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🌑 MØL Ignite a Storm of Beauty & Brutality with New Single + Video “YOUNG” — New Album DREAMCRUSH Arrives January 30th 💀

Danish alt-metal innovators MØL return with their breathtaking new single “Young,” the second advance track from their upcoming album Dreamcrush, out January 30th, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. Following the shimmering, shoegaze-laden elegance of lead single “Garland,” the band now erupts with a violent, emotional tidal wave that is unmistakably MØL.

Watch the video for “Young”:
Young – Official Video

A Fierce Collision of Rage, Melody & Memory ⚡🌙

Where “Garland” floated upward in dreamy atmosphere, “Young” wastes no time descending into chaos. The track explodes instantly—blistering blast beats, scorching blackgaze fury, and that iconic MØL mix of shimmering guitars and cathartic melodic release.

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Dreamcrush — A Journey Through Desire, Doubt & Transformation 🌫️💔

With Dreamcrush, MØL sharpen their heaviest edges while infusing the album with towering alt-rock hooks and emotional vulnerability. It explores the fragile space between aspiration and collapse, the dreams that lift us up—and the ones that shatter us.

Vocalist Kim Song Sternkopf shares:
“Performing DREAMCRUSH live feels like tearing up that dream in front of the crowd—fragile, heavy, and luminous. This tour marks a thrilling new chapter for us.”

Drawing influence from My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, and Smashing Pumpkins, the band weaves soaring melody through devastation, creating their most explosive and affecting work yet.

Recording took place over several months in Frederik Uglebjerg’s Aarhus studio, allowing MØL to refine the album’s emotional core.
Highlights include:

Guitarist Nicolai Busse reveals the song’s deeply personal origins:
“‘Young’ is a song that has travelled through time. The chorus is one of the first pieces of music I wrote for MØL back in 2012. I returned to it again and again, but couldn’t make it fit—until now. The song represents a time in my life of second-guessing myself and trying to stand on my own.”

Dreamcrush Headline Tour — Europe & UK 🌌🔥 (Feb 2026)

MØL will take Dreamcrush to the stage with support from Tayne and Cold Night For Alligators, bringing their immersive sonic world directly to fans.

Full Tour Dates:

Feb 6 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44
Feb 7 — Prague, CZ — Futurum
Feb 8 — Leipzig, DE — Naummans
Feb 9 — München, DE — Feierwerk
Feb 10 — Wiesbaden, DE — Kesselhaus
Feb 11 — Eindhoven, NL — Effenaar KZ
Feb 12 — London, UK — Underworld
Feb 13 — Manchester, UK — Rebellion
Feb 14 — Glasgow, UK — Classic Grand
Feb 15 — Leeds, UK — Key Club
Feb 16 — Birmingham, UK — O2 Institute2
Feb 17 — Bristol, UK — Exchange
Feb 18 — Paris, FR — Petit Bain
Feb 20 — Köln, DE — Club Volta
Feb 21 — Hamburg, DE — Betty

Tickets:
https://ffm.live/moeldk-tour

MØL Are:

Ken Lund Klejs — drums
Holger Rumph Frost — bass
Kim Song Sternkopf — vocals
Sigurd Kehlet — guitars
Nicolai Busse — guitars

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DAWN OF ASHES Drops New Single “HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS” Ahead of Upcoming Album

Los Angeles-founded industrial act DAWN OF ASHES, the project of Kristof Bathory since the turn of the millennium, has unleashed their new single, “HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS,” today, April 18th, 2025, via Metropolis Records.

Links to access the single are available for WAV, MP3, streaming platforms, Bandcamp, and the official music video on YouTube:



DAWN OF ASHES – HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS – OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO (Radio Version).

This new track is a precursor to their forthcoming album, “INFECTING THE SCARS,” set to be released on June 6th, 2025.

Formed with a moniker suggesting ‘the beginning of the end,’ Dawn Of Ashes initially emerged from the industrial and aggrotech scenes, later incorporating blackened metal and extreme industrial elements. For over two decades, Bathory and the band have consistently pushed the boundaries of extreme music.

Relocating to Denmark, the upcoming album “Infecting The Scars” marks a return to Dawn Of Ashes’ aggrotech roots, infused with a heightened level of intensity and maturity. It is described as a rebirth, blending past aggression with a refined modern sound. The lyrics and sound delve into psychological horror, inner turmoil, and the scars left by life’s harsh experiences, moving beyond mere destructive anthems.

Regarding the new single, “Hypertensive Crisis,” Kristof Bathory states it’s a conscious effort to “recapture the nostalgia of our early era while seamlessly blending it with fresh, modern elements. Evolution and maturity – both in sound and lyrics – are crucial to the creative process. Artistic growth has allowed this project to delve deeper, delivering more meaningful lyrics that evoke horror through the lens of psychosis. This song is a perfect example, showcasing a fully realised version of our classic sound, reimagined with a new intensity and depth.”

