Body Count is back with Psychopath – their first new single since 2020’s Bum-Rush, which won a GRAMMY®Award for Best Metal Performance.
The explosive new track, which features Fit for An Autopsy vocalist Joe Bad , shows Ice-T and crew on maximum killing overdrive and primed for the next chapter of the legendary L.A.-based band’s 35+ year career. Longtime collaborator Will Putney (Knocked Loose, The Ghost Inside) produced the song.
Psychopath is from Body Count’s forthcoming album Merciless, the follow-up to Carnivore, which was released to critical acclaim in March 2020 – just a week before COVID shut the entire world down. Upon the album’s release, NMEobserved, “as long as there’s injustice, there’ll be a need for Ice T’s vital brand of hardcore.” REVOLVER marveled, “Death, controversy and changing times could have crushed them. Instead…they’re as strong as ever.”
For Body Count, it’s been a history of being both respected and feared – a barbed-wire thread that stretches back to the band’s origins as a project between Ice-T and Crenshaw High friend, Ernie C. Their first shot fired, the song, Body Count, was a mission statement on Ice-T’s 1991, O.G. – Original Gangster. That’s the blueprint they’ve been running on for 35+ years.
They touched a nerve with their first, self-titled 1991 album and its divisive track, Cop Killer, which inspired hatred, fear, and paranoia, but also inspired generations of bands to follow. What they took from growing up with Black Sabbath and being inspired by fellow L.A. legends like Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies has only upped the ante for generations of homies and hardcore fans.
Body Count’s current line-up includes surviving OG’s Ice, Ernie C. and Sean E Sean joined by bassist Vincent Price, drummer Will “Ill Will” Dorsey, Juan “Juan of the Dead” Garcia and backing vocalist Little Ice.
BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy, two of the most influential bands right now, have collaborated on a new song that will make you dance and sing: RATATATA.
This song masterfully fuses the signature styles of both bands, seamlessly blending their worlds and pushing the music to exhilarating new limits!
BABYMETAL comment on the new collaboration: “Unbeatable! Let’s “Fu Fu” together with RATATATA ♪”
Electric Callboy add: “Working with BABYMETAL was so much fun. We joined our creative forces and, in the end, we brought together the best of both worlds. We love RATATATA!”
Always pushing boundaries and testing the limits of metal music, BABYMETAL are no strangers to collaborations, with recent partnerships including BRING ME THE HORIZON, TOM MORELLO and LIL UZI VERT.
While basking in the success of their latest album TEKKNO, Electric Callboy is also making waves on the live circuit. The band just wrapped a successful run of dates in North America, and now they’re poised to appear at some of the biggest festivals around the world this summer.
German metalcore veterans NEAERA have unveiled a video for latest single, “All is Dust,” the title track of their upcoming new full-length, set for release June 28th via Metal Blade Records.
Comments guitarist Stefan Keller, “‘All Is Dust’ is a brutal bastard of a song that puts on a vile face. In the center of the title track stands the inextricable human dilemma of man’s (ir)relevance in relation to the universe’s impalpable space and time.”
Watch the band’s previously released video for “Pacifier” HERE.
On February 28th, 2020, NEAERA released their seventh album – their eponymous comeback record after a seven-year-hiatus – which caught everyone by surprise. Despite having been well received, the pandemic impeded the band’s long awaited and already scheduled return to the live stages. On February 29th, 2020, NEAERA played a sold-out release show, but it remained the only show for the record in years since Wacken, the Impericon festivals, and other shows were forced to be postponed.
By 2021, the NEAERA collective decided it was time for new material. With a desire to return to an old-school writing approach when songs were composed together in a musty rehearsal room, the band started the writing process. The following year, the band recruited Janosch Rathmer (drummer of longtime friends/German post-rock institution Long Distance Calling) to record their new album, All Is Dust. Mixing and mastering for the record was skillfully executed by Kristian Kohle at Kohlekeller Studios who adorned the songs with a powerful yet organic sound that perfectly fit the band’s vision of their new material and approach.
Lyrically, on All Is Dust, NEAERA has altered their approach a bit and put the individual, its survival, and sanity in these testing times center stage alongside lyrics that tackle global and social clamor – a shift that was arguably pandemic-related.
Notes Fuze Germany in an early review of the record, “unused song structures, surprising twists and lots of depth make the songs a worthy successor to Neaera. All Is Dust is atmospheric, heavy, energetic and old school in the best sense! NEAERA succeeds in the eighth album to find a perfect mix of new ideas and old strengths.”
All Is Dust features cover art by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design (Oceans Of Slumber, Evergrey, Vomitory).
