From Deathcore Sobriety to Ozzfest's Second Coming: The US Metal Scene Is Having a Very Honest November

Metal has always sold itself as indestructible — bulletproof riffs, bulletproof frontmen, bulletproof touring schedules. But this week's news cycle out of the US scene reads less like a highlight reel and more like a gut check, and honestly, that's a good thing. From a deathcore guitarist stepping off the road to protect his sobriety, to festivals clawing their way back from the dead, to a satirical finance column that's a little too close to the bone, the story of American heavy music right now is really a story about survival — physical, financial, and mental.