SUBMASQ, formerly known as Subterranean Masquerade, today unveils their cover of Rammstein’s “Mutter,” through an exclusive video premiere hosted by MetalSucks, celebrating their Oedipus EP, out today.
After 25 years of musical exploration and boundary-pushing creativity, long-running Israeli progressive/alt metal outfit Subterranean Masquerade begins a bold new chapter having officially changed its name to SUBMASQ. By shortening its name to SUBMASQ, the band marks an evolution that reflects both its legacy and its future.
While SUBMASQ continues to complete their impending new album – the follow-up to their acclaimed Mountain Fever LP, released in 2021 via The Lasers Edge Group’s metal label Sensory Records – this week the band unveils their first release with the truncated moniker: A new cover EP titled Oedipus. The EP features three reimagined songs, all revolving around the shared theme of mothers, including Danzig’s “Mother,” Rammstein’s “Mutter,” and Genesis’ “Mama.” Produced and rearranged by the band, Oedipus was mixed and mastered by Arie Aranovich.
SUBMASQ nowpresents their Rammstein cover, the song here delivered in their native Yiddish tongue and delivered through a bizarre video directed by Yalon Schori.
Vocalist Vidi Dolev reveals, “Together with a poet specializing in Yiddish, my grandmother’s tongue, we recreated the song as ‘Mame,’ exploring the space between the Yiddishkeit image of the ‘Jewish mother’ and a possible transgressive subtext. The result is a respectful, concept-driven reinterpretation rather than just a cover.
“We also produced a low-budget music video for the piece… While modest in production, we hope it reflects a spirit and intensity inspired by Rammstein’s work.”
MetalSucks writes, “As you can hear in the cover below, ‘Mutter’ is transformed from a melancholy, yet epic song of loss and maternal betrayal to a more bizarre take on the song. Translated into Yiddish, the song somehow feels more downtrodden, more pained in its delivery. And while it definitely starts off slow and demure at first, there definitely comes a point where the more metal arrangement bursts in. It gets louder, more accusatory at times.”
Watch SUBMASQ’s video covering Rammstein’s “Mutter” first through MetalSucks RIGHT HERE.
Oedipus will be released on all digital platforms this Friday, February 13th. Preorders are up at Bandcamp HERE. If you missed it, watch the lyric video for SUBMASQ’s cover of Danzig’s “Mother” HERE.
With the new name comes a new professional chapter as well. SUBMASQ has signed with Nick Grima Management and is preparing to announce extensive European touring throughout 2026 and 2027.
SUBMASQ carries the spirit of Subterranean Masquerade into the future—refined, reenergized, and focused on what comes next. Watch for further developments to be announced shortly.
UK technical death metal stalwarts INGESTED will release their Denigration full-length on May 8th via Metal Blade Records.
For nearly two decades, Manchester’s INGESTED has stood as one of the UK’s most uncompromising forces in extreme metal. Champions of a sound that fuses precision brutality with increasingly dynamic songwriting, they’ve evolved from underground slam pioneers into a globally recognized, forward-driving powerhouse. With Denigration, the band begins a bold new chapter, one defined by reinvention, sharpened purpose and the arrival of a new voice at the helm.
At the core of this evolution remains founding members Sean Hynes (guitars, backing vocals) and Lyn Jeffs (drums), the creative backbone whose vision, chemistry, and relentless drive have powered Ingested since day one. They are joined by vocalist Josh Davies, guitarist/vocalist Andrew Virrueta, and bassist Thomas O’Malley, completing a lineup that delivers the band’s most dynamic and commanding work to date.
Produced by Nico Beninato at The Arch Studios in Southport, UK, Denigration captures INGESTED at their sharpest and most forward-thinking. The album’s visual identity is equally striking, featuring artwork by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design, whose detailed, eerie imagery reflects the record’s thematic depth and ferocious tone.
Further amplifying its scope and intensity, Denigration includes standout collaborations such as “Merciless Reflection” (featuring Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh) and “Watch You Fold” (featuring John Gallagher of Dying Fetus), along with additional contributions from Skyler Conder (Cell) and Kyle Medina (Bodysnatcher).
