Weekly Music News 13.11.26
"Fall Out Boy" returned with "ACES", the band's first original single in more than three years, released through Atlantic Records together with a video directed by Brendan Walter. The song marks 25 years since the band was formed. Alongside the release the band announced the "Twilight Of The Punks" tour, with 36 shows in stadiums and arenas across Europe, the UK and North America. The tour starts on May 17 at the O2 Arena in Prague, and the North American leg begins on July 13 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. In Europe the band is joined by "A Day To Remember" and "Neck Deep", and in North America by "The Offspring", "Good Charlotte" and "The Story So Far". General ticket sales opened on November 12.
"Sabaton" announced a deluxe edition of "Legends", its 11th album, released in October 2025. The edition is due on March 5, 2027 through Better Noise Music. It has 16 tracks, including "Berserker" and new versions of "Templars" with "Pop Evil" and "Crossing The Rubicon" with "Nothing More". A video starring the actor Eric Roberts was released for the song, alongside the animated lyric video that came out earlier. The band is currently on its "Legends On Tour" run in North America, with the same guests and with "Wings Of Steel".
"DragonForce" released "Neverending Nightmare", the second single from its self-titled tenth album, due on March 19, 2027 through Napalm Records. It is the first album with Alissa White-Gluz as a permanent vocalist, and she shares the vocals with Alessio Garavello. The song runs more than six minutes and features long guitar passages by Herman Li and Sam Totman. The album was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren. The song reaches all streaming services on November 12.
"Firewind", led by Gus G, released "Firegod", the second single from "Gods, Myths & Titans", due on February 19, 2027 through BLKIIBLK. The song tells of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods, and the punishment he received. It is a concept album based on Greek mythology, and it marks the return of Henning Basse on vocals and the band's first album on this label.
"Death Angel" released the single "The Never Was". Singer Mark Osegueda describes it as a song about people who turn every conversation and every event into being about themselves. The band is heading out on the "ACT III" tour of Europe, from Brno on December 1 to Hamburg on December 13, followed by its 11th annual holiday shows, on December 17 in Los Angeles and December 18 in San Francisco. At the end of January the band also reaches Australia, starting on January 30 in Adelaide.
"Fear Factory" announced "Roboticist", its 11th album, due on April 9, 2027 through Nuclear Blast. It is the first album with guitarist Dino Cazares, singer Milo Silvestro, drummer Pete Webber and bassist Tony Campos playing together. The album has 11 tracks and was produced by Damien Rainaud. Its concept describes a world in which a corporation that took over artificial intelligence brings about the extinction of humanity. To mark the announcement the band released a video for the single "Detonizer", directed by Thomas Mignone.
"Zebra" released an official video for "All Your Love" from its new album "Zebra V", out today through Flatiron Recordings. It is the trio's first studio album in 23 years and its fifth overall, with 11 tracks. The band, active since 1975, consists of Randy Jackson (guitar and vocals), Felix Hanemann (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Guy Gelso (drums and vocals), and the album was recorded in the home studios of Jackson and Gelso. Jack Douglas, who also produced the 1983 debut album and "No Tellin' Lies" from 1984, produced part of it. The first single, "Walk With You", was co-written with Paul Stanley of "KISS". The album also includes "Direction", a longtime live favorite that gets its first studio recording, and "I'll Be There Beside You", co-written with Dave "Snake" Sabo and Rachel Bolan of "Skid Row". Jackson described "All Your Love" as a guitar-heavy song about a relationship on the verge of falling apart, and the video was directed by Tom Flynn. On November 13 and 14 the band plays at the Patchogue Theatre in New York.
"Staind" announced "The Space Between The Darkness And The Light", its ninth album, due on March 5, 2027 through Alchemy Recordings and BMG. The single "Watch Me Break", with an official visualizer, was released on Wednesday. The band, led by singer Aaron Lewis, recorded the album with producer Erik Ron, who also produced "Confessions Of The Fallen" in 2023.
