MY INNER CHAOS release their new single “Neon Nights”, available from February 20th, 2026 on all digital platforms via Volcano Records.
Blending dark and pulsating industrial metal tones, “Neon Nights” is an introspective journey into the depths of the human unconscious. Like a nocturnal dream surfacing into awareness, the track captures that rare moment when an individual comes face to face with themselves. There is no escape, no distraction — only a direct confrontation with one’s own shadows. The sound merges sharp electronics with powerful guitars in an intense and cinematic emotional spiral. Industrial atmospheres, supported by a solid and modern production, frame lyrics that explore themes of awareness, identity, and transformation. From the encounter with one’s deepest self, a light emerges in the darkness: a guide, a revelation, a rebirth.
“Neon Nights” is the third single released under the Volcano label and further strengthens the identity of My Inner Chaos, an Italian project formed in 2025 by musicians already active in the national and international metal scene. Their sonic aesthetic recalls bands such as Amaranthe, 3Teeth, and Delain, while carving out its own distinctive dimension through a combination of industrial groove, melodic tension, and emotional intensity.
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Rockshots Records is proud to announce the release of “The Human Farm“, the ambitious new sci-fi concept album by progressive metal band Vanderlust, hitting stores worldwide on April 17th, 2025. To ignite this interstellar journey, the band has unveiled the first single and opening chapter of the album today: “Humanity 2.0 – The Human Farm“.
“Humanity 2.0 – The Human Farm” is the symphonic overture that opens the gates to the band’s dystopian universe. More than a standard song, it serves as the narrative prologue, setting the atmosphere for the entire record. The track transports the listener to the year 2500 A.D. Humanity, suffering from poverty and despair, is visited by an ancient alien species known as the Coelacanth. They offer a “perfect life” inside a “Human Farm“: safety, comfort, and care, but at a terrible price -execution at the age of 40. This opening chapter poses the central dilemma of the record: if you were offered a short but perfect life in exchange for your freedom… would you accept?
Arriving April 17th, “The Human Farm” is a metal opera that blends traditional melodic power metal with technical progressive elements and thrash intensity. Inspired by Plato’s Cave allegory and classic sci-fi lore, the album tells the story of Abe and a group of rebels who discover their “perfect life” is a prison and attempt a desperate escape through the cosmos. Musically, the band describes the sound as energetic, refined, and atmospheric. Drawing inspiration from the melodic grandeur of Angra and Dream Theater, the new material incorporates intricate, sci-fi riffing reminiscent of Vektor and Megadeth. Guitarist Francesco comments on the release: “To me, this album represents the band’s maturation. It is a journey; to fully enjoy it and truly understand its content, it needs to be listened to in its entirety. Just like the story tells, it unfolds as a narrative in which each track follows the previous one with a particular sense of continuity.“ The album features special guest appearances by Martina Barreca (Mess Excess), who provides the growls and operatic vocals representing the alien Coelacanths, and Francesco Londino (S91), who contributes keyboard solos and arrangements.
Track Listing: 1. Humanity 2.0 – The Human Farm 2. Golden Shackles 3. The Turning Point 4. Connection Failed 5. Viral Escape 6. … Find Them! 7. Battlefield 8. From The Cave – Fuga 9. Drive 10. Reborn … Again 11. Humanity 3.0: The New Canaan
Line-up: Ricca “ZP” Morello: Vocals Francesco “Franz” Romeggini: Guitars, Backing Vocals David Cantina: Bass Giacomo Mezzetti: Drums, Backing Vocals
More info: https://rockshots.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/vanderlustofficial
With “Helgrinidir”, their brand new digital single and official video, VANIR open the gates to Hel’s underworld. Sung in their native Danish, the track is a dark homage to humanity’s eternal struggle against disease – a war fought across the ages, whether plague, cholera, or countless other afflictions.
Unlike the battles waged with swords and armies, this is a fight no warrior can win. Illness strikes without mercy, claiming lives high and low, king and peasant alike. “Helgrindir” becomes a reminder of fate’s cruel hand: that in the end, all must face the gate.
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Through crushing riffs and somber melodies, Vanir channel the dread and inevitability of this unseen enemy, adding a haunting new dimension to the saga of their upcoming album “Wyrd”.
