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 17, 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.
Source: Bandsintown promoted listing in the Anthrax artist message email, Sept 24, 2026. Drone metal. Same night as portrayal of guilt at Churchill's Pub, Miami.
Austin blackened hardcore/screamo outfit portrayal of guilt bring their fall US run to Little Haiti, with Headfoam and Absolver in support. One night before Ceremony plays the same room. Listing: https://www.songkick.com/concerts/43416766-portrayal-of-guilt-at-churchills-pub
Acres bring 'The Host' UK/EU Tour 2026 to Downstairs at The Dome with Wayside, What Lies Below, and Lifespark. Full lineup: Acres, Wayside, What Lies Below, Lifespark.
The Southern Survival Tour — "Can You Survive the Florida Man" — a Florida-only run pairing three of the state's premier heavy rock bands: DONEFOR, We're Wolves, and Twin Rova. Melbourne stop at Pineapples. Tickets and VIP at doneforband.com.
Nini Music (folk metal) headlining her U.S. fall tour, with Seven Kingdoms supporting. Source: NextMosh, Aug 3 2026.
Nineties alt-rock double bill, Emily Wolfe opening.
NINI Music headlining, Seven Kingdoms supporting. The Lost Horizon, Syracuse, NY. NINI / Seven Kingdoms US fall tour.
Knocked Loose & Denzel Curry, with Superheaven and Boundaries. FTL War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale FL. Sat Oct 17 2026, 7:00 PM.
Eyehategod's Austin date, closing out the run that swept Florida in mid-September (Tallahassee, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Tampa).
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