"Bullet For My Valentine" released "I Don't Trust Tomorrow" on Wednesday, a new single and video featuring Will Ramos, the singer of "Lorna Shore". Singer Matt Tuck calls it probably the heaviest song the band has made. The song precedes the album "Social Apocalypse", due on March 19, 2027 through Spinefarm.
"Asia" released "Indigo" on November 6, a new studio album, through Frontiers Music. The lineup includes Geoffrey Downes alongside Virgil Donati, John Mitchell and Harry Whitley. The album was recorded in 2025 and produced by Downes and the band, with Mitchell responsible for mixing and mastering. It is the band's first studio album in 12 years, since "Gravitas" in 2014. Among its 15 songs are "Tattoo Indigo" parts 2 and 3 and "Chesapeake Bay", regarded as the last songs John Wetton wrote before his death in 2017, and Steve Howe plays acoustic guitar on "Chesapeake Bay". The cover was painted by Roger Dean.
To listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
"Prong" released a new self-titled album on November 6 through Napalm Records. It is the band's 14th studio album and its first on the label. The album was produced by Tommy Victor, with mixing and mastering by Andy Sneap. It is the first album with bassist Christopher Dean and drummer Tyler Bogliole, and it includes the singles "The Banner", "Fear the Sun" and "New Commission". The bonus tracks include a cover of "Cruel Summer" by "Bananarama".
To listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
"Carnifex" released "More Than Misery" on November 6 through Sumerian Records. The album has 10 tracks and was recorded in Tennessee with Zach Householder of "Whitechapel", with mixing by Jeff Dunne. On "The Process Of Pain" the band hosts Chaney Crabb of "Entheos". The band has been active for 21 years.
To listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
"Comeback Kid" released "Chosen Hell" on November 6 through SharpTone Records. It is the eighth album from the Winnipeg band, and in Canada it comes out through Dine Alone. Courtney LaPlante of "Spiritbox" joins on "Shedding Season", and Brendan Garrone of "Incendiary" joins on "Yesterday's Gone". The title idea, a choice between right and wrong, comes from Andrew Neufeld, and the cover shows a real structure built by Callum Preston in Melbourne.
To listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
The Danish band "Konvent" released "Firesky" on November 6, its third studio album, through Napalm Records. The album arrives four years after "Call Down the Sun". Amira Hernan replaced Sara Helena Nørregaard on guitar, and the vocals are by Rikke Emilie List. The tracks, apart from the instrumental outro, run between 8 and 12 minutes, and the music is death-doom with acoustic passages.
To listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
"Faith No More" announced that guitarist Trey Spruance is returning to the lineup for the 2027 reunion tour, replacing Jon Hudson. Spruance, who also plays with Mike Patton in "Mr. Bungle", was a member of the band from 1993 to 1995 and played on the album "King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime". Alongside him and Patton will be Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould and Mike Bordin. The first show will take place on January 15 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the band's opening shows for "System Of A Down". Festivals in Europe are planned next, and in North America the band will play Welcome To Rockville on May 6 and Sonic Temple on May 16.
"Powerwolf" announced the "Moral & Madness" tour of Europe, set for autumn 2027. The band will arrive with a new stage production and a new studio album whose details have not yet been revealed.
"Clutch" released "Beware The Fever", a single from its 14th album, "Wasted Lands", due on January 22, 2027 through Weathermaker Music. For the first time a banjo appears on a band album, and the song draws inspiration from the ghost towns of Appalachia. The album has 12 tracks. At the same time the band announced the "Give The People What They Want" tour of the United States in 2027, with "Corrosion Of Conformity", "Agnostic Front" and Chuck Ragan. Before it the band will tour Australia, from January 23 to 30.
Guitarist Kerry King, known from "Slayer", announced that "My War", the first single from his second solo album, will be released on November 17 through Reigning Phoenix Music. His debut album, "From Hell I Rise", came out on May 17, 2024. He posted a short teaser on social media and said that new material is coming soon.
