Metal Contraband News For October 7th, 2025:
This week in Metal Contraband:
Ozzy Osbourne second autobiography, Last Rites was officially released today on Grand Central Publishing. Here’s some of what Jack Osbourne has to say about the book: “My father had been working on Last Rites for a very long time—chipping away at it over the last three or four years. He always felt he needed to do a follow-up to I Am Ozzy, because so much had happened in the 20 years since that book was released. From life after the TV show, to the Sabbath reunion, to releasing his last two albums, and finally his health issues. It was important to him to capture all of that. If I’m being honest, not many of the family members have read the book yet—it’s been difficult time for everyone. For me, the last chapter is what I’ve reflected on the most. He finished it just a few days before he passed…So enjoy his words. Feel his energy. Remember who he will always be. And never stop loving him”. Find more at: https://www.ozzy.com/.
Megadeth has just dropped the first single and music video off the upcoming self-titled final album set for 2026. Megadeth will be out via Dave Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label. In the meantime, check out “Tipping Point” here: https://youtu.be/ECXg-a7XZQI?si=DSO84tG7HcDOPbVX. Mustaine says of the track, “We all have different ‘tipping points’ and they may vary from day to day. I think we’re all being pushed to the edge right now, and it’s easy to lean into that feeling. But it’s important not to let things get you down”. Keep an eye out for more via: https://www.megadeth.com/.
Lamb of God has released their first new music since 2022’s Omens, with the new single “Sepsis” out now via Epic Records: https://lamb-of-god.lnk.to/Sepsis. Mark Morton says, “‘Sepsis’ is a celebration of the very underground local bands here in Richmond that we really admired when we were just forming Burn the Priest. Bands like Breadwinner, Sliang Laos, and Ladyfinger—though they never got widespread attention outside of Richmond, those were the bands we listened to all the time. The song references that stuff in a way that’s a direct line to where we were coming from when we were in the basement writing our earliest material together”. Keep up with the band via: https://www.lamb-of-god.com/tour/.
Mental Cruelty is currently out on the road in North America with Signs of the Swarm, ten56., Carcosa, and Face Yourself. This week, they’ve dropped a new track featuring David Simonich of Signs of the Swarm, with “Helheim” out now: https://youtu.be/AAXOVRM-TMg?si=fyQdM6UXvh–aL0y. The band says of the track, “’Helheim’ is another stepping stone on our way from slamming deathcore to more melodic, blackened metal. ‘Zwielicht’ was our way to transition from deathcore to a sound focused on our blackened side, as well as traditionally ‘metal’ influences and even folk. This song dips another toe on there, with the inclusion of a stringed Scandinavian instrument called talharpa. The boys actually needed to learn that new instrument to record in the studio! Of course we wanted to keep some deathcore in there, so for the breakdown we invited our friend David Simonich of Signs of the Swarm, with whom we start a crushing North America tour today. It’s appropriately brutal for a song written about the realm for Vikings who didn’t quite make it to Valhalla, an afterlife for the disgraced”. For all the tour dates and details, head to: https://www.instagram.com/mental_cruelty/.
N.Y.C., featuring Tommy Bolan (Warlock), Stet Howland (W.A.S.P., Metal Church), and Steve Unger (Metal Church), is preparing to make their debut on Adrenalizing Media Network, with Built To Destroy set for November 14th. Check out the title track here: https://youtu.be/LaAg219fZ-E?si=zV7YlRBwjbKCNADK. Find more on the band at: http://www.nyctheband.com/.
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