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Spike Lee's red-hat claims put a spotlight on Jacksonville's Limp Bizkit, while a deathcore surge, classic rock reunions, and Evergreen Terrace's genre-bending cover all trace back to Florida's deep metal roots.
Kenny Hickey's revelation about a lucrative Type O Negative tribute offer anchors a wide-ranging look at New York's metal week, from goth culture's WWE moment to progressive metal's resurgence and the thrash elders still setting the pace.
From Showing Teeth and Convictions' fresh metalcore videos to Metallica and Rush's dueling Sphere residencies, Rainbow's 40th-anniversary reissue, and Ozzfest 2027 updates, today's metal news spans the whole spectrum of the global scene.
This week's national metal headlines — from a Miami-launched Coheed cruise to a wave of hardcore, thrash, and NWOTHM releases — keep circling back to themes Florida's scene has lived in for years.
Imperial Triumphant's jump to Metal Blade Records headlines a wild week for New York metal, while a guerrilla Times Square set gets shut down by police and the 2026-2027 touring calendar starts filling up with Ozzfest, Rush, and Bon Jovi.
Forbidden's drummer bails via social media, Death Angel and GWAR team up for a Metallica tribute, and California's long-overlooked heavy metal and NWOTHM underground finally gets some overdue ink.
A messy thrash metal exit out west, a new voice fronting a deathcore heavyweight, and a flood of 80s metal nostalgia all point back to Ohio's own deep bench of thrash, death, doom, and heavy metal bands.
Prong's venomous new single 'New Commission' anchors a week of metal news touching Hatebreed's hardcore return, Rosetta's atmospheric farewell album, and a black metal identity debate — all filtered through New York's deep metal lineage.
From Nita Strauss rocking an NFL halftime show to Prong and As I Lay Dying going self-titled and Down recruiting King Diamond, this week's metal news shows a US scene colliding with the mainstream while its underground keeps grinding.
Long Island's Steve Vai finally teams up with Joe Satriani for a debut SATCHVAI album while New York's Prong unleash a new self-titled thrash gauntlet — plus touring news, lawsuits, and underground bands worth watching this week.
From a Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry riot at San Diego's Petco Park to Billy Howerdel auctioning off A Perfect Circle's history, this week's headlines keep circling back to California — with Stryper's heavy metal legacy and the state's underrated NWOTHM scene finally getting their due.
If These Trees Could Talk get the MetalSucks treatment, Hatebreed and Vended push hardcore's reinvention era forward, and Scott Ian's AC/DC devotion doubles as a reminder of Ohio's quiet heavy metal and thrash lineage.
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