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Sheffield heavy metal heavyweights Malevolence have announced a massive 14-date headline run across the UK and Ireland for February 2027. Dubbed the “United Kingdom of Chaos ’27” tour, the trek kicks off at Southampton’s Engine Rooms before tearing through England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, ultimately culminating in a triumphant hometown show at Sheffield’s … Continue reading News: Malevolence announce headline UK/IRE of Chaos ’27 tour with Guilt Trip and Bodyweb

Having recently completed a successful UK tour for their latest ep ‘in a fever dream’, British progressive metal band Haken have announced a North American tour for spring 2027, with support from Thank You Scientist and Leprous frontman Einar Solberg.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale Friday, October 30th.

03/04 Austin, TX @ Moonline
03/05 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
03/07 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
03/08 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
03/09 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theatre
03/10 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
03/11 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
03/12 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
03/13 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
03/14 Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
03/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Commonwealth Room
03/17 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
03/18 Kansas City, MO @ Warehouse On Broadway
03/19 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
03/20 Cleveland, OH @ TBA
03/21 Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
03/23 Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield
03/24 Quebec City, QC @ Salle Montaigne
03/25 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
03/26 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
03/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
03/28 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
03/29 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
03/30 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
03/31 Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues

04/01–04/08 Cruise To The Edge (no Einar Solberg)

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– October 27th, 2026 –

“Gone With The Devil” Full-Length Out Now!

Watch/Stream YOTH IRIA’s “Dare to Rebel” HERE

Hellenic black metal outfit YOTH IRIA presents their new video for “Dare to Rebel.” The track appears on the band’s stellar third album, Gone With The Devil, out now on Metal Blade Records. Watch the video HERE.

Watch the band’s previously released videos for “Harut, Government, Fallen” HERE, “The Blind Eye Of Antichrist” HERE, and “Blessed Be He Who Enters” HERE.

Photo by Alex Haritakis

YOTH IRIA has just announced a European tour with Thulcandra and Vorga for March of next year. Full dates below.

In the Light of Darkness European Tour 2027:
Thulcandra, Yoth Iria, Vorga
12.03 – Erfurt, DE – From Hell
13.03 – Prague, CZ – Futurum
14.03 – Vienna, AT – Viper Room
15.03 – Warsaw, PL – Mechanik
16.03 – Berlin, DE – Cassiopeia
17.03 – Copenhagen, DK – Stengade
18.03 – Hamburg, DE – Bahnhof St. Pauli
19.03 – Hoogeveen, NL – Het Podium
20.03 – Dortmund, DE – Junkyard
21.03 – Selb, DE – Rock Club Nordbayern
22.03 – Mörlenbach, DE – Weiher – Live Music Hall
23.03 – Kassel, DE – Goldgrube
24.03 – Kortrijk, BE – DVG Club
25.03 – Paris, FR – Backstage By The Mill
26.03 – Namur, BE – The Belvédère
27.03 – Aarburg, CH – Musigburg
28.03 – Munich, DE – Dark Easter Metal Meeting

Other YOTH IRIA shows:
30.10.26 – Dubai, AE – Oak Live Bar
31.10.26 – Patras, GR – Lesxi
18.12.26 – Athen, GR – Gargarin 205 (support for Old Man’s Child)
08.03.27 – Stockholm, SE – Extreme Metal Sounds Festival

YOTH IRIA‘s Gone With The Devil is available on CD (jewel case – US / digipak – EU) and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

Red Electric Blue Melt (US)
180g Black (EU)
Oxblood Black Merged (EU – Ltd. 500)
Oxblood Blue Silver Merged (EU – Ltd. 250)
Gold Black Splatter (EU – Ltd. 250)

Preview/purchase the record at: metalblade.com/yothiria

“Gone With The Devil… both transcends scene boundaries and defines them anew. Big songs, big choruses (and choirs), big riffs and ambition all break from the band’s blackened cocoon, giving way to a much bigger, broader sound — deathly verses, clean choruses, melodic grandiosity…” – Decibel Magazine

“It is melodically bombastic, epically narrative. and goth-doomily dramatic.” – Sweden Rock Mag

