Kittie Oracle XXV, out now on Sumerian, marks 25 years of the band's second album with re-recorded versions of "Mouthful Of Poison" and "What I Always Wanted," plus a new video. No tour dates were announced.

Wolves At The Gate Borderland, the story follow-up to 2025's Wasteland, is due April 9, 2027, on Solid State Records. "Firewall" is out now with a video; no tour dates have been announced.

TesseracT sign to Nuclear Blast and announce ARC_ONE: Obscura, a three-song EP due March 5, 2027, led by the single "Crucible." Their January tour has no San Diego date.

Walls of Jericho System Error: Humanity, the band's first album since 2016, is out now on Napalm Records with Kurt Ballou producing and Randy Blythe guesting.

Aftershock 2027 returns to Discovery Park in Sacramento on Sept. 30–Oct. 3 for its 15th year. Four-day passes go on sale Nov. 16 at noon PT; no lineup has been announced.