Forbidden’s bassist and drummer sit out the American tour starting 23 October
Forbidden’s American autumn tour goes ahead without bassist Matt Camacho and drummer Chris Kontos, who sit out for personal reasons and are expected back in 2027.
Notícies Fresques
Rival Sons head into the studio in January and don’t expect a new album before the end of 2027
Rival Sons will start recording their new album in January, guitarist Scott Holiday says, with no release expected before late 2027.
Dhani Harrison and Nigel Godrich release the first Dragonflies album, built from tape loops
Dhani Harrison and Nigel Godrich release ‘Dragonflies’, their debut album as a duo, built from tape loops at Godrich’s Brixton studio.
Rhiannon Giddens releases «Hope Is The Thing With Feathers», recorded live in a Louisiana house
Rhiannon Giddens releases ‘Hope Is The Thing With Feathers’, recorded live at a Louisiana house between tour dates, out now on Nonesuch.
Bad Company release «Live In London», the last show they played with Mick Ralphs
Bad Company release ‘Live In London’, recorded at the O2 Arena in 2016 — the last show Mick Ralphs played before the stroke that ended his touring career.
«B.B. King: The Montreux Years» collects nine performances at the Swiss festival, nearly all unreleased
‘B.B. King: The Montreux Years’ collects nine performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1982 and 2000, nearly all previously unreleased.
Meshell Ndegeocello previews «Synonym» with a Bob Dylan cover sung with Bill Callahan and Chris Thile
Meshell Ndegeocello previews ‘Synonym’ with a Bob Dylan cover sung with Bill Callahan and Chris Thile, ahead of its 2 October release on Blue Note.
Ministry announce “Hate To Go”, the album that closes the band, and preview “Singularity”
Ministry announce “Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)”, their farewell album, and preview “Singularity”, its third single.
N8NOFACE releases «Tomorrow’s World» on Stones Throw, produced by Dave Sitek
N8NOFACE releases ‘Tomorrow’s World’ on Stones Throw, produced by Dave Sitek, featuring Hudson Mohawke, Angélica Garcia and Nick Zinner.
Brainstory announce «Shoebox Days», the EP that closes the chapter of their Long Beach studio
Brainstory announce ‘Shoebox Days’, a seven-song EP marking the closure of their Long Beach studio, out 13 November on Big Crown Records.
Graveyard premiere «Tongue Tied» video, second preview of the album out on 9 October
Graveyard premiere the ‘Tongue Tied’ video, second preview of ‘Fever’, their seventh album, out 9 October through Nuclear Blast.
Emma Ruth Rundle releases «These Killing Times», recorded with a full band and on her own label
Emma Ruth Rundle releases ‘These Killing Times’, her sixth album, recorded with a full band on Errant Child, the label she runs herself.
Columbia reissues the complete Miles Davis and John Coltrane recordings, 1955 to 1961, on 6 November
Columbia reissues ‘The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961’, the Miles Davis/John Coltrane box set, on 6 November, in the centenary year for both musicians.
Ozric Tentacles release «Harmonic Mind», their seventeenth album, on Kscope
Ozric Tentacles release ‘Harmonic Mind’, their seventeenth studio album, on Kscope: six tracks recorded at the members’ own home studios.
Anthrax release «Cursum Perficio» and premiere the video for the title track
Anthrax release their twelfth studio album, ‘Cursum Perficio’, and premiere a black-and-white video for the title track, directed by Don Argott.
Russian Circles reissue «Guidance» with reworked cover art ten years on
Russian Circles mark ten years of ‘Guidance’ with a reissue featuring reworked cover art, arriving around 11 December through Sargent House.
Grave Digger release «Faces Of Pain» on 15 January and open tour with fifteen dates
Grave Digger’s ‘Faces Of Pain’ arrives on 15 January through Reaper Entertainment, followed by a fifteen-date ‘Legends Never Die Tour ’27’ across Germany and Switzerland.
Blue Note releases anthology of contemporary Chinese jazz on 23 October
Blue Note Records China releases ‘Now’s The Time’, a six-track anthology of contemporary Chinese jazz from Beijing and Shanghai musicians, on 23 October.
Gary McCracken, Max Webster drummer and the voice of «A Million Vacations», dies at 75
Gary McCracken, Max Webster’s drummer and co-writer of ‘A Million Vacations’, has died at 75. He also recorded ‘Battle Scar’ with Rush alongside Neil Peart.
