Metal Edge Presents
Highlights
ANGINE DE POITRINE LIVE AT CLUB SODA, MONTREAL (PHOTOS)
Quebec’s most unsimulatable duo descended on a sold-out Club Soda in Montreal over the weekend, and delivered exactly what a frenzied crowd came for. Angine de Poitrine, the anonymous Saguenay duo of guitarist Khn de Poitrine and drummer Klek de Poitrine, perform in oversized papier-mâché masks and black-and-white polka-dotted costumes , and their Montreal set was every bit as frenzied and hypnotic as the KEXP session that made them a global phenomenon. The nine-song set drew heavily from their April release Vol. II, with six tracks from the new record alongside three from their 2024 debut Vol. 1. Check out pictures from Club Soda by Nadia Davoli The band is currently in the middle of a sold-out Quebec leg of their 2026 international tour, with European dates to follow in May and a first-ever run of U.S. shows scheduled for September. Catch them while the rooms are still this size. Angine de Poitrine tour dates: 07/10 Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival07/14 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club07/15 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club07/17 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest07/18 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club07/19 Guelph, ON @ Hillside Festival08/18 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom08/19 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent08/21 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater08/23 Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl08/24 Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl09/09 New York, NY @ LPR09/10 New York, NY @ LPR09/15 Washington, DC @ The Atlantis09/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
SHINEDOWN ALBUMS RANKED BY BRENT SMITH
(Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Brent Smith has opinions about his own catalog, and he’s not keeping them to himself. The Shinedown frontman hit Instagram yesterday to rank every studio album the band has put out. A couple of his picks might surprise you. Released: October 4, 2005[ Released: September 18, 2015 Released: July 1, 2022 Released: May 27, 2003 Released: March 27, 2012 Released: May 4, 2018 Released: June 24, 2008 Scheduled: May 29, 2026 The band is set to hit the road for their Dance, Kid, Dance Tour Part II Starting May 13 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
CASTLE RAT PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO FOR "SIREN"
Photo: Olivia Cummings Brooklyn fantasy doom act Castle Rat have dropped the video for “Siren,” the latest cut from The Bestiary. Frontwoman Riley Pinkerton — the Rat Queen — goes head to head with a siren while the band plays in front of a green screen crackling with lightning. Campy, committed, and completely on brand. The timing is deliberate. Castle Rat just released a 20-minute KEXP session that ends with their now-famous staged battle between Pinkerton and the Rat Reaperess — the sequence that went viral across metal social media last year. “Siren” keeps that same theatrical energy moving. Up next: a support run with Amon Amarth and Dethklok starting in Phoenix, followed by European dates in late July.
