NEWS LINEUP 2026.08.28

The 16 news items published in the morning and evening of Friday, August 28, 2026.

Artists in the day's news

Morning edition

Kamelot Share “Sanctuary” Video, The Final Single From “Dark Asylum”, Out Today

It is the last advance track from the album Napalm Records releases today, and it features guest vocals from Clémentine Delauney and Ignacia Fernández.

Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET (August 27, 2026)

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Primal Fear’s “Shadowriders” Gets April 23, 2027 Release Date; First Single “Vengeance Now” Due Before Christmas

The album arrives via Reigning Phoenix Music, and the band’s first single and music video from it, “Vengeance Now”, will land before Christmas.

Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET (August 28, 2026)

Anthrax To Headline Saint Vitus Bar’s Reopening In Brooklyn On September 4, Filming The Whole Set

The intimate headlining show marks the grand reopening of the venue, and the band will film the set in its entirety. Tickets go on sale on 28 August.

Source: Theprp.com (August 27, 2026)

Amon Amarth Share “Eight Legs Of Thunder” Video From “The Allfather Awakens”, Out October 2

The song takes its cue from Sleipnir, Odin’s legendary eight-legged steed, and is built around a galloping main riff.

Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET (August 28, 2026)

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Comeback Kid Announce Eighth Album “Chosen Hell” For November 6, Share Title Track Video

SharpTone Records handles the release in the United States and Dine Alone Records in Canada.

Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET (August 28, 2026)

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Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Says His Vocal Injury “Requires An Extended Period Of Rest”

The statement comes less than a month after he cancelled the last three shows of his 2026 solo tour, and he thanked fans for their support.

Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET (August 27, 2026)

Evening edition

East Of Eden Set First Anime Theme Song "Ghost Sequence" For November 4 CD Release, Digital Single October 17

The song is the opening theme for the TV anime "Toaru Anbu no Shoujo Kyousei", written and composed by Ryutaro Fujinaga of Elements Garden. The standard edition also carries "Evolve (English Version)", the band’s debut song re-recorded in full English by the current five-piece line-up.

Source: Gekirock (August 28, 2026)

Zilqy To Take The Cover Of BURRN! With A 28-Page Lead Feature, Out September 4

The band lands the cover less than a year into its career. The feature is built from individual exclusive interviews with every member and an all-new photo session.

Source: Zilqy (official site) (August 28, 2026)

Toto Announce Japan Dates For Their 50th Anniversary Tour — Osaka And Tokyo In March 2027

The "TOTO 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR" plays Asue Arena Osaka on March 22 and Ariake Arena in Tokyo on March 23. Tickets are 22,000 yen (S seat) and 21,000 yen (A seat), with the general on-sale opening at 10:00 on October 3.

Source: Udo Artists (August 28, 2026)

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Nightwish Announce 30th Anniversary Release "The Greatest 30 Years On Earth" For December 11

Out on Nuclear Blast Records, it gathers audio and video from the 2022 Amsterdam arena show and the 2023 homecoming show in Kitee, live-in-the-studio audio from the band’s virtual events, three decades of photographs and a new documentary about Tuomas Holopainen directed by Ville Lipiäinen.

Source: Blabbermouth (August 28, 2026)

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Scorpions And Rufus Publications Announce The Official Book "Scorpions - 60 Illustrated Years"

Compiled over more than two years with the band’s involvement, the full-colour book runs to over 670 pages and comes in three editions, among them a 500-copy deluxe hand-signed by Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Mikkey Dee, Paweł Mąciwoda and Uli Jon Roth.

Source: Blabbermouth (August 28, 2026)

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Avenged Sevenfold’s Alter Ego STATICA Post Lyric Videos For All Four Songs On The "Statica" EP

The EP, surprise-released in July, runs 18 minutes and 7 seconds. Clips for "Lights", "Statica", "Rejoice" and "Ashes" are now all up on the band’s official channel.

Source: Blabbermouth (August 28, 2026)

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Carnifex Announce New Album "More Than Misery" For November 6, Share The Title-Track Video

The album arrives via Sumerian Records. Scott Ian Lewis describes it as being about what happens when suffering stops being something you endure and becomes what changes you.

Source: Blabbermouth (August 28, 2026)

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Molly Hatchet Set "Lost Horizon", Their First Album In 16 Years, For November 27

Released worldwide through Steamhammer, all twelve tracks were cut in Studio 2 at Abbey Road. New drummer Garrett Ramsden and singer Parker Lee join the band, and a lyric video for the first single "Dixie Highway" is out now.

Source: Blabbermouth (August 28, 2026)

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Steve Cropper’s Posthumous Album "Watching The Tide" Was Released On August 28, With A Video For The Brian May-Sung "My Angels Are Calling"

The twelve-track album includes "My Angels Are Calling", co-written and sung by Queen’s Brian May with a solo from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons. May says he tried to speak with Cropper’s voice as a tribute to him.

Source: Louder (August 28, 2026)

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