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WWE 2K26 review: It comes close to being the best in the world — but yearly releases are clearly holding it back

WWE 2K26 delivers the best gameplay and biggest roster in the WWE 2K series, but there are bigger issues elsewhere.

Windows Central

"I wanted to be able to say we are the next big thing.” Army drills, TikTok hits and nu metal: Sleep Theory are metalcore's fastest rising stars

Sleep Theory founder and vocalist Cullen Moore shares his band's journey from military service to selling out venues both sides of the Atlantic

Louder

"We expected a few hundred people to be there and it was several thousand. We were terrified!" Deftones, Sleep Token, Bad Omens...The Pretty Wild? Meet the viral metal duo officially embracing that controversial 'baddiecore' tag

They're behind that 'cough-cough' mosh call you've probably seen all over metal TikTok

Metal Hammer

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Limp Bizkit, Bad Omens, Papa Roach, Gojira, Poppy, plus more than 50 other bands announced for Inkcarceration Festival 2026

The three-day festival will return to Ohio State Reformatory from July 17 - 19

Metal Hammer

Bad Omens review – anthemic songs and pillars of fire dampened by arena nerves

Noah Sebastian’s vocals switch deftly from croon to scream to whisper, but the genre-hopping US metalcore band lack chemistry on the big stage

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God and Svalbard are among this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Metal Hammer

Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, The Offspring, Deep Purple, Sabaton, Volbeat, Bad Omens and more sign up for stacked Hellfest 2026 lineup

Hellfest has announced another epic lineup for next year

Metal Hammer

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"We went on straight after Chappell Roan." From a platinum-selling Taylor Swift cover to hanging out with Post Malone, I Prevail have quietly become one of metal's hottest bands

I Prevail should be up there with Bad Omens and Sleep Token as metal's next big crossover success

Metal Hammer

"We're not trying to make sexualised music." Deftones' Chino Moreno on the nu metal revival, conspiracy theories and whatever the hell Baddiecore is

Deftones might be nu metal elder statesman, but they've never been more popular - or influential

Metal Hammer

We told Deftones singer Chino Moreno what ‘baddiecore’ is and this was his response

The frontman reacts to his band being at the forefront of a new, sexed-up metal genre also featuring Sleep Token and Bad Omens

Metal Hammer

A Sons Of Anarchy and The Walking Dead star has teamed up with Bad Omens for two weird, creepy teaser videos and the fandom are losing their minds

Bad Omens are teasing an August 8 announcement, and fans of Noah Sebastian's metalcore heroes are as excited as kids impatiently awaiting Santa's arrival

Metal Hammer

The pretentious gatekeeping around Sleep Token points to a toxic heavy music culture - as a metal guitarist of over 25 years, I've seen this movie before

Don't get Sleep Token? That's fine, but let's stop it with the elitism, writes God Forbid's Doc Coyle

Metal Hammer

Bring Me The Horizon, Korn, Deftones and A Perfect Circle among over 100 bands announced for Aftershock festival 2025

Rob Zombie, Gojira, Turnstile, Bad Omens, and The Dillinger Escape Plan are also bound for California's biggest rock festival in October

Metal Hammer

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Bad Omens, Employed To Serve and Deafheaven lead this week's best new metal songs

Metal Hammer

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Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Bad Omens' Noah Sebastian have covered Kansas' Dust In The Wind and it's the most gorgeous song you'll hear all week

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and Bad Omen's Noah Sebastian perform a stunning duet on the soundtrack for the upcoming wrestling film Queen Of The Ring

Metal Hammer

Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, Evanescence and more announced for Louder Than Life 2025

Louder Than Life 2025 is go and it is STACKED!

Metal Hammer

10 crazy metal collaborations that took us totally by surprise last year

From ska-punk/metalcore crossovers to industrial threesomes, these team-ups showed metal is more collaborative than ever

Metal Hammer

"This could all fall apart at any moment." From collaborating with Bad Omens and Knocked Loose to touring with Bring Me The Horizon, Poppy might be metal's most vital artist of 2024 (just don't call her a metalhead)

Starting out as a YouTube sensation with a robotic persona, Poppy has broken out to become a hyperpop/metal crossover star

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“We can’t wait to see everyone!” Sonic Temple festival announces full 2025 lineup, including Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Korn and much more

Linkin Park and Korn will join a double dose of Metallica, plus more than 100 other bands, at the Columbus weekender in May

Metal Hammer

“We know this will be disappointing, but we ask that you respect our choice to put health first”: Bad Omens cancel summer UK and Europe shows due to singer Noah Sebastian’s “extreme burnout”

Vocalist Noah Sebastian claims Bad Omens’ recent schedule has “pushed me to the limits of my mental bandwidth”

Metal Hammer

"The work of a band on the form of their career": Fresh from supporting Bad Omens and Northlane, unsung metalcore heroes Erra step up to the big leagues with new album Cure

Six albums in and Alabama's Erra are pushing their progressive metalcore sound to greater heights than ever before on new album Cure

Metal Hammer

"Self Hell delivers as a record and statement of our unstable, head-spinning times." While She Sleeps' latest album doesn't always hit the mark, but it's a bold levelling-up of their blueprint all the same

With British metalcore in a golden age and new bands Bad Omens and Spiritbox tearing up the rule book, While She Sleeps are feeling the pressure to transform their own sound on new album Self Hell

Metal Hammer

Godsmack, Shinedown, Killswitch Engage, The Offspring, Halestorm, Parkway Drive, Poison The Well, Machine Head and more for Inkcarceration Festival 2024

Inkcarceration have announced their lineup for 2024, with dozens of new additions joining Chimaria and Bad Omens

Metal Hammer

Order your limited edition Bad Omens, Hanabie, Lorna Shore or Scene Queen bundle

To celebrate our New Heavy 2024 issue, we’re launching exclusive bundles with all four bands – each featuring a variant cover and gift!

Metal Hammer

Bad Omens collaborate with Poppy on new industrial metal banger V.A.N.

The track is the first single of the Metal Hammer cover stars’ impending Concrete Forever album

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