Hatebreed – Fatal Paradox
Hatebreed released “Fatal Paradox” on BLKIIBLK on 6 November: eleven tracks produced by Zeuss, with Obituary’s John Tardy and a Corrosion Of Conformity cover.
Metal
Les novetats, cròniques i concerts de metal que segueix Tótum Revolútum Press: del metal extrem als projectes que aposten per la producció més elaborada i ambiciosa, sense oblidar els clàssics que van fundar el gènere. Cobertura en català, amb crítica de discos i reportatge fotogràfic des de la primera fila.
Prong – Prong
Prong released their self-titled album on Napalm Records on 6 November, their first for the label: eleven tracks mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap, plus two CD bonus tracks.
Autumn Tomb – Autumn Tomb
Spaceflight Records released Autumn Tomb’s first album on 6 November: the trio of Zombi’s Steve Moore with Bryan Richie and Santiago Vela III of The Sword.
Konvent – Firesky
Konvent released “Firesky” on Napalm Records on 6 November: five tracks, a new guitarist in the credits and production by Jacob Bredahl, more than four and a half years after “Call Down the Sun”.
Electric Valley – Echo
Small Stone released Electric Valley’s fourth full-length, “Echo”, on 6 November: seven tracks and forty minutes recorded live in the studio in Madrid.
Moonspell will mark their 35th anniversary with their own festival, Moonfest, in Lisbon on 30 October 2027
The first edition will take place at the MEO Arena, with Amorphis, Zeal & Ardor, Towards The Sinister and Heavenwood. General admission is €50.
E-L-R – Atropa
Bern’s E-L-R released their third album, “Atropa”, on Prophecy Productions on 6 November, a record shaped by illness and now made as a duo.
Blood Incantation guitarist Morris Kolontyrsky will release “Source Material Vol. 1”, an album for guitar and synths, on 19 February
It’s the Denver guitarist’s second solo album and his first for Phantom Limb. There are five tracks, and “The Mysterious Alignment” is already out.
Chris Kontos leaves Forbidden twelve days after the new album, citing a lack of transparency in the band’s accounts
The drummer announced it on social media on 4 November. The band say they found out the same way everyone else did, from a post, and wish him well.
Opeth will take a long break once their Latin American tour ends in Mexico City on 11 November
Bassist Martin Mendez says the run that started on 1 November in Santiago, Chile, is the last one for “The Last Will And Testament”, and that the band will stop after it.
Imperial Triumphant sign to Metal Blade and have already finished recording their first album for the label
The New York band, who made three albums with Century Media, have finished tracking their Metal Blade debut with Colin Marston, who is also mixing it. They’re back in Europe with Knoll this month.
Cloak will release “Above, Below, & Through”, their first album for Metal Blade, on 12 February
The Atlanta quartet, who made three albums with Season of Mist, debut on a new label with the fourth. The fourth has eight tracks, a new lineup and a first single, “Nigredo – Initium”.
Meshuggah bring their 40th-anniversary tour to Madrid: Palacio Vistalegre, 21 October 2027
Twenty European shows with Periphery and Vildhjarta as special guests. Madrid is the only Spanish date, and Barcelona isn’t on the list.
Spirit Possession – Cathedral Speech
Spirit Possession, the Portland black metal duo of S. Peacock and A. Spungin, released “Cathedral Speech”, their third full-length album, on 2 October through Profound Lore and Sepulchral Voice.
Stereophrenics – Paracosm 2.0
Stereophrenics, a progressive metal band from Geneva, released “Paracosm 2.0”, their first full-length album, on 16 October: eight tracks, available digitally.
Suicide Silence and Fleshgod Apocalypse to play Razzmatazz 2 in Barcelona on 21 May 2027
The only Catalan date on a twenty-six-show European tour, with To The Grave and The Gloom In The Corner. Tickets on sale on 6 November.
