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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Put a Blue Heron at the Centre of the Title Track From Estuary
Black Metal
The second song from the album comes with a video the band made themselves, shot in concrete ruins taken back by brambles.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
ANKOR Reach UNFD Twenty Three Years After Forming in Catalonia
Heavy Metal Power Metal
I See Red is dated 20 November, and the single ITACHI, blood moon is out now. The line-up now runs from Bristol to Athens.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 9, 2026
MALEDICTUS Reach a Fourth Single Before Their First Album Is Even Out
Progressive Metal Gothic Metal
Siren's Lullaby arrives with a video, and Lazarvs follows on 13 November through Fireflash Records.
Robin Aalto · Oct 9, 2026
VICTORIA K Take a Third Single Off Their Coming Album and Open for Katatonia on the Way
Symphonic Metal
Incubus follows Oh So Weary and Take It All, and the Melbourne band also play three Australian dates with Paradise Lost.
Robin Aalto · Oct 9, 2026
FIT FOR A KING Add a Third New Song to Lonely God and Name It Dirt
Metalcore
The deluxe edition of their eighth album lands on 30 October through Solid State, with Blood Pact and Steady Doom alongside.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 9, 2026
HIPPIE DEATH CULT Break Three Years of Silence With a Standalone Single
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
Blood, Grit and Bone is their first new studio recording since 2023 and the first since Blacklight Media signed them.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
WAGE WAR Put Landfall Out and Lead With the Video for Silk
Metalcore
Their sixth album arrives through Fearless, and the Emergency Broadcast headline tour opens in San Antonio on 25 October.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 9, 2026
Ian Hill Retires From JUDAS PRIEST After Fifty Six Years and Every Album
Heavy Metal
Arthritis and a snapped tendon end the only bass job the band has ever had. Dave Rimmer of Uriah Heep takes the role permanently.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
DEATHAWAITS Borrow Aborted's Singer for the Second Song Off French Bulldog Invasion
Thrash Metal Death Metal
Royal Canine has Sven de Caluwe on it, and the album lands on 22 January.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 9, 2026
A Darksynth Producer Remixes the Song That Started ZEAL AND ARDOR
Black Metal
Carpenter Brut's version of Devil Is Fine follows the tenth anniversary edition of the album in September.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
ENFORCER Join Accept's Fiftieth Anniversary Tour for Twenty Four Dates in Eleven Countries
Heavy Metal Speed Metal
The run opens in Leipzig on 19 November and ends in Munich on 20 December, with Dynazty also on the bill.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
MEMORIAM Open Their Last Album With a Song Called Nothing More To Say
Death Metal
The first single from Endgame, out 29 January through Reaper Entertainment, and Karl Willetts says the title now means more than the song.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
ALCEST's First Live Album Comes Out Four Years After the Night It Records
Black Metal
Live at Hellfest 2022 arrives on 4 December through Nuclear Blast, with Protection out now as the first single.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
TURNSTILE Will Play Free at the Washington Monument on 24 October as a Benefit Show
Hardcore
The date fills the gap in their autumn itinerary. Donations go to Human Concern International for work in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 9, 2026
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER Date a Second Album for 18 December, Five Years After the First
Heavy Metal
The Legion Awakens arrives through Frontiers, and When Gargoyles Ruled The Earth is out now with a video.
Robin Aalto · Oct 9, 2026
BURIAL RUTHLESS Reached Their First Album Eleven Years After Forming and Keep Taking Videos Off It
Death Metal
Southern Death comes from Held By Evil, out since 14 August through Great Dane Records. The band left Venezuela for Barcelona.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 9, 2026
Geoff Tate Says Again That There Were No Knives in Brazil in 2012
Heavy Metal Power Metal
The former Queensryche singer told the Beardo and Weirdo podcast that the stories around his exit were what a lawsuit produces.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 9, 2026
GRAYSCALE SEASON Take a Third Song Off Their November Album and Call It Exit
Metalcore
The Swedish band's The Weight of Things We Cannot Touch is out on 20 November. Exit arrives with a video.
Sasha Kellerman · Oct 9, 2026