Metal Blade releases
2025
10-01 Nine Treasures – Awakening from Dukkha/Wisdom eyes (single ‘Wisdom eyes’)
Jan 25: Paganfest with Ensiferum, Alestorm, Tyr, Heidevolk, Elvenking (20 Jan 25, AB, Brussels)
Febr 25 Revocation – single ‘Confines of infinity’ ft Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation)
Febr 25 The last ten seconds of life
Febr 25 Ingested – Altar of flesh
Febr 25 Ensiferum – Winter storm (single ‘Victorious’)
14-02-25 Mantar – Post apocalyptic depression (single ‘Halsgericht’) (single ‘Rex Perverso’) (single ‘cosmic abortion’)
21-02-25 Killswitch Engage – This consequence (single ‘forever aligned’) (single ‘I believe’) (single ‘collusion’) (single ‘aftermath’)
28-02-25 Daath – Run ft Cynic’s Paul Masvidal
07-03-25 Whitechapel - Hymns in dissonance (release) (single ‘hate cult ritual’) - single 'prisoner 666'
14-03-25 Sanhedrin – Heat lightning (single ‘blind wolf’) (single ‘franklin county line’) (single ‘let’s spill some blood’)
04-04-25 Allegaeon – The ossuary lens (single ‘driftwood’) (single ‘the swarm’) (single ‘wake circling above’)
11-04-25 Messa – the spin (single The dress’)
18-04-25 LIK – Necro (‘war praise’) (‘morgue rat’) (‘deceased’)
25-04-25 Cirith Ungol – Live at the roxy (single ‘down below’)
25-04-25 Kardashev – Alunea (single ‘reunion’) (single ‘seed of the night’)
02-05-25 Hate – Bellum regiis (single ‘iphigenia’) (single ‘bellum regiis’)
10-05-25 Harm’s way – ‘Other world’ EP
10-05-25 DVNE – Live at The Bisquit Factory
May 25 Cattle Decapitation – From this flesh: a Cattle Decapitation story
23-05-25 Midnight – Steel, rust and disgust (single ‘cleveland metal’)
30-05-25 Rivers of Nihil – Rivers of Nihil (single ‘house of light) (single ‘american death’) (single ‘water & time’)
06-06-25 A-Z – A2Z 2 (single ‘no- thing is over’) (single ‘i am numb’) (single ‘now i walk away’)
06-06-25 Vader – Litany (25th anniversary reissue)
13-06-25 Byzantine – Harbingers (single ‘the obtainable sleep’) (single ‘harbinger’)
20-07-25 Amon Amarth – single ‘we rule the waves’
22-08-25 Desaster – Kill all idols (single ‘towards oblivion’) (‘throne of ecstasy’)
12-09-25 Behemoth – Pandemonic incantations (reissue)
15-09-25 Cognitive – People = shit (cover of Sliphnot)
19-09-25 Igorrr – Amen (single ‘adhd’) (single ‘blastbeat falalel’ ft Trey Spruance and Timba Harris) (single: ‘infestis’) (single ‘headbutt’)( single ‘daemoni’) (single ‘limbo’)
19-09-25 Dead heat – Process of elimination (single ‘by my will’) (single ‘the order’)
27-09-25 Vulture – single ‘Power trash’
27-09-25 Revocation – single ‘Dystopian vermin’
17-10-25 Wretched – Decay (single “Radiance”)
24-10-25 Nine Treasures – Seeking the absolute (single ‘Until now’)
24-10-25 Wolfbrigade – 30Y anniversary – Hostile wasteland EP, Kil lto live
24-10-25 Tuesday the sky – Indoor enthusiast (project Helmed by Fates Warning guitarist)
24-10-25 Ingested – Nefarious tongues (single)
30-10-25 Entheos – single ‘empty on the inside’
09-11-25 Primordial – Live in NYC – single ‘victory has 1000 fathers, defeat is an orphan
09-11-25 Whitechapel - single 'prisoner 666'
2026
20-02-26 W.E.B. – Darkness alive – single ‘dragonia’ live
13-03-26 Monstrosity – Screams from beneath the surface (single ‘the colossal rage’
17-04-26 The last ten seconds of life – the dead ones
15-05-26 Slayer, 40th anniversary reissue of ‘hell awaits’
Pias news – Arlo Parks announces new album ‘ambiguous desire’
ARLO PARKS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
"AMBIGUOUS DESIRE" SET FOR RELEASE
3 APRIL 2026 VIA TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS
FIRST SINGLE "2SIDED" OUT NOW
Arlo Parks - 2SIDED
Now critically acclaimed, twice Grammy nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT award winning artist Arlo Parks announces her new album Ambiguous Desire out April 3, 2026 via Transgressive Records. Over the past two years, Arlo dove head first into nocturnal spaces where she could be whoever she wanted. Arlo drew inspiration from the queer hedonism of NYC's Paradise Garage to the moody nocturnal British beats of The Streets and Burial, the glittering synth catharsis of LCD Soundsystem, and rooted house grooves of Theo Parrish, losing herself on the dancefloor. Ambiguous Desire is Parks at her most confident and experimental, supplanting live band sessions for modular synths, Ableton plugins and samplers that channel the frenetic, vibrant spaces she was immersed in, all while spotlighting the acclaimed poetry and lyricism she's beloved for.
Reflecting on the making of the record, Parks shares, "I danced more than ever as I made this record, I made more friends than ever too, found myself in the weird underbelly of New York juke nights, unleashed, laughed and laughed and laughed. This record has desire at its center. Desire is a life force, it's a wanting, a yearning, a momentum - we are all alive because there is something or someone we want - desire is an engine. But it is also mysterious, tangled, random, enlightening and HUMAN."
