He announced it himself on Instagram and describes the split as amicable. He had cut back on touring to care for his father, who was ill, and the band ended up playing as a three-piece.
Rise Above releases “The Guessing Game (Rethink)”, remixed by Jaime Gomez Arellano from the original masters and spread across five sides of vinyl with alternate takes.
The track had been sitting in the vaults for a couple of years and arrives mid-tour with Amon Amarth and Orbit Culture, which stops at Sant Jordi Club on 13 November.
Nuclear Blast put it out with eight tracks. “Mið” is Old Norse for “the centre”. The band present it in Bergen and Oslo at the end of the month, and play Barcelona on 14 February.
On 10 October the frontman wrote on the band’s site that they were closing the chapter and going home. On the 20th a new track appeared, with no warning. Seven guitarists had passed through along the way.
Mexico City, Monterrey and Durango lose their shows after five dates played. The band wants to return in 2027 with a different partner and asks fans to claim refunds at the point of purchase.
The album came out yesterday with ten tracks, and the “Og Mánin Græt” video landed the same day. The 2027 European tour takes in fifteen countries and has no Spanish date.
Omaha, Iowa City and Evansville drop off the “Tour Of Unsound Minds: Act II”. The band says it has played its last shows of 2026 and is starting the fifth album.
The Fleshgod Apocalypse singer says surgeons transplanted tissue from his hip into the hand. Another operation is due next year, already written into the band’s schedule.
The Sydney quartet puts it out on 12 February through Nuclear Blast. The only song they had already been playing live opens the record and was the first taste.
Nuclear Blast has put out the second single, “The Myth”. The album was cut at Anselmo’s home studio through 2025, with Keenan and Windstein tracking guitars together.
Eight tracks recorded at Hellfest in June 2022, on digital and limited double vinyl. The preview is “Protection”, with video of the performance.
Milo Silvestro talks about the first track with the current line-up. The album has ten songs, comes out through Nuclear Blast and still has no date.
The inquest at St Pancras sat on Friday, six and a half months after the Motörhead guitarist died. The coroner says nothing suggests it could have been prevented.
Twenty tracks recorded at AFAS Live on 20 September 2024. It is digital only and comes with a video of “Consign to Oblivion”.
“The Greatest 30 Years On Earth” comes out on 11 December through Nuclear Blast in three formats. The band have shared the “Tribal” video, shot in Amsterdam in 2022.
The limited edition came out on Friday through Nuclear Blast with twelve tracks on CD and a Blu-ray Audio, alongside a “This Stark Town” lyric video.
Barcelona is the tour’s only Spanish stop when the two Norwegian bands go out together in February 2027. Tickets go on sale on 25 September.
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