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London-based gay / queer artist Ray Noir steps into 2026 with ‘Temptation,’ a visceral alt-metal release forged at the very beginning of his sobriety journey. Written in a moment of confrontation, between desire, self-destructive cycles, and the fragile architecture of self-control, the track channels the seductive gravity of what you […]
Building on the global momentum of their David Bottrill – produced debut “Traces of Gold,” cinematic hard rock outfit Bastion Rose returns with a haunting and philosophical new single, ‘Dust.’ The track serves as the lead offering from their newly announced second album, “Blue Rising.” While the band continues to see massive success with […]
Nytt Land reveal the beautifully animated music video ‘Taiga’ as the next advance single taken from their forthcoming new album “Aba Khan”. The tenth full-length (including self-released titles) of the Siberian ritual folk band from Kalachinskhas been chalked up for release on February 20, 2026. Video creditsScript writer & video director: Natalia Pakhalenko Nytt Land comment: “This song is about our great mother, Taiga, […]
Glen´s upcoming fourth instrumental five track studio album “It Was A Bright Cold Day In April” is set to drop on February 20th, 2026 on Kapitän Platte / Cargo Records. It is titled after the first sentence of George Orwell’s, “1984”, and is a visceral statement of noise driven energy and eclectic […]
On a forgotten basketball court in Ufa, where the asphalt has learned the language of neglect and rust speaks more fluently than children ever did, Timur Lutfullin stages a quiet liturgy. “Basketball as a New Religion” (2025) does not scream belief; it whispers devotion through absence, through bodies placed gently […]
This January, Kings Place presents a three‑day immersive event with award‑winning creative studio Ristband, combining live music, VR performance, and a machine‑learning installation to explore how we inhabit and remember the world around us. As part of ‘Memory Unwrapped‘, running 15-17 January 2026, audiences can step into a mixed‑reality VR […]
There’s something immediately magnetic about Freya Magee’s ‘Over There’. From the first jangly strum of guitar, it feels like stepping into a space that’s hers alone, private, playful, and unapologetically self-contained, yet somehow it draws you in like a friend you didn’t know you needed. London-based and Melbourne-born, Magee has […]
The shadows are stirring. Geno McGahee, a name that’s quietly become synonymous with modern cult horror, has unveiled the first trailer for his upcoming Satanic nightmare, “Dark Places”. Set to haunt streaming services worldwide in 2026, the film is already generating buzz as one of the most eagerly anticipated horror […]
Galore’s ‘You Love Me, You Love Me Not’ is a bold exploration of love, loss, and identity. From the very first piano notes, the song envelops the listener in a space that is at once intimate and vast, where every chord seems charged with both longing and inevitability. Galore’s voice […]
In 2025, the Mleiha Archaeological Site in the UAE, a landscape layered with over 210,000 years of human history, became the stage for something extraordinary. Călin Țopa’s ‘Transcendent Renaissance’ was not a performance in the traditional sense. It was a full-scale temporal journey, a living installation where sound, light, and […]