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 18, 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.
Clutch roll through Jacksonville on the same run that hits The Ritz Ybor in Tampa on Oct 20, with Slomosa and Blood Vulture in support. Doors for the 7:30 PM show at FIVE (1028 Park St). Tickets:…
The Southern Survival Tour — "Can You Survive the Florida Man" — Florida-only run with DONEFOR, We're Wolves, and Twin Rova. Jacksonville stop at Jack Rabbits. 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.
ASTERISM play the Saga Prefectural Art Museum — likely an event or festival appearance rather than a standard club date. Sunday, October 18, 2026. Listing: https://www.bandsintown.com/ASTERISM
Dreams Descending Into Greed — a full-force hardcore night at The Banyan Live.
Wrath Across North America 2026 — co-headline. Full bill: Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, SepticFlesh, Crypta, Thrown Into Exile. Early 5 PM start.
NINI Music headlining, Seven Kingdoms supporting. Phantom Power, Millersville, PA. NINI / Seven Kingdoms US fall tour.
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL world tour, North American leg. Tickets: https://tix.soundrink.com/tours/sim
Ceremony bring their hardcore-turned-post-punk catalogue to Churchill's. Source: Churchill's Pub / JamBase calendar sweep.
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