PinkPantheress just dropped a treat for spooky season, and it’s as hauntingly chic as you’d expect. The British alt-pop star unveiled her new music video for “Noises (with JT),” featuring City Girls’ JT, right in time for Halloween. Directed by Charlotte Rutherford, the video follows PinkPantheress as she preps for a night out before getting possessed by the spirit of Halloween itself, embodied by JT.
The track appears on Fancy Some More?, a reimagined version of her Mercury Prize-shortlisted mixtape Fancy That, which arrived earlier this month. The project packs a massive lineup of collaborators, including Kylie Minogue, Kaytranada, Sugababes, Basement Jaxx, Ravyn Lenae, and SEVENTEEN, all putting their own spin on PinkPantheress’ genre-warping sound.
“I wanted to explore how the songs can live in different worlds while still holding onto the emotion of the original,” PinkPantheress said of the remix collection. “Each remix brings a new energy and texture, while still keeping the heart of the track intact.”
The Halloween drop lands in the middle of her sold-out An Evening With PinkPantheress North American tour, which kicked off with two nights in Brooklyn and continues through Toronto, Chicago, and Los Angeles before wrapping up in the Bay Area.
PinkPantheress is set to make her Coachella debut in 2026, followed by a headlining slot at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound. Until then, she’s proving that every era, even the spooky ones, belongs to her.
The reign continues. Volbeat have just scored their twelfth No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart with their latest single, “Time Will Heal.”
The Danish rock titans already held the record for the most No. 1s by any artist based outside North America, and this new milestone only widens that gap. The achievement follows “By a Monster’s Hand,” which topped the charts earlier this year, and adds yet another win to the band’s unstoppable streak.
Both tracks appear on Volbeat’s ninth studio album, God of Angels Trust, released June 6 via Universal. The record has been praised for blending the band’s signature mix of melodic hooks, thrash grit, and rockabilly swagger into their most cinematic sound yet.
After wrapping a massive U.S. tour, Volbeat are currently headlining shows across the UK and Europe on The Greatest of All Tours Worldwide. Tour dates and tickets for said tour are currently available here.
From small clubs in Copenhagen to chart domination, Volbeat continue to carve out a legacy built on riffs, resilience, and records… literally.
“Time Will Heal” is out now on all streaming platforms. Watch the music video below or grab a copy of God of Angels Trust here.
Seattle heavy-hitters AVOID have officially announced their next chapter. Their upcoming EP, Creature of Habit, arrives November 14 via UNFD, marking a new era of chaos, energy, and emotional release.
To celebrate, the band dropped a visualizer for their latest single, “Sour Apple.” Vocalist Benny Scholl shared that the track’s title started as a joke before taking on deeper meaning. “There was a Sour Apple-flavored vape in the room when we were working on the demo,” Scholl says. “The song’s about reflecting on the past and letting go, but also being upset when things don’t go your way. In a way, kind of being a ‘Sour Apple’ about things sometimes, and we realized the name ended up representing the song perfectly.”
The Creature of Habit EP packs six tracks, including “Sour Apple,” “The Song of the Summer,” and “Over Now.” The band’s signature mix of anthemic hooks, sharp-edged riffs, and reckless fun is all here, loud, unfiltered, and ready to tear through speakers.
AVOID are also hitting the road this fall, joining Belmont for a full U.S. run that kicks off November 6 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and wraps December 12 in Chicago, Illinois.
Known for their tongue-in-cheek energy and anything-goes attitude (“What if Dale Earnhardt, Guy Fieri, and Steve-O started a Spinal Tap cover band?” as they put it), AVOID continue to embody the wild, communal spirit of heavy music. With Creature of Habit, they’re proving that fun, chaos, and heart can still coexist in rock.
Creature of Habit is out November 14 via UNFD. Watch the “Sour Apple” visualizer below and grab pre-orders here.
Just Mustard, known for their dreamy soundscapes, has announced a tour in support of their new album. It will begin at the end of their September tour and prior to hitting the road with The Cure in Europe next summer. They will be bringing their “fearless, atmospheric, psychedelic, sonically unbridled” (Wonderland) sound across the United States, beginning May 8 in Seattle, Washington, and ending in Washington, D.C. They will then take the stage in Dublin, Ireland, in support of The Cure.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 24, at 10:00 a.m. local time, and are available here.
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We Were Just Here
The band’s new album, WE WERE JUST HERE, will be available this Friday via Partisan and is available for pre-order here.
