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BLACK SUNDAY Release New Single ‘When I Die’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 12, 2026
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Following the impact of their previous releases “Fallen Son” and “Wear The Crown”, California hard rock band Black Sunday return with a new chapter in their musical journey: “When I Die”, a powerful and emotionally charged new single that takes the listener on an intense sonic roller coaster.

Built around an acoustic-driven foundation, “When I Die” gradually develops its atmosphere and emotional intensity, creating a dynamic and engaging listening experience. Rather than relying solely on sheer heaviness, Black Sunday focus on tension, progression and dynamics, allowing the track to continuously build and pull the listener deeper into its sound.

The result is a song that moves through different emotional shades, transforming its acoustic-driven beginning into a compelling and powerful musical journey.

With “When I Die”, Black Sunday demonstrate another side of their artistic identity, proving that their approach to Hard Rock is not limited to powerful guitars and a solid rhythm section, but also embraces atmosphere, melody and emotional depth.

The new single follows the band’s previous releases and represents another important step toward their debut album, expected in 2026.

Hailing from San Diego, California, Black Sunday are continuing to establish their presence beyond the United States, developing a sound that looks firmly toward the international Rock and Hard Rock scene.

The band continues its international collaboration with Wanikiya Record/Promotion, which is handling the worldwide promotional campaign for “When I Die”, bringing the single to international press, radio stations, Rock and Metal magazines, webzines, playlists and media outlets.

The new single is available now on digital platforms.

BLACK SUNDAY are:
Will Wolf – Vocals
David Taub – Guitar
Jaron Lyon – Drums
Jon Leon – Bass

THE DAMN TRUTH Release New Video ‘Love Outta Luck’ from Upcoming “The Damn Truth Deluxe Gatefold Edition”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 12, 2026
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Photo Credit: Sergio Albert

Fresh from the success of their critically acclaimed, JUNO Award-nominated self-titled album, Canadian rock powerhouse The Damn Truth will release The Damn Truth (Deluxe Edition) worldwide on Friday 11 September 2026, marking the album’s first worldwide physical release.


To celebrate, the band are shining a renewed spotlight on ‘Love Outta Luck’, one of the standout tracks from the album. Originally released as a single in September 2024, the song is available to stream now, alongside its official music video.


The album was produced by the legendary Canadian Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award-winning record producer Bob Rock, whose credits include Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Bryan Adams, Loverboy, Aerosmith and Bon Jovi. The Damn Truth’s album was recorded at Bryan Adams’ studio The Warehouse in Vancouver.


The Damn Truth – Lee-la Baum (lead vocals, guitar), Tom Shemer (lead guitar & backing vocals), PY Letellier (bass/backing vocals) and Dave Traina (drums/percussion & backing vocals) – ignite a kaleidoscopic rush of gutsy, revved-up modern rock, reimagining classic-rock ideals with fierce contemporary fire.

THE DELUXE EDITION

The Damn Truth (Deluxe Edition) will be available on CD and across four gatefold vinyl variants: classic black, coke bottle clear, gold, and red-and-white splatter.


The expanded edition also features the bonus track ‘Be Somebody – Live at Hotel2Tango’, capturing the immediacy, power and musicianship at the heart of The Damn Truth’s live performances.


Order the Deluxe Edition HERE. Stream ‘Love Outta Luck’ and watch the official music video HERE.


Speaking about the deeply personal connections listeners have formed with the album, the band said:


“Watching these songs find their way into your lives has been the greatest reward we’ve ever known as artists. Time and again, we’ve heard your stories, your interpretations, and the deeply personal connections you’ve forged with this music. That’s the real magic of rock & roll. Once the songs leave our hands, they belong to all of us.”


The momentum shows no signs of slowing as The Damn Truth charge into another landmark year, bringing their electrifying live show to audiences across the UK, Europe and Canada. Highlights include high-profile special guest appearances on Europe’s The Final Countdown – 40th Anniversary Tour, alongside major festival slots and headline performances.

The black and white photo below appears across the new gatefold centerfold on The Damn Truth (Deluxe Edition). 

