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This week's national metal headlines — Iommi's solo album, Amon Amarth's Viking myth-busting, and a wave of lineup and health news — offer a perfect excuse to spotlight Florida's own Cold, Amon, and Eerie alongside the state's underserved NWOTHM, melodic black metal, and industrial scenes.
House of Blues Anaheim leads California's metal venues with 5 indexed shows, but the ranking flattens quickly — ten venues are tied at just 2 shows apiece, according to California Metal Index's own database.
Dez Fafara corrects the record on his health scare, Neurosis returns with Aaron Turner, and a stacked Decibel Metal and Beer Fest lineup has us asking why Texas doesn't have its own death metal festival to match its deep underground roster.
This week's global metal headlines — from Rush and Judas Priest concert footage to Machine Head's reissue and a stacked Decibel Fest lineup — reveal both the touring gap South America still faces and the depth of its own underserved underground scene.
Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan leads all US venues in our index with 8 recorded metal shows, one ahead of Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL at 7.
From a MetalSucks review of Akron's If These Trees Could Talk to Ohio's underserved NWOTHM and death doom scenes, this week's national headlines all point back to what's brewing in the Buckeye State.
From Ozzy's new Orlando haunted house to a fresh reminder of Tampa's death metal birthright, this week's national headlines keep circling back to Florida's outsized role in heavy music history.
Judiciary's new EP and 'Wall of Skulls' single anchor a wide-ranging roundup of hardcore package tours, a crowded deathcore scene, 80s metal legacy news, and why Texas's black metal underground deserves its own spotlight.
As of 2026-07-29, South American Metal Index shows São Paulo alone accounts for 460 bands — more than Buenos Aires (227) and Santiago (165) combined — while 75.6% of all indexed bands in this dataset come from Brazilian cities.
This week's metal headlines — from Dez Fafara's tumor update to Keith Collins's dementia fundraiser and Chris Holmes's cancer diagnosis — reveal the hidden physical toll of a life in metal, with direct lessons for Ohio's touring bands and aging scene veterans.
National hardcore tours, a crowded deathcore field, and legacy reissues dominate this week's metal news — but the real story is how Pennsylvania's brutal death metal, slam, and raw black metal underground continues to build without the spotlight.
This week's national metal headlines — from a resurfaced Trivium/King Diamond collab to Fred Durst's merch meltdown — offer an excuse to check in on Florida's thrash legacy, hardcore ties, and underserved stoner, post-metal, and NWOTHM scenes.
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