Tag: NOISE ROCK
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Dark Satellite – Death Of A Classic EP
Forget everything you think you know about the San Francisco underground. When Dark Satellite dropped their 2023 EP, Death Of A Classic, they were releasing a sonic bomb right in the middle of the post-punk revival. While most bands are content to just recycle 1979’s greatest hits, this trio is busy building a time machine…
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Dark Satellite – Splitting Image CD
Let’s be real for a second, most progressive music can feel a little cold. It’s often technically perfect but emotionally empty. Then you have a band like Dark Satellite. Their latest full-length, Splitting Image, is the exact opposite of that. It’s a record sounding like it was forged in the back of a van, refined…
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Japanese Minimalist-Noise Rock Duo HYPER GAL Announces 2026 European Tour
SKiN GRAFT Recording artists HYPER GAL are set to bring their “minimalist-noise rock” back to Europe in Spring 2026. The Japanese duo, consisting of a vocalist and a drummer who builds live loops, will perform at major festivals including Out of the Crowd and Colossal Weekend. Known for a sound that defies definition—blending no-wave, punk,…
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Lancaster Noise Rock Powerhouse TV FACE Drops Volatile “Happy New Year” Protest Single
Lancaster noise rock power-trio TV FACE is closing out an incendiary 2024 with the volatile new single, “Happy New Year.” Far from a traditional celebration, the track is a caustic sonic barrage that serves more as a protest than a party anthem. Culled from their critically acclaimed second album, Wolf Rents Bark—which landed at #7…
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Yeko Ono? Explores Post-Punk And Noise Rock On New EP
Bosnian outfit Yeko Ono? has officially dropped their latest EP, “VolksHotel,” via Geenger Records. Now available on all major streaming platforms, the exemplifies how noise rock and post-punk should sound nowadays. The band is known for blending fuzzy guitar work with driving, rhythmic energy, creating an unpolished and intensely captivating sound. VolksHotel represents a grit-filled…
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Lilac Vegetal – The Accursed Share
When a band decides to tackle the heavy end of the spectrum, they usually pick a lane, either the lumbering, monolithic groove of doom or the sharp, chaotic noise rock intensity. On their new monolithic release, The Accursed Share, Lilac Vegetal refuse to choose. They build a towering, structurally unsound monument by welding these disparate…
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Lilac Vegetal – Urlaub auf der Müllinsel 10″ (Grazil Records)
Lilac Vegetal’s 10” vinyl release, Urlaub auf der Müllinsel boldly demonstrates a more creative side of stoner, sludge, doom, and noise rock music. Hailing from the dual creative centers of Vienna and Graz, this Austrian trio builds a wall of sound, and then they invite you to try to climb it while they actively try…
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Ravage – Ravage
Ravage’s self-titled debut is an uncompromising work of art, a furious conversation that takes place at the volatile intersection of noise rock, avant-rock, and post-hardcore. Formed by three tireless composer-improvisers, Anthony Laguerre on drums, Bastien Pelenc and Mathieu Werchowski on violins, the trio has engineered a fully organic, cinematic, and feverish soundscape. This is a…
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Body Of Research To Release New Album; Listen To “Chaining” On November 7th
Body of Research will release their new album, Vehicle Wasting Away, on November 7th via Strange Mono Records, with proceeds benefiting The Auto(nomous) Body Shop. Moving past their new age territory, the band leaned into a darker, more structured sound influenced by heavy psych and goth bands. The group explored abandoned industrial Western PA, experimenting…
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Wagemaker Shift From Doom To Post-Hardcore On New LP “Twegen”
Los Angeles noise-mongers Wagemaker drop their sophomore effort, Twegen, today, October 31, via Sweet Cheetah Records. The album sees a jump in evolution, expanding into a two-piece unit and refining their sound toward renowned post-hardcore acts, while retaining elements of sludge and doom. The band is donating the first 12 months of digital sales to…
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Drill For Absentee Releases Double EP “Strand Of A Lake” On Limited Edition Vinyl
Drill For Absentee has released a double collection of music, Strand of a Lake Volume 1 and Volume 2, today via Expert Work Records. The band reformed earlier this decade, adding drummer Ken Kuniyoshi to create the EPs, which are available digitally and as a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl record (200 copies), with a collector’s pressing…
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Parlor – Tears For Everything
Tears For Everything is the latest full-length effort by Parlor. Across ten tracks, the band constructs a claustrophobic environment where post-hardcore structure barely contains the volatile energy of noise rock. This is a work defined by its severe, high-tension atmosphere, a necessary, brutal release from internal pressure. It charts a demanding emotional and structural landscape,…
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