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BEAST IN BLACK's New Single Is About the Nightmares Anton Kabanen Had as a Teenager
Heavy Metal Power Metal
'Fear The Beast' is the title track of the band's fourth album, written about Ridley Scott's 'Alien' and the art of H. R. Giger. Asian dates follow this month.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
MASTER BOOT RECORD Wrote an Album in MIDI and Called It 'Computer Metal'
Industrial Metal
The Italian project's follow-up to 'Hardwarez' arrives 30 October on Metal Blade. Ten tracks, opening with 'DOT MATRIX' and closing with 'CTRL+ALT+DEL'.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
OV SULFUR Cover SLAYER's 'Disciple' for the Twenty-Fifth Year of 'God Hates Us All'
Metalcore Deathcore
The deathcore band recorded it during the sessions for 'Endless'. Ricky Hoover took it as a chance to find out whether he could do Tom Araya.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
BRUCE DICKINSON Has Remixed 'Accident Of Birth' Twenty-Nine Years On
Heavy Metal
The 1997 solo album returns on 17 October for National Album Day in the UK and worldwide on 23 October, remixed by Brendan Duffey. 'Omega' is out now.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 10, 2026
SCARBLADE Sign to Wormholedeath for a Record That Already Has a Release Date
Heavy Metal
The Swedish heavy metal band's 'Guardians of Time' is set for 30 October, announced with the label deal rather than after it.
Ben Ashworth · Sep 10, 2026
FORBIDDEN Release the First Song From Their First Album in Sixteen Years
Thrash Metal
'Burning the Lungs of Earth' comes from a self-titled record due 23 October on BLKIIBLK, the Bay Area band's first full-length since 2010.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Filmed a Song Inside a Cave and Kept the Tape
Progressive Metal Death Metal
'Psychomanteum' was recorded live at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee. 'Never in a million years did we imagine we'd one day play a show inside a cave,' says Tommy Rogers.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 10, 2026
GLORYHAMMER Claim a World Record for Saying 'Auchtermuchty' the Most Times in a Song
Power Metal
'Warriors Of Auchtermuchty' is the showdown single from 'Space 1993: Wrath of Kor-Virliath', out 16 October on Napalm Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
ARCHGOAT Stream Their Sixth Album in Full, Two Days Before It Arrives
Death Metal Black Metal
'Nightbringer, Lightbringer' runs to eleven tracks and is out 11 September through Debemur Morti Productions. The band are in their thirty-seventh year.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
INSOMNIUM Take 'Arch Of The Sky' From a Sami Legend About the End of the World
Death Metal
The third single from 'Netherworlds', out 16 October on Century Media, is the proggier end of the record. The video is by Patric Ullaeus.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
AS I LAY DYING Recorded Twelve Songs, Want Ten, and Are Asking Fans Which
Metalcore
The ninth album is finished and due early 2027 on Napalm Records. Two candidates, 'Polarized' and 'Retribution', arrive on 15 September, followed by a public vote.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
NEUROSIS Add Ten Dates for the Album They Took a Decade to Make
Sludge Metal Hardcore
Brooklyn, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles and two sets at Roadburn 2027, in support of 'An Undying Love For A Burning World'. Tickets go on sale 11 September.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 10, 2026
KNOCKED LOOSE Are the Mystery Artist at Louder Than Life, and They Play in Nine Days
Metalcore
The Kentucky band headline the Impact Stage on Friday 18 September, at a festival on their own doorstep, after a spring and summer opening for Metallica.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 10, 2026
SLIPKNOT's First Song in Three Years Is Also Their First Without Roadrunner
Nu Metal
'Arsenal' arrives on the band's own (sic)est Records after a twenty-five-year run with Roadrunner, and is the first material since three members left.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
OVÁTE Return After Eight Years With a Different Singer on Every Song
Black Metal
'Kutsumus', with Spellgoth of Horna on vocals, is the first track from 'Rúin', due 6 November on Soulseller Records. Six songs, six guests.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
MITTAGS-ABGRUND Release a Third Song Before Their Debut Album on 15 September
Black Metal
The Russian black and death metal project, the work of one man in St Petersburg, has a self-titled debut due through Darkness Shall Rise Productions.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
EPITAPHE Stream 'III' in Full, Three Days Before Release
Death Metal Doom Metal
The French trio's third album runs to five tracks, two of them past fourteen minutes, with saxophone again threaded through the death metal. Out 11 September on Aesthetic Death.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026
HAVOK Share 'The Ultimate Weapon' Days Before Two Headline Tours Begin
Thrash Metal
The Colorado thrash band put out the single through BLKIIBLK ahead of a European run this month and a 26-date North American headline tour in the autumn.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 10, 2026