Metal Contraband News For March 31st, 2026:
This week in Metal Contraband:
August Burns Red has just announced a new album, with Season of Surrender set for June 5th via Fearless Records. This week, you can check out the lyric video for “The Nameless”: https://youtu.be/bH2acU8rmW4?si=8A8_iD7SbIlM3qP7. Bassist Dustin Davidson says of the track, “‘The Nameless’ is a hard-hitting, heavy bruiser that doesn’t let up for one moment. It combines classic ABR elements with dark moody technical rhythms, and fast paced vocals to keep the intensity up for the full three minutes of the track. To me it showcases our roots of where we’ve come from, and the future path of where we’re heading”. Jake Luhrs adds, “Lyrically, ‘The Nameless’ is a song about not wasting your life away for the sake of acceptance and comfortability. Sometimes it takes detaching from what you’ve been told, or from the beliefs you are no longer aligned with, in order to face your own weaknesses. In doing so you can break free to live a life you are proud of”. August Burns Red is heading out on a co-headline run with The Amity Affliction starting in April, with special guests Boundaries and Heavensgate. Keep up with the band via: https://augustburnsred.com/.
Haste The Day is getting ready to release their first new album since 2015, with Dissenter set for May 1st via Solid State Records. In the meantime, you can check out the first single, with “Oblivion” out now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTUiBvhu4yI&feature=youtu.be. The band says of the track, “‘Oblivion’ is a cinematic, apocalyptic metalcore track that leans into scale and emotion. The song balances heaviness with atmosphere, creating a sense of finality and awe. Lyrically, ‘Oblivion’ tells an apocalyptic love story — grappling with loss, reconnection, and what it means to step into the void at the end of all things”. The band is making an appearance at Louder Than Life following a brief run in May. Follow Haste The Day via: https://www.facebook.com/hastetheday/.
Torn Open is unleashing their second EP in the span of a year, with Torn The Fuck Open, Vol. 2 out May 1st on Blue Grape Music. Along with the announcement, Torn Open dropped a “gloriously gory” NSFW video for the track, “The Way Things Should End”: https://youtu.be/Vu2ng677r_0?si=pL2mO5eauem8PiV5. The band is heading out on an East Coast tour next week, and you can find all the details at: https://www.instagram.com/tornopendeathcore/.
Gloria Cavalera has officially launched Maximum Cavalera Music Publishing, a new company which brings all the Cavalera music under one roof, establishing a dedicated publishing home for the entire Cavalera family catalogue. As founder and leader of Oasis Management, Gloria Cavalera is the mind behind the legacy of Cavalera bands, including Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Max and Iggor’s era of Sepultura, Nailbomb, Killer Be Killed, Incite, Go Ahead And Die, Lody Kong and Healing Magic. Maximum Cavalera is formed together with Mandy Salem-Aubry, Managing Director of MSA Music Services and a music publishing and rights specialist, and Gloria’s daughter, Roxanne Cavalera, who has worked alongside her mother with firsthand experience on the road, assisting with tour managing, settling shows for bands and working on budgets. The company also will partner with Warp Publishing for administration, supporting a catalogue that includes several of Max Cavalera’s landmark works alongside releases from Iggor Cavalera’s PetBrick, Laima Leyton Cavalera, Cavalera Conspiracy, Killer Be Killed, Go Ahead And Die, Incite and Healing Magic. Max Cavalera will be the publishing company’s first signed artist, as Maximum Cavalera Music Publishing prepares to take the world of metal by storm.
The Quill has just dropped the second single off their upcoming album Master of the Skies, with “You Can Not Kill My Soul”, which you can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNKT97gSlI. Master of the Skies will be out on May 8th via Metalville. For more on the band, head to: https://www.thequill.se/.
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