The 21 news items published in the morning and evening of Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
The 3,500-copy limited run features art by Phil Noto. Japanese pre-orders open on the A!SMART online store at 18:00 on September 7 at 6,500 yen, while U.S. pre-orders are being taken through the Capitol Records online store. The collaboration grew out of the band's song "from me to u feat. Poppy" being used in the trailer for Marvel Animation's "Marvel Zombies" on Disney+.
Frontiers Music Srl announced the Danish band are working on a new studio album set for release in 2027, produced by Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat, Epica, Primal Fear). The lineup is Ronnie Atkins (vocals), Ken Hammer (lead guitar), Rene Shades (bass), Chris Laney (rhythm guitar/keyboards) and Allan Tschicaja (drums).
The run opens on November 17 in Boston at Paradise Rock Club and closes on December 19 in New York at Irving Plaza. Amorphis continue touring behind "Borderland", released on Reigning Phoenix Music in September 2025.
The 11-track album was produced by Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse). The first single is the title track.
Play MVThe band is Brian Baker (Bad Religion, Minor Threat), Michael Hampton (S.O.A.), Dennis Lyxzen (Refused), Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys) and new drummer Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt, OFF!). It was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago with producer Matthew Barnhardy.
Play MVThe "Early Years" shows pair him with the current lineup for material from the 1997 demo tape, "Ensiferum" (2001), "Iron" (2004), "Dragonheads" (2006) and "Victory Songs" (2007). The band said it will be his first appearance with Ensiferum outside Finland.
The album arrives via Hectic Records / Bleeding Priest Records and captures a 2025 performance at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, California, held to mark the 40th anniversary of Exodus's "Bonded By Blood".
Play MVThe album is out on Metal Blade Records and was recorded between December 2025 and January 2026. It is the first Exumer record made with drummer Jerome Reil and bassist Alex Voss.
Play MVThe set carries 92 unreleased tracks and mixes, new Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes by Pete Townshend, a 100-page hardback book and previously unreleased footage of the December 6, 1975 concert in Pontiac, Michigan. The unreleased "Imagine A Man (Pete Vocal, Early Mix)" has been made available ahead of it.
Play MVThe NFL said the trio will perform at Estadio Banorte at around 7:20 p.m. local time during the Minnesota Vikings vs. San Francisco 49ers game. Their fourth album "Everything's Falling" was released on August 28.
Speaking to Loud & Clear With Belgian Jasper, the guitarist said there are tentative plans to return to the studio "next year or whenever possible", declining to promise a timeline but adding that it has to happen. The band's last studio album was "Humanoid", released in April 2024 on Napalm Records.
In an interview with Poland's MetalSide.pl, the singer described the album as a concept record set in asylum imagery around the theme of being prisoners of our own creations, populated by doctors, patients and distinct scenes. He said writing it while touring made it "a little bit challenging" to juggle the two worlds.
The song came out on September 1 through Rockshots Records; the album's title and release date have not been announced. The band describe it as a heavier, more contemporary direction built on Angela Di Vincenzo's vocals with male vocal passages, breakdowns, electronic textures and cinematic layers.
Play MVThe 10-track album arrives via Silver Lining Music on January 22, 2027. It was produced by Biff Byford and mixed by Andy Sneap.
Play MVNijmegen mayor Hubert Bruls presented the honour on September 1 at the Berchmanianum, the academy building of Radboud University. The decoration recognises merits in the arts, science, sport and literature.
The Dutch symphonic metal band performed at M'era Luna 2026 in Hildesheim, Germany on August 8. ARTE Concert has made the full set available.
The two tracks, "Dollar Bin Generation" and "Fear Based Life", were self-produced and released through Closed Casket Activities. A 7" pressing is expected out on October 9.
Play MVThe 13-track debut arrives October 30 via Deep Love Recordings / Atlantic Records. The video is for the album's title track.
Play MVThe track appears on "Liberation Front", out October 2 via BLKIIBLK. Colin Jeffs directed the clip, which arrived alongside the launch of the band's 'Nail Australia To The Walls' headlining tour.
Play MVThe single comes from the band's third studio album "The Hollowing Of Godflesh", due September 25 on Unique Leader Records. Dakota Johnson directed the video.
Play MVThe 16-date run opens February 13 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands and closes March 6 at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. General onsale is September 4. The band's seventh album "Shapes Of Midnight" is due September 25.