Punk News

Punk news from different sources around the web. Articles, reviews and announcements from the punk community.

“Everyone goes, ‘We pour our hearts into these things.’ But this genuinely was us, tears down our cheeks, trying to be manly”: How Big Big Train survived the death of David Longdon
He was the energetic hub of the band until his sudden passing in 2021. Faced with oblivion, they regrouped behind Alberto Bravin and made The Likes Of Us, a record for anyone who’s ever felt left out... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Louder
FADED POLAROIDS – neue Single “It’s okay” mit Video
Das Trio Faded Polaroids veröffentlichte am 27. Februar 2026 mit It’s okay eine weitere Single. Wie die Vorgänger ist auch dieser Song unheimlich eingängig und hymnisch. Die rauchig kratzige Stimme trifft auf einen sehr sanften und versöhnlichen Text. Worte, die wir doch alle immer gerne hören: It’s ok – it’s... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Away From Life
By nita
Time X Heist im Mai 2026 auf Europa-Tour
Time X Heist kommen im Mai 2026 wieder auf Europa-Tour, bei der auch einige Termine bei uns anstehen. Die Straight Edge-Band aus Denver, Colarado legte 2025 mit der 3-Song-starken EP The Unforginving Minute ihre bislang letztes Release vor. Hier die Tour-Termine: Time X Heist – Europa-Tour 2026 07.05. – Hengelo,... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Away From Life
By Simon Hereth
Birdlegs: Neue Band mit Mitglieder von AFI und The Nerve Agents
Das Debütalbum erscheint im April über Revelation Records. Eine erste Single gibt es schon jetzt. Der Beitrag Birdlegs: Neue Band mit Mitglieder von AFI und The Nerve Agents erschien zuerst auf AWAY FROM LIFE.... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Away From Life
By Simon Hereth
“What Keith Moon did on drums, he did on keyboards. Without him the genre would be much poorer”: When Geoff Downes saw Keith Emerson live, he found immediate inspiration
The Yes man hails ELP counterpart as a musician and entertainer... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Louder
“He was seeing the devil in everything. To him, his whole life had been in service to Satan...” This LA band had the world at their feet. Then their guitarist joined a religious cult while their bassist faced 11 years in jail for trying to rescue him
This is the most unhinged chapter in Fishbone's decades-long career of funk-metal mayhem... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Louder
"Tyler The Creator made me realise that I don’t need to scream for a song to be heavy.” Freedom-fighting hardcore punk, Victorian doom metal and 'angry dance music': the best new metal bands you need to hear this month
Meet Pinkshift, Turn Cold, Opia and Vianova: the hot new metal bands causing a stir... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Louder
Bilder: La Dispute am 25.02.2026 im Backstage München
Gleicher Ort, gleiche Zeit: nachdem ich am 24.02. schon bei Hot Mulligan im Backstage Werk meine Kamera ausgepackt hab, wiederholte ich das Prozedere am 25.02. bei La Dispute. Lustigerweise habe ich einige Leute an exakt selber Position wieder entdeckt – auf die Münchner ist also verlass! Bei Hot Mulligan hatte... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Away From Life
By Jule
10 Records Worth To Die For: #270 mit Jan (Derry/Don Schlaggo)
"Wenn ich nur ein Album auf eine einsame Insel mitnehmen dürfte, dann das hier. Jeder Song ein Ohrwurm, voller Herz, Working-Class-Attitüde und Kneipenromantik." Der Beitrag 10 Records Worth To Die For: #270 mit Jan (Derry/Don Schlaggo) erschien zuerst auf AWAY FROM LIFE.... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Away From Life
By Max Motherfucker
The Arrivals Share “Drill Baby Drill” From Upcoming “Payload” Album
After a 15-year hiatus, Chicago punk veterans The Arrivals are set to return with Payload, their first new album since 2010’s Volatile Molotov, that will be released on April 17th via Recess Records and marks a long-awaited and triumphant return for one of Chicago’s most revered and enduring punk bands. The new single, Drill Baby Drill, confronts... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: The Punk Site
By Phinky
Watch star-studded BRIT Awards tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Adam Wakeman, Robert Trujillo, Tommy Clufetos, Zakk Wylde and Robbie Williams honour Prince of Darkness Ozzy... Read more
Published on: 2026-03-01
Source: Louder
"You make money touring and you give your music away for free, which is why tickets cost so much." Twisted Sister's Jay Jay French on making a living in music
Twisted Sister guitarist is the latest musician to speak on the difficulties facing artists in the "criminal" music business... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
Codefendants Team Up With Sublime’s Jakob Nowell On “Lonely Life” Single
Codefendants, the punk trio consisting of Sam King (Get Dead), Julio “Ceschi” Ramos, and Fat Mike (NOFX), have released Lonely Life, the second single off of their upcoming new album LIFERS. The trio teamed up with Sublime’s Jakob Nowell, who stars in the high energy music video, following a story... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: The Punk Site
By Phinky
Skivrecension: Mývalyír
Brittiska Mývalyír debuterar starkt men har framtiden för sig. Thomas Ragnarsson ser både för- och nackdelar med konceptet melodisk folk-death metal i dagens recension.... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Slavestate
By Slavestate.se
"It didn’t hurt or anything. It was just ****ing scary.” We threw one of metal's most promising bands off a bridge
Endorsed by Gojira, Lamb Of God and Kerry King, Alien Weaponry are one of metal's most promising young bands... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
“Billy Idol Should Be Dead” Documentary Release Announced
