Hotly-tipped Essex punk duo The Meffs today release their long-awaited new album, Business, out today 11th September via FLG. 

Get Business here: https://ffm.bio/businessalbum

In celebration of the news, the band reveal the album's focus track, 'Like Gravity'.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/G0VWvXT_8Z8

The Meffs are riding high with a non-stop 2026, including appearing alongside Twenty One Pilots at All Points East and supporting the legendary Joan Jett on her first UK headline tour in sixteen years.

The duo will shortly be off on a headline in-store tour. Dates as follows:

Fri 11th Sept - Oxford Truck (evening) [low tickets]
Sat 12th Sept - Banquet Kingston College (evening)
Sun 13th Sept - Marlborough Sound Knowledge (matinee) [low tickets]
Sun 13th Sept - Nantwich Applestump (evening) [low tickets]
Tue 15th Sept - Portsmouth Pie & Vinyl (matinee) [low tickets]
Tue 15th Sept - Bristol Rough Trade (evening) [low tickets]
Wed 16th Sept - Oakham Rockabuy (matinee) [low tickets]
Wed 16th Sept - Notts Rough Trade (evening) [sold out]
Thu 17th Sept - Bury Wax & Beans (matinee) [low tickets]
Thu 17th Sept - Liverpool Jacaranda (evening) [sold out]
Sat 19th Sept - Edinburgh Assai (matinee) [sold out]
Sat 19th Sept - Glasgow Assai (evening) [low tickets]
Sun 20th Sept - Leeds Crash (evening) [sold out]
Mon 21st Sept - Sheffield Arundel Emporium (matinee)

Despite a whirlwind 2025, which included supports with The Sex Pistols, The Undertones, selling out headline shows across the UK and Europe, Glastonbury, 2000trees, and Download Festival, Lily (guitar and vocals) and Lewis (drums) somehow managed to find the time to write and record 11 tracks of their most politically charged, hard-hitting music to date.

With producer Dan Weller at the helm, Business is a modern punk classic. Fan favourites like 'So Modern' (Keep Up)' are captured with all the energy and scuzziness from the band's live show, and title track 'Business' goes hard, taking taking aim at the challenges found within today's music industry.

There is no shortage of fast paced moments; 'Love To Lose' is the ideal hype song, while 'Fight' crams minutes of energy into one thirty second burst. Other highlights include 'Disorder (Wake Up)' - a commentary on the world as we know it; or 'Like Gravity', a journey of self-deprecation. On Business, The Meffs prove they are not a band to be pigeonholed. 

Since exploding onto the UK scene, The Meffs have built up a reputation as purveyors of frantic punk rock and an absolute must-see live sensation. A hugely impressive DIY outfit, they have already supported Alice Cooper, Kings of Leon at BST Hyde Park, Bearded Theory, Beautiful Days festival, and The Damned. The duo are also Music Venue Trust patrons and longtime supporters of grassroots venues.

Business will only see the band deliver their values to an ever-increasing circle - an unashamedly powerful record, political and astute, and begging to be played loud.

The Meffs are:

Lily Hopkins (vocals/guitar)
Lewis Copsey (drums/backing vocals)

Watch The Meffs live:

03/10/2026   North East Calling  Northumbria University   Newcastle upon Tyne   GB
10/10/2026   Cretin Hop Festival   La Boissière-de-Montaigu   FR

