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THE DOGS Return with Uncompromising New Single ‘Fuck’Em’ from Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 30, 2026
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The Dogs return with their new single “Fuck’Em”, an intense, filthy and uncompromising taste of the upcoming album “Trauma Junkie”, set for release on September 18.

With a riff that kicks in doors from the very first second and a sound that refuses to give the listener a moment to breathe, the band continues to cultivate the raw and unfiltered energy that has made them one of Norway’s most notorious live acts.

Listen to the single here:https://ffm.to/dogsfuckem

We’ll let the man behind this furious little monster of a track, Kristopher Schau, explain it himself:
“What I like best about this one is definitely the ugly-as-hell main riff at the start and Henrik’s drums. It became so wonderfully uncomfortable and messy right from the first second. No rest. Straight into anxious, high pulse territory. What I absolutely like the least, though, is that it now, obviously, has to be added to the live set for the autumn tour. This is going to mean A LOT of high-frequency screaming for an old geezer! The budget for Dent and Ricola alone is going to destroy the band economy halfway through the tour. And of course, I’m also worried that the chorus lyrics are unfortunately so SoMe-friendly that they’ll end up being used for all kinds of internet bullshit. Other than that, very pleased.”

The album “Trauma Junkie” will be released on September 18.

ABOUT
The Dogs are the Oslo-based band where only one member is actually from Oslo.
A punk rock band that believes they play soul and garage rock. In short, a band that has no idea who they are or what they’re doing. This confusion has however resulted in a total of 12 albums, countless Norwegian tours, unusual one-off events such as opening for Bruce Springsteen, and musical contributions to the new Harry Hole series on Netflix. In other words, they are well prepared for the Alzheimer’s they all have coming.

Confusingly enough, all signs are still pointing upward for the “Oslo band” in the autumn of their lives.

THE DOGS:
Vocals – Kristopher Schau
Guitar – Mads Martinsen
Bass – Tommy Reite
Drums – Henrik Odde Gustavsen
Percussion – Kenneth Simonsen
Keys – Stefan Höglin

FOLLOW THE DOGS:
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CIRKUS PRÜTZ Announce New Singer, Nicolas Vowden

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 30, 2026
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Earlier this year, Christan Carlsson announced that he wanted to step off the blues rock cirkus to focus on other things in life and his other band “The Quill” who just released a new album. 

Jerry Prütz comments:

“No drama, no disagreement, no fights led to this decision, instead we are grateful for all the albums, gigs and everything else we have achieved during the time Christan Carlsson has been a part of “Cirkus Prütz” and we wish him luck in the future and with whateverhe takes on. When one door closes, another one opens and we say welcome to Nicolas Vowden as our new singer and harmonica player. Give him love and a warm welcome and a loud HELL YEAH!!!”

Nicolas is the older brother of Chris Vowden, who is the guitarist in the Swedish metal band “Corroded”, and that’s how they got together.  

Nicolas says: “It feels almost surreal and very special to be a part of “Cirkus Prütz” today, a band that I actually saw play live in Stockholm in May 2022. My brother Chris wanted me to go with him, our third brother Oliver and a close friend to the gig. In the middle of the concert, Chris leaned towards me and said: “Damn, this is exactly the kind of band you should sing in. This type of music suits you like a glove.” He just captured my own thoughts at the same time.  
It makes it all both very funny and quite ironic that now, four years later, I actually get to sing in “Cirkus Prütz” — a band that I already thought that night was so damn good and that felt completely right for me.” 

CIRKUS PRÜTZ online
https://www.facebook.com/cirkusprytz
https://www.instagram.com/cirkusprytz666
https://www.youtube.com/@cirkusprutz809

AIRI’S Release New Single ‘He’s Lost’, Feat. Sami Kuoppamäki

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 30, 2026
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AIRI’S is an indie rock band from Espoo founded in 2019. The band’s music deals with the emotional storms of life, from immense anxiety to infatuation and love. The musical influences come mainly from the 1970s and 1990s, and the songs feature nuances of British rock, grunge and prog.​

New single ”He’s Lost” is a tribute to the grandfathers of the song’s writer Joni Hartikainen. The lyrics of the song are about loss and reminisce about beautiful moments spent with lost loved ones. Felicia Wadenström on bass and Kingston Wall-legend Sami Kuoppamäki featuring on drums!

