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🌊 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 (𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭)

𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 • 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 • 𝐀𝐥𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 • 𝐍𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 • 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐤 • 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫

𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 / 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 / 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫

11/05/2026

🔥 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐀 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 : “𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐈𝐭,” “𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞”

5 years after 'Distant Populations', Quicksand return with not one, but TWO brand new singles released via Equal Vision Records.

Alongside the announcement of 'Bring On The Psychics', the NYC post-hardcore pioneers have unveiled both “Get To It” and “Regenerate” - two tracks showcasing different sides of the band’s identity: one explosive and groove-driven, the other atmospheric and expansive.

More than three decades into their career, Quicksand still refuse to stand still. No nostalgia. No safe comeback formula. Just forward-thinking heavy music from one of the genre’s most influential bands.

Read our full feature now on scoreav.com

(cc From Indie to Hardcore // PP&M)

▶️ https://www.scoreav.com/quicksand-reignite-with-two-singles/

09/05/2026

📀 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 : Cult of Luna

20 years ago, 'Somewhere Along The Highway' quietly redefined the boundaries of atmospheric heaviness. Released in 2006 by the Swedish visionaries Cult of Luna - through Earache Records - the album remains a landmark work : immersive, cinematic, crushing and deeply human at the same time.

Two decades later, tracks like “Finland”, “Back To Chapel Town” or “Dark City, Dead Man” still hit with the same intensity, proving how timeless this record truly became. More than an album, 'Somewhere Along The Highway' helped shape an entire generation of post-metal, sludge and atmospheric heavy music.

A little late, but some masterpieces deserve to be celebrated beyond calendars.

▶️ https://cultofluna.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-along-the-highway

08/05/2026

🎧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 : NIHIL

15 years after disappearing from the French alternative metal landscape, NIHIL completes its long-awaited return with 'PERIHELION' - the second chapter of the ambitious 'SYZYGY' double album project, release via BASE Productions / KLONOSPHERE .

Darker, heavier, cinematic and deeply emotional, the Bordeaux cult band reconnects with everything that made them unique: post-metal intensity, industrial textures, progressive atmospheres and haunting melodies.

A comeback years in the making ; and one of the most compelling returns of the French heavy independant scene.

Read the full feature now on scoreav.com via link in bio.

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𝐑𝐈𝐘𝐋 : Deftones • Tool • Mogwai • NIN • The Ocean Collective

▶️ https://www.scoreav.com/stream-of-the-day-nihil/

06/05/2026

🔥 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀/𝐕 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐀𝐑𝐇 — 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡-𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝

Introducing newcomer : With the digital reissue of its first album ‘Singeries’, French outfit ARH isn’t revisiting its debut so much as reactivating it.

What once functioned as a live-driven statement now returns as a central entry point into a project built on friction: between precision and release, structure and instinct, calculation and impact.

Since 2019, the French four-piece has carved a space between math rock and progressive metal, channeling the rhythmic volatility of Alpha Male Tea Party, the technical edge of Animals As Leaders, and the blunt force of Meshuggah. Not for virtuosity’s sake - but for impact.

No concept. No narrative. No excess.

Just contrast: abrupt shifts, locked-in grooves, controlled detonations.

Singeries captures that DNA in its rawest form—dense, technical, immediate. Originally shaped for the stage, the album translates live energy into a tightly wound listening experience that constantly pushes between control and collapse.

This reissue doesn’t look back. It reframes the record as the core of ARH’s identity - the blueprint where power, complexity, and groove converge.

Because for ARH, the rule is simple: the stage comes first.

The record is the schematic.
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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

Stream 'Singeries' in its entirety on scoreav.com

𝐑𝐈𝐘𝐋 : Alpha Male Tea Party | Arcane Roots | Animals As Leaders | Meshuggah | Urban Dance Squad...