16/10/2026   Live Music Hall  Köln  DE (supporting Levellers)
17/10/2026  Muziekgieterij  Masstricht   NL (supporting Levellers)
18/10/2026  The Depot  Leuven  NL (supporting Levellers)
20/10/2026  The Picturedome   Holmfirth  UK (supporting Levellers)
22/10/2026  Mandela Hall  Belfast  UK (supporting Levellers)
23/10/2026  Vicar Street  Dublin  IE (supporting Levellers)
24/10/2026  Barrowland Ballroom  Glasgow  UK (supporting Levellers)
29/10/2026  York Barbican  York  UK (supporting Levellers)
30/10/2026  Venue  Llandudno  UK (supporting Levellers)
06/11/2026  Substage  Karlsruhe  DE (supporting Itchy)
07/11/2026  Sputnikhalle   Münster  DE (supporting Itchy)
08/11/2026  M.A.U.  Rostock  DE 
10/11/2026  TOWER Musikclub  Bremen  DE
11/11/2026  The Pump  Kiel  DE
12/11/2026  Kleine Freiheit   Osnabrück  DE
13/11/2026  Capitol Hannover  Hannover  DE (supporting Itchy)
14/11/2026  Beatpol  Dresden  DE (supporting Itchy)
19/11/2026  Rock City  Nottingham  UK (supporting Levellers)
20/11/2026  The Prospect Building  Bristol  UK (supporting Levellers)
21/11/2026  Eventim Apollo  London  UK(supporting Levellers)
12/12/2026  The Adrian Flux Waterfront  Norwich  UK (supporting Sham 69)

The Meffs online:
https://www.facebook.com/Themeffsuk
https://www.instagram.com/themeffsuk

Track list:

1. Dreamin'
2. What A Nightmare
3. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
4. Business
5. Law
6. Fight
7. Disorder (Wake Up)
8. Love To Lose
9. So Modern (Keep Up)
10. God Complex
11. Like Gravity 

UK progressive metal force Exist Immortal return with their long-awaited new EP Afterglow, out today, 11th September, via Seek & Strike. Marking the release with a fresh glimpse into the record’s darker emotional territory, the band have also unveiled new single ‘Something, Somewhere’, a raw, restless track that sits firmly in the uncomfortable space between regret, uncertainty and the things we’re not quite ready to confront. 

“The rawest, most restless track of the EP. It sits in the uncertainty, the regret, the second-guessing, the things you can’t quite bring yourself to face and doesn’t rush to fix any of it. The honest opening of our story,” the band explain.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/sC7KrUc_FSs

Listen to Afterglow here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0msR4mo0MeBoU1Qj8XjpKj?si=54698adc37ef4a9e

For Exist Immortal, Afterglow is the beginning of a new chapter for the band. Shaped by upheaval and personal struggles, it's a record that reflects where they are now, with a renewed sense of purpose moving forward. 

For over a decade, Exist Immortal have established themselves as one of the UK’s most distinctive progressive metal acts, combining crushing metalcore, intricate technicality, soaring melodies and contemporary pop sensibilities into a sound that refuses to sit neatly within genre boundaries. Hailing from the South East of England, the band have continually evolved while retaining a focus on music that hits with equal measures of emotional weight and sheer physical force.

That evolution reaches a new level on Afterglow.  Written during a period of profound upheaval that saw the band navigate a line-up change, personal and health challenges and a period in which their future was genuinely uncertain, the five track EP became an exercise in creative renewal and ultimately, a reaffirmation of why the band exists in the first place.

"Afterglow is the sound of us finding out what this band actually is," the band explain. "We wrote and rebuilt it through a period of real upheaval, a lineup change, personal challenges, health challenges and a stretch that tested whether we'd keep going at all. Somehow it came out the most assured, most deliberate thing we've ever made."

The resulting record is Exist Immortal at their most focused. Stripping away anything unnecessary, Afterglow is colder, heavier and more deliberate than its predecessors, with sharper songwriting, greater dynamic impact and a newfound confidence running through every moment. Technical precision sits alongside huge melodic hooks and expansive atmosphere, while every riff and arrangement serves a clear purpose.

Away from the studio, Exist Immortal have built a formidable international reputation through relentless touring across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Their explosive live show has seen them perform at Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, MetalDays, Euroblast, Maximum Rock Festival and Complexity Fest, while sharing stages with progressive heavyweights including SikTh, Textures, LANDMVRKS and Cynic. In 2022 they headlined the main stage at UK Tech-Fest, before following it up with sold-out headline tours of Mexico and Japan, further cementing their status as one of the UK's most exciting modern progressive metal exports.

Now, with a renewed creative vision driving them forward, Exist Immortal are entering their most compelling era yet. Afterglow doesn't simply mark the band's next chapter, it redefines who they are, with a sound that leans cold, precise and deliberate, built on taut songwriting, dynamic arrangements and an uncompromising approach that balances technical mastery with memorable hooks and immense weight.

