Australian progressive-metalcore band RELIQA have announced their second album, High Risk Thoughts, arriving February 12, 2027 through Immortal Music Group and Nuclear Blast. The quartet introduced the record with its opening track, “Serum,” now available with an official music video. “Serum” connects RELIQA’s established sound to the broader direction of the new record. The track pairs low, mechanical riffs with electronic tension, sharp rhythmic turns and vocalist Monique Pym’s melodic...

Marilyn Manson has marked the 30th anniversary of Antichrist Superstar with a newly remastered physical edition, now available to preorder through Waxwork Records. The 1996 album remains one of the defining releases of industrial and alternative metal’s mainstream breakthrough. Its confrontational production, theatrical imagery and songs including “The Beautiful People,” “Tourniquet,” “The Reflecting God” and “Man That You Fear” made it a pivotal record in Manson’s catalog and a flashpoint in...

Guns N’ Roses are planning to step away from the road in 2027 and turn their attention toward new music, according to Slash. During an October 12 appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, the guitarist said the band has accumulated a substantial amount of material but needs uninterrupted time together to develop it. Slash explained that writing while touring is possible individually, but bringing the ideas from Axl Rose, Duff McKagan and himself together requires the group to be...