Weekly Music News 09.08.26
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"SUBMASQ" continues toward their new album "Spirit Animal" with the song "Sanctified".
The album will include nine songs and deals, among other things, with trauma, addiction, bipolar disorder, collective memory and the search for identity and belonging, combining progressive rock with ethnic instruments. "Spirit Animal" was recorded in several studios, including Fascination Street Studios in Sweden, was mixed by Adam Noble and mastered by Robin Schmidt, and also features a guest appearance by Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. It is the seventh full-length album from "SUBMASQ", and it also marks the beginning of the band's collaboration with the American label "Willowtip Records".
"Oceans On Orion" release their new single, "Yes You're In Love", featuring the acclaimed singer Shai Hochberg. The new song, available now on all streaming platforms, presents a unique combination between the heavy riffs and dark melodies that characterize the band, and the vocal tone and distinctive approach Hochberg brought to the recording studio. According to the band members on their social media pages, the collaboration with Hochberg took the work to a more original and deeper place than they had planned at first, and the final result delivers an especially emotional and powerful experience for fans of the genre.
The British rock duo "Royal Blood" return with a new single called "Ten Over Ten", the first single from their fifth album "Dead Company", expected out on November 13, 2026. The song brings Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher back to a heavier, faster direction, with the bass and drum riffs associated with the duo alongside desert rock influences. According to Kerr, the lyrics were inspired by a period when he was training for a marathon and deal with pushing the body and mind to the limits of ability.
"Mastodon" release a new single called "In The Ruins", written inspired by the impact of Hurricane Helene on Troy Sanders and his family. The hurricane hit the southeastern United States in September 2024, flooded Sanders' family home, destroyed their belongings and left them without their home for nearly two years. "In The Ruins" is included on the new album "Marrow Deep", out on August 28 via "Loma Vista Recordings", alongside the singles "Your Ghost Again" and "Snakes For Dinner", which features Josh Homme.
"Collective Soul" present "Eye On You", a song from their new album "Touch and Go".
The album is the band's 13th studio album and includes ten songs, with "Eye On You" appearing as the second track. "Touch and Go" first came out in a special vinyl edition as part of Record Store Day on April 18, 2026, and later received a wide release on July 31.
"Cancer Bats" release "Give Me Dirt", the title track from their new album of the same name.
The song comes from the band's eighth studio album, "Give Me Dirt", out on August 7 via "Marshall Records" and produced by Kurt Ballou of "Converge" together with Zach Weeks.
"Anthrax" release "Everybody's Got A Plan", a new song from their upcoming album "Cursum Perficio".
The song is the fourth track on the album, which will include 11 songs and comes out on September 18 via "Megaforce Records" in North America and "Nuclear Blast" in Europe. "Cursum Perficio" will be the 12th studio album from "Anthrax" and their first in a decade, since "For All Kings", which came out in 2016. The album was produced by Jay Ruston together with the band, after recording work on it began in 2022 and included sessions at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Los Angeles.
"Cage The Elephant" return with a new single called "Beaches In Tennessee", their first new music in two years. Matt Shultz said "Beaches In Tennessee" is based on a fictionalized version of the mental crisis he went through in recent years, and that writing the song allowed him to look at the experience from another place and move on from it. The single opens a new chapter for "Cage The Elephant" and follows "Neon Pill", the band's sixth studio album, which came out in 2024.
"The Linda Lindas" release "Blood On Our Hands", a new song from their third album "Gotta Get Out". The song was written by Eloise Wong, inspired by the Los Angeles hardcore scene and the feeling that even within a complex social and political reality, it is possible to try to make change through the small actions within our control.
The musician Geddy Lee tells of an unusual encounter that made him think of his "Rush" bandmate, the late drummer Neil Peart.
After the opening show of the "Fifty Something" tour in Los Angeles, Lee noticed a bird that entered his hotel room and sat on the edge of the bed. According to him, the bird reminded him of the image on the tour poster, which shows two birds on a wire with one of them flying off it. After the bird left the room it returned once more, peeked through the door and then flew away. Lee emphasized that he is not inclined to believe in signs of this kind, but described the event as an unusual moment, especially given Peart's central place in the memory and legacy of "Rush".
A new photo exhibition called "Piece of My Heart" marks 60 years since the beginning of Janis Joplin's breakthrough and presents rare photographs from her life and career. The exhibition is on display at the "Morrison Hotel Gallery" in Los Angeles and also includes photos from the Joplin family archive that have not yet been shown to the public, alongside works by music photographers including Henry Diltz, Elliott Landy, Daniel Kramer and Ethan Russell. The milestone is Joplin's performance with "Big Brother & the Holding Company" at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on June 10, 1966, a period that marked the beginning of her rise to the center of the rock scene.
The musician Ritchie Blackmore returned to the stage with "Deep Purple" for the first time since leaving the band in 1993. Blackmore, 81, joined the band during its show at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in New York, after Ian Gillan invited him on stage toward the end of the evening. Together they performed "Smoke on the Water", from the 1972 album "Machine Head", with Blackmore once again playing one of the riffs most associated with his career and with "Deep Purple". According to Blackmore, the initiative came from him after he approached Gillan and asked to join the show, which took place not far from his home on Long Island. It was the first meeting of Blackmore and Gillan on stage as part of "Deep Purple" in 33 years, but as of now it is a one-off guest appearance and not a permanent return of the guitarist to the lineup.
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