Greta Van Fleet is set to play a rare intimate show at the Bowery Ballroom on May 27, marking the band’s first live performance since September 2024.
After spending the last several years headlining arenas and major venues, Greta Van Fleet will step into one of New York City’s most iconic smaller clubs for a one-night-only appearance. The group last performed in the city at a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden.
Tickets for the event will only be available through in-person purchase beginning May 26 at 9:00 a.m. at the Bowery Ballroom box office. Organizers expect heavy demand for what is shaping up to be one of the most talked-about rock shows of 2026.
The performance signals the beginning of a new chapter for the Grammy-winning Nashville-based band, which has built a strong following through extensive touring, platinum-selling releases, and a reputation for high-energy live performances.
Since emerging from Michigan, Greta Van Fleet have developed into one of modern rock’s most recognizable acts, connecting with longtime classic rock fans as well as younger listeners discovering the genre.
The Bowery Ballroom appearance gives fans a chance to see the band in a far more personal setting than the arenas and stadiums they have become known for playing in recent years.
Additional ticket details have also been released. Sales begin Tuesday, May 26, at 9:00 a.m. at the Bowery Ballroom box office located at 6 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002. Tickets are priced at $20, including fees, with a two-ticket limit per person on a first-come, first-served basis. The venue is cashless and accepts physical credit cards, debit cards, and tap-to-pay options. Wristbands will be distributed to hold places in line, and attendees under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
The members of Greta Van Fleet — brothers Josh Kiszka, Jake Kiszka, Sam Kiszka, and drummer Daniel Wagner — have remained active during the band’s time away from the stage.
Sam Kiszka and Daniel Wagner recently appeared on The Dreamin’ Kind, the 2026 release from Langhorne Slim. Jake Kiszka also appeared in the Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere biopic as a guitarist performing in a New Jersey club scene.
Meanwhile, Mirador — the project formed by Jake Kiszka and Ida Mae member Chris Turpin — recently issued the EP The Gathering At Badon Hill.
Haken have released their first new music in three years with the track “In A Fever Dream”. The song marks a new chapter for the U.K. progressive metal group, including the band’s first time working with an outside producer.
For the new single, Haken teamed up with George Lever, known for his work with Loathe and Sleep Token. According to the announcement, the collaboration helped shape “some of the most emotionally direct material” in the band’s career so far.
The track also features bassist Bryan Beller, recognized for his work with The Aristocrats, Dethklok, and Joe Satriani.
An official visualizer for “In A Fever Dream”, created by Oli Kember, has also been released alongside the single.
Earlier this year, Haken parted ways with guitarist Charlie Griffiths and bassist Conner Green.
Throughout 2024, Haken toured extensively in support of their latest studio album, Fauna. The band’s “An Evening With” shows featured two sets per night, including a full performance of Fauna followed by additional material pulled from across the group’s catalog.
One of the standout performances from that run took place on September 21, 2024, when Haken returned to London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. The concert was filmed by Paul Green Productions and later released as Liveforms: An Evening With Haken, with mixing handled by Jens Bogren, whose credits include Between The Buried And Me and Ihsahn.
Geoff Tate has released a performance video for “The Answer,” a track from his upcoming album Operation: Mindcrime III. The video was filmed May 16 at The Rose Music Center at The Heights in Huber Heights, Ohio, directed by Philipe Rossi of Strak Productions, with audio mixed by Nick Bedrosian. In a recent appearance on the “Let There Be Talk” podcast hosted by comedian Dean Delray, Tate discussed the new record in depth.
Operation: Mindcrime III is released under Tate‘s own name rather than the Queensrÿche banner and serves as the third installment in the saga that began with Queensrÿche‘s 1988 landmark Operation: Mindcrime and continued with Operation: Mindcrime II in 2006. The 13-song concept album shifts perspective from the protagonist Nikki to the antagonist Dr. X. Tate explained: “Dr. X’s perspective is completely different, ’cause he’s not the victim at all. So it’s very aggressive.”
On the lead single “Power,” Tate told Delray: “It’s a cool track… very, very energetic, very up, and kind of says a lot in a very short time, which I like.”
Tate described his approach to the album’s lyrical architecture: “I sort of look at it as a story, and I write the story out first… then I kind of dissect it and create chapters, and those chapters turn into songs… It’s a very methodical, structural process for me.”
Asked whether the new material sounds like Queensrÿche, Tate was direct: “Yeah. Well, part of the whole writing process was keeping the music in the universe of ‘Mindcrime’, writing within that style, I guess you’d say.”
