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Accept are marking their 50th anniversary with the release of Teutonic Titans 1976–2026, a career-spanning collection featuring re-recorded classics and an extensive lineup of guest musicians from across the metal world.

Scheduled for release on September 4, 2026 via Napalm Records, the album includes 19 revamped tracks and appearances from 50 guest performers. Led by guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, Accept revisit songs from their classic catalog with a rotating cast of vocalists and musicians joining longtime frontman Mark Tornillo.

Reflecting on the project, Hoffmann said: “There is no better way to celebrate this 50-year anniversary than to have our musical peers, friends, and inspirations come together with us to record these classic Accept songs, which I am honored and proud to share with the world. I hope everyone enjoys this very special record as much as we all enjoyed making it.”

The album revisits material originally released between I’m A Rebel and Eat The Heat, giving each song a different lineup and a fresh interpretation. Among the standout collaborations, Tobias Forge of Ghost appears on “Save Us”, while drummer Ray Luzier joins the performance.

One of the first tracks unveiled is “Fast As A Shark”, featuring Philip Anselmo of Pantera, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Mikkey Dee of Scorpions, and Billy Sheehan from Mr. Big.

Discussing the recording, Hoffmann explained: “This song was so much fun! We even re-recorded the intro in a Bavarian oompah style… a friend of mine lives in Bavaria, and he was in contact with one of those traditional Bavarian woodwind outfits, and they recorded the traditional German folk song “Ein Heller Und Ein Batzen” for us, which was fantastic. We were lucky to get Phil Anselmo on vocals, Billy Sheehan on bass, and of course Kirk Hammett on guitar, which is amazing, and Mikkey Dee on drums, so that’s a pretty nice supergroup, isn’t it?”

Hammett added about “Fast As A Shark”: “A real honor to pay back the great inspiration Accept had for me!”

Other contributors to Teutonic Titans 1976–2026 include K.K. Downing of Judas Priest, Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth of Overkill, Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian, Chris Jericho of Fozzy, Ralf Scheepers of Primal Fear, Ola Englund of The Haunted, and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore.

The collection also includes a new version of “Hellhammer” performed by the current Accept lineup of Hoffmann, bassist Martin Motnik, guitarist Philip Shouse, and drummer Christopher Williams, alongside Jason McMaster from Dangerous Toys.

Over the course of five decades, Accept have remained one of heavy metal’s most influential acts, with landmark releases such as Balls To The Wall, Restless And Wild and Metal Heart helping shape the genre. Since the arrival of Mark Tornillo in 2009, the band has continued releasing successful albums and maintaining a strong presence on the international metal scene, further extending a legacy that now reaches the half-century mark.

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Mastodon has released “Your Ghost Again,” the first single from the band’s upcoming ninth studio album, due later this year. The track was produced by Patrik Berger (Taylor Swift, Robyn) and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou. It is the first piece of new Mastodon music to be released since the death of co-founding guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds.

In a video accompanying the single’s announcement, the band described “Your Ghost Again” as a tribute to Hinds. Drummer and vocalist Brann Dailor said, “‘Your Ghost Again’ is about when you lose somebody that’s close to you that you’ve existed with for most of your life. When we were in the studio recording, I kept seeing Brent. I’d see him on my right holding the guitar because that’s where he’d usually be. It’s the same with my mom: I keep seeing her. I was just singing about what I was seeing, and I was seeing ghosts.”

Dailor elaborated: “It’s about being in those familiar places you used to be with people, which for us is in the studio. I just kept seeing [Brent] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It’s about that: your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you’re in the places where they always were. You just see them.”

Bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders added, “My portion of the song, lyrically, is all about Brent, and for Brent. The bridge lyrics are two lines of pure gratitude towards Brent. It’s all the gifts from you, now you can take them back where you must go — meaning you came into my life, you exposed me to things that blew my mind, together we conquered thousands of stages around the world, had magical moments that we can never repeat again, but all the beauty that you brought it still remains, always will, and it’s just a line of gratitude because that’s important that we include Brent.”