The move to Denmark also signals an expansion of Dawn Of Ashes’ live presence, with European tour dates in development alongside planned shows in Mexico, promising widespread chaos and horror.

INFECTING THE SCARS TRACKLISTING:

  1. Intro – Made In Hell
  2. Infecting The Scars
  3. Bone Saw (feat. Alien Vampires)
  4. Visceral Rage
  5. Hypertensive Crisis
  6. Coma Maker
  7. Masochism
  8. Faith Desecration
  9. Throne Of Misanthropy
  10. Outro – Existential Despair

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💀 CABAL UNLEASH NEW ALBUM ‘EVERYTHING ROTS’ 💀

Copenhagen’s brutal heavyweights CABAL have just dropped their devastating new full-length album, Everything Rots, and it’s a vicious sonic purge of deathcore, industrial, and total annihilation. 💀💀💀

Led by the bone-crushing new video for ‘Snake Tongues’, this release carves out a new chapter in CABAL’s reign of chaos. Following their globally acclaimed run of destruction, the band will hit the road this spring on the “Back From Hell” Tour supporting CALIBAN. Full tour dates below. 🔥

🗣 Vocalist Andreas Bjulver states:

“We are beyond excited to finally share Everything Rots with the world. This album is the culmination of years of blood, sweat, and rage. All good things end, everyone dies, and… Everything Rots. 💀🩸”

🎧 Stream / Order ‘Everything Rots’
📺 Watch ‘Snake Tongues’ Official Video

💿 EVERYTHING ROTS — TRACKLISTING:

  1. Become Nothing
  2. Redemption Denied
  3. Everything Rots
  4. No Peace (ft. Jamie of VISCERA)
  5. Hell Hounds
  6. Still Cursed (ft. Aaron of TEN56)
  7. Unveiled (ft. Matthi of NASTY)
  8. Forever Marked
  9. End Times
  10. Snake Tongues
  11. Stuck (ft. Joel of AVIANA)
  12. Beneath Blackend Skies (ft. Alan of DISTANT)

💀 BACK FROM HELL TOUR 2025 💀

27.04.25 – Karlsruhe, DE – Substage
28.04.25 – Berlin, DE – Metropol
29.04.25 – Hamburg, DE – Gruenspan
30.04.25 – Oslo, NO – Parkteatret
02.05.25 – Helsinki, FI – Ääniwalli
04.05.25 – Stockholm, SE – Kollektivet Livet
05.05.25 – Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset
06.05.25 – Eindhoven, NL – Dynamo
08.05.25 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
09.05.25 – Birmingham, UK – Asylum
10.05.25 – London, UK – The Dome
12.05.25 – Zürich, CH – Komplex 457
13.05.25 – Munich, DE – Backstage
14.05.25 – Vienna, AT – Flex
15.05.25 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
16.05.25 – Krakow, PL – Kwadrat
17.05.25 – Leipzig, DE – Conne Island
18.05.25 – Köln, DE – Essigfabrik

🕯️ ABOUT CABAL 🕯️

CABAL are a sonic plague from Denmark—uncompromising, unrelenting, and unfathomably heavy. Since their 2018 debut, they’ve decimated stages across the globe with their crushing fusion of deathcore, metalcore, industrial noise, and pitch-black atmospheres.

Everything Rots is CABAL’s most punishing, personal, and visceral record to date. Rife with bleak themes—depression, betrayal, trauma, and decay—it’s a mirror to a crumbling world. The band channels real-life experiences into each track with gut-wrenching authenticity and devastating force. 💀

Featuring guest appearances by members of DISTANT, NASTY, TEN56, VISCERA, and AVIANA, this album is a dark hymn for the broken and the cursed.

CABAL is:
🩸 Andreas Bjulver – Vocals
🩸 Arlie Johnsson – Guitars
🩸 Malthe Strøyer Sørensen – Bass
🩸 Nikolaj Kaae Kirk – Drums

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Asinhell Shares “Island of Dead Men”


FEATURING VOLBEAT’S MICHAEL POULSEN, MARC GREWE (INSIDIOUS DISEASE, EX-MORGOTH), + MORTEN TOFT HANSEN (RAUNCHY)

DEBUT ALBUM IMPII HORA OUT SEPTEMBER 29 VIA METAL BLADE RECORDS

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For more than 20 years, vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen has been spearheading Danish rock and roll machine Volbeat, releasing eight full lengths, selling millions of albums, and filling stadiums worldwide. Before fronting Volbeat, however, Poulsen formed death metal band Dominus, which recorded four fast, brutal albums in the mid ’90s. When Poulsen was putting together songs for Volbeat’s 2021 album, Servant of the Mind, he wrote a bunch of death metal riffs and saved them on his phone. Then, when he was done with the Volbeat record, he reopened the rusty gates to Armageddon and started putting together songs for his new death metal band Asinhell, whose debut album Impii Hora (Latin for “Ungodly Hour”), is a tribute to Poulsen’s favorite old-school groups.

