Music News 20251216 (Dec16, 2025)
featuring BILA , LIFE CYCLES , Better Lovers , LAVISHER , Demons My Friends and Monuments in Ruin EP294
Let's get into it!
Maltese hardcore/noise punk trio BILA release debut album, 'Beżżalart', December 5 via Go Down Records and Kewn Records. The band have unleashed the album’s first single, 'A Thousand Wolves', accompanied by a blistering new music video - watch it here:
Texas crossover behemoths LIFE CYCLES are pleased to unleash their latest single, “The End Still Awaits,” out now on 1126 Records.
Photo by Benjamin Zietlow
Better Lovers celebrate the one-year anniversary of their blistering debut album, Highly Irresponsible, with the release of a deluxe edition featuring two new tracks: “The Impossible End” and “Don’t Forget To Say Please.” The expanded collection arrives via SharpTone Records and is available now on all streaming platforms and vinyl: https://bfan.link/highly-irresponsible-deluxe.
Photo credit: Jason Goodrich
Chicago’s self-dubbed velvet-grunge collective LAVISHER presents their second LP, Aligned & Vital LP, out on Nefarious Industries and streaming everywhere.
photos by Lena Jackson
Austin, TX heavy rock powerhouse Demons My Friends unleash a stirring new videos to celebrate the special LP and CD reissue of their debut album "Demons Seem To Gather", available on January 16th through Ripple Music.
and of course, Monuments in Ruin - Chapter 294 (music podcast)
Monuments in Ruin EP294
Track List:
00:00 Monuments in Ruin Intro
00:10 Manuel by IAN - COME ON EVERYBODY, LET'S DO NOTHING! (HUMAN WORTH)
07:52 first break
08:35 Vers les Terres-Rouges (La Mort de la Terre) by Giöbia - X-ÆON (Heavy Psych Sounds)
13:22 The Underworld by Elepharmers - Western Wilderness (Electric Valley Records)
17:23 Hunters Mark by HOWLING GIANT - Crucible & Ruin (Magnetic Eye Records)
21:54 Scentless Epoch by Araphel - The Endchanter (Nuclear War Now!)
26:38 second break
27:29 Sacred Heart by SOFTSUN - Eternal Sunrise (Heavy Psych Sounds)
34:59 Burrito Power by YAWNING MAN - Pavement Ends (Heavy Psych Sounds)
39:38 Silver Light by Born of Plagues - Dead Endings (Independent)
45:07 third break
45:58 The Festering Depths by Decrepit Altar - Egregious Defilement (Me Saco Un Ojo)
54:03 Alterego 666 by ERGOT - Decade (ATMF)
59:52 Head Like A Hole by BLUE HERON - Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux (Magnetic Eye Records)
01:05:47 fourth break
01:07:13 Pakten by Skogskult - Skogskult (Bonebag Records)
01:13:11 take us home
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