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TYGERS OF PAN TANG Go Heavier on New Album 'Electrifyed'
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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
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
Dave Mustaine Writes That Ellefson's Time in MEGADETH 'Was Likely Near' Before the 2021 Scandal
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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
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
BRUCE DICKINSON Has Remixed 'Accident Of Birth' Twenty-Nine Years On
Hard Rock 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
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
BEAST IN BLACK's New Single Is About the Nightmares Anton Kabanen Had as a Teenager
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'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
TEMPERANCE Give Every Song on 'Arcani' a Card From the Tarot's Major Arcana
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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
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 9, 2026
PANTERA Play New Orleans for the First Time in Thirty Years at a Two-Day Festival in November
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The Great NOLA Trendkill runs 20 and 21 November at Lakefront Arena, with Down, Black Label Society, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, Eyehategod and Pig Destroyer on the bill.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 8, 2026
The Punk Rock Museum Will Let Visitors Play Lemmy's Bass Through His Own Stack
Hard Rock Heavy Metal
A Motorhead exhibition opens in Las Vegas on 2 October with handwritten lyrics, personal effects, and the Rickenbacker and Marshall rig set up for guests to use.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 8, 2026
Kenny Hickey Wrote SILVERTOMB's New Song Believing He Was Close to Death
Heavy Metal Doom Metal
'Graves In The Sky' ends a seven-year silence for the band built from former Type O Negative and Danzig members. The album arrives 13 November on SPV.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 7, 2026
CIRITH UNGOL Set 'All the Shadows' for 30 October, Title Track Out Now
Heavy Metal
The Ventura veterans' seventh album arrives on No Remorse Records with a Michael Whelan cover and an eight-song tracklist. The title track is the first single.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 4, 2026
Dave Mustaine Announces Three-City Book Tour for Memoir 'In My Darkest Hour'
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The Megadeth frontman's second memoir, about his cancer diagnosis and recovery, is out on 8 September. Events follow in New York, Boston and Manassas.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 3, 2026
ARMORED SAINT Revives a Classic with Metal Flair
Heavy Metal
ARMORED SAINT releases a powerful cover of 'One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison),' blending soul and heavy metal in a unique rendition.
Mar 30, 2026
FORLORN HOPE unveils 'Down in Flames' from new EP
Heavy Metal
FORLORN HOPE releases 'Down in Flames', inspired by Flight Lt. James Brindley Nicolson's WWII heroics. Available on the 'Valour – Part 1' EP this August.
Mar 30, 2026
JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford Marks 38 Years Sober
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Rob Halford, JUDAS PRIEST frontman, celebrates 38 years of sobriety, sharing a heartfelt message of gratitude and hope.
Jan 8, 2026
VLAD IN TEARS' New Single 'Hear Me Out' Unveiled
Heavy Metal
VLAD IN TEARS releases 'Hear Me Out', the powerful first single from their upcoming album 'Relapse', due out March 8, 2024.
Jan 8, 2026