Alongside the album announcement Arlo Parks shares new single 2SIDED, which premiered as a BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record. The track offers the first glimpse into the album's world — a tender hope that a new lover feels as intensely as you do — carried by thick, humming synths and skittering drum machines. The song comes alongside a Molly Burdett-directed music video — a film about connection through movement, emotion and rhythm. Speaking about the single Arlo shares, "At its core '2SIDED' is about yearning and tension. It's about being struck by a bolt of desire and building up the courage to put language to that feeling, to make it real."
Parks crafted the album with producer Baird (Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract). Their process unfolded between NYC's vibrant, community-rooted nightlife and long, introspective days spent in Baird's downtown loft. The result is Parks' most vulnerable, self-affirming, and euphoric work to date.
Bursting onto the scene with her distinct blend of raw lyrical self-expression and vivid vocal melody, Parks has since been nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album, won the Mercury Music Prize for her 2021 Gold-certified debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams, been named a Breakthrough Artist at the Brit Awards, and been nominated at the Ivor Novello Awards. A poet as much as a performer, Parks followed up her previous critically acclaimed album My Soft Machine (2023) with the debut of her first published book, The Magic Border, a collection of 20 new poems and exclusive images by Daniyel Lowden alongside lyrics from My Soft Machine.
Arlo is also a featured writer on Beyoncé's Grammy-winning album Cowboy Carter. Arlo has performed at Glastonbury and Coachella, opened for Billie Eilish and Harry Styles and captivated audiences across the world with her headline tour.
MayWay records news - Marble Sounds - ‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’
Nieuwe EP ‘More Memory’ verschijnt op 27 februari
More Memory - EP by Marble Sounds | Spotify
Met ‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’ kijkt Pieter van Marble Sounds terug op zijn lagere schooltijd.: de speelplaats, de kameraadschap, en de stoere jongens die uitblonken op het voetbalveld. Het blijft onmiskenbaar Marble Sounds, maar (ook) muzikaal sluimert een echo naar die tijd, een late 80’s softrock-toets, ergens tussen Chris Rea en Bruce Hornsby. Iemand zei ook 'vroege Coldplay'.
‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’ is de leadsingle van ’More Memory’, een EP die voortbouwt op het veelgeprezen album Core Memory, dat begin vorig jaar verscheen. ‘More Memory’ verschijnt op 27 februari, waarna Marble Sounds in maart en april langs de meest knusse zalen van het land
In de lente van vorig jaar was er het alom bejubelde Core Memory van Marble Sounds -
Maar wij wilden meer van dat. Méér Pieter Van Dessel! Méér Marble! Meer Core Memory! ... 'More Memory'!!!
Dus is er vandaag de EP 'More Memory': geen verzameling leftovers, maar een volwaardige release met vijf songs die tijdens het Core Memory-proces nog niet helemaal geland waren. Leadsingle – en absolute parel – ‘When The Cool Kids Ruled’ ken je al van de radio, maar check zeker ook ‘Listen From The Start’: vintage Marble Sounds - wijds, melodieus en triomfantelijk. ‘Happening’, met een schitterende gitaarsolo van – die andere legend – Gianni Marzo, en ‘Get It Now’ zijn andere hoogtepunten. Afsluiter ‘Undebated’ gaat over durf en kwetsbaarheid en rondt het Core / More Memory-tweeluik op een treffende manier af.
MARBLE SOUNDS ‘MORE MEMORY’ TOUR
05 mrt 2026 | Den Bussel, Keerbergen
06 mrt 2026 | CC De Ploter, Ternat
07 mrt 2026 | GC Forum, Wervik
13 mrt 2026 | CC Maasmechelen, Maasmechelen
14 mrt 2026 | Wijkcentrum 't Kasteel, Zandvoorde
21 mrt 2026 | Cultuurhuis Merelbeke, Merelbeke
27 mrt 2026 | Cultuurhuis Belgica, Dendermonde
27 mrt 2026 | Cultuurhuis – jongerenconcert, Dendermonde
28 mrt 2026 | De Spil, Roeselare
03 apr 2026 | CC De Werft, Geel
24 apr 2026 | Het Perron, Ieper
25 apr 2026 | CC Zoetegem, Zottegem
30 apr 2026 | CC Strombeek, Strombeek
08 mei 2026 | SPOT/De Oosterpoort, Groningen (NL)
When The Cool Kids Ruled - Album van Marble Sounds
www.peterverstraelen.com
www.maywayrecords.com
Rockhal + Atelier, Luxemburg - events
16-01-2026 – Jessé – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
23-01-2026 – Menace Santana – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
25-01-2026 - Calogero – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
31-01-2026 - Boulevard des airs – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
01-02-2026 – Bernhoft @De Gudde Wëllen (Org: Atelier LU)
01-02-2026 – Miossec – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
04-02-2026 – White Lies – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-02-2026 – The Beaches – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-02-2026 – The Kooks @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
06-02-2026 – Royal Republic – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-02-2026 – Komrad – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
11-02-2026 – Lucio Corsi – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
17-02-2026 – Amy Macdonald – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
17-02-2026 – Airbourne @Luxexpo the box (Org: Atelier LU)
19-02-2026 – Biffy Clyro @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
24-02-2025 – Jason Derulo @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
25-02-2026 - Coeur De Pirate – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
25-02-2026 – Mika @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
26-02-2026 – David Byrne @Rockhal (Oreg: Atelier LU)
27-02-2026 – Sean Paul @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
01-03-2026 - Portugal. The Man – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
04-03-2026 – Taïro – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-03-2026 – Ozark Henry – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
06 + 07-03-2026 – The world of Hans Zimmer
07-03-2026 – Grossstadtgeflüster – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
08-03-2026 – Maro – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
12-03-2026 – Tom Smith - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
13-03-2026 – Kraftklub @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
