Nu Metal News 2 November 2026, welcome to Sunday. The weekend handed us a Halloween set that turned into a full Slipknot tribute, a debut single out of Shimla that deserves your attention, and a Los Angeles duo returning after the better part of a decade away. There is a new video from a Philadelphia three piece, a long awaited word on album five from New Jersey, and a performance of one of the biggest songs in modern metal. Plenty to get through, so let us go.
In This Moment Play Whore Like They Mean It
Another track from In This Moment and their recent in studio session for SiriusXM landed on 1 November, and this time it is “Whore”. It is the biggest single the band have ever had, a platinum certified song from 2012 that still fills rooms, and hearing it played in a studio rather than a venue strips it back to the bones in a way that works.
What stands out is how little the song needs. The arrangement is simple, the hook does the heavy lifting, and the performance leans on delivery rather than production. Fourteen years on, a song that was built as a statement still lands as one, which is not something every band can say about their biggest hit.
It follows “I Want To Believe” from the same session, released the day before. Two tracks in and this is shaping up to be one of the better live in studio sets of the year. If the theatre of this band is what pulls you in, our guide to the nu metal aesthetic covers the visual language they draw on.
Paleface Swiss Spend Halloween As Slipknot
On 31 October at Core Fest in Goppingen, Germany, Paleface Swiss walked out dressed as Slipknot and opened with a medley of “(sic)”, “People = Shit” and “Psychosocial”. Fan footage went up overnight. It is the kind of thing that could easily tip into novelty, and it does not, because the band play it straight and play it hard.
They have been circling this for a while. “People = Shit” had already crept into their sets earlier this autumn, so the medley reads less like a stunt and more like a band finally doing the whole bit properly. The comparison to Slipknot has followed Paleface Swiss around for years, and meeting it head on in costume is a confident way to answer it.
Timing helps too. Slipknot themselves finished tracking drums for album eight earlier this week, so the source material is very much alive. If the costumes have you thinking about your own festival fit, we have a full guide to festival outfits that goes well beyond a boilersuit.
Kybal Put Out A Video For Exalted
Kybal came to us through our submissions form, and the video for “Exalted” is worth your four minutes. They are a three piece working out of Delaware County, on the western edge of Philadelphia, and they describe what they do as grungy nu metal, which is about as accurate a two word summary as you could ask for.
The song sits in that pocket where the riff is heavy but the vocal stays melodic, closer to the moody end of the genre than the shouty end. There is real space in the arrangement, and the band resist the urge to fill every bar, which is a harder thing to do than it sounds when you only have three people.
You can find the rest of their catalogue on Bandcamp, and they are on Facebook if you want to follow along.
Kidneythieves Break A Long Silence With Winners
Kidneythieves released “Winners” on 31 October, and by most accounts it is the first new music the Los Angeles duo have put out since their 2016 album The Mend. Free Dominguez and Bruce Somers have been one of the more distinctive voices in industrial rock for close to thirty years, and the new track picks up without sounding like it is trying to recreate anything.
There is more coming. The band have teased footage from a video for “Winners” directed by Evan Stone, who also made their “Taxicab Messiah” clip back in 1998, and they have talked about at least two EPs and the possibility of live shows. That is a proper return rather than a one off.
“Winners” is streaming everywhere now. For another band picking the thread back up after time away, see Thursday’s column, which had Currents signing to Rise Records and dating their new record.
My Chemical Romance Confirm Album Five
At the Hollywood Bowl on 30 October, Gerard Way told the room that My Chemical Romance intend to start work on a fifth studio album in 2027. He also said the band are “probably not doing any shows” next year, which reads as a straightforward trade: time off the road buys time in the room.
It would be their first album in over fifteen years. No title, no date and no label detail has been given, and the band have been careful not to promise a timeline beyond starting, so treat 2027 as the year work begins rather than the year anything arrives.
They are not alone in taking their time. Meshuggah marking forty years earlier this week was a reminder that the bands who last tend to be the ones who do not rush.
