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Brent Hinds' Estate Sues MASTODON, Says an $80,000 Buyout Check Came With No Accounting
Progressive Metal Sludge Metal
The complaint, filed in Fulton County, also objects to a recognisable image of Hinds on the artwork of 'Marrow Deep', a record he did not play on.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 11, 2026
CORONER Remaster 'The Favorite Game' From Their 1995 Compilation for a New EP
Thrash Metal
The song comes with a music video and appears on 'Ex Nucleo (The Remastered Extraction)', out on 18 September through Sanctuary Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
Thirty Years On, CRADLE OF FILTH Reissue 'Dusk… And Her Embrace' in a Coffin Box
Death Metal Black Metal
Music For Nations releases the anniversary edition on 30 October, on splattered vinyl and as a numbered coffin box CD with two bonus tracks.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
FIRTAN Share 'Kalika's Tongue', the Third Song From 'Helios'
Black Metal Pagan Metal
The German band's new album is out on 2 October via AOP Records, with twelve tracks that close on a Bathory cover.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
ISKALD Open 'Curse of the Mind' With 'The Other Realm', Chapter One of a Descent Into Helheim
Thrash Metal Black Metal
The Norwegian band's sixth album is out on 25 September via Dusktone, a concept record in four chapters joined by ritual invocations.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
SUICIDE SILENCE Set Eighth Album 'Graceless' for 20 November, Title Track Out Now
Metalcore Deathcore
The album is out through Century Media, produced by Austin Coupe. The band tours North America with Emmure, AngelMaker and Synestia first.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
WHISPERED Release 'Honorbound', Nearly a Decade in the Making and Closing on a 24-Minute Title Track
Power Metal Death Metal
The Finnish band's fourth album is out today. Its closing epic is drawn from the Japanese tale of the Soga brothers' revenge.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 11, 2026
STONED JESUS Share 'Jackal' From 'Songs to Moon', the Second Part of Their Trilogy
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
The Kyiv band's new album is out on 16 October via Season of Mist. The label calls 'Jackal' the proggiest song on it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
HARLOTT Release 'Exsequiis', Their First Album in Six Years
Thrash Metal
The Melbourne thrash band's fifth album is out on Metal Blade Records, which is streaming it in full.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
TEMPERANCE Give Every Song on 'Arcani' a Card From the Tarot's Major Arcana
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The Italian band's eighth album is out on 16 October via Napalm Records. 'The Tower: Lean Into Fear' is out now with a video.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT Strip 'Innern' Back to an Instrumental Edition
Black Metal
Season of Mist is streaming the whole album without vocals, in a newly reimagined mix.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
SAOR Rework 'Carved in Stone' From Their 2013 Debut for New Album 'Caledonia'
Black Metal Folk Metal
The new version is titled 'Carved in Stone MMXXVI'. 'Caledonia' is out on 6 November via Season of Mist.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
ORBIT CULTURE Release 'Nuclear God' From the Deluxe Edition of 'Death Above Life'
Death Metal Groove Metal
The Swedish band's new song comes with a video by Riivata Visuals. The expanded album follows on 9 October.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
NOAPOLOGY Made the Video Themselves and Took a Hundred Thousand Views in a Day
Heavy Metal
The Ukrainian-born, Europe-based band shot, edited, graded and finished 'Test Me Now' in-house. It is the second single from their forthcoming album.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 10, 2026
ARCHITECTS Set 'Machine' for 16 September and Have Said Nothing Else About It
Metalcore
A teaser, a date, and no further detail. The British band tour Europe and the UK with Korn next month.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
KONVENT Need Only Five Songs for 'Firesky', and They Are Longer Than Anything They Have Done
Death Metal Doom Metal
The Danish band's third album arrives 6 November on Napalm Records, with black metal worked into the death doom. Opening track 'Exorcise' is out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
Burton C. Bell Will Tell the Story of 'Obsolete' and Ask the Room to Put Their Phones Away
Death Metal Industrial Metal
Three spoken word events in San Diego, Los Angeles and Las Vegas in October mark thirty years of the Fear Factory album. No filming, no posting.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 10, 2026
FIREWIND Spent Two Years on a Greek Mythology Concept Album, Out in February
Heavy Metal Power Metal
'Gods, Myths & Titans' arrives 19 February, the band's first for BLKIIBLK, with separate artwork for every song. First single 'The Legend Of Achilles' is out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026