News from female-fronted metal and bands with women in the line-uphttps://goddessmetal.com/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-hanabie-release-the-video-for-bari-bari-buddy-the-first-single-from-th/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-hanabie-release-the-video-for-bari-bari-buddy-the-first-single-from-th/The all-female Tokyo metalcore band's new track serves as the final song for season two of the anime series Reincarnated As A Sword.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:04:17 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-lovebites-announce-a-live-pause-for-2027/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-lovebites-announce-a-live-pause-for-2027/The Tokyo power metal quintet, all five members women, will stop touring in 2027 after more than three years on the road to focus on studio work and solo projects.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:04:10 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-mortemia-cover-pet-shop-boys-it-s-a-sin-with-jane-odintsova-on-vocals/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-mortemia-cover-pet-shop-boys-it-s-a-sin-with-jane-odintsova-on-vocals/Morten Veland's MORTEMIA rework the 1987 Pet Shop Boys hit as symphonic metal, with IMPERIAL AGE vocalist JANE ODINTSOVA singing guest vocals.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:04:02 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-anabanta-join-todos-somos-angeles-rock-fest-2026-after-avalanch-pull-o/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-anabanta-join-todos-somos-angeles-rock-fest-2026-after-avalanch-pull-o/DUAN MARIE's gothic metal band ANABANTA step in for Avalanch at the Puebla and Guadalajara dates of Todos Somos Ángeles Rock Fest on 24 and 25 October.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:03:49 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-sicksense-join-primer-55-on-fall-tour-with-redefind-and-makes-my-blood/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-sicksense-join-primer-55-on-fall-tour-with-redefind-and-makes-my-blood/VICKY PSARAKIS-fronted SICKSENSE hit the road with Primer 55 this fall, alongside REdEFIND and Makes My Blood Dance.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:03:36 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-embrace-of-souls-release-new-video-the-plague-from-the-battle-of-the-d/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-embrace-of-souls-release-new-video-the-plague-from-the-battle-of-the-d/The Italian power metal band shares a third clip from "The Battle Of The Dead", with MARTINA MAZZEO on vocals, out now via Rockshots Records.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:56:51 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-epica-bring-back-epic-metal-fest-in-2027-with-a-25th-anniversary-headl/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-epica-bring-back-epic-metal-fest-in-2027-with-a-25th-anniversary-headl/SIMONE SIMONS and EPICA curate the Friday of South of HEAVEN Festival in Maastricht on 4 June 2027, with LACUNA COIL and AD INFINITUM first on the bill.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:56:51 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-messa-and-the-night-eternal-announce-joint-european-tour-for-autumn-20/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-messa-and-the-night-eternal-announce-joint-european-tour-for-autumn-20/MESSA, with vocalist SARA BIANCHIN, tour Europe for nearly a month from late October 2026, supported by Germany's The Night Eternal.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:56:51 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-scarblade-announce-new-album-guardians-of-time-out-30-october-on-wormh/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-scarblade-announce-new-album-guardians-of-time-out-30-october-on-wormh/The Gothenburg heavy metal band founded by vocalist Alicke Kostopoulou release their first full-length album since "The Cosmic Wrath" on Wormholedeath.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:56:51 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-folkstone-add-teatro-astra-show-in-san-giovanni-lupatoto-on-21-novembe/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-folkstone-add-teatro-astra-show-in-san-giovanni-lupatoto-on-21-novembe/Both Treviglio theatre dates sold out, so the Bergamo folk metal band add a show at Teatro Astra in San Giovanni Lupatoto on 21 November 2026.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:09:03 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-igorrr-announces-2027-european-tour-dates/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-igorrr-announces-2027-european-tour-dates/The avant-garde metal band play 17 shows in support of "Amen", with new vocalist GERDA IGUCHI joining the line-up.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:09:03 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-melissa-bonny-announces-solo-release-live-from-the-apocalypse-for-1-no/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-melissa-bonny-announces-solo-release-live-from-the-apocalypse-for-1-no/The AD INFINITUM vocalist shares the video for "I'm A Monster", first taste of her crowdfunded solo release "Live From The Apocalypse", due 1 November.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:09:03 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-obsidian-church-premiere-specter-of-despair-ahead-of-stonebound-physic/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-obsidian-church-premiere-specter-of-despair-ahead-of-stonebound-physic/The Sicilian epic doom five-piece, with guitarists SARA Scavo and Giada Seidita, premiere a second track from "Stonebound", out on 20 November 2026.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:09:03 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-arendel-release-new-single-el-juicio-featuring-rabia-perez/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-arendel-release-new-single-el-juicio-featuring-rabia-perez/The Spanish melodic power metal band features vocalist and guitarist Júw on their latest track, which includes a guest appearance by Rabia Pérez.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-boris-announce-pink-20th-anniversary-show-in-oslo/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-boris-announce-pink-20th-anniversary-show-in-oslo/BORIS play their landmark 2005 album "Pink" in full at Parkteatret, with WATA on lead guitar and keyboards. Tickets cost 320 NOK.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-dreams-of-gray-release-new-single-edges-of-thought/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-dreams-of-gray-release-new-single-edges-of-thought/The Chicago metal band preview their EP "In The Shadow Of The Storm" with a track written by Luis Rivera and lead guitarist Jess Lai Mieritz.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-evanescence-announced-for-iheartradio-alter-ego-2027-festival-lineup/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-evanescence-announced-for-iheartradio-alter-ego-2027-festival-lineup/Frontwoman AMY LEE leads the band to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on 16 January 2027 alongside acts like The Offspring and Billy Corgan.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-heilung-announce-new-album-sagas-and-share-music-video-for-l-knisgaldr/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-heilung-announce-new-album-sagas-and-share-music-video-for-l-knisgaldr/The amplified history collective return with a third studio album, "Sagas", out 11 December on Season of MIST, with a new video for the six-minute track "Læknisgaldr".Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-isiliel-releases-new-collaborative-single-angel-eyes/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-isiliel-releases-new-collaborative-single-angel-eyes/The Tokyo symphonic metal project of vocalist HIMARI TSUKISHIRO teams up with Los Angeles act Kronowski, with a mix by Stratovarius guitarist Matias Kupiainen.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-reliqa-announce-new-album-high-risk-thoughts-and-share-single-serum/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-reliqa-announce-new-album-high-risk-thoughts-and-share-single-serum/RELIQA's second album "High Risk Thoughts" lands on 12 February via Nuclear Blast; the opening track "Serum" is out now with a video.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMThttps://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-tetrarch-guitarist-diamond-rowe-performs-metallica-classic-at-nfl-game/https://goddessmetal.com/news/2026-10-14-tetrarch-guitarist-diamond-rowe-performs-metallica-classic-at-nfl-game/TETRARCH guitarist DIAMOND ROWE performed a rendition of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" at the Atlanta Falcons game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:41:47 GMT