2026 TOUR DATES

TICKETS: WWW.THEDAMNTRUTH.COM


EUROPE’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN – 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Featuring Special Guests: THE DAMN TRUTH

 
30 September – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo, UK
2 October – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall, UK
3 October – London, Eventim Apollo, UK
5 October – Arnhem, Musis Sacrum, Netherlands
6 October – Paris, L’Olympia, France
8 October – Barcelona, Poble Espanyol, Spain
9 October – Bilbao, Arena Miribilla, Spain
10 October – Madrid, La Cubierta, Spain
12 October – Lausanne, Salle Métropole, Switzerland
13 October – Zurich, Volkshaus, Switzerland
14 October – Milan, Alcatraz, Italy
16 October – Stuttgart, Liederhalle, Germany
17 October – Vienna, Gasometer, Austria
19 October – Berlin, Admiralspalast, Germany
20 October – Warsaw, COS Torwar, Poland
22 October – Frederiksberg, Falconer Salen, Denmark
23 October – Gothenburg, Sweden
24 October – Stockholm, Sweden
26 October – Oslo, Sentrum Scene, Norway

More information: Website | Facebook | Spotify | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTube

THE HU Release Official Music Video for ‘Warrior Chant’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 12, 2026
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Photo by Blguunee Hiroshi

Following from the globally successful release of their third full-length record HUN (digitally and on CD), Hunnu Rock pioneers THE HU are presenting a new music video for the song Warrior Chant which was released in March this year already ahead of the new album. The official music video is available HERE.

Galaa commented: “Warrior Chant has our signature rhythm that our fans fell in love with and everyone who will listen and know us will say that it is our song. Our third album has bit of everything -rhythm wise, and we see that as a progress of expanding the Hunnu Rock genre. This song has the rhythm that is original to us and is rooted in Mongolian culture. Enkush and I focused on horse head fiddle solos by imitating the horse gait and you will hear the rhythm throughout the song. Of course Jaya perfected the rhythm by adding Mongolian wind instrument, Unu did heavy percussion drum throughout. Mongolian traditional instruments are heavily used on this song and our die hard fans are going to love it!” 

Ready to launch the highly anticipated vinyl variations of the latest chapter of their discography starting from 11th September with Germany, Austria and Switzerland, following with wider Europe on 18th September and ultimately with the UK on 9th October, all via Better Noise Music. Fans can expect the box set to arrive later in October. All album varinats are available for purchase and pre-order HERE

HUN finds THE HU, at the peak of their powers thus far. They expand the scope of their signature soundscape with 11 tracks steeped in the lore and legend of Mongolia, yet uplifted with universal ambition. It’s as epic, enthralling, and enigmatic and it opens the gateway into their world. These new formats will allow fans to fully delve into THE HU’s musical domain and apprciate the Hunnu Rock experience to the fullest.

HUN TRACK LISTING:
 “Warrior Chant“
 “Lost Soul“*
 “The Men“
 “Echoes of My Father”
 “Shadow”
 “Horsemen”
 “Greed”
 “The Real You“
 “Grey Hun”
 “Universe”
 “Second Face”
 *Version of “Lost Soul” (Featuring Jonny Hawkins of NOTHING MORE) will only appear on the digital version of HUN

THE HU’s live performances have become legendary and the band will return to the UK and Europe this fall for a headline tour with Skáld. THE HU will bring their unique soundscape and entrancingly majestic performance across iconic stages throughout the UK and Europe. Beginning in the Scottish capital in September, the tour will see the band perform all the way to November across 23 cities and nine countries, including: London, Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Warsaw.

The HU comment: “What is up our UK and Europe fans? It has been a while since we came to you. Our new setlist is full of hope and energy and as usual The Hu fashion, we will have brand new performance with fiery attitude. Come to our long-awaited shows and let’s have some fun together!”

Before heading to the UK and Europe for the headline tour, THE HU have completed an extensive co-headline tour with Apocalyptica and is now on part of the Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson “Freaks On Parade” U.S. tour alongside Orgy. THE HU have also performed at EddFest earlier this summer.

UK & European Tour Dates:

Tue 29th Sep – O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow (UK)
Thu 1st Oct – Prospect Building, Bristol (UK)
Fri 2nd Oct – O2 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth (UK)
Sat 3rd Oct – O2 City Hall, Newcastle (UK)
Mon 5th Oct – The Telegraph, Belfast (UK)
Tue 6th Oct – 3Olympia Theathre, Dublin (IE)
Thu 8th Oct – O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham (UK)
Fri 9th Oct – O2 Academy Brixton, London (UK)
Sat 10th Oct – O2 Apollo, Manchester (UK)
Sun 11th Oct – UEA, Norwich (UK)
Wed 14th Oct – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (BE)
Thu 15th Oct – Sporthalle, Hamburg (DE)
Sat 17th Oct – Tonhalle, Munich (DE)
Sun 18th Oct – Columbiahalle, Berlin (DE)
Mon 19th Oct – Stodola, Warsaw (PL)
Tue 20th Oct – Stodola, Warsaw (PL)
Thu 22nd Oct – Palladium, Cologne (DE)
Fri 23rd Oct – Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL)
Sat 24th Oct – 013, Tilburg (NL)
Tue 27th Oct – L’Olympia, Paris (FR)
Wed 28th Oct – Le Radiant, Lyon (FR)
Fri 30th Oct – X-tra, Zurich (CH)
Sat 31st Oct – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette (LU)
Sun 1st Nov – Ancienne Blegique, Bruxelles (BEL)

Tickets will be available here

All forthcoming US shows are below.

