LINKWELLS to Release New Single ‘Can’t Chase Yesterday’ on 27th March

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LINKWELLS will release their rousing new single ‘Can’t Chase Yesterday’ on 27th March on Flip Flop Records. 

‘Can’t Chase Yesterday‘ is a vibrant anthem about living in the moment, celebrating the power of embracing the present rather than dwelling on the past. With uplifting melodies and reflective lyrics, the song encourages listeners to let go of what’s gone, celebrate today, and welcome new experiences with optimism, openness, and a sense of adventure toward the opportunities the future holds.  

Preorder here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/linkwells1/cant-chase-yesterday 

Hailing from the scenic town of Malvern, Linkwells are a four-piece indie-rock band gaining attention for their distinctive, melody driven sound. Blending experience with a shared passion for classic songwriting, their music combines the anthemic energy of Britpop with a modern indie edge, earning comparisons to The Stone Roses, Oasis, The Verve and Stereophonics.   

Fresh from signing to legendary producer Nick Brine’s  (Oasis, The Stone Roses, Bruce Springsteen) Flip Flop Records, the Malvern quartet continue to refine their sound while building serious momentum. With a strong run of releases planned over the coming months, the band are focused on expanding their recorded output and reaching new audiences.   

With six singles and an EP already under their belt, Linkwells have attracted listeners across England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Indonesia, Canada and the United States, reflecting their growing international appeal. Known for their high energy live performances, the band are quickly building a reputation for powerful, crowd-connecting shows. With exciting plans ahead, Linkwells are only just getting started, keep your ears tuned for what’s next.  

*BBC Introducing “An incredible band”  
*Maximum Volume Music “Band of the Day: Linkwells”  
*Eric Alper “Linkwells release melodic new anthem”  
*Wolfman Radio “Record of the week”   
*The New Music Show “Another great track!”   
*CHBN Radio “Loving this new song – very broody and beautiful”   
*CatorWeb Radio “Linkwells masterfully create songs that capture the essence of the human condition. Their lyrics strike a chord with listeners, imbued with genuine emotion, while their melodies are memorable and haunting.”  
*Banks Radio (Australia) “Amazing Track”  
*CVFM Radio “The next band to add to your playlists. Linkwells are from Malvern and are CLASS!”   *The Craig Bundy Show “Malvern’s finest!”  
*Alternative Twist Radio  “Love this!”

Keith Forde – Vocals, Guitars
Mike Bannister – Guitar
Andy D – Bass, Vocals
James Elliot-Williams – Drums

https://linktr.ee/linkwells
https://www.facebook.com/LinkwellsMalvern/
https://www.instagram.com/link_wells
https://x.com/linkwellsmusic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_-igf-_pOzMUcPmvhIp2g
https://linkwells.bandcamp.com/track/bring-on-the-summer

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Release Devastating New Track ‘The Wretch’

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No rest for the wicked. Since the release of their latest full-length, The Nothing That Is, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has remained in constant motion. Today, the band marks the kickoff of their massive US tour alongside headliners LAMB OF GOD by unleashing a brand-new standalone single: ‘The Wretch.’

Driven by relentless galloping riffs and punishing percussion, ‘The Wretch‘ features the band’s trademark earth-shattering breakdowns balanced by haunting, melodic layers in the chorus. It’s the definitive soundtrack for their return to the stage.

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY‘s Will Putney states, 

“True to our general nature, “The Wretch” is another relatively pessimistic and grim glimpse into our worldly outlook. In a time where nothing seems to be getting any better at home or abroad, we find there can always be a moment of comfort in the thought of burning it all down. We hope this song is that temporary oasis for you as well. Thank you for listening.”  

Stream/purchase ‘The Wretch‘: https://ffaa.bfan.link/the-wretch

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has confirmed the following North American tour dates. The trek includes a major run supporting Lamb Of God, alongside Kublai Khan TX and Sanguisugabogg, as well as several headlining performances:

03.19 CAN Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
03.20 CAN Toronto, ON @ Great Canadian Theatre
03.21 US  Lakewood, OH @ Mahalls*
03.22 US  Detroit, MI @ The Fox
03.24 US  Minneapolis, MN @ Armory
03.25 US  Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
03.27 US  Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
03.28 US  Salt Lake City, UT @ Union Event Center
03.30 US  Portland, OR @ Theater Of The Clouds
03.31 US  Seattle, WA @ Wamu
04.01 CAN Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum
04.03 US  San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
04.04 US  Inglewood, CA @ YouTube Ttheater
04.05 US  Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
04.07 US  Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
04.10 US  Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheatre
04.11 US  Irving, TX @ Toyota Music Factory
04.12 US  Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
04.14 US  Nashville, TN @ Municipal
04.15 US  Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
04.16 US  Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat
04.18 US  Reading, PA @ Santander
04.19 US  Virginia Beach, VA @ The Dome
04.21 US  Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks
04.22 US   Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit*
04.23 US  Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
04.25 US  Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
04.26 US  Boston, MA @ MGM Fenway 
* – Headlining dates

