Deko Entertainment is proud to announce the release of Trapeze, the self-titled debut album from legendary British rock band Trapeze, arriving this October on 180-gram blue vinyl and limited to just 500 copies worldwide.
Originally released in 1970 and produced by John Lodge of The Moody Blues, Trapeze captured the band’s early psychedelic and progressive rock sound before they evolved into the hard-rock powerhouse that would go on to influence generations of musicians.
Formed in 1969, Trapeze originally featured former The Montanas members John Jones (trumpet, vocals) and Terry Rowley (keyboards), alongside former Finders Keepers members Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals, piano), Mel Galley (guitar, vocals), and Dave Holland (drums). Following the release of their debut album, Jones and Rowley departed the group, leaving Hughes, Galley, and Holland to continue as a trio.
The band’s legacy extends far beyond this groundbreaking debut. Glenn Hughes would go on to join Deep Purple and later be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the legendary group. Mel Galley would become a member of Whitesnake, while Dave Holland would achieve international success with Judas Priest.
Fans can listen to the original version of “Send Me No More Letters” here:
Making this release even more special, Trapeze has not been available on vinyl since its original 1970 pressing. This newly remastered edition is presented on 180-gram blue vinyl and includes a beautifully designed inner sleeve, with only 500 copies being pressed worldwide.
It’s Only a Dream The Giant’s Dead Hoorah! Over Nancy Gray Fairytale / Verily Verily / Fairytale It’s My Life Am I Suicide Wings Another Day Send Me No More Letters It’s Only a Dream (Reprise)
Italian melodic death doom masters SHORES OF NULL unveil “Son of the Tide”, the second preview from their forthcoming album “Homesick”, due out on October 16, 2026 via Dusktone.
The new track further explores the band’s singular balance between towering heaviness and profound emotional depth, weaving mournful melodies and a subtle sense of tension into a richly layered composition.
With their new album “Homesick”, SHORES OF NULL continue to broaden the expressive range of their sound, moving beyond genre boundaries while preserving the melancholic intensity and refined songwriting that have become the hallmark of one of the most distinctive voices in today’s melodic death doom landscape.
“‘Son Of The Tide’ immediately stood out as one of the most powerful and dramatic songs on the album. The contrast between the crushing, growl-driven verses and the huge, soaring chorus perfectly captures the emotional tension at the heart of the track. Lyrically, the song explores themes of solitude, fate and belonging through imagery deeply connected to the sea, an element that has always fascinated us and found its way into our music in different forms over the years. The protagonist inhabits a place he didn’t choose but inherited, while the tide becomes a metaphor for his journey through life: a force that constantly pushes and pulls, confronting him with fear, acceptance, anguish and peace in equal measure. Loneliness is a companion throughout the song, but never a permanent condition. The waves, the wind and the moon all suggest a cycle that endlessly repeats itself, reminding us that life moves in rhythms larger than ourselves. In this personal odyssey, the protagonist eventually stops fighting the tide and learns to move with it instead, finding a fragile sense of peace in the inevitability of his own destiny. The song is accompanied by a lyric video illustrated by our longtime friend Davide Mancini, aka Dartworks, who also designed the Shores Of Null logo back in the day, and brought to life through the animation work of Davide Billia”.
Following the acclaimed “The Loss Of Beauty”, SHORES OF NULL continue to expand their emotional and sonic universe with a record that combines their trademark melancholy with a renewed sense of identity and purpose. “Homesick” represents the band at their most mature, featuring ten songs where every composition carries its own unique character, supported by refined arrangements, streamlined structures and a wealth of subtle details waiting to reveal themselves over repeated listens.
The album features the best production in the history of SHORES OF NULL, giving the band’s music an unprecedented level of depth and impact. The clarity and power of the sound enhance the contrast at the core of their style: music that can be deeply melancholic and decadent, yet capable of delivering moments of energy, intensity and emotional elevation. “Homesick” is a testament to a band that has fully consolidated its position within the melodic death doom scene while continuing to evolve.
Frontman Davide Straccione comments: “Those who have followed Shores Of Null from the very beginning know that our influences touch many genres, but I think those who loved ‘The Loss Of Beauty’ won’t be disappointed. I think ‘Homesick’ brings something fresh to the band, without compromising our sound. So I truly hope it will be well received by those who already love Shores Of Null and by potentially new fans.”