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▶️ https://www.scoreav.com/introducing-newcomer-arh/

03/05/2026

📀 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 : Tool

20 years ago, '10,000 Days' dropped - and for those who were there - it still feels like yesterday.
A turning point: denser, more atmospheric, and structurally ambitious than ever.

A defining release in modern progressive metal

▶️ https://bit.ly/3kj4YHB

27/04/2026

🔥 𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎 — 𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍-𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍 (𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐘𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄)

Before it was an outlier, it was a statement.

In 2004, Nostromo stripped everything back.
No distortion. No excess. No safety net.
Just the raw architecture of songs once buried under violence.

'Hysteron-Proteron' was never about accessibility :
it was about confrontation, through absence.

Now, this singular release returns where it belongs: on wax.

Vinyl reissue drops June 5 via Humus Records. Full album already streaming on Bandcamp.

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▶️ https://nostromogva.bandcamp.com/album/hysteron-proteron

26/04/2026

📀 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 : Rage Against The Machine

30 years ago, Evil Empire dropped like a warning shot.

Now it plays more like a documentary.

Same power structures. Same rhetoric. Just upgraded algorithms, better PR, and a tighter grip on the narrative.

Funny how an album once labeled “radical” now sounds almost... observational.

Happy 30th anniversary to a record that didn’t age - it just waited.

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▶️ http://bit.ly/48TaCdg

15/04/2026

🔥 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 “𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞”

Gouge Away, one of the most compelling alt-hardcore-punk outfits to emerge from the North American underground over the past decade, have signed to Run For Cover Records and mark the occasion with a new single, “Figurine” a tightly coiled return that signals a new phase for the band’s ongoing evolution.

Over the past decade, they have moved from South Florida hardcore outsiders into a sharper, more structurally unpredictable force - fusing hardcore urgency with noise rock abrasion and a growing sense of melodic control.

“Figurine” pushes that synthesis further: jagged yet strangely immediate, built on a towering central riff that sits somewhere between Pixies dynamics and the grit of Pi**ed Jeans.
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RIYL : Birds in Row | Fugazi | Slint | The Jesus Lizard | Unwound...

(cc KINDA // From Indie to Hardcore // PP&M)

▶️ https://www.scoreav.com/gouge-away-cut-deeper-with-figurine/

09/04/2026

🔥 𝐍𝐈𝐍 : 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝟑𝟖 // 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

08/04/2026

📀 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 : Cult of Luna x Julie Christmas

A decade on, 'Mariner' remains a singular convergence of weight, atmosphere, and unrestrained expression.

Released in 2016, the collaboration between Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas expanded the contours of post-metal - where towering sonic architectures meet a volatile, deeply human intensity. It is an album that doesn’t simply unfold; it engulfs, sustaining tension with remarkable control.

Ten years later, 'Mariner' stands as a landmark release - an uncompromising work whose influence and distinct identity continue to register across the heavier end of the spectrum.
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▶️ https://cultofluna.bandcamp.com/album/mariner

06/04/2026

🔥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟎.

A Colossal Weekend returns for its 10th edition, reaffirming its position as one of Europe’s most consistently curated festivals within the post-rock, post-metal and experimental spectrum.

This year’s line-up reflects that ambition, bringing together a dense and well-balanced roster: Cult of Luna x Pelican x Russian Circles x A.A Williams x Svalbard x Truckfighters x EYES x JOHN CXNNOR x SLOW CRUSH x Town Portal x THROWE x ZAHN x Meejah / HIRAKI and our good friends from Thot & Untitled With Drums.

Beyond the names, what continues to define A Colossal Weekend is its editorial coherence - bridging atmospheric, heavy and forward-thinking acts under a unified artistic direction rather than a purely commercial logic.

🗓️ This is easily one of the most stacked bills of the year. See you @ VEGA on May 07., 08, & 09.

A benchmark event for audiences seeking depth, intensity and curated discovery within the European scene.

Adres

Eindhoven

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