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Bands and venues we follow across Miami, Tampa/St Pete, Orlando, FLL/WPB, and Daytona.
Bands: Nocturnal Dawn, Pariah (FL), RSI, Gnarcoossee Venue: Conduit, Winter Park (Orlando), FL Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — doors 7:00 PM Tickets: $15 advance / $20 day of show — presented by Violent Death Records
Tropical Pathogenesis Tour — night one of a three-date Florida run.
Tropical Pathogenesis Tour — night two of a three-date Florida run.
Minotaur Booking presents a four-band black/death bill at Churchill's Pub in Little Haiti.
Smash 'Em Up — "Ashes to Empires" Album Release Party
Tropical Pathogenesis Tour — closing night of a three-date Florida run.
Metal show at Guadalajara Night Club, Fort Pierce FL. Bands: Ancestral Blood, Lord of Horns (w/ Minotaur Booking). Date: August 22, 2026. Presented by Dead Dreams Booking FL.
Dokken + Lynch Mob, special guest Britny Fox
Spineshank w/ Hed PE — Industrial / nu-metal double bill.
Dark Asylum World Tour, North America Part 1 — and it lands on the album's release day.
Vile Productions presents The March of Iron and Echoes at The Brass Mug, Tampa, with Chironex and Cerebral Desecration. Friday, August 28, 2026, 7 PM.
Slaughter — Late-80s hard rock.
Five-band Tampa Bay bill at Moontower in Dunedin.
Prophets of the Dark Side headline Kill Your Idol in Miami Beach on Saturday, August 29, 2026, 10:00 PM, with special guest Cry Out For. $10 at the door. 222 Española Way, Miami Beach, FL. South Florida underground metal.
Nicko McBrain — Titanium Tart Tour 2026
Profanatica and Cloak headline Conduit (Winter Park / Orlando) as part of Profanatica's coast-to-coast summer tour.
No Raza w/ Mind Virus, Revenant Curse
Nicko McBrain's Titanium Tart - An iconic tribute. Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM at Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Found in Facebook saved posts (concerts collection).
Bands: A Bloodbath in Boston, Peacemaker (FL), Delilah, Necrotizing, Yet Still We Pray Venue: Boombox, Miami, FL Date: Sunday, September 6, 2026
EyeHateGod — Fall 2026 US Tour
EyeHateGod + Whores + No/Más — Fall 2026 US Tour
Out The Ashes live at Kill Your Idol, Miami Beach, on Friday, September 18, 2026 (midnight set). $10. 222 Española Way, Miami Beach, FL. South Florida underground metal. NOTE: band name read from flyer as "Out The Ashes" — worth confirming exact spelling before publishing.
Polish death metal legends Vader bring the "Reign Forever in Kingdom of Blood" North American tour to Central Florida, with Jungle Rot, German death metal veterans Fleshcrawl, and crossover thrashers Trash Panda.
EyeHateGod — Fall 2026 US Tour
The Browning bring their electronic-edged metalcore to The Banyan Live, West Palm Beach — Saturday, Sep 19, 2026. Tickets and info via Limitless Agency (limitlessagency.com).
Vader's "Reign Forever in Kingdom of Blood" tour hits South Florida — a Favorite Venue stop at Culture Room — with Jungle Rot, Fleshcrawl, and Trash Panda.
Rolling Quartz — MY TURN 2026 Tour. West Hollywood date at the Whisky.
The Tampa Bay stop of Vader's "Reign Forever in Kingdom of Blood" North American tour at The Orpheum, with Jungle Rot, Fleshcrawl, and Trash Panda.
BABYMETAL — World Tour 2026. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, MO. Show date: Sep 21 2026.
9/22 in Clearwater, FL. KK's Priest + W.A.S.P. US/Canada tour. Tickets: kkspriest.com. Source: Instagram saved post.
9/23 in Daytona Beach, FL. KK's Priest + W.A.S.P. US/Canada tour. Source: Instagram saved post.
9/24 in Jacksonville, FL. KK's Priest + W.A.S.P. US/Canada tour. Source: Instagram saved post.
Deathcore heavyweights All Shall Perish and Carnifex share the bill at The Banyan Live in West Palm Beach — Friday, Sep 25, 2026. Tickets and info via Limitless Agency (limitlessagency.com).
Bands: Dopethrone, Fister, Crud Venue: Conduit, Winter Park (Orlando), FL Date: Friday, September 25, 2026 — 7:00 PM Tickets: TicketWeb, ~$27
Volumes headline The Banyan Live in West Palm Beach with Until I Wake in support — Saturday, Sep 26, 2026. Tickets and info via Limitless Agency (limitlessagency.com).
