There's festival news around the world from Music Midtown's gun-caused cancellation to theorising on the identity of Bloodstock's first ever secret band, picking what bands would be on a TNM tour in 2022, and we cast our eyes over the clues that suggest Botch might actually be reuniting after all. If they're not trolling.

Releases:
The Interrupters - In the Wild
Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army
Soulfly - Totem
Dub War - Westgate Under Fire
Savage Master - Those Who Hunt At Night
The Flatliners - New Ruin
Mercy Union - White Tiger
Hot Milk - The King and Queen of Gasoline
Psycroptic - Divine Council
Abaddon Incarnate - The Wretched Sermon
Ether Coven - The Relationship Between the Hammer and the Nail
Liminal Shroud - All Virtues Ablaze
Wampyric Rites - The Wolves Howl to the Moon