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CARTILAGE Set Their Third Album Inside a Hospital Where the Surgeon Is the Horror
Death Metal Grindcore
'Operating Altar' is out on Everlasting Spew Records, nine tracks that tell one story from a medical student's final year.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 12, 2026
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Join the 70000 Tons of Metal 2027 Cruise
Power Metal
The Austrian band sails from Miami to Puerto Plata in January. Thirty of the sixty bands are announced, and Wolfheart premiere their new album on board.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 12, 2026
SEPULTURA Move Their Final Concert From a 26,000 Arena to a Hall Holding 9,000
Thrash Metal Death Metal
The farewell show stays on 7 November in São Paulo, now at the Suhai Music Hall. Existing tickets remain valid and refunds are available.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 12, 2026
WINTERFORGE Take 'From Hell's Heart' From Melville, With Ahab Carrying Hell Inside Him
Death Metal
The Polish band's new single comes with a lyric video made with the Brazilian filmmaker Iandro Porto.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 12, 2026
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