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EDITOR'S PICKS: NEWS 2026

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GREG MACKINTOSH, co-founder of PARADISE LOST
 
News, February 23, 2026: Guitarist GREG MACKINTOSH of British gothic/doom metal legends PARADISE LOST has shared a special message via social media in order to stop any further speculation about his weight loss.
 
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DARK FUNERAL

February 21, 2026: 

Swedish Black Metal pioneers DARK FUNERAL announce that their song “Open The Gates” is featured in the motion picture Psycho Killer, now in theaters.
Psycho Killer is written by acclaimed screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, 8MM), directed by Gavin Polone, and stars Georgina Campbell, Dutchess Cayetano & Malcolm McDowell.
The inclusion of Dark Funeral marks a notable crossover between extreme metal and contemporary cinema, underscoring the band’s enduring cultural presence beyond the traditional boundaries of the genre.
Lord Ahriman comments:
““Everyone knows how big of a horror movie fan I am, and I’m a huge fan of Se7en and 8MM, so to finally have one of our songs — even an older one — find its way into a major horror film connected to Andrew Kevin Walker feels truly amazing. This is something I’ve hoped for for a long time, and I look forward to seeing more of our music on the silver screen in the years to come. I can’t wait to watch Psycho Killer myself.”
Dark Funeral are published by Reservoir and recorded under Century Media Records/Sony Music.
 

DEATH BY LOVE
February 20, 2026: "Transatlantic gothic/industrial duo, DEATH BY LOVE has announced the release of their full-length debut: a concept album called "444". "444" includes 11 tracks exploring themes of mysticism, identity, spiritual tension, and emotional rebirth.
DEATH BY LOVE weaves gothic, industrial, and trip-hop sensibilities into a singular sonic language, enriched by evocative Middle Eastern vocal textures. The project brings together Peter Guellard—whose decades-long presence in the U.S. dark-electronic underground includes work with The Electric Hellfire Club, Closterkeller, and Blitzkrieg—and Inga Habiba, whose distinctive, spiritually charged voice has been shaped by a multicultural heritage and a long career fronting gothic and new-wave acts in Poland."

LOCUS NOIR

February 18, 2026: LOCUS NOIR have dropped their second single from the upcoming Debut Album "Shadow Sun", which will be released on February 27 via Listenable. The second Single is called 'Hollow' and is accompanied Bby its lyric video.


DRACONIAN
February 11, 2026: Swedish Gothic Doom Metallers DRACONIAN will release their upcoming studio album, "In Somnolent Ruin", on May 8, 2026, under Napalm Records.
"In Somnolent Ruin" tracklist:
01. I Welcome Thy Arrow
02. The Monochrome Blade
03. Anima (feat. Daniel Änghede)
04. The Face Of God
05. I Gave You Wings
06. Asteria Beneath The Tranquil Sea
07. Cold Heavens
08. Misanthrope River
09. Lethe
 
 
 
DRACONIAN line up:
Johan Ericson - Guitar, Vocals, Keys
Anders Jacobsson - Vocals
Lisa Johansson - Vocals
Daniel Arvidsson - Bass
Niklas Nord - Guitar
Daniel Johansson - Drums
Photo credit: Therés Stephansdotter Björk

SODOM RELEASE NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE FOR REMIXED VERSION OF ‘JABBA THE HUTT’

January 23, 2026: Sodom’s, 1994 album Get What You Deserve didn’t stick to any of the rules of the era. "We just wanted to sound completely nuts — full-on, in-your-face madness - it was pure Sodom just not giving a damn. Especially not about what anyone else was doing. We wanted to do what felt right to us — raw, grimy, unpolished. Songs that would make other people cringe — that’s what we were after."


The new single 'Jabba the Hutt' is one such track, and it may appear that it‘s named after a Star Wars character — but it’s actually about a real person. When asked about it, Tom Angelripper and Andy Brings respond in unison: "We won’t comment on that."

Thirty-two years later, this snarling beast is being unleashed on the metal community once again. A timeless p

unch to the gut — or, as Maik Weichert, guitarist and mastermind of German metalcore heroes Heaven Shall Burn, puts it: “The best punk album of the nineties!”

