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PAIN returns with a brutally direct new single featuring Peter Stormare, Marilyn Manson expands his latest concept album, and legacy acts from Scorpions to Molly Hatchet make sure their histories get told right — all while the hardcore and metalcore underground keeps grinding forward.
Pennsylvania Metal Index now tracks 684 bands and 64 venues statewide — but only 8 upcoming shows, a gap that leaves Pittsburgh's 125 bands with zero scheduled dates.
Orlando's Trivium locks in a massive 2027 European tour with In Flames while Florida's underground death metal, noise rock, and deathcore scenes keep grinding on the home front.
Korn's 'Life Is Peachy' gets a 30th anniversary vinyl reissue with a bonus 'Twist' a cappella cut, while Butcher Babies, In This Moment, Carnifex, and a wave of new singles keep California's touring and underground circuits humming.
World Metal Index tracks 18,177 Death Metal bands but only 164 shows — and 84% of those bands formed since 2010, revealing a genre that's exploded in population while its live circuit and streaming presence lag far behind.
A festival tragedy, a Pantera bassist's reflection on the Metallica M72 tour, and Limp Bizkit's billion-stream milestone frame a week where Europe's metal scene weighs its biggest numbers against its most human realities.
Ohio Metal Index's data shows 48 new metal bands formed in 2020 — more than any other year on record — but new-band counts have declined most years since, dropping to 28 in 2025, even as Death Metal alone accounts for 144 of the 600 bands in our index.
Comeback Kid's Spiritbox-and-Incendiary-featuring Chosen Hell and its fall hardcore tour headline a busy national news week, but Pennsylvania's own black/viking metal, slam death, and doom underground have plenty to say too.
This week's national metal headlines — a Morbid Angel tribute, Kamelot's new single, a nu-metal comeback, and hardcore's biggest names — all trace back to Florida's deep roots in death metal, power metal, and hardcore.
Dee Snider breaks his shoulder in a backyard basketball game while Corrosion of Conformity and The Sword prep a tour launch in Buffalo — plus new music from Amon Amarth and Kamelot, and a look at what the road is costing metal's veteran frontmen.
A Chilean death metal frontwoman stuns Miss World judges, Five Finger Death Punch goes free at Red Rocks, and Maynard James Keenan refuses to let hip surgery derail his 2026 touring plans — this week's metal news spans the mainstream and the underground alike.
From Vola and Paleface Swiss's arena support slots to Hypno5e's noir post-metal video and Sweet's new live album, this week's headlines reveal where European metal's touring circuit and underground genres are quietly headed.
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