In Extremo
In Extremo, the German medieval folk metal band with period instruments.
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.
Kamelot
Kamelot, the American band and a reference in power metal with a symphonic and gothic touch.
Angra
Angra, the Brazilian band that pioneered Latin American power metal.
Helloween
Helloween, one of the founding bands of European power metal.
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian, the German epic power metal band, known for its Tolkien-inspired lyrics.
Nightwish
Nightwish, the Finnish band that is a global reference in symphonic metal.
Sepultura
Sepultura, the Brazilian band that took thrash and groove metal to the world stage.
Anthrax
Anthrax, the New York band among the Big Four of thrash metal, a benchmark of the genre in the 1980s.
Megadeth
Megadeth, Dave Mustaine’s band (ex-Metallica), one of the Big Four of thrash metal.
Slayer
Slayer, one of the Big Four of American thrash metal, a byword for aggression and speed.
Metallica
Metallica, the Los Angeles band that took thrash metal into the stadium.
A book on thrash metal’s big four comes out on 10 November and starts the story in 1981
“Heavy Metal’s Big Four” is by Daniel Bukszpan, author of “Rush At 50” and “Iron Maiden At 50”, and works through Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer year by year.
Myrath cover Sting’s “Shape of My Heart” halfway through the tour that brings them to Barcelona on 25 October
Myrath have put the version out midway through the “Wilderness of Mirrors” tour, which has five Spanish dates and closes its European leg on 28 October in Villeurbanne.
Avaland preview “Face The Eternal” and release “Chemical Poetry” on 30 October
The third chapter of the French band’s metal opera, produced by Joost van den Broek. The track they’ve put out was the weakest on the demos until the riffs went in.
Agriculture release a European live album on Friday, most of it taped at Roadburn
“The Spiritual Sound, Live in Europe 2026” arrives digitally on 2 October and on vinyl and CD on 27 November. Seven of the ten tracks come from the Tilburg festival.
Faith No More return to Europe in June 2027 as headliners of Gdańsk’s Mystic Festival
It’s the first European date of the comeback, announced with a “Surprise! We’re alive!”. Faith No More have not played since August 2016, and in January and February they play four shows in Australia and New Zealand.
Disfear release “The Last Nail” on 20 November, eighteen years on and carrying the last recordings Tomas Lindberg and Marcus Andersson made
Eight tracks on Relapse, written across fourteen years and recorded in three. It’s the first record since 2008’s “Live the Storm” and the last to carry Tomas Lindberg’s voice and Marcus Andersson’s drums.
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats – Shapes of Midnight
Cut at Abbey Road in three days and put out on their own label: Uncle Acid’s seventh heads back to familiar ground, with Rachel Burnett’s saxophone the best thing on it.
Obús
Obús, one of the founding bands of 1980s Spanish heavy metal.
Barón Rojo
Barón Rojo, one of the founding bands of Spanish heavy metal with Volumen Brutal.
Saurom
Saurom, the folk metal band from Cádiz with epic and fantasy themes.
Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz, the Madrid folk metal band, the most popular on the Spanish scene.
Deep Purple
Deep Purple, one of the great founders of hard rock, with “Smoke on the Water” as a universal anthem.
Russian Circles
Russian Circles, the Chicago instrumental trio, somewhere between post-metal and post-rock.
Rosetta
Rosetta, the American atmospheric post-metal band from Philadelphia.
Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna, the Swedish post-metal band, a reference of the genre with Somewhere Along the Highway.
Neurosis
Neurosis, the founding band of post-metal, a direct reference for Isis, Cult of Luna and Rosetta.
Isis
Isis, one of the founding bands of post-metal, a reference thanks to Oceanic and Panopticon.
Altar of Plagues
Altar of Plagues, the Irish atmospheric black metal band, disbanded in 2013.
Deafheaven
Deafheaven, the American band that brought atmospheric black metal to the indie audience with Sunbather.
Alcest
Alcest, Neige’s French project, a pioneer of blackgaze, a fusion of black metal and shoegaze.
Agalloch
Agalloch, the American atmospheric black metal and dark folk band, disbanded in 2016 and reunited in 2023.
Wolves in the Throne Room
Wolves in the Throne Room, the American atmospheric and environmentalist black metal band.
Eyehategod
Eyehategod, one of the founding bands of New Orleans sludge metal.
Acid Bath
Acid Bath, the Louisiana sludge metal band, a cult reference with Dax Riggs on vocals.
Yob
Yob, the American atmospheric doom metal band led by Mike Scheidt.
Pallbearer
Pallbearer, the American melodic doom metal band, a reference of the genre’s new generation.
Candlemass
Candlemass, the Swedish band that gave epic doom metal its name with Epicus Doomicus Metallicus.
Cathedral
Cathedral, the British doom metal band of Lee Dorrian (ex-Napalm Death), with an increasingly psychedelic sound.
Sleep
Sleep, the Californian stoner-doom band known for the extreme work Dopesmoker, a single hour-long track.