Bryan Adams delivers a sharp dose of political satire in his new single ‘Lake Ontario’, tackling political distractions, national identity and the madness of modern politics ahead of his forthcoming album How’s It Goin’, out November 6 via BAD Records. Bryan Adams has never needed much more than a guitar and a good story to make his point. This time, however, the Canadian rock legend has politics firmly in his sights. Released today (28th October), his new single ‘Lake Ontari

British heavy metal legends Saxon have released “Medusa”, the second single from their upcoming studio album Gods of Thunder, arriving on 22 January 2027 via Silver Lining Music. The band have also announced a new run of European dates for 2027 and revealed that Armored Saint will join them as special guests on the previously announced UK and Ireland leg of their Gods of Thunder – World Tour. Inspired by the Gorgon of Greek mythology, whose gaze could turn mortals to stone, “

Bruce Dickinson will return to the stage with his solo band in 2027, bringing the PsychoGod Tour to venues and festivals across Europe, including seven UK headline shows. Photo credit Leo Liberti The tour will take place across two legs in the summer and autumn, with Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey joining as special guests for the November and December dates. The performances will mark Dickinson’s first solo shows since The Mandrake Project Tour concluded in Brazil i

London, you might want to make some noise for this one. Mammoth will film their headline show at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tuesday 24 November, giving an already highly anticipated night an extra reason to raise the roof. Photo Credit: Travis Shinn The show had previously sold out, but a final allocation of production hold tickets has now been released. For fans who missed out the first time, this is one last opportunity to get through the doors — and potentially into the

The Italian doom metal innovators return to European stages this October, bringing The Spin to life alongside special guests The Night Eternal, with five UK shows scheduled for November with London already Sold Out. Italian doom metal outfit MESSA are just days away from kicking off their European headline tour, bringing their distinctive blend of crushing riffs, haunting melodies and dark atmospheres to stages across the continent. Joining them will be fellow Metal Blade Rec

The symphonic metal powerhouse continues her new solo chapter with a powerful message about embracing change, ahead of her new album arriving on 15 January 2027. Photo Credit: Tobias Andersson Floor Jansen has unveiled her brand-new single and official video, “Everything Is Moving On”, the third track to be released from her forthcoming solo album, Hytress, due on 15 January 2027 via REVAMP Music / Warner Music. Following the previously released singles “RUN” and “Bring Me Si

Featuring legendary bassist Billy Sheehan, the modern rock outfit are heading to Britain this November for ten dates, including two festival appearances. THE FELL are back with a new single, “The Way I Love You”, released on 15 October alongside an official music video. Built around driving bass, explosive drums, soaring melodies and big guitar hooks, the track offers another taste of the band's modern approach to melodic hard rock. The four-piece boasts some serious musical

The symphonic metal giants announce an unexpected split with their longtime vocalist, bringing one of the band's most celebrated chapters to an end. Nightwish have officially parted ways with vocalist Floor Jansen after 14 years together, bringing an unexpected end to one of the most successful eras in the Finnish symphonic metal band's history. The announcement came on Thursday, 15 October, with both parties confirming that the decision was made by mutual agreement. In their

After 56 years and 19 studio albums, Judas Priest’s founding-era bassist steps away from the Metal Gods, with Uriah Heep and Elegant Weapons bassist Davey Rimmer taking his place. The 74-year-old musician confirmed the news on October 9, explaining in an emotional statement that worsening arthritis and a recent shoulder injury have made the physical demands of performing increasingly difficult. "For a long time now, when asked 'how long can you continue,' I've always answered

Trivium are stepping into a world of Japanese horror, haunted ambition and very large riffs. The Florida quartet have announced their eleventh studio album, Crown In The Grave, arriving on 20 November 2026 via Roadrunner Records, and released its title track alongside a new video. Photo Credit: Rob Aboltins The announcement also comes with a sizeable date for UK fans: Alexandra Palace on 3 April 2027, part of a UK and Ireland run with In Flames, Paleface Swiss and VOLA. A dar

