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AZELS MOUNTAIN Will Cross to South America for the First Time, for Three Nights in Colombia
Black Metal
Bogota, Armenia and Ibague in March 2027, announced with a video from Echa Krwi.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 10, 2026
SILENT CIVILIAN Take Their Debut Album Out for Twelve Dates Twenty Years On
Metalcore
The run opens in Portland on 1 December and ends in San Antonio on 18 December, with Jonny Santos fresh off a year with Spineshank.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 10, 2026
TETRARCH's Guitarist Will Play Inside the Stadium Where She Watched Metallica
Metalcore Nu Metal
Diamond Rowe performs at the Falcons and Ravens game on 11 October at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in the city she grew up in.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 10, 2026
LOVEBITES Will Not Play Live at All in 2027
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The Tokyo band say they are taking a year away from the stage, months after their fifth album.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 10, 2026
VCTMS Drummer Answers the Allegations by Saying She Is Not Answering Them Yet
Metalcore
Meredith Henderson has seen the statement and is reflecting before she speaks. Lambgoat notes the allegations are unverified.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 10, 2026
Chuck Billy Will Talk About His Memoir With David Ellefson in an Arizona Bookstore
Thrash Metal
Changing Hands in Tempe hosts the two on 29 October, twelve days before Permuted Press publishes the book.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 9, 2026
Peaceville Press the Album That Brought DARKTHRONE Home Again, Twenty Years On
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
The Cult Is Alive returns on marble vinyl and a limited cassette, both in small numbers.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 9, 2026
DAWN OF DEMISE Break Seven Years of Silence With a Sixth Album
Death Metal
Feed My Absurdity is out through Unique Leader, and the visualiser for Reviving Demise came with it.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
GARDEN OF STONE Reach a Second Album Three Years After Forming
Heavy Metal Death Metal
For the World of the Obsolete arrives on 11 December through Inverse Records, with Red Giraffe out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
Davey Rimmer Keeps the Uriah Heep Job as Well as the JUDAS PRIEST One
Heavy Metal
Hours after the Priest announcement, Uriah Heep said their bassist is not leaving them.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
MASTODON Press One Hundred and Seventy Records With Fossil Dust in the Vinyl
Progressive Metal Sludge Metal
A fan gave them the mastodon teeth twenty years ago. A university geology department ground them fine enough not to ruin the playback.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 9, 2026
SEPTICFLESH Fill Four Off Days on the Arch Enemy Tour With Their Own Headline Shows
Death Metal Black Metal
Old Town, Rock Island, Eugene and Sacramento get full sets between the co-headline dates.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
A West Coast Memorial for Andy Williams Is Set for 13 November in Garden Grove
Metalcore Hardcore
The Ghost Inside, Turmoil, Strife, Atomic Rule and others are slated to play. The guitarist died last month at forty eight.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 9, 2026
SICK OF IT ALL's First Bassist Has Pancreatic Cancer and a Fund Has Been Opened for Him
Punk Metal
Richard Cipriano played on the early demo, the Revelation seven inch and the 1989 debut. Sweet Relief is taking donations.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 9, 2026
ULTHIMA Wrote the Title Track Last and Made It the Final Single
Death Metal
Midnight's Call closes the campaign before their second album on 27 November, with a video and a question about what ambition costs.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
MASTIC SCUM Put a Second Song From Void Out and Bring Three Guests With the Album
Grindcore Brutal Death Metal
Arise // Erase arrives as a single and a lyric visualiser. Void holds eleven tracks and lands on 30 October.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
DRAGONLAND Take a Third Single Off Prophecies Two Weeks Before It Arrives
Power Metal
Rolling Waves is out now, and the seventh album follows on 23 October through Scarlet Records.
Robin Aalto · Oct 9, 2026
Brutal Assault Add Twenty Six Names to Its Thirtieth Edition, Led by KNOCKED LOOSE
Metalcore
Agnostic Front, Six Feet Under, Arcturus, Gorilla Biscuits and the Doom composer Mick Gordon are all on the new list for Josefov Fortress.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026