For more:
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Track-list:

01 - Something, Somewhere
02 - Fail To Find
03 - Afterglow
04 - Stuck In Motion
05 - Shadow Work

Photo Credit: Curtis Perry

Acclaimed Canadian cellist and composer Raphael Weinroth-Browne releases his highly anticipated third solo album Empyrean today, alongside the unveiling of its mesmerising final single, ‘Murmuration’ as he prepares to join Einar Solberg on his forthcoming European tour later this month. Created through Weinroth-Browne’s distinctive combination of live-looping, layered cello and effects, the track transforms the instrument into a vast, ever-shifting soundscape, with insistent rhythms and soaring melodic lines moving together in constant motion.

Originally composed for UK contemporary dance company James Wilton Dance and their production BACH Reimagined, ‘Murmuration’ draws inspiration from both J. S. Bach and trailblazing saxophonist Colin Stetson, its cyclical arpeggios forming the backbone of a piece that feels simultaneously organic, orchestral and otherworldly. Like the flock of birds from which it takes its name, multiple individual voices converge into a single, constantly evolving whole, gathering momentum before ultimately dissolving into an endless horizon.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/afffd2Y-JPo

Order Empyrean album here: https://raphaelweinroth-browne.bandcamp.com/album/empyrean

Comments Raphael: "'A murmuration is a large flock of birds that soar and swoop together in synchrony, forming one unified ever-changing shape. When I play this piece I am reminded of birds diving and ascending over ocean waves, always in motion, with many individual parts moving as one collective whole. The way in which my compositions come together with live looping feels very similar, with multiple voices interweaving, forming a movement trail with sound. In this piece, insistent rhythms pulse with unrelenting drive while soaring lines reach ever higher, as if to touch the untouchable. At the end, the rhythms fall away and all the voices are unified, fading into an endless horizon.  

"The simple but effective setting for the music video for 'Murmuration' recalls the Empyrean cover artwork with its shimmering gold stars and cathedral arch set against a backdrop of oceanic blue."

The track offers a fitting introduction to Empyrean, an album rooted in Weinroth-Browne’s fascination with transformation, impermanence and the space between the composed and the unpredictable. Across its pieces, the cello becomes less a traditional classical instrument and more a vehicle for creating entire worlds of sound, moving between intricate composition, ambient textures, repetition, distortion and experimentalism.

‘Murmuration’ arrives alongside the album’s release and follows the previously unveiled ‘Dissolution’, a mesmerising deconstruction of the Sarabande from Bach’s Sixth Cello Suite which gradually fractures from Baroque elegance into distortion, noise and near-abstract sound. Together, the two recent tracks capture the extraordinary breadth of Empyrean, music that can begin with a single cello voice and expand into something far larger, stranger and more elemental.

The origins of new album Empyrean itself are as cinematic as the music it contains. In 2024, Weinroth-Browne was commissioned by James Wilton Dance to compose an 80-minute score inspired by the music and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach. What emerged became BACH Reimagined: a touring multidisciplinary work exploring immortality, artistic transcendence and the pursuit of the sublime through creation.

Rather than simply reinterpret Bach, Weinroth-Browne entered into dialogue with him across centuries. The resulting compositions fuse the purity and mathematical elegance of Baroque counterpoint with distorted textures, electronic ambience and towering rhythmic weight. Tracks such as 'Speed of Light' and 'Dissolution' plunge Bach-inspired motifs into vast storms of noise and metallic tension, while the meditative 'Sanctum' evokes Sufi mysticism and devotional stillness.

“At its core,” Weinroth-Browne explains, “Empyrean is about the search for the sublime. As artists, we spend our lives trying to create something that transcends the everyday, if only for a split second, as if to glimpse eternity through a keyhole.”

Captured at Union Sound Company in Toronto immediately following the sessions for 2025’s critically acclaimed Lifeblood, Empyrean finds Weinroth-Browne operating at the peak of his creative powers. The album was recorded and engineered by Darren McGill (Rush, The Dirty Nil), mixed by Adam Noble (Leprous, Katatonia) and mastered by Robin Schmidt (Leprous), resulting in a sound both immense and intimate, every bow stroke preserved with almost tactile immediacy. Artwork comes from London-based printmaker and collage artist Cally Conway, discovered by Weinroth-Browne in Brighton during the BACH tour.

