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From the Neil Peart documentary premiere and a star-studded Soundgarden/Black Sabbath tribute set to Metallica's deep-cut Sphere surprise and the loss of Sass Jordan, this week in metal was defined by legacy and remembrance.
US Metal Index's database shows Black Stone Cherry leading all touring bands with 18 scheduled shows — nearly double runner-up Breaking Benjamin's 11 — while 20 of the top 25 bands are bunched between 5 and 7 dates apiece.
Voivod's tour cancellation and a crowdfunding push for Moodring's Hunter Young reveal metal's real safety net, while Power to the People's all-star jams and Deafheaven's heavier new single spotlight the genre-blurring energy already thriving in Pennsylvania's underground.
Metallica kicks off their Sphere residency in Vegas as California-rooted thrash royalty, Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach talks going heavier after Aftershock Sacramento, and Bay Area death metal/grind act Deathgrave gets dissected by MetalSucks — a week that spans arena spectacle to underground grind.
This week in heavy music spans five decades — Molly Hatchet and Zebra return with new albums, Autumn Tomb debuts a doom project built from Sword and Zombi DNA, Haywire signs to Roadrunner, and Dave Grohl keeps living out his AC/DC fantasy.
From Tony Iommi's melancholic new single to Dave Grohl crashing AC/DC's stadium set and Exodus going fully digital, this week's US metal news shows legacy acts and underground bands pushing forward side by side.
Bruce Dickinson's teased Iron Maiden surprises, Immortal's complete discography box set, and All Shall Perish's long-awaited comeback singles all point back to Ohio's own patient, deep-rooted heavy metal, death metal, and doom underground.
This week's national metal headlines—from a doom supergroup featuring members of The Sword and Zombi to a slam band's full-length debut and Bruce Dickinson's Iron Maiden teases—offer plenty of reasons to spotlight Pennsylvania's own sludge, doom, slam, and NWOTHM underground.
Atlas drops a new single and video for 'Bittersleep,' and it's the perfect excuse to finally spotlight Florida's underrated heavy metal and NWOTHM underground alongside this week's doom, slam, hardcore, and legacy-act news.
Lamb of God's Mark Morton wonders why nobody rips off his band's sound — meanwhile New York's heavy metal, doom, hardcore, and experimental underground keeps proving originality is alive and well in the Empire State.
Venom's Cronos and Motörhead's Phil Campbell are gone, Exodus is going digital with Gary Holt, and Northern California's All Shall Perish just ended a 15-year silence — a heavy week for California's metal scene to process.
The metal world mourns Venom's Cronos and Motörhead's Phil Campbell this week, while Louisiana thrash veterans Exhorder chase a major label deal and the new release pipeline keeps the scene moving forward.
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