WITH ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON, + ORGY:

9/12 — Greenwood Village, CO — Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
9/14 — West Valley City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/16 — Airway Heights, WA — BECU Live at Northern Quest
9/17 — Auburn, WA — White River Amphitheatre
9/18 — Ridgefield, WA — Cascades Amphitheater
9/20 — Concord, CA — Toyota Pavilion at Concord

tAKiDA Announce New Album “Numbers”, Out January 8th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 11, 2026
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: TAKIDA. Leave a comment
[photo credit: Joyce Rodriguez]

tAKiDA are back – and open the next chapter of their success story with “In your bed”! Serving as the second single from their upcoming studio album Numbers, out January 8, 2027, via Napalm Records. The track combines a driving groove and infectious melodies with Robert Pettersson’s unmistakable vocals. ”In your bed” explores intense physical intimacy. An emotionally charged rock song that balances a slow tempo love song with an instantly memorable chorus.

“In your bed” also continues tAKiDA’s impressive radio success story: “The loneliest hour” reached #1 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts, while “The Game” entered at #2 and also reached the Top 100 of the German Mainstream Radio Airplay Charts.

tAKIDA on “In your bed”:
“A passionate story between two soulmates and a declaration of love – including a huge amount of sex.”

tAKIDA on the new album:
“Numbers is an album filled with rage and darkness but there’s also love and a bit of hopefulness in it. Sometimes that’s all we need. Because when those two worlds collide something scary but fascinating happen. How will your day and night be like? However, we had the best of times making it.”

With Numbers, tAKiDA enter the next chapter of their impressive career. Since forming in 1999, they have established themselves as one of the most successful rock bands in their home country, with seven platinum singles, five platinum albums and five #1 albums to their name. Having long since reached arena level in Sweden, the band’s international success continues to grow. Their popularity is also steadily expanding in Germany, where their 2024 album The Agony Flame reached #8 on the German album charts – their highest chart position in the country to date.

Get your copy of Numbers NOW

Tracklist:
1. Tale of four broken men
2. In your bed
3. Emma
4. When hope ends
5. The memory of us
6. Stay
7. Dirty Diana
8. Turn every stone
9. So far away
10. Everything’s wasted

tAKiDA LIVE
In January 2027, tAKiDA will bring their “Section 7 Tour” to Germany, Austria and Switzerland for a total of 16 shows. Continuing their steady rise into bigger and bigger venues, the band is already playing arenas in their native Sweden. Ad Infinitum will join as special guests.

Section 7 Tour 2027
w/ Ad Infinitum
09.01.27 DE – Munich / Zenith
10.01.27 DE – Frankfurt / Jahrhunderthalle (Kuppelsaal)
12.01.27 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage
13.01.27 DE – Kassel / Probonio Arena
15.01.27 DE – Leipzig / Quarterback Immobilien Arena
16.01.27 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle
17.01.27 DE – Aurich / Stadthalle
19.01.27 DE – Flensburg / Deutsches Haus
20.01.27 DE – Münster / Jovel Music Hall
22.01.27 DE – Hannover / Swiss Life Hall
23.01.27 DE – Hamburg / Sporthalle
24.01.27 DE – Berlin / Columbiahalle
26.01.27 AT – Vienna / Flex
27.01.27 DE – Erlangen / Heinrich-Lades-Halle
29.01.27 DE – Ludwigsburg / MHP Arena
30.01.27 CH – Pratteln / Z7

tAKIDA are:
Robert Pettersson – vocals
Kristoffer Söderström – drums
Chris Rehn – bass, guitars, keyboards, arrangements & programming
Tomas Wallin – guitars
Mattias Larsson – guitars
Anders Lundström – bass guitar
 
tAKiDA online:
WEBSITE
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
TIKTOK
NAPALM RECORDS

TERRY BOZZIO, TONY LEVIN & STEVE STEVENS Come Together to Spotlight a Dangerous Situation

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 11, 2026
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Bozzio Levin Stevens, indisputably the world’s most dangerous prog band, was around for just a few years at the end of the 20th century, a shattering union whose pedigree extended from some of the most adventurous acts of the entire rock n’roll era (Frank Zappa, UK, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) and some of the eighties’ most turbulent dynamos (Missing Persons, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson) as well.

But the two albums they released during that brief span​are ranked among the most challenging, yet vivacious, albums in the entire progressive genre, with the second, Situation Dangerous, setting the bar so high that it has still to be truly matched, all these years later.