“The music brings a compelling mix of aggression, melody, and grandiose worldbuilding into existence. It carries an epic streak and an inherent power, as well as atmosphere that’s thick and generously built.” – Wonderbox Metal

“Every ounce of Gone With The Devil sounds like a spirited battle against oppressive structures (be it political, societal, artistic), and Hellenic force YOTH IRIA are holding aloft the torches for the march… The music… gives a sense of personal power and ambition reminding that your heart is alive, as is your mind, and there is no reason to give up for anyone or anything.” – Meat Mead Metal, Pick of the Week

“…highly addictive.” – Deaf Forever

“Gone With The Devil is a Hellenic black metal feast – an album that seizes me with its impressive melodies, occult atmosphere, sonic power, and depth, refusing to let go. Fans should absolutely take a closer look at YOTH IRIA – an unexpectedly fabulous band.” – Break Out Germany

“Within the music, one hears and feels sentiments of intense rebellion, sincere adoration for the Fallen Angel, surges of pure heroism (‘The End Of The Known Civilization’), and sweeping melodies that often sound like a sonic reflection of a true Greek tragedy…” – Rock Tribune Benelux

“In terms of the landmark album that YOTH IRIA were seeking, it is reasonable to say that they have achieved it.” – Metal Talk

ABOUT THE BAND:
YOTH IRIA‘s trajectory has been on a steep ascent since crafty 2021 debut As The Flame Withers and 2024′s hypnotic Blazing Inferno, but there has audibly been a concerted determination to develop and expand in sinister new directions. “The creative workflow was similar to Blazing Inferno, yet we deliberately pushed ourselves to bring new elements into our music. We kept the immediacy of Blazing Inferno, the psychedelia of As The Flame Withers, and all the characteristics people expect from Hellenic black metal, while adding fresh sounds and atmospheres never before heard from YOTH IRIA.”

Predominantly stately tempos ensure the dark riffs, memorable melodies and flamboyant leads have space to breathe their fire, so that the blastbeats, when they come, devastate even more utterly. Flecks of Mediterranean folk and gothic cadences further expand the band’s sonic palate, while there are countless melodies so atavistically simple and primally satisfying they could be a thousand years old.

There’s a thrilling balance of ancient and modern, good and evil, harmony and dissonance on Gone With The Devil advancing YOTH IRIA as a hungry contender for extreme metal’s big leagues – an ever-improving unit with a glorious future. Appropriately, however, Gone With The Devil is best summed up with a line already coined by the band to describe their ongoing body of work: “Every note tells a story of rebirth, tradition, and the relentless pursuit of musical transcendence.”

The daemonic avatar YOTH IRIA was first explicitly summoned on Rotting Christ‘s legendary debut Thy Mighty Contract in 1993. Bassist/lyricist Jim Mutilator formed that band as Black Church in 1984, before also becoming a founding member of cult Athenian BM heroes Varathron for their first five years. Renewing the otherworldly atmospheres and occult ravishment for a new era, YOTH IRIA functions almost as the third panel in an apocalyptic triptych of Hellenic black metal excellence.

YOTH IRIA:
HE – vocals
Jim Mutilator – bass
Nikolas Perlepe – guitar
Naberius – guitar
Bill “Vongaar” Stavrianidis – drums

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Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams, the stars of director Taika Waititi’s new film Klara and the Sun, have been undertaking an extensive promotional campaign for the film in the UK, presumably to help distract potential cinema goers from some of the appalling reviews the film has received.

As part of their media chores during a recent visit to London, Ortega and Adams were filmed played a game called Agree to Disagree for LADBible, sharing their deeply held convictions on what we’re informed are The Internet’s Biggest Debates, including topics such as ‘Would you survive a zombie apocalypse?’, ‘Should good singers do karaoke?’ and ‘Can you admit when you’re wrong?’

As part of this fascinating discussion, the Hollywood duo were asked for their thoughts on the ethics of wearing band T-shirts, or more specifically, a debate dear to the hearts of tiresome, tedious gatekeeping men worldwide, whether an individual should be allowed to wearing band T-shirts if they don’t know the band in question.

