The Nightwish Floor Jansen era is over. The Finnish symphonic metal band and its Dutch singer announced Thursday, Oct. 15, that they have parted ways after about 14 years. Nightwish says it will carry on and record a new album in 2027, and Jansen says her solo career now gets all of her attention, per…
The Back to the Beginning film, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell on screen, opens in theaters worldwide on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Its purple-carpet world premiere was set for Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by the Osbourne family, per the Oct. 7 announcement. A limited number of premiere tickets…
The Fear Factory San Diego show is set. The industrial metal pioneers bring their Cybernetic Domination Tour to House of Blues on Wednesday, Nov. 25, with Darkest Hour and Brotality, per the Live Nation listing. It’s the night before Thanksgiving, so plan around the holiday traffic. The run was announced back on March 11. Metal…
A Perfect Circle San Diego fans have a date and a new video to hold them over. The band released a live music video for “Starless” on Oct. 13, and its 2027 North American tour comes to North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista on Tuesday, June 8, 2027, with The Cult in support,…
Bleeding Through San Diego fans get a December stacked with Southern California metalcore. Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, As Hope Dies and Darasuum play SOMA’s Sidestage on Friday, Dec. 4, per SOMA’s event page. It’s the middle night of a three-show SoCal run. Bleeding Through San Diego show details One aggregator lists a different door time…
San Diego’s Cascade Effect have a new video and, finally, a release date for their first full-length. The Cascade Effect Rogue Wave video landed Oct. 13 through Eclipse Records, and it’s the opening shot for The Weight of Nothingness, a 13-track album due Jan. 8, 2027. Eclipse calls the San Diego five-piece a blend of…
The San Diego Metal Swap Meet 2026 hit Fall Brewing Company Miramar on Saturday, October 10, and the weather kept things interesting. Rain came and went all afternoon, so most of the action stayed under the vendor’s tents. People still moved between the stage, the vendor tables, and the taproom, just with a little more…
DragonForce San Diego fans get first crack at the band’s biggest North American run in more than two decades. The Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour opens Friday, Nov. 13, at The Observatory North Park with Ensiferum and Rhapsody of Fire, per the band’s tour announcement. If you’ve been sitting on tickets, stop. The band posted…
Deafheaven dropped a surprise EP this morning, two days before they hit Del Mar. The new Deafheaven EP, “At Work in the Fields of the Bomb,” is out now on Roadrunner, three songs with a short film for opener “Hunter.” The band plays The Sound at the Del Mar Fairgrounds with Mastodon and Alcest this…
Trivium’s new record, “Crown in the Grave,” lands Nov. 20 on Roadrunner Records, and the Trivium Crown in the Grave era kicked off Thursday with the title track and video, per Blabbermouth. It’s the band’s first studio album with Alex Rüdinger officially on drums, and they bring it to YouTube Theater in Inglewood on Friday,…
Demon Hunter San Diego fans get a full-album night next Thursday: the Christian metalcore band plays 2007’s “Storm the Gates of Hell” front to back at House of Blues San Diego on Oct. 15, 2026, with Wolves at the Gate and Bloodlines. It’s all ages, with doors at 6:30 p.m. and the show at 7:30…
The Soulfly Soda Bar show is four days out: Soulfly, Nailbomb and Incite take over the El Cajon Boulevard club on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. It’s 21+, doors are at 6 p.m. per DICE, and it lands the night after Mastodon, Deafheaven and Alcest hit The Sound in Del Mar. If you’ve got a Monday…
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