After the massive impact of 'Duality' — a single that marked a defining moment in the band’s recent chapter — German metalcore force VENUES now unveil their next strike: 'Hollow Walls.'
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/hVpLNP5MA8c
This isn’t just another release. 'Hollow Walls' picks up where 'Duality' left off. Visually and emotionally. The new music video acts as a direct sequel, continuing the narrative thread and expanding the atmosphere into darker territory. What began as tension now escalates into confrontation. The cracks in the surface are no longer subtle - they’re breaking wide open.
Sonically, VENUES lean further into contrast: fragile moments collide with explosive weight, cinematic tension meets razor-sharp heaviness. 'Hollow Walls' feels urgent, restless, and uncomfortably honest - like standing in a room that’s slowly collapsing while you’re still inside it.
If 'Duality' was the warning shot, 'Hollow Walls' is the fallout.
This isn’t a reset.
It’s the next chapter.
Catch the band live:
06.06. – Holtebüttel Rockt Festival
19.06. – Harleyville Festival
20.06. – Sommer am Kiez
05.07. – Burning Pants Festival
04.09. – Pell Mell Festival
Germany’s Obey The Kraken are back, dragging listeners into the void with their second EP, Apocrypha, out 10th April via Seek & Strike. What began as an unplanned follow up to 2025’s Worship The Sunken God has evolved into a dark, relentless descent into a world where angels fall and hell rises.
First single, 'Betrayer', tears open the gates of Obey The Kraken’s mythic world. It’s deathcore stripped to its rawest elements, riffs that hit like falling iron and production built around weight and impact rather than excess.
Watch the video for 'Betrayer' here: https://youtu.be/4ilUvV2eQVg
Pre-save Apocrypha here: https://orcd.co/otk2026ep
Commenting on the single, Obey The Kraken said: "'Betrayer' marks the opening chapter of the biblical saga that unfolds throughout our EP. The video is fast paced to match the song’s energy and we made the deliberate decision not to visually portray the story itself, as translating it literally would have been difficult and limiting for us. Instead, we stripped it right back to focus on a classic performance video that emphasizes the intensity and drive of the track.”
Apocrypha tells a story in sound, an angel cast from heaven, forging an alliance with hell, returning to challenge the celestial order itself. Every song is a chapter, every breakdown a hammer blow. The EP moves like the story, deliberate and immersive, pulling listeners into Obey The Kraken’s realm where narrative and brutality are inseparable. Nothing is decorative. Nothing is wasted. Every note exists to damage and leave its mark.
The band’s conceptual ambition remains central. Whilst preserving the DNA of their debut, Obey The Kraken push further into uncharted territory. With production carried out entirely in house, leaving the band with full control over how heavy, how clear and how oppressive they needed it to feel. The result is an EP that is heavy and unflinching, a complete assault for fans who crave deathcore that hits as hard thematically as it does musically.
Obey The Kraken add, "Apocrypha means a lot to us, especially as we hadn't planned this second EP. After finishing our first EP (Worship The Sunken God) last year things developed naturally and we realized we had more to say within this world and sound. We consciously kept the formula of the first EP intact, so anyone who enjoyed EP1 will feel right at home with EP2. Listening back to the final masters, we’re genuinely happy with how consistent and powerful the release feels as a whole. Everything was designed to feel massive, heavy, and epic, supporting the narrative without overcomplicating the production approach.
"Lyrics play a central role for us. Our first EP told the complete story of Cthulhu and his resurrection across four songs and we wanted to apply that same conceptual approach again. On Apocrypha, the songs tell the story of an angel who is cast out of heaven, forms an alliance with hell and ultimately seeks to conquer heaven itself. Each track represents a different chapter of that narrative."
For more:
Instagram || Spotify
Track-list:
1. Betrayer
2. Netherworld
3. War Awaits
4. Bow To Darkness
Photo Credit: Niklas Karlsson
Beware of the antlers!
