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Conjurer Announce Third Album ‘Unself’ and Drop Crushing First Single ‘Hang Them In Your Head’

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British metal heavyweights Conjurer return with news of their mighty third album, Unself, which will be released on the 24th of October via Nuclear Blast Records.

To commemorate the moment, the band have also unveiled the first single from the release, “Hang Them In Your Head.”

Conjurer will be touring Unself across the UK and Europe in November. UK dates will be supported by Pijn and Death Goals, and EU dates will be joined by Frail Body.

UK Tour Dates:

Nov 09 – Damnation Festival, Manchester (CONJURER only)
Nov 11 – The Joiners, Southampton
Nov 12 – The Underworld, London
Nov 13 – Strange Brew, Bristol
Nov 14 – Asylum, Birmingham
Nov 15 – Cathouse, Glasgow

European Tour Dates:

Sep 13 – Inkestas Festibal – Sopela (Spain)
Oct 28 – La Bulle Cafe – Lille (France)
Oct 29 – Point Éphémère – Paris (France)
Oct 30 – Le Grillen – Colmar (France)
Oct 31 – Werk Kultur Lokal Baden – Baden (Switzerland)
Nov 1 – Ziggy Club – Torino (Italy)
Nov 2 – Alchemica Music Club – Bologna (Italy)
Nov 4 – Backstage – München (Germany)

BIOHEX & Jonny McBee Deliver Crushing Industrial-Hardstyle Remix of ‘FED UP’ Ahead of The Browning’s ‘OMNI [ULTRA]’

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Continuing the drive towards OMNI [ULTRA]BIOHEX joins forces with The Browning’s Jonny McBee to unleash a brutal rework of “FED UP.”

Fusing industrial chaos with relentless hard techno and hardstyle energy, this remix slams with distorted kicks, cyber-metal breakdowns, and peak-hour intensity that blurs the line between mosh pit and warehouse rave. Engineered for dark rooms, flashing strobes, and bass junkies and splashed with McBee’s savage vocals, “FED UP” (BIOHEX & Jonny McBee Remix) is out now on all platforms from FiXT. Cue the strobe, crank the gain.

The Browning previously announced the release of their upcoming album OMNI [ULTRA] on August 27th via FiXT.

OMNI [ULTRA] features the original ten tracks of OMNI plus remixes from BIOHEX, Jonny McBee, KaixoKodesevenDarksiderzMACHINYST, and Zardonic, plus new single “OVERLORD” with SWARM and THE DEFECT. This upgraded two-disc edition of their latest full-length creation is more than an album. It’s a visceral descent into a futuristic fusion of deathcore, industrial, EDM, hardstyle, drum & bass, and rave metal laced with industrial textures, cybernetic rage, and raw emotional fire.

The original OMNI was a visceral journey through the depths of deathcore, featuring ten powerful tracks, including collaborations with Nik Nocturnal and THE DEFECT. The album showcased some of The Browning’s heaviest songs to date, like “HIVEMIND” and “Poison,” which together have amassed over 3.5 million streams across all digital platforms. “Deceiver,” the third release from the album, brings a blistering critique of the deceitful narratives perpetuated by those in power. Accompanied by an adrenaline-fueled official music video, “Deceiver” blends the explosive energy of metalcore with the dark, mechanical undertones of industrial and the raw emotion of deathcore and its inspiration – the iconic delivery found in Rammstein’s “Du Hast.”

The explosive single “OMNI,” featuring THE DEFECT, which premiered at Revolver Mag, served as a harbinger of the album’s fierce energy. The album ends with the ominous double capstone of singles “Come To Grips With Death and the End” and “Soul Drift,” which flip a complete 180 while still maintaining the fierce vocals, with “Soul Drift” illustrating the very definition of rave metal.

Claustrofobia Joins Crypta for Brutal 2025 U.S. Tour in Support of ‘Unleeched’

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Thrash metal powerhouse CLAUSTROFOBIA has just announced a handful of brand new tour dates for the rest of 2025 with CRYPTA.