Pre-order Impii Hora released September 29 via Metal Blade here.

“‘Island of Dead Men’ was the second song I wrote for the album,” says Poulsen. “It’s one of the faster and more aggressive songs on the record, but with a groovy Death chorus and a solid middle piece that hails the mighty Autopsy. Enjoy… or don’t!”

Poulsen has rekindled the death metal fire that fueled his first band Dominus. He began jamming on riffs with longtime friend and neighbor, drummer Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy). The two started playing in Morten’s tiny garage: no mics, no P.A. – just a drum kit and a combo amp turned all the way up like they used when they were teenagers. Soon, the pair were completing a new song every time they got together. When it came time to add vocals, Poulsen turned to his good friend, who also happened to be one of his all-time favorite death metal growlers: Marc Grewe (Insidious Disease, ex-Morgoth).

“I had known Michael quite a long time and he always mentioned that we should do a death metal project one day, but I never took him too seriously because he was so busy with Volbeat,” Grewe says. “Then he called for real and said, ‘Yeah, I want to do it now. Are you up for it?’ Immediately, I was like, ‘Yes, of course!'”

With Asinhell fully formed, the three convened with Volbeat producer Jacob Hansen to produce, mix, and play bass on their debut album. When it was time to add lead guitar to the album, Michael looked no further than friend and The Arcane Order axeman Flemming C. Lund.

Watch + listen “Island of Dead Men”.

The album will be available in the following formats:

  • Jewel case CD
  • 180g Black Vinyl (Europe excl.)
  • Crimson Red Marbled Vinyl (Europe excl.)
  • White Vinyl (Europe excl., ltd. 1000)
  • Gold/Black Dust (EMP excl., ltd.300)
  • Clear w/ Red/White Splatter Vinyl (Europe Band store excl., ltd. 500)
  • Silver Vinyl (US excl.)
  • Silver w/ Red Splatter Vinyl (US. excl.)
  • Black & White Melt Vinyl (US excl.)
  • Red/Black Splatter Vinyl (US Band store excl., ltd. 500)

IMPII HORA TRACK LISTING:

  1. Fall of the Loyal Warrior
  2. Inner Sancticide
  3. Island of Dead Men
  4. Trophies
  5. The Ultimate Sin
  6. Wolfpack Laws
  7. Desert of Doom
  8. Pyromantic Scryer
  9. Impii Hora
  10. Føj for Helvede

Photo Credit: Brittany Bowman

ASINHELL ARE:

  • Michael Poulsen: Guitar
  • Marc Grewe: Vocals
  • Morten Toft Hansen: Drums

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Unleash the Thrash Metal Fury: ARTILLERY’s 40th Anniversary North American Tour is Here!

Danish thrash metal icons ARTILLERY are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a North American headlining tour! The journey, which begins on September 29th in Minneapolis, Minnesota and closes on October 14th in Brooklyn, New York, includes a performance at the Blades Of Steel Festival in Madison, Wisconsin. Support will be provided by Vapor and Potential Threat.


Tickets are on sale now.
See all confirmed dates below.

ARTILLERY w/ Vapor, Potential Threat:
9/29/2023 The Underground Café – Minneapolis, MN
9/30/2023 Blades Of Steel Festival @ The Crucible – Madison, WI
10/01/2023 Legend’s – Cincinnati, OH
10/02/2023 No Class – Cleveland, OH
10/03/2023 The King of Clubs – Columbus, OH
10/04/2023 The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
10/05/2023 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
10/06/2023 Dominion Tavern – Ottawa, ON
10/07/2023 Piranha Bar – Montreal, QC
10/08/2023 Rock Café Le Stage – Trois Rivieres, QC
10/09/2023 L’Anti Bar and Spectacles – Quebec City, QC
10/10/2023 Sherman Showcase – Stroudsburg, PA
10/11/2023 Funhouse at Mr. Smalls – Millvale, PA
10/12/2023 Another Round – Richmond, VA
10/13/2023 Alchemy – Providence, RI
10/14/2023 Saint Vitus Bar – New York, NY

In the mid-1980s, Denmark’s ARTILLERY established themselves as being at the cutting edge of the thrash movement. Four decades later, they continue to destroy. The band’s most recent studio offering – the aptly titled, X — was released in 2021 via Metal Blade Records. X was tracked in Medley Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark with producer Søren Andersen, who the band have worked with on every record since 2009’s When Death Comes. Wrote Blabbermouth upon its release, “Nearly 40 years after their story began, this band is still a unique and exhilarating proposition.” Distorted Sound noted, “This is crisp and accessible, there are no unintelligible vocals and they know how to write a beefed-up metal song. This should please the pit and the guys at the back who prefer to sing along in equal measure. If you like the faster side of metal you owe it to yourself to check this out.” Added Ghost Cult, “Bursting with razor-sharp riffs, frantic shredding, and more hooks than a fisherman’s tackle box, X is another outstanding example of classic Danish thrash.”


Preview and purchase X at: metalblade.com/artillery

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