Hey listeners, Lenny Vaughn here, your bridge from dusty vinyl grooves to the digital haze, preaching the gospel of raw sounds over algorithm slop. In the last 24 hours, the metal underground's roaring with February's freshest drops—heavyblogisheavy hails Wildhunt's traddy prog-thrash stunner Aletheia, Exxûl's epic doom debut Sealed Into None blending heavy and power vibes, and Blackwater Holylight's post-rock gaze triumph Not Here Not Gone, where doom meets hypnotic buoyancy as Bearded Gentlemen Music raves. Chaoszine reports Cult of Luna locking in their 2026 summer run, hitting Inferno Festival in Oslo April 2, Roadburn in Tilburg, Hellfest in France, and ArcTanGent in Bristol with Julie Christmas—post-metal pilgrims, mark those dates before bots snatch the tickets.
Over in K-pop empire-building, Music Business Worldwide details HYBE's earnings glow: Weverse flipped profitable, their US arm restructured with Ethiopia Habtemariam as President of Music, and BTS, all military service done, unleashes fifth album ARIRANG March 20 ahead of a record-shattering 82-show world tour starting April, Netflix-livestreamed no less. Country's buzzing too with Riley Green's Billboard history, while they ink South African star Tyla.
Eurovision gets weird and wired—ITV announces YouTuber Look Mum No Computer, the Ramsgate synth wizard building Furby organs and flame keyboards, as UK's 2026 entry for Vienna, promising "synthesised" chaos per BBC brass. Pop-punk faithful, Frontview Magazine says New Found Glory's long-awaited Listen Up! drops February 20, their first full-length in six years.
Industry shakes include Nikkei Asia on Sony's new tech tracking copyrights in AI tunes for songwriter payouts, and New Industry Focus confirming the EU greenlights UMG's Downtown Music buy despite backlash. Warner Music Group's surging 4.1% post-earnings on AI borders and superfan cash grabs, per Chronicle Journal, while Victoria Canal blasts music's misogyny and NDA gag culture in The Independent.
Loudersound spotlights singles like Starbenders' propulsion-packed Summon My Heart and Earth Tongue's fuzz-witch Orbit Of A Witch from Dungeon Vision. From blackgaze to brutal death, the week's stacked for discovery.
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