UK band Acres joins the Solid State/Tooth & Nail Records roster and shared the single ‘A Different Shade Of Misery’ to celebrate!

Alt-punk collective Gen and the Degenerates are telling the world that ‘Kids Wanna Dance’ with another single from their upcoming album ‘Anti-Fun Propaganda’, set for release in February via Marshall Records!

A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!

The Black Keys kicked off their 2024 with the release of their new single ‘Beautiful People (Stay High)’, a track from their upcoming 12th studio album ‘Ohio Players’ set to be released in April via Nonesuch/Warner Records.

Gary’s albums of the year venture away from our more standard metal selection with a bunch of stellar punk releases from bands like The Bar Stool Preachers, Grade 2, The Darts, The Dollyrots, Rumkicks and Rancid, but also sidesteps into other music like the special brand of rock that Public Image Ltd. brings, blues rock with Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, an acoustic Dropkick Murphys and a trip back into time, reminiscing about London’s legendary Batcave Club!

While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!

German alt-rock & punk pop outfit Letters Sent Home announce their debut album ‘Forver Undone’ to be out in April via SharpTone Records and share the new single ‘I hope I die first.’!

Grunge is back. Swedish band Smash Atoms signs with M-Theory Audio and shared their debut single ‘Down’!

Estonian punk outfit Elukas unveils powerful ‘Laika’ lyric video, exploring the ethical dimensions of scientific experimentation on animals, and a track from their EP ‘Loomad Koos, recently reissued via Wormholedeath.

The Rolling Stones and Mercury Studios are proud to be releasing ‘The Rolling Stones Live At The Wiltern’ on March 8, arguably one of their best shows ever with a focus on tracks that weren’t played live on a regular basis!