Nu Metal News 6 November 2026: Ozzfest Books Three Continents, Limp Bizkit Close Phillgood, Hatebreed Drop Fatal Paradox

Nu Metal News 6 November 2026, welcome to Friday. Ozzfest is back across the UK, California and Mexico City, Limp Bizkit close Phillgood 2027 in Plovdiv, and Hatebreed’s Fatal Paradox and Prong’s self-titled album both land today. Burn Eternal finally open with “Wounds I’ve Made”, Evanescence reopen The Open Door, and our featured band Showing Teeth drop “Hellraiser”. Plenty to get through, so let us go.

Ozzfest Books Three Continents For 2027

The countdown we flagged earlier this week has landed. Ozzfest returns in 2027 for the first time since New Year’s Eve 2018, with three historic stops: Saturday 10 July at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, Saturday 11 September at Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, where the festival launched in 1996, and Friday 18 September at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, its first ever Mexican edition.

Sharon Osbourne is curating the lineups, which will be revealed in the coming months, and she has already said about half the bill is locked. “Ozzy was the first to launch his own traveling metal festival,” she said. “And Ozzfest will always remain an important part of Ozzy’s legacy.” Jack Osbourne has confirmed the 2027 edition will stick to one-day shows and keep a spot for new and unsigned artists, the tradition that made the festival a launchpad for Slipknot, Disturbed, System Of A Down and so many of the bands this column was built around.

Early Bat Tickets for all three dates go on sale today, Friday 6 November, at 10am local time through Ticketmaster and the Ozzfest site. Live Nation is promoting. We first started the clock in the 3 November column. The full bills are still to come, and that is the next big chapter.

Limp Bizkit Close Phillgood 2027

Limp Bizkit will close PHILLGOOD 2027 on Sunday 18 July at the Rowing Canal in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The three-day festival runs from 16 to 18 July, with Robbie Williams on the Friday and The Chemical Brothers on the Saturday, and the Jacksonville pioneers take the Sunday night. For a nu metal column, that is the proper way to end a weekend.

Formed in 1994, the band of Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto and DJ Lethal remain one of the most recognisable festival draws in the genre. “Break Stuff” has now passed one billion Spotify streams, and in 2026 alone they headlined Download, Aftershock and Louder Than Life. Their last Bulgarian show was Sofia in 2009, so this one has been a long time coming.

Three-day passes start at €199 and day tickets from €99 through Ticket Station, with details at phillgood.ink. We last had Fred Durst in the 3 November column. Sundays like this are exactly why the genre never went away.

Hatebreed Drop Fatal Paradox

Album day. Hatebreed’s ninth studio album, Fatal Paradox, is out now through BLKIIBLK, their first full-length since Weight Of The False Self in 2020. Chris “Zeuss” Harris produced it, and the eleven-track set opens with “Kill Count Increase” and runs through the title track, “Decisions Become Destinies” and a guest turn from Obituary’s John Tardy on “Sacrifice Season”.

Yesterday they gave us the live-themed video for “Decisions Become Destinies”, and Jamey Jasta called it one of the most personal songs on the record. That is pure Hatebreed: motivational, heavy, built to be shouted back from the floor. The band are already out in Europe with Life Of Agony, starting tonight in Warsaw.

Stream and order it through their Fatal Paradox hub. We covered the Decisions video in yesterday’s column. Today is the proper payday.

Burn Eternal Open With Wounds I’ve Made

The pairing fans have waited on finally has a song and a date. Burn Eternal reunite Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz with former Killswitch vocalist Howard Jones, and their first single, “Wounds I’ve Made”, is out now through Metal Blade Records. The self-titled debut album follows on 26 February 2027.

Dan Gluszak of Times Of Grace handled the studio drums. Jones said the song is about acknowledging mistakes and moving forward, and Dutkiewicz noted it was one of the first pieces he wrote for the project about six years ago. Nine tracks are listed, with “Wounds I’ve Made” opening the record.

Pre-orders are at burneternal.lnk.to/burneternal. We flagged the signing in October. Hearing Jones and Adam D together again is a proper gift for anyone who grew up on Alive Or Just Breathing and The End Of Heartache.

Prong’s Self-Titled Album Lands

Fourteen albums in, and Prong have simply called this one Prong. It is out today through Napalm Records, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap, and Tommy Victor has been saying it may be the best thing they have done. The latest taste, “New Commission”, arrived on 3 November with thrash riffs, a huge hook and a ferocious breakdown.