CLAUSTROFOBIA’s latest album, Unleeched, hit stores last fall, or CD/limited-edition cassette can be ordered online. Unleeched was produced, mixed and mastered by Adair Daufembach (Angra, Cadaver, Tony MacAlpine) with cover artwork by Alcides Burn and the domestic release contains two bonus tracks.

Tour Dates (Supporting CRYPTA):

09/10/25 USA – Covington, KY / Madison Live
09/11/25 USA – Spartanburg, SC / Ground Zero
09/12/25 USA – Atlanta, GA / The Garden Club (at Wild Heaven West End)
09/13/25 USA – Tampa, FL / The Orpheum
09/14/25 USA – Orlando, FL / Conduit
09/17/25 USA – Dallas, TX / Trees
09/18/25 USA – Houston, TX / Scout Bar
09/20/25 USA – Austin, TX / Come and Take It Live
09/22/25 USA – Phoenix, AZ / The Nile
09/23/25 USA – San Diego, CA / Brick by Brick
09/24/25 USA – Los Angeles, CA / Whisky a Go Go
09/25/25 USA – Las Vegas, NV / Fremont Country Club
09/26/25 USA – Sacramento, CA / Harlow’s
09/27/25 USA – Portland, OR / Star Theater
09/28/25 USA – Seattle, WA / El Corazon
09/30/25 USA – Salt Lake City, UT / Metro Music Hall
10/01/25 USA – Denver, CO / The Oriental Theater
10/03/25 USA – Madison, WI / The Annex
10/04/25 USA – Joliet, IL / The Forge
10/05/25 USA – FT Wayne, IN / Piere’s Entertainment Center
10/07/25 USA – Columbus, OH / The King of Clubs

GG Magree Unleashes Heavy Industrial Rock Fury With Revenge Anthem ‘Run’

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Australian DJ/vocalist/producer GG Magree today released “Run,” a fierce, ripping guitar track with a drop that embodies the terrorizing moment a predator realizes he or she has become the prey – and a woman, fueled by blind rage, is coming for revenge.

The video for “Run” continues where “Bleed,” released in June, left off – a terror-filled night of revenge with hints of what comes next. Like “Bleed,” on “Run” Magree spreads her DJ and EDM roots from collaborations with artists like Zeds Dead, DJ Snake, and NGHTMRE, into a full-on heavy industrial rock wall of sound.

Ray Chen Charms Horse Audience With Graceful Farmyard Violin Serenade

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Violin virtuoso Ray Chen brought his signature elegance to an unexpected stage—a quiet farmyard—where his audience was a curious group of horses. Mid-performance, he seamlessly switched violins without missing a note, letting the music drift across the paddock. The horses stood still, ears perked, as if savoring every phrase of the lilting classical melody.

Open Reel Ensemble Turns Magnetic Tape & Bamboo Bows Into Hypnotic Dance Beats on the ‘JIGAKKYU’

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The inventive trio of Open Reel Ensemble transforms magnetic reel-to-reel tape into a living instrument, the “JIGAKKYU,” played with bamboo bows. Each stroke bends pitch and texture, weaving hypnotic rhythms and melodies. The result is a wild fusion of tradition, tape, and dancefloor energy you never saw coming.









Ashes And Diamonds Ignite Glam-Driven Rock on Debut Single ‘On A Rocka’ Ahead of Album ‘…Are Forever’

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“When I met Bruce for the first time (I had known Paul since way back), we were all renting a very humble rehearsal space in Los Angeles at the same time,” recalls guitarist/vocalist Daniel Ash about the genesis of Ashes And Diamonds, the new band he formed with Bruce Smith (drums, programming, background vocals) and Paul Spencer Denman (bass). “Paul and I had been already discussing working together, but it was Paul’s wife Kim who suggested Bruce for drum duties. It all started with the standard, ‘Hi, I’m Bruce / Hi, I’m Daniel’. About an hour later, the three of us were making a noise putting something together.”