Guitarist and vocalist Bill Kelliher commented, “We wanted to pick a song that sounds like Mastodon, and that has all the things in there, because it’s the first impression of what people are gonna hear. It speaks about things that have just happened and people passing.”

The upcoming album will also feature keyboardist João Nogueira, alongside touring guitarist Nick Johnston, who reportedly appears on the LP. Dailor said, “Hopefully this album helps everybody. Hopefully, they can find some piece of it that speaks to them about it. I know Brent’s not there, and it’s weird and it’s hard, and some people might be like, ‘Well, I don’t wanna listen to it because Brent’s not there and I’m hurting about that,’ but we are too. Big time. It means a lot to me, and I hope that’s able to translate to our fans and people who are grieving, too.”

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Hinds had departed Mastodon in March 2025 after the band announced they had “mutually decided to part ways” after 25 years together. He was killed on Aug. 20, 2025, when he was struck by an SUV that turned left and failed to yield at the intersection of Memorial Drive SE and Boulevard SE in Atlanta, approximately two miles from downtown. He was found unresponsive by officers who responded to the crash around 11:35 p.m. and was pronounced dead by medical workers.

According to a crash report, investigators determined that Hinds was at fault for the accident: relying on video of the intersection, they calculated he was traveling between 63 and 68 mph — roughly twice the speed limit at the site.

Hinds had played his first show since exiting Mastodon on March 21, 2025, with his band Fiend Without a Face at 529 in Atlanta. He had also been active with Giraffe Tongue Orchestra — alongside members of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Alice in Chains — and Legend of the Seagullmen, and had an “An Evening With Brent Hinds” European tour planned for November and December 2025. “I’m a free spirit,” Hinds said in the Mastodon documentary The Workhorse Chronicles. “I enjoy life, and I live it to the fullest.”

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One of the most distinctive and revered forces in rock music, Sweden’s Graveyard has announced October 9th, 2026, as the release date for their highly anticipated seventh studio album, Fever. Three years after the dreamlike haze of much-lauded previous record Six, the band returns with a heavier, more direct sound — while still carrying the blues-soaked soul that defined their breakthrough album Hisingen Blues.

Graveyard commented: “Alright folks. Here it is — album number 7, Fever. Haven’t we always had it? The itch, the burn, and the restlessness. The urge to push forward into the fog. Even with the teeth of hopelessness snapping at our asses and all the smoke and mirrors of our time telling us we’ve got no future. Come what may. Let’s go!

This time around, we decided to waste no time. No outside producer. No detours. Just Graveyard, straight to the point, doing what we do best. This just might be our greatest album so far! Hope you like it, too.”

The striking artwork for Fever was created by acclaimed Dutch artist Maarten Donders, whose powerful and expressive visual style has been showcased at the renowned cult festival Roadburn. Over the years, Donders has created artwork for more than 50 artists, ranging from Acid King to Frank Zappa.

Handling mixing duties is Pelle Gunnerfeldt, celebrated for capturing the raw intensity of bands such as The Hives and Refused, while more recently working with Viagra Boys.

Furthermore, Graveyard has confirmed the first leg of their 2026 / 2027 tour with Blues Pills. Scroll down for all confirmed shows. Stay tuned for more European dates to be announced!

Graveyard Live with Blues Pills & Skraecködlan Dates:

31.10. SE Eskilstuna, Lokomotivet *
06.11. SE Mejeriet, Lund *
07.11. DK Århus, Voxhall *
13.11. SE Örebro, Club 700 *
14.11. SE Karlstad, Nöjesfabriken *
20.11. SE Falun, Magasinet *
21.11. SE Norrköping Arbis *
27.11. SE Göteborg, Gothenburg Film Studios **
28.11. SE Stockholm, Fållan **

*with Skraecködlan
**with Blues Pills

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French atmospheric metal pioneers Alcest will return to North America this fall as special guests on a massive tour featuring Mastodon and Deafheaven.

The tour begins September 16 in Orlando, FL and runs through October 22 in Atlanta, GA, making stops in cities across the United States and Canada.

The tour follows Alcest‘s triumphant return to North America in 2025 and continues the band’s support of their latest studio album, Les Chants de L’Aurore, released via Nuclear Blast Records.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 5th at 10:00 AM local time. For tickets and additional information, visit here.

