Christine Tobin released “Pseudologia Fantastica” on 2 October, eighteen pieces that grew out of a 2025 BAN BAM commission, with Kate Shortt and Phil Robson.
Sylvie Courvoisier releases “Amalthea” on 13 November on Pyroclastic Records, with Patricia Brennan, Thomas Morgan and Dan Weiss. It is the quartet formerly known as Poppy Seeds.
“Points of Light” is the first album by Ursa Major, McBride’s quintet with Nicole Glover, Ely Perlman, Mike King and Savannah Harris. It is out on 30 October on Mack Avenue.
The trio of Wesseltoft, Berglund and Öström has released eight pieces on Jazzland: three written by Öström, three by Wesseltoft and two by Berglund.
Al Jourgensen sets the band’s final show for a year after “Hate To Go”, out tomorrow. Before that, the “Goodbye Europe” tour plays Sala Paral·lel 62 with Die Krupps.
Malcolm Bruce, Kofi Baker and Rob Johnson’s first album comes out on Marshall Records: six Cream songs and six new ones, recorded at the amp factory in Milton Keynes.
The film of the Villa Park farewell arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, CD, vinyl and digital. The deluxe box set, with all thirty-five Osbourne and Black Sabbath songs played that day, won’t follow until April 2027.
Carl Westholm’s electronic and progressive rock project will release its third album in just over two years. “In a Crash” is already out and “The Alien” follows on 6 November.
Biff Byford’s band share the album’s second single, a song about the Gorgon of Greek myth. Their 2027 European tour has 28 dates, none of them in Spain.
Back To R’lyeh is a progressive metal band from Madrid, formed in 2011, that has released the albums The Awakening / Last Fight of the Primordial (2013) and Chosen (2020) and the EP The Break (2023).
Klamm is a progressive and experimental rock band from Barcelona, formed in 1976, that released the album África Roja (1983) and is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a concert on 19 December 2026.
Pizarnik is a Barcelona band that describes itself as post dark rock and released the record Pizarnik on 30 June 2023, recorded at Hukot Studio in Barcelona.
Thirty-one European dates between June and December 2027, with Evergrey supporting in the autumn. None in Catalonia: the nearest is Toulouse on 8 December. Tickets go on sale on 30 October.
The Paris nine-piece release their ninth album on Friday 30 October, built around UFO abductees who can’t remember what happened to them. The first track, “Quinta del Sordo”, is already out.
Wilson tells Innerviews it’s “a massive chunk of music”, played almost entirely on acoustic instruments. He also talks about the next Porcupine Tree album, two or three years away.
The third track from the new album, out on 6 November, comes with another Village Hall Sessions video. On 10 November he’ll discuss the record with Al Murray at Bush Hall in London.
It came out with the full moon on 26 October, for now only in its Dark-Side mix. Only two songs from “o\i”, due on 27 November, are still to come.
He was Saxon’s drummer in 1987 and 1988 and played on “Destiny”. The band announced his death on 24 October; no cause has been given.
The New York saxophonist releases nine original pieces built on the music the Czech composer wrote in the United States, played by a sextet with strings.
The singer made four albums with the band, who say every announced show goes ahead and that auditions for a permanent frontwoman are already under way.
Tigran Hamasyan, Armenian pianist and composer born in Gyumri in 1987, author of Mockroot (2015), The Call Within (2020) and Manifeste (2026).
Queen, London band formed in 1970 by Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor, authors of A Night at the Opera (1975), who have performed with Adam Lambert since 2011.
David Bowie, London-born singer and composer who moved from the glam of Ziggy Stardust to the Berlin trilogy of Low, “Heroes” and Lodger, and died in 2016, two days after releasing Blackstar.
Frank Zappa, composer and guitarist born in Baltimore in 1940, leader of the Mothers of Invention, with whom he released Freak Out! in 1966, and author of Hot Rats (1969) and Joe’s Garage (1979).
Hiromi, pianist and composer born in Hamamatsu, who has released albums since 2003 under names such as Hiromi’s Sonicbloom, The Trio Project (with Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips) and Sonicwonder.
Ornette Coleman, saxophonist and composer born in Fort Worth in 1930, author of The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz (1961) and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2007 with Sound Grammar.
Marc Ribot, guitarist born in Newark, who leads Ceramic Dog and Los Cubanos Postizos and has released albums since 1990 such as Rootless Cosmopolitans and Silent Movies.
Dave Holland, double bassist and composer born in Wolverhampton, who played with Miles Davis from 1968 to 1970 and leads his own quintets, octets and big bands.
Chris Potter, saxophonist and composer born in Chicago in 1971, who leads the group Underground and was part of Dave Holland’s quintet from the late 1990s.
Miles Davis, American trumpeter and composer born in Alton, Illinois, in 1926, author of Kind of Blue (1959), In a Silent Way (1969) and Bitches Brew (1970).
John Coltrane, the American saxophonist and composer (1926–1967), author of albums such as Giant Steps (1960) and A Love Supreme (1965), a central figure of modal jazz and the avant-garde.
Jordi Sabatés, the Barcelona pianist, composer and arranger (1948–2022) who was a member of Om, led Jarka and collaborated with Toti Soler, Tete Montoliu and Maria del Mar Bonet.
Secta Sònica, the Barcelona progressive rock band of the 1970s Laietana scene, formed by Xavier Pérez (Gato Pérez), Rafael Zaragoza, Jordi Bonell and Víctor Cortina, author of Fred Pedralbes (1976) and Astroferia (1977).
Orquestra Mirasol, the Catalan jazz and progressive rock band of the 1970s that released Salsa Catalana (1974) and D’oca a oca i tira que et toca (1975) before changing its name to Mirasol Colores.
Atila, the progressive rock band from Girona formed in 1973, author of Intención (1976) and Reviure (1978), which reunited in 1999 and released Encarnació in 2024.
Saturna, the Barcelona psychedelic hard rock quartet formed in 2010, which released its sixth album, Light and Shadow, on 17 September 2026.
Amon Amarth, the Swedish melodic death metal band formed in 1992 in Tumba, which has released thirteen studio albums, the latest being The Allfather Awakens, on 2 October 2026.
Judas Priest, the Birmingham band formed in 1969, with Rob Halford on vocals, which released British Steel in 1980 and Invincible Shield in 2024.
Black Sabbath, the Birmingham band formed in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, with a final concert by the original lineup at Villa Park in 2025.
Avantasia, the metal opera project led by Tobias Sammet, singer of Edguy, which brings together a set of guest singers on each album; the latest album is Here Be Dragons (2025).
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