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Madball joins Pain of Truth's fall tour, Prong drop the first single from their self-titled comeback album, and Car Bomb's Sun Guts project keeps New York's experimental fringe weird — a snapshot of the state's hardcore and metal scene heading into 2026.
From Slipknot's Sid Wilson fallout to Fear Factory's Terminator-timed single and John Carpenter's new horror-metal release, we connect this week's national headlines back to Texas's industrial, death metal, and hardcore scenes.
From Gatta Morta's surprise supergroup EP to Prong's fourteenth-album statement and John Bush taking his Anthrax era to Europe, this week's metal news is all about veterans refusing to stand still.
From Inkcarceration 2026's return to the Ohio State Reformatory to John Bush's European Anthrax victory lap and Possessed's slow-cooking new album, this week's headlines circle back to Ohio's thrash, death metal, and long-overlooked NWOTHM underground.
Shinedown bassist Eric Bass stepping back for his mental health, Kataklysm's 35-year 'outside the box' philosophy, and a wave of national metal news give us a reason to check in on Florida's thrash, metalcore, noise rock, and post-metal underground.
Pepper Keenan's tribute to Reed Mullin, Rick Rozz's death metal origin story, and a wave of touring headaches this week connect back to Texas's own hardcore, death metal, and NWOTHM revival scenes.
Ohio heavy metal act Spike lands a European tour slot with Portrayal Of Guilt, while Slipknot's Sid Wilson fallout, Shinedown's lineup shakeup, and a wave of legacy tributes dominate this week's national metal headlines.
Rick Rozz's no-regrets take on Death's Scream Bloody Gore and his new band with Terry Butler reopen Florida's death metal family tree, while Bruce Dickinson's Florida mixing sessions and Hypocrisy's cancelled tour round out a week of national news with local implications.
Texas Metal Index's own data shows Dos Equis Pavilion and Moody Amphitheater tied atop the state's metal venue rankings with 4 tracked shows each, out of 29 total shows across 15 venues.
Riverbend Music Center tops Ohio Metal Index's venue rankings with just 4 tracked shows, revealing that our current data skews toward amphitheaters over clubs — and that six of the nine ranked venues are tied at a single show each.
Halestorm's booking on the 2027 Wacken Open Air lineup gives Pennsylvania hard rock a moment on metal's biggest global stage, while interviews from Max Cavalera and Tony Iommi offer a lesson in longevity the local scene should take to heart.
From Richie Sambora's Kings of Chaos set in Rancho Mirage to Lita Ford's near-finished comeback album and Tarja Turunen's candid Nightwish reflections, California's metal scene is bridging its 80s legacy with a 2026 touring calendar already taking shape.
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