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CROM Lose a Drummer Two Months After Finding One
Heavy Metal Power Metal
Xavier joined in August and has left because he is moving away from the Bavarian band's hometown, who are looking for a replacement.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 13, 2026
BLACK ROYAL Take Extremophiles Off Abyssian Before It Lands
Heavy Metal Death Metal
Abyssian arrives on 30 October through M-Theory Audio, and the Tampere band have put a video to the latest single off it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 13, 2026
New Metal Releases: 13 to 19 October 2026
Heavy Metal Power Metal
76 records scheduled this week, led by Black Metal, Death Metal and Heavy Metal across 39 labels, with covers, labels and full tracklists.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 13, 2026
VENOM Footage From 1997 Surfaces Eleven Days After Cronos Died
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
Video of the Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon line up at Milwaukee Metal Fest in July 1997 has gone up on YouTube this week.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 12, 2026
GRAHAM BONNET BAND Open Circuit Breaker With a Bruce Dickinson Duet
Heavy Metal
Circuit Breaker arrives on 26 March 2027 through Frontiers, led by a duet with the Iron Maiden singer filmed back in February.
Robin Aalto · Oct 12, 2026
SINNER and Bonfire Drummer Edgar Patrik Has Died
Heavy Metal
Bonfire announced the death of the drummer who played on their albums Point Blank and Knock Out, and on Sinner's first two records.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 12, 2026
DEMONESSA Put Out the Two Songs That Were Too Dark for Their Debut, on Halloween
Heavy Metal
Taste Of Blood arrives on 31 October with a new drummer and a trimmed version of the album's opener as a bonus.
Robin Aalto · Oct 12, 2026
METALLICA Put Until It Sleeps Into the Sphere Set on the Fourth Night
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
The Load single is the newest addition to a residency that runs to March and alternates between two setlists.
Robin Aalto · Oct 11, 2026
BATTLESNAKE Date a Fourth Album for February and Call It a Goosebumps Novel With Guns
Heavy Metal
Bog Bringer is the third single from Bogpocalypse and the Annihilation of Lucifer, out on 19 February.
Robin Aalto · Oct 11, 2026
The Night GIRLSCHOOL Were the First British All Female Band to Play Japan Reaches Vinyl
Heavy Metal NWOBHM
Cleopatra puts the 21 January 1982 Tokyo show out on 6 November, on CD and on vinyl for the first time.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 10, 2026
LOVEBITES Will Not Play Live at All in 2027
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The Tokyo band say they are taking a year away from the stage, months after their fifth album.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 10, 2026
Davey Rimmer Keeps the Uriah Heep Job as Well as the JUDAS PRIEST One
Heavy Metal
Hours after the Priest announcement, Uriah Heep said their bassist is not leaving them.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
GARDEN OF STONE Reach a Second Album Three Years After Forming
Heavy Metal Death Metal
For the World of the Obsolete arrives on 11 December through Inverse Records, with Red Giraffe out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
Peaceville Press the Album That Brought DARKTHRONE Home Again, Twenty Years On
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
The Cult Is Alive returns on marble vinyl and a limited cassette, both in small numbers.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 9, 2026
ANKOR Reach UNFD Twenty Three Years After Forming in Catalonia
Heavy Metal Power Metal
I See Red is dated 20 November, and the single ITACHI, blood moon is out now. The line-up now runs from Bristol to Athens.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 9, 2026
Ian Hill Retires From JUDAS PRIEST After Fifty Six Years and Every Album
Heavy Metal
Arthritis and a snapped tendon end the only bass job the band has ever had. Dave Rimmer of Uriah Heep takes the role permanently.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
ENFORCER Join Accept's Fiftieth Anniversary Tour for Twenty Four Dates in Eleven Countries
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
The run opens in Leipzig on 19 November and ends in Munich on 20 December, with Dynazty also on the bill.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER Date a Second Album for 18 December, Five Years After the First
Heavy Metal
The Legion Awakens arrives through Frontiers, and When Gargoyles Ruled The Earth is out now with a video.
Robin Aalto · Oct 9, 2026