Bokassa have announced their fifth album, Anomalies, due on 12 March 2027 through their own Kings of Stonerpunk Records. The Norwegian trio have also released new single “Cop Out” and confirmed a headline tour, including London’s The Black Heart on 17 April and Southampton’s The Joiners on 20 April. “Cop Out” finds the band leaning into their metallic hardcore roots, with a dose of thrash and very little patience for the music industry’s more embarrassing habits. Its targets

ELEINE have released “Liars Linger”, a new single and visualizer from their upcoming fifth studio album, The Water Taste Of Blood, due on 4 December via Algoth Records. With their European headline tour now underway and six UK shows coming next week, the Swedish band are taking the road to the new record through some suitably dark territory. Photo by unholypix Following “Watch As We Rise”, the latest single turns its attention to broken trust: the kind of betrayal that hurts

The Finnish band look to the stars on the final single ahead of Painstream, due on 30 October via Century Media Records. Blind Channel have released “Into The Void”, featuring Of Mice & Men’s Aaron Pauley. It is the final standalone single ahead of their forthcoming album, Painstream, and its big question comes with some uncomfortable implications: what if we really are alone in the universe? There is plenty of space in that premise, but precious little room for escapism. The

Brixton has a date with Satan. Behemoth and Dimmu Borgir bring their In League With Satan co-headline tour to O2 Academy Brixton on Saturday 17 October, with Dark Funeral completing a formidable bill. It is the only UK stop on the European run, which kicks off in Zurich on 9 October. The connection goes beyond the tour poster. Behemoth’s recent cover of Venom’s “In League With Satan” features Dimmu Borgir frontman Shagrath, bringing the two vocalists together on record ahead

Tony Iommi has released his new single “Stormwatcher”, accompanied by an official music video, as the countdown continues to his forthcoming solo album, From The Dark. The Black Sabbath guitarist gave subscribers an early preview before unveiling the full track and video. Now everyone can hear the latest piece of his return. The man helped write heavy metal’s language. A new chapter is always worth opening. “Stormwatcher” follows “World Alone”, the first single from From The

Slipknot will open their worldwide (sic)est Stadium Tour at London’s Wembley Stadium on 3 July 2027. It is currently their only announced show in the UK or Europe, with Marilyn Manson, Lorna Shore and Hatebreed joining them for the night. The band are promising new staging and a setlist spanning their career for the stadium run. After Wembley, the tour heads to North America in July, where Bring Me The Horizon will provide direct support, before reaching South America in Sept

London progressive punk-metal trio HAWXX have released a new video for “Sacred Water”, taken from their second full-length album, The World Splits Open, released on 26 June. The track explores humanity’s increasingly damaged relationship with water and the natural world. For vocalist Annouli Papadimitriou, the subject is particularly personal, having lived on a boat on the River Lea and witnessed the impact of raw sewage being discharged into the community. “Sacred Water” ope

Photo Credit: Dan Winters Clutch are back with a new album, and thankfully, they appear to have brought the riffs with them. The Maryland veterans have announced Wasted Lands, their 14th studio album, due for release on 22 January 2027 through their own Weathermaker Music label. Alongside the announcement, the band have unveiled the album’s title track, giving us the first proper look at what comes next after 2022’s Sunrise On Slaughter Beach. And this one sounds like it was

British rising rockers JAYLER have unveiled an ambitious new video for ‘The Getaway’ as they prepare to join Deep Purple for a mammoth 37-date arena tour across Europe and the UK. Photo credit: Blackham Images Taken from the band’s debut album, Voices Unheard, the track arrives with a visual built around freedom, brotherhood and the pull of whatever might be waiting beyond the horizon. No destination appears to be required. A classic Mustang and a warbird, however, certainly