15-03-2026 – Helge Schneider – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-03-2026 – Les Négresses Vertes – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-03-2026 – Ao @De Gudden Wëllen (Org: Atelier LU)
21-03-2026 - Hooverphonic – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
27-03-2026 – Charles Doré - Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
28-03-2026 – Protoje – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
29-03-2026 – Sprints – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
01-04-2026 – Maluma
01-04-2026 – Poppy – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
10-04-2026 – Franz Ferdinand @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
10-04-2026 – Dirty dancing in concert @Trifolion Echteranch (Org: Atelier LU)
23-04-2026 – Dekker – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
24-04-2026 – Bénabar – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
26-04-2026 – Alvaro Soler @Grix (Org: Atelier LU)
27-04-2026 – Joe Bonamassa @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
30-04-2026 – Michael Patrick Kelly – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
05-05-2026 – Kasalla – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
07-05-2026 – Sarah Connor @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
08-05-2026 – Sofia Iselaa
12-05-2026 – Jalen Ngonda – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
15-05-2026 – Blue – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
20-05-2026 – Dermot Kennedy @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
20-05-2026 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
03-06-2026 – Big thief – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
11-06-2026 – Megadeth @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
13-06-2026 – Ethel Cain – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
21-06-2026 – Anthrax – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
23-06-2026 – Rise against – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
30-06-2025 – Chris Isaak – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
01-07-2026 - The Offspring@Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
02-07-2026 – Dogstar @Festival de Wiltz (Org: Atelier LU)
02-07-2026 – Annenmaykantereit @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
03-07-2026 – Moby, Beirut @Neimënster (Org: Atelier LU)
05-07-2026 – Gorillaz @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
06-07-2026 – Robbie Williams @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
07-07-2026 – Jamiroquai @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
08-07-2026 – ZAZ @Neimënster (Org: Atelier LU)
08-07-2026 – Lenny Kravitz @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
12-07-2026 – Clueso @Neimënster (Org: Atelier LU)
14-07-2026 – Katy Perry @Luxexpo Open-Air (Org: Atelier LU)
15-07-2026 – Jovanotti @Niemënster (Org: Atelier LU)
23-09-2026 – 1986zig – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
07-10-2026 – Sportfreunde Stiller – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
14-10-2026 – Lake street dive – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
15-10-2026 – Samu Haber @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
23-10-2026 – Sofia Belabbes @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
15-11-2026 – Heavysaurus – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
17-11-2026 – Martin Kohlstedt @Trifolion Echternach (Org: Atelier LU)
18-11-2026 – Joe Jackson + Band – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
19-11-2026 – Zebrahead – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
20-11-2026 – The Witcher in concert @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
21-11-2026 – Beast In Black, Santa Artica, Frozen crown @Rockhal (Org: Atelier LU)
21-11-2026 – Nes – Atelier (Org: Atelier LU)
22-11-2026 – Conni, Das Zirkus, Musical! @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
29-11-2026 – Lichterkinder @Gridx (Org: Atelier LU)
16-12-2026 – Ph ilipp Poisel @Trfolion Echternach
2027
Jessé @Opderschmelz (Org: Atelier LU)
Rocklab events - zie site
Info http://www.rockhal.lu of Info http://www.atelier.lu
Even voorstellen - Wouter Thijssen 'Wondermooie Rotzooi', single
Thorn In My Side Recordings
Release: 13 januari 2026
Wondermooie Rotzooi is de tweede single van Broer, het nieuwe album van Wouter Thijssen dat in het voorjaar verschijnt op het nieuwe label Thorn In My Side Recordings (Bonfire Lakes, RAMAN.). Wouter schreef Wondermooie Rotzooi naar aanleiding van een fotoboek dat zijn broer Wille achterliet. Het documenteert de excessen, de idealen en de dadendrang van een lang vervlogen subcultuur van punks uit de jaren 80. Het fotoboek was ook de aanleiding voor de postume instagramaccount Wille_1971.
"Broer grijpt terug naar een woelig verleden, vol littekens, rebellie en huiselijk geweld. Mijn oudere broer Wille en ik. Vluchtend in de groeven van het Zwarte Goud dat zich opstapelde in onze kamers. Hij één en al dadendrang en anarchie terwijl ik me terugtrok in mijn verbeelding. Wille ging ten onder, ik leefde voort met zijn geest die in me rondwaarde. Mijn muziek brengt hulde aan onze unieke broederband en aan een verleden dat we nooit kunnen bezweren." - Wouter Thijssen
Wouter Thijssen - Wondermooie Rotzooi
Wouter Thijssen - Wille
Credits:
Tekst, muziek & productie: Wouter Thijssen
Zang, gitaren, toetsen: Wouter Thijssen
Bas: Sean Willekens
Drums: Michel Becx
Opname en techniek: Koenraad Foesters, Studio Jupiter
Live:
2 april, Café Café, Hasselt
Meer live data tba
Even voorstellen – José Gonzalez, ‘against the dying of the light’
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ ANNOUNCES FIRST NEW ALBUM SINCE 2021, "AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT"
RELEASED 27 MARCH VIA CITY SLANG
LIVE Gent Jazz op 07 July 26
End March 26 “you & we” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txEPGg_H0Y0
Febr 26 “a perfect storm” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5EEwnxhDI&list=PLz-xSA6j0Lk-JYUtOs1zbFVTgAj6Dx6fm&index=2
JAN 26 SHARES NEW SINGLE 'AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT'
Watch the video for ‘Against The Dying Of The Light’ - directed by Fredrik Egerstrand:
https://youtu.be/K9krPYK6JWM
José González has announced the release of his highly-anticipated fifth solo studio album. His first album in more than four years, Against The Dying Of The Light will arrive via City Slang on 27 March 2026. Along with the announcement he has shared a video for the title track 'Against The Dying Of The Light’.