Get What You Deserve will be released as an extensive box set, remastered and newly mixed by Andy Brings, including the remastered and remixed Aber Bitte Mit Sahne EP, plus the first concert with Atomic Steif as a bonus double LP and a DVD with additional live shows. Alongside the original hotel room cover, the package also includes the censored version with the band photo and the originally planned artwork featuring a Knarrenheinz painting by cult artist Andreas Marschall.

Get What You Deserve will be released on February 27, 2026 via BMG and is available for pre-order now. 

Sodom’s deluxe, expanded reissue of Get What You Deserve is available in these formats. 

  • Box set including 5LP’s on deluxe colour wax, book, poster and DVD.

  • Double, gatefold milky clear vinyl.

  • Triple CD digisleeve with 24 page booklet

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xoyH0W4lwg


MOSH-PIT JUSTICE

January 23, 2026Bulgarian Thrash Metallers MOSH-PIT JUSTICE have renewed their recording contract with Punishment 18 Records for the release of the band’s new and seventh full-length studio album, titled "Future Is Denied." More details coming soon.


LISTENABLE SIGN MULTI-ALBUM DEAL WITH UK RATTLESNAKES
January 23, 2026:  UK’s heavy metal hopefuls RATTLESNAKES join Listenable roster. The Nottingham female fronted band emerged all guns blazing in 2024 and has been growing fast rampaging many UK clubs with great conviction . The band released their   ‘Deeper Shades of Torment’ debut EP in April 2025, which is available on all digital platforms worldwide.
 
RATTLESNAKES are currently demoing material for the band’s full length debut album which with all its wrath filled riffing and commanding vocals  will undeniably make every head bang and generate impassioned mass sing along.
 
Check RATTLESNAKES live with label fellows STRUCK A NERVE and DEVASTATOR at London Cart and Horses 
on May 3rd, 2026

IMMOLATION
January 16, 2026: Death Metal legends IMMOLATION have announced that their twelfth studio album, "Descent", will be released on April 10 under Nuclear Blast Records. The official music video of their new single 'Adversary' is out now. Link to youtube:
This February, IMMOLATION will join MAYHEM and MARDUK on the "Death Over Europe Tour". Following the European tour, IMMOLATION will join BEHEMOTH on their "The Godless IV 2026 Tour" with DEICIDE and ROTTING CHRIST.
Track list of "Descent":
01. These Vengeful Winds
02. The Ephemeral Curse
03. God's Last Breath
04. Adversary
05. Attrition
06. Bend Towards The Dark
07. Host
08. False Ascent
09. Banished
10. Descent
 
IMMOLATION line up:
Ross Dolan - Bass/Vocals
Robert Vigna - Guitar
Steve Shalaty - Drums
Alex Bouks - Guitar

LAMB of GOD

January 15: The 10th studio album, "Into Oblivion", is set to arrive on March 13.

 

1. Into Oblivion

2. Parasocial Christ

3. Sepsis

4. The Killing Floor

5. El Vacío

6. St. Catherine's Wheel

7. Blunt Force Blues

8. Bully 

9. A Thousand Years

10. Devise/Destroy

 

Pre-order the album, including exclusive signed Vinyl and CD variants, now at into-oblivion.com

 

Watch the Music Video for “Into Oblivion”

 

Into Oblivion Tour: North America 2026

Lamb of God headling tour across the US and Canada with  Kublai Khan TX, Fit For An Autopsy, and Sanguisugabogg.

