Music News 20250721 (July 21, 2025)
Items of interest and spreading the word.
Artwork: B. Rayfield
Santa Cruz, California's stoner rock veterans DUSTED ANGEL (with Bl'ast frontman Clifford Dinsmore) return after fifteen years with their new album "This Side Of The Dirt" this September 19th on Heavy Psych Sounds, and unleash a rip-roaring first track with "Death Crushed Hope"!
Necromantik stoner-doom ghouls Crypt Monarch arise from their tombs to reveal their new album, Codex Pestilentia, coming to life on September 5th via Things From Beyond (vinyl – USA), Heavy Threads (vinyl – UK/EU), Cognitive Discordance Records (CD), and Violence Records (cassette), as well as all major digital/streaming platforms. 
Dublin-based death metallers MALTHUSIAN are pleased to share their “Eroded Into Superstition” single. The track is taken from their impending deathly opus, The Summoning Bell, set for release August 8th via Relapse Records. 
Chicago post-hardcore/noise-rock band Latter have shared the video for new single “Expiration Date,” taken from their new EP, What Lives Inside of Me, out July 25th. The video draws inspiration from “The Substance”, fixating on singer/guitarist Meredith Haines’ face and mirror self, and excoriating the hyper-fixation on women’s bodies as an outsized source of value, especially as a public-facing artist. 
Latter tour dates
Aug. 18 Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel
Aug. 19 Kansas City, MO - Howdy
Aug. 20 Witchita, KS - The Furnace
Aug. 23 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive (Ghost Canyon Fest)
Sep. 9 - Detroit, MI - Reware Vintage *
Sep. 10 - Toronto, ON - Houndstooth *
Sep. 12 - New York, NY - Bar Freda *
Sep. 13 - Boston, MA - O'Brien's *
Sep. 14 - Providence, RI - AS220 *
Sep. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Walmart Beach *
Sep. 17 - Washington, D.C. - Rhizome *
Sep. 18 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone *
Sep. 19 - Atlanta GA at Altar - Masquerade *
Sep. 20 - Nashville, TN - Drkmttr *
* w/ NÜDE
Connecticut’s self-deprecating noise rock entity INTERCOURSE will unleash their crushing new full-length, How I Fell In Love With The Void, on 12th September via Brutal Panda Records.
Australia’s NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER drop their latest sonic bruiser, “Garden Of The Grieving Mother.” The track is from thier I Watched You Burn full-length set for release on September 12th via Bleeding Art Collective and Blood Blast Distribution (Nuclear Blast Records/Believe).
and of course, Monuments in Ruin EP273
Melting fires from the mountain
Track List:
00:00 Monuments in Ruin Intro
00:10 Gamalt ljós Pt. 1 by FUNERAL - The Funereal EP (Season of Mist)
06:50 first break
07:36 Target Pig Elite by King Parrot - A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot (Housecore Records)
10:00 Sorrow Verses by Ancient Torment - Follow the Echo of Curses (Eternal Death)
17:08 Mercurial Bloodstreams by Sunniva - Hypostasis (Svart Records)
22:06 Suffering in a Strange Land by False Gods - Lost in Darkness and Distance (Independence)
28:48 second break
29:45 The Sixth Hour by PROFANATICA - Wreathed in Dead Angels (Hells Headbangers)
33:24 Lust & Power by Do Or Die – Resurrection (Independent)
36:02 The Truth by Overt Enemy - Insurrection (Independent)
39:49 Chemical Bath by Turian - Blood Quantum Blues (Wise Blood Records)
44:07 third break
45:21 Awen by BREATH - BRAHMAN (Argonauta Records)
54:04 take us home
Special thank you to the following for above info provided by Purple Sage, Qabar, Earsplit, Mike Boyd, and Hold Tight.
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