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Few bands reach their fourth decade sounding this urgent. Fewer still manage to distill that history into something as sharp, furious, and necessary as Love Is Not Enough, the forthcoming new album from Converge. There’s no excess here. No indulgence. Love Is Not Enough moves with ruthless economy, every track charged with intent and momentum.…

One of the biggest names in modern hard rock is gearing up for a colossal return to the road. Five Finger Death Punch have announced the first leg of their 2026–2027 World Tour, a sprawling 48-city U.S. run produced by Live Nation that will celebrate two decades of the band’s chart-dominating career — and channel…

For nearly three decades, Sunn O))) have existed in a realm entirely their own, bending heavy music into forms that feel as informed by contemporary art and deep listening as by metal or rock. Now, Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson return with Sunn O))), their first album of new material since 2019’s Pyroclasts and their…

The Black Dahlia Murder are gearing up for a major return to U.S. stages. The veteran death metal outfit have announced Spring Fling 2026, a nationwide headlining tour set to bring maximum brutality to clubs and theaters across the country this spring. The tour kicks off April 2, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and runs through…

Trudging rock group Messalina released their debut single, “A Cross,” right ahead of Christmas, and it’s a good ‘un. A blistering track from the French group, the song is well constructed from start to finish, thanks to Igorrr‘s JB Le Bail on vocals and guitars, accompanied by AymenMahjoubi with the same responsibilities, as well as…

The theatrical heavy metal juggernauts Avatar are returning to North America for a Spring 2026 headline tour, continuing the relentless momentum unleashed by their Halloween 2025 release, Don’t Go in the Forest. The band — vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have spent the…

Archspire, the self-proclaimed “world’s fastest band,” have unleashed “Limb of Leviticus,” the second single from their highly anticipated new album, Too Fast to Die, due April 10, 2026. Now five albums deep, the Canadian tech-death virtuosos continue to redefine extreme music, blending mind-bending speed with unexpected melodic hooks and razor-sharp precision. Vocalist Oliver Rae Aleron…

After more than a decade and a half of silence, Poison the Well are officially back. The metalcore titans have announced Peace In Place, their first new album since 2009’s The Tropic Rot, set for release on March 20 via SharpTone Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have unveiled the album’s first single, “Thoroughbreds,” accompanied…

Defeated Sanity bassist Jacob Schmidt is the latest guest on The Riffs That Taught Me, where he traces his musical DNA through a trio of tracks that helped define his approach to heaviness, precision, and groove. The episode opens with Suffocation‘s “Breeding the Spawn”, a cornerstone of brutal death metal whose tangled riffs and unrelenting…

1996 was a loaded year for rock and metal, complete with some stone cold classics thrown into the mix. We asked you what the best releases of 30 years ago were and this is how you voted! Honestly, this was a way closer race than the 1986 poll. No. 20: Amorphis – Elegy (99 Votes)…