Body Count Are Writing, And Ice-T Became A Jeopardy! Answer
A small thing that says a lot: Ice-T turned up as a Final Jeopardy! clue, for his long run as Detective Fin Tutuola on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. He posted about it with obvious delight, calling it a life achievement unlocked. Thirty five years after Body Count formed in Los Angeles, the man is general knowledge.
The more useful piece of news sits underneath it. Body Count are currently at work on the follow up to 2024’s Merciless, the record that proved this band are not a side project and never really were. There are no tour dates on the books for the rest of 2026, which points at a band in writing mode rather than a band gone quiet.
No title or date has been announced. Given the run they have been on since Bloodlust, it is worth being patient for.
Featured Band: Sum Negative And The Weight Of Bait
Sum Negative are a four piece from Himachal Pradesh in northern India, based in Shimla, and on 31 October they released their debut single “Bait”. It is a confident first move. The band describe what they do as nu metal aggression crossed with groove heavy riffs and a dark theatrical live presence, and the song backs all three of those claims up.
“Bait” is about being used. The band frame it as the conflict between a person and their own conscience, the slow reckoning with fate and accumulated choices, and the moment you realise you were the bait the whole time. That idea gives the track its shape: the riff keeps circling back, the vocal gets more certain as it goes, and the payoff lands because the song earns it rather than announces it.
The craft is serious for a debut. It was recorded and mixed by Girjashankar at Depot Records in New Delhi, and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in the United States, which is the same desk a lot of records you own went across. India has a deep and under covered heavy scene, and this is a good place to start listening to it.
Sum Negative are Ishan Kanwar and company, a four piece out of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, trading in groove heavy nu metal with a theatrical streak. “Bait” is their debut single, out now, and it is the sound of a band that knows exactly what it wants to be from the first bar.
Looking Ahead: February Is Filling Up
Brighton trio Eville announced their EP BRATPOCALYPSE on 1 November, led by the single “SLAY”, with the record set for 19 February and a UK run booked around it under the Bratpocalypse Tour banner. Dates are in at Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, London and Nottingham, and before that they are out in Germany supporting Rising Insane through the first week of November.
Kidneythieves have at least two EPs and a video in the pipeline, with live shows spoken about as a possibility rather than a promise. Repentance have their album Retaliate due on 27 November through Noble Demon. And if you missed it, Saturday’s column had Rob Zombie, Finger Eleven on vinyl and a Smash Mouth cover nobody saw coming.
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Nu Metal News 2 November 2026, Your Questions
What did Paleface Swiss cover at Core Fest?
On 31 October at Core Fest in Goppingen, Germany, Paleface Swiss opened their Halloween set dressed as Slipknot and played a medley of “(sic)”, “People = Shit” and “Psychosocial”. They had already been playing “People = Shit” live earlier in the autumn.
Is Sum Negative’s “Bait” their first release?
Yes. “Bait” is the debut single from the Shimla based four piece, released on 31 October 2026. It was recorded and mixed by Girjashankar at Depot Records in New Delhi and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.
How long has it been since Kidneythieves released music?
“Winners” is reported as their first new music since the 2016 album The Mend, so roughly a decade. A video directed by Evan Stone is on the way, along with at least two EPs.
When will My Chemical Romance release their fifth album?
No release date exists. Gerard Way said at the Hollywood Bowl on 30 October that the band plan to begin work on a fifth album in 2027, and that they are probably not playing shows next year. Starting work in 2027 is not the same as releasing in 2027.
Are Body Count making a new record?
Yes. Body Count are working on the follow up to 2024’s Merciless. No title, date or label has been announced, and the band have no tour dates listed for the rest of 2026.
- Theprp.com, In This Moment in studio performance of “Whore” for SiriusXM
- Theprp.com, Paleface Swiss cover three Slipknot songs at Core Fest
- The Nu-Metal Agenda, Kidneythieves release “Winners”
- The Nu-Metal Agenda, Eville announce BRATPOCALYPSE
- Lambgoat, My Chemical Romance confirm first album in over 15 years
- The Nu-Metal Agenda, Ice-T was the Final Jeopardy! clue
- Sum Negative, “Bait” on Bandcamp
- Kybal on Bandcamp