A Killer’s Confession Announces Early 2026 Dates
Metal band A Killer’s Confession has shared several 2026 dates, spanning from late winter into early spring. I will include the supporting acts when they are listed, but some shows still have the special guests as “to be determined.” Tickets and VIP are on sale now at akcglobalrecords.com!
- 2/20 – Wilmington, NC – Reggies (w/Death of Uriah, Saint Diablo, and Sacrificial Betrayal)
- 2/21 – Summerville, SC – Trolley Pub
- 2/22 – Gastonia, NC – The Rooster (w/Detest the Throne, Parallel Lives, and more TBA)
- 2/24 – Atlanta, GA – 529
- 2/26 – Fort Pierce, FL – Tipsy Tiki
- 2/27 – Lake Worth Beach, FL – Propaganda
- 2/28 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
- 3/1 – Orlando, FL – Conduit
- 3/2 – Jacksonville, FL – The Albatross (w/Saints of Solomon, Coraline’s Collapse, and Kill Tactik)
- 3/4 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar (w/Saints of Solomon, Kerosene Shores, and Apex Fallen)
- 3/5 – Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater (w/Swarm and Vivid and Vulgar)
- 3/6 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live (w/Saints of Solomon, Kiltr, Ariah Falls, and Silence Becoming)
- 3/7 – Abilene, TX – The Zone (w/Saints of Solomon, Victera, and All Falls Down)
- 3/8 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street (w/Burn the Throne)
- 3/10 – St. Louis, MO – Red Flag (w/Saints of Solomon, Cabretta, and Birds of Squalor)
Seaspyre Choir Shares New Single “silence//severance”
Modern post-hardcore project Seaspyre Choir has released their second single, “silence//severance,” and the accompanying music video.
FFO: Alexisonfire, I Prevail, Ice Nine Kills
You can check out Seaspyre Choir and their debut track “spellbound” on their socials and your preferred streaming platform.
Shallow Side Releases Video for “No One Wins”
Alabama-based rock band Shallow Side has released the video for “No One Wins,” which is track ten on their 2024 album Reflections. Check it out below!
Song of the Day – Who They Fear: “Ghost of My Name”
My Top 50 Songs of 2025
This list is rolling out a lot later than usual, and I’ve gotta be honest – it’s because I failed so miserably at keeping up with releases last year. I mean, I added tracks to my playlist and shared them here, as well as on Facebook and Insta, but I didn’t sit and listen to them until recently. I’ll do better this year, I swear!
And now, here are the fifty songs that really jumped out at me in 2025. A few things to be aware of: I do not rank the tracks in any particular order, and I do not include major label artists (or I try not to, at any rate), nor do I include covers. Last but not least, no band/artist can have more than one song on the list.
View the full playlist HERE.
- Element 117: “Vision”
- SKNN: “Digital Zombies”
- Could You Not?: “Backpedal”
- Hooked Like Helen: “Quote Unquote Life”
- The Fiction We Create: “More Than Scars”
- Nouveau Arcade: “Push”
- Eli Howard & the Greater Good: “Long, Strange Trip”
- Boze: “I Will Go”
- The CyberTones: “Red Flags Flying”
- Deadcode: “Don’t Let Me Go”
- AGBAT: “Fair Winds”
- Sever Red: “Conjuring”
- Endless May: “Call My Name”
- Absolutist: “Lineage”
- Elirah’s Cross: “The Walk” (ft. Histheory)
- Matte Blvck: “Vicious Dreams”
- Alchemy Within: “The Call”
- In Passing: “Silhouette”
- A Fatal Black: “Kill the Lights”
- Stellar Circuits: “Bury the Ashes”
- mothshade: “Labyrinth”
- New Dilemma: “Ice Cold Hands” (ft. Chloe Robin)
- Czarina: “Fall Damage” (ft. Circuit Preacher)
- postdrome: “So Inviting”
- Cold Clay Mountain: “These Hands”
- Krysis: “The Summit’s Ice”
- Adelitas Way + New Medicine: “Rollin'”
- Blackwood: “One Track Mind” (ft. Kameron Jane)
- The Black Zodiac: “Gallow’s Call”
- No Fly List: “The Rush”
- Voice of Glass: “Henosis”
- Nights in Prada: “Thorns in Silk” (ft. Sara Rayne)
- Divide the Fall: “Beyond the Surface”
- War Inside: “Hollow Points”
- Ethereal Treason: “Ivory”
- Mirrorcell: “U(phoria)”
- Noir Addiction: “Chemical Bride”
- Phantom of Pop: “Sugar Sin”
- Almera: “Retrograde”
- Stellar: “Outta My League”
- Kings of Karma: “Falling to Pieces”
- Wraithlurk: “One More Lie” (ft. $KIMMY)
- Rise to Ruin: “Archaic”
- Danger Silent: “To Whoever’s Left, Pt. 2”
- Hallowtide: “O Captain”
- MAK: “Fever”
- The Mercury Seed: “Disappear”
- vasthearts: “such a shame” (ft. romziie and Leø)
- AnonTheory: “Thoughts and Prayers”
- We Brought the Storm: “Heavy Rain”
Bring Me The Horizon Shares Spring 2026 Dates
Post-hardcore veterans Bring Me The Horizon will be kicking off the North American leg of their Ascension Program 2 Tour in April. This spring run features support from Motionless in White, The Plot in You, and Amira Elfeky. Tickets are available at bmthofficial.com!