Speaking of the track José says:
“It's a song reflecting on humanity in 2025; about accepting who we are and what led us here, since the past can’t be changed. Then about refocusing our attention on the challenges ahead, like pervert incentives and algorithms that aren't in line with human flourishing.
And even though we have enormous opportunities with new technology that can eventually design and copy itself, we don’t have to build it right away if it has the potential to make us obsolete. We can rebel against these replicators, rebel against the dying of the light.”
Since his previous album, Local Valley, the dramatic darkening of shadows across the global landscape has demanded blunter truth telling, carried by a more forceful, often frustrated and even angry expression from the singer-songwriter. With its focus on technological fears, alongside wider issues like the need to identify unhelpful thinking and refuse non-inclusive ideologies, Against The Dying Of The Light was born out of deep conviction as much as artistic choices.
Reflecting on the album as a whole, José explains:
“Against the Dying of the Light is a reflection on how we create hurdles to human flourishing by clinging stubbornly to dogmatic ideologies where people follow dudes who pretend to know shit they don’t know.
These are songs about how we can navigate humanity towards flourishing on an individual and a collective level. They can be listened to just for the sounds, harmonies, and rhythms but the lyrics are meant to inspire people to engage and take action by collaborating to solve collective problems.”
Whilst José spent his younger years playing in a hardcore band, he also embraced singing in a choir. Speaking on this, he reminisces, “It was really fun. Not cool at all, but really fun. I learned the different scales and also a bit of vocal technique. It speaks to something deeply human – to stand together as 20 people, just singing – and now that I’m older I feel it’s time to embrace the universal aspects”. José, who’s an atheist, nowadays enjoys watching his partner singing and performing with a local "indie/church choir".
This record is a potent rallying point for the universal choir.
José’s career to date has been nothing short of momentous: four solo albums in 23 years; over 1 million physical copies sold worldwide plus a billion streams; platinum records in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; Swedish Grammy for Singer/Songwriter of the Year 2021, Local Valley, and inducted into Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2024.
José recently took the 10% Pledge, a public commitment to give 10% of his income to effective charities fighting extreme poverty via Giving What We Can. Members of his Pledge Club have thus far donated to such charitable organisations as Helen Keller International, Against Malaria Foundation, New Incentives, and GiveWell Top Charities Fund. For more information or to request an invitation to José’s Pledge Club, please visit givewithjose.com.
Even voorstellen - Father John Misty, new single “The Old Law”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa9l0cMEOeM
LIVE Wed. Jun.10 - Antwerp, BE - OLT Rivierenhof
Now January 9th, 2026, Father John Misty's “The Old Law” is a new single available on all digital streaming services worldwide from Sub Pop. The song was produced by Drew Erickson and Josh Tillman, mixed by Michael Harris and Jonathan Wilson at Fivestar Studios in Los Angeles, and mastered by Adam Amyan at Ayan Mastering. “The Old Law” is previously known to Father John Misty fans as “God’s Trash” and debuted as part of the live set in the fall of 2024.
A little over a year later, “The Old Law” single follows the release of Mahashmashana, Father John Misty’s sixth long player in twelve years, released in November 2024.
The Western US leg of Father John Misty’s previously announced international headlining and festival tour dates in support of Mahashmashana kick off Monday, March 23rd in Ventura, CA at the Majestic Ventura Theater and run through Sunday, May 17th in Pomona, CA at The Fox Theater.
Along this run, Father John Misty has scheduled two-night stands at the historic The Castro Theatre in San Francisco (March 24th+25th), and at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle (Apr. 3rd+4th). He will also headline at Boise’s Treefort Festival (Mar. 29th).
Father John Misty’s UK & EU run will start on Monday, June 1st in Lisbon, PT at Sagres Campo Pequeno and end on Sunday, June 14th in Wicklow, IE with a headlining set at Beyond The Pale Festival. Highlights for this run include appearances at Primavera Festival in Barcelona, ES (Jun. 4th), and Northside Festival in Aarhus, DK (Jun. 6th) and Father John Misty’s first headlining shows in Portugal in eight years.
Variety says of his July 2025 headlining performance at The Greek Theatre, “He’s one of contemporary music’s greatest lyricists and one of our loveliest melodists (a good combo, when you can find it, by the way), so there’s usually some kind of euphoric effect even in distemper or dystopia. His wish is our command when it comes to actually enjoying stuff that sounds more challenging on paper, or even on vinyl, than it does in the flesh.”
Sub Pop To Release sunn O)))’s Self-Titled New Album Worldwide On Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Hear Album Closer “Glory Black”
Febr 26 “butch’s guns” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7971GwkCFM
Jan 26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXQbGvofeo
On Friday, April 3rd, 2026, sunn O))) will release their eponymously titled first full-length album for Sub Pop.
sunn O))) was co-produced & mixed by the band and Brad Wood (Hum, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair), and was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, January 2025. You can now listen to the album’s closing track, “Glory Black.”
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko - one on the front cover and one on the back cover, with the art reversed for UK & European pressings. The CD and LP package also includes expansive liner notes by author Robert Macfarlane, whose 2025 novel Is a River Alive? is among the many sources of inspiration for the album. Illustrations by the French artist Elodie Lesourd are also featured on the inner LP sleeves and accompanying album merch.
More on sunn O))):
For nearly 30 years, sunn O))) – Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson – have pushed the boundaries of heavy music, straddling the worlds of the avant-garde and rock to forge a style instantly recognisable as their own. Now, sunn O))) return with their first album of new material since 2019’s acclaimed Pyroclasts. Their tenth album – their debut for Sub Pop – demonstrates the duo’s mastery of time and space, light and dark, and their willingness to evolve their unmistakable sound into bold new forms.
