The 8 news items published in the morning and evening of Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
The festival announced the venue via its official Instagram on August 17. Dates and a lineup have yet to be revealed. Villa Park was the site of Back To The Beginning, Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance.
The project pairs guitarist Josh Rand (STONE SOUR) with vocalist Casandra Carson (PARALANDRA). It arrived on August 17 via Frontiers Music Srl alongside an official visualizer. The recording dates back to Carson’s 2020 audition for the project.
Play MVThe band appeared unannounced after TWITCHING TONGUES at Sound And Fury on August 16. The three-song EP is out via Closed Casket Activities. “Warriors Will Reign” is a HARM’S WAY cover recorded as a tribute to the late Bo Lueders, with guest vocals from Karl Buechner (EARTH CRISIS), Ray Cappo (YOUTH OF TODAY) and James Pligge (HARM’S WAY).
It arrived on August 17 via InsideOutMusic. The album includes tracks recorded with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
VENERA is the project of James "Munky" Shaffer (KORN) and Chris Hunt. Jesse Draxler’s album “Tongue Of Angels” is due August 24 via Federal Prisoner and also features Iggor Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA) and Ian Astbury (THE CULT).
Speaking exclusively in the upcoming issue of Metal Hammer, Mustaine named “Bloodlust” and “Farewell My Love” as tracks that did not make January 23’s self-titled final album. He also floated a third title, “When Robots Rule,” before conceding he may have invented it, citing the effect of his 2019 throat cancer treatment on his memory.
The metalcore band will play Moscow’s VK Stadium on September 12, St. Petersburg’s Sound on the 13th, Nizhny Novgorod’s Milo Concert Hall on the 14th and Yekaterinburg’s Fabrika on the 16th. ThePRP notes the decision remains a controversial one, with many international artists having ceased touring the region since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking to Australia’s I Was Gonna Ask About That podcast, the bassist/vocalist said the BLACK SABBATH co-founder recorded the bass intro to “The Vanishing” after the band reached out through management. MASTODON toured with BLACK SABBATH on Ozzfest in 2005 and appeared at 2025’s Back To The Beginning. ‘Marrow Deep’ arrives August 28.