DragonForce have officially opened the next chapter of their career with the announcement of their tenth studio album — and their first with Alissa White-Gluz at the microphone. Image credit: Alex Bemis Simply titled DragonForce, the record will arrive on 19 March 2027 through Napalm Records. The announcement comes alongside its first single, ‘Hunger Of The Beast’, accompanied by a high-energy performance video that offers the first proper taste of the band’s new dual-vocal a

Europe have released the title track from their forthcoming studio album, Come This Madness, which arrives this Friday, 25 September, via Silver Lining Music. Built around sharp metallic riffs, restrained verses and a suitably enormous chorus, ‘Come This Madness’ shifts confidently between quieter, atmospheric passages and the kind of soaring melodies and guitar work that have defined Europe for decades. “With Come This Madness, we wanted to write and produce songs in the spi

Imminence are taking Axis Mundi to the cinema before it reaches headphones. The Swedish metalcore band have announced a series of exclusive screenings created with Sumerian Pictures, in association with Sumerian Records, ahead of the album’s release on 2 October. The one-night events combine film with an early listen to tracks from the record, including previously unheard music. Never-before-seen visuals will also bring the Axis Mundi story to its conclusion. For fans who hav

Sabaton have given ‘Templars’ a new lease of life, recruiting Pop Evil frontman Leigh Kakaty for a fresh version of the track. Originally released last year to introduce the Swedish band’s eleventh studio album, Legends, the song now brings the two acts together ahead of their North American tour. “‘Templars’ was a hit with our fans when we dropped it last year,” says Sabaton vocalist Joakim Brodén. “Having a fantastic vocalist and musicians put their own stamp on the track a

The story of Back To The Beginning is not over yet. Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s historic final performance will arrive in cinemas worldwide on October 28, 2026, giving fans another opportunity to experience the landmark Birmingham farewell on the biggest possible screen. Produced by Mercury Studios and distributed globally by Trafalgar Releasing, Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning revisits the extraordinary show held at Villa Park on July 5, 2025. The concert p

Candlemass vocalist Johan Längqvist was rushed to hospital in Stockholm on Thursday morning following a medical emergency, forcing him to miss the band’s headline performance at the inaugural London MetalFest. In a statement released before the show, Candlemass confirmed that Längqvist had undergone extensive testing and remained under medical care while doctors attempted to determine the cause of his illness. The band wished him a speedy recovery but made it clear that the L

Slipknot have returned with “Arsenal”, their first completely new song since the release of The End, So Far in 2022 — and the opening strike from a considerably different version of the Iowa giants. The surprise single marks the recording debut of former Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande, who joined Slipknot in 2024 following the departure of Jay Weinberg. It is also the band’s first release since parting ways with longtime members Craig Jones and, more recently, turntablist

Finnish modern metal outfit BLIND CHANNEL have shared their new single and music video, ‘Stars We See’, offering another glimpse into their forthcoming studio album, Painstream. Transforming an existential crisis into a powerful message of hope, the track explores some of the new sounds and themes the band discovered during their recent break. It also reveals a more optimistic side of the upcoming record. “We’re incredibly relieved and grateful to have our band back, and abso

BLUE MEDUSA, the new band led by former ARCH ENEMY vocalist ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ, have unleashed their powerful third single, ‘CROCODILE.’, following ‘Checkmate’ and ‘Flying Monkey’. Dark, tense and deeply unsettling, the track captures the creeping sensation that danger is close at hand, lurking beneath an apparently safe or familiar surface. “‘Crocodile.’ is about that feeling that you’re being watched… that instinctive dread when you know something dangerous is nearby, even t

Tailgunner bassist Thomas Hewson has published a 36-page open letter responding to the allegations of sexual abuse and repeated abusive behaviour made by guitarist Jara Solís. Hewson categorically denies the allegations and asks readers to consider what he describes as the complete chronology of their relationship and the contemporaneous communications included in his statement. The letter follows the statement released by Solís in August, in which she described her account o

