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From Pearl Jam's surprise Ohana Festival reunion in Dana Point to Brujeria's newly announced European run and the passing of GWAR co-founder Chuck Varga, California's metal orbit had a lot to process this week.
Iron Maiden, Anthrax, and Megadeth kick off a monster U.S. tour, All Shall Perish returns with a second new single in 15 years, and Richard Patrick's A Place To Kill brings industrial rock back into focus this week.
From Leng Tch'e's grindcore return to Judas Priest's landmark reissue and Deep Purple's emotional reunion, this week's national headlines find a direct echo in Ohio's death metal and heavy metal underground.
From a dad-rock takedown of Scranton's Motionless In White to GWAR mourning co-founder Chuck Varga during a Beyond Hell reissue week, this week's national metal headlines carry real weight for Pennsylvania's scene — plus why the state's overlooked heavy metal and NWOTHM bands deserve a closer look.
Crypta's new-era single, a wave of power metal announcements, and a somber GWAR tribute all connect back to Florida's death metal legacy and its underrated heavy metal underground.
Sacramento indexes just 77 bands but shows 4 tracked shows — more than San Francisco (128 bands, 2 shows) and Oakland (88 bands, 1 show) combined, revealing a disconnect between band rosters and live show activity across California.
From Iron Maiden's stadium-sized package tour and Megadeth's 40th anniversary box set to Haywire's Roadrunner signing and chaos at Sound & Fury, this week shows metal's legacy circuit and underground scene moving on very different, but equally vital, tracks.
US Metal Index's database logs 4,298 metal shows for 2026, led by Atlanta (104), Chicago (101), and Denver (91) — but the previous-year comparison sits at zero, marking 2026 as the first real baseline year for touring data.
Saliva's new video leans on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant, Savatage's Wacken footage reminds everyone Tampa basically invented modern heavy metal, and Judas Priest's 50th anniversary reissue gives Florida's underserved NWOTHM scene a reason to celebrate.
Iron Maiden, Anthrax, and Megadeth kicked off their tri-state run in New Jersey this week, while Clutch, DragonForce, and a wave of hard rock signings give New York's scene plenty to talk about heading into 2026.
All Shall Perish's surprise return, Motörhead and Judas Priest reissue campaigns, and hardcore's ongoing identity debates all point to a California metal scene that's honoring its roots while refusing to sit still.
A flood of new music videos from Suicide Silence, Sicksense, and SIFYN collides with Tom Morello's Kneecap collaboration, a reignited Twisted Sister Hall of Fame grievance, and Dave Lombardo's latest underground project in this week's US metal roundup.
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