Metal / Rock
Metal and rock album releases, tour announcements, and festival lineups.
Upcoming Events
Four Chord Music Festival 2026
Pittsburgh's Four Chord Music Festival returns to F.N.B. Stadium with headliners Knocked Loose and Pierce The Veil, plus Underoath, Kublai Khan TX and We Came As Romans.
Godflesh - Decay (Album)
New studio album.
Iron Maiden - Run For Your Lives Tour (Los Angeles, BMO Stadium)
Iron Maiden bring their 50th anniversary Run For Your Lives World Tour to BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, with support from Megadeth and Anthrax.
Stryper - Throne Of Thorns (Album)
Christian metal pioneers Stryper release their 18th studio album via Frontiers Music.
Tom Morello - Everyone Gets Everything They Want (Album)
New solo album from Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
Burner - No One Is Coming To Save Us (Album)
UK death metal/hardcore crossover band Burner release their new album.
Wednesday 13 - Live At Pol'and'Rock (Live Album)
Horror punk frontman Wednesday 13 releases a live album recorded at Poland's Pol'and'Rock festival.
The Ocean - Solaris (Album)
New concept album from progressive metal band The Ocean, based on the Tarkovsky film, out via Pelagic Records.
Gate - Sigil (Album)
Gate release a new metal full-length.
Metalite - Discovery (Album)
Concept album from Swedish melodic metal band Metalite, out via Perception/Reigning Phoenix Music.
Night Laser - Rats In The Cradle (Album)
German hard rock band Night Laser release their new studio album.
Europe - Come This Madness (Album)
Swedish rock legends Europe return with a new studio album via Silver Lining Music.
Cradle Of Filth - 2026 North American Tour with Moonspell
Cradle Of Filth tour North America from September 29 to October 28, 2026, with support from Moonspell, Worm and Black Satellite.
Iron Maiden - Run For Your Lives Tour (San Antonio, Alamodome)
Iron Maiden close the North American leg of their 50th anniversary Run For Your Lives World Tour at the Alamodome, with Megadeth and Anthrax supporting.
Linkin Park: Unshatter (Concert Film)
Linkin Park concert film released theatrically by Trafalgar Releasing.
Skillet - Comatose 20th Anniversary Tour
Skillet celebrate two decades of their breakout album Comatose with a tour running September 30 through November 10, 2026.
Aftershock Festival 2026
The West Coast's largest rock and metal festival returns to Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA, October 1-4, 2026, with headliners Tool, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit and Pierce the Veil across 140+ artists.
ASOMVEL - Set Your World On Fire (Album)
New album from ASOMVEL.
TEMIC - Ceiba (Album)
New album from progressive metal supergroup TEMIC.
Inherited - All 4 One (EP)
New EP release on the 2026 hard rock and metal calendar.