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Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’
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Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’

Youth Valley has released ‘Cerberus,’ a moody new single that blends shoegaze, post-punk, and 1980s influences reminisc…

Updated 17 days ago
Terror Announces Tour Supporting New Album ‘Still Suffer’
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Terror Announces Tour Supporting New Album ‘Still Suffer’

Veteran hardcore band Terror has announced an upcoming tour with Pain of Truth, End It, and Start Today as supporting a…

Updated 28 days ago
Ozzfest Returns in 2027, Ozzy Statue at Hellfest
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Ozzfest Returns in 2027, Ozzy Statue at Hellfest

Sharon and Jack Osbourne have confirmed that the iconic Ozzfest metal festival will return in 2027, starting in England…

Updated 29 days ago
Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup
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Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup

Bandcamp has released its comprehensive monthly music guides for February 2026, covering essential releases across mult…

Updated 28 days ago

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21st Century Archetype - Unplugging - Futuristic bass boosted Rapcore/Nu Metal from the gloomy East-European slums
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21st Century Archetype - Unplugging - Futuristic bass boosted Rapcore/Nu Metal from the gloomy East-European slums

21st Century Archetype's album ‘Unplugging’ is a 40-minute exploration blending 90s nu-metal, 2000s…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 25, 2026
hip-hop
Single: Bliss Abyss – wrecked
Start Track

Single: Bliss Abyss – wrecked

Bay Area musician Peter Wallner, known for his work with Deafheaven and Wax Idols, has released a n…

start-track.com · Mar 25, 2026
punk
Aeon Temple: Golden Veils
Destroy//Exist

Aeon Temple: Golden Veils

Aeon Temple's ‘Golden Veils’ is an underground music release that explores themes of existential pa…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 24, 2026
doom
Elk Hunter - The Nowhere Ram - A fierce and melodic blend of Blackened Punk and Art Metal that’s as intense as it is unforgettable.
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Elk Hunter - The Nowhere Ram - A fierce and melodic blend of Blackened Punk and Art Metal that’s as intense as it is unforgettable.

Elk Hunter's album ‘The Nowhere Ram’ delivers a powerful fusion of Blackened Punk and Art Metal, ba…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 20, 2026
metal
Floating Nest - Blow Off Steam - A Spanish Progressive Rock/Metal album with psychedelic touches
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Floating Nest - Blow Off Steam - A Spanish Progressive Rock/Metal album with psychedelic touches

Blow Off Steam by Floating Nest is a Spanish progressive rock/metal album featuring theatrical fema…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 20, 2026
metal
Barbaric Oath — Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance (Caligari)
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Barbaric Oath — Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance (Caligari)

Barbaric Oath's debut EP ‘Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance’ on Caligari Records delivers death metal with …

dustedmagazine.tumblr.com · Mar 20, 2026
metal
KVATHORY - Ardis - your most beautiful nightmarish trip
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KVATHORY - Ardis - your most beautiful nightmarish trip

KVATHORY's album ‘Ardis’ is a black metal release recorded in extreme conditions inside a car durin…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 20, 2026
metal
Essential Releases, March 20, 2026
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Essential Releases, March 20, 2026

This article presents a curated list of essential music releases from March 20, 2026, spanning dive…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 20, 2026
jazz
Splendidula - Absentia (Feat. Tim Yatras) - Atmospheric black/doom metal featuring guest vocals by Tim Yatras (Austere, Germ).
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Splendidula - Absentia (Feat. Tim Yatras) - Atmospheric black/doom metal featuring guest vocals by Tim Yatras (Austere, Germ).

Splendidula releases ‘Absentia,’ the atmospheric black/doom metal title track from their upcoming f…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 19, 2026
doom
Crouch, “Breaking the Catatonic State”
Bandcamp Daily

Crouch, “Breaking the Catatonic State”

Belgian metal band Crouch, comprised of members from Amenra and Oathbreaker, releases ‘Breaking the…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 19, 2026
metal
‘Rock of Pages’ Argues for the High of Literature in the Low of Heavy Metal » PopMatters
PopMatters

‘Rock of Pages’ Argues for the High of Literature in the Low of Heavy Metal » PopMatters

‘Rock of Pages’ is a book that argues 1980s heavy metal music contained more literary depth and ima…

www.popmatters.com · Mar 18, 2026
metal
Lucille Two release new single ‘What’s In My Mind?’.
Mix It All Up

Lucille Two release new single ‘What’s In My Mind?’.

