Heavy Metal

• Witch

  24-08-2026 19:45 via blabbermouth.net
  
  IN THIS MOMENT have never, ever played it safe. Since forming in 2005, the band has built an entire world around its music, with Maria Brink at the center of it all. The band's new album, "Witch", feels like another chapter in that story, but there's something extra exciting about the way the band a...
  
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• FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES Says New Singer MILO SILVESTRO 'Shines' On Upcoming Single 'Roboticist'

  27-08-2026 20:37 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Poland's Strefa Music Art, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares spoke about the band's upcoming single, "Roboticist", which will arrive on Saturday, August 29. The track will mark the band's first release with FEAR FACTORY's latest additions, singer Milo Silvestro and drummer...
  
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• ANTHRAX To Play Intimate Show In New York City Next Week

  27-08-2026 19:24 via blabbermouth.net
  
  On Friday, September 4, ANTHRAX will play an intimate concert at the new Brooklyn, New York location of the Saint Vitus Bar, at 428 Troutman Street in Bushwick (the onetime home of Brooklyn Made).
  ANTHRAX commented: "NEW YORK CITY. We're honored to be perfoming at the grand re-opening of the legenda...
  
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• Canadian Hardcore Heroes COMEBACK KID Announce New Album 'Chosen Hell'

  27-08-2026 18:56 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Canadian hardcore heroes COMEBACK KID have announced their new album, "Chosen Hell". It arrives November 6 via SharpTone Records in the U.S. and via Dine Alone Records in Canada.
  "Chosen Hell", the band's eighth and latest LP, further distills the potency of the musical elements that have defined CO...
  
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• RONNIE JAMES DIO Estate Partners With KnuckleBonz360 For First-Of-Its-Kind Immersive Experience

  27-08-2026 17:47 via blabbermouth.net
  
  The legend of Ronnie James Dio is entering a new dimension. KnuckleBonz today announces an official collaboration with the Dio estate to bring the iconic heavy metal figure into the KnuckleBonz360 BackStage Experience, a first-of-its-kind immersive 3D digital platform launching summer 2026. The lice...
  
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• AMON AMARTH Shares 'Eight Legs Of Thunder' Single From Upcoming 'The Allfather Awakens' Album

  27-08-2026 17:26 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH return with "Eight Legs Of Thunder", a steamrolling new anthem inspired by Sleipnir, the legendary eight-legged steed of Oden. Driven by a galloping main riff and a powerful, sing-along chorus, the track charges headlong through Norse mythology while its accompany...
  
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• KAMELOT Shares 'Sanctuary' Single From Upcoming 'Dark Asylum' Album

  27-08-2026 16:50 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Symphonic metallers KAMELOT have unveiled the final single from their upcoming album "Dark Asylum", due out this Friday, August 28 via Napalm Records. "Sanctuary" is built upon pulsating riffs and cinematic swells. KAMELOT frontman Tommy Karevik is joined by VISIONS OF ATLANTIS's Clémentine Delauney...
  
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• JACK OSBOURNE Says Upcoming OZZY Movie Won't Be An 'Artsy Kind Of Esoteric Biopic'

  27-08-2026 16:11 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with E! News, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack was asked how his growth as a TV producer has helped mold what he wants to do with the Osbourne family. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I kind of have this mantra, and I always kind of say it, when in meetings with my mom...
  
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• SOIL's Long-Awaited New Album Is 'Completely Finished' And 'Ready To Go': 'It's Amazing Stuff', Says TIM KING

  27-08-2026 15:24 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Dales Rock Interviews, SOIL bassist Tim King spoke about the status of the songwriting and recording sessions for the band's first new original material since 2013's "Whole" album. Tim said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We wrote an entire new release last year. We di...
  
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• TOM KEIFER: 'The Vocal Injury I Sustained Requires An Extended Period Of Rest'

  27-08-2026 14:40 via blabbermouth.net
  
  CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer has thanked fans for their support, less than one month after he canceled the last three shows of his 2026 solo tour as a result of "completely" losing his singing voice due to "a severe vocal muscle strain/injury".
  On Wednesday, August 26, Tom took to his social media...
  