Conceived as a complete listening experience rather than a simple collection of individual songs, “Homesick” moves through a wide range of emotional states: longing, loss, anger, vulnerability and the search for a place to belong. Each track offers its own identity and emotional weight, but the full picture only emerges when the album is experienced from beginning to end.
“I think ‘Homesick’ is meant to be experienced as a whole rather than as a collection of separate songs. It is a record that moves through different emotional states and explores feelings that are deeply personal but also universal,” explains Straccione. “We wanted it to feel immersive, with songs that can hit hard in the moment but also reveal more of themselves over repeated listens.”
The album’s lyrical themes revolve around nostalgia, absence and the many meanings attached to the concept of “home”. For Straccione, home is not simply a physical place, but something far more complex: a memory, a person, a wound, or even a version of ourselves that no longer exists.
“I’m fascinated by themes such as nostalgia, loss, belonging, and the ways in which the past continues to shape who we are. Sometimes inspiration simply comes from observing the world around me. Other times it starts with a question I can’t answer, and writing becomes a way to explore it. With ‘Homesick’, I found myself reflecting on the idea of ‘home’ as something much deeper than a place. Many of the lyrics revolve around that tension between longing and pain, between the desire to return and the fear of what might still be waiting for us there.”
The ten songs featured on “Homesick” were selected from a wider pool of ideas developed during the writing process. SHORES OF NULL allowed the material to evolve naturally, reshaping and reworking songs whenever necessary in order to create the strongest and most cohesive album possible. Producer Marco “Cinghio” Mastrobuono played a crucial role in pushing the band’s vision further, guiding the pre-production process and helping refine every detail.
“For both this album and our previous split, ‘Latitudes Of Sorrow’, we made a conscious decision to devote more time to pre-production with Marco ‘Cinghio’ Mastrobuono. Having someone involved who knows our sound so deeply gave us a valuable outside perspective and led to ideas, details and solutions we might not have reached on our own.”
Recorded at Bloom Recording Studios after an extensive pre-production phase, “Homesick” also features two special guest appearances: Natalie Koskinen of Shape Of Despair on “The Numbing Void”, and Shaun MacGowan of My Dying Bride, whose violin can be heard on “Dreaming Of A Scar” and “The Numbing Void”.
The vinyl edition will include a short intro created specifically for the format, designed to enhance the Side A / Side B listening experience without altering the essence of the album.
With “Homesick”, SHORES OF NULL deliver one of the strongest statements of their career: a deeply emotional, carefully crafted and immersive record that confirms their place among the leading forces of melodic death doom.
For fans of: Paradise Lost, Amorphis, Swallow The Sun, Katatonia, Borknagar
Tracklist:
01. Allies Before Defeat 02. Two Mountains 03. Bleed to Life 04. Homesick 05. Son of the Tide 06. Dreaming of a Scar 07. Society Is the Murderer 08. The Numbing Void 09. Another Breath 10. Disappear
Dutch heavy rock trio THE MACHINE has unveiled “Drop/See,” the first single from their upcoming studio album, Another Sun. Arriving alongside an official music video, the track marks the band’s first new material from the record and offers an electrifying glimpse into the next chapter of their ever-evolving sound.
Another Sun is available for preorder now, and will be released on October 2nd via Blues Funeral Recordings (UK and North America), and Awe Records in cooperation with Stickman Records for Europe.
The new single and album opening track, “Drop/See”, is out now on all digital streaming platforms: https://lnkfi.re/dropsee
For the better part of two decades, THE MACHINE have carved out a reputation as one of the most genre-defying acts to emerge from the European underground. Doused in space and soaked in riffs, the power trio of David Eering (guitar/vocals), Chris Both (bass) and Klaas Dijkstra (drums) has continually redefined its sound, balancing a deep-rooted love for stoner rock with excursions into heavy psych, progressive rock, doom, ’90s alternative and expansive space rock. As one of the frontrunners of Europe’s second wave of stoner and heavy psych, the band established an early landmark with the now cult-classic Solar Corona before continuing to evolve with every release that followed.
