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URNA Stream The Great Jihad in Full, Thirteen Years On
Doom Metal Black Metal
The Sardinian black and funeral doom band put the whole album up before ATMF releases it on 16 October, their fifth and first since 2013.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 12, 2026
GORGATRON Lead Their Fifth Album With Cleansed
Death Metal Grindcore
Turmoil arrives on 11 December through Time To Kill Records, ten tracks and the Fargo band's first record for the label.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 12, 2026
Peter Joseph Rejoins THE ABSENCE Thirteen Years After Leaving
Death Metal
The guitarist played on the Tampa band's first three albums before parting ways in 2013, and comes back as a permanent member.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 12, 2026
CONVERGE Play Jane Doe in Full at a New Melbourne Festival
Hardcore
Lucidity Festival takes the Melbourne Pavilion on 13 March 2027, with Oathbreaker marking ten years of Rheia on the same bill.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 12, 2026
GRAHAM BONNET BAND Open Circuit Breaker With a Bruce Dickinson Duet
Heavy Metal
Circuit Breaker arrives on 26 March 2027 through Frontiers, led by a duet with the Iron Maiden singer filmed back in February.
Robin Aalto · Oct 12, 2026
LEGION OF THE DAMNED Book Their First Tour Across Mexico
Thrash Metal Death Metal
The Dutch band have only ever played Mexico City; the new run takes them around the country, with the dates published on the tour poster.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 12, 2026
THE GATHERING Bring the Mandylion Line Up Back on a Live Album
Death Metal Doom Metal
Echoes Of Mandylion comes from five nights in Nijmegen in August 2025, the original line up's first shows together in eleven years.
Robin Aalto · Oct 12, 2026
BEHEMOTH Play Their Venom Cover Live With Shagrath in Zurich
Death Metal Black Metal
The In League With Satan tour opened at Halle 622 in Zurich on 9 October with three live debuts, the Venom cover among them.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 12, 2026
ANGRA Play Their First Finnish Show at Power & Steel in Helsinki
Power Metal
Power & Steel brings more than twenty acts to the Cable Factory on 5 and 6 November 2027, with Tygers Of Pan Tang also playing Finland for the first time.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 12, 2026
SINNER and Bonfire Drummer Edgar Patrik Has Died
Heavy Metal
Bonfire announced the death of the drummer who played on their albums Point Blank and Knock Out, and on Sinner's first two records.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 12, 2026
PAIN OF SALVATION Play Finland for the First Time in Ten Years, at a Festival in Tampere
Progressive Metal
Ankea Festival adds seven acts for 18 and 19 June 2027, among them Plini and Einar Solberg.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 12, 2026
DEMONESSA Put Out the Two Songs That Were Too Dark for Their Debut, on Halloween
Heavy Metal
Taste Of Blood arrives on 31 October with a new drummer and a trimmed version of the album's opener as a bonus.
Robin Aalto · Oct 12, 2026
CHILD OF CAESAR Open the Revived Combat Records With Alive
Gothic Metal
Alive is the opening single from Child of Caesar's next album and the revived label's first release.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 12, 2026
STARKILL Wrote a Whole Album, Threw It Away, and Start Again With Death On Display
Power Metal Death Metal
Hanging Up My Halo is dated 22 January, with symphonic production by Francesco Ferrini of Fleshgod Apocalypse.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 12, 2026
UNLEASHED Play Countess Bathory in Athens for the Man Who Made Johnny Hedlund Want a Band
Death Metal
Six days after Cronos's death was announced, the Swedish band covered Venom on stage in Greece.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 11, 2026
THE OCEAN Book the Second Half of the Solaris Tour, Twenty Seven Dates in Four Weeks
Progressive Metal Sludge Metal
Expedition II runs from Bremen on 23 January to Leipzig on 20 February, with A.A. Williams on selected nights.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 11, 2026
METALLICA Put Until It Sleeps Into the Sphere Set on the Fourth Night
Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
The Load single is the newest addition to a residency that runs to March and alternates between two setlists.
Robin Aalto · Oct 11, 2026
A Third Account of the VCTMS Allegations, This One From the Crew Side
Metalcore
Davion Cuttler, the band's touring bassist and tech for over two years, says he left touring partly because of Meredith Henderson.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 11, 2026