Portuguese grindcore masters BESTA return this autumn with their fiercest work to date. Their reimagined album John Carpenter Redux will be released October 4th via Raging Planet in an exclusive limited vinyl edition.
Originally unleashed in 2013 and mixed by Steve Austin (Today Is The Day), the record has now been completely re-mixed and reimagined by the band itself, with long-time frontman Paulo Rui re-recording all vocals to deliver the most unhinged and powerful version yet.
As the ultimate homage to the master of horror, John Carpenter Redux bridges feral grindcore and politically charged punk, channeling the same tension, anger, and resistance that fuel many of Carpenter’s timeless films. The result is raw, uncompromising, and urgent, a soundtrack to chaos that feels both cinematic and confrontational.
This is BESTA at their fiercest: a band with over a decade of grinding, raging, and raging against the system, now paying tribute to one of cinema’s most visionary rebels.
French black/death metal entity Bliss of Flesh has dropped the ‘The Awakening,’ accompanied by a gripping music video, as the first preview from their forthcoming fifth record, Metempsychosis — Life or the Pact with Death (EN). The most introspective entry in Bliss of Flesh’s discography, this album, scheduled for 17 October 2025 via Black Lion Records on CD, vinyl, and digital, continues the band’s tradition of weaving music into vast conceptual frameworks. Metempsychosis is defined as the transmigration of the soul after death from one body to another.
Of ‘The Awakening,’ Bliss of Flesh explains: “This piece expresses the moment when the individual becomes aware of their state and the new environment revealed to them, imbued with decrepitude and fatalism. ‘The Awakening’ is an introspective monologue between the individual and the inner forces that drive and consume them, allowing them to transcend themselves and finally overcome the fatality that gnaws at them, to bargain and seal the pact that will allow them to regain control of their existence at the twilight of this new life.”
UPCOMING LIVE APPEARANCES Gorgoroth “33-Year Anniversary Tour 2025 Part II” – Northern Europe w/ Carved Memories, Shemhamforash 16.10.2025 – Roskilde, DEN / Gimle 17.10.2025 – Flensburg, GER / Roxy Concerts 18.10.2025 – Malmö, SWE / Plan B 19.10.2025 – Göteborg, SWE / Monument 20.10.2025 – Stockholm, SWE / Kollektivet Livet 22.10.2025 – Jyväskylä, FIN / Lutakko 23.10.2025 – Helsinki, FIN / Anniwalli 25.10.2025 – Tallinn, EST / Tapper Club 26.10.2025 – Riga, LAT / Melna Piektdiena
Festival Appearances: 14.11.2025 – Metal Earth Fest, Brest, FR 07.02.2026 – Douceur Noire Fest, Crosne, FR
The most inspiring bands are the ones that can create a world around themselves that is about far more than just the music. The artwork, lyrics, sounds and ethos all merge together perfectly to create its own universe, a secret club. The Lovely Eggs are one such band. And against all the odds, 2025 sees them celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band! Stubbornly and heroically independent, The Lovely Eggs have forged their own path and have achieved mainstream success without ever compromising their DIY ethics.
To mark their 20th anniversary, The Lovely Eggs have announced a very special LTD release entitled Bin Juice – a collection of self-recorded outtakes from their last album Eggsistentialism, alongside rare B sides.
Released on their own label Egg Records, with eye watering artwork by Casey Raymond and hand packed in a black plastic bin bag on neon toxic slime green vinyl, this is yet another collectible release from a band who care as much about the art and ideas in their records as they do about the sound.
There will also be 300 copies exclusive to Rough Trade with alternative coloured sleeve and sticker art, on special edition transparent vinyl with toxic orange and slime green Bin Juice splatters.
“We had all these spare songs after we released our last album Eggsistentialism, and we didn’t really know what to do with them,” explained Holly. “They just didn’t seem to fit in with the vibe of Eggsistentialism, but we’d recorded them and wanted to get them out there.”
“They’re kind of a sketchbook of songs,” added David. “They’re not polished or laboured over but we thought it would be interesting to release them. It’s why we called the record Bin Juice. These were songs we had thrown away. But hopefully people like going through bins collecting trash.”
You can have a pre-release peak inside their bins with the just released track ‘The Grind’.
“Everybody wants an excuse to escape the 9-5 and day to day normality,” said Holly. “It’s our raison d’être for being in a band. ‘The Grind’ looks at all that stuff and is a bit of a paperback anthem for the disenfranchised and disillusioned."
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Catch The Lovely Eggs live on their 20th anniversary tour on the following dates in October. Tickets available HERE.
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Weds 22 – La Belle Angele, Edinburgh
Thur 23 – Òran Mór, Glasgow
Fri 24 – Newcastle University, Newcastle
Sat 25 – All day 20th Anniversary Party at The Brudenell, Leeds *SOLD OUT*
HOWLING GIANT reveal the video clip ‘Beholder I: Downfall’ as the next single from the cosmic stoner metal outfit’s forthcoming album Crucible & Ruin. The third full-length by the Nashville, Tennessee band has been slated for release on October 31, 2025.
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HOWLING GIANT comment: “Our current single ‘Beholder 1: Downfall’ is a riff-driven heavy hitter, and in my opinion is one of the heaviest songs on the record”, bass player and co-vocalist Sebastian Baltes states. “It was a pleasure to collaborate with Jerry Roe again on the video, having previously worked with him on the clip for ‘Glass Future’. It has been particularly exciting for me to follow the journey of this song from its inception with a simple riff to a full blown song and the making of the video. I can hardly wait for you all to hear this track live!”
