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Night show comedian JIMMY KIMMEL has commented on the ICE (IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT) killing a U.S.A. citizen innocent bystander RENNE NICOLE GOOD.
FROM THE OTHER 98%:
This weekend, over 1,000 vigils, rallies, and demonstrations are unfolding across the United States after ICE agents shot three people in two cities, killing Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and wounding Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras and Luis David Nico Moncada in Portland.
The scale is extraordinary. From Honolulu to small towns in Maine, people are gathering not only to mourn, but to draw a line — and to say that what has been normalized as “enforcement” has crossed into something far more dangerous.
Organizers are calling it the ICE Out for Good Weekend of Action, tracked online by Indivisible, the same network behind last year’s No Kings protests. What stands out isn’t just the number of events, but where they’re happening.
These actions aren’t confined to big cities or familiar activist centers. They’re appearing in rural towns, suburbs, and places that rarely see coordinated protest — communities that are now confronting realities immigrant families and marginalized groups have lived with for years.
The immediate spark was Minneapolis. On January 7, ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a local resident and U.S. citizen, during a massive federal immigration sweep that brought more than 2,000 agents into the Twin Cities.
Footage taken by community members attempting to disrupt ICE operations spread rapidly online. By that evening, thousands had gathered at the site of the shooting. Local officials publicly condemned ICE’s presence, and protests spilled into the streets.
The following day, in Portland, Oregon, ICE agents shot Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras and Luis David Nico Moncada outside a hospital. Both survived, but the message was unmistakable: the use of lethal force by federal immigration agents was no longer an isolated incident.
Protests expanded. Arrests followed. What might once have remained a localized crisis quickly became a national one.
“This weekend, people all over are coming together not just to mourn the lives lost to ICE violence, but to confront a pattern of harm that has torn families apart and terrorized our communities,” said Indivisible co-director Leah Greenberg.
That framing has shaped the response. This isn’t being treated as a tragic anomaly. It’s being understood as the predictable outcome of an agency that operates with broad authority and minimal accountability.
Groups including Indivisible, the ACLU, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the 50501 movement are coordinating actions demanding justice for Renee Good, ICE out of local communities, and real consequences from elected leaders — not statements, not delays, not investigations that fade quietly away.
What makes this moment feel different is how widely that demand is resonating.
Stories of deaths in ICE custody and violent enforcement have circulated for years without triggering a response like this. Now, people who have never marched over immigration policy are showing up because the question feels unavoidable: how much power should a federal agency with guns have inside civilian neighborhoods?
This is what accountability looks like before the institutions catch up. People aren’t waiting for official investigations to validate what they already see. They’re showing up — in public, in daylight and at night, in cities and towns that rarely make the news — to insist that power answer to the people it claims to serve.
Refusal to normalize violence. Refusal to look away. Refusal to accept that this is simply how things are. What’s happening this weekend is not the end of the story — it’s the moment people step forward and say that accountability starts with them.
VIDEO BELOW: JIMMY KIMMEL:ON ICE SHOOTING (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE):
ATILLA CSHAR, vocalist and front man of Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM talked to LOADED RADIO about a new collaborative project with IGOR CAVALERA.
MAYHEM have posted a visualizer for "DESPAIR" , a
track from the bands anticipated new offering "LITURGY OF
DEATH", due to be unleashed 2/6/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM have announced the reissue of
the bands classic release "GRAND DECLARATION OF WAR" vinyl release, due
to be unleashed 12/5/2025 via SEASON OF MIST.
MAYHEM have announced WINTER 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH MARDUK and IMMOLATION.
MAYHEM unleashed "DAEMONIC RITES", 9/15/2023 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM have won the Norwegian Grammy honorary award.
MAYHEM unleashed "ATAVISTIC BLACK DISORDER/KOMMANDO", 7/9/2021 via CENTURY
MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM unleashed "DAEMON", 10/25/2019 (DIGITAL) and 11/8/2019 (PHYSICAL) via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW:ATILLA CSHAR (MAYHEM): (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF LOADED RADIO)
Belarus death metal warriors EXIMPERITUS have posted "GOLDEN CHAINS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF INDIVIDUAL GREATNESS", a track from the bands anticipated new release
"MERITORIOUSNESS OF EQUANIMITY", due to be unleashed 1/30/2026 via
WILLOWTIP RECORDS.
EXIMPERITUS, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "SAHRARTU", unleashed
1/29/2021 via WILLOWTIP RECORDS.
EXIMPERITUS unleashed "W2246-0526" (EP), 10/20/2017 via BANDCAMP.
EXIMPERITUS unleashed "Prajecyrujučy
sinhuliarnaje wypramieńwańnie Daktryny Absaliutnaha j Usiopahłynaĺnaha
Zła skroź šaścihrannuju pryzmu Sîn-Ahhī-Erība na hipierpawierchniu
zadyjakaĺnaha kaŭčęha zasnawaĺnikaŭ", 6/8/2016 via AMPUTATED VEIN RECORDS. ...
FROM WILLOWTIP RECORDS:
EXIMPERITUS: NEW SINGLE ONLINE
Belarusian Death Metal band Eximperitus unleash the second single "Golden Chains for the Construction of Individual Greatness" on YouTube and through all major streaming platforms!
Their third album “Meritoriousness of Equanimity” coming 30th January via Willowtip Records.
San Jose, California, U.S.A. based death, gore grind metal warriors
EXHUMED have posted a video for "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED", a track from the bands anticipated new release "RED ASPHALT", due to be unleashed 2/20/2026 via RELAPSE RECORDS..