Worldwide Dates
MAY 20 PR  San Juan @ Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot 
JUL. 27-28 RO  Brașov @ Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2026 
JUL  31 DE  Wacken @ Wacken Open Air 2026
AUG 02 DE  Rostock @ Mau Club 
AUG 03 DE  Leipzig @ Haus Auensee 
AUG 04 DE  Berlin @ Metropol 
AUG  05-08  CZ  Jaroměř @ Brutal Assault 2026
AUG  05  PL  Warsaw @ Progresja 
AUG  07-09  FR  Cercoux @ Festival 666- 2026 
AUG  08-09  BE  Kortrijk @ 2026 Alcatraz Festival 2026 
AUG  11 DK  Frederiksberg @ KB Hallen 
AUG  12-15  DE  Wittelshofen @ Summer Breeze Open Air 2026 
AUG  12  DE  Wiesbaden @Schlachthof Wiesbaden 
AUG  13-15  DE  Sulingen @ 2026 Reload Festival 2026
AUG  16  FR  Carhaix-plouguer @ Motocultor Festival 2026 

For tickets, VIP packages, and full tour dates, visit: www.fitforanautopsy.co

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY released their seventh studio album The Nothing That Is in 2024, which featured the singles ‘Hostage‘, ‘Savior Of None / Ashes Of All‘, ‘Lower Purpose‘, and ‘Red Horizon‘. Stream/purchase The Nothing That Is at https://ffaa.bfan.link/the-nothing-that-is

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY’s acclaimed 2022 album On What the Future Holds was the band’s highest-charting release to date, becoming the first of their six full-lengths to reach the Top 25 of the Billboard 200. But while some musicians would take such an achievement as a cue to duplicate whatever worked last time, or maybe even tailor their sound to boost its commercial appeal, the band – vocalist Joe Badolato, guitarists Will Putney, Patrick Sheridan, and Tim Howley, bassist Peter Spinazola, and drummer Josean Orta – simply continued to evolve along their own path. The Nothing That Is, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY’s seventh and latest album (and third for Nuclear Blast), bears no sign whatsoever of commercial concession or rehashed past glories. Instead, the ten-song album finds the band exploring moodier textures and deeper emotions that add new power and dynamics to their already brutal and complex music, while also completely tuning out the ambient noise of passing musical trends and the expectations of the outside world. Produced by Putney at his Graphic Nature Audio studio in Kinnelon, New Jersey, The Nothing That Is is an album filled with anger, frustration, and crushing despair. Songs like ‘Hostage‘, ‘Red Horizon‘, ‘Lower Purpose‘, and the pummeling title track grapple with the horrors that the human race has unnecessarily inflicted upon the world, while the epic, introspective closer ‘The Silver Sun‘ reflects bitterly upon our uncertain future. Built to be listened to in its entirety in a single sitting, The Nothing That Is flows like the gripping soundtrack to a documentary film of our increasingly dystopian existence. A ringing wake-up call for humanity and a thoroughly intense listening experience, The Nothing That Is brims with both aggression and melody, it’s bracing music is delivered with the confidence of a band that has honed its skills and forged its sense of purpose through fifteen-plus years of all-out live shows. Sufficiently secure of their place in the metal firmament to let their music go wherever feels right for a particular song, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY have delivered what may well be the greatest album of their career.

GOREROTTED to Re-Issue 2000 Album “Mutilated In Minutes” on 22nd May

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Death/Grind outfit Gorerotted have announced the re-issue of their 2000 classic Mutilated In Minutes via Hammerheart Records. The re-issue will be out on 22nd May via the label. 

Pre-orders are available HERE.

Gorerotted have always thrived on chaos, excess, and a sense of unfiltered fun, but where a band like Pungent Stench often leaned into sleazy groove, Gorerotted pushed further into sheer intensity. Tracks such as ‘Put Your Bits in a Concrete Mix’, ‘Cut Gut, Beaten, Eaten’ and ‘Gagged, Shagged and Bodybagged’ stand out as defining cuts, combining savage energy with undeniably memorable hooks. There is also a strong undercurrent of the twisted black humour associated with Macabre, woven throughout the album’s sharp-edged, chant-like appeal. The result is a record that balances extremity with entertainment, one that delivers the violence and ferocity expected of death metal and grind, while never losing sight of its deliberately irreverent spirit.