Party Weekend Festival 2026
Hammerfall — Swedish power metal mainstay. Strong support: Evergrey + Elvenking. Marquee West Coast bill.
To The Grave + Crown Magnetar — Sawed-Off Suffering Tour
Slaughter to Prevail bring their 2026 North American headline run to Hard Rock Live in Orlando on Friday, October 9, 2026, 8:00 PM. Support from Rev3rent and DJ Paul. The Florida stop on the band's final North American shows of 2026. Tickets on sale July 17. (Announcement via…
BAND-MAID — World Tour 2026 NA leg. House of Blues in Dallas, TX. Show date: Oct 9 2026.
Spite bring their brand of heavy to The Banyan Live, West Palm Beach, with Stygoc — Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026. Tickets and info via Limitless Agency (limitlessagency.com).
American Tour 2026 Part 2.
Arch Enemy concert at Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale. Friday October 16, 2026.
Dying Fetus and Crowbar co-headline with Left to Suffer (plus Deterioration) at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg, FL. Death metal / sludge package tour. Show date: October 20, 2026. Surfaced from the saved concerts feed; Florida stop pulled from the tour's full routing.
Nekrogoblikon 20th Anniversary Fall 2026 Tour
Nekrogoblikon 20th Anniversary Fall 2026 Tour
Peeling Flesh brings a five-deep hardcore and slam bill to South Florida.
Two-day, 40-band metal festival at Hardlove Company in Jacksonville — headlined by Maruder (NYC) with Florida's own Longpig among the lineup. Brought to you by Kingside Records.
Dead Boys — Cleveland punk legends.
Opening night of Trivium's fall 2026 North American headline tour — and it lands in their home state. Trivium headline, with In Flames, Orbit Culture, Fit For An Autopsy and Frozen Soul in support. Orbit Culture is on the first stretch of dates, this one included.
Motionless In White bring The Sweat and Blood Tour to the Kia Center in Orlando, FL, with support from Dayseeker, The Devil Wears Prada, and Dark Divine. Show date: November 5, 2026. Tickets via Ticketmaster/Live Nation. Surfaced from the saved concerts feed; Florida stop pulled…
Trapt — 25th Anniversary Tour at Guadalajara Night Club, Fort Pierce FL. Date: November 6, 2026. Presented by Dead Dreams Booking FL.
Ace Frehley Band — Ex-KISS guitarist solo project.
Whitechapel — 20th Anniversary Tour
Tampa Doom & Gloom Fest III — 3 days, 2 stages, 36 bands\n\nDates: November 13-15, 2026\nVenue: Deviant Libation, 3800 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa FL\nAll Ages\nDoors: Fri 1PM, Sat/Sun 12PM\n\nBands include: November's Doom, Florist Heavy, Somnent, Hollow Leg, Palaces, Sandcrawler,…
Pain of Truth's North America 2026 run hits Miami with a stacked hardcore support bill.
Armored Saint w/ Metal Church — US power metal double bill, NWOBHM-adjacent / classic metal.
DragonForce — Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour 2026
SiM HOOMAN AFTER ALL World Tour 2026 — Sat 11/21/2026.
DragonForce — Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour 2026
Metallica M72 World Tour 2026 Grand Finale in Miami, FL. December 8th. Source: Facebook saved post.
Green Jelly (Green Jello) — 45th Anniversary Tour at Guadalajara Night Club, Fort Pierce FL. Date: December 17, 2026. First of a back-to-back Florida pairing (Sanford the following night). Presented by Dead Dreams Booking FL.
Green Jelly (Green Jello) at West End Trading Co, Sanford FL. Date: December 18, 2026 (rescheduled date). Second night of Green Jelly's Florida pairing (Fort Pierce Dec 17).
VIO-LENCE — Bay Area thrash legends.
Bands: Gladio Tempus (Brazilian thrash metal), Eternal Warrior (South Florida thrash metal) Venue: Kelly's Pub, 3045 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2026 — doors 8:00 PM, showtime 9:00 PM Tickets: $20
L.A. Guns — NYE residency closer at the Whisky. Part of the Whisky NYE block (Enuff Z'Nuff 12/28, White Lion 12/29, Faster Pussycat 12/30).
Yo-Yo Ma and Solon Gordon — Arsht Center 2026-27 Classical Music Series
Yuja Wang — Arsht Debut — Arsht Center 2026-27 Classical Music Series
