New POISON RUÏN full-length ‘Hymns From The Hills’ out April 3, 2026 on LP/CD/CS/Streaming

Building off the strengths of their critically acclaimed works, POISON RUÏN return with their new album, Hymns From the Hills. The Philadelphia punk band have developed their signature approach to grim mythmaking and scythe-swinging aggression in bold new directions, offering up a new body of songs that strike one as equal parts natural, undeniably of this world, and phantasmal.

POISON RUÏN LIVE:
Apr 11: New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Apr 12: Medford, MA – Deep Cuts
Apr 13: Portland, ME – Genos
Apr 14: Portsmouth, NH – Press Room
Apr 15: Brattleboro, VT – The Stone Church
Apr 16: Montreal, QB – Petit Campus
Apr 17: Toronto, ON – The Garrison
Apr 18: Detroit, MI – Edgeman
Apr 19: Muskegon, MI – Rake Beer Project
Apr 21: Cincinnati, OH – Northside Tavern
Apr 22: Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Apr 23: Minneapolis, MN – Zhora Darling
Apr 24: Milwaukee, MN -Quarters
Apr 25: St. Louis, MO – The Sinkhole
Apr 26: Indianapolis, IN – Healer
Apr 28: Cleveland, OH – Happy Dog
Apr 29: Pittsburgh, PA – 222 Ormsby
Apr 30: Richmond, VA – Cobra Cabana
May 01: Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
May 02: Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church

Apr 11 w/ Prision Postumo, Dollhouse, Savage Pleasure
Apr 12-15, 4/28 w/ Peace Talks
Apr 18-4/28 w/ Cruelster
Apr 29 – May 02 w/ The Serfs
May 02 w/ Marked Men, The Serfs, Zorn

DIRECTOR – MAC KENNEDY
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – ALI DONOHUE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – KATE SWEENEY
CAMERA OP – DARBY IRRGANG
STUNT COORDINATOR – KATE SWEENEY
COSTUME STYLING – KAT BEAN
EDITOR – MAC KENNEDY
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT – KAT BEAN

Special thanks to Diane and Santa at Majoda Stables,
and to Kate & Eileen.

“Hymn From The Hills” is about living on the outside, by force or by choice, and what is lost and gained in the process.

Official Links:
POISON RUÏN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poisonruin/
POISON RUÏN on Bandcamp: https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@Poisonruin
https://linktr.ee/poisonruin

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Performing single at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix song competition on February 14 – Winner to represent Denmark at Eurovision 2026

Film Crew:
Production Company: Helmet Films & Visual Effects // IG @helmetfilmsvfx
Director: Line Klungseth Johansen // IG @cutestlittlekittenintheworld
Director, Director of Photography: Øystein Moe
1st AC, Aerial Cinematography: Stian Eriksen // IG @morrysack
2nd AC: Kasper Nystrøm // IG @kasper_nystrom
Editor: Toni Kotka // IG @tonimgk
Coordinator: Edgar Tandberg // IG @edgartandberg
Stylist, Costume: El-Ri Flatås // IG @geishafunk
Costume: Solveig Stoltz // IG @tekstilverkstedet
Costume: Amanda Bjørge // IG @amanda.bjorge
Choreography: Birgitte Kaufmann Olsen // IG @birgittekaufmann
SFX: Pål Morten Hverven // IG @pmhverven
SFX Stunt: Maria Hansen
SFX Ass: Sondre Klæboe Jacobsen// IG @smackomatic
VFX-Supervisor: Alexander Somma // IG @alexandersomma
VFX Artists: Ørjan Trotland // IG @eriantrotland
Colourist: Bianca Rudolph, Nordisk Film Shortcut AS
Location coordinator: Hanne-Kari Bakken // IG @hennakira
Location coordinator: Dennis Risvoll // IG @dennisrivoll
Snowmobile drivers:
Råmund Mundhjeld // IG @ramundmundhjeld
Ketil Gutubø // IG @ketil.gutubo
Øyvind Teigen

Production assistants:
Simon Øvretveit
Håvard Stensrud
Johan Myraune Hals
Aisha Lindley

