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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.
From Aaron Stainthorpe's messy exit from My Dying Bride to hardcore mourning Lou Koller and King 810 hitting the road, this week's national metal headlines all have an Ohio angle worth digging into.
From Anthrax's Hellfest fill-in drummer to Krallice's return to Profound Lore, this week's metal news doubles as an excuse to spotlight Florida's underappreciated thrash, doom, and black metal underground.
From Drain's tribute to the late Lou Koller to Krallice's homecoming on Profound Lore and Denzel Curry's free hardcore-leaning Brooklyn set with Knocked Loose, New York's fingerprints are all over this week's biggest metal headlines.
AC/DC's Alamodome show anchors a wide-ranging look at the week's metal news, from hardcore crossovers and deathcore tours to doom reinventions — all viewed through the lens of Texas's deep black metal, thrash, and stoner metal roots.
From Metal Church's rebuilt lineup debuting in Reading to Tony Iommi's solo teaser and Saint Vitus reopening in Brooklyn, this week's global metal news is all about reinvention.
Faith No More, Neurosis, Anthrax, and a wave of legacy metal news ripple south — here's how this week's headlines connect to South America's thrash, doom, heavy, and raw black metal underground.
Electric Bristol leads European Metal Index's venue rankings with 16 tracked shows — more than London's Underworld or Wolverhampton's Rob Halford-affiliated KK's Steel Mill, both tied at 14.
Greta Van Fleet, Five Finger Death Punch, Underoath, and Turnstile headline a week of major US metal news, while System of a Down, Faith No More, and Bruce Dickinson keep the genre's global legacy in the spotlight.
Judas Priest kicks off its Faithkeepers world tour, Neurosis returns after seven years, and the hardcore world mourns Sick of It All's Lou Koller — a full rundown of this week's biggest developments across the global metal scene.
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