “Wiccan Wyrd”.
The band states: “We’re releasing the official video for Wiccan Wyrd, the first single from our upcoming album ‘The Silver Key’. The track delivers our signature mix of black metal with death metal influences and sets the tone for the album’s atmosphere and direction. We’re excited for the world to finally hear what we’ve been creating, this is just the beginning”.
The track listing for “The Silver Key” reads as follows:
1. At the Center of Infinity 2. Wiccan Wyrd 3. The Abysswalker 4. Mistletoe’s Secret 5. Fangs of Fate 6. Through the Gates of the Silver Key 7. Falcon of Darkness 8. With Souls Reborn 9. Pain Remains the Core of this World 10. A Silent Scream
Founded in Barcelona in 2023 by members of the black metal band OBLIVION, they draw inspiration from the classic and modern black metal and death metal scene.
GJALLARHORN’S WRATH is a black metal band rooted in the old-school sound, cold, aggressive, and atmospheric. Harsh, modern vocals inspired by death metal bring a heavier edge, creating a brutal mix of tradition and power.
As the Gjallarhorn sounds once more, a new era of musical exploration and passion unfolds. GJALLARHORN’S WRATH is here, and with them, a new chapter in the black metal saga begins.
GJALLARHORN’S WRATH are: Alex Caron – Vocals Arash – Rhythm and Lead Guitars Lord Ashler – Bass Javi Iron – Drums and Keyboards
Founded in 2000, Car Bomb celebrate their 25th year with the release of a new EP Tiles Whisper Dreams which will be out 1st August, 2025. Consisting of three new tracks, Tiles Whisper Dreams is the band’s first new music to be released since 2019’s Mordial album. The band have released the second track ‘Blindsides’ which is now streaming, below.
Car Bomb guitarist Greg comments on the video: “The idea behind the ‘Blindsides’ video was to create a vibe of montage or fake trailer for a fictitious 80s animated movie where the visuals match what is going on with the music. Some of the inspiration behind it was Akira, Aeon Flux, Studio Ghibli and David Lynch.”
About the track, Greg continues: “‘Blindsides’ is the most unique sounding song on Tiles Whisper Dreams and for me sounds most like the song I’ve been trying to write for the past 25 years: lots of heavy riffs made from unique guitar sounds played over tricky but groovy rhythms punctuated by moments of shoegaze bliss. It’s such a cliche but I really tried to take listeners on a journey with this one, and I can’t wait to see them take the ride when we play it live through a huge festival PA.“
In a genre built on shock and awe, it is tough to be shocking or awe-inspiring these days. With metal in its sixth decade, making an impact is an increasingly difficult feat. The ceiling is red with the blood of straight-line shredders futilely competing for the attention of desensitized ears.
Car Bomb is that rare metal band that have found a pathway through the ceiling – a wormhole, if you will – and have occupied a position of radical transcendence for a quarter-century now. In their 25 years of existence, the New York City-area quartet have been sculpting their own signature sound and cementing their identity as an outlier, above the fray, inspiring a legion of younger musicians in the process.
Car Bomb‘s sound is that of perpetual transformation: a spiraling flurry of rhythm and texture that congeals, fleetingly, into planet-pulverizing death-grooves and fragments of haunting melodies. Baffling rhythmic modulations and deep-space guitar effects appear to warp time completely. Disorientation is the rule, not the exception.
“Their psychotic turbo-thrash is disgustingly disorienting,” reads one Kerrang! review. “One relentless onslaught of time-chopping violence.“
A Stereogum review describes the style as “a rhythmically abstruse variety of extreme metal… hallucinatory time-stretching.“
Car Bomb guitarist Greg Kubacki puts it like this: “When someone asks me what we sound like, I always ask them ‘what’s the heaviest band you listen to?’ and then I say it’s either 10x, 100x, or 1,000x crazier than that, depending on their answer. We aspire to create our own style of heavy music by bending everything: the notes, time signatures, tempos, sonic quality of the guitars, etc. We’re always pushing and pulling everything, ripping ideas apart and then squashing them back together. And as a result our songs might sound chaotic at first, but as they progress the patterns, grooves, and motifs embedded inside all of the mangling and warping will reveal themselves and evolve in unexpected ways. Most people won’t get that deep into our stuff and will just hear a pile of noise, which is fine with us. We’re creating the kind of music we want to hear and that’s all we care about.”
Car Bomb will tour Europe and the UK in August, including dates with Gojira, Between the Buried and Me, and Imperial Triumphant.