Musically, comparisons to early Cannibal Corpse, Exhumed and pre-Whisper SupremacyCryptopsy are valid to a point, but they only tell part of the story. Gorerotted was never simply another extreme metal band trading in gore and heaviness for their own sake. Their sound feels more like a collision of those influences with Macabre, Pungent Stench, and even a touch of Blood Duster, all filtered through the absurd, grotesque energy of early Peter Jackson films and the anarchic humour of Monty Python. It is precisely that combination of brutality, humour, and personality that gives the album its lasting appeal.

Track-list:
1. Hacksore
2. Bed ‘em, Behead ‘em
3. Stab Me Till I Cum
4. Cut, Gut, Beaten, Eaten
5. Corpse Fucking Art
6. Put Your Bits an a Concrete Mix
7. Mutilated in Minutes, Severed in Seconds
8. Gagged, Shagged, Bodybagged
9. Severed, Sawn and Sold as Porn
Bonus Tracks:
10. Limb by Limb
11. Carrion Smelling
12. Cut, Gut, Beaten, Eaten (Live in Germany 2002)

GODSNAKE Release Official Video for Title Track of Upcoming Album “Inhale The Noise”

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Hamburg-based melodic thrash metal powerhouse GODSNAKE have released the official music video for the title track of their upcoming studio album “Inhale The Noise”, which will be unleashed on April 17, 2026 via Massacre Records.

Following the previously released single “Lost & Forgotten”, the title track “Inhale The Noise” represents another explosive chapter of the band’s upcoming record. Packed with razor-sharp riffs, driving rhythms and a massive chorus built to be shouted along to, the song perfectly captures the band’s signature mix of melodic hooks and relentless thrash metal energy.

The band comment: “The title track of our new album ‘Inhale The Noise’ is finally here – and we are damn proud to present you a proper heavy smasher with an ear candy chorus that will stay in your head long after the last note fades. The cherry on top is an absolute masterpiece guitar solo by the one and only Jean Bormann from Rage, who brought an incredible energy and fire to the song.

Music can have such an impact and power if you just let it happen – so turn it up loud, feel the energy and INHALE THE NOISE!”

STREAM THE SONG HERE: https://save-it.cc/massacre/inhale-the-noise

Produced by GODSNAKE together with Lasse Lammert at LSD Studios (Alestorm, Wind Rose, Gloryhammer), “Inhale The Noise” delivers a massive and modern production which enhances both the aggressive thrash passages and the more melodic and atmospheric moments of the band’s sound.

The album marks an important step forward for GODSNAKE: heavier, sharper and more diverse than ever, while remaining firmly rooted in the band’s powerful blend of melodic thrash metal, memorable hooks and high-energy songwriting.

“Inhale The Noise” will be released in the following formats:

  • Digipak CD
  • Transparent Yellow Vinyl LP
  • Digital

The pre-order is available here: https://massacre-records.com/godsnake_inhalethenoise_sale

To celebrate the release, GODSNAKE have also confirmed several live shows and festival appearances for spring and summer 2026, including a special album release show in their hometown Hamburg.

GODSNAKE live:

18.04.2026 DE Hamburg, Bambi Galore (Album Release Show)
02.05.2026 DE Andernach, Andernach Metal Days
23.05.2026 DE Frankfurt, Ponyhof Club (w/ Eradicator)
13.06.2026 DE Kulmbach, Ulmich om Braand
27.06.2026 DE Oschersleben, Rock & Metal Dayz
09.01.2027 DE Hamburg, Ballroom Birthday Bash

GODSNAKE are:
Torger – Vocals
Stevo – Guitars
The Walt – Bass
Sidney – Drums

GODSNAKE online:
http://www.godsnake.com
http://www.facebook.com/godsnakemetal
http://www.instagram.com/godsnakemetal
http://www.tiktok.com/@godsnakemetal
https://godsnakeofficial.bandcamp.com

WANDAR Announce New Album “Tiefe Erde”, Out May 1st

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German atmospheric black metal act WANDAR has announced the band’s upcoming new album, entitled “Tiefe Erde”, set for release on May 1 via Vendetta Records.

Formed in 2006, WANDAR emerged to cast a shadow over every ray of light creeping down from the heavens. Rejecting flashy posturing, the band has built its name on crafting incredibly dense and immersive atmospheric black metal. Rooted in Scandinavian tradition, shaped by representatives of the Cascade region, and ultimately refined through modern perspectives and uncompromising standards.

Torn between raging fury and pain-filled lamentation, teetering between erupting rage and melancholic powerlessness, WANDAR create a state of ominous suspension, a menacing intoxication that can be dangerously beautiful to succumb to. Their messages are full of melancholy, longing, and absolute passion. Coming from deep within crypts, with scarred hearts and bloody eyes.

