Weekly Music News 18.05.25
The band "Matricide" releases a tough new single that it describes as one of the most emotionally charged songs it has written.
Watch at your own risk!!
Deathcore kings "Lorna Shore" have no intention of easing off the pedal. They return with a shattering eight-minute (!) single, "Oblivion", leading into their next album, "I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me", due September 12. They also release an impressive cinematic video directed by Dylan Hryciuk, showing an apocalyptic world, bodies on empty hills, canned beans and a fight to the death between two survivors, while Will Ramos screams in the background, alternating piercing howls and guttural roars.
After months of online speculation and hype, the band "President" releases its first single!!!
The band first came to public attention earlier this year when it announced an appearance at Download, keeping its members' identities secret behind masks, mysterious videos and a powerful sound. That did not stop fans from trying to solve the puzzle...
After last year's impressive seventh album, "Meltdown", the band "Twin Atlantic" returns with a new single making one thing clear: it still has plenty to say.
The single comes through the band's own label, Staple Diet. And the real surprise? According to the press release, the band is already working on an eighth album! That is far from a given, after singer Sam McTrusty admitted in 2024 that he was not sure he wanted to record another album at all.
Following last year's debut EP, "apricity", the band "VOWER" returns with a powerful new single, "Deadweight". The band says:
"Although it was created with high energy, the song deals with self-destruction and the cycle of holding yourself back. By channeling these feelings into music, we are trying to release their weight and avoid the traps we write about."
"Neck Deep" never stops, and here comes a new single called "You Should See Me Now".
Singer Ben Barlow shares:
"This song is about hard work, self-belief, fighting obstacles and needing to prove people wrong. As a band, we have always been fairly modest and avoided showing off too much, but here we felt it was okay to show a little pride, hoping people would connect with it."
"Black Sabbath" legend and guitarist "Tony Iommi", brings his cutting riffs to a new single by none other than pop star "Robbie Williams"!
The surprising duo teams up on "Rocket", a new single co-written with Karl Brazil and Tom Longworth. It will appear on Robbie's new album, "BRITPOP", expected this fall through Columbia Records.
The band "Suede" releases an edgy new single, "Disintegrate", and announces its tenth album, "Antidepressants", due September 5.
We could have filled the entire news page with just one item!! Of course, we mean the "release" of the drummer from Foo Fighters. What can we say??? We expected more... more from Dave!!
Especially at this age, with all that experience and knowledge of how the industry works, this is not how you fire a band member. Yes, he was only there for two years, but he is a very highly respected drummer, and joining the band was a dramatic event!! So why do it this way???
Josh Freese was shocked and did not hide how disappointed, even hurt, he was. He made a list of 10 deliberately ridiculous reasons why he had been fired. This week, his band "A Perfect Circle" joined in, leaving him a note in his room after the show with 10 reasons why it appreciates him so much and is happy he is its drummer!
In short, this is not how it is done. Not okay, Dave. This is already the second time this year you have damaged your image...
Incidentally, the band also announced new shows for 2025 that same week.
And who will replace him, you ask? We think it is fairly obvious...
After two decades as the singer leading the modern era of "Foreigner", Kelly Hansen has announced his departure from the band.
He made the dramatic announcement during the band's appearance on "The Voice", saying:
"Being the voice of Foreigner has been one of the greatest opportunities of my life. But it is time to pass the microphone."
Kelly joined the band in 2005 and breathed new life into its legacy, bringing huge stage energy to classics such as "Juke Box Hero", "Cold As Ice" and "I Want to Know What Love Is". His voice was also remarkably similar to Lou Gramm's.
French police confirmed that the heavy bust stolen in 1988 from the grave of the singer of "The Doors" has been found after more than three decades! The 128-kilogram marble head, sculpted by Mladen Mikulin, was placed on Morrison's grave at Paris's Père-Lachaise cemetery in 1981 to mark the tenth anniversary of his death.
It was stolen seven years later. For years, rumors circulated that two fans had taken it away on a moped in the middle of the night.
Is history repeating itself? Is rock returning to the mainstream??
Congratulations to "Sleep Token", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with its new album, "Even in Arcadia"!
It is the second heavy band to top the chart in just three weeks! Only days earlier, "Ghost" reached the summit with "Skeleta", released April 25, making it the first hard rock album to reach No. 1 since AC/DC's "Power Up" in November 2020.
Two rock/metal albums at No. 1 in less than a month? It looks like the wave is coming back in a big way.
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