Listen to the single on music services

Airi’s – He’s Lost
Music & lyrics by Joni Hartikainen
Recorded by Joel Kinnunen, V.R. Studio & Konsta Silander, Isolla Music, Helsinki
Mixed by Konsta Silander, Isolla Music, Helsinki
Mastered by Jarno Alho, Alho Audio Mastering
Catalog number: VRDIG361
ISRC: FIV2U2600025
Distributor: Playground Music Scandinavia

Joni Hartikainen: Lead & Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Tuomas Hokkanen: Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Silja Silander: Keyboards & Backing Vocals
Felicia Wadenström: Bass
Sami Kuoppamäki: Drums

Airi’s’ new single ”He’s Lost” is a tribute to the grandfathers of the song’s writer Joni Hartikainen. The lyrics of the song are about loss and reminisce about beautiful moments spent with lost loved ones. The sad but empowering message is reinforced by the arrangement which the band emphasizes with heavenly backing vocals and wonderful collaborators Felicia Wadenström on bass and Sami Kuoppamäki on drums.

The band’s first album, “Kind Little One”, released in August 2022, was praised by critics and the public. The album is a story about the human life cycle, from birth to death. Airi’s celebrated the release of their debut album with a charity concert for the Finnish mental health organization Mieli ry at Kannusali, Espoo in 2022, raising €1500 with the ticket sales.

The second album, “Sea of Your Thoughts”, released in September 2024, brings out even more of the band’s brilliant playing chops and organic live sound. The album’s single “Marigolds” even received radio airplay in the United States, and the album’s release was celebrated with a sold out show at Semifinal in Helsinki.

Airi’s has played over 150 shows, including Ruisrock 2024 and as an opening act for Erja Lyytinen at her Finnish shows. Outside Finland, the band has already performed in the Baltics, Sweden and the UK. In spring 2024 the band performed at London’s legendary The Dublin Castle club to a full house. In the fall of 2025 Airi’s toured Finland with Erja Lyytinen on her 12-date Finnish tour and played at some of the most well-known venues in the country including Tavastia in Helsinki. The band has cited Oasis, The Last Dinner Party and the Von Hertzen Brothers as influences.

Find out more: weareairis.com, Facebook and Instagram.

ONLY SONS Premiere New Video for ‘Shallows’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 30, 2026
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ONLY SONS was formed in Krakow in 2018 by Daniel Kesler and Andrzej Nowak (who remained in the lineup until 2022). The group has operated since the beginning as a quintet of musicians involved in various projects across the broader metal scene, including: Redemptor, Moanaa, Ketha, Deivos, Outre, Ulcer, Taraban, and Post Profession.

On April 17, 2026, the band released their new album “Through the Night Again“. The record was self-released in both digital format and as a physical CD which could be purchased via Bandcamp.

On May 27, the band unveiled a music video for the track “Shallows” from the “Woodland Sessions“, serving as a companion piece to their recently released studio album “Through the Night Again“. The material was recorded in October 2025. The video was produced by Reedy Media Group, while the audio was handled by Lateral Studio, with final mixing and mastering done by Tomasz Zalewski.

Watch the video for “Shallows“:

More info: Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify

BLOOD WHITE Sign with Metalville, New Studio Album “From Hell” Out August 28th

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There are countless young bands that are still searching for their own individual musical identity and a breakthrough image based on their own visionary concept. And then there’s BLOOD WHITE, a band that has already found all these factors. Although the five-piece band has only been together since 2022, their sound is incredibly mature, creative and unique. BLOOD WHITE have developed a refined, distinctive mix of modern metal, rock and hardcore which leaves a lasting impression. Added to that, the band’s incredible stage outfits, highlighted through their glaring red and white ‘corporate identity’, sets the quintet apart from the genre’s standard dull, black style which so many of their contemporaries seem to favour. But most importantly, their debut album, “From Hell”, presents music of a standard rarely found in newcomer acts.

The songs mix raw metal riffs and brutal grooves with catchy choruses which enables listeners who are less into the metal-genre immediate access to their exciting, hellraising music. Listen to tracks such as “All I Said Was A Lie”‚ “Bloodified”, “I Smell Blood” or “From Hell” and watch the videos of “Run Or Die” and “Guns & Fear” which all show BLOOD WHITE’s extensive range of stylistic potential and musical influences. At the same time, the album also provides a number of surprises.

Practically out of nowhere (or rather, out of darkest hell), singer Dr. Zero projects a deep sense of melancholy, grief and anger on “Before I Die”, deliberately leaving a number of questions unanswered. Dr. Zero: “The song says something about me, and its metaphors express precisely what I want to share with our audience. It’s about love, about its dependence on your own emotions and on what constitutes the bleakness of grief. Thoughts of having nothing left but a refuge, albeit one that makes you slide even deeper into the abyss than you already have.”

