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New Tours> 300 National Tours Listed in 2023

Latest Updates

6-15 Buckethealand Pike #9
4-28 Buckethead Pike # 100
4-17 Passing of Les Binks
4-13 the Passing of 
Sergio Cisneros
4-9  Tour Updates
3-9 Buckethead Pike # 671
2-23 Album of the year page update
1-16 Updated Tour Dates
1-7 Latest News
1-1. Passing of
Sean Blosl
12-9 Updated Tour Dates
11-21 North American Festival updates
9-20 Both Vocalist from Brujeria pass away
8-7 Recent news update
7-8 Updated New Release Page
1-14 Bucketheat Pike Update
1-12 Passing of James Kottak

7-23 Technical Rythms

7-14 Anthoney Meo Passes away
4-14 Tour Page Update
3-12 Hall of Fame updated
3-11 Tour Page Update
3-10 Passing of Jim Durkin
3-10 Passing of
Josua Lander Madsen
3-6 Metal Forum - Opeth
3-3 New Release Page Update
2-25 Buckethead Pike 424
2-17 Passing of Tim Aymar and Majk Moti
2-3 Updated Tour Dates
12-19 Buckethead Pike 322
12-11 Buckethead Pike 395
12-5  Release Page Update
9-22 Passing of Gord Kichen
9-7 Passing of Dave Sherman
9-2 All Tour Dates Updated
8-20 Ted Kirkpatrick Passes away
8-16 Steve Grimmett passes away
8-14 Morbid Forum updated
7-17 Morbid Forum AKA Metal Facts
5-15 Rockshots Records Update
4-17 Shaptone Records Update
4-17 Frontiers Records Update
4-15 Metal Archives Update
3-31 AFM Records Update
3-8 Death Nexus Fest
3-7 Napalm Records Update
2-13  2021 Top Albums of 2021
10-10 Nuclear Blast Update
9-13
Helloween – Incendium Online
9-5 2022 Release page
8-31
Until 2022 we will not update any of the tour or festival pages. 
8-17 Metal Blade Records Update
8-11 Tour Info Update
8-5 Napalm Records Update
7-21 About The Metal Authority updated
5-21 North American Festival updates
4-27 The Passing of Lars Ratz
4-18 Inside Out Records Update
4-13 Napalm Records Update
3-28 Buckethead Pike  #96
3-19 Buckethead Pike #60
3-18 Prog Archives Update
3-15  Metal Blade Records Update
2-20 BNR Update
2-18 Metal Archives Update12-15 Passing of Chris Payette
10-15 2021 Release Page

9-20 Buckethead pike #279

9-10 All Metal Hall of Fame
8-16 New artist added to page
6-14 New Page 
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5-6 2020 Release Page
3-20 Willowtip Records Update
3-11 Buckethead Pike #53
2-17  Relapse Updates
7-21 Nuclear Blast Updates
 

7-20 Frontiers Records Updates
5-5 Lion Music Updates
5-5 Album Release Dates
4-30 SPV Update
3-21 High Roller Records Updates
3-13 Relapse Records Update
3-12 Unique Leader Updates
2-17 Sliptrick Records Update
2-16 Profound Lore Updates
1-26 Willowtip Records Updates
1-6 Agonia Records Update
12-31 High Roller Records Updates
12-30 Cruz Del Sur Updates
12-23 Season of Mist Updates
12-16 SPV Updates
11-29 The Passing of Erik Lindmark
3-18 Buckethead pike #59 Ydrapoej

1-15 Agonia 



 

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Kyle Obergfell AKA The Iron Man
Fredrik Lingren
Joshua Ward
Sean Blosl and Mr. Dane
Juan Brujo Real/full name: John David Lepe
Pinche Peach
James Kottak
Jon Kennedy
James Harvey
Kirk Arrington
Jim Durkin
Vitek
Josua Lander Madsen
Tim Aymar
William J Tsamis
Dave Sherman
Richard Bateman
Stuart Anstis
Ted Kirkpatrick with the King

Roman Kostrzewski

Matt Wolfe Former Byzantine drummer
Eric Wagner
Joey
William Mecum
Paulo Turin
Lars-Göran Petrov
Steve Hurdle
Rich Lipscomb
Passed away on 1-7-2020 The King of Drumming Neal Peart R.I.P.1-7 2020
Timi "Grabber" Hansen
Reed Mullin
Richard Brunelle