Tracklist:

  1. Bedrängnis
  2. Trug
  3. Visol-Bolvis
  4. …Nächtlich
  5. Drangsal
  6. Erden
  7. Irrlicht
  8. Hetäre
  9. Gestirne

Having shared stages with acts such as Watain, Helrunar, Taake, Bethlehem, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Imperium Dekadenz, Eis, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult and many more, WANDAR have long proven their ability to translate this intensity onto the stage. Every show is a ritual; every ritual a wound that refuses to close and with “Tiefe Erde”, WANDAR bring a long-evolving cycle to its inevitable conclusion.

As the band states: “We burned our temple of the elemental. We descended into the depths of transcendent hells. We bled, we suffered, we fell, and we became one with ancient earths. ‘Tiefe Erde’ completes the circle we began with ‘Landlose Ufer’ and ‘Zyklus’. The fire will always be light!“

“Tiefe Erde” will be released on May 1 via Vendetta Records.

Line-up:
Kallenheim – Vocals
Zazhgul – Guitar
Karlsgrad – Guitar
Mara – Bass
Totz – Drums

For more info visit:
https://www.instagram.com/wandar.official
https://facebook.com/Wandar666
https://wandar.bandcamp.com
https://linktr.ee/vendettarecs

GOZU to Release New Album “Gozu VI” on May 15th, New Video / Single ‘Banacek’ Out Now

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Boston stoner/fuzz rock outfit GOZU will release their long-awaited new full-length, Gozu VI, on May 15th through Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records.

“We wanted something that really moved and hit a nerve,” says GOZU singer/guitarist Marc Gaffney on composing the band’s sixth studio album. “I was pretty roughed up emotionally while writing. I played guitar more in the past two years than ever before. I would work, go to the gym, come home, eat and then play guitar until I went to bed.”

The end result is eight action-packed tracks, produced and mixed by Benny Grotto at Boston’s Mad Oak Studios. Emotion is writ loud and large for the band that’s been praised for their “deep grooves, thick riff mechanics, soulful melodies,” and for creating a “musical stew that intoxicates the listener, sweeping them into another aural universe.”

Gaffney has spoken about the band’s, “maturity mixed with a childlike enthusiasm to play music,” and Gozu VI‘s songs are proof positive. “I think this is more of a soulful, straight forward, guitar-driven album. Lyrically, this took on a whole different feel, and it wrote itself.”

“[Lead guitarist] Doug [Sherman] and I are always sending each other phone recordings,” the singer furthers. “So, we had a bunch in the mix when we all got together. It’s usually Doug and I meeting, then [drummer] Seth [Botos] and [bassist] Joseph [Grotto] hop on board and we all hammer it out. Lyrics for these tunes were written way ahead as I was going through some shit. I would write at night in this crappy apartment I was living in so I would not be indulging in cocktails,” Gaffney says. “Sometimes you must have your own therapy sessions, and I had a fuck ton!“

The singular band’s last album, 2023’s Remedy, was reviewed as an “utter triumph” and praised for being “never too testosteroney, even when the songs are at their heaviest.” Of GOZU‘s writing approach, The Obelisk wrote, “This has been GOZU’s method for seven years now, to take the tones, grooves and – particularly in the vocals of guitarist Marc ‘Gaff’ Gaffney, the soul of heavy rock – and recontextualize them with a force of impact born of heavy metal.”

With Gozu VI, the lineup’s melding of intense, fuzzy ’70s-inspired riffs, rich, catchy, grunge-esque vocal melodies, and a touch of oldschool stoner psychedelia has reached a zenith. Categorize them how you will. “We don’t mind if people think we’re stoner, doom, heavy, easy listening with a touch of cayenne pepper. I feel we’re just a heavy soulful band,” Gaff says. “We play music that people can shake their ass to and lyrics that are honest and deal with human nature.”

In advance of the record’s release, today GOZU presents their first single, “Banacek.” Comments Gaffney, “Iron Maiden is a huge favorite for all of us and we wanted a tune with that Steve Harris gallop. Jellyfish has always been a band that has crippled me with their amazing vocal harmonies so intrinsically that’s how the vocals arrived!“

Gozu VI will be released digitally. Find pre-orders at: blacklightmediarecords.com/gozu

Gozu VI Track Listing:
1. Corinthian Leatherface
2. Midnight Express
3. Killer Khan
4. Corner Lariot
5. Banacek!
6. They Did Know Karate
7. Gimme The Lute
8. Corvette Summer

GOZU:
Marc Gaffney – vocals, guitars
Joseph Grotto – bass
Doug Sherman – lead guitar
Seth Botos – drums

https://www.gozubandboston.com
https://www.facebook.com/GOZU666
https://x.com/GOZU666
https://www.instagram.com/gozu_band_boston
https://gozu.bandcamp.com
https://www.blacklightmediarecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/BlacklightMediaOfficial
https://www.instagram.com/blacklightmediaofficial