Dancers:
Helene Kaufmann Jacobsen
Idun Almås Anfinset
Elias Borgan
Aurora Evensen
Elida Sofie Fiske
Maria Jenssen
Susanne Alnes Koppen
Ella Storsve Kårstein
Siril Karine Mjelle
Frida Kyvik Skard
Synnøve Skjæran
Mats Alexander Aase Vik
Anna Wiig
Hannah Aasbakk
Ina Lilleås
Mari Thompson-Kvernland
Kristine Ørbekk
Eila Emilia Sivula Kinnunen

Producers:
Øystein Moe, Line Klungseth Johansen

Thanks to:
Christopher Juul
Torben Skylstad
Sognefjellshytta
Råmund Mundhjeld
Arne Vidar Stoltenberg

In the glow between flames and shadows, between whispering voices and resounding silence, a space emerges where music is not merely heard—it is felt. With “Touch My Love And Die,” Myrkur presents an entry for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix that feels more like a ritual than a song. A piece that draws threads from Nordic mythology, human vulnerability, and cinematic grandeur, gathering them into a moment where darkness is not hidden, but allowed to speak.

“Touch My Love And Die” is a dark, cinematic ballad in which Myrkur’s various musical expressions merge into a new whole. The sound incorporates elements from metal, Nordic folk music, and film scores, recorded in Dolby Atmos with real musicians—from cello, a girls’ choir, and ancient folk instruments to drums captured with more than 40 microphones. A physical, human soundscape in a time marked by speed, artificiality, and distance.

Lyrically, the song moves within the supernatural and the gothic. A romance with multiple layers: a kiss of death, a warning, a spell. Love as both release and danger. For Myrkur, it is essential that the lyrics remain open and can be freely interpreted by the listener.

The past year has been marked by major personal and artistic changes, and the song stands as a culmination of this movement. Recorded in Winter 2025 with Christopher Juul (Heilung), Myrkur describes “Touch My Love And Die” as a work into which “heart, soul, blood, and tears” have been poured—both in song and performance—something she hopes can exist as an antidote to a world dominated by AI and a throwaway culture. A reminder of humanity’s roots, spirit, and resilience.

Commissioned via Danish broadcaster DR, Myrkur enters Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with a contribution that does not seek to fit in, but to open the space. A song in which darkness is not concealed, but allowed to cast light. The winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will represent Denmark at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May.

Photo by Julia Nikiforova
Produced by Christopher Juul at Lava Studios Copenhagen.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Lava Studios Copenhagen
Amalie Bruun: Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Viola, Nyckelharpa, Synth
Keith Abrami: Drums
Veronika Kroell Voerman: Cello
Thilde Lippert + Cecilie Reib: Choir
Finn Jansen – Drum Recording Engineer
Andreas Simonsen – Tech Crew
Kate Mišković – Tech Crew
Alexandar Møller – Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics by Amalie Bruun. Music by Amalie Bruun / Søren Mikkelsen

Lyrics:

Alibi, don’t need one
crimson bride
when the moon says midnight you’re mine
The taste of my lips, the sweetest doom
this is my realm, there’s a velvet tomb
its all thine, divine

I dance with madness

Touch my love and die
I want it, poison in your life
I’m the remedy
look me into my eyes, you’re blinded
touch my love and die
the endless night

Touch my love and die
drink me and bleed me dry
taste the poison

So touch my love and die
I want it, poison in your life
I’m the remedy
look me into my eyes, you’re blinded
touch my love and die

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New album ‘Red Asphalt’ Out Now on LP/CD/CS/Streaming

Official Links:
EXHUMED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExhumedOfficial
EXHUMED on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exhumed_official
EXHUMED on Twitter: https://twitter.com/exhumedofficial
EXHUMED on Bandcamp: https://exhumed.bandcamp.com
EXHUMED on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialExhumed

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Boston’s FINAL GASP return with New Day Symptoms – the new album steeped in nocturnal, death rock adventurism, riven with a post-punk anxiety that feels increasingly like the twitching heart of our modern age, and driven by hardcore punk intensity!

