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Raise your banners — HammerFall are riding back across the Atlantic in 2026 for a full North American assault.The Freedom World Crusade begins this September, bringing the Swedish power-metal titans to cities across the U.S. and Canada with support from prog-power architects Evergrey and folk-metal spellcasters Elvenking. Before the crusade […]

The Mutation Phase is leaving the lab and crossing the ocean at last. After years away, genre-twisting metal shapeshifters Infected Rain are returning to the United States for a full run of headline dates — ready to reunite with familiar faces, unleash new energy, and meet the fans who’ve been […]

Industrial sorcerer Mortiis and the shadow-wreathed black metal force UADA are joining spells for a North American co-headlining tour unlike anything either has attempted before — a run built around full-album performances, rare anniversary sets, and a handpicked supporting lineup featuring Rome (Jerome Reuter) and Wraith Knight. UADA will perform […]

Canada’s cosmic metal architects VOIVOD are warping back into the U.S. next spring for an eight-date blast across the Midwest and South. The run begins March 20 in Houston, and every night of the tour will feature support from Richmond metal-punk speed demons BAT — the trio of Ryan Waste, […]

Guns N’ Roses have revealed the wrecking crew joining them on the North American stretch of their already-massive 2026 world tour — and the lineup reads like someone threw classic rock, hip-hop, metalcore, and California dirt into a blender and cranked it to 11. Joining GN’R on select dates: The […]

Atlanta’s own Yosemite In Black and New York bruisers Resistor are teaming up for a three-week East Coast run in early 2026, proving once again that hardcore bands do not require “venues” so much as “any structure with electricity.” Arcades? Sure. Skate shops? Absolutely. A tavern named after a horse […]

Apparently steamrolling the country with Sanguisugabogg, Despised Icon, and Corpse Pile wasn’t enough carnage for Defeated Sanity. The band is now gearing up for their first-ever U.S. headlining tour in support of Chronicles of Lunacy — the album that somehow managed to “crush” Billboard despite sounding like a meteor shower […]

AFI are at it again — apparently one headlining run in 2025 wasn’t enough to expel all the eyeliner-fueled anguish from their systems. So they’re rolling out a second leg of their North American tour supporting Silver Bleeds the Black Sun, an album title that sounds exactly like what an […]

The Party Never Ends… apparently literally. Fresh off an Australian run where he sold out Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide (presumably leaving no beer unconsumed), Sebastian Bach will be storming North America in early 2026 with his headlining trek, The Party Never Ends. It kicks off February 26 in Highland, […]

KREATOR are making their way back to U.S. stages in spring 2026, marking their first American run since 2024. The trek launches on May 7 in Fort Lauderdale and storms across the country until May 23 in Huntington, New York — with key festival appearances at Welcome to Rockville, Sonic […]