Constellation are releasing the second album from the Beirut-based avant-rock sextet, SANAM this fall – who merge psych/kraut, improv/skronk, electronics, goth, and jazz elements with traditional Egyptian song and modern Arabic poetry in a compelling brew of widescreen hybrid avant-rock.
The new album, Sametou Sawtan expands on the genre-bending exploration of sound, memory, and cultural identity from their acclaimed 2023 debut Aykathani Malakon on Mais Um Discos, and is already garnering accolades from Uncut, Songlines, and Loud and Quiet.
Today, they share the track and video ‘Habibon’, a slow-burning, autotune-doused freakout, which follows their previously arresting lead single ‘Harik’ - check out the new video below.
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In support of the new album, SANAM has announced headline dates in the EU and UK from October-December.
WHITEHORSE is the new band from Thomas Haywood, the former frontman of The Blinders. Their new single ‘Red Riptide’ is released on the 2nd of September, riven with urgency, with guitar licks like knives being unsheathed, dexterous basslines, scampering drums and a vocal that simmers, broods and reaches crescendo. It’s about being completely clear-headed and in a place of certainty in your mind, and the rushing feeling of violence that comes with determination when you’re cutting through the chaos and staying true to a vision you’re so certain of.
They say “It’s as heavy as we go at the moment and to me describes desire in a tune and screams ‘fucking come on then’ to anything thrown your way "It was written when heavy rains burst the waters of a riverbank and the whole thing was just gushing all over the place and it set me off big time.” Formed in Sheffield in late 2024 by Haywood alongside Bobby Bouché, John McCullagh & Nathan Keeble, and James Keith.
From the cold depths of Norway, Uaar emerge with their punishing debut full-length: Galger og brann (“Gallows and Fire”), a brutal, blackened slab of d-beat hardcore that pulls no punches.
Written and produced by Jon Schaug Carlsen and the band, the album is set to be released on October 17th via Fysisk Format, on vinyl and digital formats.
The band has dropped the new video for the track ‘Galgeås.
Fans of Tragedy, Skitsystem, From Ashes Rise, and Sibiir will find themselves right at home in the storm: crushing riffs, pulverizing d-beats, and an atmosphere so suffocatingly dark it feels like the world collapsing in real time. This is the soundtrack to disorder, decay, and the slow grind toward oblivion.
Lunatic Soul, the Polish outfit lead by Riverside’s main composer and vocalist/bassist Mariusz Duda is pleased to announce their 8th studio album The World Under Unsun, to be released on October 31st, 2025 worldwide (excluding Poland) via InsideOutMusic.
A second, new single off the upcoming album is being launched today. Check out ‘The Prophecy’ – which features music and lyrics composed as well as all instruments performed by Mariusz Duda, except drums by Wawrzyniec Dramowicz – in a video created by Sightsphere here:
Mariusz Duda checked in with the following comment about the song: “’The Prophecy’ is one of the more “rock-oriented” tracks on the upcoming Lunatic Soul double album The World Under Unsun, closer to what I usually offered in Riverside. At the same time, it’s also among the most melodic ones, especially thanks to its catchy chorus. Lyrically, it speaks about the situation when an artist only gains fame after their death. We’ve all probably encountered this phenomenon – when, after an artist’s passing, their work suddenly attracts more attention, new fans appear, and the number of streams and album sales rises. The song’s protagonist is therefore an artist who has just learned, from ‘The Prophecy’, that he will only achieve the fame he longed for after his death. Fortunately, the composition itself is not pessimistic. You can hear hope in it. Musically, the track is epic, emotional, and uplifting.”
Three years after releasing their 2022 debut Infinite Death, an album that earned them a Spellemann nomination (Norway’s answer to the Grammys), Norwegian crossover outfit Cult Member are back from the frozen north with another hard-hitting ear-bleeder titled GORE.
A tongue-in-cheek strike at social unrest, draped in blood-soaked ’80s slasher imagery, GORE rips forward with the fastest, sharpest riffs in thrash, powered by the relentless fury of a true hardcore D-beat backbone.
Recorded by Ruben Willem, GORE is set for release on September 19 via Loyal Blood Records, and it’s blistering slab of thrash/hardcore sure to ignite fans of Cro-Mags, Power Trip, Slayer, and D.R.I.
‘Skull Smasher Psychic’ is the first single. Hear it here:
Industrial metal legends DIE KRUPPS have announced an exclusive tour EP. This hand-numbered collectors’ item, which is entitled Will nicht – MUSS! / On Collision Course, will be sold by the multiple genre-defining band on their upcoming 45th anniversary tour, which will kick off at the DVG Club in the famous Belgian medieval battle-town of Kortrijk tonight, on August 27.
The Will nicht – MUSS! / On Collision Course EP contains guest contributions and remixes from prominent musicians of renowned acts such as MINISTRY with whom DIE KRUPPS have just successfully toured in the US. As a first taste of the EP as well as of the upcoming new album, the Germans have released the advance single ‘On Collision Course’.
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DIE KRUPPS comment: “You may be forgiven to think that ‘On Collision Course’ and ‘Will nicht – Muss!’, which translates into ‘don’t want to – have to’, could have been the working titles for our upcoming European tour”, Ralf Dörper quips. “In truth, the 45 years of influential sounds from Düsseldorf has been our guiding theme. In celebration of this anniversary, we have created this exclusive EP as a treat for all the dedicated fans coming to our concerts. It will give you an impression about what sound is currently happening in our steelworks as the above mentioned singles of the double-title will also provide a first and second taste of our upcoming album. The EP also includes some sonic glimpses of the experiences and friendships made on our recent US-tour with Ministry. Watch out for those remixes!”
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