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Plus: Sara Bareilles, Dreamwell, Riley Gale & Friends Day Vol 2, Dreamwell, Sam Amidon & Marc Ribot, Surprise Chef, Danny Elfman and more tour and festival news.

Left To Die, which features former Death members Terry Butler and Rick Rozz, are playing songs from two of Death’s classic albums on tour now.

“Prepare yourself for an outrageously awkward yet undeniably amazing evening that could possibly turn into the best night of your life“ – Obituary

To honor the one-year anniversary of Cynic/Death drummer Sean Reinert’s death, a new free hour-long documentary has been released featuring members of several other legendary metal bands…

New singles from Power Trip/Fucked Up offshoot Masterpiece Machine, Danzig Sings Elvis, Gruesome, Jarboe, Youth Code, Human Impact, and more…

Listen to new songs by Laura Marling, Bad Bunny, YACHT (Crass cover), Sheryl Crow (Bill Withers cover), Gruesome, Trickfinger (John Frusciante), and more.

This week’s Notable Releases include Julia Jacklin’s best album yet, SPELLLING’s Sacred Bones debut, Candlemass’ first album with their original singer in 30+ years, Offset’s solo debut, and more.

Converge bassist Nate Newton shared a huge, eclectic, genre-spanning list of his favorite albums of 2018, with punk, metal, hip-hop, and indie rock picks including War on Women, Daughters, Mazzy Star, Mitski, St. Vincent, Tomb Mold, Hot Snakes, Judas Priest, Cardi B, Deafheaven, Voivod, High On Fire, Boygenius, Author & Punisher, The Body, and more.

The sampler is free to download as always, but if you do want to donate, this year 100% of the proceeds are going to Rock to the Future, which provides music education for Philly’s underserved youth.