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TURNSTILE Draw an Estimated Sixty Thousand to the Washington Monument
Hardcore
Organisers put the crowd at the free 24 October benefit at sixty thousand, and the fundraiser behind it has gone past 230,000 dollars.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 26, 2026
OPHIS Date Encased In Deathlike Layers for 27 November
Death Metal Doom Metal
Six tracks over roughly an hour, out through FDA Records, with a warm up in Wolfsburg and a release party at home in Hamburg.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 25, 2026
TURNSTILE's Brendan Yates Lifts a Fan Onto the Stage in Washington
Hardcore
Security were walking her out of the backstage area during T.L.C. when the singer reached down and pulled her up instead.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 25, 2026
WARPIT Date a Debut Album for November and Send Out Beast
Thrash Metal Groove Metal
The Cagliari band have put Legends From The Giants' Land down for 27 November and released the second song from it today.
Robin Aalto · Oct 25, 2026
SAVIOR FROM ANGER Put Their Whole Catalogue Back Into Print
Power Metal Thrash Metal
Mrm Production have reissued the Campanian band's complete discography, with some of the titles carrying a reduced price.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 25, 2026
WICKED ASYLUM Are Splitting Up After Almost Eighteen Years
Heavy Metal
The Milan four piece have announced the end in a statement and will play two more shows, the first of them on 7 November.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 25, 2026
MAGICK TOUCH Name a Fifth Album Fusa and Lead With Every Last Drop
Heavy Metal
The Bergen trio have dated the record for 26 February through Edged Circle Productions and sent out the first song ahead of it.
Robin Aalto · Oct 25, 2026
BE'LAKOR Are in the Studio With Eight Songs for a Sixth Album
Progressive Metal Death Metal
The Melbourne band have started recording the follow up to Coherence, eight songs long, and have put it down for sometime in 2027.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 25, 2026
ANGRA Bring Kiko Loureiro and Edu Falaschi Back for Burn in Yokohama
Power Metal
The two former members joined the band at Full Metal Japan alongside Akira Takasaki of Loudness for a run at the Deep Purple song.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 25, 2026
DARKNESS Head a Charity Unleashed Festival Run Entirely by Volunteers
Thrash Metal
The sixth edition runs on 22 May at the Druckluft in Oberhausen, and the takings go to the German Children's Hospice Services.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 25, 2026
DEICIDE's Leyendas Del Rock Set Turns Up Shot Properly
Death Metal
The 8 August performance in Villena opens with Scars Of The Crucifix and runs through Dead By Dawn and Homage For Satan.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 25, 2026
BLAZE BAYLEY Plays an Iron Maiden Anniversary Set in a Norwich Pub
Heavy Metal
The whole 22 October concert at The Brickmakers is online, filmed from the floor, with the songs from his five years in the band.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 25, 2026
DEAD END FINLAND Date a Sixth Album for March and Call It Carbon
Death Metal
The Finnish band have put a name and a day on the record that Mercy Of Fools came off, and it is 12 March 2027, five months out.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 25, 2026
SAXON's Former Drummer Nigel Durham Has Died at Sixty One
Heavy Metal NWOBHM
He played on Destiny in 1988 and spent ten years afterwards in Oliver and Dawson Saxon, the band the original members kept running.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 25, 2026
IRON MAIDEN's Nicko McBrain on Paul Di'Anno, and the One Regret
Heavy Metal NWOBHM
The drummer says there was no bad blood when Bruce Dickinson arrived, and that he wishes he had stayed in touch with the first singer.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 25, 2026
OAKENTHRONE Open Ad Silvam With a Vigil Under Sol
Black Metal
The Manchester band's second album arrives on 27 November through Vendetta Records, and three of its seven songs run past seven minutes.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 25, 2026
BLOOD AGENT Reach a First Album Thirteen Years In
Thrash Metal Death Metal
Misanthropy went out independently on 22 October, eight tracks long, from a Bremen band that formed in 2013 and has one other release.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 25, 2026
DANZIG's Whole 1995 Pinkpop Set Surfaces, Shot Properly
Heavy Metal
The festival's own archive channel has put up the complete 5 June 1995 performance from Landgraaf, filmed by cameras rather than by the crowd.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 25, 2026