Nu Metal News 8 November 2026: Fred Durst Teases A Run, Fear Factory Premiere A Song, Ill Niño Target February

Nu Metal News 8 November 2026, welcome to Sunday. Fred Durst has posted that he is running, without naming an office, Fear Factory have a new song lined up for SiriusXM Liquid Metal tomorrow, and Ill Niño are targeting February 2027 for their first album in more than a decade. Suicide Silence’s Mark Heylmun is sitting out the current tour to protect his sobriety, Oblivion Choir have signed to Pavement Entertainment, and our featured bands Moon Floor and These Foundations both arrived through the submissions form. Plenty to get through, so let us go.

Fred Durst Teases A Run For Office

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst posted a short video this weekend through a new Instagram account, @votedurst, in which he looks down the lens and says the quiet part as a slogan: “Well, just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, it’s time to vote Durst. I want to get to the bottom of all this bullshit. I’m running.” Lambgoat and The Nu-Metal Agenda both picked it up on 7 November. It is a proper Durst moment: direct, a little theatrical, and impossible to scroll past.

What it is not, yet, is a confirmed campaign. He has not named an office, an election or a year, and there has been no public filing to seek office. Treat the post as a tease until those details appear. That honesty matters here. The clip is real, the account is real, and the quote is his. Everything beyond that would be guesswork, and guesswork is not how this column works.

We had Limp Bizkit in Friday’s column as the Sunday closer of Phillgood 2027 in Plovdiv. That booking has not changed. Today’s news is a different story entirely, and if Durst really does turn “vote Durst” into something with paperwork attached, this page will be here for the update.

Fear Factory Premiere A New Song On Liquid Metal

Fear Factory have another new track coming, and this time there is a clock on it. Founder and guitarist Dino Cazares wrote that a new song will premiere next Monday on SiriusXM Liquid Metal, which from this Sunday means 9 November. The Nu-Metal Agenda reported the note on Saturday evening. No title has been attached yet, so we will not invent one. The song is being framed as the follow-up to “Roboticist”, the first Fear Factory single with vocalist Milo Silvestro, and as a taste of an album the band have reportedly now finished.

That album still has no public title or street date. What we can say, because Cazares already said it in September, is that Tony Campos played every bass track, Pete Webber is behind the kit, and the record is stacked with eight-string guitar. “Roboticist” landed through Nuclear Blast in August. A second single, premiered on the channel that has been home to this kind of industrial heavy music for years, is exactly the next chapter fans have been waiting to hear.

We covered the Campos bass news, the Silvestro-era lineup and the spelling of “Roboticist” in the 13 September column. Today’s development is the premiere itself. The Soul Of A New Machine anniversary run still has dates on the board: Dallas tonight at AM/FM, Pop’s in Sauget on 10 November and Basement East in Nashville on 11 November. A new song in the middle of that trek is a gift.

Ill Niño Target A February 2027 Album

Ill Niño have given their next record a window. In a statement shared this weekend, the Latin nu metal lifers said they are postponing their Revolution Revolución 25th anniversary Latin American tour to May 2027 so they can finish a new studio album and release it in February 2027. It would be their first full-length since 2014’s Till Death, La Familia, and their first with vocalist Tommy Roulette. Theprp and Lambgoat both carried the note on 7 November.

The rescheduled dates are Lima on 21 May, Santiago on 22 May, Buenos Aires on 23 May and Asunción on 25 May. Existing tickets remain valid. The band also promised “very strong Nu-Metal groups” as support on the new routing, without naming them yet. Recording sessions for the album began in the summer of 2025, after the planned IllMortals EP series did not appear following the split with former singer Marcos Leal.

We already had Roulette on record in the 8 September column, when “Born To Suffer (Nacido Pa Sufrir)” arrived as his first finished studio track with the band and the full-length was still undated. February 2027 is the new fact, and so is the decision to move the anniversary dates rather than rush the record. That is the right kind of patience. Thirteen years is a long time between albums. Hearing them choose the music first is something to celebrate.

Mark Heylmun Puts Sobriety First

Suicide Silence guitarist Mark Heylmun announced on 7 November that he will sit out the band’s current Reminders Of Hell tour to put his sobriety and his mental health first. In his own words: “I’m not stepping away from Suicide Silence. I’ll still be involved behind the scenes.” He thanked the band for standing with him and thanked Jordan for stepping in on the road. Theprp and Blabbermouth both published the full note.

Heylmun is clear that life on the road has always been a difficult environment for him, and that he needs a solid foundation in his sobriety before he can confidently get back out there. The decision was not easy with Graceless due on 20 November through Century Media. Respect to him for saying so in public, and respect to the band for making space. Taking care of yourself so you can keep doing this for years is not a retreat. It is a plan.

The Reminders Of Hell tour, with Emmure, AngelMaker and Synestia, opened in Riverside on 6 November and runs through 13 December in Los Angeles. We flagged Graceless in yesterday’s Looking Ahead. Today’s news is Heylmun’s decision, not the album date. Wishing him every good thing while he does that work, and looking forward to hearing him come back stronger, just as he said he would.