Tony Särkkä aka It

Peter Hobbs
Erik Lindmark
Earl Root
Dimebag and Peter
Ralph Santolla
Fabiano Penna
Killjoy
Martin E. Ain R.I.P.: Oct 21st, 2017
A true superhero Bill Tolley
Mick Zane passed away on December 23rd of 2016
Adam Sagan passed away on Dec 5th 2016 from Lyphoma
Leonard Haze, the original drummer for veteran Bay Area rock band Y&T, has died at the age of 61.
Nick Menza passed away from a heart attack on 5-21-2016
4-18-16 Aleah Stanbridge passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 39
Riverside Guitarist Piotr Grudziñski passed away on February 22 2016 at the age of 40
Tregenda R.I.P.
1-24-16 Jimmy Bain passes away at the age of 68
Lemmy passed away on 12-28-15 at the age of 70
Fast Eddie, Lemmy and Animal
Philthy Animal Phil Taylor passed away on November 11th 2015 at the age of 61
Singer David Van Landing passed away on 11-17-15 at the age of 51 from a car accident !
AJ Pero Passed away on 3-20-15

10-18-2015  Sadly, Bassist Frank Watkins has lost his battle with cancer.     REST IN PEACE

Jonathan Athon
Wayne Static R.I.P.

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Adam Lee Ramey

Adam Ramey, founding member and vocalist of Dropout Kings, died on Monday, May 19. He was 31.

Lars Lindén

Carnal Forge vocalist Lars Linden passed away at the age of 54 on May 4th 2025 after a battle with colon cancer.

Les Binks

IHall of Fame drummer Les Binks passed away at the age of 73 in March of 2025.

Kevin "Skids" Riddles

Former Angel Witch and Samson bass player Kevin "Skids" Riddles passed away on July 4th 2025 at the age of 68 after a battle with cancer.

July 2025

Date Artist Release Label Genre Notes
7-1 Buckethead Cloaked in Wonder Bucketheadland Various Pike 672
7-1 Buckethead The Glow of the Cave Gave Them Their Light Bucketheadland Various Pike 673
7-1 Buckethead Seekers are Never Lost Bucketheadand Various Pike 674
7-1 Sarastus Agony Eternal DOD Black  
7-4 Akouphenom Connection to the Erebus U.E. Extreme  
7-4 Beleth's Trumpet Chapel of Bones DOD    
7-4 Burden of Ymir The Long Winter   Black Folk Vilking  
7-4 Diamond Head Live and Electric Siver Lining Heavy  
7-4 Double Vision S/T Frontiers    
7-4 Eminentia Tenebris Whispers of the Undying A.R. Atmo Black  
7-4 Erebor Infinitus Somnium   Tech Prog Death  
7-4 Eternal Idol Behind A Vision Frontiers    
7-4 Gaupa Fyr C.M. Pysch Stoner Doom E.P.
7-4 Grimorio On the Path of the Morning Star Logic II Logic    
7-4 Impureza Alcazares Season of Mist Extreme  
7-4 Joe Stump's Tower of Babel Days of Thunder Silver Lining    
7-4 Keddie's Resort American Spirit Sweat Band    
7-4 Leonov Shape of Ash Pelagic   E.P.
7-4 Lowbau The Great Zero   Sludge Southern E.P.
7-4 Marc Amacher Load Hoboville    
7-4 Mortual  Altar of Brutality Nuclear Winter Death  
7-4 Mutant Sex Demon Cutting Through   Black Heavy  
7-4 Nachtschlafer The Nocturnal Abyss   Melodic Extreme  
7-4 Pus Hunting Season   Hardcore Death  
7-4 Respect For Zero Overtime Time to Kill   E.P.
7-4 Rimmar Raises* Rockshots    
7-4 Season in Black Anthropocene Apostasy Extreme  
7-4 Sorry... Fragile   Dep Black Post Punk  
7-4 Stygian Dreadlands  Time to Kill Groove Death Crust  
7-4 Sunken Monolith S/T P.S.    
7-4 Thumos The Trial of Socrates   Prog Doom Post  
7-4 UwU One More War Crime   Death Gore  
7-4 Vaarcloc Contururi      
7-4 Warkings Armagedon Naplam Power  
7-4 Wekeras  Do wirow, do krzykow Pagan Black  
7-4 Weald & WoeFar From the Light of Heaven     Melodic Black  
7-4 We Lost at Sea A Single Flower B.R.    
7-4 Whipers of Granite Liquid Stone Apollon    
7-4 Worship the Infinate Neptunian Icefalls   Prog Death E.P.
7-4 Wytch Hazel V: Lamentations Bad Omen Hard Heavy  
           
