Jacob Bannon

The Austin festival (fka Austin Terror) is just over a week away from holding its first edition, and they've issued a new update including news about The Locust following the death of drummer Gabe Serbian, along with even more info.

We'll also be there selling records and official fest merch!

We asked an array of metal lovers -- including metal writers, show promoters, and members of bands like Converge, Tomb Mold, Undeath, and Infant Island -- what metal bands they think people should be keeping an eye on this year. Here's what they came up with...

Plus Jason Isbell, Bright Eyes, Kathleen Hanna, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Puscifer, The Lemonheads, H.E.R., Bartees Strange, Japanese Breakfast, Phoebe Bridgers, Nothing, Teenage Halloween, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Umbra Vitae also features current and former members of Bannon's other band Wear Your Wounds, Hatebreed, The Red Chord, Twitching Tongues, Job for a Cowboy, Uncle Acid, and more...

Including Cave In, Nick Cave, Chromatics, Swans, Kate Tempest, Lana Del Rey, Blood Incantation, Chelsea Wolfe, Purple Mountains, Spirit Adrift, Mizmor, Better Oblivion Community Center, and more.

The initial Roadburn 2018 lineup includes Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Witch, Panopticon, Ex Eye, and more

This week is loaded with new albums: Joey Bada$$, New Pornographers, Michelle Branch, Future Islands, and more.

The Wear Your Wounds live band is also touring Europe, including dates with Chelsea Wolfe.

Wear Your Wounds (also ft. members of The Red Chord, Trap Them, and Cave In) will make their live debut at Roadburn, which also just added My Dying Bride, Wolves in the Throne Room, Ash Borer, Emma Ruth Rundle, Sumac, and more.