Ethereal Metal

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There was no warning. No lengthy rollout. Just “Mourning” — and wow, Spiritbox know how to make an entrance. Released just hours ago, Mourning is an emotionally explosive and hauntingly beautiful new chapter for one of modern metal’s fastest-rising forces. The track arrives…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Twenty years after Foiled helped propel Blue October into a defining chapter of their career, the Houston, Texas rockers are looking back while continuing to push forward. Today, Blue October announced the upcoming release of Storytelling, an intimate acoustic performance recorded in 2021…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There is something immediately familiar about Part 1: Funeral Songs, but it doesn’t feel like a band simply looking backward. Instead, Theory of a Deadman sound like they have remembered exactly what made people fall in love with them in the first place—and…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com There are nights when a concert feels like a concert, and then there are nights when the room becomes something else entirely. On August 25, 2026, the MJN Convention Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, became exactly that: a room full of people connected…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Two of Finland’s most revered metal exports are joining forces for what promises to be one of the most compelling heavy music tours to hit North America this winter, as Amorphis & Insomnium have announced an extensive co-headlining run across the United States…

Ryan Murray | Co-Owner | Chief Editor | Contributor | Photographer r.m.music84@gmail.com Nearly two decades into a career built on heartbreak, chaos, rebellion, and riffs designed to hit like a freight train, Escape The Fate are staring down their next chapter—and they’re doing it with a new album, a new label, and plenty of fire…