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Another new year brings resolutions for the future. But thankfully, Weedeater are happy to keep on grinding. After gassing up the ol’ dusty trail with Melvins, Napalm Death and Baroness last year, Cape Fear’s legendary cultivators of weed metal are lighting up 2026 with a fresh batch of tour dates.
Alkaloid know no bounds. Since joining forces in 2013, the supergroup has rearranged the very composition of progressive death metal. But upon returning to the stage last summer, Morean, Hannes Grossman, Linus Klausenitzer, Justin Hombach and Max Blok proved once and for all why they are metal’s maddest scientists. Their new live album, Bach Out of Bounds, is a genre-defying experiment that only true maestros can perform.
No matter the day and age, progressive metal never strays from the cutting edge. ONLY HUMAN are fresh on the scene having now signed with Season of Mist. But the Danish upstarts are already on the brink of a major discovery with their inventive debut album. Planned Obsolescence pushes prog metal in a truly forward-thinking direction while warning of our not-too-distant dystopia.
After nearly a decade of soul searching through the Canadian wilderness, Anciients hit the road hard last year. The heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks capped off an extensive U.S. headlining tour in support of their latest JUNO Award-winning album, Beyond the Reach of the Sun, by winning Metal & Hard Music Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Now, the band are keeping their momentum rolling with their first set of tours dates for 2026.
Season of Mist is thrilled to announce a partnership with Thunderflix.
From the very beginning, Thy Catafalque had a vision that extended beyond borders and boundaries. Over the past two decades, Hungarian mastermind Tamás Kátai has turned what was once just a studio project into a one-of-a-kind live act.
While still possessed by a cinematic vision, Unverkalt are throwing back the velvet curtain in favor of the veil. On their upcoming third album and first since signing with Season of Mist, the post-metal luminaries plunge into the darkness that awaits us all. Héréditaire now stands as their heaviest and most heartfelt offering.
It’s now been 35 years since Rotting Christ emerged from the Athenian underground. Not only do the Greek legends continue to stand the test of time. With their fourteenth studio album, a new live Blu-Ray, and a re-recording of the mighty Aealo fast approaching, Sakis Tolis, his brother Themis and their brothers-in-arms Kostis Fouk and Kostas “Spades” Heliotis are writing another storied chapter in their monumental history .
Even among progheads, Alkaloid are metal’s maddest scientists. While testing the boundaries of extremity, the progressive death metal supergroup have explored what lies beneath the Antarctic crust and discovered a galactic civilization that ascends to god-like levels of domination. But on their upcoming live album, the band conduct a one-of-a-kind experiment that only a true maestro can perform. Bach Out of Bounds brings revered classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach in conversation with the heaviest of underground arts.
Without breaking, Bizarrekult continues to bend black metal’s traditions by honing its mastermind’s singular, tortured vision. Much like Roman V.’s two previous retreats into the studio, his upcoming third album slowly and painstakingly emerged from a deeply personal crisis. Only this time, he’s not alone in confronting all there is.
After nearly three and a half decades of brutal, technical supremacy, Cryptopsy are more insatiable than ever. The most vile band in death metal are cracking year-end lists at Decibel, Metal Injection No Clean Singing and other outlets with their latest Billboard-shaking album An Insatiable Violence. Now, as they prepare for their upcoming European headline tour with 200 Stab Wounds, Inferi and Corpse Pile, the Canadian legends are proud to announce a new milestone in their accomplished career.
After 35 years of evil existence, Rotting Christ still stand the test of time. Sakis Tolis, his brother Themis and their Greek brothers-in-arms have risen from the Athenian underground to become one of the metal world’s most reliable forces, backed by a pantheon discography that has both defined and defied black metal.