Alcest announce European tour with Agriculture for March and April 2027, with no dates in Spain
Alcest’s spring 2027 tour runs from Annecy to Porto with Agriculture in support, still touring behind «Les Chants de l’Aurore».
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.
Costin Chioreanu turns At the Gates’s «The Ghost of a Future Dead» into a full-length animated film
Century Media release a continuous animated film covering At the Gates’s full album, built around Tomas Lindberg’s final vocal takes before his death.
Anthrax debut three «Cursum Perficio» songs at a Brooklyn club and cover Sick Of It All
Anthrax previewed their first record in ten years at a sold-out Saint Vitus Bar show, including a surprise Sick Of It All cover.
Eric Forrest sings with Voivod again twenty-five years later: «One of the best tours of my life»
Eric Forrest stepped in for Denis «Snake» Bélanger and ended up playing Voivod’s entire European tour, twenty-five years after leaving the band.
Brann Dailor explains why «The Mastodon In The Room» addresses Brent Hinds’s death: «I was torn about it»
Dailor discusses the documentary released ahead of «Marrow Deep», Mastodon’s first record without founding guitarist Brent Hinds.
Blue Medusa, Alissa White-Gluz’s band after Arch Enemy, debut live in Berlin
White-Gluz’s new all-female band Blue Medusa played their first show at a sold-out Berlin club night alongside Kreator and Heaven Shall Burn.
System Of A Down release «Johnny» digitally for the first time, twenty-five years after «Toxicity»
«Toxicity»’s 25th-anniversary reissue finally gives «Johnny» a proper digital release and fixes the hidden track’s twenty-five-year-old title error.
Andy Williams, founding guitarist of Every Time I Die, dies at 48
Andy Williams, Every Time I Die’s founding guitarist and a professional wrestler, has died after collapsing during a wrestling event in Pittsburgh.
All Shall Perish return with their first new song in fifteen years and a crowdfunder to pay for the record
«Be As Kings, Be As Gods» is All Shall Perish’s first new song since 2011, backed by a $75,000 crowdfunding campaign for the full record.
Slayer open 2026 playing «Reign in Blood» in full, forty years on
Slayer’s first show in a year featured the full «Reign in Blood» album on its fortieth anniversary, plus tracks unheard live since as far back as 2014.
Behemoth preview «In League With Satan», the Venom cover featuring Shagrath, from «I, Scvlptor»
Behemoth’s «I, Scvlptor» pairs re-recorded early material with tributes to Venom and Bathory, featuring Shagrath and Sakis Tolis as guests.
Scorpions postpone all their remaining 2026 dates to 2027
Scorpions push their Mexico shows and Las Vegas residency to 2027, citing «unforeseen circumstances» and promising European dates for the same tour.
Bill Ward is mastering an eighteen-track album and says two or three more are already finished
Black Sabbath’s original drummer tells Drum Talk TV about a near-finished, genre-blurring new record and two or three more waiting behind it.
Headsend — 10 September 2026, Razzmatazz 3 (Barcelona)
Headsend play Razzmatazz 3 on 10 September, their first Barcelona show, ahead of November’s new EP.
Havok and Blood Red Throne — 24 September 2026, Salamandra (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Havok and Blood Red Throne play Salamandra in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat on 24 September, with Xonor and Eradikated opening.
Xandria, Seven Spires and Tulip — 24 September 2026, Razzmatazz 3 (Barcelona)
Xandria bring the Eclipse European Tour to Razzmatazz 3 in Barcelona on 24 September, with Seven Spires and Tulip.
Saturna — 25 September 2026, Laut (Barcelona)
Saturna present ‘Light and Shadow’ at Laut in Barcelona on 25 September, eight days after its release.
Evanescence — 1 October 2026, Olímpic Arena (Badalona)
Evanescence present ‘Sanctuary’ at the Olímpic Arena in Badalona on 1 October, with Poppy and Nova Twins, sold out.
Hitten and Haunt — 3 October 2026, La Nau (Barcelona)
Hitten and Haunt play La Nau in Barcelona on 3 October, the show’s second venue change; support band Stateless open.