Oblivion Choir Sign With Pavement Entertainment

Oblivion Choir, styled 0BL1V10N CH01R, have signed to Pavement Entertainment. The Southern California trio was founded in the summer of 2025 by vocalist Dennis “D-Hauz” Hogan, formerly of 20 Dead Flower Children, and keyboardist and producer Kenny “The Finger” Sachs, formerly of (hed)p.e. Guitarist Jason Murray joined in October and completed the lineup. Theprp reported the deal on 6 November, and Pavement’s own artist page now carries the band.

A six-song debut EP is lined up for 2027. Sachs built the instrumental arrangements at his home studio. Hogan wrote the lyrics and vocal melodies and recorded them with Greg Yarber at Yarbage Studios. Amir Derakh, the Orgy and Julien-K guitarist, mixed the EP at Synthicide Studios. That is a proper industrial family tree: (hed)p.e., Orgy, and a new group that wants its songs to leave a mark rather than fade into the background noise.

We covered their Nine Inch Nails “Sin” cover in the 4 November column. The cover is not the news today. The news is the label, the 2027 EP window, and a finished mix already in trusted hands. For a band this new, that is a strong way to begin.

Featured Band: Moon Floor And Where We Started

Moon Floor are one of today’s featured bands in Nu Metal News 8 November 2026, and they came to us through our submissions form. The Minnesota metal project’s new single “Where We Started” landed on 6 November, a three-minute-and-eighteen-second track filed under Metal on Apple Music, with official audio on their own YouTube channel. They describe the work as heavy, melodic and a little strange: alternative metal and hard rock built somewhere between melody and chaos.

This is not a first swing. Apple Music also lists a run of 2026 singles ahead of it, including “Ugly Beautiful” in January, “Push and Pull” in March, “Sonic Volumes” in April, “My Super Power” in May, “eNGINES” in June and “Sweet” in October. “Where We Started” is the latest chapter in a year they have spent putting music out in public, which is exactly the kind of momentum we like to spotlight here.

Small and rising bands get the same space here as the giants. We did not receive a horizontal press shot with the submission, so the official artwork and audio are what you will see below. If you are in the band, send a press photo any time through our get featured page.

Featured Band: These Foundations And Ghosts Of Your Past

These Foundations are also featured today, after Greg sent them through our submissions form. The Bath, UK four-piece play a blend of progressive metal, thrash, metalcore and post-metalcore, and their current EP is Ghosts Of Your Past, which arrived on 1 July 2026. The five tracks are “The Disillusioning”, “Entropy”, “Upstander”, “Guiding Light” and “The Sun Sees No Shadows”.

They started in 2017 as Viridian Dawn before a hiatus, a name change and a new chapter under the name they carry now. An earlier pair of EPs, Eternity in 2022 and Infinity in 2023, already showed a band interested in weight and melody at the same time. “Guiding Light” has an official video on their YouTube channel, and that is the clip we are sharing below.

A UK band writing this carefully, then sending the work in themselves, is precisely why the submissions page exists. If Ghosts Of Your Past is new to you, start with “Guiding Light” and then go back to the top of the EP. The door is always open through our get featured page.

Looking Ahead: A Song Tomorrow And A Busy Month

Monday 9 November is already carrying more than one date. Fear Factory’s untitled new song is due on SiriusXM Liquid Metal, and the Sevendust and Caligula’s Horse Australian presale opens the same day. Prong’s European headline run starts in Rheine on 13 November. Suicide Silence’s Graceless and Seether’s Rare On Air both street on 20 November.

If you missed it, yesterday’s column had Murderdolls booking Graspop 2027, Spineshank welcoming Jay Mills, Bobby Amaru covering Linkin Park, Filter closing in on The Antidote and Seether honouring Neil Young. Further out, the Breaking Benjamin 2027 arena run and Ozzfest’s three-continent 2027 return are already on the board from earlier this week.

Get Your Band In This Column

Today’s featured bands in Nu Metal News 8 November 2026 are Moon Floor with “Where We Started” and These Foundations with Ghosts Of Your Past. 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 8 November 2026, Your Questions

Is Fred Durst actually running for political office?

He posted a video through the @votedurst Instagram account saying it is time to vote Durst and that he is running. He has not named an office, an election or a year, and no public filing to seek office has been reported. Treat it as a tease until those details are confirmed.

When does the new Fear Factory song premiere?

Dino Cazares said a new Fear Factory song will premiere on Monday 9 November 2026 on SiriusXM Liquid Metal. No title has been announced. It is being presented as the follow-up to “Roboticist”, the first single with vocalist Milo Silvestro, from an album the band have reportedly finished.

When is the new Ill Niño album coming out?

Ill Niño are targeting February 2027 for their first full-length since 2014’s Till Death, La Familia, and their first with vocalist Tommy Roulette. No album title has been announced. To finish the record they have postponed their Revolution Revolución 25th anniversary Latin American tour to 21–25 May 2027, with existing tickets remaining valid.

Why is Mark Heylmun sitting out the Suicide Silence tour?

Heylmun said on 7 November 2026 that he is sitting out the Reminders Of Hell tour to put his sobriety and mental health first. He is not leaving Suicide Silence and will still be involved behind the scenes, with Jordan stepping in on the road. Graceless is still due on 20 November through Century Media.

Who are the featured bands in Nu Metal News 8 November 2026?

Moon Floor, a Minnesota metal project, with the single “Where We Started”, released on 6 November 2026; and These Foundations, a Bath, UK four-piece, with their Ghosts Of Your Past EP, released on 1 July 2026. Both came through the get featured submissions form.