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  This Friday, (Nov 14th) Southern California band Of Mice & Men will release their new album Another Miracle via Century Media Records. Ahead of that they drop ‘ Flowers ’, the final single ahead of its arrival. The song, a heavy yet hopeful reflection on pain, healing, and inner growth, channels emotional weight into cathartic energy. It speaks to anyone who needs to feel seen and reminded to nurture what still blooms - a perfect song for fans of Of Mice & Men’s introspective metalcore. The video for ‘Flowers’ marks another collaboration with director Mike Matsui and they share, “We’re excited to share the video for our song ‘Flowers,’ which combines live and behind-the-scenes footage from recent festival appearances. It highlights the people who make all of this possible - our friends, our families, and our fans - and our gratitude for still being able to create and perform for them. That’s how we ‘feed the flowers,’ as the song says.” Listen to ‘Flowers’ here and w...

  Of Mice & Men have released their new single ‘Troubled Water’ taken from their forthcoming ninth album Another Miracle out on November 14th via Century Media Records. Listen to ‘Troubled Water’ here and watch the video here . The new album finds the band at their most personal and most expansive, crafted entirely in-house - written, produced, and engineered by Of Mice & Men themselves. “The process of self-recording and self-producing this album as well the last two has seen us really trying to one up what we’ve done in the past - and it’s on us to do that,” drummer Valentino Arteaga explains. “On this album in particular, we wanted to push the boundaries of what that sounds like for our band.” Today (Sept 18th) they give listeners a taste of that via the electronic accents of their new single ‘Troubled Water’. They say, “‘Troubled Water’ is about setting boundaries, about vampiric and apathetic relationships with people who only seem to seek connection when it benefi...

      The mighty new issue of Stencil Mag has landed featuring as you can see main feature, Rise Against! You can also check out my review of their new album here: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/173   Also featured is a Reading/Leeds preview including my sections on Paramore, Young Guns, Crossfaith & Of Mice & Men, which can be seen here!  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/127     In a new VS feature, kicking of with Bring Me The Horizon. I pick their latest album, 'Sempiternal' which goes up agaist their previous album, 'There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It..' - which is your favourite?! http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/143   Also check out my reviews of the following:   Mastodon and Linking Park latest albums: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/159   And lastly my reviews of Casket Of Cassandra and The Moderates: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue26/16...