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From a viral proposal at a Sanguisugabogg show to Bad Brains' unearthed 1979 studio tapes and a fresh Motörhead remix, this week's headlines connect Ohio's death metal and heavy metal underground to a much bigger conversation about legacy.
Suicide Silence's brutal new Graceless single and Stryper's ambitious plan for three more albums bookend a wild week for California metal, while hardcore's 'procore' debate and a free LA doom show round out the state's ever-expanding scene.
This week's global metal headlines — from a reforming grunge band's name coincidence to Kamelot's expanded tour and Satanic Planet's new video — expose just how under-covered South America's thrash, black, death, and doom scenes really are.
King Diamond's Halloween reissue, Angry Anderson's death, a Rush documentary, Europe's new single, and Dave Mustcomplain's ever-widening genre gauntlet all point to a US metal scene honoring its roots while quietly building out its most underserved corners.
From Bullet For My Valentine's star-studded new single to Stryper's 21-album ambition and Whiplash's thrash resurgence, this week's national headlines find their echo in Ohio's deathcore, thrash, heavy metal, and progressive underground.
This week's national metal headlines — from High On Fire's 2027 tour dates to Bloodlines hitting the road with Demon Hunter — trace a touring map that keeps circling back to Pennsylvania, with implications for the state's doom, hardcore, and heavy metal underground.
From Whiplash's new thrash single to Enslaved's prog-black evolution and a wave of noise rock chaos, this week's national metal headlines line up perfectly with what Florida's underground is already doing.
From Chad Gilbert's passing to doom's quiet resurgence and hardcore's messier headlines, this week's global metal news finds direct echoes in South America's underrepresented heavy, doom, and crossover scenes.
From James Hetfield's tribute to Tony Iommi and Ministry's first 'Scarecrow' performance in 20 years to fresh extremity from BRAT, Nile, and Justifications, this week's headlines show US metal honoring its past while pushing hard into what's next.
Pennsylvania Metal Index's venue rankings show five venues — Keswick Theatre, Mr. Smalls Theatre, Palace Theatre in Greensburg, Penns Peak, and Wind Creek Event Center — tied at the top with 1 indexed show each, revealing a wide-open, statewide spread rather than a single dominant metal hub.
Armored Saint's Joey Vera claims his band never belonged to a scene, but California's sprawling heavy metal and NWOTHM underground — plus a KK's Priest tour stop in El Cajon — tells a more complicated story.
World Metal Index data shows Athens leads all cities with 581 indexed bands but zero upcoming shows, while London — with 96 fewer bands — accounts for 120 of the 1,575 upcoming shows tracked worldwide.
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