ITP V.026 ONLY ONE PER COFFIN: R.I.P. BARTHOLOMÄUS "BARTH" RESCH (FORMER BASSIST BELPHEGOR)

 

 

 

BARTHOLOMÄUS "BARTH" RESCH, former bassist of Austrian death metal warriors BELPHEGOR  died 5/8/2026 at 49 in a car accident. . 

 

 

  Austria based blackened death metal warriors BELPHEGOR have posted a video for "SCARLET BEAST-LEVIATHAN", a stand alone single, unleashed 2/19/2026 via REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.   

 BELPHEGOR have announced WINTER 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH HATE, INCANTATION, NARCOTIC WASTELAND.  

 

 

BELPHEGOR have posted a video for  "SANCTUS DIABOLI CONFIDIMUS", a stand alone single, unleashed 8/6/2025 via . REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC...  

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BELPHEGOR unleashed "THE DEVILS",  6/24/2022 via  NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM BELPHEGOR: 

 

„29 years of loyal brotherhood - what a magnificent and chaotic path we marched together. What a tragedy. You still had so many visions for the future, Herr Goaßbock.

I am devastated by your passing. You leave a huge void, and even that is an understatement. In 2011, you saved my life, Barth.

Thank you for bringing so much color, passion and fire into the years we shared. Thousands of memories, my friend. I swear we shall meet again. I love you Brother!

Pactum in Aeternum - may your spirit roam free and unbound!“ Helmuth

Video edit: Rosi aka Cartismandua

Portrait picture: Tom Höll I - www.instagram.com/yvisionstudio

Recording/ Orchestration: Jake K. - 

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-R.I.P. \m/  

FINSTERFORST: SET TO UNLEASH "STILL", POST NEW TRACK "OBDUKTION "

 

 

 

 

 German folk metal warriors FINSTERFORST have posted "OBDUKTION ", a track from the bands anticipated new release "STILL", due to be unleashed 7/31/2026 via AOP RECORDS.  

 

FINSTERFORST, via SPOTIFY, are streaming  the bands anticipated new EP release "JENSEITS" ,  unleashed 9/8/2023 via AOP RECORDS.

 

 FINSTERFORST unleashed "ZERFALL", 8/2/2019 via NAPALM RECORDS.

 

 

 FROM FINSTERFORST:

 

  VIDEO BELOW: FINSTERFORST:NEW TRACK "OBDUKTION " (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF AOP RECORDS):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ENDSEEKER: POST NEW RELEASE "COFFIN BORN" (EP)

 

 German death metal warriors ENDSEEKER have posted the bands anticipated new release  "COFFIN BORN" (EP), due to be unleashed 6/19/2026 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.  

 

 

 ENDSEEKER, via YOU TUBE, have posted a video for "MERCILESS TIDE", a track from the bands anticipated new release "MOUNT CARCASS",  unleashed 4/16/2021 via METAL BLADE RECORDS. 

 

 

 

 FROM ENDSEEKER:

Well, now the cat is out of the bag! After 12 unforgettable years, we're closing a final chapter: With our final EP, we're saying goodbye to the death-metal stage - full of gratitude, memories, pride and a touch of sorrow. But before we retire, we’ll celebrate together the coming months with our final shows and special highlights. And watch out - in the next days and weeks one or the other surprise awaits you! This one is for you!!!

https://youtu.be/LXrjUWf3sIM?is=0phvxONxUJ87vrv-

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW:ENDSEEKER:NEW RELEASE "COFFIN BORN" (EP) (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ITP V.026 SPORTS: NEW YORK KNICKS CHAMPIONSHIP TICKER TAPE PARADE

 

 

 

For the first time since 1973 (53 years) the NEW YORK KNICKS basketball team are NBA. CHAMPIONS. 

THE. NEW YORK KNICKS BEAT SAN ANTONIO SPURS 4 GAMES TO 1 (94-90 GAME 5) TO WIN NBA TITLE. 

NEW YORK KNICKS guard JALEN BRUNSON scored 45 points and was named 2026 NBA FINALS MVP..  

There will be a parade down inn the CANYON OF HEROES IN NEW YORK CITY on THURSDAY! 

 

ITP V.026 EDITORS NOTE: 

ITP'S author was born and raised in NEW YORK CITY. We've been WAITING 53 years for a NEW YORK KNICKS CHAMPIONSHIP ..After many losing seasons and the '94, '99 NBA FINALS  heartbreaks, THE NEW YORK KNICKS finally did it and won it all. Now I can die happy.   

Thank you JAMES DOLAN (KNICKS OWNER) and LEON ROSE (KNICKS PRESIDENT and of COURSE OG ANUNOBY, JALEN BRUNSON and HEAD COACH MIKE BROWN)... 

 #VILANOVACONNECTION 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 FROM THE NATION: 

 

I want people to understand how it can feel to love a sport and love a city and then endure decades of disappointment over the inability of those two loves to align. The rhythm of the city comes with the beat of a basketball on the blacktop. But due to horrible ownership, this team has been discordant for decades—unable to move in concert with that ubiquitous beat. Basketball is life across the five boroughs, and having a team mired in defeat, scandal, and humiliation has long felt like a cruel fate.

