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From Richard Patrick's new side project to Silvertomb's gothic-hardcore supergroup return and Adrian Vandenberg's tour cancellation, this week's metal news shows both the momentum and the wear-and-tear of the American heavy music scene.
MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa tops Florida Metal Index's venue rankings with 3 indexed shows, but a naming quirk suggests its real total may be even higher — and Orlando quietly dominates the rest of the list with four venues in the top 14.
Ozzy gets a Halloween Horror Nights haunted house at Universal Studios Hollywood, Bruce Dickinson relives his San Diego stage-crash with Billie Joe Armstrong's The Coverups, and the hardcore scene mourns two of its own — all while California's underground keeps building in the background.
Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged gets a 30th anniversary vinyl reissue, Dez Fafara sets the record straight on his health, and Tony Iommi, Megadeth, and Jimmy Eat World all make news in a busy week for the US metal scene.
From PeelingFlesh's stacked death metal tour to Anthrax's artwork teasers and Candlemass's doom metal update, this week's national headlines map directly onto Ohio's thriving death, doom, thrash, and heavy metal underground.
This week's national metal headlines — Iommi's solo album, Amon Amarth's Viking myth-busting, and a wave of lineup and health news — offer a perfect excuse to spotlight Florida's own Cold, Amon, and Eerie alongside the state's underserved NWOTHM, melodic black metal, and industrial scenes.
House of Blues Anaheim leads California's metal venues with 5 indexed shows, but the ranking flattens quickly — ten venues are tied at just 2 shows apiece, according to California Metal Index's own database.
Dez Fafara corrects the record on his health scare, Neurosis returns with Aaron Turner, and a stacked Decibel Metal and Beer Fest lineup has us asking why Texas doesn't have its own death metal festival to match its deep underground roster.
Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan leads all US venues in our index with 8 recorded metal shows, one ahead of Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL at 7.
From a MetalSucks review of Akron's If These Trees Could Talk to Ohio's underserved NWOTHM and death doom scenes, this week's national headlines all point back to what's brewing in the Buckeye State.
From Ozzy's new Orlando haunted house to a fresh reminder of Tampa's death metal birthright, this week's national headlines keep circling back to Florida's outsized role in heavy music history.
Judiciary's new EP and 'Wall of Skulls' single anchor a wide-ranging roundup of hardcore package tours, a crowded deathcore scene, 80s metal legacy news, and why Texas's black metal underground deserves its own spotlight.
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