NEWS LINEUP 2026.10.12

The 11 news items published in the morning and evening of Monday, October 12, 2026.

Artists in the day's news

Morning edition

KISS Feature on "Reach For The Stars," the Opening Track of Pitbull's New Album "PITCOIN"; Lyric Video Released

Pitbull's 14th studio album "PITCOIN," released October 9, opens with "Reach For The Stars (feat. KISS)."

Source: La Nación (October 9, 2026)

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GHOST's Tobias Forge Brings His Long-Lost Death Metal Band REPUGNANT Back for Horror Film "V/H/S/Mixtape"

The latest instalment of the V/H/S franchise, streaming on Shudder, features a new video for REPUGNANT's 2004 song "Premature Burial," with WATAIN's Erik Danielsson on vocals (Forge sang the original), Gustaf Lindström on bass, Gottfrid Åhman on guitar and Thomas Daun on drums.

Source: Louder (Metal Hammer) (October 10, 2026)

JOURNEY's Deen Castronovo Plays Full Concert in San Antonio, Two Days After Suffering Medical Emergency in Tulsa

He played the October 10 show at Frost Bank Center and sang lead on "Lights," "Keep on Runnin'" and "Precious Time."

Source: Blabbermouth (October 11, 2026)

Amanda Somerville Says Her Cancerous Brain Tumor Is "Not Operable"

In a social media post on October 11 she said she was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma on September 8 and is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy in Germany.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 11, 2026)

MORTAL SIN Plan Best-Of and Live Releases for Early 2027 While Working on New Music

Mat Maurer told Finland's Rauta the band will issue a best-of on vinyl, their April 2026 Keep It True set and a 1989 Melbourne recording from when they played with METALLICA.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 11, 2026)

Evening edition

Incredible Long-Lost BLACK SABBATH Live Session From 1970 Surfaces as Unofficial Release "The Lost 1970 Avro Sessions"

The 40-minute set, filmed in Hilversum for Dutch TV show Doebidoe about three months after the debut album and long said by AVRO to have been destroyed in a fire, includes a version of "The Wizard" with different lyrics and a rare live "Warning"; it appears on an unofficial live album from German label Avertigro, limited to 666 copies.

Source: Louder (Metal Hammer) (October 12, 2026)

DREGEN Confirms It Wasn't His Decision to Leave THE HELLACOPTERS: "Maybe We Could Have Gone Full-On IRON MAIDEN and Had Three Guitarists"

Asked by Argentina's UnDinamo whether someone else took the decision, he answered "Yes," saying he can still play about 85 percent after his hand injury and that the band could have added a third guitarist.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 11, 2026)

MEMORIAM Share "Nothing More To Say" Lyric Video From Final Album "Endgame"

"Endgame" is out January 29, 2027 via Reaper Entertainment; "Nothing More To Say" is its opening track.

Source: BraveWords (October 12, 2026)

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STARKILL Return With New Single and Video "Death On Display"; New Album "Hanging Up My Halo" Due January 22, 2027

The single is the opening salvo for the band's first album since 2019's "Gravity."

Source: BraveWords (October 12, 2026)

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NARCOTIC WASTELAND, Fronted by Ex-NILE Guitarist/Vocalist DALLAS TOLER-WADE, Release "Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse" Video

The new single addresses the opioid crisis.

Source: BraveWords (October 12, 2026)

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ZAKK WYLDE Introduces First-Ever WYLDE AUDIO Acoustic Guitars

The Grand Auditorium Acoustic Ash Burst Satin was released October 6, with a Norse Dragon Bullseye version slated for spring 2027; both have mahogany back and sides and the Wylde Audio Pro EQ system with piezo pickup and built-in tuner.

Source: BraveWords (October 12, 2026)