Slayer were used to controversy, but when they rocked up to play the Hollywood Palladium in 1988, they didn’t expect this.

(written by Islander) The French black metal duo Iffernet released their self-titled debut album in 2019 and followed that with their second full-length Silences in 2022 and a split with Dolpo in 2024. Now they have completed work on a third album, Life at Heart, that’s set for release in different formats on March 20th […]

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Almost two years after the release of their album Romance, Irish rock stars Fontaines D.C. remain plenty busy. For instance, they’re all over War Child’s new benefit compilation HELP(2), which comes out today. Frontman Grian Chatten teamed up with Damon Albarn and Kae Tempest for the early single “Flags,” and the compilation also features Fontaines…

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Seems like this week’s one for some big short releases. We’re talkin’ some killer EPs in this week’s selection of metal new releases, so enjoy some short jaunts into what these bands can offer.

Blackbraid

Nocturnal Womb (Self release)

It’s just three songs on this EP, but Blackbraid has yet to disappoint. Indigenous black metal ain’t no joke and this guy’s got it down to a science. You can’t go wrong with this or any of Sgah’gahsowáh’s other releases.

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Erra

silence outlives the earth (UNFD)

They say seven’s a lucky number, so maybe the dudes in this progressive metalcore band are feelin’ extra fortunate today as they release their seventh full-length studio release. It’s got hooks, so it’s catchy as all get out, but it still has that technical metalcore angle.

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Leaves’ Eyes

Song of Darkness (Reigning Phoenix)

Another EP this week, only this time it’s Leaves’ Eyes’ symphonic metal offering Song of Darkness. This one features some new members to the band, so fans of epic symphonic metal should get a kick out of this one.

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Moon Tooth

Bastard (Self-released)

It’s always a special day when Long Island’s Moon Tooth put something out. Once again, it’s an EP, so Bastard is only four tracks, but it’s a great four tracks that once again highlight the band’s talent as a group of musicians. Play this one loud.

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Temple Of Void

The Crawl (Relapse)

Dooooooooom. That’s what you get — albeit mixed with some death metal — with this new release from Detroit-based doom/death metal band Temple Of Void. It’s their first album in four years, but don’t let that fool you. Their music will take you down to the type of abyssal depths that the pressure becomes too much and you turn into billionaire stew like the OceanGate Titan submersible.

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Other Shit That Comes Out Today:

Axe Dragger, Axe Dragger (Ripple Music)
Black Lung, Forever Beyond (Magnetic Eye Records)
Bosse-de-Nage, Hidden Fires Burn Hottest (The Flenser)
Cogadh, Kingmaker (N/A)
Darkthrone, The Fist In The Face Of God (Peaceville)
Feversea, Wormwood In The Veins Of The World (Dark Essence Records)
Filth, Welcome To Shell Town (Crowdkill)
Lost Society, Hell Is A State Of Mind(Nuclear Blast)
Prong, Live And Uncleansed (Steamhammer)
Vreid, The Skies Turn Black (Indie Recordings)

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Why Did Metallica Add More Sphere Residency Dates?

Because demand for the band’s immersive “Life Burns Faster” production continues to grow, prompting the addition of ten new shows in early 2027 and bringing the residency total to 24 dates.

TL;DR

• Metallica has added 10 more shows to its Las Vegas Sphere residency in February and March 2027
• The residency now totals 24 performances across late 2026 and early 2027
• Ticket prices have sparked debate, reportedly ranging from $700 to nearly $3,000
• Ticketmaster says a targeted cyberattack slowed early ticket sales
• The shows will continue the band’s “No Repeat Weekend” format from the M72 tour

Metallica Quietly Turns The Sphere Residency Into A Major Event

Metallica’s upcoming Las Vegas Sphere residency just got significantly bigger.

The band announced ten additional performances for early 2027 as part of its “Life Burns Faster” Sphere production, bringing the total number of shows currently scheduled to 24 dates.

The newly announced concerts will take place:

February 4 & 6
February 18 & 20
February 25 & 27
March 4 & 6
March 11 & 13

These join previously announced shows scheduled for late 2026 and early 2027.

With the additional dates, the residency now spans a wide window beginning in October and extending into the following spring.

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The Sphere Run Now Includes 24 Shows

Before the latest announcement, Metallica had already confirmed an extended run of concerts at the venue.

The previously announced dates include:

October 1 & 3
October 8 & 10
October 15 & 17
October 22 & 24
October 29 & 31
November 5 & 7
January 28 & 30

Combined with the new additions, the residency now totals two dozen performances.

For a band that has spent four decades dominating stadiums across the globe, the Sphere shows represent something different — a residency built entirely around next-generation immersive production.

Ticket Prices Are Already Causing Fan Backlash

As news of the residency spreads, ticket pricing has become a major talking point.

Industry outlet Ticket News reported that standard single-night tickets are expected to fall in the $700 to $800 range, while VIP or multi-night packages could reach $1,000 to nearly $2,900.

Some fans online have already pushed back against the pricing, arguing that the cost places the shows out of reach for many longtime listeners.