With each of these storied musician’s experiences in vastly impressive histories (Daniel from Bauhaus/Tones On Tail/Love and Rockets bringing his signature post-punk, glam and experimental style; Paul from Sade/Sweetback delivering smooth, rhythmic low-end that anchors the band’s cinematic feel; Bruce from Public Image Ltd./The Pop Group adding textured percussion and atmospheric electronics, balancing the band’s classic roots with an experimental edge), Ashes And Diamonds launches their new outfit with their powerful debut single “On A Rocka” which is released today, August 14, 2025 via Cleopatra Records. The accompanying video for the song which Brooklyn Vegan calls “a glammy stomper that revels in its simplicity with a killer signature riff from Ash” was directed by Jake Scott, son of acclaimed film director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) and director of music videos by Oasis, U2, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, among others.

Taken from their upcoming album, Ashes And Diamonds Are Forever which will be available digitally and in stores on October 31, 2025, “On A Rocka” is gritty rock and roll with a pulse set firmly in the late ‘50s but with a modern rock twist. Chugging along with a series of repeated stabbing, staccato guitar chords a la Daniel, the propulsive track is launched forward through Bruce’s steady rock-solid beat while Paul holds it precariously together with an embracing melodic bassline.

“We wanted to start with something hard and fast for major impact regarding the first single,” says Daniel. Adds Bruce, “It’s a killer piece of music. Super fresh, it doesn’t sound like anyone else. What else can you say?”

While their originating bands seem miles apart genre-wise, their singular focus is creating songs that are tenaciously infectious, adhering to the brain like taffy to teeth, and musically adept and highly skilled. Beginning pre-Covid and developed since then, …Are Forever is an album carefully built and heavily curated. “The first few songs we wrote in the studio together, but then Covid landed, so several songs were written long distance,” explains Bruce about the songs that took a few years to complete. Eventually split by geography when Paul departed Los Angeles for the U.K. and Bruce for Vermont during lockdown, writing for the album was completed virtually with each band member emailing their ideas to each other.

Further explains Paul, “We taped what we had done in LA in the early days, and then went away with it. Bruce put some beats down, I played bass, and we sent what we had done to Daniel.” Meanwhile, Daniel adds, “I use newspaper headlines as a starting point for my lyrics, so by the end of the first day, there were clippings all over the floor… and the rest is history.”

Eventually, the three rejoined in-person to record the album in Los Angeles. Holed up for ten days with engineer Robert Adam Stevenson (Queens of the Stone Age, Jane’s Addiction, The Kills), they recorded and mixed 12 songs, banging it old school. What they ended up with is a chef-d’oeuvre, each song bubbling with potent anticipation and erupting with adrenaline, fortified by each band member’s notable histories.

“For me, it’s been one of the most fulfilling recordings I’ve ever been involved in… and I’ve made a lot,” says Bruce. “The songs are realized, the production is dope with no tracks you wanna skip over.”

“I am incredibly proud of what we have done,” continues Paul. “When we first got together, we didn’t know if it was going to work out and we had to see if things gelled, but working together was a breeze! I’m a big fan of Bruce and Daniel. They are both exceptional musicians but in a rather non-musical way. They always play things that surprise me and I find that exciting.”

“It took seven years instead of seven months to finish,” reflects Daniel about the lengthy gestation of this band all three are extremely proud of. Like the time it takes for coal to turn to crystalize, …Are Forever may have taken a while to develop, but finding a diamond amongst ashes is a great find indeed.

The single “On A Rocka” is available through DSPs today. The album Ashes And Diamond Are Forever will be released via Cleopatra Records on October 31, 2025 and was produced by Ashes And Diamonds with some co-production with James Salter and Joe Dexter. It was mixed, engineered with additional production by Robert Adam Stevenson.

Ashes And Diamond is Daniel Ash (guitars/vocals/), Bruce Smith (drums, programming, background vocals) and Paul Spencer Denman (bass).

Tracklisting

  1. Hollywood
  2. Teenage Robots
  3. On A Rocka
  4. ON
  5. Boy Or Girl
  6. The A Listers
  7. Plastic Fantastic
  8. Ice Queen
  9. Setting Yourself Up For Love
  10. Alien Love
  11. Champagne Charlie
  12. 2020

Intersection 2025 Brings Experimental & Genre-Fluid Sounds to Toronto for 3-Day Sonic Adventure

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Intersection, Toronto’s annual festival of experimental music returns with three days of innovative and genre-fluid artistry running from August 29 to 31, 2025. This vibrant weekend showcases niche and boundary-pushing sounds at several unique and accessible venues in Toronto, creating an immersive experience for new audiences and artists alike.

