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Post-Black Metal phenomenon GAEREA have announced a UK headline tour for September 2026, in support of their upcoming album Loss, out 20 March 2026 via Century Media.
“This is by far one of our most anticipated runs in 2026 under the new album Loss,” the band said. “The UK has been a powerhouse for GAEREA since the very beginning, bringing us some of the most beautiful and intense fans we have. After such a massive reaction at Damnation Festival earlier this year, we knew we had to come back with a bigger production, bigger set and of course, with these new songs from the new era.”
GAEREA are a masked collective born in Porto, Portugal. In under a decade, the band have navigated countless darkened shades of Metal to arrive at their fifth album and Century Media debut, Loss.
The new record builds on GAEREA’s Post-Black Metal past with sharpened sonics and haunting melodies – and, through the emotionally charged din, it remains unmistakably GAEREA.
The band recently released the new single Nomad. “The Nomad is the individual who goes through life at a constant moving pace just to avoid facing oneself,” they said. “Physically drifting, but emotionally running from guilt, self-doubt, and a fear of becoming something to despise. At its core, it’s a confession of alienation. A nomad not by choice, but by self-punishment and inner collapse.”
The band are also confirmed for festivals and shows across summer 2026, including Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting and more.
GAEREA will perform Loss in its entirety at the following two exclusive release shows:
– 20 March 2026 – Brussels, Botanique (BE)
– 21 March 2026 – Amsterdam, Melkweg (NL)
1. Luminary
2. Submerged
3. Hellbound
4. Uncontrolled
5. Phoenix
6. Cyclone
7. LBRNTH
8. Nomad
9. Stardust
Metallica have announced they will be taking over the incredible Sphere in Las Vegas this Autumn for four very special weekends.
The show, entitled ‘Life Burns Faster’, will take place on October 01 and 03, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, and will align with the ‘No Repeat Weekends’ of their M72 World Tour, meaning no song will be repeated over the two nights of each Thursday and Saturday performance.
So that means you’ll be getting all of the band’s biggest, boldest and best tracks from across their 40-year career, matched with the incredible scope and stature of the infrastructure within Sphere, made up of audience-wrapping LED displays, immersive sound and multi-sensory 4D technology. It’s going to be on a completely different level to anything you have ever seen a metal band do.
Drummer Lars Ulrich had this to say about the event, stating, “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!’ 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!”
No Repeat Weekend tickets and single-night tickets will go on sale March 06 at 10am PT. Registration is now open right here.
The band are also set to continue their incredible M72 tour across the UK and Europe this Summer, with the dates looking like this.
MAY
09 – ATHENS Olympic Stadium *
13 – BUCHAREST Arena Națională *
19 – CHORZÓW Stadion Śląski *
22 – FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank Park *
24 – FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank Park +
27 – ZURICH Stadion Letzigrund*
30 – BERLIN Olympiastadion, Germany*
JUNE
03 – BOLOGNA Stadio Renato Dall’Ara*
11 – BUDAPEST Puskas Arena +
13 – BUDAPEST Puskas Arena *
19 – DUBLIN Aviva Stadium+
21 – DUBLIN Aviva Stadium *
25 – GLASGOW Hampden Park, Scotland*
28 – CARDIFF Principality Stadium, Wales*
JULY
03 – LONDON London Stadium, UK*
05 – LONDON London Stadium, UK+
* Gojira and Knocked Loose support
+ Pantera and Avatar support
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Based on name alone, it’s way too easy to confuse the excellent Seattle/Tacoma fuzz-pop band TV Star with TV Girl. This is unfortunate, since TV Girl are a big band who sound nothing like TV Star. The members of TV Star come from Pacific Northwest DIY underground circles — Supercrush frontman Mark Palm plays bass…
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Metallica are coming to the Sphere. This fall, the legendary metal band will become the heaviest act so far to perform at the high-tech Las Vegas venue.
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Following the announcement of their new EP and the premiere of its first single.
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Florida metalcore titans Wage War return April 17 with brutal new EP, lead single “Song of the Swamp,” and a spring headline tour.
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Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon return with a 14-song concept album, comic companion, and AI-inspired narrative arriving May 1st.
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After 22 years of eligibility, heavy metal icons Iron Maiden have finally been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And even though there are so many other worthy bands to receive such an honor, Iron Maiden is the only metal band to get the nod this year among the 17 artists nominated on this year’s “Performer” ballot.
This is the third time Iron Maiden’s been nominated to the Rock Hall, with the two other instances being 2021 and 2023. Obviously, both of those instances resulted in them being overlooked by other artists. But who knows — maybe the third time’s the charm.
In addition to the British metal masters, the list includes some rock acts like The Black Crowes and Billy Idol, some pop icons like Mariah Carey and Pink, and some hip-hop/R&B acts like Wu-Tang Clan and Luther Vandross. The full list of nominees is as follows:
Of those nominated this year, ten of them are first-timers. Artists become eligible 25 years after the release of their first commercial recording. This year’s nominees will be voted on by more than 1,200 artists, historians and music industry professionals.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chairman John Sykes propped up this year’s list as a sign of the universality of “rock and roll”.
“This diverse list of talented nominees recognizes the ever-evolving faces and sounds of rock and roll and its continued impact on youth culture.”
If they finally get the nod, the hall has expressed that Iron Maiden’s honorees would include the band’s current members and former members. So that means Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Janick Gers, Dennis Stratton, Paul Di’Anno, Nicko McBrain, and Clive Burr would all get recognition.
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