On Tuesday, July 27th, 2021, Spiritbox, one of this year's hottest and fastest rising bands, have today announced the release of "Constance (Acoustic)", a stunningly haunting, acoustic version, of their 2020 hit "Constance". The reimagined version of the song was recorded in a church with accompaniment from a string trio earlier this year in conjunction with The Grammy Museum COLLECTION:live #spotlightsaturdays in partnership with BMG.

Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, also known as The Chemical Brothers, are an English electronic band known for their elaborate and rich, big beat/electronic discography. On July 23, The Chemical Brothers released a new single “The Darkness That You Fear”, a return after 2 years since the duo released their ninth studio album “No Geography” in 2019. The release of the new track is an exciting start to The Chemical Brothers’ new venture with Republic Records, after parting ways with their previous label, Virgin Records.

On Friday, July 23, 2021, wildly popular TV series Paradise City has finally released the soundtrack to Season 1 via Sumerian Records.

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, after a five-year hiatus, Las Vegas-based horror rockers Vampires Everywhere returned with their new track “WITCH”, having been freshly signed with Cleopatra Records. Not only that, but the band has also announced a new string of Fall 2021 tour dates.

Following their 2019 acoustic project, Annie’s Takeout is preparing to release their first studio EP, titled Twister EP. While the release date hasn’t been confirmed yet, this is definitely a project that you’re going to want to keep your eye out for. The first single “Rooms Tinted T.V. Blue” was released on June 11th, and the second single “Oh, Wow” was just released on July 24th. 

On Thursday, July 15th, 2021, The Demented Duo of Jamie Madrox and Monoxide, otherwise known as Twiztid, accompanied by their drummer Drayven, have released a new single "Neon Vamp" feat. Dani Filth (vocalist of Cradle of Filth) and produced by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Spirit Adrift). The track is taken from Twiztid's upcoming album ‘Unlikely Prescription’ which will be released on September 10th, 2021, pre-orders are available now, here.

On June 29th, 2021, post-hardcore band Eidola released their new single, Counterfeit Shrines, along with a music video. With this announcement, the band also shared that they are working on an album with Blue Swan Records and Rise Records titled “The Architect”. The album will be released on September 17th, and fans are ready to hear what Eidola has in store. This single is the first song the band has released in four years, and as old fans celebrate the return, new fans are joining in and waiting in anticipation.

On Friday, July 9, 2021, the Swedish electropop-metal quartet band Solence had unleashed their latest double single "Speechless" and "Push Me To The Edge". In addition, fans can now pre-order Solence's highly-anticipated album 'Deafening' (out via ONErpm) out on Friday, September 10. 'Deafening' is the successive album to 2020's 'Direction', which featured smash hits such as "Animal In Me" and "Blackout".

After over a year without any releases, Normani has made her return to music with her latest single “Wild Side”, which features Cardi B. Normani’s last release was when she featured on “Diamonds” with Megan Thee Stallion back in January of 2020, so this was a long-awaited comeback. 

Willow Smith, best known as WILLOW, produced the track “G R O W” with renowned Pop-Punk artists, Avril Lavinge and Travis Barker, combining sounds to create a powerful, jouncing track. The song can be found in WILLOW’s latest album “lately I feel EVERYTHING” released on July 16th via labels Polydor/MSFTSMusic/Roc Nation. Artists featured are not only Travis and Avril, but Tierra Whack, Cherry Glazerr, and Ayla Tesler-Mabe.

At only 23 years old, British artist Cody Frost has already made waves in the alt-pop scene She has received praise from publications such as PAPER magazine. Frost made the ‘Best New Artists To Watch’ list compiled by Pigeons and Planes who also dubbed her song “HIGH/BYE” as “the one that got us hooked” and a “jolt of electricity.” She has extensive radio support in her native UK with Radio 1, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. As for streaming services, her music has appeared on Apple Music and Spotify.

On July 9th, the rapper known as Post Malone released his music video for the single “Motley Crew” featuring the one and only Tommy Lee from the band Motley Crue and cameo appearances by NASCAR drivers Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace plus Big Sean, French Montana, Kerwin Frost, LoveLeo, SAINt JHN, Ty Dolla $ign, Tyga, Pressa, Trinidad James, and Tyla Yaweh. This single is off his fourth studio album which is yet to be titled and it is his first release in two years since his previous album “Hollywood’s Bleeding.”

People often wonder how songwriters come up with the lyrical content for their music. Artists can find inspiration from the unlikeliest of places. Nowhere is this more evident than in newest song from New York-based thrash metal band Generation Kill. The song, titled “Rat King,” is based on a rather nightmarish scenario involving vermin.

On June 30th, the metal band King Woman released their NSFW music video for their second single ‘Psychic Wound’ off the sophomore album “Celestial Blues” which is set to be released on July 30th. This outfit features songwriter, vocalist and “tour de force of gloom and woe” (Rolling Stone) Kris Esfandiari. This one woman project perfectly blends elements of sludge, doom, death metal, and goth which gracefully sets the tone to be both crushing and eerily sensual.

On Friday July 2nd, the metalcore band Born of Osiris unleashed their highly-anticipated sixth studio album “Angel or Alien” via Sumerian Records. To go along with the album release, they also released their second single and music video for ‘Poster Child’ after the previous release of ‘White Nile’ earlier this year.

The Maine’s eighth studio album titled XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time was released on July 9th, 2021. The record is 10 tracks long, and takes listeners through the duality of two of the strongest emotions: love and anxiety. The Maine’s eighth studio album titled XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time was released on July 9th, 2021. The record is 10 tracks long, and takes listeners through the duality of two of the strongest emotions: love and anxiety.

On July 1st, the heavy metal band Once Human released their first single in a year titled Deadlock and announced their third studio album Scar Weaver set to be released on February 11th, 2022. This single off their highly anticipated album shows the band is back to bring us their heaviest music to date.

On June 14th, 2021, band Edge of Paradise released a music video for their recent single Digital Paradise, with Frontiers Records. This song acts as a first look at their upcoming studio album, “The Unknown”, coming out in the fall.

Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, also known as Icona Pop, are a Swedish pair that elaborate their sound with electro, house, and indie-pop influences. Johannes Vimalavong and Vitali Zestovskih, also known as VIZE, are a German music project, known for their House and EDM style tracks. Both talents have come together to collaborate on the up-beat, bass-thumping new single “Off Of My Mind”, released via Record Company Ten/Ultra Music. The single does not hesitate to accentuate its pulsating EDM-style beat and echoing synth riffs that can be easily seen bringing energy to whichever venue it is played. Strategically creating a track that exhibits Icona Pop’s sharp and confident vocals, and on the flip side, demonstrating VIZE’s expertise in vigorous House/EDM backtracks.

For over twenty years American progressive metal band Between The Buried And Me has consistently impressed critics and blown away audiences with their unique style of technical skill and artistic experimentation. This has garnered Between the Buried and Me numerous accolades including Grammy nominations, top spots on Billboard, and high ratings from various metal news sources ranging from Kerrang to Loudwire.  They even have a new species of starfish named after them. After two decades Between The Buried And Me show no signs of letting up as they are set to release their twelfth album, Colors II on August 20th, 2021 from Sumerian Records.