Swords, helmets and shields can be heard in the distance once more, as Danish warriors Vanir return with their new album, “Wyrd”. The record revolves around the timeless theme of fate – spun from war, from the choices of humankind, and from the consequences that have shaped our world. As a mirror of our own time, where decisions carry the weight of future destinies, “Wyrd” invites the listener into stories of downfall and triumph, of lives lost and victories won.
The visual core of the album is brought to life by artist David Troest, whose dramatic cover depicts the Winged Hussar, one of history’s most fearsome war machines. The scene is the legendary Battle of Vienna in 1683, where the Polish cavalry forced the Ottoman Empire to retreat, halting its expansion into Europe. This clash of civilizations forms the backdrop for the song “Never Surrender”, told through the eyes of those who defended Vienna from invasion.
But “Wyrd” is more than just a historical album. It is a musical journey into humanity’s struggle with power, destiny, and the eternal conflicts over survival and dominion. Vanir combine melodic death metal with epic storytelling, reminding us of that history always repeats itself, and that the choices we make today hold the seeds of tomorrow’s battles.
The album has been mixed and mastered at Demigod Recordings, ensuring a powerful and razor-sharp sound that does justice to the weight of its themes.
As one of Denmark’s most prominent melodic death metal bands, Vanir has forged its own take on epic for over a decade now, with history-themed melodic death metal, merging crushing riffs with tales of fate, battle, and myth. With “Wyrd”, the collective once again sharpen their steel and march onto the battlefields of history.
“Wyrd” will be released on LP, CD and digital formats on 03.04.2026, via Mighty Music.
Lineup: Martin Drageholm – vocals Kirk Backarach – guitars Lasse Heiberg – guitars Mikael Christensen – bass Jon Elmquist Schmidt – drums Stefan Dujardin - keyboards
After hitting the ground running with the debut song “Chaos Inside”, KISSING KAOS are back with a new single and video titled “Yesterday’s Kids”. A hard-hitting hard rock anthem that captures the raw spirit that built the scene in the first place. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “To Your Limit”, set for release later this year, and delivers a no-compromise return to loud, unpolished rock’n’roll.
“‘Yesterday’s Kids’ is about the teenage rebels who never let go of the fire that made them fall in love with music in the first place,” vocalist Joe Flynt comments. “It’s for everyone who helped build the scene, kept the flame alive, and refused to let rock become tame or predictable”.
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What do you get when you combine punk rock influences with heavy melodic rock? Kissing Kaos is born and is set to release their debut album “To Your Limit” via Mighty Music. The album was produced by Andy Reilly (UFO, Bruce Dickinson, Cradle of Filth) at Muse Productions in Atlanta, GA. “Our debut album, born from seeds planted in 2022 and fully realized in late 2024, began as raw punk energy but evolved into melodic hard rock under the guidance of producer Andy Reilly”, states singer Joe Flynt. “This sonic shift demanded fresh songs to match the polished, expansive production, creating a dynamic journey from upbeat anthems like “Hey Sugar” to heavy hitters like “Tear It Down” and heartfelt ballads such as “Heartache and Scars.” Every track features infectious, sing-along choruses that invite listeners to join the ride that will take you “To Your Limit””.
After parting ways with his former band Asphalt Valentine, singer Joe Flynt began crafting heavier and more powerful songs. Drawing from a wide range of influences, Joe wanted to write songs that were melodic, full of energy and that could bridge the gap between old and new school bands. He quickly recruited Asphalt Valentine drummer Brian Jung after Brian heard the new material. Guitarist Jon Langsburg was recommended by producer Andy Reilly because of his broad musical influences, stage experience and technical abilities. Rounding out the lineup is bassist Chris Taylor of the band Kickin Valentina. Initially, Chris was just going to help with a couple music videos but loved the music so much, he ended up joining the band, co-writing a few songs and playing on the rest of the album.
With gritty riffs, pounding bass and drums, and anthemic choruses, Kissing Kaos delivers chaos you can’t resist singing along to.
“To Your Limit” will be released on LP (green teal opaque vinyl, limited to 300 copies), digipack CD and digital formats on 01.05.2026, via Mighty Music
Lineup: Joe Flynt – vocals Brian Jung – drums Jon Lansburg – guitars Chris Taylor – bass
With the release of “Scarlet Beast – Leviathan,” BELPHEGOR return at their most menacing and deliberate, delivering a track that moves with the force of an advancing colossus. Built upon lumbering, monolithic riffs and a suffocating sense of inevitability, the single embodies a towering presence, vast, unrelenting, and absolute.
