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Alex Skolnick Trio's final 2026 show at The Iridium is being recorded for release, tying into a week where metal's elder statesmen — Iommi, Slash, the Osbournes — proved they're nowhere near done, with New York's own traditional and experimental scenes quietly doing the same.
Billy Corgan refuses to disown Marilyn Manson, Slash previews a new Conspirators album with a loaded metaphor, Orgy survives a click-track disaster, and California's underappreciated heavy metal underground gets its due.
From a Deep Purple cover reuniting Angra's lineage with Loudness in Japan to a blown click track in Texas, a torn bicep on tour, and a lawsuit involving an NFL cheerleading squad, this week in metal is all about the human-sized chaos behind the riffs.
From Turnstile's 60,000-strong benefit show on the National Mall to Welcome to Rockville's early 2027 lineup tease and the Tribbett brothers launching Dead Wyte, this week's US metal news spans mega-scale statements and scrappy new beginnings alike.
Massacre drummer Joe Cangelosi's new European tour with Carnivore A.D. headlines a week that also touches Florida's thrash, black metal, NWOTHM, and progressive metal underground.
World Metal Index data shows Death Metal (17,920 bands, 32%) and Black Metal (16,501 bands, 29%) together account for 61% of all 56,390 bands tracked globally, dwarfing every other subgenre.
From Dug Pinnick's new solo album to Dee Snider and Vince Neil's health struggles, David Ellefson's blunt take on the current Megadeth lineup, and fresh extremity from Infant Annihilator and Arcus, this week's metal news finds the genre's old guard reckoning with time while new blood pushes forward.
Welcome to Rockville's first 2027 names drop as Florida-born Marilyn Manson becomes the center of a loyalty-versus-backlash debate, with Dead Wyte, Dug Pinnick, and Marty Friedman rounding out a week heavy on metal legacy.
Carnivore A.D.'s 2027 European tour spotlights New York hardcore and thrash pedigree through Darkside NYC's Baron Misuraca, while Cradle of Filth's chaotic NYC bill and a wave of national veteran interviews round out a busy week for the scene.
From Scott Weiland's first-ever live album to Billy Corgan's defense of Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper's foggy memory of three entire albums, this week in metal is a meditation on legacy, loyalty, and what the road actually costs.
From Queensrÿche teasing a return to their classic 'Rage for Order' sound to Tony Iommi's renewed push for a Black Sabbath 'Born Again' remix, this week's metal news blends nostalgia with new releases from Oceans Ate Alaska, Entheos, Eva Under Fire, and more.
System of a Down's Rose Bowl run grows to three nights with Gojira now opening the new date, while Tony Iommi teases a long-awaited remix of Black Sabbath's 'Born Again' — a reminder that California's own heavy metal and black metal underground deserves just as much attention as the stadium headliners.
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