Temple Nightside release “Cenotaph Severance” on 30 October, six years after “Pillars Of Damnation”
Eight tracks for the Australians’ fifth album, on CD and vinyl through Iron Bonehead. The advance track is “Soul Defilement”.
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.
Zero Hour return on 16 October with the EP “No Man’s Land”, with Erik Rosvold singing for the first time since 2003
Two new songs running past thirteen minutes each, plus instrumental versions of both. Out on the band’s own label, CynNormal Lab.
Paradise Lost reissue “Ascension” with a Dolby Atmos mix and the two songs only the sold-out digipak carried
The limited edition came out on Friday through Nuclear Blast with twelve tracks on CD and a Blu-ray Audio, alongside a “This Stark Town” lyric video.
Azarath release “Scorn Eternal” on 20 November, six years after “Saint Desecration”
Ten tracks cut between December 2025 and this May, with Behemoth’s Inferno on drums and first single “Herald of the Unseen” already out.
Kai Hansen – Born With a Hammer
Kai Hansen’s second solo studio album, ten years after the first, with players from Carcass and Heaven Shall Burn and an eight-minute piece at the centre.
Devin Townsend releases the Groningen live recording of “The Moth” on CD and Blu-ray on 6 November, with a video for “Lexin”
“The Moth (The War – Live From Groningen)” captures the album’s live debut on 28 March 2025 at De Oosterpoort, and now gets its own release.
Chuck Varga, GWAR’s Sexecutioner, dies at 68, five months after the band made his cancer public
A founding member of the band, he played the Sexecutioner from 1985 to 2022 and co-founded Richmond’s Slave Pit collective. Bassist Casey Orr announced his death.
Thundermother announce “Mothers Of Thunder” for 5 February, and the first single plays “Smoke on the Water” backwards
The Swedes’ seventh album is their first studio one for Napalm. On “Restless”, Linnéa Vikström Egg sings a father-daughter argument with her actual father.
Polyphia release “Be Not Afraid” on 23 October and play Razzmatazz Sala 1 on 22 November
The Texas quartet’s fifth album comes out on Rise Records with twelve tracks, and the Live Nation world tour stops at Razzmatazz with Perturbator.
God Mother – Köttvärld
Twenty-five minutes and twelve tracks: the Swedes go back to the grindcore of their first records and fold in mathcore, sludge and a saxophone at the end.
Bullet For My Valentine release “Social Apocalypse” on 19 March 2027 and play the Sant Jordi Club on 23 January
The Welsh band’s eighth album carries ten tracks, Chrissy Costanza and Will Ramos guesting, and a European tour that stops in Barcelona two months before.
Clutch release “Wasted Lands” on 22 January, the first album Machine has produced for them since 2015
Twelve tracks cut at the Doom Saloon in Frederick, with banjo for the first time on a record by the Maryland four-piece and producer Machine back.
Dream Unending release “Certain Uncertainties” on 30 October, six tracks with Leila Abdul-Rauf on trumpet on the title track and a guest from Magic Circle
The third album by the duo of Derrick Vella and Justin DeTore comes out on 20 Buck Spin with six tracks, an Arthur Rizk mix and a Benjamin Vierling cover.
Ensemble Tikoro take Sundanese overtone singing into extreme metal and release “Tortoise” on 23 October
Five voices from West Java mixing extreme metal technique, overtone singing and the voices of the demons from the Wayang Golek puppet theatre.
Wolfbrigade release “Howl From Underground” on 9 October, their first album in a decade they haven’t produced themselves
Twelve tracks cut by Lawrence Mackrory in a converted Baptist church, with drummer David Stark back behind the kit eleven years on.
Burner – No One Is Coming To Save Us
The south Londoners open at 7:45 and close at 7:39 on a record that until now would have gone straight at it: Burner’s second album trades the burst for atmosphere, and it works.
Deathchant – KOVA
The fourth album from the Los Angeles band is named for a dead friend, and its closing eighteen minutes are the best thing they’ve cut: “Ruin”, “Forgiveness” and a 1:45 “Requiem”.
Godflesh – Decay
Six tracks out of the same sessions as “Purge” and not a crack of light in them: Godflesh’s tenth album ends on eleven and a half minutes that take up more than a quarter of the record.
Motörhead put out a forty-year-old “Orgasmatron” on 6 November, with a new Cameron Webb remix
The fortieth-anniversary edition carries the remastered original mix, a new remix built from the stems and the complete 1986 Friday Rock Show session.