“Scarlet Beast – Leviathan” does not chase speed; it commands submission. Favoring tension, density, and sheer authority over velocity, the song fuses ritualistic black metal atmosphere with the crushing weight of death metal. The result is a sonic behemoth, oppressive, deliberate, and unstoppable, advancing through scorched terrain with death trailing in its wake.
The single arrives as BELPHEGOR kick off their North American “Praise The Beast” tour, carrying this new chapter directly onto the stage. The track’s immense weight and deliberate pacing translate into a live experience built on tension and command, setting the tone for a run that promises ritual intensity across the continent.
Accompanying the single is a stark and uncompromising music video that captures the essence of true darkness. Gritty and raw in execution, the visual counterpart strips away artifice and embraces ritualistic imagery, shadow, and decay. It is not spectacle, but invocation.
With “Scarlet Beast – Leviathan,” BELPHEGOR once again prove their mastery of controlled devastation. The beast does not rush. It advances. And nothing stands in its path.
Praise The Beast North American Tour 2026: 02/19 – Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Monarch 02/20 – Lowell, MA, Taffeta Music Hall 02/21 – Montreal, QC, Le Studio TD 02/22 – Toronto, ON, Lee’s Palace 02/23 – Lakewood, OH, Mercury Music Hall 02/24 – Joliet, IL, The Forge 02/26 – Denver, CO, HQ 02/27 – Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad 02/28 – Haltom City, TX, Haltom Theater 03/01 – Houston, TX, Scout Bar 03/02 – San Antonio, TX, Paper Tiger 03/05 – Mesa, AZ, The Rosetta Room 03/06 – San Diego, CA, Brick by Brick 03/07 – San Francisco, CA, DNA Lounge 03/08 – Roseville, CA, Goldfield Trading Post 03/09 – Los Angeles, CA, 1720 03/10 – Anaheim, CA, The Observatory
Since their formation in 1993 in Austria, BELPHEGOR have stood as one of the most brutal and transgressive forces in black death metal. Founded by vocalist and guitarist Helmuth Lehner, the band has spent over three decades refining a sound forged in fire and sacrilege, merging the violent precision of death metal with the ritualistic darkness of black metal.
Their musick is an invocation of infernal power, a soundwall of relentless blasphemy.
From the raw intensity of early releases like The Last Supper (1995), Blutsabbath (1997), and Necrodaemon Terrorsathan (2000), to the increasingly sophisticated compositions found on albums such as Lucifer Incestus, Bondage Goat Zombie, Pestapokalypse VI, and Totenritual, BELPHEGOR have continually pushed the boundaries of extreme musick. Each release marks a further descent into forbidden territory.
The band’s thematic focus with ritual magick, religious inversion, and arcane symbolism is matched by their technical mastery, multilingual lyrics, and sonic experimentation.
With their twelfth studio album The Devils (2022), BELPHEGOR delivered one of their most punishing and ambitious records to date.
Recorded at Fascination Street Studios with producer Jens Bogren, the album features nine meticulously crafted compositions that shift seamlessly between feral aggression and solemn majesty.
Tracks such as Glorifizierung des Teufels and Virtus Asinaria – Prayer incorporate choral passages and ritualistic structure, while Damnation – Höllensturz unfolds with a dynamic complexity that further amplifies the band’s compositional vision.
Lyrically, the album weaves together German, Latin, and English to cast incantations of death, desecration, and rebellion against sacred order. Accompanied by visionary artwork from Seth Siro Anton, The Devils stands as a high point in Belphegor’s canon and underscores their continued relevance in the global extreme metal landscape.
Following the success of The Devils, BELPHEGOR were honored with the 2023 Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Hard and Heavy category, a rare moment of formal recognition in Austria for a band that has long walked a path far removed from mainstream acceptance. This accolade acknowledges their artistic legacy and highlights the contrast between their recognition and the transgressive nature of their craft.
Renowned for their intense live rituals, BELPHEGOR have toured relentlessly across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and beyond. They have appeared at Wacken Open Air, Knotfest, Bloodstock, Hellfest, Tons Of Rock, Sweden Rock, and numerous other prestigious metal festivals. Their stage presence is more than a performance, it is a ceremony of magick and infernal theatre, where sound, smoke, blood, and fire converge in a communion with darkness.