Reissued for the first time on October 2, Situation Dangerous was described by the website allaboutjazz.com as the band’s pursuit of “hard driving and altogether potent fusion/prog-rock style themes and tricky time signatures, [executed] with dazzling marksmanship,” at the same time as the musicians “balance the turbo-charged proceedings with joyful harmony and energetic enthusiasm.”

progarchives.com continues, “Eight beautiful pieces of music, well thought, well processed and well presented. The album is balancing between jazz rock/fusion, some flamenco, and heavier hard-rocking (even metal) guitar tunes.”  

And allmusic.com singles out the individual musicians for praise – Bozzio delivering “his most explosive and perhaps his most defining work since Danger Money from 1979”; Levin bringing to bear his “entire repertoire of influences and skills”; and Stevens kicking off the album by conjuring “comparisons to manic sound frequently delivered by Robert Fripp…” before delivering “jazz, fusion, classic rock, blues-rock, and flamenco passages with accomplished ease.”

 “We knew on paper that we were going to have fun,” Levin said of the trio. “Some of it was not what I’d been expecting. When Steve played the flamenco guitar, our songs went in another direction. I didn’t know how far out we’d go in advance. I know I like to go very far out, but it was a comfortable thing, and I felt like I could play my own thing during Steve’s soloing.”

Stevens continued, “Instrumental music has a very defined market and doing a record like this freed me up. There wasn’t a huge budget and there wasn’t a record company telling me what to do, which was a kind of a liberating experience for me.”  Bozzio Levin Stevens, he said, allowed him to demonstrate “a side of my playing that people haven’t heard before…”; hitherto, he admitted, he was best accustomed to “working on records where you don’t play spontaneously.”  

Here, that was all he was required to do!

Even more adventurous and head-spinningly complex than its predecessor (Black Light Symphony is also available from Magna Carta), Situation Dangerous is reissued on both CD and, for the first time, vinyl;. In addition, the CD features one bonus track.

CD/VINYL: https://cleorecs.com/search?q=bozzio+levin+stevens+situation+dangerous

Track listing

1. Dangerous
2. Endless
3. Crash
4. Spiral
5. Melt
6. Tragic
7. Tziganne
8. Lost
9. Melt

THE GREEN GOBLINS Release New Single ‘Turn It Around’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 11, 2026
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The Swiss Celtic folk ’n’ roll band THE GREEN GOBLINS release “Turn It Around”, the next lead single from their self-titled debut album (out on October 2nd at Metalville).

“Turn It Around” is an uplifting rock anthem about resilience, change and the decision to keep moving forward when life gets tough. With driving guitars, a powerful chorus and an infectious energy, the song captures the moment when you stop looking back and start taking control again.

A reminder that setbacks are part of the journey – but giving up is never an option.

A guitar, a violin, a bagpipe – that’s how the story of THE GREEN GOBLINS began in 2017.  As a street music band in the Switzerland–Germany–France border region, they quickly made a name for themselves with their unique blend of traditional Irish folk, infectious energy and a musical style all of their own.

The streets gave way to the stages: With their explosive live shows, powerful melodies and boundless enthusiasm, THE GREEN GOBLINS conquered pubs, festivals, medieval markets and concert halls far beyond their home region. In the process, they developed their own style – a blend of Irish tradition, modern rock elements and epic songs, which they themselves describe as ‘Celtic Folk ’n’ Roll’.

Over time, the band’s sound evolved: electric violin meets guitar, drums and bass. This gave rise to the unmistakable sound of The Green Goblins – raw, energetic and boundless. Their debut EP ‘Arandore’ was followed by further singles and music videos, including ‘Roll On’, and the band continued to develop their sound.

Today, The Green Goblins are among the most exciting exponents of modern Celtic Folk ’n’ Roll and thrill their audiences with up to 50 concerts a year in Switzerland, Germany and Alsace.

And now THE GREEN GOBLINS are embarking on their next big chapter: their self-titled debut album, “The Green Goblins”, is due for release on 2 October 2026 via Metalville  

With new songs, an unmistakable sound and the energy of a band ready to tear the place apart, THE GREEN GOBLINS are gearing up to conquer the world’s stages.

TRACK LISTING

01 What’s Wrong, What’s Right
02 Tally Ho
03 Whiskey, Tequila, Vodka & Beer
04 Roll On
05 Spinning Goblin
06 Turn It Around
07 Take A Stand
08 The Battle Of Sturning Bridge
09 The Courier
10 Free Soul
11 Johnny Jump Up
12 Goblins March

LINE UP
Jam Hakimi – guitars & vocals
Ania Cieslar – violins
Tom Erni – bass
Mario Steinacher – drums

LINKS
https://thegreengoblins.ch/
https://www.facebook.com/green.goblins.official
https://www.instagram.com/thegreengoblins_official/
https://www.youtube.com/@thegreengoblinsband
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-green-goblins/1775791840
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/1A8d7AvEYFl0b6igKrCNWK

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