7-5 Traumatomy Triumph of Enslavement Gore House    
7-11 Angerot Seofon Redifining Darkness Death  
7-11 Atom Juice S/T Heavy Psych Sonds    
7-11 Azathoth's Dream Solitary Forest Necromancy Iron Bonehead    
           
7-11 Born of Osiris Through Shadows Sumerian Deathcore  
7-11 Bright Sunshine Executive Power Supreme Reptilian    
7-11 Calva Louise Edge of the Abyss Mascot    
7-11 Celestial Wizard Regenisis Scarlet Heavy Power  
           
7-11 dead7 Love What You Can While You Still Have Something to Love SharpTone    
           
           
7-11 Diamond Head Live and Electric Silver Lining  Rock Live
7-11 Double Vision S/T Frontiers    
7-11 Eternal Idol Behind A Vision Frontiers    
7-11 Floating Hesitating Lights Transcending Obscurity Prog Deast Post Punk  
7-11 Front Row Warriors Running out of Time Rock of Angels Melodic Heavy  
7-11 Girlschool Live in London HNE Heavy Live
7-11 Imperial Crystalline Entombment Abominable Astral Summoning Debemur Morti Black  
7-11 Impureza Alcazares Season of Mist Death Flaminco  
7-11 Laguna The Ghost of Katrina Frontiers    
7-11 Mike Jencik and Midwife Never Die Relapse    
7-11 Nathan James Hollywood Mortician CrowdKill    
7-11 Obituary Godly Beings Dissonance Death Slam BoxSet
           
7-11 Sheev Ate's Alchemist Ripple Prog Stoner  
7-11 Split Chain motionblur Epitaph    
7-11 Ward XVI Id3ntity Earache    
7-18 Ashes to Ares New Messiahs ROAR Prog Power  
7-18 Doll Better Days*      
7-18 In/Vertigo Prevail* Rockshots   E.P.
           
7-25 Alice Cooper The Revenge of Alice Cooper earMusic Rock  
           
           
7-25 BloodRide Deafening WormHoleDeath Thrash  
7-25 Cold Slither S/T Reigning Pheonix Heavy  
7-25 Deicide Children of the Underworld.: The Roadrunner Years Dissonance Death Comp
7-25 Goblinsmoker The King's Eternal Throne APF Sludge Doom  
7-25 Gwar The Return of Gor Gor Slave Pit Various E.P.
7-25 Haxprocess Beyond What Eyes can See Transcending Obscurity Prog Thrash Death  
           
           

August

Date Artists Release Label Genre Notes
           
           
           
8-15 Auro Im Schatten der Bastion F.R.  Black  
8-15 Baest Colossal C.M. Death  
8-15 Castrator Coronation of the Groteque Dark Descent Death  
8-15 Dystopica Semblance of Order Pavement Heavy E.P.
8-15 The Final Witness Beneath the Altar Rotweiller Prog Thrash Groove  
8-15 Golgata Sjalabod Satanath Melodic Black  
8-15 Heartkiller Udv a vilagomban Inverse Thrash Melodic Death  
8-15 Incite Savage New Times Reigh Thrash Groove  
8-15 Linx Annihilation Metalville    
8-15 Lotan  Yetzer Hara EP Melodic Black  
8-15 Martyr Dark Believer ROAR Heavy Power Speed  
8-15 Mono Inc. Darkness NoCut    
8-15 Panopticon Laurentian Blue B.R. Atmo Black Folk  
8-15 Patriarchs in Black Home Metalville Souther Doom  
8-15 Unleashed Fire Upon Your Lands Napalm Pagan Death  
8-15 Warmen Band of Brothers Reaper Various  
8-21 Night's Edge The World That Never Was*      
8-22 Auri III N.B.    
8-22 Blackbriar A Thousand Little Deaths N.B.    
8-22 Burning Witches Inquisition Napalm Power  
8-22 Desaster Kill All Idols Metal Blade Black Thrash  
8-22 Mob Rules Rise of the Ruler Roar Melodic Power  
           
8-22 Vicious Rumors The Devil's Asylum SPV Heavy Power Groove  
           
8-29 Ihlo Legacy K-Scope    
8-29 Slow Crush Thirst Pure Noise    

September

Date Artist Release Label Genre Notes
9-5 Ambush Evil in all Dimensions Napalm Heavy  
           
9-5 Primal Fear Domination Reigning Pheonix Power  
           
9-18 Korypheus Gilgamesh M-Theory Prog  
9-19 Withered Land Hall of the Dead Earth and Sky Epic Sym Black  
9-26 Amorphis Borderland Reigning Phoenix Melodic