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Slayer's Reign in Blood turns 40, Down and Darkest Hour drop new singles, and New York's own raw black metal and industrial scenes deserve a second look this week.
Anthrax's catalog gets the deep-cut treatment from two outlets at once, Rochester's Undeath debuts on Relapse with 'Arterial Bombardment,' and a viral Turnstile security moment sparks a hardcore crowd-safety conversation — all roads leading back to New York's sprawling metal underground.
Death Angel's Dennis Pepa and Mudvayne's Chad Gray both revealed serious health scares this week, a sobering reminder that New York's doom and black metal underground has been rehearsing mortality's themes all along.
As of 2026-10-06, New York Metal Index tracks 897 metal bands statewide, and Death Metal alone accounts for 288 of them — 32 percent of the total, more than thrash and black metal's shares combined with room to spare.
From SepticFlesh's touring injury to All Shall Perish's grindcore comeback and Zebra's 50th anniversary, this week's national metal headlines all trace back to New York's own underground — grind, experimental, and heavy metal lifers included.
Lamb of God's Mark Morton wonders why nobody rips off his band's sound — meanwhile New York's heavy metal, doom, hardcore, and experimental underground keeps proving originality is alive and well in the Empire State.
Anthrax's emergency drummer swap in San Antonio, a new book on thrash's unlikely rise, and the band's retirement denials all point back to New York's enduring thrash and death metal legacy, from Anthrax to Incantation and beyond.
Disfear's posthumous d-beat opus, an industrial rock resurrection from Filter's Richard Patrick, and a wave of legacy metal reflections all connect back to New York's own death metal, heavy metal, and experimental underground this week.
Taking Back Sunday's 20th anniversary 'Louder Now' reissue leads a week of metal news touching on NWOTHM nostalgia, Slipknot's experimental pivot, and the ever-touring death metal underground.
GWAR co-founder Chuck Varga's passing coincides with a busy week of industrial, grind, and melodic metal news — and New York's own Sin, Legend, and the state's underground scene have plenty of reasons to pay attention.
Iron Maiden, Anthrax, and Megadeth kicked off their tri-state run in New Jersey this week, while Clutch, DragonForce, and a wave of hard rock signings give New York's scene plenty to talk about heading into 2026.
Madball's Freddy Cricien opens up about the making of 'Not Your Kingdom,' touring lineup shake-ups hit DragonForce and Forbidden, and New York's own Fallen Angel and Avalon get their due amid a wild week of metal headlines.
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