Catch Car Bomb live: Aug 7 – Jaromer, CZ @ Brutal Assault Fest Aug 8 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia Aug 9 – Karlsruhe, DE @ P8 Aug 10 – Utrecht, NL @ Pandora * Aug 12 – Oberhausen, DE @ Turbinenhalle Δ Aug 14 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Beta Aug 15 – Bristol, UK @ ArcTanGent Fest Aug 16 – London, UK @ Oslo Aug 18 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega # Aug 19 – Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn # Aug 20 – Oslo, NO @ Goldie # Aug 21 – Aalborg, DK @ SH35 # Aug 22 – Kiel, DE @ Kieler Schaubude # Aug 23 – Haarlem, NL @ Complexity Fest #
*= Between the Buried and Me Δ= Gojira #= Imperial Triumphant
Line-up: Michael Dafferner – vocals Greg Kubacki – guitar Jon Modell – bass Elliot Hoffman – drums
ROCKHARZ 2025 is history. While the festival site is slowly being transformed back into an airfield, the anticipation for 2026 is already growing. The huge demand once again exceeded all expectations and underlines the festival’s firm place in the European metal scene. Thousands of fans have once again shown what makes the ROCKHARZ community so special: solidarity, passion, and the unbridled anticipation for four days of metal at the foot of the Harz Mountains.
But looking back on the 2025 festival days also fills the organizer with joy and gratitude: accompanied by the best possible weather, 25.000 fans celebrated to Heaven Shall Burn, King Diamond, Powerwolf, Saxon, In Extremo and many more at the peaceful, exciting festival with its unique atmosphere, where in addition eight civil wedding ceremonies were held this year.
The new arrival and traffic concept proved to be a great success, with the average waiting time being significantly reduced compared to previous years according to the guests’ feedback. On-site briefings were held at the camping areas with the support of a live drone stream for all law enforcement officers. Guests were able to revitalize themselves at around 45 food and drink stands as well as brace themselves against the heat with the help of over 85 fresh water taps; while behind the scenes, 600-700 helpers ensured a smooth and safe festival experience.
Another milestone this year, which is unique in the German festival landscape, was reached on a matter close to the hearts of the organizer, namely in the area of inclusion: Not only did the number of guests in the inclusion camp increase from 200 last year to 320 this year – once again proving ROCKHARZ’s extraordinary commitment in this area – the “ROCKHARZ Kompass” app was also successfully introduced. It uses turn-by-turn navigation to guide you, for example, from your own tent to stands or POIs on the site, and provides information such as the running order or prices of almost all the food stands. Originally intended as an app for people with visual impairments, it turned out to actually have a real additional value for all festival visitors.
The first highlights of ROCKHARZ 2026 (July 1 to 4, 2026) were announced while still on site – and, as always, they are impressive: HELLOWEEN, ALICE COOPER, EMPEROR, KNORKATOR, SUBWAY TO SALLY, AGNOSTIC FRONT, KATAKLYSM, BIOHAZARD, ANNISOKAY, DOMINUM, BETONTOD, FINNTROLL, SOULBOUND, EX DEO, GOTHMINISTER, MOTORJESUS, STAHLMANN, HAGGEFUGG, DIE HABENICHTSE and FINAL CRY will be there, among others.
With the release of their new single “Sierra,” out Friday, July 11th via Punkerton Records, folk-punk legends The Dreadnoughts deliver a haunting sea shanty soaked in longing, lore, and a hint of vengeance. The track is the second single from their upcoming full-length album Polka Pit, due out September 19th, and continues their tradition of masterfully blending folk storytelling with riotous punk energy.
“‘Sierra’ combines two of the greatest musical genres: the sea shanty and the murder ballad,” says vocalist Nicholas Smyth. “It’s a tale of a lovesick sailor who makes a very bad decision.”
The song’s rousing chorus and gritty narrative beg for pub-wide singalongs, making “Sierra” an instant classic in the band’s growing catalog of maritime punk anthems.
The Dreadnoughts—now based in New York but with deep roots in Vancouver—have spent nearly two decades fusing sea shanties, polkas, tarantellas, and street punk into their own explosive brand of folk-punk. Their upcoming album Polka Pit is a defiant celebration of resistance, tradition, and chaos—a soundtrack for the end of the world and the beginning of something new.
“Polka Pit is a tribute to the magic of punk rock and the power of traditional polka,” says Smyth.
Known for their electrifying live shows, the band will celebrate the album’s release with a blowout performance at Skully’s Music Diner in Columbus, OH on September 19. Tickets on sale now, here!
UPCOMING SHOWS:
Thu, Jul 24 – Connolly’s – New York, NY (“Sea Shanty Night”)
Thu, Aug 21 – Music Room @ Broken Goblet – Bensalem, PA (w/ Apes Of The State)
Fri, Aug 22 – The Met – Pawtucket, RI (w/ Apes Of The State, Consuelo’s Revenge)
Formed in 2006, The Dreadnoughts have performed in over 30 countries, earned a devoted global following, and released genre-defying albums like Polka’s Not Dead, Foreign Skies, Into the North, and Green Willow. Their high-energy shows and deep respect for traditional music have set them apart as true torchbearers of modern folk-punk.
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
