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Peace Sells Turned Forty on Saturday and the Box Set Follows Six Days Later
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
Megadeth put a limited edition of the 1986 album out on 25 September.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 20, 2026
Johan Hegg Says His Sister Drew Runes on Her Wall and That Is Where AMON AMARTH Comes From
Death Metal
'The Allfather Awakens' arrives 2 October on Metal Blade; Hegg and Ted Lundström explain where the subject came from.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 20, 2026
JORDSJUK Won a Spellemann for Their First Album and Pressed It Again on Its Birthday
Black Metal
'Naglet til livet' gets new vinyl and CD editions, the 2024 EP gets its first, and 'Rottebitt' arrives as a live video from Blå.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 20, 2026
Dave Mustaine Says Naming a Party Costs a Band Half Its Audience
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
Asked on Metal Hammer Greece's TV War whether he can still say what he used to, the Megadeth leader answered at length.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 19, 2026
Uberchriist Put Out a Second Song a Week Before the Album and It Goes Downward Too
Black Metal
'Serpent's Shroud' has a video; 'Dæmonic Apotheosis' lands on 25 September.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
Amthrya Send the Drowned of Izu Back for the Living Ten Years Later
Black Metal
'Shūdan Bōrei' is the first song from 'Onnen', out 11 October through Ad Noctem Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
Sander Gommans Says Amanda Somerville Has an Aggressive Brain Tumour
Symphonic Metal
The After Forever guitarist made the diagnosis public himself and asked people to keep his family in mind.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 19, 2026
COMPLEXANT Take the First Album to Tokyo for Two Nights in the Same Room
Deathcore
18 and 19 November at Shinjuku Catshole, after Asia Metal Festival dates in Korea and Taiwan.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 19, 2026
Les Batards du Roi Follow Two Albums in Two Years With a Three Song EP on 16 October
Black Metal
The French melodic black metal band have an EP out next month.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
BREEDING CHAOS Set the Second Album for 18 December and Open It With Cradle of New Suns
Death Metal
Great Dane Records has it; the first album was built on astrophysics and this one continues.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
SYCOMORE Change the Line-Up, Switch to French and Cut the Songs Shorter
Sludge Metal
'Chat-Loup' is the first thing off a fifth album called 'Dégradé'.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
VANISHING POINT Give a Date and a Time for the First Song and Nothing Else Yet
Power Metal Progressive Metal
'Bring Me The Night' premieres on 25 September at noon Melbourne time, with the album details attached.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
ALETHEYA Put a White Lion Shaped Song at the Heavy End of Their First Album
Power Metal
'Chance To Reborn' came out on 18 September through Rockshots Records; 'Stealer' has a lyric video.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
FORESHADOW Shelved a Demo in 1991 Over Its Sound and Have Now Recorded It Properly
Thrash Metal Groove Metal
'Here Down On Earth' arrives on 2 October, the same songs in the same order, minus one ballad.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 19, 2026
Marc Hudson Steps Back From DRAGONFORCE Over Tinnitus and His Old Vocal Coach Takes the Part
Power Metal
Alessio Garavello sings the male half of a dual-vocal album alongside Alissa White-Gluz; Hudson stays with the band off stage.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 19, 2026
Two of OBRIJ Are in the Ukrainian Army and the New Song Is About What That Did to Everyone Else
Death Metal Hardcore
'In the Era of Ruins' arrives on 24 September through Neformat Family and Robustfellow.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 19, 2026
CELESTIAL SCOURGE Land the Humans on the Empty Planet and It Is Not Empty
Death Metal
'Exomia' follows 'Observers of the Inevitable' on 20 November through Time To Kill Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026
UHRITULET Slow the Second Album Down and Let the Clean Voices In
Black Metal
'Ruumissavotta' arrives on 19 October through Purity Through Fire, with the title track already out.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 19, 2026