It's that week in November where every big festival announces their lineup so we assess the bills of Download, Outbreak, 2000 Trees, & Slam Dunk 2026, Turnstile come through Ally Pally, and finally one of the UK's great rock bands Marmozets return with first new music in over 8 years.

Releases:
Drain - …Is Your Friend
Pupil Slicer - Fleshwork
Astronoid - Stargod
Set It Off - Set It Off
Agnostic Front - Echoes In Eternity
Cold Steel - Discipline & Punish
The Devil's Trade - Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép
Drowned In Silver - Mothers
Omnium Gatherum - May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way
Novembre - Words of Indigo
Centinex - With Guts and Glory
Glorious Depravity - Death Never Sleeps
Dysentery - Dejection Chrysalis
Yellow Eyes - Confusion Gate
Waldgeflüster - Knochengesänge I & II
Qrixkuor - The Womb of the World
Primordial - Live In New York City
Recollection - Vivid Dreams
Alexisonfire - Copies of Old Masters Vol 1