Nu Metal News 5 November 2026: Breaking Benjamin Book P.O.D. And Filter, Ghost Hit A Billion, Sevendust Head Down Under

Nu Metal News 5 November 2026, welcome to Thursday. Breaking Benjamin have booked a 2027 arena run with P.O.D., Filter and Starset, Ghost’s “Mary On A Cross” has passed one billion streams, and Sevendust are heading to Australia with Caligula’s Horse. Hatebreed have one more video before Friday, we send our best to (hed)p.e.’s Jared Gomes, and We Came As Romans, Poppy and Cult Of Luna with Gojira’s Joe Duplantier are all here too. Our featured artist sent us a heavy, emotional new single through our submissions. Plenty to get through, so let us go.

Breaking Benjamin Book A 2027 Arena Run With P.O.D., Filter And Starset

What a bill. Breaking Benjamin have announced a 16 date US arena tour for early 2027, and they are bringing Starset, P.O.D. and Filter with them. It starts on 16 February at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and finishes on 12 March at Ovation Hall in Atlantic City, the one date without Filter.

In between come stops in Louisville, Columbus, Uncasville, Syracuse, Albany, Hershey, Greenville and Savannah, among others. The band presale opens today, 5 November, with the code WICKED, and general tickets go on sale on Friday 6 November at 10am local time through the band’s website. Eligible Spotify Premium users in the US can also get “Reserved by Spotify” tickets.

It is a lovely moment for anyone who grew up on the original wave: P.O.D. and Filter on the same arena stage, with the band whose last album, Ember, came out in 2018 now building towards its follow-up after “Something Wicked” earlier this year. Breaking Benjamin are also booked for Creed’s Summer Of ’99 And Beyond cruise in April. P.O.D. were last here with “Outbreak” in the 1 October column, and former Breaking Benjamin drummer Shaun Foist came up in the 26 October column.

Ghost’s Mary On A Cross Joins The Billions Club

A song that started life as a B-side has just passed one billion streams. Ghost teased over the weekend that “something is happening” this week, and on 4 November it turned out to be a celebration: “Mary On A Cross” has entered Spotify’s Billions Club.

To mark it, the band shared a look back at the animated video, with director Sean Donnelly walking through how it was made. The song first came out in 2019, presented as a lost recording from a made-up 1960s era of the band, and it was not an instant hit. Years later it took off on TikTok in a slowed, reverb-heavy fan edit, and the band went on to release their own version in the same style.

It was certified double platinum in the United States in November 2025, and it is now the most celebrated song Ghost have. Few rock songs reach a billion plays on one service, and fewer still get there by a fan edit lighting the fuse.

Sevendust Head Down Under With Caligula’s Horse

Good news for Australia. Sevendust are touring there in February, with Australian progressive metal band Caligula’s Horse as their guests, through promoter Destroy All Lines.

There are four dates: the Astor Theatre in Perth on 15 February, The Tivoli in Brisbane on 17 February, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 18 February and the Forum in Melbourne on 20 February. The presale starts on Monday 9 November at 11am local time, and the general sale follows on Wednesday 11 November at 11am. You can sign up now through Destroy All Lines.

Four nights in proper theatres is the right way to see a band like this, with Lajon Witherspoon’s voice filling the room. It is a well-matched pairing as well, with groove and soul on one side and big, melodic prog on the other. Sevendust also came up in the 28 October column, named as an influence by a band we featured.

Hatebreed Roll Out Decisions Become Destinies Before Friday

One more before the big day. Hatebreed have shared “Decisions Become Destinies”, the fourth advance single from Fatal Paradox, with a video built around live performance footage.

It is track three on the album, which is their ninth and their first through BLKIIBLK. A title like that is pure Hatebreed, a motivational line you can shout back at the stage, and the live-themed video shows exactly where these songs are meant to end up.

Fatal Paradox is out in full this Friday, 6 November. Yesterday we covered the news that the band have re-recorded their 1996 EP Under The Knife, so if you missed that, it is in the 4 November column.

Get Well Soon, Jared: (hed)p.e. Frontman Books A New Knee

Jared Gomes of (hed)p.e. has shared that he is having a total knee replacement on 9 December, a robotic-arm-assisted procedure that usually means a few months of recovery, so fans can expect some downtime for the band.

The story behind it is pure nu metal history. Gomes said he tore his ACL more than 20 years ago on tour with Snot and Soulfly, while on stage with Max Cavalera doing Benji’s part on “Prejudice”. He stage dived, got thrown back over the barrier and landed on one leg in a puddle of beer. “I always said I’d do this until the wheels fell off,” he wrote, and he thanked fans for the support that means he has health insurance for the operation.

We wish him a smooth operation and a quick recovery. Few frontmen have given more of themselves to a stage. Former (hed)p.e. keyboardist Ken Sachs was in yesterday’s column with Oblivion Choir, and the band’s place in the story is in our complete guide to nu metal.

We Came As Romans And Make Them Suffer Go Dead Silent

We Came As Romans have teamed up with Australian metalcore band Make Them Suffer on a brand new song, “DEAD SILENT”, two days before their companion album ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED: CIRCULARITY arrives on Friday 6 November.

Frontman Dave Stephens said the two bands had wanted to work together for a long time. “The song is about breaking out of the same destructive patterns and finding the strength to rebuild and let go of the negativity holding you back,” he said. “It’s dark and heavy, but there’s a real sense of fun to it too.”

CIRCULARITY reworks songs from the album with guests from Dayseeker, After The Burial, Currents, Bury Tomorrow, Ladrones and more, and it adds four new tracks, including “WHEN EVERYTHING IS STILL”, “BORN FROM NOTHING” and “SPEAK TO EXIST”. We Came As Romans were last here in the 16 October column.

