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Hails. -l- \m/
NO MALLCORE, NO METAL CORE, NO CORE, NO HIPSTERS.FREEDOM FOR UKRAINE
Swedish black metal warriors ARKANUM are set to unleash their new offering "BESWAERLSIN", due to be unleashed 10/31/2026 via DARKNESS SHALL RISE PRODUCTIONS..
ARKANUM "DEN FORSTFODDE", 9/29/2017 via FOLTER RECORDS.
Driven by Thursian Power, Shamaatae has just finished the recording of the upcoming album “Beswærilsin”, which will be released this October through DSR.
To shorten the wait, a special pre-release EP entitled “Motestandarin” will be released in June, featuring two tracks taken from the upcoming album.
The EP will be available as:
• limited 7” EP (218 copies exclusively through the DSR webshop)
Canadian progressive metal legends RUSH have announced more 026 U.S.A. tour dates..
RUSH have announced 2027 SOUTH AMERICAN/EUROPEAN 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES.
RUSH have announced SECOND DATES FOR 2026 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION NORTH AMERICAN TOUR.
RUSH have announced the band is
reuniting for the bands 50th anniversary with drummer ANIKA NILLES
NEIL PEART, drummer and lyricist of Canadian progressive rock legends RUSH passed away to brain cancer 1/7/2020 at 67.
RUSH retired in 2015 after the band concluded their 40th anniversary tour.
RUSH were inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2013.
RUSH unleashed "CLOCKWORK ANGELS", 6/8/2012 via ANTHEM RECORDS.
FROM RUSH:
When we initially booked this tour we didn’t know how well we would hold up to the rigours of the road - so we played it safe with lots of days off to recover - but life is nothing if not surprising and we’re doing fine and having a blast - so why not try to hit a few more of the cities that have always treated us so well.” - Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson of RUSH
We’re adding 4 new arena shows in October & November 2026:
October 1, 2026 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
October 21, 2026 - St Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
October 23, 2026 - Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Center
November 15, 2026 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
Tickets and VIP packages will be on-sale this Friday Sept 4 @ 10am local time. Go to Rush.com for all details and official links!
ITP'S author has a toothache and needs medical attention.
To
respond to rumors. NO, ITP's author is NOT moving by OCTOBER Nor NOVEMBER and NOT
moving at all. NO, ITP'S author is NOT a drug dealer no user.
Those
rumors were made up NICOLE PARKER at 28 HENRY STREET KINGSTON, NEW YORK
as ITP'S author is suing her for slander and defamation of character.I
may have to call the police on NICOLE PARKER.
WAYNE PARKER (NICOLES HUSBAND) has threatened bands as the police will be called on him as he and his friends are black listed from any metal shows.
I told WAYNE PARKER, I'm NOT MOVING and his ego got bruised..
No one is allowed to live with me, I'm not taking in homeless, freeloading squatters, they will be arrested for criminal trespass with a restraining order.
Next time I'll call the police on them as they're getting sued.
German based heavy metal, power metal warriors RAGE have posted an update on bassist/vocalist PEAVY'S recovery.
RAGE have posted a
video for "FIRE IN YOUR EYES", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "A NEW WORLD RISING", unleashed 9/26/2025
via STEAMHAMMER/SPV...
RAGE, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release
"A NEW WORLD RISING", unleashed 9/26/2025
via STEAMHAMMER/SPV.
RAGE, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release
"AFTERLIFELINES", unleashed 3/29/2024 via
STEAMHAMMER.
FROM RAGE:
Rageheads! Our brand-new album “A New World Rising” is finally out!
We’re beyond proud to share these songs with you – and to celebrate, we’ve dropped a brand-new video for “Fire in Your Eyes”.
This track is our anthem for YOU – for all Rageheads and metal fans worldwide – a tribute to our amazing community.
Special thanks to Metality for joining us in this video and for their inspiring social work, showing what the metal scene is truly about.
VIDEO BELOW: RAGE:"FIRE IN YOUR EYES" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF STEAMHAMMER/SPV ):
FROM RAGE:
Hey Rageheads,
We owe you an update on Peavy’s recovery. He will need another surgery, which we hope will finally bring lasting relief from the pain. To give him the time he needs to recover properly afterwards, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel all remaining RAGE festival appearances in 2026.
We know this is more disappointing news, especially for those of you who were still hoping to catch us this year. We’re just as disappointed that these shows can’t go ahead, but knowing that Peavy is getting the treatment he needs gives us plenty of reason to look ahead with hope.
Here’s to a healthier, louder 2027 and many more years of metal together! We’re already looking forward to getting back on stage and seeing you all again.
Until then, thank you for sticking with us and sending Peavy so much love. You’ve kept our spirits up through all of this!
