SDMETAL https://sdmetal.com San Diego Metal Music Community Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:40:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://sdmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-sdmetal_logo_512x512-100x100.jpg SDMETAL https://sdmetal.com 32 32 Iron Maiden Chula Vista: 2027 Return Brings Epic Thrills https://sdmetal.com/iron-maiden-chula-vista-2027/ https://sdmetal.com/iron-maiden-chula-vista-2027/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:29:14 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11273 Iron Maiden Chula Vista fans, mark your calendars now. Live Nation has announced a surprise third and final North American leg of the band’s 50th-anniversary Run For Your Lives tour, and the spring 2027 routing includes a stop at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre on Thursday, April 22, 2027. The 16-show run opens April 14...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/iron-maiden-chula-vista-2027/feed/ 0 Carnifex Video “Licking Love From A Knife” & 10th Album’s Brutal Closer https://sdmetal.com/carnifex-video-licking-love-from-a-knife/ https://sdmetal.com/carnifex-video-licking-love-from-a-knife/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:27:21 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11276 The new Carnifex video is here, and it closes the book on what’s coming next. The Fallbrook-formed deathcore band has released the official music video for “Licking Love From a Knife,” the final track on their upcoming 10th studio album More Than Misery, due November 6, 2026 via Sumerian Records. The Carnifex video premiered on...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/carnifex-video-licking-love-from-a-knife/feed/ 0 Blind Illusion Stage Flight: ‘Live at the UC Theatre’ LP Out Now, Recorded on the Exodus Bill San Diego’s Nukem Opened https://sdmetal.com/blind-illusion-stage-flight/ https://sdmetal.com/blind-illusion-stage-flight/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:56:32 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11267 The Blind Illusion Stage Flight live album is out today. Stage Flight: Live at the UC Theatre arrives Oct. 16, 2026, as a 12-inch vinyl LP through Hectic Records and Bleeding Priest Records, per Blabbermouth. It was recorded in Berkeley the night Exodus celebrated 40 years of Bonded by Blood, with original Blind Illusion singer...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/blind-illusion-stage-flight/feed/ 0 As I Lay Dying San Diego: 2027 Tour With Immortal Disfigurement Ends at Observatory North Park March 7 https://sdmetal.com/as-i-lay-dying-san-diego/ https://sdmetal.com/as-i-lay-dying-san-diego/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:00:56 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11258 The As I Lay Dying San Diego homecoming is set. The band’s 2027 U.S. headlining tour with Immortal Disfigurement ends Sunday, March 7, 2027, at The Observatory North Park, the last of 26 dates on a run that starts Feb. 4 in Indianapolis, per Metal Nerd. The As I Lay Dying San Diego date also...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/as-i-lay-dying-san-diego/feed/ 0 GWAR Joe Bob Briggs Album ‘GWAR and the Last Drive-In-Stein’ Out Nov. 13; Hear ‘Splatter-Fu’ https://sdmetal.com/gwar-joe-bob-briggs/ https://sdmetal.com/gwar-joe-bob-briggs/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:57:30 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11255 The GWAR Joe Bob Briggs team-up is real, and it’s on vinyl. GWAR and the Last Drive-In-Stein comes out Nov. 13 through GWAR’s own Pit Records, pairing the Scumdogs with the horror host and his The Last Drive-In house band, John Brennan and the Bigfeet. The first single, “Splatter-Fu,” and its official video are out...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/gwar-joe-bob-briggs/feed/ 0 Metallica San Diego: Snapdragon Stadium Set for May 13, 2027, as Sphere ‘Call of Ktulu’ Video Drops https://sdmetal.com/metallica-san-diego-2027/ https://sdmetal.com/metallica-san-diego-2027/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:53:42 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11252 Metallica San Diego fans have two things to chew on this week. On Oct. 15 the band shared an official video of “The Call of Ktulu” from the first night of its Sphere residency in Las Vegas, per Blabbermouth. And the band’s next local stop is already on the books: Snapdragon Stadium on Thursday, May...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/metallica-san-diego-2027/feed/ 0 Nightwish and Floor Jansen Part Ways After 14 Years; Band Eyes 2027 Album https://sdmetal.com/nightwish-floor-jansen/ https://sdmetal.com/nightwish-floor-jansen/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:36:45 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11239 The Nightwish Floor Jansen era is over. The Finnish symphonic metal band and its Dutch singer announced Thursday, Oct. 15, that they have parted ways after about 14 years. Nightwish says it will carry on and record a new album in 2027, and Jansen says her solo career now gets all of her attention, per...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/nightwish-floor-jansen/feed/ 0 Ozzy & Sabbath ‘Back to the Beginning’ Hits Theaters Oct. 28 After LA Orpheum Premiere https://sdmetal.com/back-to-the-beginning-film/ https://sdmetal.com/back-to-the-beginning-film/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:34:20 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11242 The Back to the Beginning film, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell on screen, opens in theaters worldwide on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Its purple-carpet world premiere was set for Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by the Osbourne family, per the Oct. 7 announcement. A limited number of premiere tickets...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/back-to-the-beginning-film/feed/ 0 Fear Factory Bring Cybernetic Domination Tour to House of Blues San Diego Nov. 25 With Darkest Hour and Brotality https://sdmetal.com/fear-factory-san-diego/ https://sdmetal.com/fear-factory-san-diego/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:47:27 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11222 The Fear Factory San Diego show is set. The industrial metal pioneers bring their Cybernetic Domination Tour to House of Blues on Wednesday, Nov. 25, with Darkest Hour and Brotality, per the Live Nation listing. It’s the night before Thanksgiving, so plan around the holiday traffic. The run was announced back on March 11. Metal...

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