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One of the UK's brightest metal hopes, SKARLETT RIOT have released the video for the track, "Human," taken for their as yet untitled third album, due in September of this year. Although things may have seemed quiet for the band in the recent past on the surface, they've been working around the clock on new material and adding new bassist, Tim Chambers to the fold, as well, giving the band fresh new blood.  With "Human," the band keep true to their melodic roots while bringing more harsh vocals to the forefront. The single for "Human" was released last week and can be...

BLEED FROM WITHIN RELEASE NEW SONG AND VIDEO FOR "INTO NOTHING"   ANNOUNCE FRACTURE OUT MAY 29TH, 2020 BLEED FROM WITHIN are putting the past behind them and positing an overhauled frame of mind on Fracture. A recent statement from the Glaswegians aimed to reshape the band's heretofore struggles: "The doubt and fear that consumed us for years have been replaced with an insatiable hunger to grow as people. We've noticed this shift in energy and channeled it into our music. As a result, our new album is the strongest and most uplifting we have ever written." BLEED FROM WITHIN embodied that statement during the...

PLASMA CANVAS SIGN TO SIDEONEDUMMY RECORDS   ANNOUNCE KILLERMAJESTIC EP OUT JUNE 12 Please meet the loudest, gayest band in the world - Plasma Canvas. The Fort Collins duo has signed to SideOneDummy Records and will release their new EP KILLERMAJESTIC on June 12, 2020. The EP was produced by punk rock hero, Bill Stevenson, who has been an original member of the band Descendents since their inception. He has also produced albums for bands like Rise Against, NOFX and The Lemonheads.   "KILLERMAJESTIC" kicks off with a visceral scream. It's a burst of pure, primal emotion that sounds like vocalist/guitarist Adrienne Rae Ash's actual throat is escaping from...

  More hardcore punk-oriented than previous releases, 'Left Behind' is a thrashing song about rebellion and a generation standing up for itself. "We didn't want to make it overly political" explains singer Jamie Miller, "But the song says exactly how we feel right now - LEFT BEHIND by the powers that be." The track seems particularly relevant, considering the world is amid a growing health crisis and economic turmoil. Yelling phrases like "our generation is on the edge" and "you never gave us any chance", the band doesn't hold back on any of those sentiments. Miller's vocals take a noticeably...

"I think a lot of us can find ourselves in toxic environments that we eventually learn to call home," says singer Griffin Dickinson. "It's easy to get comfy in a bad place yet simultaneously very difficult to make the choice to leave those bad places when the threat of the unknown is so daunting. This song is about taking your life into your own hands, knowing your worth, and making those life-changing decisions that are terrifying yet liberating in equal measure." Shvpes' latest album Greater Than is available now via Search & Destroy/Spinefarm Records. Get it here. ICYMI: Witness the band perform their previous single "Hot Head" under, let's say,...