The eponymously titled sunn O))) was tracked at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington with Brad Wood. This location proved crucial to the recording process. “The vast tracking room had big windows looking out on trees,” says O’Malley. “We could go hiking and be out in the woods, spend time outdoors. That became a big part of it.”
sunn O))) have long welcomed collaborators into their self-contained world: past work has featured, Attila Csihar (Mayhem), composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore, polymath Mark Deutrom, Silkworm’s Tim Midyett and legendary singer-songwriter Scott Walker. But on this album O’Malley and Anderson found fresh possibilities in the primal territory of the duo format, performing all the instrumentation themselves. “What’s been happening with our performances over the last couple years with the two of us and no other collaborators has been really fresh and exciting,” says Anderson.
The compositions on sunn O))) are expansive and panoramic yet finely detailed, reflecting the arboreal setting in which they were recorded. Amidst howling feedback and glacial crunch, one finds surprisingly delicate moments: a field recording of water trickles beneath, piano interludes lend a hushed, solemn feel. All while the duo attains fresh heights of telepathic intensity as they shape music that breathes the bracing, earthy air of the Pacific Northwest.
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko. Liner notes are by award-winning British writer Robert Macfarlane, famed for his works concerning landscape and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through the work of the band, Macfarlane, and Rothko, sound, word and visual combine into a fully immersive experience that is undeniably, completely sunn O))) (read full bio at Sub Pop).
sunn O)))
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Tracklisting:
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Even voorstellen – The Sophs Announce Debut Album ‘Goldstar’
13/03 (rough trade records/konkurrent)
March 26 “house” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ihVFlGDX4M
Febr 26 “sweetiepie” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJJALtoYsWc
Jan 26 “goldstar” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEqD9L63I1I
April 25 - Brussels, BE – Botanique
Los Angeles six-piece The Sophs have ridden a wave of notoriety ever since signing to Rough Trade Records on the strength of their demos - which they cold-emailed to labelheads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee before they ever even played a show. Following last year’s releases of stand-alone singles ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’, ‘SWEAT’, and ‘DEATH IN THE FAMILY’ and worldwide touring, the band are ready to unleash their debut album GOLDSTAR, out March 13, 2026.
The album’s title track is out, a ferocious, explosive song with distinctly Latin backing sonics. It is accompanied by a video shot and directed by collaborator Eric Daniels. The Sophs’ frontman Ethan Ramon explains ‘GOLDSTAR is the worst person you know yelling at God to give them a sign that they are good. In a deliberately unserious way, we want the song to prompt the same question that the album raises, which is - if you are a good person for the wrong reasons, does that detract from your goodness?”
The Sophs will tour extensively throughout 2026, all announced tour dates can be seen below and tickets for all headline shows are on-sale now. In addition to headline shows throughout the US, UK and Europe, this includes a summer packed with festival bookings including SXSW, Bandland Festival, Code Orange Festival, Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona and Porto, Bergenfest, OpenAir St. Gallen, Roskilde Festival, Eurockéennes Festival, Pohoda Festival and Treefort.
Degenerate posturing. The Sophs’ frontman Ethan Ramon knows what he’s singing is wrong — but how else do you get those impulses out? “Sometimes it's important to write from the perspective of the worst part of yourself so that version of yourself can live through the music rather than exist in your day-to-day life,” Ramon says.
It’s not him, but it’s not not him. And he’s going to places most people wouldn’t dare.
The band’s brutal honesty, flamingly intrusive thoughts, and broad genre-spreading caught the attention of Rough Trade founders Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee immediately. When Ramon sent a demo reel out to his favorite indies, he wasn’t expecting any replies. But Travis and Lee were in his inbox the next day, asking if he’d hop on a call.
Rough Trade heard the sort of creativity and variety — and “don’t expect me to act pretty” sentiment — that could get The Sophs — including Ramon, Sam Yuh (keyboards), Austin Parker Jones (electric guitar), Seth Smades (acoustic guitar), Devin Russ (drums), and Cole Bobbitt (bass) — a slot on nearly any stage. At any moment, The Sophs are entering pop-punk; blazing through funk; talk-singing to the audience. Their enthusiasm for every iteration is evident, and Ramon’s rich, full voice deftly nestles into endless categories, utterly chameleonic.
“We never try to be as versatile as we end up being,” Ramon said. GOLDSTAR has a Delta Blues-style song; it has a ZZ Top-inspired tune. To some degree, The Sophs see song creation like pop art: they’re focused on the idea of reproducing something over and over again until it's meaningless. “I want to steal and plagiarize and borrow,” Ramon explains.
The record asks, where’s my gold star? Where’s my validation? Why am I not being rewarded for how much of a good person I am? Am I doing mitzvahs for the right reason? The titular track — which kicks off with flamenco-style fingerpicking — wrestles with the philosophy of really being good and what that looks like.
Most of The Sophs’ songs don’t let the listener relax — mostly because you never know what’s coming next. The band has a passion for sudden and complete destruction, for playing with the tension between pulled-back silence and total explosion. That’s where you hear The Sophs members’ as they really are: explosively positive, happy, collaborative. Think of the “degenerative posturing” instead as a “jester’s privilege.” When they’re playing together in a room, you see nothing like the character they’re putting forward. Instead, you feel a bombastic, thrilling energy that underlies the sextet’s creative power.