Lyrically and sonically, Denigration is a reckoning. The album is about being ground down to your smallest, ugliest version and deciding whether to give in to or weaponize it. The result is a body of work that hits harder, cuts deeper, and showcases a band unafraid to evolve while honoring the relentless extremity that forged their name. The band comments, “Musically, it’s us pulling every thread we’ve laid down over the years, slam, groove, melody, blackened dissonance, and twisting it into something that feels like a definitive statement rather than a reset. This is the sound of being dragged through the dirt and refusing to stay there.“
Of the album’s lead single, “Merciless Reflection,” the band further elaborates, “‘Merciless Reflection’ lives inside the worst room in your head. The lyrics are a spiral of intrusive thoughts, religious disillusion, and self-loathing, that feeling of turning over the same ‘barbaric cycles’ until you don’t know if you’re chasing salvation or just feeding the disease. Faith is no comfort here; it’s another blade. The narrator is banished, molded into ‘nothing but a big mistake,’ picking through the wreckage of belief and realizing redemption was never guaranteed in the first place.
“Musically, this is a deliberate love letter to the era that formed us: straight-up, no-bullshit slam. It’s primitive in all the right way, knuckle-dragging riffs, caveman groove, sections built for bodies hitting the floor, but framed with the tightness and production we’ve grown into. Bringing in D from PeelingFlesh to deliver those disgusting, gurgling vocals was about honoring the sound we grew up on and planting our flag in it now. If you’ve ever wanted that old INGESTED ugliness back, this is us saying we never lost it, we just learned how to aim it.”
Denigration Track Listing; 01. Dragged Apart (feat. Skyler Conder of Cell) 02. Merciless Reflection (feat. Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh) 03. Watch You Fold (feat. John Gallagher of Dying Fetus) 04. Stitch by Stitch 05. We Are All Inherently Evil 06. Dredge the Dark (feat. Kyle Medina or Bodysnatcher) 07. Oaths Betrayed 08. Beaten Beyond the Veil 09. Steel Toe Truth 10. Cold Sun
INGESTED entered their new era with significant touring momentum. The band closed out 2025 with a crushing headlining run across the United States alongside Distant, Ov Sulfur, Cell, and Crucifiction, reaffirming their status as one of extreme metal’s most powerful live acts. To set the stage for Denigration, they will tour Europe with Bodysnatcher, Psycho-Frame, and Big Ass Truck. Upon the album’s release, INGESTED will return to the US as part of the Chaos & Carnage Tour alongside Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, Gates To Hell, and Bodybox. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
INGESTED Live Co-Headlining w/ Bodysnatcher + Psycho-Frame, Big Ass Truck: 3/04/2026 Engine Rooms – Southampton, UK 3/05/2026 The Fleece – Bristol, UK 3/06/2026 Club Academy – Manchester, UK 3/07/2026 Slay – Glasgow, UK 3/09/2026 Limelight 2 – Belfast, UK 3/10/2026 Whelans – Dublin, IE 3/11/2026 The Key Club – Leeds, UK 3/12/2026 Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK 3/13/2026 Asylum – Birmingham, UK 3/14/2026 The Depo – Plymouth, UK 3/15/2026 The Garage – London, UK
Direct support to Bodysnatcher w/ Psycho-Frame, Big Ass Truck: 3/17/2026 Hole44 – Berlin, DE 3/18/2026 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK 3/19/2026 Logo – Hamburg, DE 3/20/2026 Faust – Hannover, DE 3/21/2026 Rock Cafe – Prague, CZ 3/22/2026 Hydrozagadka – Warsaw, PL 3/24/2026 Szene – Vienna, AT 3/25/2026 Backstage – Munich, DE 3/26/2026 KiFF – Aarau, CH 3/27/2026 Dynamo – Eindhoven, NL 3/28/2026 Matrix -Bochum, DE 3/29/2026 Trix Club – Antwerp, BE
INGESTED: Chaos & Carnage Tour w/ Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, Gates To Hell, Bodybox: 5/02/2026 The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ 5/03/2026 El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM 5/05/2026 Vibes Event Center – San Antonio, TX 5/06/2026 House Of Blues – Houston, TX 5/08/2026 Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN 5/12/2026 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC 5/13/2026 Nevermore Hall – Baltimore, MD 5/15/2026 Reverb – Reading, PA 5/17/2026 The Brooklyn Monarch – Brooklyn, NY 5/19/2026 Ramova Theatre – Chicago, IL 5/20/2026 Val Air Ballroom – Des Moines, IA 5/22/2026 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO 5/23/2026 The Rockwell – Salt Lake City, UT 5/24/2026 Treefort Music Hall – Boise, ID 5/26/2026 Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA 5/27/2026 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR 5/29/2026 UC Theatre – Berkeley, CA 5/30/2026 The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA 5/31/2026 House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
INGESTED: Josh Davies – vocals Sean Hynes – guitars, backing vocals Andrew Virrueta – guitar, backing vocals Thomas O’Malley – bass Lyn Jeffs – drums
Volcano Records & Promotion is proud to announce the release on all digital platforms of “Carnivore Carnival”, the debut single by M.A.G.O. (My Absolute Greatest Obsession).
