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Lonely Ghost Records |"Contingency Plan" by JFH out now! @lonelyghostrecords.com · 2h

Check out Idioteq's review of complacency plan and interview with Reilly from JFH about how the album came together and the influences and meanings behind the songs!

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 6h

If you’ve been missing the wild-eyed chaos of At the Drive-In or the tangled fretwork mania of The Fall of Troy, JOHNNY FOOTBALL HERO just handed you a relapse.

We have the full track by track up now on IDIOTEQ! idioteq.com/confronting-...

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 3h

ROB ZOMBIE has announced his new album The Great Satan, set for release on February 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 15-track record sees him diving back into his early Hellbilly Deluxe energy, mixing punk grit with heavy metal theatrics.

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 4h

What a week — dozens of new releases across hardcore, punk, rock, metal, and everything in between. No need to scroll too far; just hit our roundup and dig in. Loads of great stuff waiting. The newest drop of #InShorts is here! idioteq.com/in-shorts-ne...

In Shorts: New Releases, Oct 3-10 - IDIOTEQ.com

Phew, what a week! Loads of new releases and some news across hardcore, punk, metal, rock, and other moods and styles. Use the jump links below to head

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 5h

Arizona punk veterans AUTHORITY ZERO take a sharp left turn with their cover of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room,” out now via Law Records as part of Operation Irie — a reggae-rock tribute to the ’90s and 2000s punk era.

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 6h

At the Drive-In and The Fall of Troy cracked the door open years ago — Johnny Football Hero just kicked it off its hinges. “Contingency Plan” sounds like a band running on fumes and spite, holding the whole thing together with tape and nerve.

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Confronting modern despair on “Contingency Plan” by mathy post hardcore band JOHNNY FOOTBALL HERO - IDIOTEQ.com

Philadelphia’s Johnny Football Hero crawl back with “Contingency Plan,” their first full-length and the sound of a band done pretending things are okay. The

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 6h

If you’ve been missing the wild-eyed chaos of At the Drive-In or the tangled fretwork mania of The Fall of Troy, JOHNNY FOOTBALL HERO just handed you a relapse.

We have the full track by track up now on IDIOTEQ! idioteq.com/confronting-...

@lonelyghostrecords.com

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 8h

50 LIONS have returned with their long-awaited new album New Reality, out now via LAST RIDE RECORDS.

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 8h

Written during the pandemic and revived from a forgotten phone recording, the track captures the trio’s signature mix of angular math-rock grooves and melodic post-hardcore tension.

The surreal video — set in a warped ’90s TV shop — was directed by Joakim Johnsen and the band themselves.

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 8h

Post rockers TOWN PORTAL drop new single and video “Touching Grass” — the second preview of their upcoming album Grindwork, out November 7 via the band’s own label Dream Bureau.

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Town Portal - Touching Grass (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Town Portal

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 8h

Lyrically drawn from Hartmut Rosa’s ideas on resonance and alienation, the record confronts collapsing systems and human responsibility with raw, melodic intensity. Mastered by Arthur Rizk, featuring Amelia Baker (Cinder Well), and artwork by Christian Degn.

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 8h

TERZIJ DE HORDE release new album Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone — out now via Church Road Records @churchroadrecs.

The Utrecht collective fuses black metal’s mythical fire with hardcore urgency, pushing between fury and reflection.

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Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone, by Terzij de Horde

7 track album

terzijdehorde.bandcamp.com

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 9h

The record tells the story of Aetherhold — a levitating ice castle ruled by a disgraced wizard luring beings across dimensions for twisted experiments.

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 9h

GONEMAGE returns with Coldest Keep in Bitter Heavens, a concept album released via Fiadh Productions that merges late ’90s symphonic black metal grandeur with pixelated 16-bit soundscapes.

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Coldest Keep in Bitter Heavens, by Gonemage

7 track album

gonemage.bandcamp.com

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 11h

Sick! 🐦‍⬛HÆRESIS unleash Si vis pacem para bellum — a towering slab of atmospheric black metal through Vendetta Records.

Boy it feels both intimate and monumental — cold, demonic, and relentlessly intense.

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Si vis pacem para bellum, by HÆRESIS

4 track album

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 11h

FADING SIGNAL are back with Only an Echo, their debut on Indecision Records. Formed in North Carolina in 2019, the band sharpened their sound through two EPs and a split with Florida’s MIRACLE before locking in for this record. fadingsignalkills.bandcamp.com/track/misery...

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 22h

In case you missed this beast — DIY South Italy label 1A0 just resurfaced Questo cielo è un soffitto più sporco di quello che ho by NOYÉ (out Sept 18, 2025). A blast of emotional Euro screamo — raw, minute-long cathartic eruptions. unoazero.bandcamp.com/album/az-28-...

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 1d

WITNESS CHAMBER @witnesschamber out of Boise, Idaho, return swinging with Stranger — a metallic hardcore slap that hits like a collapsing building. With members from GRAVE TITAN, STATE OF SUFFERING, and NATURAL EVIL // @daze_style // www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCR...

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 1d

ADIÓS COMETA return with El mundo en mis brazos (Leonor) — a slowcore–shoegaze reverie featuring Lucía Masnatta of FIN DEL MUNDO. It’s an ocean of sadness and beauty — each note moving like light through mist.

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Adiós Cometa - El Mundo En Mis Brazos (Leonor) (Feat. Fin del Mundo) (Video Oficial)

YouTube video by Adiós Cometa

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 1d

Berlin, with Tigers Jaw, pulls the same weight but from another angle, synth driven, dark pop infused, all late-night honesty and half-broken calm. @spanishlovesongs.bsky.social

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 1d

SPANISH LOVE SONGS just dropped Cocaine & Lexapro / Berlin. The first track, featuring Kevin Devine, drifts through the kind of emotional wreckage that’s become their trademark — a mess of dependency, confession, and deadpan humor that cuts way too close.

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 2d

Who would've thought AS I LAY DYING would actually crawl back from all that chaos? After arrests, lineup exits, and full-blown public meltdowns, you'd think the name was finished. But here they are again, trying to write a new chapter. Do we really need another take?

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 7d

This week in hardcore, metal, rock, and more! ⏩ idioteq.com/in-shorts-ne...

In Shorts: New Releases, Sept 26 – Oct 3 - IDIOTEQ.com

Phew, what a week! Loads of new releases and some news across hardcore, punk, metal, rock, and other moods and styles. Use the jump links below to head

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 14d

GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT mark 20 years of All Is Violent, All Is Bright with a newly remixed & re-recorded version of the title track + a video by Aaron Ryan. Euro tour kicks off Oct 8 in Porto.

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IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 14d

After years of soundtracking silent films, Earthset return to the form of the song. “Zemlja” is a track about anger, fear, helplessness — and a fragile hope for union between people and the living earth. // idioteq.com/earthset-ret...

IDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 16d

SPIRITISTE (ex-SECRET SMOKER / HEAVY MANTLE) channel goth-tinted screamo + noise rock chaos on “Transagion Prayer,” first drop from debut LP “Excommunication Hymns.” Out soon via TOR JOHNSON / PROTAGONIST. idioteq.com/spiritiste-u...