Additionally, a limited album/ticket bundle will be available at Kingsroad and Impericon for an exclusive NEAERA record release show in Münster, Germany on September 14th. Direct support for that show comes from Breakdown Of Sanity.
NEAERA Live: 6/28/2024 Vainstream Rockfest – Münster, DE 8/16/2024 Summer Breeze Festival – Dinkelsbühl, DE 8/17/2024 Reload Festival – Sulingen, DE 9/14/2024 Skaters Palace – Münster, DE * Record Release Show
NEAERA: Benny Hilleke – vocals Stefan Keller – guitars Tobias Buck – guitars Benjamin Donath – bass Sebastian Heldt – drums
Get ready to witness thrash metal history, as for the very first time throughout 2025 ONSLAUGHT will perform their ground-breaking debut album ‘Power From Hell’ live, in its entirety and in the original track order.
These special shows will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of this iconic and highly influential album, making it a never to be repeated global event that is not to be missed.
The countdown is on!
In addition, over the next 12 months, Onslaught will be releasing two very special albums that pay homage to their punk/thrash origins and showcase the success they have achieved throughout their profoundly impressive career.
These albums will capture the raw energy that defines Onslaught’s unique levels of aggression.
Onslaught’s impact on the music industry cannot be overstated. They have earned their place in the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame and have left an indelible mark on thrash metal. Their music has inspired countless generations of fans, shaping the genre and influencing legions of musicians and bands worldwide.
Prepare to be blown away by the sheer power and intensity of this brutal Onslaught We’re so looking forward to next year, 2025, it’s gonna be absolutely immense…
Founding Onslaught member Nige Rockett adds:
Big anniversary year for POWER FROM HELL – so we will be hitting the global road performing our debut album in its entirety for the very first time.. We just had to take this opportunity to do something very special for the fans, it was a no brainer, it’s never ever happened before and it will never happen again after 2025.. These are gonna be some real killer shows, so come join the Party from Hell..!
CAVALERA has become synonymous with extreme metal music, a name that to this day still holds the highest regard, a family legacy built upon decades of musical aggression. In 2023, Max and Iggor Cavalera achieved what some would say was an impossible feat; they revisited their earliest releases, Morbid Visions, and Bestial Devastation, and re-recorded them with bone-breaking intensity. A risk that few would dare to even attempt, yet they artfully and prolifically attained their trademark raw sound by means that could only be described as magic or time travel.
It seems that the ball would not stop rolling as now they are entering the final chapter of their early-days trilogy. Schizophrenia is an iconic album in terms of early thrash and death metal, a household name for those of us invested in extreme metal. This was the point where the Cavaleras refined their dark, dingy, speed-influenced songs, into something a bit more mature, developed, and technical. Decades later, they have once more unlocked the asylum that is Schizophrenia, opening the doors to that banished, twisted recording which will be unleashed unto to world on June 21st via Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the band releases the pummeling second single entitled ‘From The Past Comes The Storms‘. Costin Chioreanu was once again enlisted to create the animated music video.
Max Cavalera states, “‘From The Past Comes The Storms’ is a ferocious album opener. It is a pioneer song using the ’80s Metal movement’s mentality. I love the apocalyptic vision in Costin’s video, bringing the circle of life and death and war and pain. This is going to be a banger to play live!”
Iggor Cavalera comments, “’From The Past Comes The Storms’ was one of the first songs we wrote for schizophrenia, also included in a demo version. I love the rawness between the old school black/death metal influences mixed with thrash. The video illustrates the vibe of the song very well!”
Watch the animated music video created by Costin Chioreanufor ‘From The Past Comes The Storms‘, here:
No stranger to collaborations, the Cavalera brothers enlisted Travis Stone (PIG DESTROYER) on lead guitars, and that choice becomes obvious within the first song. The full lineup would consist of more Cavalera alumni, as Igor Amadeus Cavalera (GO AHEAD AND DIE, HEALING MAGIC) once more brought his talents on bass to the fold. Thundering and thrumming the low end with brute force, it is clear that the double Iggor and Igor combination is a rhythm section to be reckoned with.
It should come as no surprise that the CAVALERA brothers always felt that these songs deserved a fresh take with modern production. From April 15th to June 5th, 2023 the band re-recorded the album at Focusrite Room in Mesa Arizona. Mixing and mastering was handled by Arthur Rizk (SOULFLY, GO AHEAD AND DIE, TURNSTILE).
Schizophrenia’s album cover has obsessed and fascinated fans for decades. The brothers left no stone unturned and no detail unnoticed, also revisioning the original cover artwork of the album, restored in hand-painted watercolors by Eliran Kantor.
