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NEUROSIS Add Ten Dates for the Album They Took a Decade to Make
Sludge Metal Hardcore
Brooklyn, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles and two sets at Roadburn 2027, in support of 'An Undying Love For A Burning World'. Tickets go on sale 11 September.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 9, 2026
INSOMNIUM Take 'Arch Of The Sky' From a Sami Legend About the End of the World
Death Metal
The third single from 'Netherworlds', out 16 October on Century Media, is the proggier end of the record. The video is by Patric Ullaeus.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 9, 2026
ARCHGOAT Stream Their Sixth Album in Full, Two Days Before It Arrives
Death Metal Black Metal
'Nightbringer, Lightbringer' runs to eleven tracks and is out 11 September through Debemur Morti Productions. The band are in their thirty-seventh year.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 9, 2026
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Filmed a Song Inside a Cave and Kept the Tape
Progressive Metal Death Metal
'Psychomanteum' was recorded live at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee. 'Never in a million years did we imagine we'd one day play a show inside a cave,' says Tommy Rogers.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 9, 2026
GLORYHAMMER Claim a World Record for Saying 'Auchtermuchty' the Most Times in a Song
Power Metal
'Warriors Of Auchtermuchty' is the showdown single from 'Space 1993: Wrath of Kor-Virliath', out 16 October on Napalm Records.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 9, 2026
STONED JESUS Share 'Jackal' From 'Songs to Moon', the Second Part of Their Trilogy
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
The Kyiv band's new album is out on 16 October via Season of Mist. The label calls 'Jackal' the proggiest song on it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 9, 2026
AS I LAY DYING Recorded Twelve Songs, Want Ten, and Are Asking Fans Which
Metalcore
The ninth album is finished and due early 2027 on Napalm Records. Two candidates, 'Polarized' and 'Retribution', arrive on 15 September, followed by a public vote.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 9, 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
SPIRITBOX Return With 'Mourning', Their First New Song Since 'Tsunami Sea'
Metalcore
Out today on Pale Chord and Rise Records, the single is the first new Spiritbox music in eighteen months and the first sign of what follows their number one hard rock album.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 8, 2026
PANTERA Play New Orleans for the First Time in Thirty Years at a Two-Day Festival in November
Heavy Metal Groove Metal
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
Kai Hansen Says the Next HELLOWEEN Album Is Eighty Per Cent Finished
Power Metal Speed Metal
Speaking to The Metal Voice about his solo record 'Born With A Hammer', out 18 September, Hansen said songs for the next Helloween album are already mixed.
Tomas Berglund · Sep 8, 2026
EPITAPHE Stream 'III' in Full, Three Days Before Release
Death Metal Doom Metal
The French trio's third album runs to five tracks, two of them past fourteen minutes, with saxophone again threaded through the death metal. Out 11 September on Aesthetic Death.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 8, 2026
MITTAGS-ABGRUND Release a Third Song Before Their Debut Album on 15 September
Black Metal
The Russian black and death metal project, the work of one man in St Petersburg, has a self-titled debut due through Darkness Shall Rise Productions.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · 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
HAVOK Share 'The Ultimate Weapon' Days Before Two Headline Tours Begin
Thrash Metal
The Colorado thrash band put out the single through BLKIIBLK ahead of a European run this month and a 26-date North American headline tour in the autumn.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 8, 2026
OVÁTE Return After Eight Years With a Different Singer on Every Song
Black Metal
'Kutsumus', with Spellgoth of Horna on vocals, is the first track from 'Rúin', due 6 November on Soulseller Records. Six songs, six guests.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 8, 2026
AT THE GATES Give Tomas Lindberg's Last Album a Film of Its Own
Death Metal
Costin Chioreanu has finished animated videos for every song on 'The Ghost Of A Future Dead', released as one full-length film. Lindberg died in September 2025.
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