The 16 news items published in the morning and evening of Saturday, August 22, 2026.
The footage is taken from the band's November 2024 show in São Paulo. The live album ‘Unshatter Film Soundtrack (Live In São Paulo)’ arrives on September 25 and the film opens worldwide on September 30.
Play MVThe 12-track album arrives via REVAMP Music / Warner Music, and the accompanying Hytress tour 2027 takes her full live band to clubs across Europe and South America.
Play MVHe is in week three of an eight-week course of radiation therapy and is also on hormone therapy. A GoFundMe covering the medical costs his emergency-only insurance does not pay has raised about €45,000 of its €50,000 goal.
The crash happened around 2:00 am on August 21 on Interstate 26 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, after a sedan struck a pedestrian who was standing in the roadway. The pedestrian died, the band offered condolences to the family, and its shows are going ahead as scheduled.
The 10-track album arrives via Perception, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music, with a renewed line-up adding bassist Tommy Gun, guitarist Dan Baune (MONUMENT) and drummer Christophe de Combe (FIREFORCE). The band tours in late 2026 with IRON SAVIOR and GENERATION STEEL.
Play MVThe single was released on August 21 through Gravel And Echo Recordings, Bates's new label. Robert Carranza mixed it and Abbey Road Studios engineer Stefan Brown handled the mastering.
Play MVTwenty-three guests appear on it, among them Elton John, DYING FETUS, Hayley Williams, Julien Baker, Four Tet and Alex G.
The record is billed as the band's 17th and final studio album and arrives on October 30 via Cleopatra Records.
Play MVEqual Vision Records issues the record, the band's first since 2019's ‘Wild Gods’. The video for “Joy Is A Weapon”, featuring FOXY SHAZAM, arrived alongside the announcement.
Play MVThe track previews the album, which is out on October 2 via Solid State Records.
Play MVThe Swedish traditional metal band's new record arrives via Fireflash Records.
Play MVThe band's official site announced that the video for “TSUKIKAGE” is now up on HAGANE's own YouTube channel.
Play MV‘Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story’, on the 1980s Bay Area thrash scene, and ‘Death By Metal’, on DEATH's Chuck Schuldiner, open on September 25 at Cinemart Shinjuku, Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa, Cinema Ris and other theatres across Japan.
IMAX advance screenings take place on October 7 at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku and TOHO Cinemas Nagoya Sakae, followed by a two-day nationwide run on October 7 and October 10, with some theatres on different dates. Admission is a flat ¥3,000, and the multi-format release on October 30 includes Japanese editions of the Blu-ray and the 2CD.
The track arrives on Saturday, August 29 and marks the band's first release with new singer Milo Silvestro and drummer Pete Webber.
He made the comment in a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station.