Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest will return to Denver for its fifth round, tapping the Fillmore Auditorium as home of the world’s loudest, heaviest, most extreme craft beer festival on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5, 2026. Southern doom supergroup Down will make its first Denver appearance in over 12 years to headline Saturday night... Continue Reading →
The Acacia Strain will headline a summer 2026 tour with support from The Callous Daoboys, Fromjoy and Mask. The headline run, titled "You Are Safe from the Dead Walk Here," kicks off June 4 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and runs through June 20 in Des Moines,Iowa. Tickets go on sale here at 10 a.m. local time Friday,... Continue Reading →
Groove metal act DevilDriver will release its 11th album, "Strike and Kill," on July 10, 2026, via Napalm Records. The record features the lineup of frontman and mastermind Dez Fafara, guitarists Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold, dummer Davier Ortega Perez and returning founding bassist Jon Miller. Pre-order "Strike and Kill" here, and watch the music... Continue Reading →
Denver, Colorado, doom metal band Khemmis will release its self-titled fifth album on June 12, 2026, via Nuclear Blast Records. It will be the band's first album since 2021's "Deceiver." Pre-order the album here, and watch the music video for the first single, "Invocation of the Dreamer," below. “We decided early in the songwriting process... Continue Reading →
Cleveland, Ohio, death metal band Nunslaughter has shared the new single and video "Jesus Fu*king Dies" from its upcoming album "Satanic Chaos Legions," due June 26, 2026, via BLKIIBLK (pre-order here). "This song germinated with one line from our guitarist, Tormentor, when he asked, 'Did Mary cum when Jesus was conceived?'" vocalist Don of the Dead... Continue Reading →
British guitarist Anna Cara will fill in for Nita Strauss in Alice Cooper's touring band while Strauss takes a break to welcome her first child this summer. Cara, 22, from Newcastle, England, has worked with Marc Storace (from the Swiss band Krokus) and Tommy Henriksen (guitarist with both Alice Cooper and the Hollywood Vampires). She is making her... Continue Reading →
Japanese metal band Babymetal will bring its 2026 world tour to North America and Latin America. Halestorm and Violent Vira will support on the North American dates. Tickets for the shows in the United States and Canada will be available starting with an artist presale starting at 10 a.m. Monday, April 6; you can sign... Continue Reading →
Vindicta, the new band featuring former Dogma members Grace Jane Pasturini (aka Lilith, vocals), Amber Maldonado (aka Lamia, guitar) and Patri Grief (aka Rusalka, guitar), has set June and July 2026 tour dates in Australia, Japan and Europe. "A new chapter takes shape and it will be just the beginning," the band said. The members... Continue Reading →
Hard rock act Eva Under Fire will release its sophomore album "Villainous" on July 10, 2026, via Better Noise Music. The follow-up to the 2022 debut record "Love, Drugs & Misery" is available for pre-order here. The band also has shared the video for the new album's title track, featuring Maria Brink of In This... Continue Reading →
Blue Grape Music has signed New Jersey deathcore act Torn Open to its global roster. The band will release the EP "Torn the Fuck Open, Vol. 2," the follow-up to its 2025 EP, on May 1, 2026. Pre-save it here, and watch the gory, horror movie-esque video for the new single "The Way Things Should... Continue Reading →