Watch the videos for previous singles 'Speed of Light', 'Reflection' and 'Evocation', and discover Raphael's breathtaking standalone interpretation of Sleep Token's 'Fall For Me' released last month, showcasing yet another side of his remarkable artistry.

The new release follows a run of widespread critical acclaim. His 2020 debut Worlds Within was praised as "masterful" and "a stunning example of less being more," while 2025's Lifeblood saw Raphael further expand his sound into rich cinematic territory, earning praise as "a triumph of vision and virtuosity" and "the most ambitious album of Weinroth-Browne's career."

That same fearless boundary-pushing has made Weinroth-Browne an essential figure within modern progressive music. His cello work can be heard on hundreds of studio albums, including Woods of Ypres’ Juno Award-winning W5: Grey Skies & Electric Light and across many major film and TV soundtracks. Viral interpretations of Opeth, Katatonia and Steven Wilson have drawn direct praise from the artists themselves, further cementing his reputation as a boundaryless interpreter and composer.

Since joining Norwegian prog visionaries Leprous in 2016, he has performed over 200 shows worldwide and contributed to three of their studio albums, helping redefine the role of cello in progressive heavy music. Beyond Leprous, he has shared stages with Evanescence, Apocalyptica and Devin Townsend.

As a solo artist, Weinroth-Browne has become an ambassador for what the cello can be in the 21st century. He has made waves at prestigious festivals such as the Cello Biennale Amsterdam and the International Cello Festival of Canada and has opened for artists ranging from Polish neoclassical pianist Hania Rani to Nordic folk ensemble SKÁLD and Danish prog metal masters VOLA.

With a busy year of live performances, including a recent European tour with Earthside and an upcoming run alongside Einar Solberg, Raphael Weinroth-Browne continues to expand the possibilities of the cello. With Empyrean arriving later this year, he further cements his reputation as one of the instrument's most adventurous and distinctive modern voices.

Catch Raphael Weinroth-Browne live on the following dates:

September 18 – The Garage, London, UK (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 19 – Café de la Danse, Paris, France (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 20 – Le Rex, Toulouse, France (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 21 – La Rhapsodie, Biarritz, France (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 22 – Mouco, Porto, Portugal (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 23 – República da Música, Lisbon, Portugal (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 25 – Be Prog! My Friend, Barcelona, Spain (with Einar Solberg)
September 26 – L’Ampérage, Grenoble, France (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 27 – Euroblast Festival, Cologne, Germany (with Einar Solberg)
September 29 – Hype Park, Kraków, Poland (solo and with Einar Solberg)
September 30 – Lido, Berlin, Germany (solo and with Einar Solberg)
October 1 – Gebläsehalle, Neunkirchen, Germany (solo and with Einar Solberg)
October 2 – Werkk Kulturlokal, Baden, Switzerland (solo and with Einar Solberg)
October 4 – ProgPower Europe, Baarlo, Netherlands (with Einar Solberg)
October 7 - Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, UK (BACH Reimagined with James Wilton Dance)
October 23 - Guelph, ON - Silence
October 24 - Guelph, ON - Silence
October 29 - Toronto, ON - Burdock Music Hall
November 6 - Ottawa, ON - Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre
November 12 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset - supporting Lamentari

Raphael Weinroth-Browne online:
Official Website || Facebook | Instagram || Youtube ||  X || Bandcamp || Tik Tok 

Empyrean Tracklist: 

1. Speed of Light
2. Remnant
3. Evocation
4. Murmuration
5. Integration
6. Dissolution
7. Sanctum
8. Reflection
9. Empyrean 

German hardcore outfit THROATCUT. unleash their devastating new NO KINGS. EP, accompanied by the brand new track 'BLOOM.', a merciless collision of suffocating heaviness, feral emotion and uncompromising hardcore aggression.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/aY7dU7UeTjU

Stream/pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/throatcut

Built around images of decay, poisoned roots and severing the ties that keep us trapped, 'BLOOM.' turns destruction into an act of liberation. The song begins in wasted soil, where roots rot and nothing seems capable of growing, before gradually transforming that desolation into something defiant. Every broken branch, every parasite and every scar becomes part of the ground from which something new can emerge.