Recorded in the fall of 2025 at Evolver Studio, Eering’s newly built recording facility in Dordrecht, Another Sun captures what is arguably the strongest incarnation of THE MACHINE to date. Intricate in groove and rich in dynamic songwriting, the album digs deeper into classic heavy-toned songcraft while leaving ample room for the free-flowing jams that have always been central to the band’s identity. Rather than reinventing themselves, THE MACHINE sharpen their unmistakable sonic fingerprint, reconnecting with the freeform spirit of their early work through a modern lens. They took their time to mature, only to return stronger, heavier and more inspired than ever.
“Another Sun is an important milestone to me personally, after a couple of years with (apparent) reduced activity of the band – it‘s the first record with this great lineup and the first one that I recorded at my own place Evolver Studio,“ David Eering comments. “Without the intention to do so, I think we managed to honor a more old school The Machine vibe while also stepping into the future. Can’t wait for this one to be released and to play shows in support of it.”
Already announced with a surprise full-album performance at this year’s Roadburn Festival, Another Sun signals the beginning of a new chapter for THE MACHINE. After nearly two decades as one of Europe’s most consistently adventurous heavy rock bands, the trio now steps onto a broader international stage, reaffirming their place alongside legendary Dutch acts like 35007, Beaver and 7Zuma7, while finally bringing their expansive blend of stoner rock, heavy psych and space-driven grooves to a much wider audience.
Following the release of the triumphant debut single “Ashen World”—chosen as one of Metal Hammer’s best tracks of the week—KAMELOT reveals the second single from their forthcoming masterpiece, Dark Asylum, out August 28 via Napalm Records.
The grandiose “Godlike Alchemy” emerges larger than life with its soaring string arrangements accompanying frontman Tommy Karevik’s goosebump inducing wails. Dynamically expansive and rhythmically infectious, the band flawlessly oscillates between ornate and brutal, with Thomas Youngblood wielding some serious melodic firepower in the solo and breakdown department. Biblical atmosphere with an anthemic chorus, “Godlike Alchemy” sees KAMELOT firing from all cylinders.
Singer Tommy Karevik on “Godlike Alchemy”: “This song encapsulates the overarching theme of the Dark Asylum. What if you don’t need to look outside of yourself to find peace and happiness… What if you already possess the power you need to heal and create the reality you want to see? What if we are all magical, powerful beings with unlimited potential? It’s a mind boggling thought…”
Set within a shadowed Neo Victorian-era world, Dark Asylum invites listeners beyond the gates of RavenHill Asylum—an imposing institution once built as a grand cathedral, now repurposed into a place where science, faith, and madness uneasily coexist.
KAMELOT pushes further into cinematic and atmospheric territory on Dark Asylum, diving deeper into theatrical darkness while preserving the signature hooks that define their sound. Candlelight trembles along towering arches and cold stone corridors as you are greeted familiar spectres: Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet, Eluveitie’s Lea-Sophie Fischer, Visions of Atlantis’s Clémentine Delauney, Decessus frontwoman and current reigning Miss World Chile champion Ignacia Fernández, Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir and Sólveig Sara Leupold, and Billy King! Identity fractures, reality bends, and control slips into unseen hands, guiding its central figure through a descent into psychological darkness that ultimately leads toward transformation… and perhaps sanctuary. From the cinematic sweep of “Ashen World” to the introspective depth of “Sanctuary”, and the layered mystique of “Ivy, My Dear”, Dark Asylum unfolds as a fully immersive journey, blending orchestral grandeur, haunting melodies, and theatrical storytelling into one cohesive vision.
Will you find sanctuary? Or will you wander its halls for eternity?
Deepening the immersion of RavenHill, Dark Asylum will be released on a plethora of exciting platforms including standard gold, solid silver, and classic black vinyl editions, certified vinyl with the white label, white splatter, and blood filled variants, the latter of which are each paired with an official 24 page booklet! Multiple CD digipak available, with the 2 disc version including an instrumental version of the album, alongside cassette and digital options!