Ahead of their next quest - an extensive tour throughout USA and Canada with support coming from Ov Sulfur and Atlas - Orbit Culture have released a live video for the fan favourite 'The Storm'. The video was filmed by Riivata Visuals and Grimvisions during their highly successful European tour last winter.
Watch 'The Storm live' here: https://youtu.be/KQJY-8logFQ
The band comment: “This video for 'The Storm' documents our last headline tour. Most of the footage was shot in Gothenburg, close to where we come from. Watching it now brings us back to a night that carried real weight — intense, focused, and honest. It was a defining moment for us, and The Storm reflects that feeling without needing to explain it.”
It is another video for their acclaimed album Death Above Life that was released to overwhelmingly positive feedback by fans and media in October of last year.
"The album represents change, a new beginning," says guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Niklas Karlsson. "It brings up a lot of good and bad emotions but it’s a big change for the better. It feels like a rebirth."
This autumn Orbit Culture will join THE ALLFATHER AWAKENS TOUR across Europe, with Amon Amarth and Soilwork.
UK dates:
Fri 9th Oct - Manchester, O2 Apollo
Sat 10th Oct - London, Eventim Apollo
Sun 11th Oct - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Hailing from the small town of Eksjö, Sweden (located between the revered metal cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm), the quartet (guitarist and vocalist Niklas Karlsson, guitarist Richard Hansson, bassist Fredrik Lennartsson and drummer Christopher Wallerstedt) have grown into a global force, melding together riffs that are equal parts thrash, death metal and industrial with arresting hooks and a layered atmosphere that invites comparison to Gojira, Metallica and Static-X while carving out something that is uniquely their own.
Orbit Culture’s 2023 album Descent and their subsequent EP release The Forgotten topped many year-end lists in 2023, including Metal Hammer who described the album as: “a formidable entwining of modern metal’s most effective and exciting strands into an impressive milestone.” Exhaustive worldwide touring and a steady stream of crowd-pummeling festival slots across the globe, have set the stage for something much larger.
Orbit Culture are a band poised. They are the sound of metal in the most modern sense.
Orbit Culture are:
Niklas Karlsson - guitar / vocals
Richard Hansson - guitar
Fredrik Lennartsson - bass
Christopher Wallerstedt - drums
Orbit Culture online:
https://www.orbitculture.com/
https://www.facebook.com/OrbitCulture/
https://www.instagram.com/orbitculture
twitter.com/orbitculture
https://www.youtube.com/user/OrbitCultureOfficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@orbitcultureofficial
Photo Credit: Patric Ullaeus
EVERGREY, Gothenburg’s masterminds of melancholia, offer up another outburst of beautiful darkness and turn their inner fire into something unstoppable: their intense fifteenth album, Architects Of A New Weave, will be released on 5th June via Napalm Records.
Pre-order Architects Of A New Weave here: https://lnk.to/Evergrey-ArchitectsoftheNewWeave/napalmrecords
The album arrives just days before EVERGREY take the stage as special guest to the undisputed kings of heavy metal, Iron Maiden, for two shows on their Run For Your Lives World Tour.
Tom Englund about Architects Of A New Weave:
“We’ve literally never had this much trouble picking singles. And honestly? That’s the best problem we could possibly have. Every song on this record is fighting to be the one you hear first—because we poured everything into making an album we’re flat-out obsessed with. Like always there are no fillers, no compromises, just twelve tracks we’re stupidly proud of and will be for the rest of our lives. Pre-order the album now and join the weave!”
This is the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed: a plunge into thinning air, burning worlds, and lingering guilt—only to break free with fierce momentum. The album refuses to wallow. It ascends—fast, heavy, and cinematic. But it refuses to hide in the dark. It rises: quick, fierce, and utterly transformative.
Stay tuned for new music coming soon!
