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Dave Mustaine's memoir reopens old Megadeth wounds, Sepultura downsizes its farewell show, and a wave of new singles from Eleine to Saosin gives us an excuse to talk about where Pennsylvania's heavy metal underground fits into it all.
Suicide Silence's 'Graceless' title track, a Deathgrave review from MetalSucks, and W.A.S.P.'s El Cajon tour kickoff anchor a week that shows California's deathcore, grindcore, and NWOTHM scenes are all quietly thriving heading into 2026.
Suicide Silence's deathcore comeback, Sepultura's surprisingly intimate farewell show, and Slayer's chaotic God Hates Us All at 25 anchor a week that shows the US metal underground is as restless as ever heading into 2026.
From a new lawsuit filed against Mastodon by Brent Hinds' estate to Dave Mustaine's candid take on the Ellefson fallout, this week's metal news exposes the messy business side of the industry — alongside fresh EPs, a Slayer tribute, and Converge's Jane Doe turning 25.
Florida Metal Index's own database shows Death Metal accounts for 213 of the bands it tracks — 39 percent of all genre tags — more than double the next-closest subgenre, Black Metal, at 105 bands.
This week's national metal headlines — from Ov Sulfur's Slayer tribute to Metal Blade's 45th anniversary and Shane Embury's Ripper Owens collaboration — reveal patterns that run straight through New York's thrash, heavy metal, and grindcore underground.
From Obituary stepping in for Turnstile to Anthrax's setlist headaches and Neurosis's doom resurgence, this week's global metal headlines reveal why South America's death, black, thrash, and doom scenes deserve far more spotlight than they've gotten.
From Obituary stepping in on Turnstile's tour to King Diamond's guitarist shakeup and Slipknot's surprise single, this week's metal news is all about bands making hard calls on who belongs in the room.
156/Silence's confident new interview kicks off a week of national metal news — from Knocked Loose's festival takeover to Anthrax and Forbidden's returns — that all circles back to Pennsylvania's restless underground.
From a UK festival that happens to share a name with a Chilean death/thrash band to King Diamond's lineup shakeup and Arch Enemy's confident new era, this week's headlines reveal how legacy and continuity shape metal worldwide — and what that means for South America's underground.
US Metal Index tracks 5,114 death metal bands nationally, but only 71 shows — with one band, Citizen, accounting for 23 of them, revealing a stark gap between the genre's recorded size and its live footprint.
Arch Enemy's smooth transition to new singer Lauren Hart and King Diamond's confirmed split from guitarist Andy La Rocque highlight a week of lineup shakeups — with lessons for New York's heavy metal underground and Charlie Benante's Anthrax-adjacent side project keeping local thrash lineage alive.
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