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SKINLESS Finish Writing the First Album Since 2018 and Blame the School Run
Brutal Death Metal
The follow-up to Savagery is written, the cover and title are ready, and Relapse will put it out after studio time in early 2027.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 22, 2026
OBITUARY Put Two Albums Back in Print After Fifteen Years Out of It
Death Metal
Xecutioner's Return and Darkest Day return on 11 December through Relapse, remastered, and reach streaming for the first time.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 22, 2026
VOICE OF RUIN Cut the Next Record to Four Songs
Thrash Metal Groove Metal
The Swiss band return on 11 February with a four track EP, and Breed Of Servants is out now as the first song from it.
Robin Aalto · Oct 22, 2026
DEVIN TOWNSEND Opens the Groningen Recording With War Beyond Words
Progressive Metal
The first song released from the live album of The Moth, recorded with an orchestra and choir in March 2025 and out on 6 November.
Robin Aalto · Oct 22, 2026
METALLICA Put Out the Sphere Footage of Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
Official video from the second night of the Las Vegas residency, the same set that brought back Devil's Dance after eighteen years.
Robin Aalto · Oct 22, 2026
BEAST IN BLACK Spend Twenty Years Getting to One Berserk Chapter
Heavy Metal Power Metal
Lost Children is a power ballad from the fourth album Fear The Beast, written from a manga chapter Anton Kabanen read two decades ago.
Robin Aalto · Oct 22, 2026
XIBALBA Take Japan in March With Disembodied
Death Metal Metalcore
The Pomona band and the Minneapolis hardcore veterans share a March run, with the Japanese band Palm supporting every show.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 22, 2026
SAOR Cross to Latin America for the First Time, Playing the First Two Albums
Black Metal Folk Metal
February 2027 brings the Scottish project its first Latin American dates, with a set built from Roots and Aura.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 22, 2026
CONJURER Take Twelve American Dates in a Single January
Doom Metal Sludge Metal
Five headline shows with Armed For Apocalypse, then eight more on the Dopethrone run, closing in Los Angeles on 15 January.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 22, 2026
BLEED FROM WITHIN Book Six Club Shows Between the Arena Dates
Death Metal Metalcore
Newcastle, Cardiff, Brighton, Krakow, Mulhouse and Salzburg in January and February, with tickets on sale from Friday morning.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 22, 2026
BLOOD OF THE EARTH Take the CROWBAR Weight Somewhere Quieter
Doom Metal Sludge Metal
The Constellation comes from Beneath A Sky That Breaks, the EP the trio put out themselves on 23 October, their fourth release so far.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 22, 2026
ARMORY Stream Echoes of the Astrolith in Full Two Days Early
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
Dying Victims put the Swedish band's fifth album out on 23 October, and the whole thing is already online to hear two days early.
Robin Aalto · Oct 22, 2026
MOLDER Share a Song From a Four Way Split With EXHUMED
Thrash Metal Death Metal
Covered in Spores comes from the split with Exhumed, Nunslaughter and Traffic Death, out on 30 October through Redefining Darkness.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 22, 2026
TYR Put Out a Tenth Album Themselves, With Their Own Name on It
Progressive Metal Folk Metal
The Guardian Lie is the second song from the self-titled record the Faroese band are releasing without a label on 17 November.
Robin Aalto · Oct 22, 2026
NORTHLANE Push Anemoia to 27 November and Move the Home Tour to May
Progressive Metal Metalcore
Production delays move the album by four weeks, and Josh Smith's health pushes the Australian and New Zealand dates to May 2027.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 22, 2026
SLAVA ZIMA Set Smiarotny for December on a German Label
Doom Metal Black Metal
The Belarusian band put eight tracks of black and doom metal out through Solistitium Records on 4 December, their fourth album in six releases.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 21, 2026
INQUINAMENTUM Put Out a Sixth Album With Nobody Behind It
Black Metal
Abyssal has nine tracks and arrives on 30 October with no label at all, which is how this band has made every record.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 21, 2026
WAYLANDER Write a Song About the Weapon the Bards Actually Had
Black Metal Folk Metal
Mallachtai is the third preview of Mac Tire, out on 6 November, and it is about satire as a tool of real power.
Robin Aalto · Oct 21, 2026