PROG POWER 2026 9/9th, 10th, 11th and 12,th 2026 ATLANTA, GEORGIA : ELVENKING CANCEL, ENSIFERUM CONFIRMED

 

Promoters for PROG POWER 2026, set to take place 9/9th, 10th, 11th and 12,th 2026 ATLANTA, GEORGIA have announced ELVENKING have cancelled and ENSIFERUM have been confirmed. 

 

 

 PROG POWER 2026, set to take place 9/9th, 10th, 11th and 12,th 2026 ATLANTA, GEORGIA have announced ELUVEITIE will be unable to perform at the festival.  

 PROG POWER 2026, set to take place 9/9th, 10th, 11th and 12,th 2026 ATLANTA, GEORGIA have confirmed NEVERMORE, HAMMERFALL, THE GATHERING, VOYAGER, CRIMSON GLORY and MORE METAL BANDS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM ENSIFERUM: 

 

ProgPower USA called, and we answered! Due to last-minute visa issues, Elvenking and Fabio Lione unfortunately had to cancel their appearances at the festival. Since the show must go on, we’ll be playing an additional set on September 10th!

We’re happy to help out the amazing ProgPower team and give everyone attending a little extra Ensiferum this weekend. See you in Atlanta!

Statement from Nathan and Milton of ProgPower:

"You know it is damn near impossible to find suitable replacements this late. However, after several phone calls, we were able to come up with a solution at the level you've come to expect from us.

We are excited to announce that both Days 1&2 Headliners, Ensiferum and Conception, will each play an additional set at the festival. That means both bands will perform on both of those days. We are eternally grateful to them for saving the day at the last second.

To everyone traveling to Atlanta: Thank you for trusting this festival all of these years. Sometimes things happen behind the scenes, and they suck. But we believe you deserve the truth rather than usual PR language designed to make everything sound fine. This situation isn't fine, but the show must go on."

(Full statement to be found on their social media)

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

FORBIDDEN: POST VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK "BURNING THE LUNGS OF EARTH"

 

(BAY AREA), California thrash legends FORBIDDEN have posted a video for "BURNING THE LUNGS OF EARTH" , a track from the bands anticipated new self titled release "FORBIDDEN", due to be unleashed 10/23/2026 via  BLK II BLK (FRONTIERS MUSIC). 

 

FORBIDDEN have announced the band has inked a deal with BLK II BLK (FRONTIERS MUSIC) .. 

 FORBIDDEN have announced new guitarist  JEREMY VON EPP.. . 

 FORBIDDEN have posted a video for "MUTUALLY ASSURED DYSFUNCTION" , a stand alone single, unleashed  10/2/2025. 

 FORBIDDEN have posted a video for "DIVIDED BY ZERO", a stand alone single, unleashed 7/26/2025.  

FORBIDDEN have inked a deal with  FM MUSIC MANAGEMENT.. 

 

  VIDEO BELOW: FORBIDDEN:NEW TRACK "BURNING THE LUNGS OF EARTH" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF FORBIDDEN):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal\m/ -l-

ITP V.026 UPDATE: I COMPLAINED ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS IN MY BUILDINGS PARTIES

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Twice this week I complained to my landlord about my neighbors WAYNE AND NIKI PARKERS drinking parties as my neighbor is being sued for slander of defamation of character as I'm not a drug dealer, nor user and I don't drink nor smoke weed and I'm not moving.

  WAYNE AND NIKI PARKERS parties run as late as 2AM. 

I'm concerned about  WAYNE AND NIKI PARKERS friends drinking and driving as I'm about to call the police on them. 

My Neighbor Zachery Child's friend showed up looking for him completely intoxicated, yelling and falling over himself.  

My landlord is installing a camera in the back and front of the house. 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-   

HAXPROCESS: SET TO UNLEASH "ENDLESSLY FLOWING CASCADES OF GRIEF", POST NEW TRACK "THE DIVINITY OF THE SELF"

 

 

 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. based progressive metal warriors HAXPROCESS have posted "THE DIVINITY OF THE SELF". a track from the bands anticipated new release "ENDLESSLY FLOWING CASCADES OF GRIEF", due to be unleashed soon in 2026 (release date T.B.A.). via TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW: HAXPROCESS: NEW TRACK "THE DIVINITY OF THE SELF" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY. ):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

STELLAR ROT: POST NEW TRACK "THROUGH THE ETERNITY STAIRS"

 

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. based atmospheric, melodic black metal warriors STELLAR ROT have posted "THROUGH THE ETERNITY STAIRS" , a track from the duo's debut release "WHERE THE FORMLESS ONES DWELL", due to be unleashed 9/25/2026 via  HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS..