Released to widespread critical acclaim, Les Chants de L’Aurore further expands Alcest‘s singular artistic vision, seamlessly blending shimmering shoegaze textures, post-rock atmospherics, and black metal intensity into one of the band’s most evocative and immersive works to date. A journey through both radiant beauty and profound melancholy, the album drifts between cathartic, dreamlike passages and moments of soaring emotional weight, as showcased on standout tracks such as “L’Envol,” “Améthyste,” and “Flamme Jumelle.” The record marks another high point in Alcest‘s celebrated catalog, reaffirming the band’s status as one of the most innovative and influential forces in modern heavy music.

Purchase/stream Les Chants de L’Aurore here.

For principal songwriter and frontman Neige, Alcest has always been a gateway to the otherworldly, a means of exploring his spirituality. An elemental two-piece, completed by long-serving drummer and creative confidante Winterhalter, Alcest seem to dip their toes in a multitude of musical genres without ever quite fitting in. “In the metal scene, Alcest is a weird band; in the indie/post-rock scene, Alcest is a weird band- we never quite fit in,” Neige reflects. “This is how I feel in life, always an outsider; It’s not a problem, it’s just the way it is.”

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Eminence has released the official music video for their new single, “Silent March,” featuring a guest appearance by guitarist Andreas Kisser of Sepultura. The video was directed by bassist Davidson Mainart.

The track was recorded at AntFarm Studios in Denmark during a landmark 2025 session produced by Tue Madsen (Heaven Shall Burn, Meshuggah, Behemoth) — the fulfillment of a long-held dream for the band to record on European soil. Guest drummer Charles Moreira (Pense, Colid) also performed on the track, with visual identity handled through artwork by Rafael Moco.

Eminence was formed in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and has been active for nearly three decades. Led by guitarist and founding member Alan Wallace, the band has completed over 30 international tours, performing in Colombia, New Zealand, Japan, Suriname, Mexico, the United States, China, and across Europe.

They were among the first Brazilian representatives to perform in the United Arab Emirates at the Sandstorm Festival. Festival highlights include Rock in Rio (2015, 2019, and 2022), Woodstock Festival in Poland, South by Southwest in the U.S., Summer Breeze Brazil (2024), and Knotfest Brazil (2024). The band was also invited to join Sepultura‘s farewell tour, playing historic shows in Belo Horizonte and Juiz de Fora.

In 2021, Eminence released Dark Echoes with Tue Madsen, featuring guest appearances from Björn “Speed” Strid of Soilwork, among others. The current lineup is Alan Wallace (guitar/synths), Bruno Paraguay (vocals), Davidson Mainart (bass), and Thiago Caeiro (drums).

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Canadian progressive rock icons Saga have announced “Saga 50 — 1977–2027: The Generations Tour,” a special 50th anniversary tour set for 2027. The announcement comes as the band prepares to return to live performances later this month with a series of carefully selected Canadian engagements.

For those upcoming shows, frontman Michael Sadler will rejoin guitarist Ian Crichton and keyboardist Jim Gilmour in the core lineup following his extended recovery after being diagnosed with cancer. Mike Thorne remains the primary drummer, though the highly capable Brad Park may step in for selected dates. On bass, Mike Borkosky returns after performing with Saga on the 2024 tour, marking the end of Dusty Chesterfield‘s time with the band.

Last July, Sadler denied that he was terminally ill, a day after revealing that the rare form of aggressive, muscle-invasive cancer with which he was diagnosed in 2024 was “incurable and untreatable.” His wife, Gwen, first revealed the diagnosis in September 2024, describing it as “a highly aggressive form of muscle-invasive cancer, a rare type that occurs in only 3–5% of cases.”

Saga formed in 1977 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and released their first album in 1978. The band has sold 10 million albums and performed in over 20 countries to more than 15 million people. Their most recent studio album is Symmetry, released in March 2021 via earMusic. Hits include “Don’t Be Late,” “Wind Him Up,” “On The Loose,” “The Flyer,” and “Scratching The Surface.”

