Death Metal Dominates Texas: 619 Bands Make Up 37% of the Scene
Texas Metal Index's database shows Death Metal accounts for 619 of the state's indexed bands — 37%, more than double the next-closest genre, Thrash Metal, at 349 bands.
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NWOTHM Gets Its Due: Eternal Champion Teams With New World Man as Carla Harvey and Trivium Keep the US Scene Loud
Eternal Champion teams up with New World Man on a new NWOTHM anthem, Carla Harvey's The Violent Hour drops a cinematic new video, and Trivium, Megadeth, and Deicide all remind us why the US metal scene's veterans aren't slowing down.
Festival Drip-Feeds, Post-Rock Short Films, and What It Means for Pennsylvania's Underground
This week's national metal headlines—from 2027 festival announcements to post-rock short films and metalcore's continued evolution—reveal trends already alive and well in Pennsylvania's own underground.
Deep Cuts, Dad Jokes, and a Relapse Debut: Anthrax and Undeath Show Off New York Metal's Range
Anthrax's catalog gets the deep-cut treatment from two outlets at once, Rochester's Undeath debuts on Relapse with 'Arterial Bombardment,' and a viral Turnstile security moment sparks a hardcore crowd-safety conversation — all roads leading back to New York's sprawling metal underground.
Reign In Blood Turns 40, a Bay Area Thrash Family Rallies for Dennis Pepa, and Hollywood Opens Its Doors to Metal Royalty
Slayer's 'Reign In Blood' hits 40 with a new liquid-filled vinyl, Death Angel's Dennis Pepa reveals a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, and Hollywood rolls out the purple carpet for Ozzy and Aerosmith — plus a look at the California bands keeping thrash and NWOTHM alive right now.
From Positivity Anthems to Purple Carpets: Metal's Week of Messages, Mergers, and Milestones
Skindred's new positivity anthem, Alien Ant Farm's gaslighter takedown, and the Osbourne family's purple-carpet Sabbath premiere headline a news cycle that also covers Haywire's Roadrunner signing, Deicide's 2027 Australian tour, and Arch Enemy's intimate LA show.
Down's 'Volume V' Teaser Lands as Touring Circuits Lock In Nevertel, Entheos, and a New Wave of Metalcore Comebacks
Down drops a long-awaited new single, Walls of Jericho and Darkest Hour return with fresh videos, and the 2026–2027 touring circuit locks in Nevertel and Entheos alongside major headliners.
DIETH's New Blood, Death Angel's Diagnosis, and Why Pennsylvania's Thrash and Death Metal Underground Keeps Showing Up
DIETH overhauls its lineup, Death Angel's Dennis Pepa shares a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, and Parkway Drive goes orchestral — this week's national metal headlines put Pennsylvania's thrash, death metal, and metalcore underground in sharp relief.
When the Voice and the Body Fail: Dennis Pepa, Chad Gray, and What New York's Doom Scene Already Knows About Mortality
Death Angel's Dennis Pepa and Mudvayne's Chad Gray both revealed serious health scares this week, a sobering reminder that New York's doom and black metal underground has been rehearsing mortality's themes all along.
Metal's Toughest Week: Death Angel's Pepa Battles Cancer, Chad Gray Fights for His Voice, and the Scene Answers With New Music
From Dennis Pepa's stage 4 cancer diagnosis and Chad Gray's terrifying vocal cord injury to new tracks from Eternal Champion, L7, and Obscura, this week in metal balances heartbreak with a scene that refuses to slow down.
Nevertel Scores National Tour Support as From Ashes to New Head Out on 2027's 'Reflections' Run
Florida metalcore/nu-metal act Nevertel lands a support slot on From Ashes to New's 2027 tour, plus this week's legacy rock package tours, vocal-health scares, and orchestral extreme metal news, viewed through a Florida lens.
Death Metal Dominates: 288 of New York's 897 Metal Bands Play It, New Data Shows
As of 2026-10-06, New York Metal Index tracks 897 metal bands statewide, and Death Metal alone accounts for 288 of them — 32 percent of the total, more than thrash and black metal's shares combined with room to spare.
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