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Ian Hill Missed a JUDAS PRIEST Show for the First Time, With a Torn Tendon in His Arm
Heavy Metal
Dave Rimmer of Uriah Heep took the bass at the Eventim Apollo on Monday.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 22, 2026
WATCHER Started as One Man in 2023 and Are Four People by the Second Album
Heavy Metal
'Mistress of Our Time' is streaming in full before Dying Victims releases it on 25 September.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 22, 2026
Aesthetic Death Give States of Horror a Digibook a Year After It Came Out
Doom Metal
The reissue lands on 30 September, with a third Destruction of Orion album already being written.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 21, 2026
AGREGATOR Put a Second Version of Hamu at the End of the EP and Now Give It a Video
Death Metal Gothic Metal
'Elízium' came out in June; the album 'Por és hamu' is expected in 2027.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
ARTIFICIAL BRAIN Move to Richmond and Come Back With a Singer From Inter Arma
Death Metal
Mike Paparo and drummer Alex Tomlin join for 'Antillia', out 13 November on Profound Lore.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 21, 2026
DORO Wrote Most of Wild At Heart in the Last Few Weeks So the Tour Would Have New Songs
Heavy Metal
'Rock You 2 Death' is out first; the album follows on 11 December, ahead of the Magic Winter run.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
PALE REFLECTION Put Out 'Fading Daylight', Seven Years After the Singles That Open It
Death Metal Doom Metal
The Brazilian death doom band release their first album today, on their own, with the three songs they put out in 2019 finally sitting on a record.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
KING KRAKEN Wrote Shadows Fall After The Blair Witch Project and Put the Melody in the Verses
Heavy Metal Stoner Metal
The Cardiff band's third single of the year, engineered by Romesh Dodangoda and Tom Cory.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
BLACKBRAID Add a Denver Headliner to the Cradle of Filth Run and Then Go to Europe With Converge
Black Metal
28 October at HQ in Denver, then nine nights from Munchen to Brixton in November.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 21, 2026
KAT Mark Forty Years of Metal and Hell With Ten New Songs
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
'Death Is Not Enough' arrives on 23 October through Logosound.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
BREEDING CHAOS Name the Second Album Dimensional Demise and Move It to 27 November
Death Metal
Eleven tracks on Great Dane Records, opening with 'The Arrival' and closing with 'Departure'.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
CREPITATION Name the New Song After Somebody Not Reracking the Weights
Brutal Death Metal
'Unsolicited Barbellend Rerackment' is out with a video from the Liverpool slam band.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
ARCHSPIRE Take Too Fast To Die Across Europe for Twenty Five Nights
Death Metal
A live video for 'Limb Of Leviticus' opens a run from Koln on 23 October to Helsinki on 21 November.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 21, 2026
METALLICA Ask Las Vegas for Blood, for the Fifth Time
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
Another Red Cross campaign through All Within My Hands.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 21, 2026
DIE SÜNDE Take Six Years and Two EPs to Reach a First Album, on Time To Kill
Black Metal
'Effemeridi' is out on 13 November, with the first song already online.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 21, 2026
WOLF Made the Tenth Album Fit on One Side of a Ninety Minute Tape
Heavy Metal
'Hour of the Wolf' arrives on 20 November, opening with the first single 'Death Satellite'.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
ZORNHEYM Put Chopin's Funeral March Through the Asylum and Let the Choir Carry the Coffin
Death Metal Black Metal
Third single from 'Descending Into Madness', which Noble Demon releases on 2 October.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026
OBSCURA Say They Have Filed Criminal Complaints in Germany Over Eleven Years of Publications
Progressive Metal Death Metal
The band's statement names no individuals and asks people not to speculate; it says visas for China were among the casualties.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 21, 2026