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SMOKING SNAKES Announce New Album “All Lights On”, Out July 10th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 16, 2026
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Swedish sleaze metallers Smoking Snakes are excited to announce the release of their new studio album, “All Lights On”, out on July 10, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl.

Following the release of the single “Pleasure And Pain”, the band share today a new track, “Broken Heart”, along with an official video. 

The band commented: “Broken Heart” captures the fragile line between despair and rebirth. Through vivid imagery of darkness, desire, and destiny, the song reflects on the scars left behind by love… And the quiet strength it takes to start again. It’s both intimate and explosive, turning vulnerability into power”.

Pre-Order “All Lights On” HERE

Describing the new album, Smoking Snakes stated: “NOTHING STAYS HIDDEN WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON. The shadows run, secrets surface, and every flaw, fear, and fire inside us is exposed. This album is a raw flash of truth, like the blinding light in a horror flick when the killer is revealed, or the stage lights right before the first scream of feedback”.

“There’s no place to hide. No mask to wear. No safe darkness”, they continued. “All Lights On” is where neon nightmares meet rock ‘n’ roll redemption. Electric, intense, and unfiltered, just the way it’s meant to be”.

Hailing from Gothenburg, Smoking Snakes are steadily carving out their place in the sleaze metal scene with a sound that blends attitude, melody, and raw energy. Inspired by the great arena rock bands of the 1980s, their music has evolved beyond its roots to develop a distinct and recognizable identity of its own.

A key part of their identity lies in their strong commitment to live performances. Smoking Snakes are a highly active touring band, hitting the road, playing shows, and building a direct connection with their audience. This dedication to the live circuit has allowed them to grow organically, sharpening their performance skills and expanding their fanbase step by step.

At the same time, the band continues to invest serious effort into their artistic development, working consistently to refine their songwriting and define a clear sonic direction. Their evolution reflects both persistence and a genuine passion for their craft.

Their new album, produced by Jack Stroem, captures this moment of growth perfectly. It delivers a collection of songs that balance grit and melody, showcasing a band that is becoming more confident, focused, and mature without losing its edge.

With a strong work ethic, an increasing presence on stage, and a clear vision for the future, Smoking Snakes prove themselves to be more than just an emerging act – they are a band on a steady rise, and one that fans of sleaze metal should keep a close eye on.

“All Lights On” deliver a band in perfect shape ready to take its place in the sleaze scene.

“All Lights On” Tracklist:

1.    103.1 The Scream – The 80’s Late Night Radio Broadcast
2.    Don’t Touch
3.    Trick Or Treat
4.    All I Need
5.    Look In Your Eyes
6.    Last Man Standing
7.    Screaming For More
8.    Broken Heart
9.    Nasty & Wild
10.    Turn On The Lights
11.    Pleasure & Pain
12.    The Last Nightmare

Line Up:
Brett Martin – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar 
Andy Delarge – Bass, backing vocals 
Mackey Gee – Drums, backing vocals 
Rob Raw – Lead guitar, backing vocals

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US Metal Veterans AXEMASTER Announce New Album “Of Beasts And Plagues”, Out June 19th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 16, 2026
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US heavy metal veterans AXEMASTER return with a powerful new studio album. Titled “Of Beasts And Plagues” the record is set for release on June 19 via Cosmic Fire Records. Alongside the announcement, the band reveals the album artwork and full tracklist.

For fans of true heavy metal driven by power, determination and heart, “Of Beasts And Plagues” marks a triumphant return. After years of dedicated work, AXEMASTER are ready to unleash a record that captures the essence of their legacy while pushing forward with renewed energy and intensity.

Formed in the 1980s, AXEMASTER emerged during one of heavy metal’s most raw and defining eras. Over the decades, the band built a strong reputation in the underground through numerous releases, earning a loyal international following. Despite lineup changes and shifts within the music industry, AXEMASTER have remained committed to crafting authentic heavy metal filled with character and emotion.