He also described the unconventional recording process: “We recorded… set up in hotel rooms backstage at shows, venues. I think one track was recorded in a church… We recorded one of the songs, parts of it, in this castle in Italy. Do you remember that character Casanova? Well, he was imprisoned in this castle way back when…”
Operation: Mindcrime III was produced by John Moyer, bassist of Disturbed, who has worked with Tate on four consecutive albums beginning with The Key in 2015. The album also marks the recording debut of guitarist Kieran Robertson, a Scottish-born musician who relocated to the United States nearly a decade ago and co-wrote many of the album’s songs.
Night Ranger has announced Best Of, a compilation due Aug. 28 via Frontiers Music Srl. The 18-track collection brings together newly remixed and remastered versions of the band’s classic material alongside recent standouts. The release is available on CD and on vinyl as a double LP in three variants: standard black, gold and orange splatter. A preview — a 2026 remaster of “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me,” originally released in 1982 — is available now.
Bassist and vocalist Jack Blades said: “We’ve been so fortunate to have had so many songs that have connected with people on a really deep level over the years. So being able to put this collection together — with such care into how these songs sound now — is really something special. To have this body of work — newly remixed and remastered with such amazing attention to every sonic detail — is something we are very proud of. We hope everyone who has loved Night Ranger over the years enjoys listening to this as much as we do.”
The compilation features bonus tracks including a live performance of “Wasted Time” filmed at Sweetwater Studios (with an exclusive video), a live version of “Feliz Navidad” and “Hole in the Sun” as a Japan-only bonus. The current Night Ranger lineup is Blades (bass, vocals), Brad Gillis (lead guitars), Kelly Keagy (vocals, drums), Keri Kelli (lead guitars) and Eric Levy (keyboards).
Best Of is available for pre-order here, with a lot of variations and exclusives to offer.
Bruce Dickinson has released the official video for “Tears of the Dragon,” a newly filmed orchestral production that has won Best Music Video at eight international film festivals. The video was shot in September 2025 at a disused brewery in São Paulo, Brazil, and directed by Leo Liberti and Antoine de Montremy. It features the Almai orchestra conducted by Antonio Teoli, Brazilian ballet dancer Renata Bardazi and the House Band of Hell.
The video has won Best Music Video at the LA Film Festival IAF, LA Film Awards, NY International Film Awards, Eastern Europe Film Festival, Sweden Luleå International Film Festival, World Premiere Films Awards (which also awarded Best Editing), Asian Independent Film Festival and Berlin Music Video Awards (Bronze). Nominations are pending at the Cannes Film Awards, Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Festival, Rome Prisma Film Awards, Tokyo Lift-Off, Filmmaker Sessions and NY Short Cinema Awards.
“Tears of the Dragon” appears on More Balls to Picasso, Dickinson‘s reworked version of his 1994 solo album Balls to Picasso. In an August 2025 interview on the “Full Metal Jackie” radio program, Dickinson explained the origins of the project: the label wanted a Dolby Atmos upgrade of his catalog. That process led to new orchestral versions of “Tears of the Dragon” and “Change of Heart,” a horn section on “Shoot All the Clowns” — contributed by professors at Berklee College of Music — and a full remix by Brendan Duffey.
Balls to Picasso was Dickinson‘s second solo album and his first with guitarist Roy “Z” Ramirez and the Tribe of Gypsies. Produced by Shay Baby, it was released in 1994 and charted at No. 21 in the UK. Dickinson is the vocalist of Iron Maiden and a multidisciplinary figure whose other pursuits include a career as a commercial airline pilot — flying three configurations of Iron Maiden‘s Ed Force One, including a 747 — a BBC radio show, a podcast, television documentaries, films, novels, memoirs, film scripts and comics. He also co-created a multi-million-selling beer with Robinsons Brewery.
Lion’s Share has released a performance video for “We Are What We Are,” a track from the Swedish band’s comeback album Inferno, released earlier this year via Metalville. The song has surpassed one million streams on Spotify, spent eight consecutive weeks on U.S. metal radio charts and received a perfect 10/10 review in Powerplay magazine. The video was directed by Tom Wouda, who also helmed the clip for the band’s earlier single “Pentagram,” and was filmed in an abandoned industrial ruin.
Vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson said: “‘We Are What We Are’ is a reminder of who we are as a metal community — ignoring all the politics and bullshit out there and just living and breathing heavy metal. The song is an anthem for every metal fan who has ever felt like an outsider. We are what we are, and we’re proud of it.”
Guitarist Lars Chriss noted that the filming location took on extra significance after the shoot: “The industrial ruin we filmed in was incredible — there’s nothing like capturing music in a place that has its own history and atmosphere. And part of the structure actually collapsed after we finished filming, which made it feel even more intense in retrospect.”
Inferno marks Lion’s Share‘s first album in 17 years. The band is set to appear at Sweden Rock Festival on June 5. Metalville is also reissuing the band’s 2009 album Dark Hours on vinyl on August 28, available in standard black and a limited yellow pressing, alongside a new CD edition.
