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Paul Mazurkiewicz Will Not Pretend the Bus Is Still Exciting After Forty Years
Death Metal
The Cannibal Corpse drummer on sleep, water, a daily walk and ten men in one vehicle.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 20, 2026
ABBATH's Drummer Says He Is Free From Next Year and Is Asking Publicly
Black Metal
Ukri Suvilehto posted that he is available for live and studio work in 2027.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 20, 2026
ESHTADUR Wake the Crow Up With a Lightning Strike and Then Take the Record to Europe
Death Metal Black Metal
'Thunderground' is out ahead of 'In Darkness All Shadows Gone' on 2 October, with dates in November and December.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
SEPULTURA Played Policia on Brazilian Television With the Band That Wrote It
Thrash Metal Death Metal
Members of Titãs joined them on 'Altas Horas' on TV Globo, for a song Sepultura have played for thirty years.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
Zakk Wylde Started Singing at Keg Parties and Has Never Stopped Calling It the Easy Part
Doom Metal Groove Metal
Chaoszine filmed him in Helsinki in August, before Black Label Society played Hellsinki Metal Festival.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 20, 2026
THE HEADLESS GHOST Set a Second Album for Late November and Let Alvaro Valverde Paint It
Heavy Metal
'Legacy of the Dead' has eight songs and comes out on Punishment 18 Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
HEIMDALLS WACHT Wake Heimdall Up Into a World He Does Not Recognise
Black Metal
'Sphärenschänder: Echoes of an Old Belief, Part I' is out 31 October through Talheim Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
SOMNENT Name the Songs After the Damage and Call the Album an Heirloom
Death Metal Doom Metal
Out 30 October through Ardua Music, with 'Severed Ties' and 'The Feeding Hand' among the eight.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
ASENBLUT Put Urgewalt Out With Three Guest Bands and a Tour Called Brotherhood
Thrash Metal Black Metal
Massacre Records released it on 18 September; Victorius sing on 'Barbaren und Legionen'.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
GENERATION STEEL Rebuilt Three Quarters of the Band and Then Made a Third Album
Heavy Metal
Thilo Herrmann, Mike Stark and Fabian Watermann all arrived before 'Steelmachine', out 16 October on Fireflash.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 20, 2026
MAUNAH Sing the Whole First Album Without Using a Single Word
Doom Metal Post-Metal
'Hjarta' came out on 18 September through Prophecy Productions and is streaming in full.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
GODSLUT Filmed Druglust in a Guitar Factory and Wrote It About Someone Coming Apart
Death Metal
The song is from 'The Art of Deconstruction', out on Selfmadegod Records since 4 September.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
SACCAGE Call the Fourth Album Chronophage and Put a Song Called Burn Your Pigsty on It
Thrash Metal Black Metal
Caligari Records has it on 20 November, nine tracks in French.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
AGGRESSION Finally Get to Release the Album They Made in 1986, Under Its Own Name
Thrash Metal
Xtreem Music puts 'Forgotten Skeleton' out on 26 November, with the artwork and the title it was supposed to have.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 20, 2026
HYVER Throw a Party in an Enchanted Forest and End the Album With an Ambulance
Black Metal
'La Fête de la Forêt Enchantée' arrives on 8 October through Antiq.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
BEATEN TO DEATH Put Thirteen Songs on Vntrve and One of Them Is Called Fangad i en Battle Vest
Progressive Metal Grindcore
Out 23 October on Mas-Kina Recordings; 'Fuck the Moon' is the second song online.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
URISK Put a Second Album Out a Year After the First and Name Half of It in Gaelic
Black Metal
'Call' arrives on 2 October through Vendetta Records, with 'The Hauled and the Waif' online.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
FORBIDDEN Tour the United States Without Their Bassist and Drummer From 23 October
Thrash Metal
Matt Camacho and Chris Kontos sit the run out for personal reasons; Avery Thurman and Eli Lucas take the stage instead, and both are expected back in 2027.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 20, 2026