Ghost Cult scribe Wil Cifer ponders the previously unthinkable – what if there was a Type o Negative tribute concert to the late Peter Steele and to the bands’ legacy? Who would be able to fill those massive shoes and do proper justice to The Green Man, we all love so dearly. This is speculative and just a bit of playful, educated spell casting, nothing more. Peter is irreplacaeble, and we know that.
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival has announced their ull lineup for 2026. The 2025 fest shattered all records for attendance, and 2026 could move that needle even more witgh this lineup. Taking place May 14-17, 2026 at Historic Crew Stadium In Columbus, Ohio, and featuring Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, as headliners, Sonic Temple will host over 140 Bands across 5! Ticket info and the full lineup can be seen in the article below.Continue reading
System Of A Down and Korn will headline Sick New World Las Vegas on April 25th, 2026, at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The lineup also includes Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Danny Elfman, Knocked Loose, Ministry, AFI, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, and more. The festival will expand next year with the first-ever Sick New World Texas, set for October 24th, 2026, at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX, featuring System Of A Down, Deftones, and Slayer (performing Reign in Blood in full), among others.Continue reading
Beast Eagle have just shared their new single, “Witch Hunt,” via Golden Robot Records. It arrives as the band announce their new EP, Sorceress, due out November 21. Check out the new track and read more below.
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Alternative rock/metal group, Save Us, recently announced their signing to Solid State/Tooth & Nail Records. Featuring members from England and California, the band has now dropped a visualizer video for their new single, “Zero.” Watch it below and read more from Save Us.
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France’s dark progressive metal band, The Old Dead Tree, have returned with their new single, “Time Has Come.” The track is the second taken from the forthcoming EP, London Sessions, and comes with an official video. London Sessions will be released digitally, on November 28, via Season of Mist records. Watch the new video and find out more below.
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Militia Vox has just released “It’s Only Love,” a new duet with Corey Glover (Living Colour), featuring Vernon Reid and Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme). Watch the official music video for the track in the article below.
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Desertfest London have announced that American rock legends, Clutch, are to be the third and final headliners at the 2026 edition. They joining Green Lung and Hermano, and a host of others. This will be the band’s only UK show in 2026, and marks their first ever time playing the festival. Find more information in the article below.
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With all live performances concluded for 2025, progressive music titans, Dream Theater, have partnered with AMC Theatres, for advanced cinema screenings of their upcoming live release, Quarantième: Live à Paris. The concert album and film will be available on Blu-ray and CD, November 28th, via the labels Inside Out Music/Sony Music. Dream Theater also recently released the video of “Barstool Warrior.” Watch it below and find out more.
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From the underground to the big time, it’s New Music Friday. The Chunky Edition: Nov. 7th! ( 90 + )
A friend of mine describes bands that just seem to pop off in their respective subgenre of music as “having the sound.” Bands that really found the secret sauce for their artwork that resonates with many. Drain has been one of those bands in the crossover thrash space as they drop their third release, …Is Your Friend (Epitaph Records). Keeping it under thirty minutes but above the max of the energy meter.
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One of black metal’s most iconic bands, Mayhem, have announced their seventh studio album, Liturgy of Death. They have just unleashed the new single and video for “Weep for Nothing,” with the full album coming on February 5th, via Century Media Records. On the same day, they kick off a European headline tour. Catch the new video and more below.
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North Carolina groove metallers, WoR, have just announced that they have officially signed to the BLKIIBLK record label. In the same stroke, the band have shared their brand new single, “The Revenant,” along with an official music video. Watch it below and read more from WoR.
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