Musically, THROATCUT. give that transformation a brutally physical form. Jagged riffs, punishing rhythms and vicious screams create an almost ritualistic atmosphere, while the track repeatedly tightens its grip before erupting into crushing passages designed for absolute chaos. The recurring call to “let the willows bloom” becomes more than a refrain. It is the moment where submission gives way to resistance.

Catch the band live: 
​
31.10.2026 I Corefest 2026 I Göppingen (DE)

Throatcut. online:
https://www.instagram.com/throatcut.hc
https://www.facebook.com/throatcut.hc
https://www.tiktok.com/@throatcut.hc

German modern metalcore outfit Venues open the door to an entirely new chapter with their brand new single 'Eden', a fierce and deeply personal statement of liberation featuring an explosive guest performance from The Oklahoma Kid vocalist Tobias Rische, formerly of Alazka and Novelists.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/4syDRMblUy4

Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/venues

More than simply a new song, 'Eden' represents a breaking point and a rebirth. Built around the refusal to bend, obey or reshape yourself to fit somebody else's expectations, the track captures the moment when inner conflict finally turns into freedom. Venues leave behind the pressure to constantly become bigger, faster and more successful, choosing instead to reconnect with the instinct and authenticity that made them want to create music in the first place.

Vocalist Lela Gruber explains: "'Eden' feels like the starting point of a new chapter for me, one that stands in complete opposition to the idea of ‘bigger, faster, further.’ We’re all caught in this constant competition where success seems to mean pushing yourself to the edge of burnout. I want to step away from that. To stop comparing myself to everyone around me and return to making music that feels authentic — where the music itself is at the centre.“

That philosophy runs through every second of 'Eden'. Lyrically, the song confronts the exhausting process of twisting yourself into a shape that was never yours, silencing your own emotions and living according to expectations imposed by others. The repeated declaration "I won’t bend for anyone" becomes the song's central mantra, drawing a clear line between the person you were expected to become and the person you choose to be.

Venues online:
https://www.instagram.com/venuesofficial
https://www.facebook.com/VENUESofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@venuesofficial

Leipzig-based modern metalcore band blacktoothed return with their devastating new single 'Porcelain', taken from their upcoming album Feral Bloom, set for release on 15th January. Delivering a brutally honest exploration of emotional emptiness, toxic dependency and the damage left behind when unresolved wounds begin to define every connection, 'Porcelain' offers another powerful glimpse into the darker and more vulnerable world of the upcoming record.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/d8mPWmvcLkA

Stream and pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/blacktoothed

Built around crushing riffs, relentless screams and one of the band’s most commanding choruses to date, 'Porcelain' finds blacktoothed confronting the darker side of human attachment. At its core, the song depicts love not as salvation, but as something desperately consumed in an attempt to fill an internal void. “Give me all you got / I need your constant love” immediately establishes a relationship shaped by dependency, with another person reduced to a substitute for everything that has already been lost.

As the track unfolds, that desperation turns inward. Old insecurities, self-deception and destructive habits blur the line between genuine affection and emotional survival. The narrator recognizes the damage being caused, yet remains trapped inside patterns they can barely identify, admitting: “In my mind, I can’t detect my lies.” It is a painfully self-aware portrait of someone searching for connection while simultaneously poisoning it.

Musically, blacktoothed mirror that internal conflict with a collision of raw aggression and striking melody. Punishing guitars and visceral screams give way to a gigantic chorus before the song reaches one of its defining moments: a breathtaking clean vocal duet between Hendrik Rathgeber and guitarist Matti Keitel. Their voices bring an unexpected vulnerability to the track, amplifying the contrast between its violent exterior and deeply fragile emotional core.