Tracklist:
01. The Plagues Among Us…. 
02. Murder of Crows
03. The Dark Side
04. Kissed With a Fist
05. Clinging to Life
06. Terrortory
07. Forsaken II
08. Dealers
09. Danse Macabre
10. Machine
11. Dagon Rising
12. Shadows Cast

Today, the band continues this legacy with a sound that seamlessly blends classic US metal with elements of thrash and doom. Heavy riffing, driving rhythms, aggressive yet melodic vocals, and a darker, more intense atmosphere define “Of Beasts And Plagues”. The album stands as one of the band’s strongest creative statements to date – firmly rooted in the spirit of 1980s metal, yet refreshed with a modern edge.

With a history spanning over three decades, AXEMASTER have released 11 official records across multiple international labels and have seen their music featured in films, compilations, and countless publications worldwide. Since their return in 2010 under the direction of founding member Joe Sims, the band has continued to evolve while honoring their roots, sharing stages with acts such as Sebastian Bach, Grim Reaper, Halloween, Riot, and more, and appearing at major underground festivals across the US.

With “Of Beasts And Plagues”, AXEMASTER once again prove their enduring relevance and passion – delivering a record that speaks to both longtime fans and a new generation of metal listeners alike.

“Of Beasts And Plagues” will be coming out on June 19 via Cosmic Fire Records and is now available for pre-order HERE

Line-up:
Joe Sims – Lead Guitar
Jenson Kozar – Bass
Adam Windisch – Drums
Geoff McGraw – Vocals

For more info visit:
https://www.instagram.com/axemasterofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570312266756
https://cosmicfirerecords.com

MAXIMUM ROBOT Sign with Epictronic for Release of New Album “Away With the Fairies”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 16, 2026
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Explosive UK grunge-rock act Maximum Robot is proud to announce their official signing with Epictronic Records. This powerhouse partnership sets the stage for the release of their highly anticipated fourth studio album, “Away With The Fairies”, set on 15 May 2026.

Maximum Robot is a grunge band from Andover, England, was founded by guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Gazza Williams. After decades of effort, drummer Vyara Petkova joined in 2019, followed by bassist Dave Hull, forming the original lineup—but they never performed live together. Pandemic disruptions and lineup changes followed, with Williams and Hull finally playing their first gigs in Autumn 2024. In 2025, work began on their fourth album, and Jack Chapman replaced Hull on bass, bringing a heavier, rawer sound. The current duo, Chapman and Williams, upholds the band’s motto: “Music Never Dies.”

The album’s lyrical content covers themes such as daydreaming and being detached for reality. The title “Away With The Fairies” basically means you are in a world of your own, or not connected to reality or the world around you. This theme runs through the whole album. Fairies come from Celtic mythology, and this features heavily in the band’s artwork. They define their sound as grunge but with influences from punk rock and metal of various sub-genres. Their sound on this album is based on four people. The drummer, the bass player, the guitarist/vocalist, and the engineer who recorded, mixed, and mastered the songs. Each person has their own influences and style, so you get a totally unique sound that sounds like no other band.

If you take Nirvana, NOFX, and Dream Theater, and try to mash them together with an English accent, you might get something like Maximum Robot! While they take inspiration and influence from other bands, they also aim to and hope to create something new and inspire the next generation. They are really happy with this album and feel that it does demonstrate that nothing sounds like Maximum Robot.

“We were delighted to sign with Epictronic,” said Maximum Robot. “They have an obvious passion for music and totally get what we’re trying to do. It’s also fantastic to have somebody to help promote our music so we don’t have to do everything on our own. With this album, we feel Epictronic is the perfect partner for the release.”

Tracklist:

  1. A World Of My Own
  2. Eternia
  3. Asylum
  4. Fun
  5. Anxiety
  6. A Vulgar Display Of Flowers
  7. Guns
  8. Majic Beans
  9. Rainbow
  10. All This Death

Get a taste of Maximum Robot’s music through the video for “A World Of My Own”:

Connect with the band:

www.maximum-robot.co.uk
maximumrobot.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/MaximumRobot
www.youtube.com/@maximumrobot2117
x.com/Maximum_Robot
li.sten.to/maximum-robot

HECATE ENTHRONED Unleash New Single + Video ‘Deathless In The Dryad Glade’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 16, 2026
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HECATE ENTHRONED, the legendary architects of British symphonic black metal, have emerged from the shadows to reclaim their dark dominion. Today, they unveil the official music video and single for “Deathless in the Dryad Glade,” a visceral descent into the primordial shadow.