- 4/28 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
- 4/29 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
- 5/1 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center
- 5/2 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
- 5/4 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
- 5/5 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
- 5/7 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
- 5/9 – Daytona, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2026
- 5/11 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
- 5/12 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
- 5/13 – St. Paul, MN – Grand Casino Arena
- 5/15 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
- 5/16 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival 2026
Five Songs I’m Obsessed With [1/12 – 1/18]
2025 Covers You May Have Missed
I am working on the Top 50 of 2025, and I realized that there were quite a few covers released last year. I don’t include cover songs on that list, so I thought I’d share them here.
- Amerakin Overdose: “Genie in a Bottle” (Christina Aguilera cover)
- Næŕok, Steeno: “3” (Britney Spears cover)
- Boze: “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (Charlie Daniels cover)
- Gillsaw: “The Beautiful People” (Marilyn Manson cover)
- Priest: “Wicked Game” (Chris Isaak cover)
- Waiting at the Bridge: “Love Gun” (KISS cover)
- Kings County: “The Beautiful People” (Marilyn Manson cover)
- Damned Anthem, Lola Rhodes: “Heart-Shaped Box” (Nirvana cover)
- Silent Theory, Crispin Earl: “Pardon Me” (Incubus cover)
- Lift the Curse: “Love is a Battlefield” (Pat Benatar cover)
- RedPrint: “Stranglehold” (Ted Nugent cover)
- Rise to Ruin: “Paranoid” (Black Sabbath cover)
- Cirkus: “Crazy Train” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
- P.O.D.: “Don’t Let Me Down” (The Beatles cover)
- Blackjacket: “Grenade” (Bruno Mars cover)
- Nick Nasty: “Seven Nation Army” (The White Stripes cover)
- Feverlust: “That’s So True” (Gracie Abrams cover)
- We’re Wolves: “Bark at the Moon” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
- 9th Evolution: “Cry Little Sister” (Gerard McMahon cover)
- Kissing Candice: “Bodies” (Drowning Pool cover)
- Kings of Karma: “Run Rudolph Run” (Chuck Berry cover)
- Lift the Curse: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” (Harry Reser and His Orchestra cover)
- Shallow Side: “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” (Elton John cover)
- Amerakin Overdose: “Feliz Navidad” (José Feliciano cover)
- ENMY: “Incomplete” (Backstreet Boys cover)
- KillDevil Theory: “Tom Sawyer” (Rush cover)
- Kalamity Kills: “Help!” (The Beatles cover)
- Nail Bite: “Nutshell” (Alice in Chains cover)
- Vampires Everywhere!: “Welcome to the Black Parade” (My Chemical Romance cover)
Also – Crispin Earl of The Veer Union released Covers Collection, Vol. 2 on December 5th, which includes his renditions of “The Kill” by Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Even in Arcadia” by Sleep Token, and more!
Health Announces Spring 2026 Dates With Carpenter Brut and Desire
Industrial rockers Health are heading out this spring with dark synth artist Carpenter Brut and electronic duo Desire. Tickets are on sale now at youwillloveeachother.com!
- 3/31 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
- 4/2 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox*
- 4/3 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
- 4/4 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
- 4/5 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
- 4/7 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
- 4/8 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
- 4/10 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
- 4/11 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
- 4/12 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
- 4/14 – Toronto, ON – History
- 4/15 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
- 4/17 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues
- 4/18 – Brooklyn, NY – Paramount
- 4/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
- 4/20 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
- 4/22 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
- 4/24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
- 4/29 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
- 5/1 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
- 5/4 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
- 5/5 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
* No Carpenter Brut