Dark Asylum Tracklisting: 1. Sanctorium 2. Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández) 3. Dark Asylum 4. Sanctuary (feat. Clémentine Delauney & Ignacia Fernández) 5. Nocte Veritas 6. One Last Masquerade (feat. Tobias Sammet) 7. Ivy, My Dear 8. Godlike Alchemy 9. The Sleeping Mind (Orphic Paradigm) 10. Kaleidoscope 11. Enigma (Think of Me) 12. Cassandra’s Disease 13. Beneath the Moon (Tunglið) (feat. Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir, Sólveig Sara Leupold, Lea-Sophie Fischer) 14. The Puppet King 15. Sanctum Requiem
Produced by Sascha Paeth and Kamelot – Mixed and Mastered by Jacob Hansen
Always committed to bringing their worlds beyond the studio, KAMELOT will take RavenHill Asylum on the road this fall with the immersive Dark Asylum World Tour, spanning North America and Europe. Once you step inside RavenHill… there is no turning back.
North America Pt. 1 w/ Visions of Atlantis & Frozen Crown 28.08.26 US – Orlando, FL / Hard Rock Live 29.08.26 US – Atlanta, GA / The Masquerade (Heaven) 31.08.26 US – Dallas, TX / The Studio at the Factory 02.09.26 US – Phoenix, AZ / The Van Buren 03.09.26 US – Las Vegas, NV / House of Blues 04.09.26 US – Anaheim, CA / House of Blues 05.09.26 US – San Francisco, CA / The Fillmore 07.09.26 CA – Vancouver, BC / Vogue Theatre 08.09.26 US – Seattle, WA / Neptune 10.09.26 US – Salt Lake City, UT / Rockwell at The Complex 11.09.26 US – Denver, CO / Summit Music Hall 12.09.26 US – Kansas City, MO / The Truman 14.09.26 US – Minneapolis, MN / First Avenue 15.09.26 US – Milwaukee, WI / The Rave 17.09.26 US – St. Charles, IL / The Arcada Theatre 18.09.26 US – Cleveland, OH / Globe Iron 19.09.26 CA – Toronto, ON / Phoenix Concert Theatre 20.09.26 CA – Montreal, QC / MTELUS 22.09.26 CA – Quebec City, QC / Theatre Capitole 24.09.26 US – Glenside, PA / Keswick Theatre 25.09.26 US – Worcester, MA / The Palladium 26.09.26 US – New York, NY / Palladium Times Square 27.09.26 US – Silver Spring, MD / The Fillmore Silver Spring
EUROPE Pt. 1 w/ Exit Eden & Temperance 01.11.26 UK – London / O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 03.11.26 UK – Manchester / O2 Ritz Manchester 05.11.26 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle 06.11.26 CH – Pratteln / Z7 Konzertfabrik 07.11.26 FR – Lyon / La Rayonne 08.11.26 DE – Stuttgart / LKA 10.11.26 PL – Krakow / Klub Studio 11.11.26 PL – Warsaw / Progresja 13.11.26 HR – Zagreb / Boogaloo 14.11.26 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra Red Stage 15.11.26 RS – Belgrade / Hangar 17.11.26 IT – Trezzo sull’Adda / Live Club 18.11.26 IT – Padova / Hall 20.11.26 FR – Toulouse / Metronum 21.11.26 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz 1 22.11.26 ES – Madrid / Sala La Riviera
JENNIFER SCREAM release “The Basement Tapes”, an exclusive three-track demo ahead of their upcoming new album.
Taken directly from the pre-production sessions recorded by Victor, Nick, Paro, and Steve, this release marks Victor’s final official release with the band before his departure from the lineup. The singer actively contributed to writing the songs, and his signature will also remain on the official album—recorded at Mario Riso’s Rocker Studio—which will feature two tracks co-written with him.
“The Basement Tapes” is available as a limited edition and can be downloaded for free until August 19 at the following link: http://paa.je/jenniferscream
When you’re making an album that offers a 21-gun salute to hard rock’s proud past, its history and its heart, it makes perfect sense to align with writers and producers who have played a key role in championing the music worldwide, and who continue to do so.
Highly fitting, therefore, that AIRBOURNE’s latest single, “Here She Comes,” out today, should and was co-written with Bryan Adams & Mutt Lange – names responsible for hundreds of millions of sales and for creating some of rock’s most revered and timeless releases, the likes of ‘Reckless’ and ‘Waking Up The Neighbours’ (global chart-toppers for Adams, the latter No. 1 in 11 different countries), and ‘Back In Black’ and ‘Hysteria’ (seminal albums produced by Lange for AC/DC and Def Leppard respectively, game-changers for the genre as a whole).