German death, doom metal warriors DISCOURAGED have posted "FOR ALL THINGS MUST DIE" , a track from the bands anticipated debut release "A FAREWELL
IN STAGES", due to be unleashed 9/11/2026 via F.D.A. RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW:DISCOURAGED:NEW TRACK "FAREWELL" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF F.D.A. RECORDS. ):
Italian death metal, grindcore warriors LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT have posted "PROFANED FOUNTAIN OF LEADEN WATERS", a track from the bands anticipated debut "IN THE WIDE VALE OF UNCREATED NIGHT", due to be unleashed 10/16/2026 via 20 BUCK SPIN.
FROM 20 BUCK SPIN:
Another new release to announce today in the form of the debut album from Italy's LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT titled ‘In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night’.
The album’s manic first single ‘Profaned Fountain Of Leaden Waters’ is streaming everywhere and pre-orders for LP / CD are underway.
While retaining the layered, multifaceted songwriting characteristic of Gabriele Gramaglia's broader body of work, LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT directs that complexity toward outright pandemonium, channeling that restless imagination into something noticeably more feral and antagonistic.
“"In the Wide Vale of Uncreated Night" narrates about a sort of trespassing of malign spirits and fiends into the earthly realm, as a metaphor for how the evil that man can do can manifests itself as an invisible and subtle force, able to obfuscate rationality and guide other human beings' choices and actions towards really dark paths.
"Profaned Fountain of Leaden Waters" is a pivotal chapter in this epopea and musically it presents itself as one of the most omni-comprehensive tracks of the record, showcasing a melancholic side towards the end too (lyrically as well), as if a moment of meditation is permitted, after the storm.” - GG
Album Tracklist:
1. …And Therein Plant, Unto Their Souls Asunder
2. Eulogy Of Deliberate Malevolence
3. Profaned Fountain Of Leaden Waters
4. Innocence As A Burden, Guilt As A Weapon
5. Transient Wounds, Spiritual Wilt
6. Eternal Scars And Imperative Backfires
7. Eden Fades Like Blurred Nightmares
Cover Artwork by Mariya Popyk (@crnobogart)
VIDEO BELOW: LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT: NEW TRACK "PROFANED FOUNTAIN OF LEADEN WATERS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF 20 BUCK SPIN):
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Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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ITP RATING SYSTEM FOR EXTREME METAL CD REVIEWS:
A feature entitled ITP BLAST BACK REVIEWS: A RE RATE of reviews (that year) to see if I over or under rated certain releases. Just the rating, and there's no guarantee that all ratings will change. All ITP REVIEWS are on a BELL CURVE in comparison to previous (band/artist) releases and whatever else is released that year in said genre.
ITP EXTREME METAL RELEASE REVIEW RATING SYSTEM:
***** (5 stars)=Awesome, a classic, timeless, unholy
**** 1/2 (4 and half stars)=amazing, perhaps this bands best
**** (4 stars)=very good, well worth the purchase
*** 1/2 (3 1/2 stars)=Good, standard fare, for fans and not new converts
*** (3 stars)=Good, but flawed, no progression here
** 1/2 (2 1/2 stars)=Bordering on mediocrity, band is overrated
** (two stars)=somewhere between mediocre and SUKETH
* 1/2 (1 1/2 stars)= SUKETH (this release SUCKS)
* (one star)=Awful, this CD can only be used as a beer coaster or a Frisbee.
? (No stars)=this band and release blow goats.
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BTW, ITP was EDITED in FULL (the entire journal in 2013 (Years ago-ITP looks and reads different huh?.
BTW, ITP TEXT is CREATIVE COMMONS and you might look silly as I have bit of black list in the music industry and beyond.
A couple of issues I would like to address:
ITP DOES NOT like PSYCHOTIC people following ITP, you're under arrest, I will sue you.
ITP does not promote local and regional artists/bands and music venues whom have screwed me over, don't reciprocate or bands, labels, venues I don't like.
It is NOT ITP's responsibility for promoting your venue, club or crap band or show, DIY and promote your self, If I don't promote you or your band are awful, the music is awful.
ITP only promotes what SHE likes, go play in your own sandbox.
I don't promote local or regional bands or/and venues just because they are local, nor do I ignore bands and venues from out of state and out of the U.S. .
ITP does not promote main stream music nor mall core..Only extreme metal..
There are a couple of labels that are blacklisted, one that is national socialist.
A few bands are blacklisted from ITP, and one or two venues.
Obviously is someone gets in fight over ITP there will be consequences, NOT YOURS, ITP owns her own copy right.
ITP is not a request journal, it is an extreme metal source for extreme metal news, no hipsters, ITP is my journal.
ITP, while a media partner for most labels,does not write for nor work for record labels and is independent of record labels. ITP is not owned by a record label.
BTW, regarding monetize for adverts, ITP does not normally do adverts and has not committed to monetize, although I'll look into it, depending on timing and circumstances.
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal and welcome to ITP \m/
-l-
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Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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