 

 

 

 

 

FROM HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS:

  

Stellar Rot releases debut track Miasmic Dipsomania from album Where the Formless Ones Dwell

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Stellar Rot released their first ever track "Miasmic Dipsomania" on Friday!

https://youtu.be/2BFqUwF06MQ?is=6sAxfoKmporjSILb

From the upcoming album "Where the Formless Ones Dwell" out on CD/Digital September 25 with vinyl scheduled for January.

You can pre-order both formats now - find the links in the YouTube description!

• Album notes •

Where The Formless Ones Dwell” is Stellar Rot’s debut launch into the atmospheric black metal genre after years of performing together in a traditional black metal band. Stellar Rot began as a concept to explore the deep lore around the Grimdark universe, pulling imagery from a world tormented by countless horrors from beyond the void and humankind being pushed to the brink after unfathomable atrocities they committed to conquer the stars over the course of several millennia.

Before a single note was written, the duo spent countless nights over the course of many years, debating and studying art and media around this endless and vast universe. The concept of the album was fully developed in 2025, with the goal of creating 5 separate unique tracks, each fully distinct and designed around a specific god, with the entire structure of the song - every note, lyric, melody - built around servicing that god from beyond the void. Tracks such as “Behold, The Crimson Path” that service the god of war and bloodshed encompass punishing, brutal riffs and tribal drums to showcase the call to war, while other tracks such as “Miasmic Dipsomania” display a much different feel, embodying a god whom deals in much more sinister affairs and hosts ambient, evil riffs with chaotic drums that slowly gives the listener the feeling of descending into pure madness.

Each track transports the listener into a distinct section of the endless void - from landscapes encapsulating prismatic winds and crystal formations, to the putrid, festering lands of rot and decay. Stellar Rot seeks to bring this haunting and unfathomably cruel world to life in its purest form. Descend into the mouth of ruin, and discover what horrors await.

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW: STELLAR ROT: NEW TRACK (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

WAYFARER: POST NEW TRACK "HOLLOW HEARTS TO THE TRAIL OF EDEN"

 

 Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. folk, black metal warriors WAYFARER have  "HOLLOW HEARTS TO THE TRAIL OF EDEN", a track from the bands anticipated new release "RIDERS OF THE SETTING SUN", due to be unleashed 11/20/2026 via VESPERIAN.  

WAYFARER, via BANDCAMP, are streaming  the bands anticipated new release "AMERICAN GOTHIC",   unleashed 10/27/2023 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS and PROFOUND LORE RECORDS. 

WAYFARER, via BANDCAMP, are streaming  the bands anticipated new release "AMERICAN GOTHIC",   unleashed 10/27/2023 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS and PROFOUND LORE RECORDS.

 WAYFARER have inked a deal with CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. .

 WAYFARER unleashed "A ROMANCE WITH VIOLENCE",  10/16/2020 via PROFOUND LORE RECORDS. 

FROM WAYFARER: 

 

Wayfarer : pre-order of new album Riders of the Setting Sun now live,

new single/video “Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden” released

Vesperian is proud to open the pre-order for WAYFARER’s forthcoming album, Riders of the Setting Sun.

Alongside the pre-order launch, the band unveils the album's new single "Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden" (track 7), paired with an official music video. A somber, melancholic centerpiece carried by an epic guitar solo, the song follows a weary traveler reckoning with doubt, betrayal, and the weight of his own mistakes as winter closes in — a hollow heart, carried in his wake, buried with his name.

With Riders of the Setting Sun, WAYFARER also step onto new ground. Produced for the first time by Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), with James Barone (Beach House) and Iver Sandøy (Enslaved) behind the recording and mix, the album folds threads of post-punk, American folk, and rock and roll into the sound the band has spent a decade building — a quiet but deliberate step beyond the extreme metal scene that first defined them.

The album's artwork was created by the celebrated artist Tony Stella, renowned for his work within the film poster world. Stella's cover for Riders of the Setting Sun numbers among his final works before his passing earlier this year — WAYFARER and Vesperian are honored to have collaborated with him.

Riders of the Setting Sun will be available as Digipak CD, Tape, and Vinyl LP, the latter featuring a dedicated LP booklet and OBI strip.

Riders of the Setting Sun tracklist:

1. The Dusklands (04:58)

2. Perdition's Crossing (03:59) – feat. David Eugene Edwards

3. Black Roses & Early Graves (04:45)

4. Casey's Last Ride (04:07) – feat. Kelly Schilling

5. Fell Spur (02:52)

6. Grey Country (05:35) – feat. Munly J Munly

7. Hollow Hearts On The Trail To Eden (05:35)

8. Prairies Of Babylon (05:15) – feat. Midwife

VIDEO BELOW: WAYFARER: NEW TRACK "HOLLOW HEARTS TO THE TRAIL OF EDEN" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF VESPERIAN):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

JIMMY KIMMELL: ENDING SHOW AFTER 24 YEARS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late night show comedian JIMMY KIMMEL is ending his show after 24 years. Next year will be his last season. 

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-