EXHUMED have announced SPRING 2026 EUROPEAN and UK TOUR DATES WITH
GRUESOME.
EXHUMED unleashed "TO THE DEAD", 10/21/2022 via RELAPSE RECORDS.
GRUESOME unleashed "SILENT ECHOES", 6/6/2025 via RELAPSE RECORDS.
FROM EXHUMED: :
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED
New album Red Asphalt is out Feb 20 on Relapse Records!
Directed by Jim Stramel
VIDEO BELOW:EXHUMED: NEW TRACK "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF RELAPSE RECORDS):
Brazil based thrash metal warriors DEATHRAISER have posted a lyric video
for "ONE STEP TO THE GRAVE" , a track from the bands anticipated new
release "FORGED IN HATRED", due to be unleashed 1/22/2026 via XTREEM
MUSIC.
DEATHRAISER unleashed "VIOLENT AGGRESSION", 3/15/2011 via XTREEM MUSIC.
FROM XTREEM MUSIC:
Listen to Deathraiser's 2nd advance single. Pre-order for new album!!
Brazilian Thrash Metal band DEATHRAISER, have just launched the 2nd advance single "One Step to the Grave", in form of a lyric-video, of what will be their 2nd full-length album entitled "Forged in Hatred" which will see the light next January 22nd, 2026 through XTREEM MUSIC on CD, 12"LP Cassette & Digital formats.
DEATHRAISER was formed in 2006 under the name Mercilless, delivering a direct and aggressive Thrash Metal assault that quickly began circulating through the Brazilian underground. After releasing their demo "Possessed by Thrash" (2007), the band expanded their live activity across southeastern Brazil. Their major breakthrough came in 2011 with the debut album "Violent Aggression", now under the name DEATHRAISER and released by Xtreem Music. The record gained international exposure, was reissued in several formats, and allowed the band to tour almost all Brazilian states, sharing stages with international acts and appearing at notable festivals. In 2013, the music video for “Terminal Disease” surpassed 100,000 views on YouTube, earning the band further visibility in specialized metal media.
Although the band kept a low profile over the following decade, they never disbanded. In 2024, they resumed activity to compose their second album, "Forged in Hatred", recorded during the first half of 2025 and set for release in January 2026 once again through Xtreem Music. This new work reflects a clear musical maturity which, while remaining faithful to their aggressive Thrash Metal identity, offers a more dynamic and enjoyable sound—marking DEATHRAISER’s return with an album poised to become another major milestone in their career.
Tracklist for "Forged in Hatred":
1. Severe Atrocity
2. Primitive Medicine
3. Everything Dies
4. Corporation Parasite
5. Empire of Ignorance
6. Symphony of Violence (Instrumental)
7. Toxic Legacy
8. One Step to the Grave
9. Dead Generation
Release date for "Forged in Hatred" will be January 22nd, 2026 through Xtreem Music on CD, 12"LP Cassette & Digital formats.
Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM have posted "LIFE IS A CORPSE YOU DRAG", a track from the bands anticipated new release "LIFE IS A CORPSE YOU DRAG", a
track from the bands anticipated new offering "LITURGY OF
DEATH", due to be unleashed 2/6/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM have posted a visualizer for "DESPAIR" , a
track from the bands anticipated new offering "LITURGY OF
DEATH", due to be unleashed 2/6/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM have announced the reissue of
the bands classic release "GRAND DECLARATION OF WAR" vinyl release, due
to be unleashed 12/5/2025 via SEASON OF MIST.
MAYHEM have announced WINTER 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH MARDUK and IMMOLATION.
MAYHEM unleashed "DAEMONIC RITES", 9/15/2023 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM have won the Norwegian Grammy honorary award.
MAYHEM unleashed "ATAVISTIC BLACK DISORDER/KOMMANDO", 7/9/2021 via CENTURY
MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM unleashed "DAEMON", 10/25/2019 (DIGITAL) and 11/8/2019 (PHYSICAL) via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: MAYHEM NEW TRACK "LIFE IS A CORPSE YOU DRAG" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF MAYHEM):
San Francisco, California
thrash metal veterans METAL CHURCH have commented on former band members.
METAL CHURCH have posted a video for "F.A.F.O.",
a stand alone single, unleashed 11/21/2025 via RAT PAK RECORDS
and REAPER
ENTERTAINMENT...
METAL CHURCH have posted "FAKE HEALER (LIVE IN
JAPAN)", a track from the bands anticipated new live release "THE FINAL
SERMON LIVE IN JAPAN 2019)", unleashed 7/26/2024 via REAPER
ENTERTAINMENT.
METAL CHURCH, unleashed "CONGREGATION OF
ANNIHILATION", 5/26/2023 via RAT PAK RECORDS.
METAL CHURCH have announced MARC LOPES as the bands new vocalist.
FROM METAL CHURCH:
Hey friends! As with any band, sometimes things just stop working and you have to move-on, no matter what the cost and no matter what people are going to say or think about you, including former bandmates. It's just that simple.
I am continuing to do what I've been doing since I formed Metal Church 46 years ago, writing albums and releasing music. If you love that, great, if not, that's ok too. If you love any of the former band members, that's also great, then go support their musical endeavors and be thankful for new music. I personally have nothing negative to say about them, I wish them all the luck.
I'm just happy to be where I am at now, with great musicians that I respect and I look forward to performing live with. That's all I have to say about it.
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