Lion’s Share was formed in Sundsvall, Sweden in 1987 and has toured with Motörhead, Dio, Saxon, Manowar, U.D.O., Iced Earth and Nevermore. The current lineup is Johansson (vocals), Chriss (guitars), Andy Loos (bass), Kay Backlund (keyboards), Anuviel/Saecred Spirit (keyboards) and Fredrik Johansson (drums), with Magnus Ulfstedt handling drums on tour.
UK progressive metallers Haken have returned with their first new music in 3 years, in the shape of “In A Fever Dream”. This new track sees the band working with a producer for the very first time, bringing George Lever (Loathe, Sleep Token) on board to help shape the next stage of the band, crafting some of the most emotionally direct material of the band’s career so far.
For this track, the band enlisted renowned bassist Bryan Beller (The Aristocrats, Dethklok, Joe Satriani) to contribute. Watch the visualiser for ‘in a fever dream’ (created by Oli Kember) below.
Haken will return to the stage on September 27th to headline the Euroblast Festival in Germany.
Yes recently announced Aurora, the band’s 24th studio album, due June 12 via InsideOut Music/Sony Music. The album is preceded by the new single “Turnaround Situation,” which arrives alongside a visualizer created by Matt Hutchings, whose previous work includes visuals for Greg Lake, Oasis, and Iron Maiden. Aurora features artwork by Roger Dean and Freya Dean.
Vocalist Jon Davison, who has fronted Yes since 2012, said of “Turnaround Situation”: “The lyric came about from the feeling that things can become impossible and inflexible, and that sometimes the only option is to do a complete U-turn. The music itself grew from the incredible openness that the band had to be collaborative and explorative. There’s an emotional and sonic dynamism in the piece that I love.”
Aurora began taking shape following the “Classic Tales of Yes” 2024 tour. The band worked with a modern workflow, with guitarist Steve Howe and keyboardist Geoff Downes serving as the creative axis. Howe produced the album. “It’s the album we needed to make right now,” Howe said. “We each brought our individual voices to the table, and the result is something that genuinely surprised us all.”
The current Yes lineup is Howe (guitar), Downes (keyboards), Davison (vocals), Billy Sherwood (bass), and Jay Schellen (drums). Sherwood was hand-picked by original bassist Chris Squire; Schellen worked closely with drummer Alan White in the band’s later years.
Aurora will be available as a Limited Deluxe 180g Light Green 2LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook & Poster, as well as a Ltd Deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook, both featuring the stunning artwork of Roger Dean and Freya Dean, as well as a bonus disc of instrumentals, and a blu-ray featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound & 24bit stereo mixes (by Curtis Schwartz). The album is also available as a Gatefold 180g 2LP + LP-booklet, Special Edition CD Digipak & as Digital Album. It can be pre-order now here.
When Yes first began sketching out ideas for what would become Aurora, the process was loose and exploratory. There was no preconceived concept at the start, just a collection of musical fragments that gradually began to find one another and take form. Among these early sketches was a piece titled “Aurora,” and it quickly became clear that the name carried certain gravity. It suggested light, emergence, and a sense of vastness, qualities that resonated deeply with the band. Jon Davison remembers how “the title immediately resonated with Steve Howe and sparked visual inspiration for artist Roger Dean, setting a conceptual tone that would guide the project.”
Work on Aurora began almost as soon as the Classic Tales of Yes tour ended in 2024. The idea of a new album surfaced quickly and with the label’s encouragement, the band had the time to develop material organically. Rather than gathering in a single studio for months, they embraced a modern workflow; ideas were born in home studios, shaped independently, and then woven together through constant collaboration. Downes and Howe often acted as the central creative axis, with Howe, as producer, serving as the point through which all ideas eventually flowed.
Across Aurora, each track carries its own character. Some echo the classic Yes approach, others push into new territory, but together they form a cohesive whole that honors the band’s heritage while embracing forward motion. With their 24th studio album, Yes demonstrate not just longevity, but a sustained curiosity, a desire to keep exploring, keep refining and keep discovering their capacity to create.
Left to Die has announced Initium Mortis, the band’s debut full-length, due July 17 via Relapse Records. The lineup brings together four veterans of the early death metal underground: bassist Terry Butler (Death, Massacre, Obituary), guitarist Rick Rozz (ex-Death, ex-Massacre), guitarist and vocalist Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome) and drummer Gus Rios (ex-Malevolent Creation, Gruesome). The record draws on Death and Mantas demo material spanning 1983 to 1987, the era before Scream Bloody Gore.
The album’s first single, “Archangel,” can be streamed below, and the album is available for pre-order here.
