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This week's metal headlines swing from Iron Maiden drum covers and David Ellefson's Bass Warrior tour to Fuming Mouth's Black Dahlia Murder support slot and a somber loss for Disfear — all while Ohio's heavy metal, death metal, and crust scenes keep grinding.
From mourning Disfear's Marcus Andersson to celebrating Atreyu's 20th anniversary reissue and Pennsylvania's own NWOTHM torchbearer Assassin, this week's metal headlines connect directly to the state's thriving underground.
Godflesh's industrial resurgence, Terror's hardcore torch-bearing, and a genre-blurring Falling In Reverse collab all echo through New York's metal underground — with industrial act Sin poised to fill a long-empty gap in the state's scene.
Butcher Babies' ironic new single 'Leaving California' anchors a week of news touching Studio City's Dio charity bowling event, LA hardcore vets Terror, and a wave of NWOTHM and heritage metal headlines rippling into California's underground.
From Cheetah Chrome's passing to Myles Kennedy's anti-AI stance and Primus's 6,100-applicant drummer search, this week's metal news makes a strong case that the human element in heavy music isn't going anywhere in 2026.
Dave Mustcomplain takes aim at Scranton's Motionless In White, John Goblikon connects nu-metal's comeback to economic dread, and Alex Terrible addresses controversy — all setting the stage for a deep dive into Pennsylvania's metalcore, thrash, and heavy metal underground.
Blackie Lawless digs into his pre-W.A.S.P. past at the Fox Theater in Riverside, KK's Priest locks in a 2026 Los Angeles date, and California's nu-metal roots get a fresh look as the scene barrels toward 2026.
Cheetah Chrome's death hits close to home for Ohio's punk and metal lineage, while Dave Mustaine's new 'Big Four' comments and a stacked ProgPower USA lineup spotlight the thrash and NWOTHM traditions Ohio bands like SSA, Catch 22, Tilt, and Filter keep alive today.
From mourning Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome to Fear Factory's bass shakeup and a fresh Miss May I video, this week's metal news connects back to Florida's own heavy metal, thrash, and metalcore underground.
World Metal Index's database shows 5,777 metal shows scheduled for 2026, with London leading all cities at 137 shows — but a missing 2025 baseline means we can't yet calculate real year-over-year growth.
From Chad Gray's 30-year retrospective tour to Turnstile's Five Guys takeover and a fresh wave of hardcore singles, this week's metal news shows legacy frontmen and new bands both rewriting their own rulebooks heading into 2026.
As of 2026-09-13, death metal accounts for 233 of the 600 bands in Ohio Metal Index's database — 39 percent of the state's entire indexed metal population, nearly double the next closest genre.
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