 

 

03.17 – National Harbor, MD | MGM National Harbor

03.19 – Montreal, QC | Bell Centre

03.20 – Toronto, ON | Great Canadian Theatre

03.22 – Detroit, MI | The Fox

03.24 – Minneapolis, MN | Armory

03.25 – Chicago, IL | Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

03.27 – Denver, CO | The Fillmore Auditorium

03.28 – Salt Lake City, UT | Union Event Center

03.30 – Portland, OR | Theater of the Clouds

03.31 – Seattle, WA | WAMU

04.01 – Vancouver, BC | PNE Forum

04.03 – San Francisco, CA | The Masonic

04.04 – Inglewood, CA | YouTube Theater

04.05 – Phoenix, AZ | Arizona Financial Theatre

04.07 – Albuquerque, NM | Revel

04.10 – Austin, TX | Moody Amphitheater

04.11 – Irving, TX | Toyota Music Factory

04.12 – Houston, TX | 713 Music Hall

04.14 – Nashville, TN | Nashville Municipal Auditorium

04.15 – Atlanta, GA | Coca-Cola Roxy

04.16 – Raleigh, NC | Red Hat Amphitheater

04.18 – Reading, PA | Santander Arena

04.19 – Virginia Beach, VA | The Dome

04.21 – Buffalo, NY | Buffalo RiverWorks

04.23 – Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Paramount

04.25 – Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena

04.26 – Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway

05.09 – Daytona Beach, FL | Welcome to Rockville

05.17 – Columbus, OH | Sonic Temple

05.20 – San Juan, Puerto Rico | Coliseo de Puerto Rico

 


KATAKLYSM

Freedom or Death 2026 Tour: KATAKLYSM at Z7 in Pratteln (CH), with Vader and Blood Red Throne on March 14. The tour will hit more than 30 cities in Europe/UK!
All Tour stops:

18.02.    FR   Paris @ La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
20.02.    UK   Wolverhampton @ KK's Steel Mill
21.02.    UK   Glasgow @ Slay
22.02.    UK   Manchester @ Academy 2
23.02.    UK   London @ O2 Academy Islington
25.02.    FR   Rennes @ L'Etage
26.02.    FR   Toulouse @ Le Bikini
27.02.    ES   Madrid @ Sala Mon
28.02.    ES   Pamplona @ Sala Totem
01.03.    ES   Barcelona @ Razzmatazz 2
03.03.    CH   Genf @ L'Usine
04.03.    IT   Mailand @ Legend Club
05.03.    SI   Ljubljana @ Kino Siska
06.03.    CZ   Brno @ Fleda
07.03.    SK   Kosice @ Colloseum
08.03.    HU   Budapest @ Barba Negra Blue Stage
10.03.    AT   Wien @ Simmcity
11.03.    DE   München @ Backstage Werk
12.03.    DE   Heidelberg @ Halle 02
13.03.    DE   Memmingen @ Kaminwerk
14.03.    CH   Pratteln @ Z7
15.03.    DE   Trier @ Forum
17.03.    BE   Antwerpen @ Trix
18.03.    DE   Hamburg @ Markthalle
19.03.    DK   Kopenhagen @ Pumpehuset
20.03.    DE   Berlin @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
21.03.    DE   Leipzig @ Hellraiser
22.03.    DE   Bochum @ Zeche
24.03.    DE   Frankfurt @ Batschkapp
25.03.    DE   Braunschweig @ Westand
26.03.    NL   Leiden @ Gebr. De Nobel
27.03.    DE   Bamberg @ Brose Arena


CROWBAR

January 7: Crowbar and Eyehategod will co-headline a US Spring Tour in 2026. This tour will
kick off on March 19 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and will end in New Orleans on April 18.
Tour dates:
03/19 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live
03/20 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
03/21 – Haltom City, TX @ The Haltom Theater
03/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
03/23 – El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse Bar & Grill
03/24 – Mesa, AZ @ The Rosetta Room
03/25 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
03/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive
03/27 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Hall
03/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco (C.Y. Fest)
festival date, Eyehategod only
03/29 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
03/30 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
04/01 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
04/02 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/03 – Spokane, WA @ Chameleon
04/04 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
04/05 – Sale Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon
04/06 – Casper, WY @ Oil City Beer Company
04/07 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
04/08 – Kansas City, MO @ recordBar
04/09 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
04/10 – Evansville, IN @ Stage Two
04/11 – Covington, KY @ Madison Live
04/12 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
04/13 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
04/14 – Lynchburg, VA @ Super Rad
04/15 – Virginia Beach, VA @ The Bunker Brewpub
04/16 – Wilmington, NC @ Reggies
04/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern (supporting Acid Bath)
04/18 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitinas

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