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Slovakian post-black metal outfit Besna have officially released their new digital live album and full concert video project, titled Live at Brutal Assault. Released today, 25th May 2026, the performance captures the band’s milestone early Saturday morning set from last summer’s edition of the iconic European extreme music festival, which drew an exceptionally large crowd to the stage.The release serves as a bridge for the band while they continue tracking new material for their upcoming sophomore studio album, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut long-player, Krásno. The group’s style blends the cold, melancholic aggression of modern post-black metal with…
Chilean underground veterans Necrobeast have officially unleashed their debut full-length album, Iron Baphomet. Released today, 25th May 2026, the eight-track collection serves as a definitive manifestation of the band’s well-honed blackened thrash metal formula, driving the genre back to its raw, old-school origins.Emerging twenty years ago from Valdivia in the deep south of Chile, the group has spent two decades refining a sound heavily inspired by the classic underground thrash metal scenes of South America, Germany, and Japan. Having previously built a loyal following across the extreme metal underground with a string of split records and demos, the band steps…
Sacramento thrash and death metal stalwarts BLACK have announced the upcoming release of their brand-new single, “Practice of Suffering,” scheduled to drop on Friday 29th May 2026. The new track marks the band’s latest musical output as part of an incredibly busy studio cycle under their ongoing global partnership with the Imperative Music Agency.The announcement builds upon a highly successful string of conceptual releases from the California quintet – currently comprising vocalist Don McMillan III, guitarists Austin Elkington and Erik Von Krauss, drummer Kenny Donovan, and bassist Mike Mendenhall. “Practice of Suffering” arrives hot on the heels of their March…
Julianne Moore has always been an actress dedicated to her craft. From her character leaning roles in Todd Haynes’s masterpiece Safe and PTA’s Magnolia to her Oscar winning performance in Still Alice as an Alzheimer’s victim, to even comedy and blockbuster titles with the Hunger Games and Crazy, Stupid, Love. It is clear that Julianne does acting for the love of the game and can dabble in all kinds of stories to bring fresh, provocative characters to life with an interesting story to tell. For the 79th Cannes Film Festival, Julianne is attending as a guest of honour for Kering’s…
One year on from her debut album 3XL, Nigerian R&B artist Rukmani returns with a confident double release that showcases both sides of her artistry.Leading the drop is Serial Kisser, a flirtatious alternative R&B track featuring Boj, where Rukmani leans into playful sensuality and feminine control over a smooth afropop infused groove. Boj’s slick Yoruba and English delivery adds an effortless chemistry that makes the track feel intimate, magnetic and self assured.Alongside it sits HIH (Hot In Here), a more introspective neo-soul offering originally written years ago and revisited with a renewed sense of confidence and maturity. The track captures…
The release also launches 7Wallace’s new ‘Here To Stay’ series, a platform spotlighting UK rap artists whose influence has shaped the culture while continuing to push it forward. Chip being the first artist involved feels fitting. Two decades into his career, he remains one of grime’s most respected voices, balancing lyrical sharpness with mainstream longevity in a way few UK artists have managed.Speaking on the campaign, Chip described the project as a reflection of where he is creatively “20 years into my legacy”, while also celebrating grime’s global impact and the artists who continue to evolve the sound.With a new…
Truman Sinclair. Photo credit: Travis Bailey.Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published at the end of last year. At 24 years old, he is part of that wave of much-needed vitality to the movement at a time when counterparts such as MJ Lenderman and Waxhatchee are arguably introducing the americana genre to a whole new generation. That said, his background wasn’t always the type of music he plays today – he…
After an excellent long-overdue first year at Call of the Wild in 2024, last year felt like coming home. So it’s no surprise at all that I’m immensely looking forward to returning to Lincolnshire Showground for one of my favourite weekends. For me, it’s become “my” festival – where others I’ll rotate dictated by other commitments and line-ups, this is the one I have to be at regardless.And that’s largely because of the atmosphere. Whether you’re a punter, band, trader, press, industry professional or part of the team that makes the festival happen, there’s no airs or graces, no “us…
Big Special release their new EP O’ Joy! on the 5th of June, but when is an album not an album? In this fascinating interview with Louder Than War’s Nigel Carr, Big Special discuss their new ‘EP’ O’ Joy, their working-class roots, how success changes artists, keeping the honesty of the song writing, their rapid rise to fame, those massive hooks, working with, and being compared Sleaford Mods, how the US ‘get it’ and why songs like “Shithouse” resonate with fans.Read more here on O’ Joy! in the article by Wayne Carey.Read Keith Goldhanger’s live review of them at The…
Based in Hagen, Germany, “The Cumberland River Project” delivers heartfelt nostalgia on “When The Streetlights Came On”. The outfit has previously featured on the website, and for good reasons too. They have this soulful sound that always seems to get to me…. awarm, brass-laced Americana-tinged track that wraps nostalgia and soul into an easy, inviting listen.Right from the off, on this single, there is a warm, brassy tone that is sure to hook any new listeners in with ease. The vocals on this are once again a pure delight and have a delightful blend of Americana, pop-leaning country sounds, with…
In Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book, Outliers: The Story of Success, the British-born journalist contends that “you need to have practiced, to have apprenticed, for 10,000 hours before you get good.” Let’s break it down, then. That’s a solid 20 hours per week of focused practice for a decade, before Gladwell would even begin to consider you an expert in your field. Here’s someone who certainly cements Gladwell’s theory: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry.The guitarist began playing at age 10 and hasn’t stopped for the last 65 years or so, performing on some 24 studio albums with Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project and…
Film Name: Countenance Director: Pete Key Writers: Jai Blanks, Pete Key, Ella Stephens Starring: James Greaney, Jadina Li, Mark Charlesworth, Tim Sparrow, Giuseppe Manzione Asha is a young man with the ability to feel and resonate other people’s emotions through physical contact. Turned into a recluse by the burden of his abilities, he is constantly plagued with the predicament of whether he should strip people of their negative emotions but consequently bare the burden himself or does he turn a blind eye, and leave people to their suffering? In a new exclusive interview on Blazing Minds ahead of the Southend…