The band is widely regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock bands in Canada and around the world.

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Wednesday 13 — the namesake band of the former frontman of the Murderdolls — has announced Un-Alive at Pol’and’Rock 2025, a live album recorded at the Czaplinek-Broczyno airfield in northwestern Poland.

It was a hot day in the Polish summer, and over 750,000 fans had crammed their way into the Czaplinek-Broczyno Airfield for the 2025 Pol’and’Rock Festival, a storied tradition for over 30 years. The Duke of Spook, Wednesday 13, hot off his smash hit album Mid Death Crisis, took the stage and proceeded to decimate onlookers with a triumphant hit parade, commanding the crowd with excitement and awe.

Wednesday 13 said, “I’m so excited for the release of our new live album. And it’s not just a live record in front of a few people; this is the biggest concert we’ve ever played. Over 750,000 people in attendance for the Pol’and’Rock festival, where we delivered one of the most memorable Wednesday 13 concerts of our career.”

The album is a career-spanning set drawing from both the Wednesday 13 and Murderdolls catalogs. Murderdolls classics “Summertime Suicide” and “197666” appear alongside solo highlights including “Look What The Bats Dragged In” and “Bad Things” from Transylvania 90210, “Too Fast For Blood” from The Dixie Dead, “Good Day To Be A Bad Guy” from Horrifier, and a clutch of tracks from Mid Death Crisis including “In Misery,” “When The Devil Commands” and “Rotting Away.”

Un-Alive from Pol’and’Rock 2025  will be available in the following configurations:

• Digipak CD
• 2 LP Translucent Red
• 2 LP Cross White/Red (Limited to 200 Worldwide)
• 2 LP White Label (Limited to 50 Worldwide)
• Digital Album

Wednesday 13 will also embark on the “Shocktober Blood” North American tour this fall, kicking off Sept. 23 in San Jose, Calif., and haunting major cities including Portland, Las Vegas, Raleigh, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn. before concluding on Halloween in Denver.

Mid Death Crisis — previously described by Wednesday 13 as a fun, campy, “leave-your-brain-at-the-door” rager and a true return to his hard-rocking roots — was produced by guitarist Alex Kane (Life, Sex & Death, Enuff Z’Nuff, Antiproduct) and mixed by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Prong, DevilDriver). The album features a guest vocal from Faster Pussycat‘s Taime Downe. The current lineup is Wednesday 13 (vocals), Jack Tankersley (guitar), Ashes (lead guitar), Troy Doebbler (bass), and Mike Dupke (drums).

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Slayer will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Reign in Blood by performing the album in its entirety on a Latin American tour this fall, with five dates running Oct. 21 through Dec. 17, 2026. Kreator supports on four of the five dates.

In Los Angeles, a second Kia Forum show has been added on Nov. 14 after the Nov. 13 date sold out during Citi and artist presales. The two Kia Forum shows will mark Slayer‘s first Los Angeles concerts in seven years. The band will also headline a “Reign in Blood” anniversary show at Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee, Minn., on Sept. 4. These three U.S. headline dates are the only domestic shows at which Slayer will perform Reign in Blood in full; festival appearances throughout the year will feature different sets.

Slayer “Reign in Blood” 40th anniversary Latin American tour dates:

• Oct. 21 — Palacio de los Deportes — Mexico City, Mexico (with Power Trip)
• Dec. 5 — Vive Claro — Bogotá, Colombia (with Kreator and Ultra Legends)
• Dec. 10 — Estadio Santa Laura — Santiago, Chile (with Kreator and Avernal)
• Dec. 14 — Movistar Arena — Buenos Aires, Argentina (with Kreator and Criminal)
• Dec. 17 — Allianz Parque — São Paulo, Brazil (with Kreator and Korzus)

Slayer U.S. headline and festival dates:

• Sept. 4 — Mystic Lake Amphitheater — Shakopee, Minn. (with Down, Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed)
• Sept. 6 — Rocklahoma — Pryor, Okla.
• Oct. 24 — Sick New World Texas — Fort Worth, Texas
• Nov. 13 — Kia Forum — Inglewood, Calif. (with Cannibal Corpse, Cavalera, Crowbar)
• Nov. 14 — Kia Forum — Inglewood, Calif. (with Cannibal Corpse, Cavalera, Crowbar)