The album features the iconic Just Mustard elements that fans have come to love: warped guitars, a twisted sound design, and beautiful, dreamy atmospheres. However, this time they have expanded their reach to a warmer and yet more haunting path. There are interludes of speech and noise, voice memos, and pieces of demos, all working to explore the themes of grief and longing.
Tour Dates
(New Dates in Bold)
Fri. Oct. 24 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East
Sun. Oct. 26 – Kingston Upon Thames, UK @ The Fighting Cocks
Mon. Oct. 27 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
Tue. Oct. 28 – Brighton, UK @ Resident Music
Wed. Oct. 29 – Liverpool, UK @ Rough Trade Liverpool
Mei Semones is known for her unique sound and unquestionable musical ability. “Mei Semones has carved out a new frontier in indie-rock, tearing through bossa nova ballads with the infectious urgency of a rafters-rousing guitar hero.” Says Pitchfork.
Her recent single, “Itsumo”, follows her critically acclaimed debut album Animaru, which has received praise from FLOOD, Consequence, Brooklyn Vegan, and more. Now, continuing her momentum, she has gifted the world with two brand new singles.
Photo: Lotus Josephine
Kurayami/Get Used To It
“Kurayami” comes paired with a music video filmed in Japan and directed by Takuto Shimpo. It circles between shots of the song being performed and aesthetic clips of water.
Semones explains, “‘Kurayami’ means ‘darkness’ in Japanese, and this song is about growing up in Michigan and reminiscing on what it was like hanging out with my friends. Being a kid was really fun and I was happy, but I remember there was a point where we started to lose our innocence and I think this song is about that feeling. It’s one of the more technically difficult songs I’ve written, and it took some practice to get to the point where I could sing and play it at the same time. There’s lots of fun tempo changes, odd meters, wide interval arpeggios, and fast licks, and I think the band arrangement is really creative too.”
“Get Used To It” is, “about the beauty in solitude and being alone, how to move on from something that was important in your life but still leave space for it, and my love for the guitar and music. It’s the second song I wrote on my nylon string, and the changes and melody are somewhat inspired by Thelonious Monk.” Semones continues, “The instrumentation is more minimal than our other songs — just me (guitar & vox), upright bass, and drums. We were going for a live jazz trio sound, so there’s not really any layers or anything. It’s just a straightforward recording of the 3 of us playing the tune, and I think that was the best way to capture the feeling behind the song.”
The songs are available for pre-order on 7” and are out now on all streaming platforms. It can be found here.
Live
Later this month, Semones will be taking the stage at the New York Night Club’s 101 as part of Bayonet Records’ 10th Anniversary Party. She will also be playing Winter Jazzfest at the beginning of the new year. Tour dates can be found below.
Fri. Oct. 24 – New York, NY @ Night Club 101 – Bayonet Records 10yr Anniversary Thu. Jan. 8 – New York, NY – Psychic Hotline Winter Jazzfest Showcase % Sat. Jan. 10 – New York, NY – Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon Tue. Jan. 20 – Osaka, JP @ Zepp Namba* Wed. Jan. 21 – Nagoya, JP @ Diamond Hall* Thu. Jan. 22 – Tokyo, JP @ Garden Theater* Fri. Jan. 23 – Tokyo, JP @ Duo Music Exchange [SOLD OUT] Sat. Jan. 24 – Nagoya, JP @ LIVE & LOUNGE VIO [SOLD OUT] Sun. Jan. 25 – Osaka, JP @ Shangri-La [SOLD OUT] Tue. Jan. 27 – Hiroshima, JP @ Club Quattro # Wed. Jan. 28 – Fukuoka, JP @ Beat Station Fri. Jan. 30 – Okinawa, JP @ Sakuraza Central Sun. Feb. 1 – Tokyo, JP @ Duo Music Exchange [SOLD OUT] Wed. Feb. 4 – Bangkok, Thailand – At.Buatudthong Art Space Fri. Feb 6 – Singapore – Pasir Panjang Power Station A Tue. Feb. 10 Honolulu, HI – Blue Note Hawaii (2 shows) Thu. March 26 – Sun. March 29 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
% duo set with John Roseboro * = supporting Men I Trust # = w/ SUZU TOYAMA
SharpTone has welcomed the Canadian post-hardcore trio Second Harbor to its global roster.
The band stated, “We’re honored to be a part of the SharpTone family. They’re home to some of our favorite bands, and they’ve welcomed us with the most open arms. To have a team as passionate about our band as we are is an absolute dream. We truly couldn’t be happier.”
