Set to release May 5th of this year, Extermination Dismemberment are setting the bar high in the death metal core world with their latest single ‘Corpsepit’. It’s been 10 years since their last album ‘Serial Urbicide’ and the band promises it’ll be much like their last. Weaving a story throughout the entirety of the album with this story being about the total annihilation of the plant by artificial intelligence. An exciting and thrilling tale will be told throughout the bands 10-year in the making comeback album.

One song blends three power houses, Asian-American producer Elephante, Indonesian singer-songwriter Stephanie Poetri, and Chinese singer Zhang Yanqi. This perfect summer bop speaks feelings into existence, makes you want to dance and find love.

Misterwives are breaking out from their traditional indie-pop boundaries and are entering a redefined era with their new single, “Out of Your Mind” via Photo Finish Records. The once golden and shimmering Misterwives have transformed themselves into an anarchic dark band who are not afraid to use their voice. The newly independent band are building up a storm creating chaos and unchaining themselves.

Melanie Martinez has been weaving the story of her character ‘CryBaby’ for a past decade, Melanie stated in an interview with Apple Music that this will be the last part of the trilogy. Her debut album ‘CryBaby’ which was released in the late summer of 2015, introduced the character to listeners and moved through the trials and hardships of growing up. ‘CryBaby’ has been certified double-platinum in the US as well as reentering the charts in 2020 after the song ‘Play-Date’ became a viral replayed song on Tik-Tok. Melanie’s second album ‘K-12’ dropped in the early fall of 2019, the stunning visually accompanied album had no singles drop before the initial release but still landed number 3 on the Billboard 200. The album is accompanied by a film with the same name (watch the film free on YouTube) written and directed by Melanie herself the film has over 100 million views.

On Thursday, March 30th, progressive metal quartet, After The Burial, have released their first new music in 4 years today with the drop of double single 'Embrace The Infinity' which consists of two new tracks - "Nothing Gold" and "Death Keeps Us From Living".

On Thursday, March 30th, SHADOW OF INTENT, one of the most innovative and revered bands to emerge from the metal world in recent years, have released brand new stand alone single, "The Migrant".

On March 28th the symphonic deathcore band Worm Shepherd released a brand new stand alone single, “The Frozen Lake Pt ll (The Ruined)”. The song is a sequel to “The Frozen Lake” from their album In the Wake of Ov Sòl which came out in 2021. The track is absolutely brutal and is likely to be adored by fans of other deathcore bands such as Lorna Shore.

On Wednesday March 29th, Manchester, UK group Hot Milk announced their debut album 'A CALL TO THE VOID' set for release August 25th via Music For Nations and released their lead single "HORROR SHOW". To go along with these two announcements, they have also added that they will be going on tour.

Australian metal band Redhook confront failing relationships and alien invasions in their latest music video, “Imposter.” This is latest single is off their debut album Postcard From A Living Hell which is set to drop on Friday April 21, 2023.

Back in January, Goldview released Believe which came to be their first single of their new ep that released earlier this month. This the band's first Ep drop since their first in 2018, they have released several singles in between time. The band also has a touring roster of bands such as No Pressure, Crooked Teeth and Youth Fountain.

With a lot of traction made throughout their 10 year tenure, Chin Up, Kid is back with a new single as well as the promise of an album on the way. Jon Benjamin says this about the band's return and the single ‘Back Again’

The hip-hop/punk fusion group Codefendants have a unique origin. Get Dead graffiti crew member Sam King was tattooing to raise money to assist incarcerated rapper Ceschi Ramos whom he was a fan of. After Ramos was released he finally met King at a legendary punk venue, the Gilman Street Project in Berkeley, California. A shared appreciation for hip-hop, punk rock, and Jameson whisky bonded the pair.

This trio is not shying away from their new found building fame, fan-favorite song ‘Bad-Bet’ has now been immortalized in video form. A story about love that just didn’t work out but was a sweet taste of sin and by making a bad bet again it would work out just one more time.

The highly adored frontman of the emo/pop-punk quintet Mayday Parade, Derek Sanders, has announced his new EP The Heavy Box. The EP is set to release on April 14th via Rise Records. This will be Sanders’ second solo release following My Rock and Roll Heart, which was released in 2020 and contains five stripped-back covers.

“Hotel Kalifornia brings me back to a time when all that mattered was music.” - J-Dog

Country music has always had a dark current running thru it. The further you move away from the clean, pop sound of modern Nashville, the closer you get to songs about heavy drinking, fighting, and broken hearts. Artists such as Johnny Cash and Eddie Noack gleefully sang murder ballads. The 90s saw the development of gothic country with bands such as Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Legendary Shack Shakers, and the Handsome Family who found inspiration in American roots music and the more grotesque and strangely beautiful elements of rural American life. The tradition continues today with the hard-rocking duo of Hematite being the latest irritation of the dark current in country music.

Texas based post-metalcore quartet band, Crown The Empire recently announced their fifth new upcoming record, DOGMA, set to be released on April 28 through Rise Records. The band has also revealed their upcoming spring US tour supporting hard-rock band, Nothing More.

Rising alternative hip-hop artist Pardyalone has just released his latest single “Alone” produced by and featuring Travis Barker. This single resonates with anyone who has gone through or currently is going through a rough breakup or for anyone who has lost a partner. “You were always someone I was scared of letting go: hits hard and captures the raw emotions of one door closing and uncertain of the next step to take in life without your person by your side. The video itself has a twist ending leaving you to wonder what’s coming next for this artist.

What Heaven Is Looking For is the fifth single out for the upcoming album for brother duo Michael and David Champion, an era type song that has similar waves to the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and the Arctic Monkeys. Michael Champion describes the new single as “A glimpse behind the curtain to a time that’s already come and gone. Heaven is probably still looking for it, but might not ever find it. Heaven will always be bleaker than earth. Or at least Paris in the 20s".

On Wednesday, Merch 8th, the wait is finally over! Genre-bending metal powerhouse VEIL OF MAYA have announced their first new studio album in nearly 6 years and drop their brand new music video for the single Red Fur. The new album, '[m]other', which will be released on the band's long-time label, Sumerian Records on May 12th. Pre-orders, with a variety of merch and vinyl bundle options, are available now from veilofmayaband.com.