The main set runs eleven tracks from “The Banner” through “Our Continuance”, with “Out Of Body” and a “Cruel Summer” cover as bonuses. Victor sees the plain title as a redefining moment: faster, heavier, bigger hooks. Few bands nearly four decades in can say that and mean it.

A European headline run starts in Rheine on 13 November and ends in Athens on 22 November. We covered “New Commission” in Wednesday’s column. Every nu metal guitarist who ever leaned on a tight, chugging riff owes this band something.

Evanescence Reopen The Open Door

Twenty years on, Evanescence’s The Open Door is back as a newly remastered 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition through Craft Recordings. The original thirteen tracks are joined by four bonuses: the rarities “If You Don’t Mind”, “Together Again” and “The Last Song I’m Wasting On You”, plus a never-before-released demo of “Good Enough”.

It arrives on 2-LP, CD and digital, with coloured vinyl variants across Craft, the Evanescence store and indie shops. “Sweet Sacrifice (Remastered 2026)” has already been streaming as a taste. This was the record where the band chose evolution over repetition, and hearing that Good Enough demo next to the finished cut is a real treat.

We had Evanescence as Rock For People 2027 special guests in the 4 November column. An anniversary edition of one of the defining records of that era on the same Friday as Hatebreed and Prong feels exactly right.

Featured Band: Showing Teeth And Hellraiser

Showing Teeth are today’s featured band in Nu Metal News 6 November 2026. Their new single “Hellraiser” is out now through Spinefarm / Republic, with an official video that puts the band alongside drag artists including Biqtch Puddin’, directed with glitterflick. It follows their debut EP A Fate Worse Than Loneliness from September, and it is exactly the kind of sharp, theatrical heavy music this column loves to put in the spotlight.

The track runs about two and a half minutes and does not waste any of them. Showing Teeth are building a lane that feels modern without losing the bite, and a major indie label behind a video this bold is a good sign for where new heavy music is heading. Small and rising bands get the same space here as the giants, and this one earned it on release day.

If you are in the band or their team, we would love a horizontal press shot through our get featured page for future columns. For now the official artwork and the video say plenty.

Looking Ahead: Tickets And Tours

General tickets for the Breaking Benjamin, Starset, P.O.D. and Filter 2027 arena run go on sale today at 10am local time. Meshuggah’s European and UK Forty-Year Anomaly dates with Periphery and Vildhjarta also go on sale today at 12pm CET. Ninth Key’s “ONE MORE TIME” with Ekoh and Lø Spirit is out today after their sold-out first headline run, and Comeback Kid’s Chosen Hell, featuring Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante on “Shedding Season”, lands as well.

Monday 9 November is the Sevendust and Caligula’s Horse Australian presale. Prong’s European run opens in Rheine on 13 November. Motionless In White continue their arena run after bringing Rhea Ripley onstage in Orlando. If you missed it, yesterday’s column had Breaking Benjamin’s tour and Ghost’s billion streams.

Get Your Band In This Column

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Nu Metal News 6 November 2026, Your Questions

When do Ozzfest 2027 Bat Tickets go on sale?

Early Bat Tickets for Milton Keynes, San Bernardino and Mexico City go on sale on Friday 6 November 2026 at 10am local time through Ticketmaster and the Ozzfest website. The dates are 10 July at The National Bowl, 11 September at Glen Helen Amphitheater and 18 September at Estadio GNP Seguros.

When do Limp Bizkit play Phillgood 2027?

Sunday 18 July 2027 at the Rowing Canal in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, closing the festival. Robbie Williams plays 16 July and The Chemical Brothers play 17 July. Three-day passes start at €199 and day tickets from €99 via Ticket Station.

When does Hatebreed’s Fatal Paradox come out?

It is out now, Friday 6 November 2026, through BLKIIBLK. It is Hatebreed’s ninth studio album and their first since Weight Of The False Self in 2020.

When is the Burn Eternal debut album out?

26 February 2027 through Metal Blade Records. The first single, “Wounds I’ve Made”, is out now. The project reunites Adam Dutkiewicz and Howard Jones.

Who is the featured band in Nu Metal News 6 November 2026?

Showing Teeth, with their Spinefarm / Republic single “Hellraiser” and official video out 6 November 2026. It follows their debut EP A Fate Worse Than Loneliness from September.