Dive into Architects Of A New Weave’s standout tracks like 'The World is on Fire', 'Leaving The Emptiness', 'Heaven', and 'The Prophecy', and the breathtaking title anthem 'Architects Of The New Weave'. Their choruses break through like sunlight piercing storm clouds: enormous, cinematic melodies that pull you upward, riffs with genuine weight and bite, and vocals dripping with raw, unflinching truth. In one breath, you’re shouldering buried longing; in the next, you’re weightless, fearless, endless. Scars transform into badges of survival, fractures fuel reinvention. In the second half of the album, fellow Gothenburg icon Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver, Cemetery Skyline) joins Tom S. Englund in vocal duties for 'A Burning Flame', the voices of the two scene legends intertwined compellingly.
Architects Of A New Weave was produced by Tom S. Englund and Vikram Shankar, with a stellar mix by Adam "Nolly" Getgood.
Among other exclusive formats, Architects Of A New Weave comes with a bonus album, containing bonus tracks 'Heights' and 'One Heart', as well as an album mix of the previously released standalone single 'OXYGEN!' (2025). Additionally, it features a demo version of 'Longing', instrumental tracks of 'Leaving The Emptiness', both new songs, as well as a live version of 'Falling From The Sun', the hit single from the previous record, Theories of Emptiness (2024) and continuation of 'Ominous' from A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) (2022).
EVERGREY are:
Tom S. Englund - Vocals, Guitar
Henrik Danhage - Guitar
Rikard Zander - Keyboard
Simen Sandnes - Drums
Johan Niemann - Bass
EVERGREY online:
Website
Facebook
Instagram
Napalm Records
Tracklisting:
1. Welcome To The Pattern
2. The Shadow Self
3. Architects Of The New Weave
4. The World Is On Fire
5. Heaven
6. The Script
7. Leaving The Emptiness
8. Longing
9. A Burning Flame
10. Call Off Your Lions
11. Chains Of Shame
12. The Prophecy
Architects Of A New Weave will be available in the following formats:
2-LP Gatefold Deluxe Edition (incl. Bonus LP, LP-Sized 16p Booklet) – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive (strictly limited)
2-LP Gatefold White Label Edition (incl. Bonus LP/White Packaging, Covercard [hand-numbered], LP-sized Booklet [16p]) – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive (strictly limited)
2-CD Digipack 24p (incl. 6 Tracks Bonus Album)
1-CD Jewel Case
1-LP Gatefold
Digital Album Deluxe (incl. 6 Tracks Bonus Album)
Digital Album
Photo Credit: Charger of Leo
Brooklyn-based noise rock / punk outsiders FOREIGN BODY today release their new single 'Strung Out', newly signing with Brutal Panda Records.
“Harsh, brutal, filthy, and vulgar” and “so dirty, so clean, so disgusting, so pure” are just a couple of ways that the band has been described by those who’ve experienced their aural onslaught.
Listen to 'Strung Out' here: orcd.co/foreignbody-strungout.
The single arrives ahead of the band’s second album, set to release this year.
'Strung Out' was produced, mixed, and mastered at STR in San Diego, CA by Matt Ibarra of Rectal Hygienics and recorded at Altered States in Chicago, IL by Matt Russell (REZN, Oozing Wound, Big Laugh).
FOREIGN BODY formed in New York City in 2022 and quickly released an EP and a pair of demos. Their debut album FIXED followed via the cult Malaysian label Menora Recordings in 2023 with a 2025 re-release on Reanimated Miscarriage. Described by CVLT Nation as “one of the filthiest, most f*cked in the head records of the year”, FIXED got the attention of many in the underground thanks to both the band’s ferocity and its raw, unflinching lyrics.
FOREIGN BODY will play a hometown show on 21st March in Brooklyn, NY @ The Gutter with Reaper’s Gong (ex-Full of Hell). Stay tuned for updates on the forthcoming album and live performance dates in the coming months.
