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Bruce Dickinson Says There Are IRON MAIDEN Surprises He Will Not Name Yet
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He rates the new solo album above The Mandrake Project, says five videos are shot, and says the band's news is coming soon.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 3, 2026
Mantas Speaks for Abaddon Too, and Says They Knew Two Days Early
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Jeff Dunn's tribute to Cronos sets the turbulent history aside and comes back to the three of them. Tony Dolan posted his own.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 2, 2026
Cronos Has Died at Sixty Three, and Black Metal Had Its Name From Him
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
Venom announced on 1 October that Conrad Lant, their founder, singer and bassist for more than four decades, has died. No cause was given.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 1, 2026
IRON MAIDEN Now Have More Than 110 Licensing Partners, and Eddie Is in Primark
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Global Merchandising Services says the programme has passed the number, across apparel, collectibles, publishing and fan attractions.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 30, 2026
TANK Release the Song They Left Off This Means War in 1983
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The Man Who Never Was went out as a b-side instead of onto the album. Cleopatra put the album back in the shops on 23 October with the song and its demo among the bonus tracks.
Robin Aalto · Sep 26, 2026
CLOVEN HOOF Put Out Their Eleventh Album Tomorrow, With Harry Conklin Singing
Heavy Metal Power Metal
Never a Prophet in Your Own Land lands on 25 September through High Roller Records, ten songs, two years after Heathen Cross and forty seven years after the band started in Wolverhampton.
Robin Aalto · Sep 24, 2026
TYGERS OF PAN TANG Go Heavier on New Album 'Electrifyed'
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More than forty years after they helped shape the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the band went back to the raw energy of their early records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026