Add in the talents of producer Brian Howes (who helmed 2013’s ‘Black Dog Barking’ for AIRBOURNE), engineer Mike Fraser (who worked on 2010’s ‘No Guts. No Glory’ & 2016’s ‘Breakin’ Outta Hell’), mixing engineer Zakk Cervini (BMTH, Architects, Evanescence) and mastering legend Ted Jensen, and you have a track – Single 5 from the forthcoming self-titled studio album, out September 4th via Spinefarm –that manages to both box and charm the ears at the same time.
First there was do-or-die anthem ‘Gutsy’, then ‘Christmas Bonus’ (“Ho-ho-ho – let’s go!”), then ‘Alive After Death (Last Plane Out)’, officially No. 1 at German Rock Radio, and most recently ‘Kid In A Candy Store’, a rite-of-passage rocker in the spirit of AC/DC’s “Whole Lotta Rosie“; and now, blowing in hard on a festival-ready chorus and enough full-blooded ‘woahs’ to lift an arena roof or part the lower clouds, there’s ‘Here She Comes’, complete withguitar solo cranked high in the mix for maximum shoulder-straddling impact.
Lyrics like, “Here she comes, raising a hurricane, there she goes blowing my mind” might sound like they’re about one of vocalist/guitarist Joel O’Keeffe’s favourite subjects, women – which, to be fair, they are – but they also nod to the tropical storm that bore down on Music Farm Studio in Byron Bay, south-eastern Australia, as AIRBOURNE were recording, adding to a list of tribulations topped up by dangerous, potentially lethal wild-life and uncooperative vintage gear.
“It was like a hurricane came through,” recalls drummer Ryan O’Keeffe. “I remember screaming, ‘Get away from the windows!’ Streetie [bassist Justin Street] was sleeping in an old bus outside the studio, and a tree fell right next to it and almost crushed him!”
Adds brother Joel: “That’s how the song came about. It’s just out of this storm that blew in. Everyone was sitting there going, ‘Here she comes!’ Then we flipped it, and it became a bit of a double entendre. It’s so much fun.”
When AIRBOURNE – brothers Joel and Ryan O’Keeffe (vocals/guitar and drums, respectively), bassist Justin Street, and guitarist Brett Tyrrell – entered Music Farm Studio in southeastern Australia to record their new album, they effectively drew a line in the Byron Bay sand. The mission was clear: to create not only the greatest body of work in the AIRBOURNE canon (“Real blockbuster sh*t!,” to echo their own words), but to scale the highest possible peak – shirtless, naturally, in true AIRBOURNE style – in the name of hard rock; to break new ground, defend the territory won by the heroes who came before them, and strengthen and celebrate the sacred bond with rock fans around the world.
In short, go forth and GET GUTSY!
Ryan: “This record distils everything we stand for into one place. Everything we love. It’s the best album we could possibly have made.”
“Everything we are as a band, our heart and soul, is in this record,” confirms Joel.
‘Airbourne’ is The Album, the statement recording, that only one band could have created; for proud sons of Warrnambool, Joel and Ryan, it was all about stepping up to the mighty task, staunchly protecting their beliefs and keeping the vision alive – no compromise, no corners cut, still no ballads (or bullshit); and if that meant staring down deadly snakes and even deadlier super-sized spiders, then so be it. Bring it on, Big Boy!
‘Airbourne’. Made with passion. Made in Australia. The Great Barrier Riff.
AIRBOURNE Live: July 30 – Rockstadt Extreme Fest, Romania August 1 – Wacken Open Air, Germany August 4 – Tipos Arena, Slovakia August 7 – Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Germany August 8 – Rockowizna Festival, Poland August 10 – Forum Karlin, Czech Republic August 12 – Summer Breeze, Germany August 14 – Reload Festival, Germany August 16 – Motocultor Festival, France August 18 – Navarra Arena, Spain August 20 – Roig Arena, Spain August 22 – V And B Festival, France August 26 – Klub Studio, Poland August 29 – Helitehas, Estonia August 31 – Allas Sea Pool, Finland September 3 – Tivoli Grona Lund, Sweden September 5 – High Voltage Live, Norway
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
