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Get The Shot Unleash Brutal Single 'Crucifixion Depiction' And Announce Upcoming EP.
Canadian hardcore heavyweights Get The Shot return with a devastating new single 'Crucifixion Depiction', a brutal and deeply personal confrontation with loss, failure and the painful death of a dream.
The track also marks the launch of the pre-order for the band’s upcoming EP of the same name, set for release on 23rd October.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/_A6S4JtXi34
Stream/Pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/gettheshot
'Crucifixion Depiction' pushes the band's forward while channeling one of the most difficult experiences we face as human beings: losing something that once gave our lives direction and meaning. Built on crushing riffs, merciless grooves and sheer physical intensity, the song turns grief into something violent, visceral and painfully tangible.
Rather than focusing solely on the death of another person, 'Crucifixion Depiction' explores another form of mourning, the moment a future you fought for collapses in front of you and you are forced to grieve the person you thought you would become. Lines such as “I’m losing everything / Is this the end of me?” capture the desperation at the heart of the track, while its imagery grows increasingly brutal as shattered ambition becomes a symbolic execution.
Musically, Get The Shot translate that inner conflict into pure hardcore violence. Punishing rhythms, suffocating heaviness and explosive vocal delivery collide in a track designed to hit with both emotional and physical impact. The stark “Nails. Hammer. Cross.” refrain reduces the song’s central metaphor to three brutal images before its final moments turn sacrifice, self-destruction and liberation against one another.
Catch the band live:
29.10.2026 I La Rayonne (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Lyon (FR)
30.10.2026 I L'Alhambra (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Paris (FR)
31.10.2026 I Corefest I Göppingen (DE)
01.11.2026 I Kulttempel I Oberhausen (DE)
02.11.2026 I Les 4 Écluses I Dunkerque (FR)
03.11.2026 I Kavka I Antwerpen (BE)
04.11.2026 I Naumanns I Leipzig (DE)
05.11.2026 I Cafe Central I Weinheim (DE)
06.11.2026 I Monkeys I Hamburg (DE)
07.11.2026 I Belvedere I Namur (BE)
08.11.2026 I La Laiterie (w/ Benighted, Glassbone) I Strasbourg (FR)
09.11.2026 I 007 Strahov I Prague (CZ)
10.11.2026 I Cassiopeia I Berlin (DE)
11.11.2026 I 2Progi (w/ Nasty, Crawlspace, Pintglass) I Poznan (PL)
12.11.2026 I Pink Whale I Bratislava (SK)
14.11.2026 I Sunset Bar I Martigny (CH)
15.11.2026 I Ebulition I Bulle (CH)
Get The Shot online:
https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc
https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc
https://www.tiktok.com/@gettheshot666
blacktoothed Deliver Devastating New Single 'Porcelain'
Leipzig-based modern metalcore band blacktoothed return with their devastating new single 'Porcelain', taken from their upcoming album Feral Bloom, set for release on 15th January. Delivering a brutally honest exploration of emotional emptiness, toxic dependency and the damage left behind when unresolved wounds begin to define every connection, 'Porcelain' offers another powerful glimpse into the darker and more vulnerable world of the upcoming record.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/d8mPWmvcLkA
Stream and pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/blacktoothed
Built around crushing riffs, relentless screams and one of the band’s most commanding choruses to date, 'Porcelain' finds blacktoothed confronting the darker side of human attachment. At its core, the song depicts love not as salvation, but as something desperately consumed in an attempt to fill an internal void. “Give me all you got / I need your constant love” immediately establishes a relationship shaped by dependency, with another person reduced to a substitute for everything that has already been lost.
As the track unfolds, that desperation turns inward. Old insecurities, self-deception and destructive habits blur the line between genuine affection and emotional survival. The narrator recognizes the damage being caused, yet remains trapped inside patterns they can barely identify, admitting: “In my mind, I can’t detect my lies.” It is a painfully self-aware portrait of someone searching for connection while simultaneously poisoning it.
Musically, blacktoothed mirror that internal conflict with a collision of raw aggression and striking melody. Punishing guitars and visceral screams give way to a gigantic chorus before the song reaches one of its defining moments: a breathtaking clean vocal duet between Hendrik Rathgeber and guitarist Matti Keitel. Their voices bring an unexpected vulnerability to the track, amplifying the contrast between its violent exterior and deeply fragile emotional core.
Catch the band live:
25.09.2026 I Burnout Festival 2026 I Nienburg/Weser (DE)
blacktoothed online:
https://www.instagram.com/blacktoothed
https://www.facebook.com/blacktoothed
https://www.tiktok.com/@blacktoothed
VENUES Enter A Bold New Era With Powerful New Single 'Eden' featuring TOK
German modern metalcore outfit Venues open the door to an entirely new chapter with their brand new single 'Eden', a fierce and deeply personal statement of liberation featuring an explosive guest performance from The Oklahoma Kid vocalist Tobias Rische, formerly of Alazka and Novelists.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/4syDRMblUy4
Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/venues
More than simply a new song, 'Eden' represents a breaking point and a rebirth. Built around the refusal to bend, obey or reshape yourself to fit somebody else's expectations, the track captures the moment when inner conflict finally turns into freedom. Venues leave behind the pressure to constantly become bigger, faster and more successful, choosing instead to reconnect with the instinct and authenticity that made them want to create music in the first place.
Vocalist Lela Gruber explains: "'Eden' feels like the starting point of a new chapter for me, one that stands in complete opposition to the idea of ‘bigger, faster, further.’ We’re all caught in this constant competition where success seems to mean pushing yourself to the edge of burnout. I want to step away from that. To stop comparing myself to everyone around me and return to making music that feels authentic — where the music itself is at the centre.“
That philosophy runs through every second of 'Eden'. Lyrically, the song confronts the exhausting process of twisting yourself into a shape that was never yours, silencing your own emotions and living according to expectations imposed by others. The repeated declaration "I won’t bend for anyone" becomes the song's central mantra, drawing a clear line between the person you were expected to become and the person you choose to be.
Venues online:
https://www.instagram.com/venuesofficial
https://www.facebook.com/VENUESofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@venuesofficial
THROATCUT. Drop Crushing New 'NO KINGS.' EP
German hardcore outfit THROATCUT. unleash their devastating new NO KINGS. EP, accompanied by the brand new track 'BLOOM.', a merciless collision of suffocating heaviness, feral emotion and uncompromising hardcore aggression.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/aY7dU7UeTjU
Stream/pre-order here: https://arisingempire.com/throatcut
Built around images of decay, poisoned roots and severing the ties that keep us trapped, 'BLOOM.' turns destruction into an act of liberation. The song begins in wasted soil, where roots rot and nothing seems capable of growing, before gradually transforming that desolation into something defiant. Every broken branch, every parasite and every scar becomes part of the ground from which something new can emerge.
Musically, THROATCUT. give that transformation a brutally physical form. Jagged riffs, punishing rhythms and vicious screams create an almost ritualistic atmosphere, while the track repeatedly tightens its grip before erupting into crushing passages designed for absolute chaos. The recurring call to “let the willows bloom” becomes more than a refrain. It is the moment where submission gives way to resistance.
Catch the band live:
31.10.2026 I Corefest 2026 I Göppingen (DE)
Throatcut. online:
https://www.instagram.com/throatcut.hc
https://www.facebook.com/throatcut.hc
https://www.tiktok.com/@throatcut.hc
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