2025 marks Intersection’s 14th year. Starting out as a standalone contemporary music marathon at what was then Yonge Dundas Square, the festival has since grown into an annual multi-day event known for pairing internationally renowned artists alongside local counterparts in a decidedly kaleidoscopic variety of styles. Its storied alumni include the likes of Shalabi Effect, Bang On A Can, John Oswald, Elliott Sharp, Sarah Hennies, Joan LaBarbara, Suzanne Ciani, Eli Keszler, Morton Subotnick, Nihilist Spasm Band, Mick Barr, Wolf Eyes and many more.

For Intersection 2025, the festival returns to its DIY roots by platforming some of the most engaging experimental music in the current Canadian scene onstage in the middle the country’s busiest traffic intersection, among other free and accessible performance spaces.

Intersection 2025 kicks off on August 29th, at Sonic Boom Records, Canada’s largest independent record shop. Starting at 6pm, Windsor-based, Palestinian-Canadian guitarist Bilal Nasser and London-based, Lebanese-Canadian electronic artist Alex Raja Ven will perform intimate sets for an audience of dedicated fans and curious shoppers. Both artists are experienced in crafting innovative performances for alternative venue spaces, with Nasser’s music being equally at home in the classical concert hall as it is at a skateboard park or dive bar, and Ven recently exhibiting Threshold Ecologies, a mixed-media sound installation during a residency at SÍM in Reykjavík, Iceland. These performances will serve as a preview for the following day’s marathon event at Sankofa Square, effectively setting the tone for the eclectic and boundary-pushing spirit of the festival.

Starting at 2pm on August 30th, Day 2 marks Intersection’s flagship all-day new music marathon at Sankofa Square. Founded in 2007 as the Toronto New Music Marathon, this unique happening at Yonge-Dundas Square has tirelessly shattered preconceptions about experimental music, taking music that would typically be found in small, underground venues, and mounting it for free at one of the most accessible and public locales in the city for anyone and everyone to engage with.

Along with previous day’s artists Bilal Nasser and Alex Raja Ven (now joined by the Heart Map Ambient Ensemble), the marathon’s lineup is rounded out by further genre-defying music mavericks. It will feature local classical/jazz/hardcore-fusion ensemble Arkkose; underground Toronto ambient mainstay Anthéne; the alchemic meditative trance states of composer Khôra (AKA Matthew Ramolo); Montréal tabla virtuoso Shawn Mativetsky’s highly acclaimed synthwave project Temporal Waves; and recently Toronto Jazz Fest featured fusion shredders Lavender Town.

Throughout the day, the square will feature installations by local artists Stephanie Orlando, as well as David and Sydney Dacks. Orlando’s project, “Sonic Bikes!” was previously featured at Nuit Blanche in Toronto and will allow passing audience members to interact and perform with instruments built from re-purposed scrap metal bike frames and parts. David and Sydney Dacks’ historical megamix, “A Radio Active Active Community,” presents a personal journey back to the heady days of Toronto’s campus radio in the early 1990s in the form of an improvised 45-60 minute audiovisual experience. Selections from David’s audio archives will also be broadcasted at the square between live stage performances.In what is becoming a tradition following the festival’s last few years, the final day (August 31st) offers a glimpse behind the curtain and several entry points into festival artists’ process through interactive workshops and performances.

The day will feature an early afternoon (3pm) panel discussion at 918 Bathurst Centre, exploring the context, conflicts, triumphs and legacy of the era explored in the Dacks’ installation. Co-presented by the Canada Black Music Archives, the panel will be moderated by CIUT radio veteran Judy Perry and also include Phil Vassell (CBMA) and DTS (The Masterplan Show).

Following the panel, there will be further presentations and discussions, as well as a reception with all the festival’s artists at the Canadian Music Centre from 7-9pm.

Intersection 2025 continues the festival’s legacy of experimental music intervention in the core of Toronto over the Labour Day Weekend, adding to an already innovative history of presenting new sounds to new audiences in the most engaging public format possible.