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• See Pro-Shot Video Of COREY TAYLOR, GEEZER BUTLER, NUNO BETTENCOURT And MATT SORUM Performing 'War Pigs' At 2026 'Sound & Vision Awards'

  27-08-2026 14:06 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Professionally filmed video of the "War Pigs" and "Shooting Star" performances, taken from the upcoming "Sound & Vision Live" concert film, can be seen below. The performances were captured live at the inaugural Palm Springs Sound & Vision Awards at the historic Plaza Theatre on March 2, 202...
  
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• TOBIAS FORGE On GHOST Hiatus: 'I'm Not Gonna Just Go Back To Make An Album Or Force Myself To Make An Album For No Reason'

  27-08-2026 13:46 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new cover story for U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge discussed his decision to take a hiatus from the road following the completion of the "Skeletour", which supported GHOST's latest album, 2025's "Skeletá". He said: "There's a lot of people depending on you, let alone al...
  
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• ANDY SCOTT's SWEET To Release New Live Album 'Live 25' In October

  26-08-2026 21:44 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Metalville has set an October 23 international release date for SWEET's new live album "Live 25".
  With "Full Circle" (2024), the rock institution SWEET released an album that critics and fans around the world considered to be their strongest album since "Level Headed" (1978), the last album recorded...
  
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• PEARL JAM's JEFF AMENT To Celebrate Release Of 'Since Forever' With Nine Book Events Across U.S. And London

  26-08-2026 21:19 via blabbermouth.net
  
  PEARL JAM bassist and founding member Jeff Ament and his brother, designer Barry Ament, will celebrate the September 25 release of Jeff's visual memoir, "Since Forever", with nine special book events across the United States and London.
  The tour will include two events at Ohana Festival in Dana Poin...
  
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• FOREIGNER Shares Previously Unreleased 'Head Games'-Era Song 'Trouble', Featuring Newly Added PETER FRAMPTON Solo

  26-08-2026 20:55 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Following last year's acclaimed deluxe edition of "Foreigner 4", FOREIGNER continues its fifty-year celebration with a newly remixed and remastered edition of "Head Games", the band's multi-platinum third studio album, originally released in 1979, now available October 30, 2026 on CD/Blu-ray and bla...
  
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• POLYPHIA Announces New Album 'Be Not Afraid', Shares 'Power In The Blood' Single

  26-08-2026 20:12 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Genre-defying instrumental rock innovators POLYPHIA will release their fifth full-length studio album, "Be Not Afraid", on October 23 via Rise Records. The official music video for the latest single off the record, "Power In The Blood", can be seen below. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the clip f...
  
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• VIXEN Guitarist BRITT LIGHTNING's New Band THE JETSETTERS Announces Partnership With THE LABEL GROUP

  26-08-2026 19:44 via blabbermouth.net
  
  THE JETSETTERS, the new rock band founded by VIXEN guitarist Brittany Denaro (a.k.a. Britt Lightning) and SiriusXM personality Tommy London, has announced a new partnership with The Label Group, another step forward for the real-life couple as they continue to build momentum following the release of...
  
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• SLEEP TOKEN Partners With JACKSON And CHARVEL For Signature Guitar And Bass

  26-08-2026 19:19 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has introduced the Jackson Pro Plus Series Signature Sleep Token IV Monarkh SC and Charvel Sleep Token III Signature Pro-Mod San Dimas Bass V, marking the first-ever signature collaboration with globally acclaimed phenomenon SLEEP TOKEN. Designed to unlo...
  
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• SATANIC PLANET, Featuring DAVE LOMBARDO, Announces New Album 'Dead Deities'

  26-08-2026 18:51 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In "Dead Deities", SATANIC PLANET's new album for Relapse Records, we see a band coming into its own while offering an aggressive, pitch-black, deeply surly call-to-arms against autocracy in the age of Christian nationalism. Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple co-founder and spokesperson), Luke Hensh...
  
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• HATEBREED Shares Title Track Of Upcoming 'Fatal Paradox' Album

  26-08-2026 18:36 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Grammy-nominated Connecticut hardcore/metal veterans HATEBREED, who remain one of the most impactful and enduirng bands of the modern era and who are known for their tectonic-plate shifting and lyrically poignant anthems, will release their new studio album, "Fatal Paradox", on November 6 via BLKIIB...
  
