OUT MARCH 26, 2027 VIA FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL

Heavy metal legends Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. and K.K. Downing of KK’s Priest and have joined forces to deliver an unmissable live experience on their massive 42-date tour across the U.S. and Canada. Highlighting the sheer momentum of the run, Lawless called it "one of the best tours you will ever see" and promised fans a true "quality show," while Downing declared the trek "on fire" as the band barrels through cities nationwide following a standout stop in Boston. With full details and ticket availability hosted on their official websites, both bands urge fans not to miss out as this high-octane tour hits towns across North America. W.A.S.P. is again offering fans VIP tickets that give fans a chance to meet Blackie Lawless, get a personal photo with Blackie, autographs, tour the stage and take part in a very personal Q&A with Blackie. VIP tickets can be purchased at https://waspnation.myshopify.com “W.A.S.P. -1984 TO HEADLESS” Tour Dates 10-09 - Des Plaines, IL Des Plaines Theater 10-10 - St Charles, IL Arcada Theater 10-11 - St Charles, IL Arcada Theater 10-13 - Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre 10-14 - Harrisburg, PA Capitol City Music Hall 10-15 - Cleveland, OH Agoura Theater 10-16 - Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater 10-17 - Green Bay, WI EPIC Event Center 10-19 - Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre 10-21 - Edmonton, AB Midway Music Hall 10-22 - Calgary, AB The Palace Theater 10-23 - Coquitlam, BC Great Canadian Casino Vancouver - SOLD OUT 10-24 - Coquitlam, BC Great Canadian Casino Vancouver 10-25 - Seattle, WA Moore Theater 10-27 - San Jose, CA San Jose Civic 10-29 - Rancho Mirage, CA The Show @ Agua Caliente 10-30 - Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues 10-31 - Anaheim, CA The Grove Tickets and VIP: www.WASPnation.com About W.A.S.P. Few Bands in the history of Rock N’ Roll have ever incited the love, the hate, the raw emotional effect this Band has had on the world. From the very beginning, in the small venues of Los Angeles California, and later to the numerous countries worldwide that banned these Winged Assassins from performing live, the Band’s unique style of Shock and Rock caused Religious organizations, Local City Councils, Parliaments, and the Washington D.C. Senate to hold hearings in an effort to bar this group from selling records and trashing stages everywhere they played. The band’s founding member, frontman Blackie Lawless, has led the group as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold out shows across the globe for 4 decades. About KK’s Priest You can’t keep a heavy metal legend down... Although it’s been over a dozen years since guitarist and songwriter K.K. Downing departed Judas Priest, the iconic band he co-founded and played with for 40 years, he was never really going to retire. It was only a matter of time before he reclaimed the spotlight. As his new album title proclaims, The Sinner Rides Again. K.K. Downing has had metal coursing through his veins from the beginning, starting in the Midlands region of England where Judas Priest was born. He compellingly chronicled his life odyssey in his 2018 autobiography, and his recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame further secures his legacy as a pioneering musician, songwriter and guitarist. As a founding member of the classic Judas Priest line-up, Downing helped lay the foundation for the heavy metal genre as a whole. His distinct style of playing is easily identifiable, he was part of a six-string duo that complemented and contrasted each other, and they would progress to new levels of excitement. He has taken that ethos and applied it to KK’s Priest with impassioned results. Fans already excited by KK's return, will also be elated that KK’s Priest are gearing up for another round of touring in the US and Canada in the fall of 2026 with fellow metal legends W.A.S.P. For Downing, KK’s Priest is not just a statement of intent. It is a statement of being. His lifelong heavy metal saga continues. https://www.waspnation.com https://www.facebook.com/W.A.S.P.Nation https://www.facebook.com/groups/waspnationofficialgroup/ https://twitter.com/waspofficial https://instagram.com/waspnationofficial https://youtube.com/@WASPNationOfficial https://www.tiktok.com/@waspnationofficial https://www.threads.net/@waspnationofficial https://www.bandsintown.com/a/7553

Reviewed by Claire Thomson

Zeal & Ardor release "Devil Is Fine x Carpenter Brut" via MVKA, a defining moment in the band's history reimagined with brutal precision as Carpenter Brut unleashes his trademark nightmare fuel on their most iconic anthem. It's a collision of two of extreme music's most fearless minds, pushing the song into territory it has never touched before. "Devil Is Fine" is the title track of Zeal & Ardor's breakthrough 2016 record, the release that first fused black metal aggression with the rhythms and history of African American spirituals and work songs, introducing Manuel Gagneux's project to a global audience. Carpenter Brut, the French producer whose synth driven, horror soaked sound has become a genre unto itself, has now taken the track apart and rebuilt it. Manuel Gagneux of Zeal & Ardor says, “Imagine if one of the most capable electronic musicians out there remixed a song of ours. Imagine if that would result in a track that might eclipse the original. Imagine if you could listen to such a thing right now. We give you Devil Is Fine x Carpenter Brut."  Carpenter Brut adds, “Zeal & Ardor have such a distinctive sound so it was a real pleasure to take ‘Devil Is Fine’ into my own world while keeping the spirit of the original.“

Released November 20th through Roadrunner Records

UK EVENTS TO BE HELD AT HELGIS, LONDON & SCRUFFY MURPHY’S, BIRMINGHAM

Reviewed by Gareth Griffiths 

DELUXE EDITION OF ACCLAIMED ALBUM REFLECTIONS SET FOR RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 13th 2026

Welsh ragga metal band Skindred release the video for their new single ‘Big Em Up’, taken from their recent Number 1 hit album You Got This, which opens with a simple but strong message of support for anyone suffering from mental health conditions, anxiety or depression. The message behind the song is a simple call for everyone to make sure your friends and the people around you are alright and to pick them up when they are feeling low. Skindred singer Benji Webbe says, “It’s so easy to get overwhelmed by life and everything it throws at you, from your gas bill to a family tragedy or people just being negative and your timeline filling up with hate and negativity on social media. ‘Big Em Up’ is a simple message for everyone to check on their friends and to pick ‘em up and to try and encourage some positivity back into the world. It’s a message me and my brothers in Skindred try and share in the music we play, so all we ask is for our fans and listeners to enjoy the single and to also share that message of positivity too. Please check on those around you. Big Em Up!!”