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CANDLEMASS Played London Without Johan Längqvist, Who Was Taken to Hospital Before the Show
Heavy Metal Doom Metal
Felipe Plaza Kutzbach sang most of it at short notice, with Aaron Stainthorpe and Tony Dolan taking parts. The band say they still do not know much about their singer's condition.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 15, 2026
EPICA Take an Orchestra and Choir Through Eleven European Halls in Autumn 2027
Symphonic Metal
The Symphonic Synergy runs from Antwerp on 24 September to Lisbon on 11 October, and the Royal Albert Hall date has already sold out.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 15, 2026
ILIUM's 'Scythe Ballet' Reaches Bandcamp, Months After the Physical Release
Power Metal
BraveWords Records has put the Australian power metal band's 2026 album out digitally. The rest of the platforms follow later in the year.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 15, 2026
ETERNITY'S END Set 'Titanblood' for 6 November and Open It With 'Ravenheart'
Power Metal Speed Metal
The first album under the multi-record deal they signed with Scarlet Records this month. Christian Muenzner and Hannes Grossmann are still the engine of it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
ABYSSIC Sign to Soulseller for 'Trollsyn', Their Fourth Album, Due Early 2027
Death Metal Doom Metal
The Norwegian symphonic doom and death band have a new label and a record behind it. They formed in 1997 and have released three albums since 2016.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 15, 2026
ARCTOS Return With 'A Path Apart' on 6 November, Seven Years After the First Album
Black Metal
The Edmonton melodic black metal band have set their second full-length for Northern Silence Productions.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
BOCC Put Out 'Demolarium', a First Album Seven Years in the Making
Death Metal Doom Metal
The Barcelona death doom band have released their debut full-length through Night Terrors Records and partners, after two demos, two EPs and a handful of singles.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
ORIGIN'HELL Open 'Reign of Infamy' With Their First Track in Years, Out 2 October
Thrash Metal Death Metal
The band from Rennes have been going since 2001 and put out three albums in seven years, then went quiet. Grave New World releases the new one.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
DÉTRESSE Set 'Misères' for 9 October, Their Second Album in Two Years
Black Metal
The black metal duo split between Austria and Quebec follow 'Pessimismes' quickly. Vendetta Records has the record.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
NOROTH and Mörtual Preview the Split They Share on 30 October
Death Metal
A song each from Seattle and Costa Rica, out through Night Terrors and Goat Throne Records, and neither of them sounds like it was recorded this decade, which is the point.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
SEA SLEEPER Stream 'Burden of Antlers' in Full, Three Days Before It Is Out
Progressive Metal Deathcore
Eight songs the Portland band released themselves, written, as they put it, somewhere on the line between ambition and poor decision making.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
STERNWEH Release 'Sehnflucht', a First Album Made Entirely by One Person at Home
Black Metal
Christian Witt writes horror and fantasy novels and started the project in 2025. The record is out through Bandcamp and Spotify, with his wife Yvonne singing on parts of it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
SIGNS OF THE SWARM Take Twenty Nine Dates Through Europe and the United Kingdom in Early 2027
Metalcore Deathcore
Their first proper headline run on that side of the Atlantic opens in Frankfurt on 3 February and finishes in Southampton on 7 March, with Ten56., Oceans Ate Alaska and Face Yourself under them.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 15, 2026
GORGATRON Sign to Time To Kill Records, Twelve Years After Their Last Album for Anyone Else
Death Metal Grindcore
The Fargo death metal and grindcore band have a deal with the Italian label and an album called 'Turmoil' behind it. They are not a band that hurries: three albums in twenty one years.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 15, 2026
DEATHAWAITS Name Their Next Album After a 'French Bulldog Invasion', Out in January
Thrash Metal Death Metal
The French slamming death metal band have put out the title track with a video. The album follows on 22 January 2027.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
ALLOCER Put Out 'Vivisection Protocol', a Year After the 'Worship' EP
Death Metal Black Metal
The Perth five piece stay where they have been since 2022, on the line between melodic death metal and deathcore, and the new single comes with a lyric video.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
DISSIMULATOR Walk a City That Was Not Built for People on 'Neon Metropolis'
Thrash Metal Death Metal
The Quebec technical death and thrash band have put out the first piece of 'Artifice Dissolves', their second album for 20 Buck Spin, and Claude Leduc explains it as a night walk through a megacity that has no use for anyone in it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 15, 2026
SUFFER UK Put a Lyric Video to 'Self Immolation', From the EP They Released in August
Deathcore
The Wolverhampton five piece call what they play Black Country death. 'Soul From Flesh' came out on Arson Theory on 7 August; the video for its second track arrived through a slam channel seven years into the band.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 14, 2026