Others, however, point to the scale of the production and the technological complexity of the Sphere itself as justification for the premium pricing.

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Ticketmaster Blames A “Targeted Attack” For Sales Issues

The ticket rollout hit another unexpected snag when fans reported problems accessing presale tickets earlier this week.

Ticketmaster later issued a statement saying the disruptions were linked to an attempted cyberattack.

“Yesterday, Ticketmaster blocked a targeted attack that tried to bypass our security systems,” the company said.
“During this period, we paused and slowed queues on certain sales to protect tickets, and some fans had difficulty accessing parts of the site.”

The company said the slowdown was necessary to prevent bad actors from scooping up large numbers of tickets.

Metallica Warns Fans About Ticket Scammers

Metallica also addressed the ticketing chaos directly.

In a social media post, the band urged fans to remain cautious and avoid unauthorized sellers.

“PLEASE BE AWARE of false promises, inflated prices, and fraudulent offers from scammers,” the band wrote.

Fans were advised to use official ticket partners including:

• Ticketmaster
• Superfan Live
• Vibee
• Tixr HQ

The band said these platforms are the only verified ticket providers for the Sphere shows.

The Residency Continues The “No Repeat Weekend” Tradition

Metallica’s Sphere residency will follow the same “No Repeat Weekend” format used on the band’s massive M72 World Tour.

Each Thursday and Saturday performance will feature completely different setlists, ensuring that fans attending multiple nights experience entirely unique shows.

The concept has already proven popular with fans on the current tour.

Since launching in spring 2023, the M72 tour has played to more than four million fans worldwide, with critics consistently praising the band’s stage production and setlist variety.

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The Sphere Could Redefine A Metallica Concert

The Las Vegas Sphere is unlike any venue Metallica has performed in before.

The 17,600-capacity building features:

• A 16K wraparound LED display covering the entire interior
• Sphere Immersive Sound, powered by HOLOPLOT audio technology
• Multi-sensory 4D effects

The design allows visuals to extend across the walls and ceiling of the venue, effectively surrounding the audience in a fully immersive environment.

Metallica’s music — already known for its cinematic scale — could translate especially well in that setting.

Lars Ulrich Was Blown Away The First Time He Saw The Venue

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich first saw the Sphere during U2’s opening residency in 2023.

According to Ulrich, the idea of performing there took hold almost instantly.

“About 12 seconds into the opening night of Sphere with U2 back in ’23, I thought, ‘We have to do this. It’s completely uncharted territory,’” he said.

“This residency gives us another chance to reinvent how we interact with our fans in a live setting. We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months’ time, and way fuckin’ psyched to go next level.”

Sphere Has Already Hosted Several Legendary Residencies

Since opening in September 2023, the Las Vegas Sphere has quickly become one of the most talked-about venues in entertainment.

U2 launched the venue with a residency celebrating their classic album Achtung Baby, playing to more than 700,000 fans across 40 sold-out shows.

Other artists who have performed there include:

• PHISH
• Dead & Company
• The Eagles

Metallica’s run will mark one of the first times a heavy metal band has brought its full production into the venue.

Given the band’s history of pushing the limits of live performance, the residency could easily become one of the most ambitious concerts of their career.

The Real Question Fans Are Asking

Metallica has spent more than forty years redefining what a metal concert can look like.

The Sphere residency might be the next step in that evolution.

But with ticket prices rising and immersive technology becoming the centerpiece of the experience, some fans are wondering whether shows like this represent the future of live music — or a new era of concerts only a few can afford.

So what do you think?

Is the Sphere residency the next great Metallica live experience — or the beginning of a new era of ultra-expensive concerts?

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FAQ

How many Metallica Sphere shows have been announced?
A total of 24 dates have now been confirmed for the residency.

When are the newly added shows happening?
The additional performances will take place throughout February and March 2027.

How much do tickets cost?
Reports suggest standard tickets could range from $700 to $800, with VIP packages reaching $2,900.

Will the shows have different setlists?
Yes. The residency will continue the band’s “No Repeat Weekend” format with different songs each night.

Band Bio: Metallica

Formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, Metallica is one of the most influential heavy metal bands in history. The group — currently consisting of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo — helped define the thrash metal movement of the 1980s before evolving into one of the biggest rock acts in the world.

With landmark albums including Master Of Puppets, …And Justice For All, and the self-titled Black Album, Metallica has sold more than 125 million records worldwide and remains one of the highest-grossing touring bands in music history.

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Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest, Philly’s rowdiest craft beer fest, is just around the corner and we don’t want you to miss out on any of the action! Instead of waiting around to die, check out all of the killer bands we have lined up for this year’s festivities:

MAY 2
Municipal Waste (special The Art of Partying set)
Cro-Mags (special The Age of Quarrel set)
Kylesa
Haggus
No/Más 

MAY 3
Power Trip
Cryptopsy (special None So Vile set)
Necrot
Fulci
Blood Monolith 

 

Ready to face all of that and over a dozen of North America’s heaviest craft breweries? Limited two-day passes are still available, but don’t wait until they’re kicked!