Now, as the band approaches its thirteenth studio album, a deeper and more arcane force begins to stir. The number thirteen bears ancient meaning: endings, thresholds, and the passage into the unknown. Rooted in primordial doctrine, the thirteenth seal is said to bind the final veil between worlds, the last barrier between order and chaos.
With this upcoming release, BELPHEGOR prepares to break that seal, not to follow, but to lead. To summon what lies beyond even their own previous creations: something more primal, more ritualistic, more devastating.
Early glimpses of new material point to a continuation of the dark artistic path begun with The Devils, now delving even deeper. The upcoming album takes shape as a focused ritual: precise, uncompromising, and rooted in the band’s unmistakable vision, the glorification of the Devil.
Architectural brass-rock collective Birmingham’s BIG BAND OF BOOM have premiered the official video for their visceral reimagining of Pendulum’s drum and bass anthem, “Propane Nightmares.” The new video arrives as the group spearheads the second leg of a high-velocity UK tour, fuelling the ascent toward their definitive self-titled debut long-player, released on 13 March 2026 via Ragtime Records.
The “Propane Nightmares” music video lands as the band’s horn-charged odyssey rolls across the UK throughout February and March. Forged on major stages including Boomtown Festival, Camp Bestival, Twinwood Festival, Shambala Festival, NorthSide Festival and Rudolstadt Festival, Big Band of Boom have built a reputation for turning open fields and packed tents into brass-fuelled pressure cookers. With over 100,000 streams across recent singles and strong backing from BBC Radio 6 Music following a standout live session that left DJ Craig Charles“really, really impressed”, they enter the final stretch before their debut album at full tilt, bringing the volume — and the orchestra — with them.
For the band, the choice to cover “Propane Nightmares” carries personal weight. Pendulum formed the soundtrack to BOB guitarist Tom Duffy’s university years, culminating in seeing them live at Glastonbury in 2009. a performance he describes as unforgettable, with “Propane Nightmares” defining many late nights out. He later began performing a stripped-back acoustic version at cover gigs, and when Big Band of Boom took shape, the song felt like the natural high-energy centrepiece for their set. Tom Hyland (guitars) echoes that connection, recalling the track as a long-time running companion and an obvious fit for the band’s expanded line-up. With heavy guitars and a full horn section, the aim was to stay close to the spirit of the original while reworking it for twelve musicians playing live — no synths, no backing tracks, just a fully organic reinterpretation.
Where the Pendulum original is forged in vortical electronic propulsion and high-tensile friction, Big Band of Boom subject the track to a cinemascope overhaul. The breakneck pulse remains, but here it respires, oscillates, and fulminates in real-time which trades the programmed club drop for a pyroclastic stage surge. Transmuting the chaotic magnetism of a enormous live collective into a studio master is a notorious difficult hurdle, yet one the band cleared by seeking out acoustic character over digital precision.
Forged across three years of relentless touring, the band’s upcoming debut album (out 13 March) was tracked in atmospheric sanctuaries—including a desolated church and a verdant Victorian greenhouse. Mixed and mastered by James Bragg (Propagation Studios, Cornwall), the new record adheres to a singular, uncompromising mandate: preserve the impact and energy of Big Band of Boom’s live show. The result is a study in how the frenetic spirit of a bouncing festival crowd can be distilled into high-fidelity sound belting out of your speaker system.
The “Propane Nightmares” music video lands as the band’s horn-blasted odyssey continues across the UK throughout February and March; Big Band of Boom are entering their final pre-album orbit at maximum volume and are ones to be seen and go watch, right here right now.
Big Band of Boom’s self titled debut album is released via Ragtime Records 13th March 2026.
Album Tracklist
1 Stupid Filthy Rich 2 Earthquake 3 Doomscrolling 4 Big Bad Voodoo 5 Propane Nightmares 6 Energy Vampire 7 Knock at the Door 8 Not Today 9 One Night Only 10 Anxiety Universe 11 Toxicity 12 Thanks Humans 13 The Longest of Goodbyes 14 Yūgen
Tour Dates 26 Feb – GLASGOW, The Rum Shack 27 Feb – EDINBURGH, The Voodoo Rooms 28 Feb – NEWCASTLE, The Head of Steam 13 Mar – BRISTOL, The Exchange
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