Formed in California in 2025 and currently based in Rome, M.A.G.O. operate within a sonic territory where hard rock, dark metal, and witchy atmospheres coexist in a magnetic and unsettling balance. “Carnivore Carnival” is a direct and hypnotic track, built on crushing riffs and a relentless groove that leads the listener into a ritualistic and primal dimension.
The project originates from the vision of songwriter Fabian Vestod, who handled vocals, guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards, shaping a compact sound with a strong and unmistakable identity. M.A.G.O. draw their roots from influences such as Black Sabbath, Danzig, and Dead Kennedys, reinterpreted through a dark aesthetic inspired by traditional Italian witchcraft—an element that also defines their powerful stage presence and live performance approach.
The band conceives the stage as a ritual space, where music and imagery merge into an intense and immersive experience. “Carnivore Carnival” anticipates the release of “Hail The Dead”, an album recorded at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, and marks the official beginning of a journey that M.A.G.O. are ready to share with an international audience. The official video for the track is available on YouTube, vividly bringing to life the band’s dark and spellbinding imagery with intensity and symbolic power.
With “Det Sidste Nådeskys”, VANSIND deliver a dark and cinematic folk metal song and video steeped in loss, sacrifice, and inevitable reckoning, kicking off the promotion for their upcoming studio album, “Hævnen”. “Det Sidste Nådeskys” tells the tale of a Danish horde of plunderers taking advantage of the Swedish Kings absence, setting sail towards Svealand. But the women left behind will not tolerate the invasion, and are planning a cunning defence of their land. Who will end victorious? Strength alone will never decide the outcome.
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Vansind is based in Slagelse, Denmark, and was formed in the summer of 2019 as a folk-inspired metal band. All Vansind members’ musical background is vastly different, but they have a shared love for the music and a determination to add something special to the Danish folk metal scene.
Vansind’s upcoming studio album “Hævnen”, successor to “Mørket”, will be released on May, 1st, 2026.
Lineup: J. Asgaard – male vocals Line Burglin – female vocals Rikke Klint Johansen – keyboard, tin whistle, bagpipe Kirk Backarach – guitar Nikolaj Madsen – guitar James Atkin – bass Danni Lyse Jelsgaard – drums
BLACK OAK COUNTY recently announced their new, upcoming album “Misprint”. Now it’s time to know “Kill The Pain”, the first single and official video from the record, which opens “Misprint” with full force. One of the heaviest tracks the band have written to date, it blends crushing riffs, groove-heavy production and an explosive chorus with a confrontational lyrical core. Written as a wake-up call, the song addresses growing division, violence and dehumanisation – and the damage done when those realities are ignored.
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With “Misprint”, Danish hard rock outfit Black Oak County deliver their most focused, aggressive and emotionally charged album to date. Releasing April 10th, 2026 via Mighty Music, the band’s fourth full-length is a confrontational, hook-driven hard rock record shaped by years of personal pressure, unrest, and hard-earned clarity – as well as celebrating some of the band’s greatest professional and personal victories.