This haunting incantation serves as the second glimpse into their upcoming opus, ‘The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried’, set to be unleashed upon the world on May 29th via M-Theory Audio.

“Deathless in the Dryad Glade is a chronicle of being led astray by malevolent woodland entities,” proclaims vocalist Joe Stamps. “It is a tale of cosmic horror and a transformation where one becomes ‘one with nature’ in the most unsettling and permanent of ways.”

Captured through the lens of Jack Maguire, the music video for “Deathless in the Dryad Glade” is a masterwork of atmospheric dread. It seamlessly weaves the band’s trademark symphonic grandeur with a raw, vicious energy.

PREVIOUS VIDEO/SINGLE: “Gallery of Rotting Portraits”

Scheduled for a global manifestation HECATE ENTHRONED new album, The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried,’ is set for release on May 29th, the new full-length will be available in multiple physical forms:

  • Digipak CD
  • Limited-Edition Colored Vinyl: 250 copies of Boreal Light (EU) and 250 copies of Draconic Vision (US).
  • Digital Platforms
  • Exclusive Ritual Bundles: Limited pre-order packages featuring exclusive t-shirt designs (must pre-order by May 8)

CLAIM YOUR COPY: M-Theory Audio Store | Official Bandcamp
(Orders ship from US or Europe based on your location, or for UK fans order directly from Plastichead

Produced by the band alongside Dan Abela (Akercocke, Anaal Nathrakh), the album has been mixed and mastered to deliver maximum sonic devastation. The visual identity of the record was forged by Erskine Designs (Inanimate Existence, Bleed The Sky), capturing the ancient myths and legends that fuel the lyrics.

“These are huge, epic, hard-hitting songs carved in the traditional Hecate way,” says bassist Dylan Hughes. “It is a menacing veil delivered with a crisp, modern punch.”

One of the UK underground’s longest-running and most respected acts, HECATE ENTHRONED has been praised by the likes of Terrorizer for their “mixture of death metal aggression with black metal atmosphere” while New Noise Magazine declares them “an absolute must for fans of extreme gothic metal.” Originally co-founded in Wales by guitarist Nigel Dennen in the mid-1990s, the band is dedicated to delivering their own brand of evil metal with little regard to politics or the trends of popular demand. The group’s 1997 full-length, the Andy Sneap-produced ‘The Slaughter Of Innocence, A Requiem For The Mighty’ (Blackend Records), was a seminal release in the then-burgeoning orchestral black metal movement, and since then, five more studio outputs including their M-Theory Audio debut in 2019 with the ‘Embrace Of The Godless Aeon’ (HECATE ENTHRONED’s first recording with vocalist Joe Stamps) and numerous live performances have firmly established the band as one of extreme metal’s most important voices.

HECATE ENTHRONED is:
Joe Stamps – Vocals
Nige Dennan – guitar
Andy Milnes – guitar
Dylan Hughes – bass
Pete White – piano/keyboards
Matt Holmes – drums

For more info:
http://www.m-theoryaudio.com
http://www.facebook.com/hecateenthroned
http://www.instagram.com/hecateenthronedofficial
https://hecateenthroned.bandcamp.com

DELFOI ROAD Drop First Single + Video, a Nine Minute Work of Art ‘Journey Inwards’ from Upcoming Debut Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 16, 2026
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Finnish progressive alternative rock band Delfoi Road releases their debut full length later this autumn. Now they have released the first single from the upcoming album. Journey Inwards is a epic nine minute track that introduces the progressive edge of the upcoming album.

Listen to the song on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/delfoiroad-journeyinwards

–ISRC: FIDE22600008
–Composition: Jani Nivala, Janne Halla
–Lyrics Jani Nivala
–Arrangement: Jani Nivala, Janne Halla, Miika Erkkilä, Sampo Oikarinen
–Produced by Anssi Kippo & Delfoi Road

Formed at the turn of the millennium, Delfoi Road is a Finnish alternative rock band whose sound resists easy categorization. The four-piece blends artistic sensitivity, strong melodic songwriting, and atmospheric depth with an energetic and dynamic edge.

Over the years, Delfoi Road has released several independent records and built a solid reputation as a powerful live act. The members of Delfoi Road are seasoned musicians with extensive live experience across numerous projects. This background is evident in the band’s mature and confident presence, both on stage and in the studio.

