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Scott Ian's memory of discovering Bon Scott-era AC/DC in a Queens lunchroom anchors a wide-ranging look at this week's metal news — from deathcore's long grind and hardcore's Northeast corridor to Deep Purple's health scare and New York's thriving underground.
New band registrations in World Metal Index's database have fallen every year since 2020, dropping from a peak of 3,894 new bands that year to 2,237 in 2025 — a 42.5 percent decline — even as Black Metal and Death Metal continue to dominate new band formation with over 10,000 bands each.
Triumph's sudden tour cancellation, Metal Church's new video, and Slayer's Reign in Blood turning 40 all point to a US metal scene wrestling with legacy, longevity, and what comes next for its touring circuit.
As of 2026-11-02, Ohio Metal Index has zero venues and zero logged shows tied to venues, meaning our Top 25 Metal Venues ranking currently returns no results — here's why we're publishing that honestly instead of guessing.
This week's national metal headlines — from FORBIDDEN's thrash tour to CRO-MAGS' new album progress and a genre-bending trap metal project — all trace back to lessons Florida's thrash, death metal, crossover, and NWOTHM underground already lives by.
Anthrax gets lampooned by MetalSucks' satire desk while Cro-Mags close in on a long-awaited new album — a reminder that New York's thrash and hardcore lineage is still shaping metal's present, not just its past.
From SKUMLOVE's Halloween signing to Candlepower Records and Fear Factory's costume cameo to Vinny Appice's Sabbath Knights show in Roseville, California's metal scene turned Halloween weekend into a full-on showcase of its depth and diversity.
From Ozzy's anti-metal preacher cameo resurfacing to Nonpoint's two-year album build and Killswitch Engage questioning the full-length format, this Halloween week in metal mixes seasonal novelty with real shifts in how US bands are releasing music.
A tribute concert for Ross 'The Boss' Friedman, Lamb of God's Headbangers Boat setting sail from the UK, Triumph's abrupt tour cancellation, and a batch of grassroots music video shoots — this week's metal news is about the road, the legacy, and the bands still grinding for it.
Bay Area thrash veterans rally for Death Angel co-founder Dennis Pepa's benefit show while Metal Church, Power Trip, and Skid Row keep the touring and release-cycle conversations moving across the US metal scene.
From a drummer swap in Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth to Joey Kramer's emotional Hollywood Bowl return with Aerosmith, this week's headlines keep circling back to California — and the state's black metal underground, led by bands like Tone, deserves just as much attention.
Labels go on a signing spree with SOIL, Haywire, Hawthorne Heights, and Currents while new music from Ruins Of Perception, Rev3rent, and Enslaved drops — plus a look at black metal's quiet global expansion and death metal's enduring vinyl legacy.
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