Out Now on LP/CD/Streaming

Video Credits:
Director & Producer Caleb Gowett @wallybelac
Director of Photography Bill Politis @eatinmacaroni
Production Assistant Chris Gill

Official Links:

FINAL GASP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/final_gasp/
FINAL GASP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Final-Gasp/100063558425787/
FINAL GASP on Bandcamp: http://finalgasp.bandcamp.com/

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Performing single at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix song competition on February 14 – Winner to represent Denmark at Eurovision 2026

In the glow between flames and shadows, between whispering voices and resounding silence, a space emerges where music is not merely heard—it is felt. With “Touch My Love And Die,” Myrkur presents an entry for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix that feels more like a ritual than a song. A piece that draws threads from Nordic mythology, human vulnerability, and cinematic grandeur, gathering them into a moment where darkness is not hidden, but allowed to speak.

“Touch My Love And Die” is a dark, cinematic ballad in which Myrkur’s various musical expressions merge into a new whole. The sound incorporates elements from metal, Nordic folk music, and film scores, recorded in Dolby Atmos with real musicians—from cello, a girls’ choir, and ancient folk instruments to drums captured with more than 40 microphones. A physical, human soundscape in a time marked by speed, artificiality, and distance.

Lyrically, the song moves within the supernatural and the gothic. A romance with multiple layers: a kiss of death, a warning, a spell. Love as both release and danger. For Myrkur, it is essential that the lyrics remain open and can be freely interpreted by the listener.

The past year has been marked by major personal and artistic changes, and the song stands as a culmination of this movement. Recorded in Winter 2025 with Christopher Juul (Heilung), Myrkur describes “Touch My Love And Die” as a work into which “heart, soul, blood, and tears” have been poured—both in song and performance—something she hopes can exist as an antidote to a world dominated by AI and a throwaway culture. A reminder of humanity’s roots, spirit, and resilience.

With “Touch My Love And Die,” commissioned via Danish broadcaster DR, Myrkur enters Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with a contribution that does not seek to fit in, but to open the space. A song in which darkness is not concealed, but allowed to cast light. The winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will represent Denmark at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May.

Photo by Julia Nikiforova
Produced by Christopher Juul at Lava Studios Copenhagen.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Lava Studios Copenhagen
Amalie Bruun: Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Viola, Nyckelharpa, Synth
Keith Abrami: Drums
Veronika Kroell Voerman: Cello
Thilde Lippert + Cecilie Reib: Choir
Finn Jansen – Drum Recording Engineer
Andreas Simonsen – Tech Crew
Kate Mišković – Tech Crew
Alexandar Møller – Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics by Amalie Bruun. Music by Amalie Bruun / Søren Mikkelsen

Lyrics:

Alibi, don’t need one
crimson bride
when the moon says midnight you’re mine
The taste of my lips, the sweetest doom
this is my realm, there’s a velvet tomb
its all thine, divine

I dance with madness

Touch my love and die
I want it, poison in your life
I’m the remedy
look me into my eyes, you’re blinded
touch my love and die
the endless night

Touch my love and die
drink me and bleed me dry
taste the poison

So touch my love and die
I want it, poison in your life
I’m the remedy
look me into my eyes, you’re blinded
touch my love and die

Official Links:

Myrkur Official Website: https://www.myrkurmusic.com/
Myrkur on Bandcamp: https://myrkur.bandcamp.com/
Myrkur on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/myrkurmyrkur
Myrkur on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myrkurmyrkur/
Myrkur on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/myrkurapplemusic
Myrkur on Spotify: https://bit.ly/myrkurspotify

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New album ‘Red Asphalt’ out now on LP/CD/CS/Streaming

Video by Landphil (Municipal Waste / Iron Reagan / Morbikon)

Official Links:
EXHUMED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExhumedOfficial
EXHUMED on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exhumed_official
EXHUMED on Twitter: https://twitter.com/exhumedofficial
EXHUMED on Bandcamp: https://exhumed.bandcamp.com
EXHUMED on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialExhumed

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Portland, Oregon dark rock trio HOAXED return with their stunning new album Death Knocks. Three years in the making, the group—featuring vocalist/guitarist Kat Keo, drummer Kim Coffel, and new bassist/vocalist April Dimmick—have honed their stygian craft to perfection.