Ezra Ray Hart Brings Rock & Holiday Cheer on ‘90s Hits & Xmas Riffs’ Tour

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We know it’s still summer, but those are sleigh bells you hear in the distance, and they’re sounding the return of Ezra Ray Hart.

MULTI-PLATINUM iconic rock frontmen—Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra, and Emerson Hart of Tonic—will return to the road this fall on their debut headline run with inaugural NEVER ENDING ‘90s PRESENTS: EZRA RAY HART 90s HITS & XMAS RIFFS tour. Get ready for the supergroup to deliver classics from their respective catalogs and unwrap holiday staples with their own spin. This month-long jaunt begins on November 20 in Pittsburgh, PA, at Rivers Casino, visits major markets coast-to-coast, and concludes on December 20 in Anaheim, CA, at The Grove of Anaheim. General on-sale launches this Friday, August 15 at 10am local time here. Check the full list of dates, cities and venues below.

The tour promises to dip into the group’s combined discography as the guys re-energize one smash after another. From Sugar Ray’s “Every Morning,” Better Than Ezra’s “Good,” and Tonic’s “If You Could Only See” to the likes of “Little Saint Nick” and other seasonal anthems, expect a show unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

There’s no better way to get ready for the holidays this year. Tickets are the early gift that will keep on giving!

In the Spring, Ezra Ray Hart graced the stage of Tortuga Music Festival, joining the likes of Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Luke Combs, and Shaboozey. Inciting critical acclaim, Miami New Times applauded the group as “the musical equivalent of throwing your favorite decades into a blender with a heap of on-stage charm.”

Stay tuned for a whole lot more from Ezra Ray Hart in 2025 and beyond.

TOUR DATES FOR NEVER ENDING ‘90s PRESENTS: EZRA RAY HART 90s HITS & XMAS RIFFS:
NOVEMBER
20 | Pittsburgh, PA – Rivers Casino
21 | Norfolk, VA – Harrison Opera House
22 | Warren, OH – Packard Music Hall
23 | TBA
25 | Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
29 | Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
30 | Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live

DECEMBER
3 | Englewood, NJ – Bergen Performing Arts Center
5 | Philadelphia, PA – Rivers Casino
6 | Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Resort Casino
7 | Westbury, NY – Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair
9 | TBA
10 | Chesterfield, MO – The Factory STL
12 | Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CU Theatre
13 | Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre
14 | San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre
16 | Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
18 | Rancho Mirage, CA – Agua Caliente Casino
19 | Rohnert Park, CA – Graton Resort & Casino
20 | Anaheim, CA – Grove of Anaheim

What happens when you put three of modern Rock’s most-played frontmen under the same spotlight at the same time? Ezra Ray Hart is what happens! The trio unites MULTI-PLATINUM icons Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra, and Emerson Hart of Tonic under one banner. Since emerging in 2018, the supergroup has performed to sold-out audiences on special occasions and during sought-after major festivals, packing houses coast-to-coast in the process and inciting sing-alongs loud enough to light up the phones at MTV’s TRL all over again. Boasting 18 Top 10 singles and five #1 hits between them, the all-stars’ cumulative sales exceed 20 MILLION albums in the United States alone and BILLIONS of streams worldwide. McGrath not only stands out as a magnetic frontman, but also as a pop culture force of nature and household name personality. His catalog houses definitive bangers such as “Fly,” “When It’s Over,” “Every Morning,” and more. Griffin, of course, leads Better Than Ezra as its vocalist and guitarist responsible for an arsenal of anthems spanning “Good,” “A Lifetime,” “Desperately Wanting,” and more. Not to mention, he’s penned tunes for Train, Sugarland, and Howie Day in addition to founding and curating Pilgrimage Musical & Cultural Festival. Fronting multi-GRAMMY Award-nominated Tonic, Hart’s discography includes “Open Up Your Eyes,” “You Wanted More,” and “If You Could Only See.” Now, Ezra Ray Hart puts a bow on 2025 by hitting the road on the first-ever NEVER ENDING ‘90s PRESENTS: EZRA RAY HART 90s HITS & XMAS RIFFS, culling the setlist from their respective hits and the greater holiday music canon. However, the group will be spreading cheer and smiles for a long time to come with more surprises on the horizon.