TNM considers and salutes the careers of departing bands Sum 41 and Dark Fortress, looks at new music from Queens of the Stone Age, Thy Art is Murder, and 30 Seconds to Mars, asks whether Billy Corgan paying a ransom was worth it, and takes a brief look at the rising trend of AI music in metal.Releases:Cattle Decapitation - TerrasiteThe Acacia Strain - Failure Will FollowThe Acacia Strain - Step Into the LightDevilDriver - Dealing With Demons Vol. IIHot Mulligan - Why Would I WatchThe Amity Affliction - Not Without My GhostsVeil of Maya - [m]otherLeft to Suffer - FeralBlack Spiders - Can’t Die, Won’t DieDe Forbandede - MenneskeIsland of Love - Island of LoveOmnerod - The Amensal RiseAscended Dead - Evenfall of the ApocalypseImpetuous Ritual - Iniquitous Barbarik SynthesisEsoctrilihum - Astraal Constellations of the Majickal ZodiacGrave Desecrator - Immundissime Spiritus