Following the award-winning “III” (2024), “Misprint” finds Black Oak County pushing both ends of their sound – heavier, more melodic, and more direct than ever – without losing the no-nonsense hard rock core that has earned them a strong live reputation across Denmark and beyond.
The album’s title reflects a central feeling running through the record: the sense of being off, wrong, or out of place, and the damage done when those feelings are left unspoken. While much of “Misprint” carries a dark emotional weight, it’s balanced by moments of resolve, love, defiance and release. This is not a record about wallowing, but about confrontation.
The first single/video, “Kill The Pain”, opens the album with its heaviest statement. Driven by crushing riffs, groove-heavy production and an explosive chorus, the song functions as both a wake-up call and a release valve. Lyrically, it confronts the growing division, violence and dehumanisation dominating modern society. At its core, “Kill The Pain” is about facing what’s broken, rather than ignoring it, and choosing action over apathy. Written during a period marked by both global unrest and personal crisis, the song ultimately lands as a call to stand together and fight back against despair – in whatever form it takes.
“Misprint” was once again co-written, produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Nicklas Sonne (Defecto, Danish Eurovision Preliminaries). The result is a bold, modern hard rock album that blends aggression, melody and layered instrumentation – including subtle synth elements – while keeping the songs immediate, physical and built for the stage.
Black Oak County have steadily built momentum through relentless touring and releases, earning Årets Single (Single of the Year) for “Save Your Breath” at Den Hårde Tone 2024 and Årets Rock Single (Rock Single of the Year) for “Boom Boom Baby” at the Danish Alternative Music Awards 2025. Known for their high-energy live shows, the band will support “Misprint” with their most ambitious touring cycle yet, including their first full German headline run.
“Misprint” will be released on LP (gatefold, splatter orange vinyl, limited to 500 copies), digipack CD and digital formats on 10.04.2026, via Mighty Musi
Lineup: Niels Beier – guitar, vocals René Kristensen – bass, vocals Jack Svendsen – guitar Mike Svendsen – drums
EVERGREY, Gothenburg’s masterminds of melancholia, offer up another outburst of beautiful darkness and turn their inner fire into something unstoppable: their intense fifteenth album, Architects Of A New Weave, will be released on June 5, 2026 via Napalm Records, just days before the band takes the stage as special guest to the undisputed kings of heavy metal, Iron Maiden, for two shows on their Run For Your Lives World Tour.
This is the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed: a plunge into thinning air, burning worlds, and lingering guilt—only to break free with fierce momentum. The album refuses to wallow. It ascends—fast, heavy, and cinematic. But it refuses to hide in the dark. It rises: quick, fierce, and utterly transformative.
Stay tuned for new music coming soon!
Tom Englund about Architects Of A New Weave: “We’ve literally never had this much trouble picking singles. And honestly? That’s the best problem we could possibly have. Every song on this record is fighting to be the one you hear first—because we poured everything into making an album we’re flat-out obsessed with. Like always there are no fillers, no compromises, just twelve tracks we’re stupidly proud of and will be for the rest of our lives. Pre-order the album now and join the weave!”
Dive into Architects Of A New Weave’s standout tracks like “The World is on Fire”, “Leaving The Emptiness”, “Heaven”, and “The Prophecy”, and the breathtaking title anthem “Architects Of The New Weave”. Their choruses break through like sunlight piercing storm clouds: enormous, cinematic melodies that pull you upward, riffs with genuine weight and bite, and vocals dripping with raw, unflinching truth. In one breath, you’re shouldering buried longing; in the next, you’re weightless, fearless, endless. Scars transform into badges of survival, fractures fuel reinvention. In the second half of the album, fellow Gothenburg icon Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver, Cemetery Skyline) joins Tom S. Englund in vocal duties for “A Burning Flame”, the voices of the two scene legends intertwined compellingly. Architects Of A New Weave was produced by Tom S. Englund and Vikram Shankar, with a stellar mix by Adam “Nolly” Getgood.