The lineup for all of Slayer‘s comeback shows in 2024 and 2025 was the same as the one that last toured in 2019: guitarist Kerry King and drummer Paul Bostaph, alongside bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Gary Holt. In 2025, the band performed at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa. (30,000-seat capacity, Sept. 20), Louder Than Life in Louisville, Ky., Blackweir Fields in Cardiff, U.K., Finsbury Park in London, and the Festival D’été De Québec in Canada. The band also played a six-song set at Black Sabbath‘s sold-out “Back to the Beginning” final concert on July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.

Reign in Blood was released on Oct. 7, 1986, via Def Jam Recordings and marked the band’s first collaboration with producer Rick Rubin. Kerrang! magazine described it as “the heaviest album of all time” and a breakthrough in thrash metal and speed metal. The album was the band’s first to enter the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at No. 94, and was certified gold by the RIAA on Nov. 20, 1992, for sales in excess of 500,000 copies.

The release of Reign in Blood was delayed due to concerns over its graphic artwork and lyrical subject matter, particularly the opening track “Angel of Death,” which refers to Josef Mengele and describes acts committed at Auschwitz. Allegations of Nazism followed, though the band repeatedly stated they did not condone Nazism and were solely interested in the subject as a documentary. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman previously said: “‘Angel of Death’ was a big problem… Sony wasn’t going to release it. I remember being at home, pissed, throwing things… I didn’t think anything was wrong with ‘Angel of Death’ or anything else we did; it’s a documentary! There’s no ‘Heil Hitler’ or ‘white people rule,’ it’s a documentary; grow up, people.”

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Sinner, led by Mat Sinner, will release its final studio album, Boom Bang Goodbye, on July 31 through Reigning Phoenix Music.

The upcoming record closes the book on more than four decades of Sinner, a run that produced 19 albums and established the band as a longtime presence in the German metal scene. Alongside his work with Primal Fear, Mat Sinner used the project to explore a more melodic hard rock and heavy metal direction over the years.

The band has also released a video for the single “Wait”. Speaking about the song, Mat Sinner said: “I wanted the first song on the album to be a feel-good, upbeat track, something to lift your spirits, because I didn’t want to add to the political madness we’re in with a depressing soundtrack. ‘Wait’ is also representative of the whole album. Working with Michael Bormann again after 10 years was an instant connection; the chemistry was perfect. And, like on the entire album, drummer Moritz Müller and my partner Alex Scholpp delivered an incredibly awesome performance. Plus, my friend Jacob Hansen did an absolutely brilliant mix, and Mat was 100% happy!”

Boom Bang Goodbye also brings together several notable guest musicians, including Ronnie Romero of Rainbow, Michael Sadler from Saga, Björn “Speed” Strid of Soilwork, Jim Müller from Kissin’ Dynamite, and Erik Mårtensson of Eclipse.

The final Sinner album looks set to deliver one last collection of melodic heavy rock backed by a lineup of experienced musicians connected to several major names in European metal and hard rock.

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Stryper have released a new single titled “I’m Alright (I’m Okay)”, continuing the veteran band’s long-running mix of melodic heavy metal and faith-based themes.

Decades into their career, Stryper are still leaning into the sound that helped establish them in the metal scene while adding modern production touches that fit where the band is today.

Frontman Michael Sweet spoke about the new track, saying: “This one is for the old school metal heads. It’s a little 1985 mixed with a little 1991, with a little 2026 sprinkled on top. It has all the qualities that you’ve come to expect from Stryper, yet it also blends in perfectly with the times we live in. It’s a battle cry to stand strong and persevere no matter what, while believing that you will be alright, you will be okay!”

The single arrives alongside an official lyric video and gives fans another taste of the band’s classic approach built around sharp guitar work, strong melodies, and uplifting lyrical themes.

Following the release of “I’m Alright (I’m Okay)”, Stryper are preparing to head back on tour beginning June 5 in Anaheim, California at the Grove of Anaheim.

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