The Riven — 4 October 2026, Razzmatazz 3 (Barcelona)
The Riven close their nine-date Iberian tour at Razzmatazz on 4 October, presenting ‘Visions of Tomorrow’.
Devin Townsend — 10 October 2026, Salamandra (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Devin Townsend plays a solo acoustic show with audience Q&A at Salamandra on 10 October, seated capacity.
Wucan and Anciients — 13 October 2026, Razzmatazz 3 (Barcelona)
Wucan and Anciients share the bill at Razzmatazz 3 on 13 October, presenting ‘Axioms’.
Eleine, Rexoria, Liv Sin and Serapis Project — 22 October 2026, Razzmatazz 3 (Barcelona)
Eleine, Rexoria, Liv Sin and Serapis Project share the bill at Razzmatazz 3 on 22 October.
Myrath and Roses of Thieves — 25 October 2026, Wolf (Barcelona)
Myrath present ‘Wilderness of Mirrors’ at Wolf on 25 October, with Roses of Thieves opening.
Suffocation, Ingested, Undeath and Eternal — 25 October 2026, Razzmatazz 2 (Barcelona)
Suffocation headline a four-band bill at Razzmatazz 2 on 25 October, with Ingested, Undeath and Eternal.
Archspire — 6 November 2026, Salamandra (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Archspire headline a four-band death-metal bill at Salamandra on 6 November, presenting ‘Too Fast to Die’.
Beast In Black and Sonata Arctica — 11 November 2026, Razzmatazz 1 (Barcelona)
Beast In Black and Sonata Arctica share the bill at Razzmatazz 1 on 11 November, with Frozen Crown opening.
Brujeria — 13 November 2026, La Nau (Barcelona)
Brujeria play La Nau on 13 November, presenting ‘Esto Es Brujeria’.
Kamelot, Exit Eden and Temperance — 21 November 2026, Razzmatazz (Barcelona)
Kamelot present ‘Dark Asylum’ at Razzmatazz on 21 November, with Exit Eden and Temperance opening.
Combichrist and XPQ-21 — 4 December 2026, Salamandra (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Combichrist bring an ‘Old School Electro Set’ to Salamandra on 4 December, with XPQ-21.
U.D.O. and Striker — 23 January 2027, Sala Apolo (Barcelona)
U.D.O. open their ‘Triple Anniversary Tour 2027’ in Barcelona, fifteen days after releasing ‘Voodoo Ranger’.
Obscura and Pestilence — 5 February 2027, Wolf (Barcelona)
Obscura and Pestilence headline Shred Fest 2027 at Wolf on 5 February, with Cryptic Shift, Thus and DVRK.
Amorphis and Insomnium — 9 February 2027, Sala Apolo (Barcelona)
Amorphis and Insomnium bring the Borderland Tour to Sala Apolo on 9 February, with Unto Others opening.
Frozen Soul and Darkest Hour — 12 February 2027, Razzmatazz 2 (Barcelona)
Frozen Soul headline a four-band bill at Razzmatazz on 12 February, the only Catalan date of their European tour.
Iron Maiden mark 40 years of «Somewhere in Time» with a vinyl reissue
Iron Maiden reissue «Somewhere in Time» on oxblood vinyl on 4 December, plus a nine-album box set marking the band’s fiftieth anniversary.
New Releases: July-August 2026
Seven July-August 2026 releases reviewed: Mono, Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe, Anthony Phillips and more, plus what’s coming this autumn.
New Releases: June 2026
Eleven June-July 2026 releases reviewed: Ayreon, Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest, The Samurai Of Prog and more.
New Releases: March 2026
Five March 2026 releases reviewed: Frost*, Agent Fresco, Wheel, Meer and a Krokofant live album.
New Releases: July
Eighteen July releases in brief: Rivers Of Nihil, Styx, Impureza, Crown Lands and more.
New Releases: June
Fourteen June releases in brief: Katatonia, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fallujah and more.