GOLDSTAR Track Listing
01) THE DOG DIES IN THE END
02) GOLDSTAR
03) BLITZED AGAIN
04) SWEAT
05) HOUSE
06) SWEETIEPIE
07) DEATH IN THE FAMILY
08) A SYMPATHETIC PERSON
09) They Told Me Jump, I Said How High
10) I’M YOUR FIEND
AB, Brussel programmatie + infootjes
Concerten
06-01-26 – Gelukkig Zijn sessie @De Markten
14-01-26 – Slaughter to Prevail (Org: Biebob)
15-01-26 - randjess
17-01-26 – Siglo xx – 40Y
17-01-26 - Luiza
18-01-26 – Marcus & Martinus (Org: Greenhouse Talent)
18-01-26 – Godwin
19-01-26 – Ben l’Oncle Soul
20-01-26 – Paleface Swiss, Stick to your guns, Static dress (Org: AB + Biebob )
20-01-26 – Stone Sober, BOI @ Super Fourchette (ism Super Fourchette)
21-01-26 – Mobilhome presents ‘that tough tender’
22-01-26 – Léman (Org: Next-Step)
22-01-26 – Disiz (Org: Skinfama)
23-01-26 – Myd (live) (Org: AB + Backinthedayz)
23-01-26 – Queer future club
24-01-26 – 50 Y of Punk: event door Stadskanker + Leefwerk vzw
25-01-26 – Jinjer (Org: Live Nation)
26-01-26 – Alfa Mist: Roulette, live tour
26-01-26 - Klassiek met De Keere: waar te beginnen bij concerto’s
27-01-26 – All time low, Mayday Parade, Four year strong, The Paradox (Org: Live Nation)
27-01-26 – Nusantara beat
28-01-26 – Hatik (Org: Backinthedayz)
28-01-26 - Faetooth
30-01-26 – The sound of the Belgian Underground (ism Different class)
30-01-26 – Anne Clark & Band (Org: Greenhouse Talent)
31-01-26 – Thylacine (Org: Live Nation)
31-01-26 - Keroué
01-02-26 – Tamer Nafar
02-02-26 - Belgian worldwide music night
03-02-26 Flanders Folk awards (ism Flanders Folk Nework)
03-02-26 – Grandson (‘inertia tour’)
04-02-26 – Dino d’Santiago
05-02-26 – Bodies presents ‘quiero amor’
06-02-26 - Ghostwoman
06-02-26 - Onha
07-02-26 - Suzane (Org: Live Nation)
07-02-26 – Gelukkig Zijn sessie @GC De Pianofabriek
07-02-26 – Johannes Is Zijn naam
08-02-26 – 50 Y of Punk: Ronker, Wijf, Heisa
09-02-26 – The Kooks (Org: Live Nation)
09-02-26 – Holly Humberstone
10-02-26 – Anna of the north
10-02-26 - Swing
11-02-26 – Aime Simone (Org: Live Nation)
11-02-26 – Coke studio sessions: Alice Mae
12-02-26 – Avatar (Org: Live Nation)
12-02-26 – Dilla month: Btoto presents ‘we remember J Dilla’
13-02-26 – Deluxe (Org: Backinthedayz)
14-02-26 – Blonde redhead (30Y)
14-02-26 – Hatari (Org: Greenhouse Talent)
15-02-26 – Wallners (‘end of circles tour’)
15-02-26 – Durand Jones & The Indications
16-02-26 – Yann Tiersen solo piano & electronics performance
16-02-26 – Screening ‘Tony Conrad’: completely in the present + ‘the flicker’ w/live soundtrack by Mertens & Steenkiste (ism Pilar)
17-02-26 – Whitney
17-02-26 – Yin Yin
18-02-26 – Last train (Org: AB + Live Nation)
18-02-26 – Kin’Gongolo Kiniata
19-02-26 – Vlad Holiday
19-02-26 – Bertrand Belin (Org: Live Nation)
20-02-26 – Ise
20-02-26 – Mouth culture
20-02-26 – double bill: Brecht Ameel + Jules Reidy & Sam Dunscombe
21-02-26 – Kim Dracula
22-02-26 – Amy Macdonald (Org: Live Nation)
22-02-26 – Sonic sessions residency – Edition II
23-02-26 – Alter Bridge, Daughtry, Sevendust (Org: Biebob)
23-02-26 – Klassiek met De Keere: De Picasso’s en Rothko’s van de ‘klassieke’ muziek
24-02-26 – Babylon circus (Org: AB + Ubu concerts)
25-02-26 – White Lies (Org: Live Nation)
25-02-26 - Lute
26-02-26 – L.E.J. (Org: FKP Scorpio)
26-02-26 – Swim, Dear Friend
27-02-26 – Coach party ‘caramel’
27-02-26 – Maurice Mouca’s Fera w/Ayman Asfour
27-02-26 – The Paper Kits (ism FKP Scorpio)
27-02-26 – Maurice Louca’s Fera w Ayman Asfour
28-02-26 – High Hi
01-03-26 – BHM x AB, the sound of blackness – opening night
02-03-26 – Kadebostany (‘the outsider tour’)
03-03-26 – Gelukkig Zijn sessie @GC De Linde
03-03-26 – Of Monsters And Men (Org: Live Nation)
03-03-26 – Mint Field & Avishag Cohen Rodrigues
04-03-26 – Coeur De Pirate (Org: Live Nation)
04-03-26 – Judith
05-03-26 – Heaven shall burn, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Halo Effect, Frozen soul ‘Heimat Over Europe tour’ (Org: Live Nation)
05-03-26 – Courtney Marie Andrews
05-03-26 – Stef Kamil Carlens & The Poem @KVS (usm KVS)