Among other exclusive formats, Architects Of A New Weave comes with a bonus album, containing bonus tracks “Heights” and “One Heart”, as well as an album mix of the previously released standalone single “OXYGEN!” (2025). Additionally, it features a demo version of “Longing”, instrumental tracks of “Leaving The Emptiness”, both new songs, as well as a live version of “Falling From The Sun”, the hit single off the previous record, Theories of Emptiness (2024) and continuation of “Ominous” off of A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) (2022).
Architects Of A New Weave tracklist:
Welcome To The Pattern
The Shadow Self
Architects Of The New Weave
The World Is On Fire
Heaven
The Script
Leaving The Emptiness
Longing
A Burning Flame
Call Off Your Lions
Chains Of Shame
The Prophecy
Chaos doesn’t claim victory—you do. You step forward as the weaver, rethreading belief, identity, connection, and the very shape of tomorrow into something stronger, brighter, unbreakable. This is melodic, progressive, dark metal at its most massive and intimate: heavy enough to shift mountains, anthemic enough to make you raise your fist and truly believe it. It carries one unshakable truth straight to your core: Nothing—not pain, not darkness, not any storm—gets to label you broken. You’re the power that gathers the fragments and forges real beauty from them. Dream weavers rising. Architects are stepping up to claim what comes next. If you’ve ever felt that inner tug—quiet or roaring—to rewrite your story on your own terms, with zero apologies and complete ownership, this is the soundtrack that turns the urge into certainty. Your battle cry. Your hymn for renewal, creation, and finally stepping into the person you’re destined to be. Whether it launches EVERGREY’s boldest era yet, stands as a fierce standalone declaration, or serves as the pivotal bridge chapter that redefines their path, Architects Of A New Weave is pure cinematic motivation—ready to charge your playlist and propel your momentum forward. It’s as though EVERGREY don’t merely survive adversity—they rise and expand because of it. Every challenge, every setback, every wound seems to become the very oxygen that fuels their music. The darker the storm that once threatened to break them, the more powerfully each note draws breath from that same pain, transforming what hurt them yesterday into the soaring, living heart of their songs today. Architects Of A New Weave seals it: we are no longer victims of the night, but creators of new skies, new beliefs, and entirely new heavens. Grab it now. Let it arm you. This isn’t just an album – it’s the sound of you seizing control and building what’s next.
EVERGREY LIVE 2026
Australian Tour 28.04.26 AU – Perth / The Rosemount 30.04.26 AU – Canberra / The Baso 01.05.26 AU – Sydney / Crowbar 02.05.26 AU – Melbourne / The Corner 03.05.26 AU – Brisbane / Crowbar
Additional Shows & Festivals 25.–26.04.26 BR – São Paulo / Bangers Open Air 08.05.26 AE – Dubai / P7 Arena, Media One Hotel 03.–06.06.26 SE – Norje / Sweden Rock Festival 04.–07.06.26 PL – Gdańsk / Mystic Festival 10.06.26 NL – Amsterdam / (with Iron Maiden) 12.06.26 NL – Uden / De Pul 13.06.26 NL – Zoetermeer / Boerderij 22.06.26 FR – Paris / (with Iron Maiden) 27.06.26 RO – Chimbay / Rockstadt Extreme Fest 11.09.26 US – Atlanta, GA / Headlining Progpower USA
Freedom World Crusade As Special Guest to HammerFall 13.09.26 US – Leesburg, VA 15.09.26 US – New York, NY 16.09.26 US – Worcester, MA 18.09.26 US – Derry, NH 19.09.26 CA – Ottawa, ON 20.09.26 CA – Montreal, QC 22.09.26 CA – Toronto, ON 23.09.26 US – Lakewood, OH 24.09.26 US – Columbus, OH 25.09.26 US – St. Charles, IL 26.09.26 US – Hobart, IN 27.09.26 US – Green Bay, WI 29.09.26 US – Denver, CO 01.10.26 US – Pomona, CA 02.10.26 US – Los Angeles, CA 03.10.26 US – San Juan Capistrano, CA 06.10.26 US – Portland, OR 07.10.26 CA – Vancouver, BC 08.10.26 US – Seattle, WA
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