Poppy Fires Up The New Jersey Devils

Poppy has a new home in sport. “New Way Out”, from her 2024 album Negative Spaces, now soundtracks the New Jersey Devils’ in-arena hype video at the Prudential Center, and Sumerian Records shared the clip to celebrate. The next Devils home game is tonight, 5 November, against the St. Louis Blues.

She already has a long history with WWE, so ice hockey is a natural next step for a song built to wind a crowd up. It is a fun one, and a reminder of how far heavy music now reaches.

Poppy finishes 2026 supporting Evanescence in Kuala Lumpur on 28 November, then plays Knotfest Mexico on 5 December. Next year she is booked for at least five major festivals, including Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple and Boardwalk Rock. She was last here in the 16 October column, when she entered Fortnite.

Cult Of Luna Bring In Gojira’s Joe Duplantier For Sadness Will Reign

Swedish post-metal band Cult Of Luna have shared “Sadness Will Reign”, with guest vocals from Joe Duplantier of Gojira. It is the last preview before their new album, In The Shadow Of Your Shadow, comes out on Friday 6 November through RED CRK Recordings.

Guitarist and vocalist Johannes Persson was full of praise for his guest. “What I like about Joe is that he has a very particular voice,” he said. “It has its own unique character and would stand out even if you put him next to a hundred or a thousand other vocalists.”

Two of the heaviest, most patient bands in modern metal on one song is a real treat. Gojira were last here in the 27 October column, booked for System Of A Down’s Pasadena stadium dates.

Featured Band: Jesse Stuart And Waiting

Jesse Stuart came to us through our submissions form, and we are thrilled to have him as the featured artist in Nu Metal News 5 November 2026. He is an independent nu metal artist from the United States who writes, records and releases his own music, and he also runs Red Room Distro, the same label that sent us SPLiT66 for yesterday’s column. Two days running, that is a team doing a lot for new heavy music, and we are very glad to have him here.

His single “Waiting” came out on 21 August 2026 and runs three minutes and four seconds. Jesse describes it as heavy and emotional, with big breakdowns and a melodic chorus, for fans of Linkin Park and Three Days Grace, and that mix of weight and hooks is exactly what this column loves. The lyrics are clean and no AI was used to make it, and he tells us the song was recently added to the G.R.I.T. playlist on Spotify. Well deserved.

The artwork is brilliant. It is a gritty black and white shot of Jesse in a cap and a work shirt, standing against a police lineup height chart and looking up past the camera, with “WAITING” scrawled in rough, dripping white letters across the top and his name slashed underneath. It feels tense and personal, the perfect picture for a song with that title. Press play on Spotify, then follow him on Instagram and TikTok so you catch what comes next.

Looking Ahead: Ozzfest Day And A Stacked Friday

This morning, Thursday 5 November, at 10am Eastern, the Ozzfest 2027 countdown we flagged on 3 November reaches zero, and we will have the full story tomorrow. Breaking Benjamin’s band presale (code WICKED) also opens today.

Friday 6 November is one of the biggest release days of the autumn: Hatebreed’s Fatal Paradox, Prong’s self-titled album, Cult Of Luna’s In The Shadow Of Your Shadow, We Came As Romans’ CIRCULARITY and Ninth Key’s “One More Time” all land, and general tickets for the Breaking Benjamin, Starset, P.O.D. and Filter tour go on sale at 10am local time. The Sevendust and Caligula’s Horse presale in Australia follows on Monday 9 November.

Further out, Jared Gomes has his knee surgery on 9 December. If you missed it, yesterday’s column had Prong’s “New Commission”, Ninth Key selling out their first headline tour and Hatebreed revisiting Under The Knife.

Get Your Band In This Column

Today’s featured artist in Nu Metal News 5 November 2026 sent his music to us himself. If you are in a band or a solo artist, signed or not, you can do the same. Send us your single, your video, your tour or your EP through our get featured page. We read everything, we cover what we can verify, and small bands get the same space here as big ones.

Nu Metal News 5 November 2026, Your Questions

When do Breaking Benjamin tickets go on sale for the 2027 tour?

The band presale opens on 5 November 2026 with the code WICKED, and general tickets go on sale on Friday 6 November at 10am local time through the band’s website. The 16 date US tour with Starset, P.O.D. and Filter runs from 16 February in Cedar Rapids to 12 March in Atlantic City, where Filter do not play.

How many streams does Ghost’s Mary On A Cross have?

Over one billion on Spotify. On 4 November 2026 it entered Spotify’s Billions Club, and Ghost marked it with a look back at the animated video from director Sean Donnelly. The song first came out in 2019 and was certified double platinum in the US in November 2025.

When are Sevendust touring Australia?

Sevendust play Perth on 15 February, Brisbane on 17 February, Sydney on 18 February and Melbourne on 20 February 2027, with Caligula’s Horse as support. The presale starts on Monday 9 November at 11am local time and the general sale on Wednesday 11 November.

What happened to Jared Gomes of (hed)p.e.?

Jared Gomes is having a total knee replacement on 9 December 2026, which usually means months of recovery. He said the damage goes back to an ACL injury more than 20 years ago, when he stage dived during “Prejudice” with Max Cavalera on tour with Snot and Soulfly.

Who is the featured band in Nu Metal News 5 November 2026?

Jesse Stuart, an independent nu metal artist from the United States who also runs Red Room Distro. He sent us his single “Waiting” through our submissions. It came out on 21 August 2026, runs 3:04 and is for fans of Linkin Park and Three Days Grace.