Riot Fest has unveiled the official by-day lineups for its 2026 return to Douglass Park, taking place September 18 – 20. This year’s festival brings together over 100 artists spanning generations, with daily headliners including Twenty One Pilots (Friday), Tool (Saturday), and Pierce The Veil and Alanis Morissette (Sunday). Fresh off its landmark 20th anniversary, Riot Fest continues to celebrate both legacy and evolution, pairing genre-defining icons with the next wave of artists pushing music forward. The 2026 lineup features Morrissey, Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Pixies, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, The All-American Rejects, Nas, Patti Smith & Her Band, Social Distortion, Bad Religion,... 

After 7 long-awaited years, DEVOURMENT returns with Pious Impiety. The 7″ EP relentlessly churns through some of the band’s most disgustingly heavy, trademark brutal slabs of slam to date!<  

Japanese horror-inspired USBM outfit SAIDAN will be releasing its highly anticipated fourth LP, ‘FANGDRILLER: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrist,’ on June 19 via Avantgarde Music!  

Tampa Death Fest returns to the legendary Brass Mug for its 8th annual edition on September 4th and 5th, 2026, delivering one of the strongest underground death‑metal weekends in Florida.  

LEFT TO DIE unleash their debut full-length Initium Mortis, next month on July 17, 2026. Today, LEFT TO DIE share the album’s second single “Witch of Hell”; which originates back to some of DEATH’s earliest live demos!  

WHITECHAPEL will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a special North American headlining tour this Fall where they‘ll perform songs from their entire discography! Presented by Live Nation, the trek will commence on November 11th in Atlanta, Georgia and run through December 18th in Pelham, Tennessee. Support will be provided by Chelsea Grin, The Acacia Strain, and Netherwalker.  

Richmond’s IRON REAGAN returns with their original lineup for the thrashing new EP, DEMONETIZATION. DEMONETIZATION (out September 18) are available on Relapse.com here: https://www.relapse.com/pages/iron-reagan-demonetization 6 blistering tracks clocking in at just 10 minutes, DEMONETIZATION shows the band (Tony Foresta, Ryan Parrish, Dr. Guitar, Phil Hall, and Adam Guilliams) crushing through the Punk, Hardcore, Fastcore, Thrash Metal, and more that have made IRON REAGAN a mainstay since their original 2012 demo. IRON REAGAN’s most Punk lineup returns to deliver breakneck music at breakneck speeds. “Very excited to release new music with the original Iron Reagan lineup,” says Foresta. “This... 

Atmospheric metalcore powerhouse 156/Silence have announced their Fall US headliner ‘From A Distance Tour’ with Aviana, Heavensgate and Fromjoy as support. The headlining run launches Wednesday, September 9, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and wraps in the band’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, October 3.  

Denver’s cosmic death metal visionaries Blood Incantation release All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) today via Century Media. Their first-ever soundtrack vividly captures the documentary and making of their boundary-shattering 2024 opus Absolute Elsewhere.  

Rising German melancholic heavy metal outfit THE NIGHT ETERNAL will release their Metal Blade debut, Cold Velvet, on August 21st.  

“And for when you wanna get the rowdy crowd nice ‘n. CA-RAAAZZZAYYY, “Cross The Line” delivers a thrash bashin’ neck wreckin’ back achin’ fist breakin’ body slammin’ knee jammin’ ass kickin’ helluva fuckin’ good time!! Heads always bang and bodies always move, “Cross The Line” gets all the Hellions in the groove!”  

For over two decades, PSYCROPTIC has operated at the vanguard of technical death metal, defined by instrumental precision, structural intelligence and an uncompromising creative ethic. From their Tasmanian origins to commanding stages worldwide, the band have built a reputation on rhythmic complexity, exacting musicianship, and a refusal to plateau. On July 17th, PSYCROPTIC enters a decisive new chapter with The Pulse Of Annihilation, their first full-length release for Metal Blade Records. The partnership marks a strategic alignment between one of extreme metal’s most technically formidable acts and a label whose history is intertwined with the genre’s evolution. At the core of this next phase is guitarist and...