MAY 2 TICKETS
MAY 3 TICKETS
TWO-DAY TICKETS

 

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UK doom trio Conan are primed to issue the second edition of their DIY 10″ vinyl series and Decibel has an exclusive premiere of “Anger Mask,” the single from said 10″. Stylistically, it isn’t going too far off the beaten path—big, sludgy riffs backed by a wall of amps and Johnny King’s forceful drumming are a force of nature, pushing the volume as high as it can go.

Explaining the idea behind both “Anger Mask” and the DIY series in general, Conan tell Decibel:

“With our 10-inch series, we wanted to create something without label influence or expectation. We love to improvise during these sessions and this track came together quickly. Bolt Thrower made no apologies for their love of Warhammer and neither do we. ‘Anger Mask’ tells the violent tale of a painted Age of Sigmar figure, from birth to death…”

Nerd out with Conan via the video below. Head over to the band’s shop to grab a copy on wax.

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Stephen Carpenter reveals years of undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes affected him physically and mentally while recording Deftones’ private music.

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Historians theorize that the Mesoamerican cultures (plus their cousins in the Great Basin) developed such a bloody, fatalistic philosophy due to the unpredictability of weather cycles in the region and the notoriously fickle, and labor-intensive, maize crop. Corima, the Californian progressive rock group, attempts to integrate this worldview into music on their latest release, Hunab Ku. The ensemble has been operating at the cultural fringes for more than a decade, though their marginalization is not intentional as they operate in one of the most peripheral post-1960s genres: zeuhl.

Zeuhl (if one is not aware) is a conceptualization of sound that exists in the shadowlands between jazz, metal, progressive rock, and symphonic composition. Opposition and obliqueness to the listener is in the sacred text of zeuhl. French zeuhl, where the genre technically originates, incarnates as a post-Protestant amalgam of jazz and orchestral metal, then Japanese zeuhl, where the genre reached its conceptual consummation, manifests as a postmodern repetitive chaos which, to some, hedges on unconditional torture. So is Corima pressing these borders towards a new post-territory accessible to virginal newcomers?

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Yes and no. The current Corima line-up has been together for about a decade, so there is little loose change between the players. Their sound on Hunab Ku is strong here and easier there, but it never exactly crosses into the avant-garde post-space that the groups which inspired the band, such as the Japanese Kōenjihyakkei, do. Which is to say, Corima is not the California equivalent of another group; they have a robust identity, and the one they project on Hunab Ku is doom.

Doom, in the Mesoamerican sense of the Mayans and Aztecs, where the world is a self-consuming spiral rather than a vanishing point to be achieved. A sense of doom liberated from the mammalian brain, returned to the reptile, is zeuhl’s strongest asset in how it liberates the vocalist from any sense of decorum. Zeuhl is a future-past tool where vocalists adopt a prophetic tongue without the logic or grammar of any language; the technique has often been compared to speaking in tongues. Andrea Calderón, Paco Casanova, Patrick Shiroshi, and Gopala Bhakta all take on the spiritualist activity in one mode or another across the album, bassist Ryan Kamiyamazaki is the only one without a vocals credit, but Calderón, here, is the closest the group has to a lead vocalist.

Each song is a different cycle, a different doom, but a different twist in the formal for those who like when their jazzy rhythmic chanting slides into a frigid doom metal breakdown. “Yoh’hah” and “Xock’ab” open Hunab Ku, but a sense of technical intensity does not emerge until “Manla” and “K’iik,” which begin to unveil the cyclical structure at play. While “Manla” is highly listenable and “K’iik” is highly chaotic, both are a menagerie of technique where it sounds as if every instrument in existence, up to even the glockenspiel, is included. “K’iik” itself is haunting as it rumbles through crying whines and chugging rhythm. This then feeds into the ceremonial style of “Inlilnaluk” which admits itself an eastern influence alongside a synth organ and pipes. The mythological “Ho-Huitzilopochtli-Tlaloc,” named in honor of the masked deities who rained blood and whose blood was rain, reveals the group’s Kōenjihyakkei influence with triumphancy. The album then closes off on the thunderous climax of “Kultunlilni,” which allows Corima to put into practice the physicality of zeuhl, an advancing wall of sound. The only thing the Corima ensemble stops short of on Hunab Ku is breaking out the Aztec death whistle for the conclusion.

Is one left with a sense of doom once Hunab Ku concludes? Undoubtedly, but it is a refreshing doom. This is the doom of the flesh: the ruin of murals, the forgotten faces of gods in masks of many nations, and technical music skill on parade. It is a pleasant change of pace to be reminded of an impending disaster that is personal rather than a de-personalized, structural force. Even if Corima takes another decade (erm, another cycle) to get around to another album, this formation of Corima has proven there is still a little bit of the knife-prick in the digital music environment, no matter how fringe. Hunab Ku is music to be felt in the rattling bones, not in the beating heart.

–William Pauper

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Hunab Ku is available now via Soleil Zeuhl.

Venom needs no introduction, from their birth in Newcastle in ’79 they paved the way for extreme metal and created their own genre, Black Metal. […]

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