Scorpions open their 2027 European tour at the Palau Sant Jordi on 29 April
Barcelona is the first of four Spanish dates and the first show of the whole tour. Tickets go on sale on Friday 6 November.
David Reece to sing with Accept again 37 years on, in Oberhausen and Milan
The “Eat The Heat” singer will sing a few songs with the band on 21 November in Oberhausen and on 2 December in Milan, during the 50th-anniversary tour.
Satanic Planet – Dead Deities
The second album by Satanic Planet, the band of Lucien Greaves, Luke Henshaw, Justin Pearson and Dave Lombardo: eleven tracks on Relapse Records, with Three One G.
Witchthroat Serpent – Demons Left To Roam
The Toulouse doom band put out six tracks on Heavy Psych Sounds, recorded live to analogue tape at Kerwax, including an Eloy cover.
Cathedral – The Guessing Game (Rethink)
Rise Above Records releases “The Guessing Game (Rethink)” on 30 October, a reissue of Cathedral’s 2010 album with a new mix by Jaime Gomez Arellano.
The Gathering – Echoes Of Mandylion
The Gathering have released the live album “Echoes Of Mandylion”, of sixteen tracks, recorded at Doornroosje in Nijmegen from 27 to 31 August 2025, digitally on Bandcamp.
Avaland – Chemical Poetry
Avaland release “Chemical Poetry”, the French band’s third album, with twelve tracks. It is out on 30 October through Storytium, produced by Joost van den Broek.
Leng Tch’e – Hammered Into Collapse
Leng Tch’e release the EP “Hammered Into Collapse” on 23 October through Season of Mist: two tracks, digital only, and the first new material since “Razorgrind” (2017).
Temple Nightside – Cenotaph Severance
Temple Nightside release “Cenotaph Severance” on 30 October through Iron Bonehead Productions: the Australian band’s fifth album, with eight tracks, on CD and vinyl.
Polyphia – Be Not Afraid
Polyphia, from Plano (Texas), released “Be Not Afraid” on 23 October through Rise Records: a fifth studio album with twelve tracks and RJ Pasin as co-producer.
Dream Unending – Certain Uncertainties
Dream Unending release “Certain Uncertainties” through 20 Buck Spin: six tracks and guests including Leila Abdul-Rauf, on trumpet.
Ensemble Tikoro – Tortoise
Ensemble Tikoro, a five-voice choir from West Java, release “Tortoise” on cassette and digital, with parts two and three of the work.
Enslaved – Mið
Enslaved release “Mið” on 30 October through Nuclear Blast: eight tracks, two guests and the first album since “Heimdal” (2023).
Anagnorisis – Caregriever
Anagnorisis, from Louisville, release “Caregriever”, their fourth album and the first since “Peripeteia” (2016), on CD and vinyl.
Zero Hour – No Man’s Land
Zero Hour release the EP “No Man’s Land” with two songs, “Codes Of Violence” and the title track, plus their instrumental versions, on CD and digital.
Forbidden – Forbidden
Forbidden release their self-titled album on BLKIIBLK on 23 October 2026, the San Francisco Bay Area band’s first full-length since “Omega Wave” in 2010.
Skid Row have a new singer: Justin Sargent, who debuts on a cover of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
The band found Erik Grönwall’s replacement in their home state, after more than two years off the stage. Nick Raskulinecz produced the Who cover.
Ministry will play their last show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on 30 October 2027; the farewell tour reaches Barcelona on 15 April
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.
“Back to the Beginning”, Ozzy Osbourne’s last show with Black Sabbath, comes out on record and video on 11 December
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.
Saxon share “Medusa”, the second track from “Gods of Thunder”, out on 22 January
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
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).
Bruce Dickinson takes “PsychoGod” on a solo tour in 2027, with Spain getting only Rock Imperium in Cartagena
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.
Nigel Durham, Saxon’s drummer on “Destiny”, has died
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.
Laura Guldemond leaves Burning Witches after seven years, with Fireborn’s Jennifer Gruber filling in for the year-end shows
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.