Archive for August 21, 2026

CUTTHROAT Debut New Music Video “Hard Times” In Tandem With Today’s Release Of New EP The Purge

Posted in hardcore, hardcore bands, hardcore metal, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on August 21, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

CUTTHROAT just returned home following a month of European shows just in time to celebrate today’s release of their new EP, The Purge.

“Cutthroat just finished an amazing tour with Vio-lence. We made a lot of new friends and partied with old ones,” details vocalist Neil Roemer. “It was exciting to play in front of new metal crowds and then win them over night after night. The band is on a new level, right in line with the new release and new heavier sound.”

That sound can be heard on the latest emphasis track and EP’s  opening cut “Hard Times,” watch the music video HERE: https://youtu.be/xyh2m1tUpjY?si=xjeSvKaVC7ucynS0

“Something that is more common than ever today. Hard times!” states Neil.  “However, hard times do not define us. They actually show us what we are made of and what we are willing to do to make it through.”

“Hard Times” follows an earlier clip for the single “Purge” https://youtu.be/xa1-SuC6XAg?si=fvu6d00SUZRnlHjP

The new EP, The Purge, is available on all streaming/download digital platforms, as well as physically on jewelcase CD and limited-edition (300) ‘Purge the System’ colored vinyl. Note – today CD in stores and vinyl will be trickling in over the next couple weeks due to some production delays. Or order direct; we have vinyl and CDs available now and shipping from our webstore www.m-theoryaudio.com/store and Bandcamp https://cutthroatla.bandcamp.com/

Orders will be fulfilled from the US or European office based on where you live. We also have stocked CUTTHROAT’s backcatalogue from their previous label Demons Run Amok, so if you’re looking for the Reflekt EP or the Fear By Design album we have them on CD and Vinyl now.

Breaking out of the L.A. Hardcore scene and combining serious attitude and fast rudiments, CUTTHROAT have been building a reputation for themselves with solid releases and worldwide touring.  Fans can expect a relentless assault with crossover appeal suitable for punk and metal fans with influences from classic hardcore, thrash and even hip-hop. The Purge is a specially priced crushing crossover assault with 5 songs of pure hardcore hostility, featuring cover art by Mick Lambrou (Agnostic Front, Slapshot, Sick Of It All).

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/Losangelescutthroat

https://www.instagram.com/official_cutthroatla/

https://cutthroatla.bandcamp.com/
www.m-theoryaudio.com

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AUTUMNFALL – The Fall of the Leafe Legacy Returns Through Finnish Melodic Black Metal on: The Archaic Sins

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on August 21, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Finnish melodic black metal veterans AUTUMNFALL will return on September 25th, 2026 with their new album, The Archaic Sins, to be released by Ardua Music. Continuing the path established by their previous work, the album revisits material originally composed decades ago, yet demonstrates how naturally these songs can still impose themselves in the present day.

The first single “Lightless Depths” is now streaming HERE

Formed in Finland in 2019 by Jussi Hänninen, best known as the primary songwriter of Fall of the Leafe between 1996 and 2007, AUTUMNFALL emerged as a continuation of the musical sensibility that characterized the earlier years of that influential band. Joined by vocalist Tero Ruohonen, Hänninen has developed the project into a vehicle for revisiting old ideas while giving them renewed shape and purpose.

Following Ghosts of Light (2021), Bleak (2022) and The Archaic Shadows (2024), The Archaic Sins once again draws heavily from the past. With just one completely new composition, the album is primarily built around songs written between 1998 and 2001, now brought into the present through fresh arrangements and performances.

The result is fluid, finely arranged melodic black metal that never needs grand gestures to make its impact. AUTUMNFALL weave melodies together continuously, allowing guitars and rhythms to move with a natural, unforced sense of progression. The music can evoke wonder one moment and bitterness the next, shifting between emotional shades without ever disrupting its graceful flow.

Carefully considered rhythmic patterns provide a solid foundation for compositions that remain loose and organic, while the constant interplay of melodies gives the album its distinctive character. There is an unmistakable sense of musicians who have spent decades understanding how songs work, knowing when to add detail and, just as importantly, when to let an idea breathe.

Whether described as melodic extreme metal, dark metal or simply AUTUMNFALL, The Archaic Sins offers a sound rooted in experience, melody and atmosphere: material from another era that finds an unexpectedly natural home in the present.

Track-list:

  1. Halo In Utopia
  2. Lightless Depths
  3. Dark Goddess
  4. Mists of Eternity
  5. Crystal Skies
  6. Pulse
  7. The Blind Brother
  8. The Timeless Kin

Credits:

Jussi Hänninen: All Music
Tero Ruohonen: All Vocals/Lyrics

Mastered by Jasse Kesti at Kesthouse Studio

AUTUMNFALL:

https://autumnfall19.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/stormoftheautumnfall/

https://www.facebook.com/autumnfallband/

Ardua Music:

https://www.arduamusic.com/

https://arduamusic.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/arduamusiclabel/

https://www.facebook.com/ArduaMusicLabel

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