Death Knocks is out February 13, 2026 on LP/CD/Streaming

Credits
Created by Hoaxed
Dancers: Rosie Yerke + Erik O’Banion

Official Links:
HOAXED Official Website: www.hoaxedband.com
HOAXED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hoaxedband/
HOAXED on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoaxedband/
HOAXED on Bandcamp: https://hoaxed.bandcamp.com/
HOAXED on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi08Y13nYxvSjiYsTCg6Lw

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LYRICS:
Bound by family claim
The line must be obeyed
Born to privilege but cursed to remain By the seal, by the fates
By keeping to the old ways
Safe in the knowing
Safe in the name

Rule is not assured
The weak of mind, the undeserved
Fortunes for taking but power must be earned

For the family
For the legacy
For the family
Reign
Only a name
You’re bound from birth to grave
Only a name
Reign

A strong line, descended from
Legacy is never done
Blue it runs, the burden’s in your blood Tides have shifted before
Come flood, fire, betrayal, or war
This house will stand for centuries more

Reign
Bound from birth to grave
Reign
It’s only a name

Reign
Cursed here forever stay
Only a name
Reign

#Hoaxed #DarkRock #RelapseRecords

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Boston’s FINAL GASP return with New Day Symptoms – the new album steeped in nocturnal, death rock adventurism, riven with a post-punk anxiety that feels increasingly like the twitching heart of our modern age, and driven by hardcore punk intensity!

Out Now on LP/CD/Streaming

Video Credits:
Director & Producer Caleb Gowett @wallybelac
Director of Photography Bill Politis @eatinmacaroni
Producer & Wardrobe Courtney Brooke @light_witch
Special FX Kelly Harris @kellyharrisfx
Starring Darian Rollo @darianleigh98
Production Assistant Chris Gill @g.ill
Thanks Montana Doyle @c0smikdebris

Official Links:

FINAL GASP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/final_gasp/
FINAL GASP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Final-Gasp/100063558425787/
FINAL GASP on Bandcamp: http://finalgasp.bandcamp.com/

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Portland, Oregon dark rock trio HOAXED return with their stunning new album Death Knocks. Three years in the making, the group—featuring vocalist/guitarist Kat Keo, drummer Kim Coffel, and new bassist/vocalist April Dimmick—have honed their stygian craft to perfection.

Death Knocks is out February 13, 2026 on LP/CD/Streaming

Videography: Rue and Co.
(https://rueand.co)
Production: Kat Keo & Hoaxed
Editing: Kat Keo & Kim Coffel

Official Links:
HOAXED Official Website: www.hoaxedband.com
HOAXED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hoaxedband/
HOAXED on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoaxedband/
HOAXED on Bandcamp: https://hoaxed.bandcamp.com/
HOAXED on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi08Y13nYxvSjiYsTCg6Lw

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LYRICS:
Go now brave explorers
Venture to uncharted waters
A beckoning call from the muses’ daughters
Mortal men drawn out to sea
Catch the distant melody
Draws you in, is it a dream?
Every soul aboard
Spellbound by the song
Every soul aboard now lost
Find your peace where all the seas fall silent
There’s no fear here, there’s only the quiet
Loyal souls easily swayed
No mercy from the waves
This cursed ship and crew
Death waits for you
Days become nights become days once again
The voyage is constant, will it ever end?
Days last forever, the nights just as long
Drawn to the beauty and doomed by the song

#Hoaxed #DarkRock #RelapseRecords

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HAYWARDxDÄLEK is the brand new collaborative album from acclaimed This Heat drummer and creative force Charles Hayward and rapper/producer Will Brooks (aka MC dälek). Out on December 5 via Relapse Records, the upcoming album combines daring improvisation with hip-hop-informed sampling; it’s a thrilling tour de force journey into an uncharted new world of sound and possibility.

Official Links:

HAYWARD on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charleshayward.official

DÄLEK on Bandcamp: https://dalek.bandcamp.com
DÄLEK on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalekmusic
DÄLEK on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daleknwk/

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