October is already the natural habitat of Creeper, and this year the Southampton goth-rock storytellers will make it even darker with four UK headline shows accompanied by Calva Louise and firm The Riff favourites Starbenders. Formed in Southampton in 2014, Creeper have spent more than a decade turning punk rock into something increasingly ambitious, theatrical and gloriously macabre. Every new chapter has arrived with its own characters, mythology and visual identity, taking

London heavy rock trio THE MOTHERZ have released their first live album, Live in Antwerp, recorded during the band’s debut European tour at the legendary Kid’s Rhythm ’n’ Blues Kaffee in Belgium. Formed by bassist and vocalist Cedric Pfister, guitarist Miguel Montalban and drummer Jake Cook, THE MOTHERZ are still in the early stages of their story. Having released a handful of singles since making their recorded debut with Sweat, Live in Antwerp becomes their first full-lengt

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats have shared ‘House By The Grave’, the opening track from their forthcoming album, Shapes Of Midnight, arriving on 18th September via Killer Candy Records. Partly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque Of The Red Death, the record promises another descent into the band’s unmistakable world of vintage horror, psychedelic distortion and gloriously sinister riffs. “This is one of my favourite songs that we’ve ever done and the perfect way to open up

Mixed Up Everything are four Australian brothers with enough hair between them to make the entire Sunset Strip circa 1987 look worryingly short-haired. The good news? They can play their arses off too. The Melbourne-born rockers — Todd, Kevin, Blake and Koby Dhima — return this Friday with new single “In Your Shoes”, continuing the journey of one of those bands you might first discover because of a ridiculously good cover on the internet, only to stick around because their ow

Guitarist Jara Solís has released a statement alleging sexual abuse and repeated abusive behaviour involving Tailgunner bassist Thomas Hewson. Her account sets out a chronology of her experiences and disputes the band’s public characterisation of the case as closed. Hewson has previously denied all wrongdoing. Solís says their initial contact began in March 2025. She joined Tailgunner’s summer tour that June, during which she says the first incident of sexual abuse occurred.

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RØRY has released ‘SWALLOW’, the final single to be revealed ahead of her second album, BLOODLETTING, arriving on 11th September via SADCØRE RECORDS. One of the alternative artist’s most urgent and emotionally exposed songs to date, ‘SWALLOW’ explores the disorientating place grief can take us: suspended somewhere between wanting to continue living and longing to be reunited with somebody who is gone. “SWALLOW is about the place grief can take you, where you feel suspended so

Ozzfest is officially coming back Sharon and Jack Osbourne have confirmed that the legendary rock and metal festival will return in 2027, beginning with two days at Villa Park in Birmingham — the same ground that hosted Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s historic Back To The Beginning farewell in July 2025. The plan is then to take Ozzfest across the Atlantic for a further two-day event somewhere in North America. No exact dates, line-up or American location have yet been anno

With exactly one week to go until Ghost return to the big screen, the band have given fans another taste of what awaits inside 2 BIG TO RIG — and this time, it’s a full performance of “Umbra”. Released today, August 19, the new clip captures Papa V Perpetua and the Nameless Ghouls performing in front of a packed Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, complete with all the cowbell, swagger and theatrical excess you would expect from the SKELETOUR. There was actually a brief f

DOWN have officially announced their long-awaited new studio album, Volume V, set for release on November 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. And yes, there is already a first taste. The New Orleans heavyweights have released “Blood Oath”, complete with an official video, and it takes only a few seconds to remove any doubt about who has entered the room. The riffs arrive thick, hostile and unmistakably Southern, while Phil Anselmo sounds entirely at home roaring above them. As Pepp

Four weeks. That's all that stands between us and the arrival of London Metalfest. On September 11th and 12th, a brand-new metal festival will hit the capital, bringing a distinctly European festival spirit to the heart of Camden — and with exactly four weeks to go, the countdown is officially on. London certainly isn't short of gigs. What it has perhaps been missing is something that feels a little more like the European metal festival experience: multiple stages, a packed d