“From Hell” and “Fear” strike a similar lyrical note and present demonic verbal exchanges on God and the world, preachers, monsters and demons, as well as the eternal horror of war and devastation leading, ultimately, to the destruction of one’s own soul. Dr. Zero added: “Most of our songs are about the chasms of the human mind, its capacity for absolute evil, a contradiction to love and compassion. This contraction also resonates in the name “Blood White”, red being a symbol of blood, but also of love, and white stands for innocence and eternity evoking that glistening, bright light that people who have experienced ‘being clinically dead’ talk about.”

The appraisal above says it all! BLOOD WHITE hold everything in their own hands, it’s all there to be seen and heard: the music, the videos, the album sleeve, the photos – the entire band and its image!

BLOOD WHITE are fulfilling the promise of an even more spectacular (metal) future! 

TRACK-LISTING
01 – All I Said Was A Lie 
02 – Run Or Die
03 – Bloodified
04- I Smell Blood
05 – Guns & Fear
06 – Unholy Water
07 – Fear 
08 – Before I Die
09 – Memories 
10 – Kill Everyone
11 – Don´t Blame Me
12 – From Hell  

LINE-UP 
Dr. Zero – vocals  
Mr. Bonesaw – guitar 
D.C. Spark – guitar   
Luke Y-Cut – drums 
Gas Gee – bass 

https://bloodwhite-official.com/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Bloodwhiteofficial/61553104769288/
https://www.instagram.com/blood_white_official/
https://www.youtube.com/@Bloodwhiteofficial

IN THIS MOMENT Return with Brand New Song + Video ‘Sleeping With The Enemy’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 30, 2026
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Blending theatrical intensity with razor-sharp modern rock, IN THIS MOMENT have spent the last decade building one of heavy music’s most unmistakable identities. Led by the magnetic presence of MARIA BRINK, the GRAMMY-nominated band have turned their fusion of spectacle, vulnerability, and massive melodic hooks into a global phenomenon, earning platinum-certified success and more than two billion career streams along the way. Now, the band begin their next chapter with the release of the explosive new single “Sleeping With The Enemy,” out now via Better Noise Music.

Listen to “Sleeping With The Enemy” here.

For more on the single, Brink offers, “With ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’ and our upcoming album, we’re confronting the darkness — whether it’s inside us or external. It’s about looking that darkness in the face and transforming it into empowerment. We feel so exhilarated and ready to show the world what we’ve conjured up.”

“Sleeping With the Enemy” and the previously released “Heretic” (feat. Kim Dracula), mark the first tastes of the band’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled ninth album and debut for Better Noise Music. More details will be announced in due course.

Elsewhere, Brink also features on the current Eva Under Fire single “Villainous,” which is climbing towards Top 10 at active rock radio.

Since coming to life in 2005, IN THIS MOMENT have presided over a diehard fan base under the watch of “mother” figure and aforementioned Brink — joined by co-founder and lead guitarist Chris Howorth, bassist Travis Johnson, guitarist Randy Weitzel, and drummer Kent Diimmel. They have steadily emerged as one of the most influential and impactful bands of the 21st century.

To date, In This Moment has amassed over 2 Billion streams globally. In addition to the Gold-selling album, BLOOD [2012], the quintet has also garnered seven Gold and two Platinum singles, followed by a trifecta of Top 25 entries on the Billboard 200 with BLACK WIDOW [2014], and RITUAL [2017].

Between selling out headline tours coast-to-coast, the group performed in arenas and have appeared at countless festivals from Lollapalooza to Sonic Temple. They assembled their seventh full-length, the aptly titled MOTHER [2020] with longtime trusted collaborator Kevin Churko [Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch]. MOTHER breathed the activating mantra of an unbreakable spell, commenced on first single “The In-Between,” which received a GRAMMY® nomination in 2020 for “Best Metal Performance.”

In 2022, the band released BLOOD 1983 [BMG], a reimagined EP commemorating the ten-year anniversary of BLOOD. Then in 2023, the longtime staples of heavy music released their eighth studio album GODMODE [BMG], a 10-song record featuring the powerful lead single “The Purge,” a stunning cover of Björk’s “Army Of Me,” the collaborative track “Damaged,” which featured Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, and “I Would Die For You,” which appeared on the soundtrack for John Wick: Chapter 4.

Now, IN THIS MOMENT are ready to scintillate their legion of fans with their next evolution and era. Ironically enough, the future is as bright as it is dark for the band and its fans…

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