Listen to FOREIGN BODY’s full discography on Bandcamp: https://foreignbodynyc.bandcamp.com
FOREIGN BODY are:
Hugh - Vocals/Saxophone
Nikolai - Guitar
Collin - Drums
Thomas - Bass
FOREIGN BODY online:
https://www.instagram.com/foreignbody_nyc/
https://foreignbodynyc.bandcamp.com/
Photo Credit: Charlotte Lund Mortensen
Danish experimental artists MEEJAH and HIRAKI have unveiled their new joint single 'Preserve/Manifest', taken from their split EP, INTERWOVEN, out 13th March via Pelagic Records.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/0RvVh8K7ADg
Stream the single and pre-order INTERWOVEN here: https://orcd.co/interwoven
'Preserve/Manifest' derives from an insistent digital beat and the desire to create something genuinely interwoven. Repeated like a mantra - effigy, effigy - the track becomes both mirror and warning. A powerful exterior in constant progression, trembling at the slightest fracture. HIRAKI stands as the primary architect behind the sound and structure. Yet exactly because the track is a true collaboration, MEEJAH’s influence and additions turned the composition around several corners before it settled into its final form. This was further shaped by mixer Klaus Q’s intuitive grasp of the ambition to travel from a swelling heartbeat to a feral distortion hammer.
HIRAKI vocalist Jon Gotlev commented: “The lyrics as well as the track itself balance between preservation and manifestation, where dominance dissolves into intimacy and resistance turns into care. You could almost call it a tense symbiosis of power and control, love and egoism - a kind of simulated driving force rendered as an organic coexistence.”
The INTERWOVEN collaboration has induced a new set of emphases for the two Danish bands, demanding MEEJAH to go darker and heavier, while moving HIRAKI towards an experiment of intertwining complex expressions in a longer format.
The themes on INTERWOVEN spawned in the dark stage room Gloria at Roskilde Festival during a The Ocean concert where Mai Soon Young Øvlisen from MEEJAH stood in the audience, overwhelmed with a fast stream of thoughts before her inner eyes.
Memories of the old East Berlin, the Book of the Dead, the heart weighed against a feather in the afterlife, innocence and revenge - and how the executioner becomes a victim to the loss of their own humanity. When suddenly Loïc Rossetti sat down in front of her - asking her if she was okay - as if he sensed that one day she would ask him to sing with her.
Through collaborations with the LLNN brothers Rasmus and Ketil Sejersen and their industrial, hardcore project John Cxnnor, HIRAKI and MEEJAH met The Oceans light designer Pierre Roi des Forêts - who helped them connect to Loïc.
HIRAKI and MEEJAH decided to exchange artistic powers, common music backgrounds, combined with their shared love for the underground scene. HIRAKI plugged onto the themes - adding their trademark aggressive style, new perspectives, lyrics about malice, control, contradictions and the existential self-awareness of one's choice to cause harm - and significantly broadened the artistic handprint.
INTERWOVEN is mixed by HIRAKI’s long time producer Klaus Q, and references common influential bands such as The Body, The Armed, Sightless Pit, Massive Attack, Julie Christmas and Death Engine.
HIRAKI online:
https://www.instagram.com/hirakiband
https://www.facebook.com/HIRAKIband
MEEJAH online:
https://www.instagram.com/meejahmusic
https://www.facebook.com/Meejahmusic
Track list:
01. Redirect Revenge
03. Preserve Manifest
02. All Contrast
04. Dead Calls
Photo Credit: Shelby Natasha
On 17th March, Seattle rock band Filth Is Eternal will release their third album, Impossible World, via MNRK Heavy.
Today the band share the latest taste of Impossible World via new single 'Long Way'. Constructed from a single driving riff and featuring Lauren Lavin's supporting harmonies, the song showcases Filth Is Eternal venturing into new territory. It's also the first track they recorded with the FILTH EQ+, a pedal they designed themselves that became integral to the album's sonic palette. Speaking on its meaning frontperson Lis DiAngelo says, “We live in a time saturated by consumer culture; we are hyper-focused on acquisition and consumption as means to happiness. ‘Long Way’ is about finding ourselves at the center of that, then finding our way OUT."
Listen/share 'Long Way' here: https://filthiseternal.ffm.to/impossibleworld
Watch the video, directed by Che Hise-Gattone, here: https://youtu.be/EGJ2VmCpX0E
Following their acclaimed 2023 release Find Out, Impossible World emerged from a landscape of relentless gentrification, runaway technology, and creeping authoritarianism. Across the 12 tracks the band grapple with a present that already feels dystopian. But instead of surrendering to despair, they charge ahead with defiance, exploring urgent questions about survival, humanity, and resistance in a world being reshaped without consent.