There was a total solar eclipse. Six planets aligned across the morning sky. And, just when the universe had exhausted its supply of unlikely events, Ritchie Blackmore walked onto a stage with Deep Purple. Yes, It really happened… On August 12, Blackmore joined Deep Purple at the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, to perform “Smoke on the Water”. It was his first appearance with the band since leaving in 1993 — 33 years ago. Carrying his yellow Fender Stra

Swedish metalcore visionaries Imminence will bring the world of Axis Mundi to Europe in early 2027, accompanied by August Burns Red and House of Protection. The Axis Mundi Tour will begin in Gothenburg on 8 January before visiting Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Finland and Norway. It will conclude with three Scandinavian shows, including the band’s first hometown headline performance in Malmö for more than a decade. For the

Blind Channel are officially back. The Finnish nu-metal outfit have ended their hiatus and announced their new album, Painstream, arriving on October 30 via Century Media Records. Painstream will be the follow-up to 2024’s Exit Emotions and marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band. Blind Channel stepped away from the spotlight towards the end of 2024, while the departure of vocalist Joel Hokka in 2025 left their future looking increasingly uncertain. Now, the silence

The British legends have launched their 2026 Faithkeepers European tour with a 17-song set celebrating over 50 years of metal history. The opening night took place at BOBfest in Mönchengladbach, Germany, on July 25, before the tour continued through several major European arenas and festivals, including a headline appearance at Wacken Open Air. Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner, Andy Sneap, Ian Hill and Scott Travis opened the show with “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’”, immediate

Germany's FUTURE PALACE unleashed their fourth album RESURGENCE on July 31 via Century Media . The album is a powerful exploration of isolation, inner conflict, and the struggle to rebuild oneself. Blending post-hardcore intensity with cinematic electronics, soaring melodies, and crushing breakdowns, the Berlin trio dives deep into themes of depression, doubt, and emotional transformation. Ultimately, Resurgence captures the fragile moment where despair slowly turns into stre

After weeks of speculation surrounding the band's future, Greta Van Fleet have officially lifted the curtain on their next chapter. The Michigan rock quartet have announced their fourth studio album, Palace For The People, due for release on October 9 via Republic Records, while unveiling its second preview, the heartfelt new single "Saw You Stand." Following the release of "Play Your Games" back in May, the new track reveals a more vulnerable side of the band. Beginning as a

Forget the masks for a moment. The mystery surrounding PRESIDENT may have sparked the initial conversation, but it's quickly becoming clear that the music is doing the real talking. With every release, the anonymous collective continues to prove they're far more than clever marketing—and Dark Heaven might just be their strongest statement yet. Released today, the new single will be part of the band's debut full'lenght album, Blood Of Your Empire, due on September 4 via Atlant

Germany's rising force in melancholic heavy metal, THE NIGHT ETERNAL, have released 'Caught In A Spell', the latest single taken from their upcoming album Cold Velvet, due out on August 21 via Metal Blade Records. Built around a hypnotic groove, soaring twin guitars and a huge sing-along chorus, 'Caught In A Spell' perfectly captures the band's unique blend of classic heavy metal, dark rock and gothic atmosphere. The accompanying video, directed by Robert Piel, follows a...

When the architect of heavy metal releases a new album, the entire scene pays attention. Just over a year after Black Sabbath's emotional farewell performance at the Back To The Beginning concert in Birmingham, Tony Iommi is proving that retirement has never been part of his vocabulary. The legendary guitarist has announced From The Dark, his first full-length studio album in years, arriving October 23 via BMG. Photo by Ross Halfin Leading the announcement is the explosive ne

After the recent departure of original guitarist Andy LaRocque, King DIamond unveiled his replacement.