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SPB exclusive: The Brood - For The Dark

Posted in Records on December 3, 2024

Out on Dec. 6, The Brood is back with For The Dark, a brand new 12 song affair on Armageddon Label. Though the band formed back in 2011, For The Dark is their first long-play full-length album after a series of demos, 7”s, cassettes and the like.

The five member band comes from Philadelphia, PA and play heavy hardcore with doses of street punk and blackened metal oozing through the dual vocal stompers. Members also play / have played with Lost Cause, Witch Hunt, Endless Nightmare, Caustic Christ, Mischief Brew, The Pist, and The Dissidents, to give you an idea.

Now hit play and listen for yourself.

 

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THE BROOD is:

Ned Wells - vocals
Janine St. Clair - bass / vocals
Shawn St. Clair - guitar
Bill Chamberlain - guitar
Erik A - drums

Meet Theatre of Light (Jean Grünewald)

Posted in Records on December 21, 2024

Brussels-based artist Jean Grünewald, also of Ottoman Grüw and A Body Without, has a new release out this week: Theatre of Light. The digital release takes inspiration from religious chants and resonant spaces, spanning concepts of doom and exploration, namedropping Eliane Radigue, Dome, Sunn O))), Coil, and Godspeed You! Black … Read more

Vastum's Violations On The Cross near you soon

Posted in Tours on December 21, 2024

Oakland, CA based death metal group Vastum has scheduled a 2025 US tour called Violations On The Cross, following this year's release of their fifth album, Inward To Gethsemane (20 Buck Spi)n The tour features 13 dates in total, beginning in late March, with support from Goetia through the majority … Read more

Ya I Feel Ya debuts

Posted in Bands on December 21, 2024

Not-quite-a-palindrome Ya I Feel Ya has shared their first single. The band features Ryan Immegart, Donald Horne, and Michael Thompson, who are lifelong friends and have played in bands including Guttermouth, Deviates, and more. Ya I Feel Ya is a new project and a new direction, pushing into alt-rock and … Read more

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Odds & Ends from The Ratchets

Posted in Records on December 20, 2024

The Ratchets, currently in the midst of releasing a series of digital singles, has shared a collection of older outtakes as well. The band has released Odds & Ends: Volume Two on digital platforms via Pirates Press Records. The new compilation includes four outtakes from the Glory Bound recording sessions … Read more

Waiting for Kathryn Mohr's Waiting Room

Posted in Records on December 20, 2024

Kathryn Mohr is preparing to release her debut LP, Waiting Room, which comes out officially on Jan. 24, 2025 on The Flenser. The Oakland-based artist self-recoded the album in eastern Iceland in a vacated, isolated factory. Naturally that mood is captured on the record, and the new single, "Elevator." Read … Read more

a mssv third

Posted in Records on December 20, 2024

Trio mssv, featuring Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, and mike watt, has announced the upcoming release of their third studio album, On And On. The new songs were written before the band's extensive 2023 tour, where they were honed in a live setting, and recorded soon after. It will release on … Read more

Fight Back Mountain 3

Posted in Records on December 20, 2024

Fight Back Mountain shared a single today, "No Recourse," which will be on the band's 2025 album, Death and the Miser, out Feb. 13. "This is a song where we wear our local influences on our sleeve. We came up in the STL hardcore scene and there’s a sense of … Read more

Dethklok strikes Australia

Posted in Tours on December 17, 2024

Animated metal band Dethklok, formed for the Cartoon Network show Metalocalypse, will play a series of live dates in Austrilia in April. The live band on the tour will feature show co-creator Brendon Small and drummer Gene Hoglan and is dubbed the "Awaken Australia" tour, integrating a multimedia experience into … Read more

Spring Break with the Melvins

Posted in Tours on December 17, 2024

The Melvins have announced a short West Coast tour, planning a California Spring Break tour in preview of the more expansive Savage Imperial Death March Part II, which is a co-headlining affair with Napalm Death. CNTS and Desslok will also play all dates on the California Spring Break. All dates … Read more

The Locust and John Peel

Posted in Labels on December 14, 2024

Three One G Records is marking its 31st anniversary with a reissue of The Peel Sessions from The Locust, initially recorded in 2001 and released in 2010. The reissue was remastered by Nathan Joyner (All Leather, Psychic Graveyard) in will be sold in two vinyl variants. “Recording a Peel session … Read more

Slumberland toasts to 35 years

Posted in Labels on December 14, 2024

Slumberland Records will celebrate 35 years next year, announcing a special collaborative beer release and an anniversary showcase the following day. The events take place Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Washington, DC. Though the party is next year, 2024 is the label's 35th year of operation. First, the brewery … Read more

Pet Products: The Record

Posted in Records on December 14, 2024

Kill Rock Stars has released a belated self-titled album from defunct Olympia, WA punk band Pet Products, which formed in 1980. Per the label: In a town full of college bands, Pet Products was basically the first band of all local kids playing punk rock. Which helped pave the way … Read more

The Dollheads pay tribute

Posted in Bands on December 14, 2024

Fat Wreck Chords has just released a 7" from teen punk band The Dollheads, which has a related new video out today -- "Teenage Runaway." The song is a tribute to Joan Jett, with NOFX's Fat Mike making a video cameo. The band says: During the COVID quarantine, we binged … Read more

A Redshift in 2025

Posted in Labels on December 14, 2024

Surf-styled Redshift, featuring Vic Bondi (Articles of Faith), is back, announcing the upcoming new album Chaos As Planned, planned for release on Jan. 20, 2025 via Alternative Tentacles. Mike Catts and Adam Gross round out the lineup in a variety of punk-tinged tunes. Alternative Tentacles also just released a new … Read more

SPB premiere: "Dirt Mall" by Sullest

Posted in Videos on December 13, 2024

We’re excited to introduce a new single and video for “Dirt Mall” from the upcoming debut full-length by Sullest, of Providence, RI. The video features footage of the group’s youth juxtaposed with the present, which fits the album’s general theme of embracing growth with age. The song closes with the … Read more

'25 Chuck Ragan tour dates

Posted in Tours on December 13, 2024

Fresh off the fall release of Love and Lore (Rise), Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) will hit the road on an East Coast tour in the spring of 2025, joined with support from Cory Branan, then Nate Bergman. Prior to Love and Lore, ten years had passed since the release … Read more

Ant: Volume 3

Posted in Records on December 13, 2024

Atmosphere producer Ant, whose birth name is Anthony Davis, has announced Collection of Sounds: Volume 3, the third installment in roughly one year in a solo series of instrumental releases. Volume 3 comes out on Jan. 24 on Rhymesayers Entertainment, with four volumes planned in the series overall. Volume 3 … Read more

The Rumjacks' release date

Posted in Records on December 13, 2024

Canadian Celtic-style punk band The Rumjacks have now announced a new record, Dead Anthems, out Feb. 7 on Four Four. The band has previously shared two singles ahead of what will be their sixth full-length and the follow-up to Hestia (2021). The new record was recorded in Asbury Park, NJ … Read more

Counterfeit Gibsons in LA

Posted in Music News on December 12, 2024

A lot of people, and contraband, cross the US border. In late November, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport captured and confiscated $18 million in fake Gibson guitars. The bust was the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record, with … Read more