Sonically Impossible World marks a turning point for FIE, rooted in punk’s immediacy while fusing hardcore intensity with sharpened melody that reaches into grunge and alternative rock. Lis pushes their vocal delivery into new territory, weaving melody and harmony through moments of raw force and clean restraint. Collaborations on Impossible World highlight FIE’s adventurous spirit as the LP boasts features from Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman, Baroness’s Gina Gleason, and Blood Brothers’ Johnny Whitney.
Pre-save Impossible World here: https://filthiseternal.ffm.to/impossibleworld
Reborn in 2020, Filth is Eternal was inspired by the raw, impulsive ethos of punk. The band built a reputation for their frenetic live shows played in DIY venues across the country. FIE has always been about staying energized. "When everything looks stacked against us, that’s when we lean in, get louder, and find a way through," vocalist Lis Di Angelo says. Joined by guitarist Brian McClelland, bassist Logan Miller and drummer Josh Pehrson, FIE has opened for Finch, Blood Brothers, Baroness, and Botch, among others, all the while staying true to their steadfast commitment to staying a DIY project. “Community means everything to us. We love working with independent venues and supporting local bands. That's the beautiful thing about punk, everyone jumps in to help each other out, and no matter where you are in the world you can find your friends.”
Despite some of its heavier subject matter, Impossible World has many soaring moments - dashes of light that overwhelm the senses and give fans a sense of possibility amidst the toils of contemporary living. That ebullient optimism resonates throughout the record, with Lis' voice cutting through melancholia as a beacon lighting what's to come. In hard times the future can feel finite, unreal, but Impossible World reminds us that art has the radical potential to enliven us as we wait out the darkest hours.
Filth Is Eternal are:
Lis DiAngelo (vocals)
Brian McClelland (guitar)
Logan Miller (bass)
Josh Pehrson (drums)
Filth Is Eternal online:
https://www.facebook.com/filthiseternal
https://www.instagram.com/filthiseternal
https://filthiseternal.com
https://x.com/filthiseternal_
Impossible World tracklisting:
1. Stay Melted
2. Long Way
3. Hellfire
4. Acetylene
5. Weather & Rose
6. Desire
7. Total War
8. Bad Faith
9. Outbreak
10. So Below
11. Slipstream
12. Skorpio
Photo Credit: Camilo Báez
The Colombian quartet Argovia (Presagio Records), one of the most distinctive voices in Latin American progressive rock, have unveiled their new single 'Ebb & Flow', out today on all platforms.
The track is the third preview of the band’s upcoming album Primal Repetition, due this year, and features a special collaboration with Ross Jennings, vocalist of Haken.
Stream: https://music.argoviaband.com/ebb-flow-presave
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/TinddMfAMmc
'Ebb & Flow' explores a confrontation with one’s own fragile and defeatist side, initially perceived as an external, alien voice. As the song unfolds, this dialogue is revealed to be an internal process - a conversation with personal vulnerability. The lyrics reflect on how life can push us to the edge and cause us to forget what is essential - seeing, listening, and being - and suggest that only by accepting both light and shadow it is possible to move forward, fight to be truly alive, and regain balance.
To reinforce this ambiguity between the internal and the external, the band chose to approach the song as a vocal duet, a device they have long been drawn to and previously explored on their Who We Are EP. From there, the idea emerged to invite Ross Jennings to take part in the song and develop this concept on both a vocal and emotional level.
"Haken are one of the most important bands within the progressive genre and one of our favourites. Ross is one of my musical heroes. Working with him is a dream come true and he is an incredible singer. We wanted to challenge ourselves and show that we are a band capable of aiming for that level and building something bigger than we ever imagined," says Ani Guillén, Argovia’s vocalist and guitarist.
