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BULLETBELT Write the Theme for 'Deathgasm 2', Ten Years After the First One
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The New Zealand band return to the horror comedy franchise they scored in 2015, in a video directed by Alex Hargreaves.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 12, 2026
SERVANT Reach Their Fourth Album in Five Years With 'De Profundis'
Black Metal
The German band's 'Lux Ex Inferis' arrives on 2 October through AOP Records. Lethian of Nornír guests on the new song.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 12, 2026
WAYFARER's New Album Carries One of Tony Stella's Last Covers
Black Metal Folk Metal
'Riders of the Setting Sun' is up for pre-order with the single 'Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden', produced by Ben Chisholm of Chelsea Wolfe's band.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 12, 2026
ELEINE Release 'Liars Linger' From Their Fifth Album, Out in December
Symphonic Metal
The Swedish band's 'The Water Taste Of Blood' arrives on 4 December through Algoth Records. The single comes with a visualizer.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 12, 2026
Jim Root Says 'Arsenal' Will Not Be on SLIPKNOT's Next Album
Nu Metal
The guitarist told a commenter the song was one the band could finish sooner, and that it is not representative of the rest of the record.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 12, 2026
GOJIRA Sell Out a 1,200 Capacity Benefit Show for a St. Louis Food Bank in One Afternoon
Progressive Metal Death Metal
Tickets were $30 and all proceeds go to Operation Food Search. The show is on 18 September at The Sovereign, with Locked Shut opening.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 12, 2026
MASTODON Call the Hinds Estate Lawsuit Meritless and Say They Will Not Discuss It Further
Progressive Metal Sludge Metal
The band's first response to the complaint filed in Fulton County: a private dispute made public, which they intend to defend.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 12, 2026
GREEN LUNG Release 'Necropolitan', Named After London's Seven Victorian Garden Cemeteries
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
The fourth album is out through Nuclear Blast, with an animated visualiser for 'Dance to the Grave' and a December tour with High On Fire.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
ABSOLUTE POWER Share the Title Track of Their Second Album, With Tim 'Ripper' Owens
Heavy Metal
Shane Embury and Simon Efemey's heavy metal project returns fifteen years after its debut. The album is out on 6 November via Time To Kill Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
MYRATH Rework Sting's 'Shape Of My Heart' Ahead of the Next Leg of Their European Tour
Progressive Metal Folk Metal
The single follows this year's 'Wilderness Of Mirrors'. The tour opens in Metz on 17 September and runs to the end of October.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
MEMORIAM Will Close Their Recording Career With a Sixth Album, 'Endgame'
Death Metal
The British death metal band say they are stopping on their own terms. Reaper Entertainment releases the album on 29 January 2027.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
Dave Mustaine Writes That Ellefson's Time in MEGADETH 'Was Likely Near' Before the 2021 Scandal
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
An excerpt from the memoir 'In My Darkest Hour', published by Rolling Stone, goes back over a partnership of nearly forty years.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 11, 2026
TYGERS OF PAN TANG Go Heavier on New Album 'Electrifyed'
Heavy Metal NWOBHM
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
EMPEROR Headline Luppolo In Rock 2027 in Cremona, With SAMAEL on the Same Bill
Black Metal
The Italian festival runs from 16 to 18 July 2027 at the Colonie Padane. Vicious Rumors and Demon are also added.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 11, 2026
ELECTRIC CALLBOY Take the Tanzneid World Tour to Europe's Arenas in 2027, With BLOODYWOOD
Metalcore
Twenty-one dates from Dublin's 3Arena on 21 January to Gliwice on 4 March, including Co-op Live in Manchester and the Accor Arena in Paris.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 11, 2026
MISS MAY I Close Eighth Album 'No Place For Me' With 'Highbrow Thieves', Now an Animated Video
Metalcore
Solid State Records releases the album on 2 October. The band then co-headlines the Perpetual Iron Tour with Born Of Osiris.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
ABYSSUS Share 'Destined To Die' From Third Album 'The Reign'
Death Metal
The Greek death metal band's album is out on 23 October, with Rotting Christ's Konstantinos Foukarakis among the guests and a cover by Andreas Marschall.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
LOST SOCIETY and Hokka Announce a Two-Week European Tour for February
Thrash Metal Metalcore
Nine dates from Hamburg to Berlin, with a London show at The Dome. The two Finnish bands just released a song together.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 11, 2026