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This week's global metal headlines — from Exhorder's stance against A.I. in art to Blind Illusion's live album and The Ocean's Chile-referencing video — offer a lens for examining South America's own underdocumented death, black, heavy, thrash, and speed metal scenes.
From Amorphis and Insomnium's fall tour to Ohio's under-the-radar heavy metal revival led by acts like Three, here's what's shaking the metal world today — and how it connects back to the Buckeye State's scene.
From Pittsburgh space rock outfit Zombi to a stacked week of national metal news — Kamelot's concept album, Amorphis/Insomnium's tour, and a sludge metal retrospective — here's how it all connects back to Pennsylvania's underground.
Nicko McBrain's Titanium Tart kicks off in Sanford, Darkest Hour taps a Cannibal Corpse-adjacent producer, and Florida's sludge, melodic death, and NWOTHM underground get their moment in this week's roundup.
California Metal Index's data shows the state's 25 busiest touring bands have 178 combined upcoming shows — but only 3 of them have their next date booked inside California itself.
Haywire signs to Roadrunner and God's Hate refuses to slow down, Andrew W.K. goes full jazz-noir, Jay Weinberg opens up on therapy, and Billy Strings sits in with Cryptopsy — this week's metal news spans hardcore, thrash, and the genre's weirder fringes.
This week's global metal headlines — from Sacred Reich's thrash rebirth to Jay Weinberg's mental health openness and Billy Strings' death metal cameo — reveal trends that speak directly to South America's thriving underground.
US Metal Index's own data shows Death Metal accounts for 5,114 of the 23,094 bands in its database — 34% of all indexed acts — with Death Metal, Black Metal, and Thrash Metal together making up 75% of the entire US metal scene by band count.
MetalSucks reviews Akron post-metal act If These Trees Could Talk, a Columbus cop's Dimebag Darrell heroism resurfaces in a new interview, and Ohio's touring and heavy metal scenes have plenty riding on 2026.
GWAR's political satire, a Bad Wolves lineup shakeup over a posthumous Dolly Parton cover, punk royalty reuniting for the Ramones' 50th, and Dark Funeral's 30-year milestone all collide this week — with California's black metal underground and heavy metal revivalists tying it all together.
As of 2026-08-31, South American Metal Index's database shows Death Metal, Thrash Metal, and Black Metal together account for 55% of all 5,254 genre-tagged bands in the region — with Death Metal leading at 910 bands.
Iron Maiden's Toronto tour kickoff, Nicko McBrain's Florida side-project run, and a controversial Sharon Osbourne statement on Marilyn Manson headline a chaotic week in US metal, alongside NWOTHM nostalgia and underground scene spotlights.
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