The Beatles' Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will take the stage together at Joe Walsh's 10th VetsAid festival, to be held on January 29, 2027 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Also on the bill are "The Killers" and "The War on Drugs", as well as St Vincent and "Lucius". General ticket sales open today at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time through AXS, with prices starting at $200. At the start of the week Forbes estimated the fortune of the former Beatle, 84, at $1.4 billion, which makes him the third-richest musician in the world, after Jay-Z (about $2.8 billion) and Taylor Swift (about $2 billion). According to the magazine, most of his wealth comes from the publishing company MPL Communications.
Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson chose Jimi Hendrix as the state's proposal for the US Mint's "American Innovation" $1 coin program. Washington's coin is planned for release in 2029, and the next stage is developing the design.
At a show by "Foo Fighters" at Accor Stadium in Sydney on Tuesday, during the acoustic set, Dave Grohl told the story of the video for "Big Me", filmed in the city in 1996 as a parody of a Mentos commercial, and how audiences have been throwing candy at him ever since. Spotting a fan named Thomas in the front rows with a pack, he offered him a deal: eat all of it by the end of the song, and he would drink a beer with him. Thomas met the challenge, received a beer from the stage, and was invited to watch the rest from the pit and meet the band after the show.
A new official book was announced to mark 50 years of "Def Leppard", focusing on the history of the band's live shows, from the first gigs in Sheffield to the biggest stadiums in the world. The book will be published by Genesis Publications in a limited, signed edition, with rare unpublished concert photographs, behind-the-scenes pictures, memorabilia, instruments and stage clothes. The working title is "Def Leppard Live", and pre-orders are due to open in December 2026. It follows "Definitely: The Official Story Of Def Leppard".
Guitarist Jimmy Page, 82, said in an interview with The Sun that he has no intention of touring again, but he keeps playing. He made the remarks on November 9, at the Music Industry Trusts Awards in London. According to him, life out of a suitcase no longer appeals to him, but playing still does. He has not toured since 2000, when he performed with "The Black Crowes". At the same time he unveiled, with the company Sundragon, the Dragonette, a 6-watt amp based on the refurbished Supro Coronado he used on the debut album of "Led Zeppelin". Only 50 units, signed by him, will be made, at a price of about $9,000, and the amp is due out in the autumn.
"Pink Floyd" announced on November 5 the 50th-anniversary edition of "Animals", due on January 22, 2027 through Sony Music in several formats, including a deluxe box set. The edition includes rare and previously unreleased material: a song by Roger Waters that has not been heard until now, "Young Nicholas Jon", early versions of "Sheep" and "Dogs", and a performance from Oakland on May 9, 1977. You can already hear "Sheep (Original Radio Edit)", a 1977 radio edit that was never commercially released.
"Måneskin" is returning to activity. The Italian four-piece, which was on hiatus for about three years while its members worked on solo projects, was added as a surprise to the Coachella 2027 lineup and will play on April 10 and 17.
Guitarist Del Casher, who invented the wah-wah pedal, has died at 88. News of his death was published on November 9, and according to reports he died on October 1 after a battle with cancer. He played with the "Wrecking Crew" and, together with engineer Brad Plunkett, developed the first "Cry Baby" pedal at Thomas Organ.
Guitarist Richard Lloyd, one of the two guitarists of "Television", died on November 7 at age 75 at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after an illness with bile duct cancer. He was a founding member of the band, which grew out of the CBGB club in New York, and which released its debut album "Marquee Moon" in 1977, regarded as a masterpiece.
Drummer Tony Richards, the original drummer of "W.A.S.P.", has died at 69, and the cause of death was not released. The news was given on November 11 by the band's leader Blackie Lawless, who wrote that Richards was an equal among equals in the original lineup. Richards, who previously played in the band "Dante Fox", which later became "Great White", joined the band in 1982 and is heard on the 1984 debut album. By the start of the tour after the album he was no longer in the band, and Steve Riley took his place.
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