Incantation posted a social media video this week asking their fans to bring food and water to their merch table on their current tour. Frontman John McEntee explained in the video that the “hospitality kinda sucks” on the tour and that the buyouts (an industry term; daily money to get something to eat) aren’t quite enough to go around. The band’s tour runs through the middle of March. Here’s the tour dates.
Lucifogo ‘zine from Barcelona will sometime in the future feature “a new, very ambitious issue” on the Greek black metal scene from the early ’90s, the editor tells me. He says, “I am also doing a massive amount of fieldwork, going through hundreds of fanzines, books, and biographies.” To get a copy of the ‘zine, contact the editor directly. Details are at his record label’s Instagram.
D.O.A., the legendary Canadian hardcore punk band, has a new documentary, Something Better Change, written and directed by Scott Crawford of Salad Days fame. The film covers frontman Joe (Joey Shithead) Keithley’s journey into politics. Below is the trailer.
Wes Borland, guitarist of Limp Bizkit, posted a blanket statement to an Instagram story where he said, “Fuck you. Never contact me again” to any of Borland’s followers who voted for Trump, supports Trump, or is friends with anyone who supports the Trump administration. He later expanded on that on Instagram, saying among other things, “Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE.” Isabella Ambrosio has more details at Metal Injection.
Marshall Amplification filed a trademark infringement case and, according to The Fashion Law, with the type of case Marshall has been pursuing, there have been concerns around “basic due process protections” and “improperly manipulating filings.” And “those concerns came to a head in the Marshall Amplification case.”
Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins had an interesting take on occult rock in an episode of his podcast (which you can watch below). “Overall, the Satanically influenced rock bands have made a lot better music than the Jesus’s [bands],” he said, laughing.
Neill Jameson, the writer and musician in Krieg, has set up another GoFundMe, this time to address loss of income and medical expenses. Jameson has been writing about this candidly in his postings.
Eric Forrest of Voivod and E-Force is another figure of the metal scene that’s dealing with health issues. He set up a GoFundMe to help with with expenses related to his cancer diagnosis.
String Theory: Guitar Obsessed is a documentary that “explores the passion, psychology, culture, and obsession behind the guitar.” The second trailer is below, and the documentary is also up in full on YouTube.
Rest In Peace
Andrew “The Clobberer” Ranken, founding member of the classic Irish band the Pogues, died in February at 72. Jazz Monroe has the story at Pitchfork.
Ann Everton, a staple of the Baltimore art and music scene, passed on in October of 2025. She played in darsombra and her husband and bandmate organized a festival in her memory at the Ottobar in Baltimore. Marian McLaughlin and Jane Vincent have an extensive tribute at BmoreArt.
Dustin Burgess of Argy Bargy, the U.K. band, passed away in February, sometime collaborator Daryl Smith of Cock Sparrer announced on social media. Burgess died after a series of medical issues and Smith set up a GoFundMe to help Burgess’s family.
Mark Sawickis, guitarist in the beloved death metal band Impetigo, died in February, the band announced on social media. Like many people active in the underground metal scene of yesteryear, I corresponded with Sawickis and I also had the pleasure of interviewing him for his band.
Fred Smith played bass in the legendary band Television and died at 77 in February. His career stretches back to the 1970s and he played with several acts after Television. Pat Saperstein has the story at Variety.
LaMonte McLemore, co-founder of The 5th Dimension, died at 90 in Las Vegas, Gail Mitchell writes at Billboard. He had a dual career in music and photography and had a string of music awards.
“Billy Bass” Nelson died at 75. Among other groups, he was the original bassist for Funkadelic, Tom Breihan reports for Stereogum, writing, “His work has been sampled many, many times.”
Howie Klein is known for his time at 415 Records, Sire Records, and Reprise Records and is noted for his political activism: he campaigned against the PMRC, supported Rock the Vote, and served on the board of People for the American Way, among other activities. He passed away at 77 following a battle with cancer. Sam Whiting has the story at The San Francisco Chronicle. “Klein was a punk to the end,” Whiting writes.
Mike Embro was the original drummer of the band Razor, one of the Canadian “big four” metal bands. He died in January at 63. Barbara Latkowski has the story at Guelph Today.
Dave Vosh was a longtime electronic music performer and he passed away in February, as was posted on social media. Fuzzy Panda Recording Company released one of Vosh’s records and wrote at the time that Vosh, “a native Washingtonian, has been a prominent figure in the experimental music scene for nearly fifty years, renowned for his work with modular synthesizers.”