The signing announcement comes paired with “Relative”, a brand new single from the trio. “Right as we wrapped ‘Relative,’ we knew it’d be the EP opener,” shares John Muggianu. “It’s everything we wanted out of our first track. It’s urgent, it’s vicious, and more than anything, it’s unrelenting.”
The single comes with a music video, featuring a band delivering an energetic performance in a room surrounded by a white curtain.
“Relative” is the opening track to their upcoming EP Coalesce, which releases on December 12 and is available for pre-order here.
Vincent Morency states, “We had a lot to prove with this EP. To the world, absolutely, but to ourselves even more so. We didn’t want to come out with what’d been done before, or worse, what we’d done before. In the past, we’d always felt concerned about assimilating into the scene, and writing songs that fit into whatever sub-genre we were a part of.”
He continues, “This time around, equipped with everything we’d learned through our past releases, we felt it high time we took the swings we always wanted to. So we did just that. We came out swinging. Our title track is four-and-a-half minutes long, our third track has both the happiest and heaviest parts we’ve ever written, and our main single has so many lyrics, we need a permit for them. We took these swings and left the studio more confident than ever in the work we’d done. This collection of songs is Second Harbour. Coalesce IS Second Harbour.”
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“At this point, Hail The Sun are post-hardcore veterans … Progressing with each record, the
band follows their signature sound while introducing some new ideas.” Says Alternative Press
The acclaimed California-based band Hail The Sun has released their seventh full-length album today, October 24. The highly anticipated album, cut. turn. fade. back., covers topics such as military atrocities, humanitarian crises, addiction, lost love, and death.
“It doesn’t matter if people take away the intended message from these songs,” says vocalist Donovan Melero, “and I’m certainly not going to police it, but we do, as always, want to encourage critical thinking. Fifteen years in, I love that we’ve been allowed to have this growing fan base to speak to. I feel very grateful and fortunate, and I hope that it keeps carrying us forward and continues to be the thing that we can sustain life from.”
The album is produced and engineered by Pete Adams and Grammy Award winner Johnny Kosich of Beach Noise. It was mixed and mastered by Zakk Cervini, known for his work with Blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon, and Coheed and Cambria.
Their latest single, “Relapse Is A Love Affair”, comes paired with a music video directed by Jesse Korman.
The band is currently on their co-headlining tour with Between the Buried and Me across North America. After recently headlining their own kill iconic Fest in San Antonio, Texas, on October 5, the tour will also stop at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 30.
They will also be appearing at kill iconic Presents: A Weekend At Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California. The November 29 show will also feature performances by labelmates Kurt Travis, Moondough, Mella, and Vis.
Tickets and information can be found here and tour dates can be found below.
OCTOBER
24 — Denver, CO — Summit Music Hall *
25 — Wichita, KS — TempleLive *
26 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s *
27 — Chicago, IL — Vic Theatre *
28 — Columbus, OH — Newport Music Hall *
29 — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl *
30 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore *
NOVEMBER
06 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live ^
29 — Anaheim, CA — Chain Reaction (kill iconic Presents: A Weekend At Chain Reaction) #
Five Finger Death Punch has amassed over 13 billion streams, created tons of number one hits, and secured multiple gold and platinum awards. Following their July album, Best Of Volume – 1, they now offer its sequel, Best Of – Volume 2.
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Best of – Volume 2
The album pays respect to the past while reintroducing their iconic songs. It is a tribute to the songs and fans that have stayed with them for over two decades.
Best of – Volume 2 features 16 re-recorded tracks. It also brings previously unreleased live versions of “Wash It All Away”. “Wrong Side of Heaven”, and “Jeckyll and Hyde”.
The album’s current single, “The End”, featuring BABYMETAL, is currently making history as the first song to hit the U.S. active rock charts while including Japanese lyrics. The single was released on September 5 alongside the announcement of Best of – Volume 2. It is currently ranked number 5 this week, having steadily climbed for some time. “The End” has also had a number one streak for weeks now on the Japanese iTunes Metal chart. While rare for an international rock release, it has made its way to number 18 on the Japanese all-genres chart.
BABYMETAL vocalist SU-METAL shares: “We were invited to take part in a 20th-anniversary collaboration project featuring guest artists on past songs. Five Finger Death Punch and BABYMETAL had performed at the same festival overseas back in 2015, so I was really happy thinking they might have remembered me from then. I sang Japanese lyrics inspired by the original lyrics of ‘The End,’ and spent a lot of time experimenting to find the voice that best fit such a deep, cool track. My favorite moment is the flow from ‘Negai o kakete’ into the break, where my voice is gradually engulfed by Ivan’s growl—it gave me chills. I hope listeners feel that too.”
