To coincide with their 50th anniversary, Accept will release a collaboration album on 4 September 2026, titled Teutonic Titans 1976–2026 . It will include contributions by Billy Corgan , Sebastian Bach , current or former members of Judas Priest , Scorpions , Ghost , Pantera , Overkill , Testament ,…
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In July 2026, Kiske announced that an eighteenth studio album from Helloween is in the works. He revealed that they “had way too many songs” that did not end up on Giants & Monsters , and said, “I would say, like, 90% at least already done for the new record.…
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Venom’s sixteenth studio album, and their first in eight years, Into Oblivion was released on 1 May 2026. The album’s lead single “Lay Down Your Soul” was released on 5 March 2026.
Slayer will play several shows in 2026, headlining the Rocklahoma festival in September and Sick New World Texas in Fort Worth the following month. Additional shows will occur in Minnesota along with two shows at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles (where the band played their final show before disbanding…
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On 13 March 2026, longtime Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell died at the age of 64, after a long battle in intensive care following a major operation, making him the last member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll line-up to die and leaving drummer Mikkey Dee as the last surviving member of…
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The band is scheduled to perform at the Hell’s Heroes music festival in Houston in March 2026.
Prior to the release of Cursum Perficio , the band (along with Exodus) opened for Megadeth on the Canadian leg of their final tour in February and March 2026, and they will also support Iron Maiden on select dates to the North American leg of their Run for Your Lives…
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In a March 2026 interview with Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles , Johnson confirmed that Exciter was “dead and buried and put to rest” after “a year and a half and no contact” with Beehler.
The band performed across Canada from mid-February to early March 2026 with Anthrax and Exodus
In January 2026, Megadeth: Behind the Mask , a “track-by-track commentary” on the new album and career retrospective, was released “in over 1,000 cinemas, across more than 35 countries.”