The 21 news items published in the morning and evening of Wednesday, September 30, 2026, with the day's 1 feature.
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HAGANE have signed a worldwide physical deal, excluding Japan, with Austria's Napalm Records. "Through the Night" reaches Japanese shops on December 2 and the rest of the world on January 15, 2027, on CD and vinyl, and a European run called EUROPEAN TOUR PART1 was announced alongside it, with the album's eleven-song running order and ten in-store events.
Foo Fighters will support AC/DC at the rescheduled POWER UP Tour date at MetLife Stadium, moved from September 25 because of severe weather. THE PRETTY RECKLESS, who have been the band's regular support on this leg, have a scheduling conflict; it is the second time the two bands have shared a bill on the tour, after their St. Louis show.
The band played two sets over the weekend at Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, with Paul McCartney's drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. behind the kit. In a statement posted to the band's social media on September 28, Vedder thanked Laboriel Jr. for "sitting in on drums for PJ". Matt Cameron left in July 2025 after 27 years.
It is the band's second single this year, following "Starless", which reached No. 1 at Active Rock radio. The tour opens on April 13 in Vancouver and includes Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl; PUSCIFER support the Canadian dates and Detroit (April 13-23 and April 25), and THE CULT support the remaining US dates from April 27 to June 13.
Play MVThe festival takes place in Letnica, Gdansk, Poland on June 10-12. In its announcement the festival said the band are "alive and kicking, making a comeback", and that their concert will be the crowning jewel of the 2027 edition.
The comments came during a September 28 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk". Scott Ian noted that bands who announce a retirement and then return are always said to have been "leaving a lot of money on the table", and stressed that ANTHRAX have not said they are retiring. Their first album in a decade, "Cursum Perficio", was released on September 18.
Speaking on the She Shreds With Rasan podcast, the singer looked back over the distance from the band's 1987 debut "The Legacy" to their latest album "Para Bellum", and described the music's survival across generations by saying that "metal's like a weed - you just can't kill that thing".
The album arrives via Relapse. It was recorded before the deaths of Tomas Lindberg, frontman of AT THE GATES and singer of DISFEAR, and drummer Marcus Andersson; the band say they have now lost three members to cancer since "Live The Storm". The first single, "Early Graves", is streaming now.
Play MVThe certification recognises 500,000 units in the United States and was awarded on September 4. It is the band's first RIAA honour since 2022. "Awaken" was released in October 2024 as the first new music after their 2024 recordings agreement with BMG, and spent four weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
Play MVThe social media account that had been running as Angst Fabrik has been rebranded, and now lists the two as confirmed members. The account's bio notes that this name is still a working title. Machines Of Hate is also the title of a remix of "Self Bias Resistor" on FEAR FACTORY's 1997 remix album "Remanufacture", and the phrase appears in that song's lyrics.
The Norwegian hard rock band, whose line-up includes members of ENSLAVED and SAHG, have the album out now via Napalm Records.
Play MVBoth come from Marquee/Avalon. The debut album "Nevermore" (MICP-30247) adds five unreleased demo tracks from 1992 and is presented as a reissue marking the band's reunion; the 2000 album "Dead Heart In A Dead World" (MICP-30248) carries no bonus tracks. Each is 3,500 yen including tax.
The Blu-ray is "KOIAI LIVE TOUR 2026 'Starting Over' in TOKYO -HEAVY KAWAII FES 2026-". The signing sessions are at Tower Records Nagoya PARCO on November 10 and Tower Records Abeno Hoop on November 11, alongside panel exhibitions at the Shinjuku and Abeno Hoop stores and a special receipt campaign at the Shibuya store.
The album is out on October 14. A serial number is enclosed with all four first-press formats, and entrants choose one of three prizes: an MA-1 type light blouson (100 winners), a vinyl edition of the album (300 winners) or a knapsack (500 winners). Entries run from noon on October 13 to 23:59 on October 25.
The video comes from The Symphonic Synergy, the band's show with a full orchestra and choir at AFAS Live in Amsterdam on September 20, 2024, and takes in "Universal Death Squad", "The Last Crusade", "The Phantom Agony" and "Design Your Universe". The tour opens in Antwerp on September 24 and runs to São Paulo on November 20 across twelve dates; the Royal Albert Hall show in London on October 6 is sold out.
Play MVIt is the UK thrash metal band's new album, released through Listenable Records.
Play MVThe band's 2006 second album returns fully remixed and remastered as "Death Of A Dead Day MMXXVI", handled by former PERIPHERY bassist Adam "Nolly" Getgood.
Play MVThe new song from the German hard rock band was issued through Napalm Records.
Play MVThe project pairs former STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand with Casandra Carson, and the track was issued by Frontiers Music Srl as an official visualizer.
Play MVThe Australian metalcore band release "Anemoia" independently on October 30, and ALLT are among the support acts on the run.
It is the first solo album by the founding SLADE guitarist, due on October 30 through JCPL Records.
Cosmic Key Creations release it with fifteen remastered tracks, eight of which appear on CD for the first time.