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Defects Detail Artificial Icons, Featuring Matt Heafy on “Signs”

Defects pair a renewed two-guitar lineup with Jim Pinder’s production and a Matt Heafy guest appearance on their second album, Artificial Icons.

Carnation’s Symphony in Flesh: Recording Credits and Guitar Lineup

Carnation’s fourth full-length is dated October 16. The official credits confirm Project Zero Studio sessions and Yarne Heylen’s production roles.

Motörhead: Built For Speed Remix Video for Orgasmatron 40

Motörhead preview Orgasmatron’s 40th Anniversary Edition with Cameron Webb’s Built For Speed remix and an animated lyric video.

Cardinal Black: Saving Grace and Second Sign of Life

Cardinal Black introduce their self-produced third album with Saving Grace and an official live-performance video. The album arrives January 29, 2027.

tAKiDA Share “Tale of Four Broken Men” Ahead of Numbers

The new single arrives with an official video before Numbers and the January 2027 Section 7 Tour.

Richard Thompson Releases Hippies, Thugs and Heroes

Richard Thompson’s twentieth studio album arrives with a new interview on curiosity, practice and making a guitar solo serve the song.

Ola Englund: The Neverending Story Album Stream

Ola Englund shares his complete ten-track solo album, with Jeff Loomis contributing a guest guitar solo on World Rift.

The Mosaic Window Shares “Lightning Be Thy Guide” Ahead of Answered Prayers

SEK shares “Amore Mio” video ahead of Wallensteins Garage

SEK’s “Amore Mio” video brings a lockdown-jam riff into the fictional world of Wallensteins Garage, due October 30 through Exile On Mainstream.

Zero Hour streams No Man’s Land EP in full

Zero Hour’s new EP pairs “Codes of Violence” and “No Man’s Land” with instrumental versions. The full stream arrived October 14; CD and digital release is October 16.