Next month, CAVALERA will be traveling across Europe and the U.K. on their ‘Third World Trilogy’ tour. The trek will kick off on June 12th in Leichester and will make stops in Wroclaw, Oslo, and Barcelona before ending in Switzerland on July 21st.
Confirmed dates for CAVALERA’s European tour are: 12.06.2024 UK Leicester – O2 Academy 2 13.06.2024 IE Dublin – The Academy 14.06.2024 UK Belfast – Limelight 16.06.2024 UK Glasgow – King Tuts 17.06.2024 UK Newcastle – Riverside 18.06.2024 UK Sheffield – Corporation 20.06.2024 BE Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting 21.06.2024 DE Rostock – M.A.U. Club 22.06.2024 PL Gdansk – B90 23.06.2024 PL Wroclaw – A2 24.06.2024 PL Poznan – Tama 25.06.2024 DE Bochum – Matrix 27.06.2024 SWE Malmo – Plan B 28.06.2024 SWE Gothenburg – Pustervik 29.06.2024 NO Oslo – Tons Of Rock Festival 02.07.2024 FR Lyon – La’Rayonne 03.07.2024 ES Pamplona – Totem 04.07.2024 ES Madrid – Le Sala 05.07.2024 ES Barcelona – Barcelona Rock Fest 06.07.2024 FR Marseille – Julien 07.07.2024 IT Vicenza – Metal Park Festival 09.07.2024 SI Kranj – Subart Open Air 10.07.2024 HR Pula – Open Air Klub Kotac 11.07.2024 AUT Dornbirn – Conrad Sohm 12.07.2024 HU Dunaujvaros – Rockmaraton Festival 13.07.2024 CZ Vizovice – Masters Of Rock 14.07.2024 RS Novi Sad – Exit Festival 15.07.2024 BG Sofia – Maimunarnika 18.07.2024 RO Cluj-Napoca – Electric Castle
With the impressive catalog that the CAVALERA brothers have created over the years, you will soon see that Schizophrenia will also sit amongst their greatest achievements. Max and Iggor have relinquished an album that for many years was locked away behind rusty, iron cell doors, barred by straight jackets and haunted by madness. From the past comes the storms as Schizophrenia is set loose on the world once more!
Insanity Alert are nothing but a good time. The veteran mosh manics just cracked open a fresh case of crossover thrash last week with the release of Moshemian Thrashody. Today, they’re celebrating their new EP by taking Iron Maiden on a fast and frothy spin through the park.
After almost 15 years, Insanity Alert still go to comically absurd lengths for a good buzz. The latest video from Moshemian Thrashody finds these Austrian pit monsters burning rubber from Las Vegas and the Great Wall of China all the way to the fiery pits of Mordor in search of an ice-cold brewski.
“Beer in the Park” overflows with the band’s slapstick humor. Despite suffering a mild heart attack, Slap Master Puke manages to keep the bass lines chunky and grooving. “I have a giant thirst / I just can’t help myself” Heavy Kevy sneers before The Dave of Death launches headfirst into a gold and frothy guitar solo that’ll bring metalheads back to their glory days.
If there’s anything on this Earth that Insanity Alert crave more than a 666-pack, it’s crossover thrash. The band wasted no time worshipping Iron Maiden on their very first full-length with a mosh-brained rendition of “Run to the Hills”. This time around, they’re shredding through “Fear of the Dark”, which nabbed the NWOBHM trailblazers their first GRAMMY nod back in 1994.
“Beer in the Park” is all in good fun, but Insanity Alert know how to honor the classics. Don Melanzani pushes the pace with a chugging D-beat. Even after several dozen waterfalls, there’s no cooling down The Inphiltrator’s enthusiasm for heavy downpicked riffs.
“We think of our renditions as tributes to the greatness of the original songs”, Insanity Alert says. “Mixing their greatness with our blend of speed, fun, brutality and weirdness just feels right”.
Video credits
The video for “Beer in the Park” was produced, filmed and edited by Max ‘Mugs’ Raggl in Innsbruck, Austria during April 2024 (www.mugs.at).
Concept created by Insanity Alert.
Music written by Steve Harris.
Rearranged / deranged by Insanity Alert & Matthias Mayr.
Lyrics by Heavy Kevy.
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Andy Reinhardt at Subsound Station, Telfs, Austria.
Produced by Matthias Mayr & Insanity Alert Artwork by James Callahan / Barf Comics.
Only livers were harmed during the making of this video.