Jennings recorded an initial vocal demo remotely while touring with Haken during Cruise to the Edge 2025, working from an improvised studio set up in his cabin. After this first exchange, he recorded the final vocal takes upon returning to the United Kingdom.
"I connected deeply with this particular song and I’m very happy with the result. Argovia deserve more attention than they’re currently getting. I think it’s a great song, with really deep lyrics, and I hope you enjoy this other side of me, adding my voice alongside Ani’s. I hope you like the song. Listen to it now. It’s available on all streaming platforms," adds Jennings.
The band add: "'Ebb & Flow' is the conceptual epitome of Primal Repetition and is probably the song that sets the thematic pulse of the album. The ebb and flow does not propose a definitive way out of the cycle, but rather the acceptance that this repetition is part of the human experience."
'Ebb & Flow' is the third single in a series of releases leading up to Argovia’s new album, expected this year. It follows their acclaimed EP Who We Are, included in the Best EP of 2024 category by specialized prog outlet Nación Progresiva, cementing their status as rising stars in the region.
Founded in 2013 by multi-instrumentalist Ani Guillén (guitars, drums, bass, vocals) and keyboardist/music producer Carlos Arminio, Argoviaare a progressive rock band from Bogotá, Colombia. Hailed as one of the most promising acts in Latin American prog, they are poised to make their mark on the international scene.
The band released their debut EP Lost Letters (2014), which earned them a nomination for EP of the Year at the Unión Rock Show awards. Three years later came their first full-length album Distant Present (2017), mastered by Tony Lindgren (Fascination Street Studios, Opeth, Leprous, Katatonia, and more). The record led them to tour several Colombian cities, including Cali and Medellín, and secured their participation inProg in Motion 2017, the country’s only progressive rock festival.
In 2024, they released the EP Who We Are, which was mixed by Alejandro Londoño (Cultura Tres, Delain, Sepultura), mastered by Steve Kitch (The Pineapple Thief), and featuring drums by Felipe Candia (Aisles). With this release, the band moved away from symphonic and digital sounds, embracing a heavier, rawer, and more mature style, drawing inspiration from Riverside, The Gathering, VOLA, Steven Wilson, and Karnivool. The EP earned them an invitation to open for Norwegian band Circus Maximus during their Bogotá show in September 2024. In addition, vocalist Ani Gillénparticipated in the choral recording of the song 'Faceless' for Leprous, included in their album Melodies of Atonement.
The current line-up features Ani Guillén, Carlos Arminio, Mauricio Sanabria (drums), and Nicolás Paredes (bass).
Follow Argovia on:
INSTAGRAM|SPOTIFY|YOUTUBE
Lost In Hollywood return with their brand new single 'Pieces', and announce the release of their new self-titled album, to be released 20th March via Arising Empire.
Stream 'Pieces': https://youtu.be/JmNYO2nHPw8
Pre-order Lost In Hollywood: https://arisingempire.com/lostinhollywood
After the strong impact of their previous singles, 'Pieces' hits with a darker, more direct edge - channelling frustration, pressure, and the slow collapse that happens when everything you’ve built starts slipping through your fingers. It’s raw, heavy, and unapologetically honest, underlining why Lost in Hollywood continue to gain serious traction within the modern German metalcore scene.
After a strong run of releases that steadily expanded their reach, Lost In Hollywood have proven their ability to balance raw heaviness with cinematic atmosphere. Singles like 'The Fire', 'Pretty Skin' and 'Like a River' featuring Of Virtue showcased the band’s talent for massive hooks and emotional depth, while 'The Art of Being Torn Out' featuring Half Me underlined their connection to the modern heavy scene and their willingness to collaborate without losing identity.
Lost In Hollywood online:
https://linktr.ee/lostinhollywood.official
Tracklisting:
1. I Should Have Known Better
2. Pretty Skin
3. Pieces
4. Like a River (ft. Of Virtue)
5. Love is Dying (ft. Philip Strand)
6. Ghost in the Water
7. Father
8. Can You Feel The Pain
9. The Art of Being Torn Out (ft. Half Me)
10. Chasing Dreams
11. The Fire