07-03-26 - Wies
07-03-26 – Miasmah 20Y: Svarte Greiner + Olga Anna Markowska
08-03-26 - Tourist
08-03-26 – 50 Y of Punk: Maria Iskariot, Stakattak
09-03-26 - Santrofi
09-03-26 – Sigrid (Org: Live Nation)
11-03-26 – 50 Y of Punk: Sleaford Mods (Org: AB + Live Nation)
12-03-26 – Suede (Org: Live Nation)
12-03-26 – Borokov Borokov
13-03-26 – Carpentur Brut (Org: Copprart)
13-03-26 - LeBlanc
14-03-26 – 50 Y of Punk: The Kids 50Y, Kotskat, Colère, Hetze, Sunpower
15-03-26 – The antlers (‘blight’)
15-03-26 – Yuston XIII (Org: Skinfama)
16-03-26 – CMAT (Org: Live Nation)
17-03-26 – Maro (Org: FKP Scorpio)
18-03-26 – Sammy Virji
18-03-26 – Cardinals ‘Masquerade’
19-03-26 – Sophie Straat
20-03-26 – J.I.D., Mick Jenkins (Org: AB + Live Nation)
21-03-26 – Dub Inc (Org: Skinfama)
21-03-26 – Frankie Fame
22-03-26 - Cavetown
22-03-26 – AySay & Melina
23-03-26 – Thundercat (ism Greenhouse Talent)
24-03-26 - Pomrad
25-03-26 – Kreator, Carcass, nails, Exodus (Org: Biebob)
25-03-26 – Buck Meek
26-03-26 - Ao
26-03-26 – Iskander moon
27-03-26 – Gotti Maras
27 + 28-03-26 – Mister Cover (Org: Popline)
28-03-26 - Bente
29-03-26 – Airbourne (Org: Live Nation)
29-03-26 – The father, the son & the holy simon, 20Y (Org: On the way home live agency)
30-03-26 – Poppy (Org: AB + Live Nation)
30-03-26 – Coke studio sessio: Eles
31-03-26 – Gelukkig Zijn sessie @GC Den Dam
31-03-26 - Davido
01-04-26 – Kofi Stone
01-04-26 – Klaas Delrue 50
03-04 t-m 06-04-26 – BRDCST 2026 – jaarlijkse hoogmis voor muzikale avonturiers
(curatoren: Keeley Forsyth, Ichiko Aoba, Stephen O’Malley) closing act: Einstürzende Neubauten)
07-04-26 - 50 Y of Punk: Deadletter
07-04-26 - Roufaida
08-04-26 - Sekou
09-04-26 – Charles (Org: AB + Live Nation)
10-04-26 – Stone (Org: AB + Live Nation)
09-04-26 - Fine
10-04-26 – Um!
11-04-26 – Stavroz (ism Better together)
12-04-26 – Valery Meladze ‘anniversary tour’ (Org: Bravos Eventos SL)
13-04-26 – Dry cleaning
15-04-26 – Kim Gordon, ‘play me tour’
16-04-26 – Tsar B
16-04-26 – Lancelot (Org: Next-Step
17-04-26 – GoGo Penguin (Org: AB + Live Nation)
18-04-26 - Hiqpy
18-04-26 – Mosimann (Org: Live Nation)
19-04-26 – Johan Verminnen , matinée concert ‘de laatste ronde’
21-04-26 – Stijn plays Prince ’10 Y after’
22-04-26 - The avener
22-04-26 – Ragini Trio: Nathan Daems x Lander Gyselinck x Mario Bardoscia
23-04-26 – double bill: Berman/Roebke/Corsano + Giovanni Di Domenico & Tatsuhisa Yamamoto
23 + 24 + 25-04-26 – The Scabs, ‘the phoenix tour’
26-04-26 - Dekker
26-04-26 - Tje
27-04-26 – Skillet (Org: Biebob)
27-04-26 – 2L
28-04-26 – La Jungle @VK (ism VK)
28-04-26 – Creatie 2026: Femke x Lander Gyselinck (ism Kaaitheater)
29-04-26 – Triggerfinger (Org: AB + Live Nation)
29-04-26 - Seefeel
30-04-26 – Admiral Freebee , new album ‘Q&A with myself’ (ism FKP Scorpio)
30-04-26 – Michelle David & The True Tones
02-05-26 – Dyce
02-05-26 – Metejoor (Org: AB + Live Nation)
03-05-26 – Fischer-Z – 50Y (Org: Greenhouse Talent)
03-05-26 – Orcutt Shelley Miller (ism Sound In Motion)
05-05-26 – Tinariwen
05-05-26 – Ricky Bekstok
06 + 07 + 08-05-26 – Amenra (Org: AB + Live Nation)
07-05-26 – Gelukkig Zijn sessie @GC De Vaartkapoen
09-05-26 – Doodseskader ‘the change is me’
11-05-26 – Blue (Org: Live Nation)
11-05-26 - Florry
12-05-26 – Machine Head (Org: Biebob + Live Nation)
12-05-26 - Tamikrest
16-05-26 -50 Y of Punk: Steve Ignorant plays CRASS ‘feeding of the 5000’, Taqbir, Club Brat
20-05-26 – Puggy (ism OD Live)
24-05-26 – Tricky (Org: Live Nation)
23-05-26 – Sienna Spiro (Org: Live Nation)
25-05-26 – N’Faly Kouyaté, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Didier Awadi, Lil Saako, Lay this drum!, …
28-05-26 - 50 Y of Punk: Craig Léon , artist tal Ramones
29-05-26 - Emmy d’Arc
29-05-26 – TP Le Green @KVS (ism KVS)
31-05-26 – Wasco! LiveVoetvolk – info zie site
31-05-26 – Coke studio session: marcel
02 + 03 + 04-06-26 – Holy, een zintuiglijke trip naar het sacrale vol ritueel, reflectie en vrijheid
06-06-26 – Just voc (Org: La Ferme)
11-06-26 – Gelukkig Zijn sessie finale!