Ortega, who in previous promotional interviews has referenced bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Deftones, discussed her love of experimental US hip hop duo Death Grips, and revealed the influence of punk icon Siouxsie Sioux on horror icon Wednesday Addams, has obviously been subjected to some attention on this subject before, as she tells Adams, “What I don’t agree with is when someone tries to do the, ‘Name three songs’ [question]. It’s like, why do you care? Why do you care that much?”

Ortega also factors in some purely practical reasons as to why one might be wearing a band T-shirt, pointing out that someone’s choice of apparel on any given day could be dictated by random acts of chance, such as the possibility of being forced to change outfits if “a bird did its business on you” or “someone threw a drink at you”. And you thought living in Hollywood doesn’t throw up real world problems? More fool you.

Amy Adams, meanwhile, says that she understands that fans of musical artists “kind of feel proprietorship” when it comes to wearing T-shirts, but cites an example from her own life as to why this kind of gatekeeping can actually harm bands.

“It’s interesting,” she says, “because my daughter really liked band T-shirts when she was younger, and didn’t know the bands, but it introduced her to the bands, because she was like, ‘Who’s this? Who’s that?’ Sshe’s now very into the bands of the T-shirt she wore when she was like nine.”

Ultimately, the pair are in agreement on the matter, offering the shared opinion, “Just let the person wear the T-shirt”.

So that’s that settled then. Thanks everyone. NEXT!

Watch the duo’s discussion below.

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Bruce Dickinson’s tour 2027 schedule is out: 31 European shows under the name PsychoGod, split between a summer leg of headline dates and festivals from June 14 in Belfast to mid-July, and a November–December arena-and-theater run with Evergrey supporting that ends December 10 at L’Olympia in Paris.

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 30. There are no North American dates; Dickinson’s only US shows of 2027 are with Iron Maiden in April and May. The tour follows a new solo album, his eighth, recorded live at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 and due next year, and the announcement came with a line aimed squarely at the week’s other big story: ‘A.I. can only copy, it can only pretend.’

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The PsychoGod Tour: Two Legs, 31 Shows, One Continent

The summer leg runs June 14 to July 11, 2027, mixing headline rooms in Belfast, Dublin, Milan, Zurich, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sofia, Istanbul and Luxembourg with festival sets at Rock Imperium, Rockharz and Masters Of Rock; the winter leg runs November 10 to December 10 across Poland, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and France, with Evergrey opening every night.

Press materials promise ‘a whole range of new material, alongside fan favourites and deep cuts spanning his entire solo career,’ which with seven albums behind him and an eighth on the way is a long menu. The live band is the one that played 71 shows across three continents on the Mandrake Project tour in 2025: Chris Declercq and Philip Näslund on guitars, Tanya O’Callaghan on bass, Mistheria on keys and Dave Moreno on drums. Roy Z, who co-wrote and produced The Mandrake Project, isn’t in the touring lineup.

Festival dates show the full event window; Dickinson’s set day within each will be confirmed by the festivals. General on-sale is Friday, October 30; check brucedickinson.com for presale access and local times. The three festivals are all in our 2027 festival guide.

No US Dates, But Iron Maiden Cover April And May

Dickinson’s solo tour skips North America entirely; American fans get him with Iron Maiden instead, on the final leg of the Run For Your Lives 50th-anniversary tour, 16 shows from Tacoma on April 14 to Boardwalk Rock in Ocean City, Maryland on May 16, 2027.

That leg is the end of the Maiden tour that began in 2025, and it closes with two festival headline slots: Sonic Temple in Columbus on May 14 and Boardwalk Rock two days later. The band had said its 2026 dates would be its last until at least 2028; the North American run was added anyway. Every Iron Maiden date on the continent is on its own page. It also means Dickinson will go from the last Maiden show in mid-May to the first PsychoGod show in Belfast four weeks later, at 68, which is the kind of schedule he has said he has no intention of slowing.

A solo American leg in 2028 is a reasonable guess, given that the Mandrake Project tour did North America in the spring of its album year and this one has no US dates at all; nothing has been announced.

