Photo Credit: Jesse Kojima  When you think about metalcore from foreign countries, there’s no one out there doing it quite like Japanese heavyweights Crystal Lake. They have dropped a few singles here and there but they have officially announced their seventh full length album, The Weight of Sound , which will release on January 23rd, 2026. With this announcement, the band has also released the title track as a single. You can watch the music video for it here !  When asked a

New York City queer punk band The Dead Betties  has just dropped the first single, “Whatever, Anyway” off their newly announced EP “Whitey.” The music video for “Whatever, Anyway” can be watched HERE . The EP will be coming out in full on November 21 via Rotten Princess Records. The song and accompanying music video criticizes the Hollywood glamorization of cowboys as macho white men and is calling out that narrative to expose how that image is deeply inaccurate. Much like th

On what fans thought to be a cool October night, the Texas weather kicked into full heat this last Thursday as fans eagerly lined up as early as 9 am to see DJO’s Iviring performance. Once inside the venue, the crowd buzzed, waiting for the music to drown out all noises and excited chatter within the enclosed space. Within an hour of eagerly waiting and making friends with those around them, the opener, and Jo Keery’s original band, Post Animal, takes the stage. Cheers erupt

Rainy season has finally fallen upon Spokane and with that comes the HALE ( see what I did there? ). Dad jokes aside, the night was one to remember. Seeing everyone cheering and dancing in their seats was something to behold.  First up was the Finnish phenomenon best known as Apocalyptica . Known as the pioneers of the “ cello metal ” genre. Founded in 1993 in Helsinki, Finland, Apocalyptica is Eicca Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso, Mikko Kaakkuriniemi, and Paavo Lotjonen. They w

The set times have been announced for the inaugural Iron Fortress Death Fest  at The Black Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana, presented by Iron Fortress Records. The festival will take place on Saturday, October 18, and doors open at 2 p.m. There are 13 bands on the lineup, each having a 25 minute set with 15 minutes in between sets. All bands are on Iron Fortress Records and the headliners include Decedent, Chorus of Demons, Hamarr and Swampgrave. Iron Fortress Death Fest Line

Metalcore heavyweights August Burns Red have been producing an annual Christmas show for several years now. 2025 is no exception to this and we finally have the final lineup of the bands attending the festival in Lancaster, Pennsylvania this year.  They are pulling out all the stops, with both nights having insane support. On Friday, December 12th, Psycho-Frame, No Cure, The Callous Daoboys, Invent Animate, and Currents will all be opening for August Burns Red. This is like l