Matt Harvey said about the album inception: “After Gus and I performed Spiritual Healing in its entirety with Terry and James [Murphy], Rick wondered if people might want to hear something similar, but with him joining the three of us to perform Leprosy. Of course, I leapt at the chance to do it, and we quickly threw together a tour which surpassed everyone’s expectations, especially in terms of how much fun we were having playing together. As we continued to tour throughout the US, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia, people kept asking if we were going to record or write anything. After going back and forth on the topic, we felt that (ahem) exhuming some of these old tracks made the most sense for us, after all, we’re not gonna top Leprosy.”
“I gleefully combed through the myriad Death/Mantas demos and rehearsals looking for stuff that would make sense for a record, and we ended up going with tunes that we felt would make the most cohesive album, hence why ‘Skill To Kill’ and ‘Back From The Dead’ sadly didn’t make the cut. I look at Initium Mortis as a kind of ‘alternate-universe’ version of the Scream Bloody Gore track list, as so many of these tunes were circling around the many Death lineups and rehearsals from ’83-’87. In fact, Chuck [Schuldiner] and Chris [Reifert] recorded a version of ‘Legion Of Doom’ for Scream Bloody Gore that never got completed. In revisiting these songs, it was crystal-clear to me that Rick‘s fingerprints are all over the Mantas stuff and tunes like ‘Slaughterhouse,’ so with that connection, the songs where his style really shone through immediately made sense to include on Initium Mortis.”
Terry Butler added, “Left To Die went from a thought to doing a full US tour in about three months! Pretty remarkable. We wanted to play the early material for the fans who couldn’t see the first albums in a live setting. There are many young fans at our shows who are hearing the foundation that Death stands on to this day live for the first time! With Matt channeling the best ChuckSchuldiner out there and Gus playing the material perfectly and respectfully, we hit the road and haven’t looked back!”
“For Initium Mortis, we wanted Death fans who never heard these demo songs to hear them with good production. Most of these early demos were recorded on a boom box, so by the time someone got their demo through tape trading, it was almost inaudible! We think these tracks are a good representation of the birth of Mantas/Death. This is ground zero – where it all started: three 15-year-old kids creating Death Metal history, and even within these choice cuts from the demo days, you can hear the evolution of the music. ‘Archangel’ is a great way to introduce this album. It’s controlled chaos at its finest: catchy and riffy with a killer evil-sounding middle section!”
Rick Rozz chimed in: “First, I would like to thank Gus, Matt, and Terry for making Left To Die happen. It’s been an honor and a pleasure working with them for the past few years and beyond. It’s really cool to be able to hear these tunes from 1984 properly! The old school Death fans are going to dig this release.”
Gus Rios concluded: “The band started simply because Rick called me and asked if I’d be into it… Which I very promptly replied by referencing bears, shit, and woods. I then called Matt and Terry, and the rest is history. Death‘s Leprosy record is my favorite death metal album, let alone Death album. To be given this unbelievable opportunity to play those songs with Rick and Terry across the globe is an honor and a blessing I find hard to put into words. Matt and I are living our 14-year-old selves’ death metal fantasy!”
“And now, to make an album with the guys is flat out surreal. I’m a pretty solid Death fan if I do say so myself, and yet these songs were all new to me. I never really gave the Mantas stuff much of a listen because I’m just not a ‘demo’ production fan. To hear these songs with clean and solid, yet classic analog style production for me is like getting new Death songs… Which rules!”
Ultimately, Left To Die celebrates a seminal band and the camaraderie of the genre’s most extreme corner of music.
The Hu has announced Hun, the Mongolian heavy rock band’s third studio album, due July 24 via Better Noise Music. The album is preceded by new single “Lost Soul,” which features Jonny Hawkins, vocalist of Nothing More. The Hawkins-featuring version is available digitally.
Morin khuur player and throat singer Galaa said: “‘Lost Soul’ is about finding your way back when everything feels lost. We all go through moments where we question everything — our purpose, our path, our identity. This song is a reminder that even in the darkest moments, the human spirit has the capacity to rise again.”
Hawkins added: “When The Hu reached out to collaborate, I was immediately drawn to the power and depth of what they do. There’s something primal and universal about their music that transcends language and culture. Being part of ‘Lost Soul’ was a profound experience.”
The Hu is currently on a North American tour with Apocalyptica and The Rasmus, running through June 7 in Anaheim, Calif. The band appeared on “Pray to the Sun,” a track by composer Declan de Barra included in the Netflix series One Piece, and contributed “Sugaan Essena” to the soundtrack of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. In November 2022, they became the first rock or metal band to receive the UNESCO “Artist for Peace” designation, presented by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at a ceremony at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