The New Album: 16 Songs, Three Weeks, ‘100 Percent Live’

Dickinson’s eighth solo album, the follow-up to 2024’s The Mandrake Project, was recorded mostly in January and February 2026 at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Northridge, California, produced and mixed by Brendan Duffey, with Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser on percussion and a collaboration with Dickinson’s son Austin; it’s due in 2027, with no title or date yet.

The method is the story. Dickinson told Rolling Stone the band cut it ‘all 100 percent live,’ calling it ‘like the anti-A.I. generation,’ and has said elsewhere that they tracked 16 songs in three weeks. Kisser posted from Studio 606 in February confirming his part. Dickinson has described the record, in an interview with VSX, as heavy as [expletive]. Steve Harris, who doesn’t hand out compliments on solo records, reportedly called it some of the best material he’d heard from him.

The Mandrake Project, released in March 2024 on BMG, was Dickinson’s first solo album in nineteen years and was co-written and produced by Roy Z, who played guitar and bass on much of it. Whether Roy Z is on the new one hasn’t been said; the live band that made the Mandrake tour is the band that made this record, and that band is now the point. For where the solo catalog sits next to the day job, the Iron Maiden albums ranked is the comparison, and the Dickinson facts list has the fencing, the flying and the brewery for anyone new.

‘It Can Never Be In Love, And It Can Never Play’

Dickinson’s statement in the tour announcement is a direct shot at AI-generated music: ‘What we do is real and that’s so important right now. A real drummer, a real bass player, real guitarists, real keyboards – A.I. can only copy, it can only pretend. It can never be in love, and it can never play. This band? They can really play!’

The timing is hard to miss. The line arrives two days after Jack Osbourne said the backlash to the AI Ozzy avatar ‘was my own fault’ and a day before the Back To The Beginning film opens, in a week when the biggest conversation in heavy music is what, exactly, a dead legend’s estate owns. Dickinson isn’t talking about Ozzy, and he’d probably bristle at the comparison. But a 68-year-old singer booking 31 shows and recording an album live in a room is making an argument with his schedule, and the statement just says it out loud.

It also fits the band he’s touring with. Nicko McBrain, Maiden’s drummer of four decades, retired from the road this month; Dickinson’s response to the end of an era appears to be more road, not less. Whether that’s stubbornness or the right answer is a question for the comments. The first two Maiden albums were made by people who’d have said the same thing about drum machines.

TL;DR

• Bruce Dickinson’s PsychoGod tour 2027 is 31 European shows: a summer leg June 14 (Belfast) to July 11 (Masters Of Rock), with headline dates and three festivals, and a winter leg November 10 (Warsaw) to December 10 (Paris, L’Olympia) with Evergrey supporting. Tickets on sale Friday, October 30.
• No North American dates. Dickinson’s US shows in 2027 are Iron Maiden’s final Run For Your Lives leg, April 14 to May 16, ending at Sonic Temple and Boardwalk Rock.
• The tour follows his eighth solo album, due 2027: recorded live at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in early 2026, produced by Brendan Duffey, with Andreas Kisser of Sepultura on percussion and a collaboration with his son Austin. No title or date yet.
• The live band is the Mandrake Project touring lineup: Chris Declercq, Philip Näslund, Tanya O’Callaghan, Mistheria and Dave Moreno. Roy Z is not touring.
• Dickinson on the announcement: ‘A.I. can only copy, it can only pretend. It can never be in love, and it can never play.’

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Converging at the intersection of deathrock and hardcore, the Northeast quintet Final Gasp have developed a sound they can call their own. While this year’s standout New Day Symptoms LP showcase of their songwriting evolution, it doesn’t tell the whole story. With the help of the Decibel Flexi Series, “Aftermath,” an exclusive track from the New Day Symptoms recording session, is now available to everyone’s earholes, completing Final Gasp’s somber recoding picture for 2026.

Stream it below, then make sure to snag your copy of the November issue of Decibel, which includes this exclusive piece of floppy vinyl. If you think these will be around forever, don’t hold your breath!

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