After ten years chasing NOFX, ALL COASTED deliver their darkest record yet on “Time For Disruption”

MELTING want extreme metal to feel frightening again on “A Pathetic Excuse For A Life”

Asylum Metal: AGARWAEN on “The Murder Trend, theater school discipline, blood bag disasters, and 15 clowns in the crowd

Italian punk veteran Paolo Palmacci returns with “No Capitulation”, a compilation of seven imaginary bands fronted by 1980s scene contributors

MAN LOOKING MAN pull from Mussorgsky and Botch on their self-titled debut

Staycation: VOLYNKA discuss Fugazi, Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary, and a record about confinement that grew out of post-lockdown years in Athens

LA’s MERMAID ISLAND turn punk rock survival mode into a self-titled debut

GEN AND THE DEGENERATES take aim at bisexual erasure on new single “Favourite Jumper”

The French post-metallers LOST IN KYIV discuss the fifth album, new drummer, a Jung sample, and more

Metal/hardcore hybrid OMIT ALL traces AI outsourcing, parasocial dependence, and endless war across “Lights Up on The End Stage”

Brighton emo band HAD SANDY talk spirituality, Citizen, Trophy Eyes, and “t’other side”

“Those Dark Roads”: Cleveland punks SAINTS OF LORAIN premiere debut album

THE DHARMA CHAIN unlock a hypnotic journey with “Some Kind of Pure State”

New wave goth rockers VELVET MIST unveil a five-track concept EP about almost losing the light

Dresden hardcore powerhouse RISK IT! drop “The Bottom Line”, new LP on War Records coming up!

IF THESE TREES COULD TALK break their no-vocals rule on “Blurry Creatures”, “The Hidden Hand”, first album in a decade coming up!

Australian synth post punks SCREENSAVER send a mid-tour dispatch from Europe, reflect on community, landlords, and why creative expression matters

Swedish post rockers OH HIROSHIMA talk T.S. Eliot, church organs, and pulling tracks out of the archive on their new album

Milwaukee noise rockers PRIMITIVE BROADCAST SERVICE explain the field recordings, fire escapes, and ICE response that shaped “Monsters”

MISERE debut “Lichtschacht”, a German-language post-hardcore track about strength in togetherness