Lucille Two has released a new single titled ‘What's In My Mind?’ The track is a hazy, emotionally-…

mixitallup.com · Mar 17, 2026
shoegaze
Chiodos Book 2026 North American Tour │ Exclaim!
Exclaim!

Chiodos Book 2026 North American Tour │ Exclaim!

Post-hardcore band Chiodos has announced a 2026 North American tour with Canadian stops in six majo…

exclaim.ca · Mar 17, 2026
hardcore
Fentanyl Announce New Self-Titled Album: Hear ‘Cobrar El Dolor’
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Fentanyl Announce New Self-Titled Album: Hear ‘Cobrar El Dolor’

Bay Area heavy hardcore artist Kenneth Turner, formerly of Foghorn, has launched a new project call…

stereogum.com · Mar 17, 2026
hardcore
Jinjer Get Crystal Lake, Entheos for North American Tour │ Exclaim!
Exclaim!

Jinjer Get Crystal Lake, Entheos for North American Tour │ Exclaim!

Ukrainian metal band Jinjer has announced a North American tour featuring support from Crystal Lake…

exclaim.ca · Mar 17, 2026
metal
Youth Valley: cerberus
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Youth Valley: cerberus

Youth Valley's ‘cerberus’ explores underground music and pop culture through an existential lens. T…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 17, 2026
punk
Dead Churches taps into universal themes with catchy sonics on ‘Fear and Faith’
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Dead Churches taps into universal themes with catchy sonics on ‘Fear and Faith’

Dead Churches releases their debut EP ‘Fear and Faith’, featuring six diverse tracks that explore u…

earmilk.com · Mar 17, 2026
hardcore
Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet: Magma
Destroy//Exist

Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet: Magma

Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet releases ‘Magma’, an album exploring existential themes through undergro…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 17, 2026
metal
Burning Plains – Into The Violet Sky: The Sound of Shattered Illusions in Modern Metal
Jamsphere

Burning Plains – Into The Violet Sky: The Sound of Shattered Illusions in Modern Metal

Ukrainian metal band Burning Plains releases ‘Into The Violet Sky,’ a heavy single exploring existe…

jamsphere.com · Mar 17, 2026
metal
Planer - Dial - We love that Sound
We Love That

Planer - Dial - We love that Sound

Planer, a band from Minneapolis, creates shoegaze music that sounds inventive, powerful, playful an…

www.welovethat.de · Mar 17, 2026
shoegaze
Unverkalt’s ‘Héréditaire’ Takes a Revealing Post-metal Look At The Burdens We Carry (INTERVIEW) - Glide Magazine
Glide Magazine Interview

Unverkalt’s ‘Héréditaire’ Takes a Revealing Post-metal Look At The Burdens We Carry (INTERVIEW) - Glide Magazine

Berlin-based post-metal band Unverkalt released their third album ‘Héréditaire’ on February 27th th…

glidemagazine.com · Mar 16, 2026
metal
YOU CITIZEN | singolo | DISTOPIC.IT
DISTOPIC.IT

YOU CITIZEN | singolo | DISTOPIC.IT

This track is described as a journey through time, blending influences from the 1980s and 1990s wit…

www.distopic.it · Mar 16, 2026
shoegaze
Cronos: Dancing in the Fire
Spectrum Culture

Cronos: Dancing in the Fire

After black metal pioneers Venom disbanded, frontman Cronos released a solo album that departed fro…

spectrumculture.com · Mar 16, 2026
metal
KEELEY shares latest single ‘Trains and Daydreams (feat. Sice)’.
Mix It All Up

KEELEY shares latest single ‘Trains and Daydreams (feat. Sice)’.

KEELEY releases new single ‘Trains and Daydreams’ featuring Sice, blending shoegaze aesthetics with…

mixitallup.com · Mar 16, 2026
shoegaze