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ALCEST Waited Nineteen Years to Put Out a Live Album
Black Metal
Live at Hellfest 2022 arrives on 4 December through Nuclear Blast, on limited vinyl and digital, with Protection out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 6, 2026
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Take Estuary Across North America in January
Black Metal
The headline run goes from 12 January to 10 February with Stygian Bough and Spirit Possession. Tickets open on 9 October.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026
Stevie Boiser Leaves INFERI After Three Albums, and the Tour Is the Goodbye
Death Metal
The singer is stepping away to spend more time with his family. The November run with Psycroptic, Cognitive and Summoning The Lich is his last.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026
ETERNITY'S END Write a Song About Stormbringer and Open It With a Blast Beat
Power Metal Speed Metal
Sword In The Storm is the second single from Titanblood, out 6 November through Scarlet Records, and takes its subject from Moorcock's Elric.
Robin Aalto · Oct 6, 2026
DESTRUCTION OF ORION Make a Third Album About the Same Thing as the First Two
Doom Metal
Destruction Of Orion release Dimensions Of Chaos on 27 November through Aesthetic Death. Retribution is out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 6, 2026
WITCHGÖAT Turn Ten and Turn Back Towards Thrash
Thrash Metal Black Metal
Serpent Hordes arrives on 4 December through Personal Records, with Morbid Skull doing the cassette. The title track is out now.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 6, 2026
Michael Barber Leaves Gloryhammer After Ten Years to Run WIZARDTHRONE Full Time
Death Metal
Death Cycles is the first Wizardthrone song in five years, with a completed line-up and the project's first live shows ahead.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026
BOSS KELOID Take Five Years Over a Sixth Album and Send Out a Second Song
Sludge Metal
Pedestal follows the first single from Float & Aperture, which Church Road Records releases on 23 October.
Robin Aalto · Oct 6, 2026
UNDEATH Put Out Their First Relapse Single in the Middle of a European Tour
Death Metal
Arterial Bombardment is the Rochester band's Relapse debut, engineered, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 6, 2026
HIPPIE DEATH CULT Let Their Guitarist Produce, Engineer, Mix and Master It
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
Grit, Blood & Bone arrives through Metal Blade, written by Laura Phillips and engineered, mixed, mastered and produced by Eddie Brnabic.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 6, 2026
WATAIN Join Mystic Festival on the Way Out
Black Metal
The Swedish band are on the Gdansk Shipyard bill from 3 to 6 June. Erik Danielsson calls it part of a last round of shows before the end.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026
A Scope Found One of Chad Gray's Vocal Folds Twice the Width of the Other
Nu Metal Groove Metal
The Mudvayne singer describes a haemorrhage he never noticed and a broken blood vessel. Two California shows are off; the tour is due to resume on 7 October.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 6, 2026
DIETH Lose David Ellefson and Gain a Bassist Who Played on Three Swedish Death Metal Records
Thrash Metal Death Metal
Tobias Cristiansson of Grave, Necrophobic and Dismember replaces Ellefson. The band have also moved from Napalm Records to Fireflash.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 6, 2026
Extreme Thing Puts CARNIFEX and a Ska Band on the Same One Day Bill
Metalcore Deathcore
The 2027 edition runs on 20 March at the Desert Breeze Event Center in Las Vegas, with nineteen bands announced.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026
DECARABION Put a Purulent Cover at the End of Their Second Album
Brutal Death Metal
Desacralization arrives on 11 December through Comatose Music, mixed by Sasha Borovykh, with My Quartered Stepmother as a bonus track.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 6, 2026
HERZOG's Last Album Documents the Final Year of Asgeir Amort's Life
Black Metal
Mugwort arrives on 26 October through Amor Fati Productions. Asgeir Amort sings the first half; his wife Isa Myling carries his words through the second.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 6, 2026
SEPULTURA Add One More Night Two Days Before the Last One
Thrash Metal Death Metal
The Last Ceremony takes place on 5 November at Cine Joia in Sao Paulo. The final concert follows on 7 November at Suhai Music Hall.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026
TESSERACT Move The Descent to March and Tell Anyone Who Booked a Hotel They Are Sorry
Progressive Metal
The UK and Germany run of 30 October to 8 November is postponed to March 2027. Existing tickets stay valid.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 6, 2026