As of today, October 24, “Cold (2025 Version)” has already become a top 5 lyric video.
Best of – Volume 2 is available for streaming here.
Exclusive 20th anniversary merch is available here.
Best Of – Volume 1
The album follows the July release of Best of – Volume 1. The album also contains three live tracks, “Trouble”, “Welcome To The Circus”, and “The Bleeding”. The rest of Best of – Volume 1 is made up of 20th Anniversary mixes of their hits, such as “Wrong Side of Heaven” and “I Refuse”. The latter features Marina Brink of In This Moment, and hit number one on the rock charts in July.
Best of – Volume 1 is available for streaming and/or purchase here.
Giveaway
The band has paired its release of Best of – Volume 2 with a partnership with Fandiem in support of MusiCares. MusiCares is an organization that supports the music community through providing critical health and welfare services. They work with mental health, addiction recovery services, and health and human services.
Fans are able to donate for a chance to win a round-trip ticket to a Five Finger Death Punch show, including a two-night hotel stay. The winner will also receive an exclusive signed BC Rich guitar, a meet and greet with the band members, and more.
A 20th anniversary playlist maker is also available here. Fans are encouraged to create their own personalized Five Finger Death Punch playlist for a chance to win a limited edition custom award plaque commemorating Best Of – Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Track Listings
Best Of – Volume 1
1. Under and Over It (20th Anniversary Mix)
2. Wash It All Away (20th Anniversary Mix)
3. Battle Born (20th Anniversary Mix)
4. I Refuse (feat. Maria Brink of In This Moment) (20th Anniversary Mix)
5. Jekyll and Hyde (20th Anniversary Mix)
6. Wrong Side of Heaven (20th Anniversary Mix)
7. Lift Me Up (20th Anniversary Mix)
8. Far From Home (20th Anniversary Mix)
9. Bad Company (20th Anniversary Mix)
10. House of the Rising Sun (20th Anniversary Mix)
Danny Wimmer Presents has done it again, this time bringing the legendary Iron Maiden to the Louder Than Life Stage.
Run For Your Lives
Iron Maiden will be making a stop on their “Run For Your Lives” world tour on September 17, 2026, to headline Louder Than Life.
Iron Maiden’s manager, Rod Smallwood, states, “We particularly look forward to playing the huge shows in Montréal and the Alamodome in San Antonio, two of the biggest shows we have ever played in North America plus, of course, Louder Than Life – America’s biggest Rock Festival! Along with the stadium shows in Los Angeles, New Jersey and Hershey we have also chosen to play a few of the biggest amphitheaters as they always have a fantastic atmosphere and great visual sight lines.”
The tour celebrates five decades of heavy metal, beginning in Toronto, Ontario, and ending in San Antonio, Texas. The band will be playing a career-defining set, featuring classics and deep cuts pulled from their first nine albums, Iron Maiden through Fear of the Dark. Some of the songs haven’t been played in the United States in over 20 years, making for an unforgettable experience.
Early bird passes drop this fall. Sign up here for priority access to the early bird pre-sale.
The RapxHardcorexManga band has unleashed their newest single, “Falcon”, in anticipation of their upcoming EP.
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Falcon
The band’s newest single, “Falcon”, follows “A.I.R. Max.” “Neo Paris” and “Back 2 Basics”. It comes paired with a music video that cycles between shots of the band playing in a plane hangar and animated scenes. The video, directed by Pavel Trebukhin, captures the band’s energy.
The band’s vocalist,Vitia, states, “Here is the track that guided all my artistic direction for ROTN’s new era, the one where it all begins, and the one that closes our promotional campaign for this fourth album. I wrote it like a prayer, inspired by the airy notes of Eva-B’s chorus. At first, the guys weren’t really feeling the title, but after working on it over time, they eventually accepted it. In the end, it became clear to all of us that it had to be the one to represent the album. It’s a unique song for us, and it carries a message of hope. I dedicate it to all our loved ones who left too soon, but also to those still here, standing strong. May it bring strength to those who need it, and guide those who are searching!”
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New Album
The single builds anticipation toward the band’s upcoming album, Chapter 04: Red Falcon Super Battle! Neo Paris War!!, set to release on November 14.
It was recorded between the band’s studio in the Parisian suburbs and Marseille with Florent Salfati from LANDMVRKS, who was also featured on “Back 2 Basics”.
The album will be available in various formats, including a Blue Print CD edition, which has a blue colored playback side. The Red Falcon CD edition will also be available with a red colored playback side. A Hawkeye vinyl and a Black vinyl will also be options for purchase.