12-06-26 – Cabaret Voltaire 50Y
13-06-26 – dernière: ‘one song’, Miet Warlop (ism Kaaitheater)
13-06-26 – Red Leather
19-06-26 – Tinlicker (Org: Live Nation)
20-06-26 - Oklou
23-06-26 – The Streets (Org: Live Nation)
29-06-26 – Emmy d’Arc
30-09-26 – I Prevail
05-10-26 - Simple Plan 25Y, Neck Deep @Vorst Nationaal
16-10-26 – Benjamin Biolay, le disque bleu (Org: Next-Step)
17-10-26 – Lake Street Dive (Org: Greenhouse Talent)
22-10-26 – Miki (ism Superkarma)
27-10-26 – Beast in Black (Org: FKP Scorpio)
31-10-26 Les Truttes 30Y (Org: Live Nation)
06-11-26 - Peet (ism Skinfama)
21-11-26 – Joe Jackson ‘hope and fury’
24-11-26 – Fatoumata Diawara
29-11-26 – Axelle Red
03-12-26 – Elmiene ‘sound for someone tour’ (Org: AB + live Nation)
10 + 11 + 12-12-26 – Channel zero (the end of an era)
2027
16-01-27 - The Music of Hans Zimmer & others (Org: Lancelot Productions/Unipessoal LDA) @Lord of the rings and The Hobbit
INFOS
- AB presenteert AB40 - het programma
- AB van programmator tot creator
- AB and the city: een open en divers huis
- AB zal het komende concertseizoen, samen met diverse organisaties, verder bijdragen aan een meer leefbare, verenigde en interessante stad voor inwijkelingen en doorwinterde Brusseleirs.
- AB documenteerde afgelopen seizoen ook volop de volwassenwording van de Brussels/Belgische hiphop die duidelijk een breed publiek aansprak.
- Misschien wel de opvallendste trend: de opmars van global sounds in het AB-programma.
- AB blikt vooruit met een nieuwe look en een focus op jong talent en kwetsbare doelgroepen (nieuw fonds ‘Vrienden van AB), alsook Youth l’AB (info zie site)
- AB presenteert Nouvelle Belgique
- AB lanceert traject voor jonge videomakers
- AB & Liveurope present: a historic deal on Creative Europe (2021 - 2027) - info zie site
Liveurope ondersteunt meer dan 4200 concerten in moeilijke tijden voor de livemuzieksector
- Producties op het kruispunt van opera, hedendaagse dans en theater
- HipHop 50: HipHop viert 50 jaar dwarse (sub)cultuur: The augmented experience
- Black history month: kracht en culturele rijkdom van de Zwarte gemeenschap in België: new beginnings: celebrating resurgence
- Sound Track
VI.BE (voorheen Poppunt) en livesector organiseren samen ambitieus kansenparcours voor nieuw talent
Ancienne Belgique, Poppunt, Clubcircuit vzw, Formaat en de Brusselse Jeugdhuizen, Cactus Muziekcentrum, Het Depot, Muziekodroom, muziekclub N9, Trix, De Casino, Democrazy, De Zwerver, Het Entrepot, Nosta, Wilde Westen en 4AD presenteren Sound Track, een live- en kansenparcours voor artiesten met talent en ambitie. Met Sound Track gaan spelers uit de Vlaamse en Brusselse muzieksector samen op zoek naar de sound van hun regio.
Sound Track is een laagdrempelige manier om het talent uit de regio’s naar boven te stuwen. Een nieuwe generatie kan zich aanmelden via VI.BE platform.
Finale in de AB
BRDCAST april
BRDCST is terug van weggeweest. AB’s meest avontuurlijke en genrefluïde festival geeft in april een podium aan het spannendste wat avant-garde pop, futuristische hiphop, Afrikaanse black metal, electronica, jazz en improvisatie te bieden heeft.
Met om en bij de 50 namen oogt het programma van BRDCST 2026 overweldigend. Van vrijdag 3 tot en met maandag 6 April verwelkomt BRDCST jullie in AB, cinema Palace en de kunstgallerij VanhaerentsArtCollection. Gastcuratoren Keeley Forsyth, Ichiko Aoba en Stephen O’Malley zetten er elk op geheel eigen wijze een avond naar hun hand. De programmatorische tentakels reiken daarbij van Bolivië tot Zuid-Korea en kennen geen grens qua genre. Op BRDCST gaan hiphop, freejazz, ambient en artpop hand in hand. Alle acts hebben daarbij één gemene deler: een unieke sound, die algoritmes doet spaak lopen
Programma zie site .
AB en Kunstenfestivaldesarts presenteren de wereldpremière van ‘Chou’, een creatie van Chassol KU Leuven x AB talks - Music cities are better cities
Boterhammen in de stad en Feeërieën
AB sluit de zomervakantie traditiegetrouw af met haar twee legendarische en gratis festivals. Het strijkt opnieuw neer in Gare Maritime op de site Tour & Taxis. Van Boterhammen in de Stad mag je over de middag Nederlandstalig entertainment verwachten, terwijl Feeërieën elke avond een muzikaal smorgasbord serveert.
Nieuw pop-up restaurant & café Mabelle strijkt neer in voormalig AB Café
Gelukkig Zijn sessies - info zie site
Solidair ticket - meer dan 40000 euro voor mensen in kansarmoede
AB en Volta presenteren nieuwe residentie samenwerking ABVolta
- Artists in Residence - info zie site
- AB lanceert tweede seizoen van podcast Guestlist
- AB gaat voor gendergelijkheid en ondertekent samenwerking met Keychange
- AB en Bolt lanceren crowdlending voor zonnepanelen
- AB lanceert 20% studentenkorting om cultuur toegankelijker te maken
Music Tech Belgium
Ancienne Belgique, VIERNULVIER, Les Ardentes, Reflektor, OM, VI.BE, Wallifornia en Wilde Westen richten samen Music Tech Belgium op. Met dat initiatief willen de organisaties technologische innovatie in de muzieksector stimuleren.
AB at Night: open muziekhuis – reguliere concerturen aan een jong Brussels collectief
AB – Bolt: samenwerking met duurzaam partnership
INFO http://www.abconcerts.be
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