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P '25 THE METAL ROUND-UP Bloodstock Festival have announced a whopping 25 band line up to kick start their 2026 campaign, which is also the festival’s 25th Anniversary. Confirmed headliners are Lamb of God (Friday), Slaughter To Prevail (Saturday) and legendary British Metal Gods, Judas Priest (Sunday). The bill also features the likes of Sepultura, Bleed From Within, Orbit Culture, Life Of Agony, Of Mice and Men, Death Angel, Vended, Wednesday 13, Cryptopsy, 200 Stab Wounds, Leprous, Carpenter Brut, Irish Folk-Metal crew, The Scratch and many more. Tickets are on sale now and are expected to sell out soon. Visit www.bloodstock.co.uk for more details. Bi-annual Metal Festival, Siege of Limerick have announced their Autumn edition, which takes place in Limerick’s Dolan’s venue on October 26th. Featuring the likes of Beyond Extinction, Tayne, Trenchknife, Aesect, Uragh, Terror Syndrome, WODE (Irl Debut / Exclusive), BLOOD COUNTESS (Irl Debut),IMPERIAL DEMONIC, GEHEIMNISKNECHT, KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE. Admission is, as always, FREE, so make sure you turn up early to get access. More bands are set to be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, please visit @ siegeoflimerick. Ireland finally has its own vinyl pressing plant, and they’re pressing it LOUD. Anthem Vinyl has been cranking into life over the past few months, serving every genre but giving METAL the heavyweight treatment it deserves. Based in Clane, Kildare, this game-changing facility throws the doors wide open for bands to watch their riffs forged in wax and spin their test pressings on site. Massive announcements are coming — keep your eyes peeled. Bands, labels, get in touch: hello@ anthemvinyl.com. Megadeth Announces Final Album and Farewell Tour! American thrash titans Megadeth have confirmed they will release their final studio album and embark on a global farewell tour in 2026. Frontman Dave Mustaine is also releasing a new memoir, rounding off an illustrious career with both music and words. We’ll keep you updated with more news as it unfolds… Progressive Metal crew, URAGH have announced the title of their new EP, “Stalemate”, as well as a new single, “Crimson Dove”. The band are booked for a series of live shows surrounding the release date of the EP, which drops on September 25th. Please visit the bands socials for updates on gigs and more info. The track listing of the EP is as follows: “Perpetual”, “Crimson Dove”, “Time Heals Nothing” and “Stalemate”. BEHEMOTH mastermind Adam “Nergal” Darski has confirmed that he is working on the fourth album from his dark folk/blues/Americana influenced solo project Me And That Man. He said “It’s almost done… We are deep into the recording process. We’ve got all the instrumentation recorded and vocals demoed so far. But it’s a matter of months that we have the whole product wrapped. We still don’t know who’s gonna release it. We don’t know what formats and how and where.” For more news on all things Me And That Man, you can access their social media platforms @meandthatman. Two Tales of Woe will be hosting a benefit night in memory of their former guitarist, Johnny Nesbitt who sadly passed recently. The event is billed as a celebration of Johnny’s life, friends with performances from Friction, Archangel, Two Tales of Woe, Run With The Wolf, Sünset Rïders, Can’t Believe It’s Not Lizzy, Monsters of Metal, Soldiers of Fortune, and The Rockfathers. Admission is FREE and all donations will be for The Mater Hospital Foundation. For more information, please search “A Night For Jimmy Nesbitt” on Facebook events. Synth-rock conjurors ZETRA have re-emerged with “Believe”, a brand new five-track EP set for digital release on August 22nd via Nuclear Blast Records. Marking a bold new chapter in their shadowy evolution, ZETRA’s latest offering is fronted by the spellbinding new single “The Spider”, a sweeping, mournful hymn of beauty and doom, interwoven with haunting synths and hypnotic vocal lines. Check it out for yourself on all good streaming platforms and YouTube. 31