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SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL World Tour 2026 NA leg
Where heavy metal is economic development.
Where heavy metal is economic development.
The Music Cities™ makes the case for the cultural and economic value of heavy metal by giving visibility to the bands and scenes that deserve it. This is the calendar we actually follow: Florida’s metal venues, the Japanese watch list, marquee festivals and new releases. Last updated Nov 14, 2026.
Three shows in ten weeks, two of them forty-eight hours apart with the same five bands and the same running order. What is left to vary is the room — Wacken, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg.
Read the review →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.
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL World Tour 2026 NA leg
Pain of Truth's North America 2026 run hits Miami with a stacked hardcore support bill.
Prog-metal headliner with Ne Obliviscaris and Greyhaven. Strongest metal booking on the Jannus fall calendar.
Co-headline run with Hippie Death Cult opening. Announced late August; this is the tour closer and the only Florida stop — panhandle, so a longer haul than the usual I-4 corridor dates.
DragonForce — Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour 2026
DragonForce — Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour 2026
Across every bucket, soonest first. Use the bucket pages for the full lists.
Dimrays appear at HIRAETH's "UNITY PARK 2026," a multi-venue Shimokitazawa circuit event in Tokyo. Dimrays' set is at LIVE HOLIC, 18:00. Sunday, November 15, 2026.
Tickets: https://designfesta.com/about-ticket/
Tickets: https://livepocket.jp/e/07ukk
Gibraltar's flamenco-metal veterans Breed 77 return to London at Downstairs at The Dome. Supports TBC.
RE:O (UK "Japancore," Rio Suyama) at Firebug, Leicester. Bands We're Watching (Global Metal). Source: Bandsintown.
Pain of Truth headlining North America 2026, with Madball, Rotting Out, Contention, Mizery, Locked Shut and xFOREVER WARx. The Orpheum, Ybor City, Tampa FL. Sat Nov 14 2026.
Festival: Hammer and Nail Fest MMXXVI Date: November 2026 (day TBD — flyer shows lineup only) Presented by: Elevated Booking Partial lineup: Until Eternity, Strength What Remains, Age of Refuge, Stay Lost, Better Man, The Pennant, The Shotgun Project, Volcano, Actions Speak…
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL World Tour 2026 NA leg
Broken By The Scream — tour closer. HOLIDAYNEXT in Nagoya, Japan. Show date: Nov 14 2026.
Each tile is its own page — bucket, count, and the editorial scope behind it.
Deep-dive pages for specific trips and festivals. Hand-built briefs beyond the calendar.