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• Watch: 'Miss World Chile' IGNACIA FERNÁNDEZ Performs Song From Her Death Metal Band During Talent Competition At 2026 'Miss World'

  26-08-2026 17:52 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Ignacia Fernández, the 28-year-old model and frontwoman of the Chilean progressive death metallers DECESSUS, performed the band's original song "The Hollow Descent" during the Talent Competition at the 75th-anniversary Miss World festival on Tuesday (August 25) at the Children's Culture Center in Nh...
  
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• THE POWER OF 3, Featuring ORIANTHI, CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA And RHONDA SMITH, Announces Debut Album

  26-08-2026 17:00 via blabbermouth.net
  
  THE POWER OF 3, the powerhouse new trio featuring acclaimed singer-guitarist Orianthi, drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, and bassist Rhonda Smith, has announced its self-titled debut album today, along with the release of its debut double single, "War In The Streets" b/w "Treat Me Like A Lady", availa...
  
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• FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Announces Free Livestream Show At Red Rocks Amphitheatre In Partnership With VEEPS

  26-08-2026 16:41 via blabbermouth.net
  
  FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will bring its "20th Anniversary Tour" to fans around the world with a free global live broadcast from Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday, September 8 at 9 p.m. Mountain Time (MDT), available exclusively on the livestream platform Veeps. With epic new product...
  
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• DEE SNIDER Breaks Shoulder While Playing Basketball With His Kids: 'I'm Gonna Be In A Sling For The Next Eight Weeks'

  26-08-2026 16:15 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Legendary TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider says that he recently broke his right shoulder while basketball with his kids.
  Earlier today, the 71-year-old shared a video message on his social media in which he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Hey, it's me, Dee Snider. I wanna bring you up...
  
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• PEPPER KEENAN On DOWN's Upcoming 'Volume V' Album: 'We Really Focused On The Songwriting And Arrangements'

  26-08-2026 15:50 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Michael Christopher of Vanyaland, DOWN guitarist Pepper Keenan spoke about the band's long-awaited new studio album, "Volume V", which will arrive on November 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. Asked how the new record differs from, or maybe how is it the same as the rest of the D...
  
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• New Jersey Thrash Metal Veterans WHIPLASH Announce New Album 'Roar'

  26-08-2026 15:20 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Time To Kill Records has announced the signing of WHIPLASH, welcoming one of American thrash metal's most enduring underground forces to its roster.
  Led by true underground warrior Tony Portaro, the New Jersey veterans have spent more than four decades keeping the raw spirit of thrash metal alive, i...
  
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• FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Releases Lyric Video For 'The Edge Of Nowhere' From Upcoming 'Rats In The Temple' Album

  26-08-2026 15:01 via blabbermouth.net
  
  American thrash metal pioneers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have released the official music video for "The Edge Of Nowhere", the third and final single from their upcoming album, "Rats In The Temple", which is due on August 28, 2026 via Napalm Records. The track builds suspense with eastern scales before fir...
  
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• TED NUGENT On DOLLY PARTON: 'We've Lost A Great, Great Musical Authority'

  26-08-2026 14:47 via blabbermouth.net
  
  During an appearance on yesterday's (Tuesday, August 25) episode of "Carl Higbie Frontline" on Newsmax, Ted Nugent paid tribute to Dolly Parton shortly after her death was announced. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'll tell you, Dolly Parton was a force to reckon with. We've lost a g...
  
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• Former HAWKWIND Bassist ALAN DAVEY To Release New Solo Album 'Astrolabes And Sunstones' In September

  26-08-2026 13:41 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Legendary bassist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alan Davey will release his new solo album, "Astrolabes And Sunstones", on September 12 via Savant Guarde Records.
  For more than four decades, Davey has been a major figure in progressive and space rock. Best known for his two periods as bassis...
  
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• Flotsam & Jetsam Frontman Erik A.K. Knutson Gets Candid In New Metalunderground Interview

  26-08-2026 11:17 via metalunderground.com
  Thrash metal veterans Flotsam and Jetsam will release their 16th full-length album, Rats in the Temple, this Friday. The record marks the latest chapter in a career spanning more than four decades.Metalunderground.com recently spoke with vocalist Eric A.K. Knutson his thoughts on the new album, the band’s enduring history, the moments when its ...Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
  
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