Three musicians from Ripping Corpse and Dim Mak regroup as Temple of Bones, with a debut due on 13 November
Relapse have signed them and release “Walk The Winds”, six tracks produced by Monster Magnet’s Phil Caivano. “Black Horizon” is the first taster.
RAM release “Against” on 9 October and bring it to Barcelona on 6 December
The Swedes’ first album in seven years arrives on Metal Blade with eleven tracks, and their December run through Spain stops at Barcelona’s Upload.
Enslaved and Sólstafir bring a twenty-one-date shared European tour to Razzmatazz 2 on 14 February 2027
Barcelona is the tour’s only Spanish stop when the two Norwegian bands go out together in February 2027. Tickets go on sale on 25 September.
Prong release a self-titled record on 6 November, their first for Napalm Records
Eleven songs mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap, plus two bonus tracks on the CD. They’ve previewed “Fear The Sun”, which Tommy Victor compares to “Beg To Differ”.
Anagnorisis return on 23 October with “Caregriever”, ten years after their last record
The Louisville black metal band’s fourth record comes out on 23 October on CD, vinyl and cassette through four different labels. They’ve previewed “Choke”.
Remote Viewing – STATE VIOLENCE
Seven tracks and forty minutes of noisy sludge from London, with cello and acoustic guitar in the middle of «HUMAN RIGHT$». The band’s fourth record, out on Human Worth.
Krallice – Scour Order
Eight tracks and sixty-three minutes of avant-garde black metal, with Colin Marston back at the desk. The New Yorkers’ first full-length since «Inorganic Rites».
King Buffalo close a four-year gap with «Doomsayer», out 4 December
The Rochester trio’s seventh record comes out on 4 December on Stickman Records. «The Slick and the Dead» is the first preview, and pre-orders open Friday.
Zero Hour release «No Man’s Land» on 16 October, a two-song EP on their own label
Two new songs and instrumental versions of both, on CD and digital through CynNormal Lab Recordings. It’s the band’s first new material since «Agenda 21», from 2022.
DragonForce release a self-titled tenth record on 19 March, their first with Alissa White-Gluz
The band’s tenth record comes out on 19 March 2027 on Napalm Records, produced by Jens Bogren. «Hunger Of The Beast» is only streaming on YouTube until Thursday.
Brent Hinds’ estate demands Mastodon value his stake in the band and share the merchandise money
A new statement from the family details the 3 September lawsuit: an accounting, a valuation of Hinds’ stake in the band’s companies, and a share of the merchandise money.
Artificial Brain announce «Antillia» for 13 November, the first album with Mike Paparo singing
Fourth album from the technical death metal band, now based in Richmond and fronted by Inter Arma’s singer. They’ve previewed «Quantum Malignancies».
Ian Hill misses his first Judas Priest show in fifty-six years with a torn tendon in his left arm
The founding bassist didn’t play Monday at London’s Eventim Apollo. Davey Rimmer, of Uriah Heep, stood in — Hill’s first absence since 1970.
Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex
Green Carnation close their Rimbaud-inspired trilogy with three band tracks and a 17-minute orchestral suite performed with no distortion, bass or vocals at all.
Nevermore announce twenty-one European dates for 2027, with one in Barcelona on 20 May
Nevermore announce twenty-one European dates for spring 2027 under the ‘Liminal Spaces’ banner, playing Barcelona on 20 May.
TEMIC preview «Ashes», third track from «Ceiba», their album about loss out 2 October
TEMIC preview ‘Ashes’, the third track from ‘Ceiba’, their concept album about loss, out 2 October through Season of Mist.
Abbath’s drummer, Ukri Suvilehto, leaves the band and offers himself for new projects from 2027
Abbath’s drummer Ukri Suvilehto leaves the band with no explanation given, five days after all remaining 2026 shows were cancelled.
Angelus Apatrida join the 70000 Tons Of Metal 2027 bill, two months after their first EP for Napalm
Angelus Apatrida join the 70000 Tons Of Metal 2027 cruise bill, two months after ‘The Reckoning’, their first EP for new label Napalm Records.
Moonspell left without visas, drop out of Cradle of Filth’s North American tour; Blackbraid steps in
Moonspell drop out of Cradle of Filth’s North American tour over visa delays; Blackbraid takes their place on the bill.
«Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?» turns forty and Megadeth mark it with a limited box set on 25 September
Megadeth mark the fortieth anniversary of ‘Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?’ with a limited box set out 25 September, forty years to the day after the US release.
Amon Amarth recorded «The Allfather Awakens» song by song, not moving on until each one was finished
Amon Amarth release ‘The Allfather Awakens’ on 2 October, recorded song by song rather than instrument by instrument, and tour Barcelona on 13 November.