The no-holds-barred exploration of the life of legendary British punk-turned-rock icon Billy Idol (Generation X), is now available through streaming platforms and on Sky Arts in the UK from the 26th March. Fresh from festival premieres at Tribeca and Sheffield DocFest, Billy Idol Should Be Dead is a deeply personal, unyielding look... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: The Punk Site
By Phinky
Discussing Ian Curtis & New Dawn Fades With Josh Lonsdale Ahead Of Homecoming Run
New Dawn Fades has been on several national tours as well as three runs in the West End. Now the production is coming home to Manchester and will surely please all Joy Division completists and casual observers alike. New Dawn Fades is a captivating theatrical work that tracks the trials... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: The Punk Site
By Samantha Jade
“A 15-minute discussion with the Hells Angels ensued, prior to me being hit in the mouth with the end of a pool cue and having my front teeth knocked out”: In 1969, the world’s most dangerous band toured America – and changed rock’n’roll forever
Drugs, darkness, death – the inside story of The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 US tour, by the people who were there... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
Dealing With Damage – The London Particular
‘The London Particular’ is named after the smog that would, and sometimes still does, engulf London since back in the 1800’s. This is Dealing With Damage’s third album that is now available via one of the North East of England’s best independent record labels, Serial Bowl Records. It feels like... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: The Punk Site
By Mark Cartwright
“It’s brutal. Energy and power and speed… without that album, there would be no Metallica or Slayer or Sepultura”: Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera names the greatest riff in heavy metal – and the controversial 80s album he thinks is a “joke”
The soundtrack to ex-Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera’s life... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
"If I didn’t have songs, we wouldn’t make an album. I didn’t do anything, and nobody asked!” How Everon returned after 16 years with a new studio album, Shells
A light-hearted comment with their record label saw German proggers Everon make their first album for 16 years, although it wasn't all plain sailing... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
"If I didn’t have songs, we wouldn’t make an album. I didn’t do anything, and nobody asked!” How Everon returned after 16 years with a new studio album, Shells
A light-hearted comment with their record label saw German proggers Everon make their first album for 16 years, although it wasn't all plain sailing... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
“He was seeing the devil in everything. To him, his whole life had been in service to Satan...” This LA band had the world at their feet. Then their guitarist joined a religious cult while their bassist faced 11 years in jail for trying to rescue him
This is the most unhinged chapter in Fishbone's decades long career of funk-metal mayhem... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
"I could feel the power behind me and it was like being in front of a locomotive." The Swedish metal icons whose biggest hit was so confusing even Metallica's Kirk Hammett struggled to keep up
It's safe to day that even the most patient music teacher struggle to explain the polyrhythms that provide the backbone of this Meshuggah classic... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
“I was in the mountains during a thunderstorm. It was so heavy I had to pull aside and park. That’s when ‘heavy metal thunder’ came to me”: The biker rock anthem that soundtracked a classic movie – and gave a whole genre its name
Born To Be Wild songwriter Mars Bonfire looks back on a proto-hard rock classic... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Louder
Interviews: Joshua on A Whole New Theory Redux
Upstate NY emo/post punk band Joshua has re-emerged with a whole new LP of old classics. The band formed in 1996, toured across the US and over seas and called it quits in 2002. The band re-recorded a whole new version of their 1999 debut full length, now titled A... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-28
Source: Punknews.org
Skivrecension: Electric Hydra
Den som väntar på något gott… Electric Hydra är tillbaka, med fullängdaren ”From the fallen”. Ett album som inbringar en stark trea av fem möjliga i betyg.... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-27
Source: Slavestate
By Slavestate.se
Dealing With Damage Emerge From “The London Particular” With New Album
In the autumn of 2023, London, UK’s Dealing With Damage had been without a bass player for a few months and they were fast running out of promising leads. There were no gigs, rehearsals or recordings to be had so singer and guitarist Ed Wenn filled the gap by writing... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-27
Source: The Punk Site
By Phinky
Future Teens to release new album, share "Unmade Bed" video
Future Teens have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Still Live and will be out on May 8 via Take This To Heart Records. The album features ten tracks, including their previously released singles "Harm Production" and "Adjust Failure". The band has released a... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-27
Source: Punknews.org
We Might Die Unleash “ICED OUT” Protest Single
Las Vegas punk trio We Might Die have returned with their most confrontational release to date, the blistering new single ICED OUT. Written from the perspective of an ICE agent, the track delivers a searing, satirical takedown of state violence and the justifications used to defend it, it’s a loud, fast, and furious... Read more
Published on: 2026-02-27
Source: The Punk Site
By Phinky
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