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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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