There’s only one way to welcome a new album from Insanity Alert: a summerlong tour! Crack open some beers, roll up a spliff and prepare to meet the wall of death when the band debut Moshemian Thrashody at some of Europe’s biggest and heaviest festivals.
Moshemian Thrashody Tour 2024
May 31 – Innsbruck, AT @ Treibhaus *Hometown Release Party* [TICKETS] June 21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Copenhell [TICKETS] July 5 – Besancon, FR @ Les Passagers Du Zinc [TICKETS] July 6 – Notre-Dame-d’Oé , FR @ Riip Fest 8 [TICKETS] July 20 – Bertingen, DE @ Rock Unter Den Eichen [TICKETS] August 17 – Dinkelsbühl, DE @ Summer Breeze Open Air [TICKETS] August 19 – Brescia, Italy @ Festa di Radio Ondo D’urto [TICKETS] August 31 – Bruck an der Mur, AT @ Daaark Fest September 6 – Hüttikon, CH @ Meh Suff! Metal Festival [TICKETS] October 18 – Sélestat, FR @ Rock Your Brain Fest 2024 [TICKETS] October 19 – Paris, FR @ Glazart [TICKETS] November 1 – Manchester, UK @ A Night of Salvation (Damnation Festival) BEC Arena [TICKETS]
Cover art by James Callahan / Barf Comics
Track-list
1. Welcome To The Moshpit (2:17) 2. Beer In The Park (4:24) [WATCH] 3. Beerless Fiesta (2:10) [WATCH] 4. Moshemian Thrashody (3:43) [WATCH] Total runtime: 12:33
[Movie trailer voice] In a world that’s plagued by war, natural disasters and TikTok dance challenges, one band are hell-bent on partying like there’s no tomorrow. Sure, the hangovers might hit a little harder now that they’re four albums in. But on Moshemian Thrashody, Insanity Alert are still nothing but a good time.
Ski parties visit Austria for its powdered slopes, but when Insanity Alert banded together from around Innsbruck in 2011, these adrenaline junkies had a different, more dangerous type of shredding in mind. Their destructive appetite for ‘80s crossover thrash is only rivaled by an unquenchable thirst for ice-cold beer.
While under the influence of older party monsters like Suicidal Tendencies and Municipal Waste, Insanity Alert roll their riffs with the same strand of humor as labelmates Cannabis Corpse. Their songs parody everyone from perennial punching bags like David Guetta and Milli Vanilli to sacred cows Iron Maiden.
“We think of our renditions as tributes to the greatness of the original songs”, the band says. “Mixing their greatness with our blend of speed, fun, brutality and weirdness just feels right.
On the strength of their demo tape alone, Insanity Alert sent skate punks and metalheads running into the pit. First Diagnosis was quickly confirmed by follow-up EP Second Opinion. Critics properly diagnosed their self-titled full-length as a much-needed dose of derangement, but the band has upped their prescription of snot-nosed speed and grinding d-beats with each release.
Moshburger was served up in 2016 while Insanity Alert were on tour with Hatebreed, Madball, Terror and Power Trip. They then shared a 666-Pack with festivalgoers at Wacken Open Air. With names like Slapmaster Puke and The Inphiltrator, this band will go to comically absurd lengths just to jump into the circle pit with their fans — so long as there’s a full fridge and good bud(s) waiting backstage. When Insanity Alert played the main stage at Hellfest in 2019, Dave of the Death could barely feel his fretting hand after taking one heck of a stage dive the night before.
Moshemian Thrashody keeps the festivities going with new parodies of familiar classics like Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden. One might surprise you, though. Lead single “Beerless Fiesta” gives the crossover thrash treatment to (checks notes) George Michael? Insanity Alert aren’t going into mosh retirement anytime soon, though. The title track sees Queen’s theatrics and raises it with a clown car full of hijinks, including a Hauwitzer guitar solo that pops off like a bottle of champagne. Don Melanzani chugs down blast beats as the band joins in an acapella gang chant about “letting it snow” with Santa Claus that’s rowdier than a German beer hall.
“These are some killer tunes that we threw in our drunken 420 blender”, says Heavy Kevy. “Moshemian Thrashody rides the thin line between familiar and super awkward – like seeing your old grandpa in the mosh pit or masturbating for the first time with your other hand”.
After almost 15 years of bringing crossover thrash to party animals everywhere, Insanity Alert will still go anywhere the weed blows.
Line-up Heavy Kevy – Vocals Don Melanzani – Drums The Inphiltrator – Guitar The Dave of Death – Guitar Slapmaster Puke: Bass
Guest appearances “Welcome to the Moshpit” – Hauwitzer (guitar solo)
Recording Studio Subsound Station (Telfs, Austria)
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