OCT 23
Torche + Bleeth
Full bill: Torche, Bleeth, Daniel Zebulon, Orbiter, Wastelands, Inscribed.
Where heavy metal is economic development.
Where heavy metal is economic development.
Not an aggregator. This is the calendar we actually pay attention to — Florida's metal venues, the Japanese watch list, marquee festivals, new releases, livestreams, and the records on heavy rotation. Last updated Oct 19, 2026.
A guitar record made by someone who could have made a technique record and declined. Her major-label solo debut, and the brief the label handed her. Our full written review — plus a video where we talk through the album track by track.
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Also on the channel: Rolling Quartz — Growing Hard Rock in Korea, our full interview. Watch → All reviews → Where we go next. Two weeks across Japan this November — four metal show nights from Tokyo to Kawasaki.
The high-priority shows we're actually building around — marquee acts, confirmed field trips, the ones worth planning your week around.
Full bill: Torche, Bleeth, Daniel Zebulon, Orbiter, Wastelands, Inscribed.
Alice Cooper opens the fall 2026 North American leg of the "Alice's Attic" tour in Clearwater — the only Florida stop on the run. The new production debuted last fall on the co-headline trek with Judas Priest. Anna Cara is filling the guitar chair while Nita Strauss is on…
Final "Calculating Infinity" shows — the album played in full, and billed as the last time.
Newly listed, on sale Sep 4. Club-sized In Flames headline the night before the band's larger Trivium co-headline at Jannus Live on the 5th — worth confirming both stand.
Rush bring the Fifty Something tour to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood — their first South Florida stop in over a dozen years. Two sets a night, setlists drawn from a 35-song catalogue, each night different. Night one of two (see Nov 7). Show 8 PM.
Second Hollywood night, added by popular demand after Nov 5 sold through. Rush's Fifty Something tour — two sets, a different setlist from night one, pulled from a 35-song pool. Show 7:30 PM.
Across every bucket, soonest first. Use the bucket pages for the full lists.
Stryper play Jacksonville the night before their House of Blues Orlando date on Oct 20. 8:00 PM at FIVE (1028 Park St); openers not yet confirmed. Tickets: https://www.tickpick.com/buy-stryper-tickets-five-points-theatre-10-19-26-8pm/7874913/
Second big amphitheatre hard rock night in Tampa inside ten days, with Kami Kehoe opening. Pairs with the Oct 10 date as a market signal.
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL world tour, North American leg. Tickets: https://tix.soundrink.com/tours/sim
Japanese metalcore band Paledusk in Austin — a J-metal act touring the States in a room already on our list. Source: Come and Take It Live / JamBase calendar sweep.
Source: Bandsintown promoted listing in the Kenny Wayne Shepherd message email, Sept 17, 2026. Classic rock. Tickets via Bandsintown.
Nini Music (folk metal) headlining her U.S. fall tour, with Seven Kingdoms supporting. Source: NextMosh, Aug 3 2026.
Stryper bring the yellow-and-black to the House of Blues Music Hall on their fall 2026 US run. Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 7 PM. Tickets from $54: https://www.ticketmaster.com/stryper-orlando-florida-10-20-2026/event/220064A6F5D7908D
Breaking Benjamin's 2026 North American tour hits West Palm Beach the night after Tampa. Full bill: Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Starset, Kami Kehoe. 6:00 pm.
Classic-rock booking; the band returns to the same room in January.
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