I became convinced—and I was not alone—that however good the Knicks became, something would derail it: a missed layup, a disastrous shooting exhibition during a critical playoff game, an off-court scandal. These past two months, during every Knicks playoff game, that feeling returned. Even with comeback after comeback during the Finals, I never felt liberated from the assumption that the Knicks’ magic would run out. But as we all learned, the team was never about magic, luck, or mystique: It was about will; it was about having the mental strength to not only win a title but lift a city on their backs. Read more from Dave Zirin: https://www.thenation.com/.../knicks-new-york-city.../

VIDEO BELOW: NEW YORK KNICKS GAME 4 COMEBACK (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF NBA)

 

 

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VIDEO BELOW: NEW YORK KNICKS NBA CHAMIONSHIP PARADE (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF CBS):  

 

FROM NBA:

 

  VIDEO BELOW: NEW YORK CITY MAYORS SPEECH:

 

  VIDEO BELOW: NEW YORK KNICKS CITY HALL CEROMONY: (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF MSG): Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-CONGRATS KNICKS \m/

GWAR: ANNOUNCE MORE FALL 2026 U.S.A. TOUR DATES WITH WEEDEATER and BRAT

 

 

 

 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. intergalactic metal warriors GWAR have announced more FALL 2026 U.S.A. TOUR DATES WITH WEEDEATER and BRAT..

 GWAR have announced FALL NORTH AMERICAN. tour dates with  MIDNIGHT, MAC SABBATH, X COPS.  

A blood drive has been launched for  CHUCK VARGA (FOUNDING MEMBER OF GWAR) who has been diagnosed with CANCER.  

 

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. intergalactic metal warriors GWAR have announced SPRING 2026 U.S.A. TOUR DATES WITH SOULFLY and KING PARROT.. 

GWAR have posted a video for "TYRANT KING", a track from the bands anticipated new release "THE RETURN OF GOR GOR",  unleashed 7/25/2025 via PIT RECORDS and Z2 COMICS.    

GWAR, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "THE RETURN OF GOR GOR",  unleashed 7/25/2025 via PIT RECORDS and Z2 COMICS.   

 

GWAR have announced a 8/22/2025  LIVE STREAM SHOW AT THE CAVERNS PELHAM, TENNESSEE via VEEPS. 

 

  GWAR have announced more FALL 2026 U.S.A. TOUR DATES WITH WEEDEATER and BRAT. 

 

 

 GWAR have announced 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH HELMET, THE DWARVES And BLOOD VULTURE..

GWAR have posted a video for "THE GREAT CIRCUS TRAIN DISASTER", a track from the bands anticipated 40th anniversary release "THE RETURN OF GOR GOR", due to be unleashed 7/25/2025 via PIT RECORDS and Z2 COMICS. 

 

 

GWAR unleashed "THE NEW DARK AGES",  6/3/2022 via METAL BLADE RECORDS 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM GWAR: 

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Sept. 17 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life (no Weedeater)
Sept. 18 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest (no Weedeater)
Sept. 19 – Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre
Sept. 20 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
Sept. 22 – Memphis, TN @ Satellite Music Hall
Sept. 23 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

MAAT: POST "OV WATER AND GODS"

 

 

 

 German death metal warriors MAAT have posted  "OF WATER AND GODS" , a track from the bands anticipated latest release "FROM ORIGIN TO DECAY", unleashed 11/22/2024 via FDA RECORDS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW: MAAT:"OV WATER AND GODS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF FDA RECORDS.)

 

 

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Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

BEAST IN BLACK: ANNOUNCE NEW GUITARIST MARKUS VENEHSALO

 

Finland based heavy metal, power metal warriors BEAST IN BLACK have announced new guitarist MARKUS VENEHSALO... 

 

 

 BEAST IN BLACK have announced guitarist KASPERI HEIKKINEN has parted ways with the band. 

BEAST IN BLACK unleashed "POWER OF THE BEAST" (EP), 12/6/2024 via WARD RECORDS. 

 BEAST IN BLACK unleashed "DARK CONNECTION", 10/29/2021 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM BEAST IN BLACK: 

 

We have some exciting news to share with you!

First of all, we want to extend our deepest thanks to our friend and amazing guitarist Daniel Freyberg for the past eight months we’ve shared together. We hope you felt the warmth and love of the Beast fans!

Daniel:

“I wanna thank Beast In Black and the fans for this amazing adventure together. Stepping outside of my normal world for a while and sharing these moments on stage with you all was truly a ride to remember. That being said, we all knew this chapter would be temporary due to my long-term plans with Crownshift, but I'm really glad we got to make some great memories around the globe. Although our paths are now heading in different directions, the friendship remains strong, and I wish the band nothing but the very best for the future!”

At the same time, we are beyond excited to officially welcome Markus Venehsalo to the band's ranks as our new guitarist. He truly showed his claws with his strong musical skills and original solos during the extensive interviews with several highly skilled candidates from both Finland and abroad. His Eastern Finland sense of humor also struck a chord with the band and made the decision feel both natural and inevitable. Beast family, give Markus a big shout-out and show him what you're made of!

Markus: "When I was 8 years old, my dad brought home a guitar he had bought from a work buddy. I plugged it into an amp, found the distortion channel, and said to my dad, ‘I’m going to be a rock ’n’ roll guitarist!’ Being now part of the Beast In Black lineup feels like an almost impossible dream come true for me, and I'm excited about what the future holds for us. Thank you for trusting me on guitar duties. I promise to do my absolute best!"

#BeastInBlack

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-