Metal News
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MASTER BOOT RECORD Wrote an Album in MIDI and Called It 'Computer Metal'
Industrial Metal Electronic 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
BEAST IN BLACK's New Single Is About the Nightmares Anton Kabanen Had as a Teenager
Hard Rock Heavy 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
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
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
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
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
SVMERION and HOW TO DISAPPEAR Take Their First European Tour Out Tonight
Death Metal
Two unsigned bands from the Comarca Lagunera in northern Mexico, one death metal and one post black metal, play six rooms across Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Poland between 10 and 19 September. Neither has played Europe before.
Lars Hendriks · 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
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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 2026