CBC to air Neil Peart documentary on 23 September, after Toronto premiere
CBC’s ‘Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple’, which premiered in Toronto with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson present, airs on 23 September within ‘The Passionate Eye’.
Marillion return to Barcelona in June 2027 for a two-day Weekend at L’Auditori
Marillion return to Barcelona on 25-26 June 2027 for a Marillion Weekend at L’Auditori — the promoter grew out of the band’s own Spanish fan club.
Guim Cifré, the driving force behind JazzSí’s reopening, dies in a motorcycle accident in Barcelona
Guim Cifré, who was bringing back Barcelona’s JazzSí Club this weekend, has died in a motorcycle accident aged 34.
The Ocean unveil “Milk Of My Dream” with Thorsten Quaeschning of Tangerine Dream
The Ocean’s “Solaris”, with a largely new line-up, follows a rescue ship fleeing the ruined Earth of “Holocene”.
The Pineapple Thief release «God Knows» and play Sala Apolo on 12 March 2027
Barcelona’s Sala Apolo is the only Spanish stop on The Pineapple Thief’s 2027 tour behind «Far and Wide».
«Back to the Beginning», Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert, hits cinemas 28 October
The film of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s Villa Park farewell show, with Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and more, gets a limited cinema run.
Dungeon Serpent break five years of silence and sign to Profound Lore
Dungeon Serpent’s «Lamentations Of The Shadowkingdoms», their first for Profound Lore, adds live drums to their melodic death metal.
Symphony X’s founding bassist returns with his own record twenty-seven years after leaving the band
Thomas Miller’s Lazarus Effect reunites him with former Symphony X bandmates Michael Romeo and Michael Pinnella.
Eivør releases «Tungl» on 16 October, presenting it with two nights in Tórshavn and one in Reykjavík
Eivør’s first record for Nuclear Blast, «Tungl», is previewed by «Spøkilsir / Revenants», with a European tour skipping Spain.
Gates Of Kiev debut 6 November with four tracks, forty minutes and a name taken from Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Dutch trio Gates Of Kiev’s self-titled debut was mixed by White Willow’s Jacob Holm-Lupo, with «Silhouette» as its first video.
Thy Catafalque record with a real drummer for the first time across thirteen records
Tamás Kátai’s Thy Catafalque break from programmed drums on «XIII: Sárga erdő», filmed in the same woods as their first video 25 years ago.
Midnight release their first live record, recorded at two sold-out Hollywood shows in May
Midnight’s «Satanic Attack Live!» revisits «Satanic Royalty» in full plus five extra tracks, recorded on its fifteenth-anniversary tour.
Rick Wakeman dedicates a track to Bowie on his new record, fifty years after playing piano on «Life on Mars?»
«Bowie’s Vision», from Wakeman’s «Return to the Red Planet», pays tribute to the man whose «Life on Mars?» he once played piano on.
Fucked Up close out twenty years of zodiac cycle with «Year Of The Rooster»
Fucked Up’s «Year Of The Rooster» closes their twenty-year zodiac cycle, with guests spanning American hardcore and beyond.
Epica will celebrate twenty-five years with orchestra and choir, with the only Spanish date in Madrid
Epica’s orchestral anniversary tour «The Symphonic Synergy» skips Catalonia, with the sole Spanish stop in Madrid on 10 October 2027.
200 Stab Wounds set a date for «Lowest Form»: 19 February 2027 via Metal Blade
200 Stab Wounds’s «Lowest Form», produced by Arthur Rizk, is out 19 February 2027, previewed by «Pangs Of Conscience».
«RAW & ROCK» brings twenty-one photographers’ concert photography to Calàbria 66
The group show «RAW & ROCK. Capturing Moments» runs 19 September to 10 October at Espai Veïnal Calàbria 66 in Barcelona.
The conversation between David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen is now up, their first joint appearance since 2015
Roth and Alex Van Halen reunite on stage — for a TEDx talk, not a show — for the first time since 2015.
Bosco Sacro set a date for their second record: «Inhabit» is out 6 November
Bosco Sacro’s «Inhabit» was recorded live over seven days in Tuscany, out via the Ufomammut-linked Supernatural Cat Records.
Saturna release «Light and Shadow» on the 17th and present it on the 25th at Laut
Barcelona’s Saturna release their sixth record, mixed by their own drummer, and play it live at Sala Laut on 25 September.
Blue Note reissues Nat King Cole’s «After Midnight» in the Tone Poet series
The 1956 record that brought Cole back to piano trio format, with a rotating guest on every session, gets a 180-gram Tone Poet reissue.