Catch the band live: 
25.09.2026 I Burnout Festival 2026 I Nienburg/Weser (DE)

blacktoothed online:
https://www.instagram.com/blacktoothed
https://www.facebook.com/blacktoothed
https://www.tiktok.com/@blacktoothed

Canadian hardcore heavyweights Get The Shot return with a devastating new single 'Crucifixion Depiction', a brutal and deeply personal confrontation with loss, failure and the painful death of a dream. The track also marks the launch of the pre-order for the band’s upcoming EP of the same name, set for release on 23rd October.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/_A6S4JtXi34

Stream/Pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/gettheshot

'Crucifixion Depiction' pushes the band's forward while channeling one of the most difficult experiences we face as human beings: losing something that once gave our lives direction and meaning. Built on crushing riffs, merciless grooves and sheer physical intensity, the song turns grief into something violent, visceral and painfully tangible.

Rather than focusing solely on the death of another person, 'Crucifixion Depiction' explores another form of mourning, the moment a future you fought for collapses in front of you and you are forced to grieve the person you thought you would become. Lines such as “I’m losing everything / Is this the end of me?” capture the desperation at the heart of the track, while its imagery grows increasingly brutal as shattered ambition becomes a symbolic execution.

Musically, Get The Shot translate that inner conflict into pure hardcore violence. Punishing rhythms, suffocating heaviness and explosive vocal delivery collide in a track designed to hit with both emotional and physical impact. The stark “Nails. Hammer. Cross.” refrain reduces the song’s central metaphor to three brutal images before its final moments turn sacrifice, self-destruction and liberation against one another.

Catch the band live: 
​29.10.2026 I La Rayonne (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Lyon (FR)
30.10.2026 I L'Alhambra (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Paris (FR)
31.10.2026 I Corefest I Göppingen (DE)
01.11.2026 I Kulttempel I Oberhausen (DE)
02.11.2026 I Les 4 Écluses I Dunkerque (FR)
03.11.2026 I Kavka I Antwerpen (BE)
04.11.2026 I Naumanns I Leipzig (DE)
05.11.2026 I Cafe Central I Weinheim (DE)
06.11.2026 I Monkeys I Hamburg (DE)
07.11.2026 I Belvedere I Namur (BE)
08.11.2026 I La Laiterie (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Strasbourg (FR)
09.11.2026 I 007 Strahov I Prague (CZ)
10.11.2026 I Cassiopeia I Berlin (DE)
11.11.2026 I 2Progi (w/ Nasty, Crawlspace, Pintglass) I Poznan (PL)
12.11.2026 I Pink Whale I Bratislava (SK)
14.11.2026 I Sunset Bar I Martigny (CH)
15.11.2026 I Ebulition I Bulle (CH)

Get The Shot online:
https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc
https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc
https://www.tiktok.com/@gettheshot666

Photo Credit: Orbit Culture

While touring the world over the past year, ORBIT CULTURE worked on Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition), the director's cut of their cinematic and highly successful latest studio album, which will be released on 9th October via Century Media. Today, ORBIT CULTURE would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to their fans with the release of the new single and video, 'Nuclear God'.

Watch the video for 'Nuclear God' here: https://youtu.be/3sYZPOSPlBM

Pre-order here: https://orbitcultureband.lnk.to/DeathAboveLife-DeluxeEdition

The band comment: "'Nuclear God' was originally released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Death Above Life. When we started going through all the footage we had gathered from the summer festivals, we wanted to turn it into something that felt like a tribute to our fans and the community that has grown around this band. The relentless chaos of 'Nuclear God' perfectly matched those moments. Riivata took all of that footage and brought it together into the video you see today."

Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition) is available in the following formats:

Ltd. Deluxe transparent sea blue-golden yellow splattered 2LP Artbook
Ltd. 2CD Mediabook
Digital album

Both the vinyl and 2CD editions include four additional tracks and a 40-page booklet. For this special release, the band opened up their photo archives, offering an intimate collection of live shots and behind-the-scenes moments.

The release of the deluxe edition also marks the beginning of another touring cycle for ORBIT CULTURE. First, they will join Amon Amarth's "The Allfather Awakens Tour" alongside Soilwork in Europe. Immediately afterward, they will embark on the second leg of Trivium's "The Crown in the Grave Tour" in USA/Canada, which also features In Flames and Frozen Soul.

