Milwaukee Metal Festival 2026 has announced day splits for its highly anticipated return to The Rave/Eagles Club, taking place June 5–7, 2026. In addition to previously announced headliners Acid Bath (Friday), Killswitch Engage (Saturday), and Ministry (Sunday), the festival has added Suicidal Tendencies and a wave of additional artists spanning the full spectrum of heavy music. The current day splits can be found below with more bands still TBA!  

ReedPOP, the company that runs several Cons, including Florida Supercon, has announced the postponement of the Miami based Con, from May to July 3 – 5th. For those affected by those dates, due to other commitments and travel concerns, ReedPOP has issued a statement about badge refunds…  

New location, new line-up, new formula but still the same metal feast! Metalmania Opener Air 2020 will happen on August, 29th in Warsaw (Summer Stage at Progresja Club)! Mayhem, Candlemass and At The Gates are the first bands confirmed for Metalmania Open Air 2020! Tickets are on sale NOW!  

FEARnyc, New York City’s biggest horror film festival, will present its 2019 festival from October 24 – 31, 2019 at Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and The Green Room 42 at The Yotel in Manhattan.  

Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s (MGM) “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” lands at this year’s “Halloween Horror Nights” in all-new chilling mazes at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood – bringing together the most twisted scenes and ghastly gags from the popular horror sci-fi film at the nation’s premier Halloween events.  

BLINK-182, SLAYER (final Chicago show), a reunited BIKINI KILL, THE RACONTEURS, RISE AGAINST, THE FLAMING LIPS (playing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots), JAWBREAKER, WEEN (playing The Mollusk),BLOC PARTY (playing Silent Alarm), DIE ANTWOORD, PATTI SMITH, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, VIOLENT FEMMES, DESCENDENTS, THE B-52s, MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, RANCID, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL and many more announced THREE-DAY PASSES NOW ON SALE Like a lot of good music, Riot Fest began in a basement, when a rabid fan wanted to connect his favorite bands with like-minded music lovers in Chicago. Fifteen years and 1,500+ bands later, Riot Fest returns to Douglas Park with a stacked array of bands to score the festivities—featuring many friends... 

Jason Douglas appears as ‘SATAN’ on AMC’s hit comic book adaptation PREACHER,and recently wrapped four seasons as Alexandrian everyman ‘Tobin’ on AMC’s worldwide phenomenon THE WALKING DEAD with one of the show’s most terrifying walker-turns. Jason is equally well-known for his work with FUNimation as the English voice of ‘Beerus the Destroyer’ in the Dragon Ball franchise, including the upcoming feature DRAGON BALL SUPER: BROLY. He’s also the voice of gamer-favorite ‘Krieg the Psycho’ in the perennial hit BORDERLANDS 2 from Gearbox.  

The upcoming OZZFEST New Year’s Eve celebration has expanded its headlining bill of some of the greatest names in rock to include a second (outdoor) stage. Concert-goers will now have 10 hours of entertainment before they ring in the New Year. Set for Monday, December 31 at The Forum in Los Angeles, OZZFEST will kick off with live music at 2:30 PM with sets from Zakk Sabbath, Devildriver and Wednesday 13 on the outdoor stage. Early concert-goers will also get to sip cocktails while also enjoying offerings from a variety of food trucks which will be set-up throughout the outdoor performance area, all available for purchase. Food choices include Mess Hall Canteen, Burger Monster, The Viking Truck, The Coconut... 

Jeffrey Nothing, also known as Jeff Hatrix, formerly the haunting voice and co-founder behind Cleveland’s alterna-metal and industrial collective MUSHROOMHEAD, has launched Hatrix Fest. The music festival is set to take place on Friday, October 26th in Cleveland, Ohio. The festival also features an appearance from former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis and his band A Killer’s Confession, as well as local punk/hardcore legend Don Foose and his band Lifeline.  

Yesterday at New York Comic-Con, the joint-announcement from Marvel and Netflix confirmed that the release for the upcoming Marvel series based on The Punisher had been pulled from the Con in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting this week. The removal of the panel, however, wasn’t the end of it.  

Founded in 2016 and based in Fort Lauderdale, Sonic Night Music is an artist-centric hard rock and heavy metal record label. Searching for hidden gems that span classic sounds to innovative genre-bending bands, the label works to find great bands to bring to the heavy metal masses.  

The Shazam film has always been the wildcard in the DCEU line-up. It’s not that the property has been odd or out of place for DC, but the fact that we’ve only heard that Dwayne Johnson is slated to play Black Adam, with a possible Black Adam spin-off in development. The curtain seems to lifted ever so slightly, as Warner Bros. has finally shed some details on the upcoming superhero film.