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VOIVOD License Their Dystopia to a Run and Gun Game
Progressive Metal Thrash Metal
A free playable demo of the licensed Metroidvania runs from 19 to 26 October, with the game itself due in early 2027.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 14, 2026
TEMPERANCE Put The Fool Out Two Days Before Arcani
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The last of four singles from the Tarot album, and the band say it is the opening track and one of the longest on it.
Robin Aalto · Oct 14, 2026
EPICA Bring Epic Metal Fest Back After More Than Ten Years
Symphonic Metal
The festival returns on 4 June 2027 in Maastricht, inside South of Heaven, with Epica curating the Friday and playing a twenty fifth anniversary set.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 14, 2026
Brutal Assault Add Twenty Six Bands and Say Two Thirds of the Tickets Are Gone
Metalcore
The thirtieth edition takes Knocked Loose, Agnostic Front, Arcturus and Yob among others, with ten months still to go.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 14, 2026
SHAKHTYOR Let a Voice Onto an Instrumental Record
Doom Metal Sludge Metal
The Hamburg trio have been wordless since 2009, and the second song from Simulacron has members of UR singing on it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026
SONS OF ARRAKIS Date Volume III for 22 January
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
The Montreal band keep numbering their albums, and the third one is set for January with Karl Daniel Liden on the mix.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026
GRAHAM BONNET BAND Bring Bruce Dickinson In on Circuit Breaker
Heavy Metal
The two singers trade verses on The Fifth Force Of Nature, the first song from an album Frontiers release on 26 March.
Robin Aalto · Oct 14, 2026
WINDWAKER Pull Out of Hellbound Cruise as Their Synth Player Steps Away
Metalcore
Connor Robins is off the road for the rest of the year for his health, and the Australian band have dropped the cruise date.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 14, 2026
SARLIC BLISS Date Melodies Of A Dying Dawn for 27 November
Doom Metal Black Metal
The second album from the Southern German doom band runs six songs in forty five minutes, with the vinyl sold by the band alone.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026
WRAITH Take Over The Top Out of a History Teacher's Lesson Plan
Thrash Metal Speed Metal
The Indiana band's sixth album is a First World War record written by a man who teaches the subject for a living.
Robin Aalto · Oct 14, 2026
SANCTUARIUM Build a Third Album Out of Four Long Songs
Death Metal
The Catalonian band put thirty five minutes into four pieces with an intro and an outro, and the first one is out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026
OBSIDIAN CHURCH Skipped the Demo and Made the Album Instead
Doom Metal
The Sicilian band's debut album gets a second song and its first physical edition in November, two years after they formed.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026
MINISTRY Book a Release Party Two Days Before the Last Album
Industrial Metal
The Viper Room takes an AL-OWEEN bash on 28 October, two days before Hate To Go arrives through Cleopatra Records.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 14, 2026
MASTODON's Brann Dailor Ties Marrow Deep to Two Deaths
Progressive Metal Sludge Metal
The drummer tells The Downbeat Podcast that the album's cover art and its lyrics came out of losing Brent Hinds and his own mother.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 14, 2026
WATAIN Headline a New Friday Night at Fortress Festival
Black Metal
Scarborough Spa gains a third day for its fifth year, on 28 May 2027, and the Swedish band take it on their way out.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 14, 2026
URNA Stream The Great Jihad in Full Two Days Early
Doom Metal Black Metal
Thirteen years after the last one, the Italian band's album goes up in full on Invisible Oranges, two days before its release.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026
TETRARCH's Diamond Rowe Played Enter Sandman to Seventy Thousand
Metalcore Nu Metal
The guitarist covered Metallica at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday night, in the city she grew up in, and has now said what it meant.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 14, 2026
SUNDOWNER Put Cesspool Out on Thursday Without a Label
Stoner Metal Sludge Metal
The Adelaide band's third album is a digital release with nobody behind it, their tenth record of any kind since 2020.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 14, 2026