 "The Allfather Awakens" Tour UK dates:

9th Oct (UK) Manchester - O2 Apollo
10th Oct (UK) London - Eventim Apollo
11th Oct (UK) Wolverhampton - Civic Hall

Orbit Culture are:

Niklas Karlsson - guitar / vocals
Richard Hansson - guitar
Fredrik Lennartsson - bass
Christopher Wallerstedt - drums

Orbit Culture online:
https://deathabovelife.com
https://www.orbitculture.com
https://www.instagram.com/orbitculture
https://www.facebook.com/OrbitCulture
https://www.youtube.com/user/OrbitCultureOfficial
https://twitter.com/orbitculture
https://www.tiktok.com/@orbitcultureofficial

Photo Credit: Nick Helderman

Dutch rock powerhouse JOHN COFFEY return with 'Not Alone', the deeply personal title track of their upcoming album, released 9th October via Long Branch Records.

While the band famously captured global attention years ago with an iconic viral beer-catch moment, the story behind this new release stems from a far more profound human connection.

Dedicated to Niels van den Ham - a father of three who met the band through that viral moment and tragically took his own life two years ago - 'Not Alone' transforms personal struggle and grief into a rallying cry for mental health and community. Drawing a direct line between the solidarity of the mosh pit and everyday life, the track serves as a stark, powerful reminder that no battle needs to be fought in isolation.

Watch the video to 'Not Alone' here: https://youtu.be/dmbsQs1071c

Stream the new single and pre-order the album here: https://johncoffey.lnk.to/notalone

The band state: "Two years ago, when we had just started writing what would become our new album, we learned that Niels van den Ham had taken his own life.

"Niels was a father of three. We got to meet Niels through a moment that went viral years ago. After his death, people close to Niels reached out to us. They told us about the struggles he had been carrying, much of which seemed to remain hidden behind his big smile. We kept thinking about that.

"About how heavy life can become when you’re carrying something alone. How exhausting it can be to fight the same battle inside your own head, over and over again. How scary it can feel when you start believing that this is forever. That nothing will change. That you are the only one who feels this way.

"We wrote 'Not Alone' as a reminder that thoughts are not permanent. That speaking up can matter. To a friend. To family. To a stranger. To anyone.

"Because connection matters.

"It’s why the loud-music scene has always meant so much to us. You step into a room full of strangers. Then someone falls, and the people around them pick them up. Someone jumps from a stage, trusting dozens of hands to catch them. Bodies crash into each other, people scream the same words, and for a moment, a room full of strangers carries each other. That feeling is real.

"This song is for Niels and for everyone carrying weight on their shoulders: You’re not alone."

John Coffey built a reputation as one of the most explosive live bands in Europe - even becoming an internet sensation with the legendary “beer catch”. From Graspop to Sziget, Wacken to Pinkpop, Vainstream to Jera On Air, 2000trees and Hurricane/Southside - the Dutch group have played several of the biggest festivals, sold out the Melkweg in Amsterdam and even launched their own punk rock festival - Coffey Fest - to celebrate community and uncompromising music.

Never shying away from the world around them, John Coffey actively use their platform to speak out on social justice and political urgency. Armed with new music, a fierce activist ethos, and upcoming European tour dates, the band proves that engagement and heavy rock ’n roll are a perfect match.

John Coffey are:

David Achter de Molen (Vocals)
Alfred van Luttikhuizen (Guitar, Vocals)
Christoffer van Teijlingen (Guitar, Vocals)
Richard van Luttikhuizen (Bass, Vocals)
Carsten Brunsveld (Drums)

John Coffey online:
https://www.instagram.com/johncoffeymusic
https://www.tiktok.com/@johncoffeymusic
https://www.facebook.com/johncoffeymusic

Tracklisting:

1. Hang the choir
2. Not Alone
3. Push Push Push
4. It's you
5. Do not teach
6. Call of the bear
7. I don't care, I won't give up on you.
8. Time is up now
9. Hope in - Fear out
10. All bark, no bite