Their upcoming album, set for release this fall, was recorded at Astia Studio in collaboration with acclaimed producer Anssi Kippo, known for his work with Children of Bodom, among others. The entire album was created with a strict old-school philosophy: recorded fully analog, straight to tape, without computers, post-editing, drum quantization, or vocal tuning. The result is an honest, organic, and intense recording that captures the band’s authentic energy.

Delfoi Road:
Jani Nivala – Vocals, Guitar
Janne Halla – Guitar
Miika Erkkilä – Bass
Sampo Oikarinen – Drums

https://youtube.com/@delfoiroad
https://www.instagram.com/delfoiroad
https://www.facebook.com/delfoiroad/

VOLUCRINE Release Second Single ‘Talk’ from Forthcoming Fifth Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 16, 2026
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Photo by Janne Pasanen

Finnish modern metal band Volucrine are set to release their fifth album via Inverse Records on September 25th 2026. The second single ‘Talk’ is unleashed today and it’s available on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/volucrine-talk 

The band’s mastermind Jupe Velin comments:
“The words burn in my throat. It feels like a year has passed since the last time, even though barely a week has gone by. It took only a few encounters, and without a second thought, I handed over the keys to my mind. Then you stole my dreams, robbed me of my appetite, and cast a shadow over my view of the future. It’s tragicomic that the purpose of our meetings is to heal, not to shatter me further, yet I’m starting to feel 

like sawdust. Do you recognize any of this? I bite my lip so I don’t think out loud. 

You’re a potent medicine; you replace one form of anxiety with another. The remedy is addictive, and attraction turns into possessiveness. Feeding the addiction comes at the cost of healing. If only I were strong enough not to care, or cared enough not to turn regret into new trauma, adding to my list of psychological symptoms. I know our time is limited, but I want to finally tear down the fence. How will you respond when 

I cross that finish line and ask: “Shall we talk?”

Culmination! That’s the first word that comes to mind when listening to the Talk single with fresh ears. It perfectly combines Volucrine’s technical prowess, melodic flair, and storytelling, not to mention rock ’n’ roll! Does it annoy metal purists? Absolutely, but at the same time, it offers the most open-minded and life-hungry music fans a dose of alternative metal whose buzz lasts for weeks! You hear the song once, and the 

chorus melody immediately lodges itself between your ears like a peregrine falcon that’s a bit more territorial than usual!

The theme? Well, the song is about love in a way, though a self-destructive and one-sided kind. Even though the story doesn’t reveal what happened to the characters in the lyrics, I would still encourage everyone to always acknowledge when a bottled-up emotional life begins to poison their inner self. Life is far too short to spend our old age looking back and cursing the stones we didn’t turn over along the way. With pure words, the mouth sings of freedom!” 

–Composed & lyrics by Jupe Velin
–ISRC-code: FI3FC2655112
–Single cover by Jupe Velin

Watch music video of the first single, ‘Golem’:  https://youtu.be/bb9rVOdwLwo

Chapter V: Renewal Track list:

  1. Borderline
  2. Rendered Obsolete
  3. Moving Mountains
  4. Volucrine
  5. Golem
  6. Heavy
  7. Another Mile
  8. Swans
  9. Drift
  10. The Future That Never Was
  11. Renewal
  12. Talk
  13. The Sum Of Changes

–Composed & lyrics by Jupe Velin
–Album cover by Jupe Velin

BIOGRAPHY:

VOLUCRINE are a Finnish alternative metal collective, who released their debut album in 2011. Four albums, two EP’s and countless live shows later, the band’s personal style has been honed to its peak, still emphasizing bold testing of boundaries within their genre. The band has a strong focuson their lyrics, which, due to their deeply personal nature, give Volucrine’s music a human voice.

After the ETNA LP (Inverse Records 2024), which garnered a lot of positive attention worldwide, the band is finally ready to present new material from their upcoming album, which will be released in the fall. With the theme of rebirth, we can expect the unexpected from this album as a great circle is closed.

Line-up:
Jupe Velin – Vocals
Joni Kyynäräinen – Bass
Jani Aalto – Drums
Marko Orava – Guitar
Erik Lindroos – Guitar

https://www.facebook.com/volucrineband
https://www.instagram.com/volucrineofficial
https://volucrine.bandcamp.com

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