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Shinedown Bring Coheed and Cambria and Those Damn Crows to OVO Arena Wembley on November 19

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4 days ago

November 11, 2026

Shinedown bassist Eric Bass performing live at Rock im Park. Photo by Mr. Rossi.

Wembley gets a three band rock bill on Thursday night. Shinedown headline OVO Arena Wembley on the Dance, Kid, Dance Act II World Tour, and they are travelling heavy: Coheed and Cambria and Those Damn Crows share the bill, on a world run that has already crossed North America behind the new album EI8HT.

Shinedown play OVO Arena Wembley, Arena Square, Engineers Way, Wembley Park, London HA9 0AA, on Thursday, November 19, 2026. Doors are at 6:00 PM, and Ticketmaster UK lists the show at low availability. Special guests Coheed and Cambria and Those Damn Crows complete the bill, as billed on the venue’s own event page.

London is one of five UK arena dates on this leg: Birmingham on November 14, Glasgow on November 16, Nottingham on November 17, London on November 19 and Manchester on November 20, before the tour closes in Dublin on November 22.

The Dance, Kid, Dance Act II World Tour spans 11 countries and more than 50 dates across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, in support of the band’s new album EI8HT, released on May 29, 2026 via Atlantic Records. The tour takes its name from “Dance, Kid, Dance”, the second track on EI8HT. Shinedown are donating one dollar from every ticket sold on the tour to City of Hope, the cancer research and treatment organisation.

EMPATH, Built From Volbeat, Rising And Anti-Ritual Members, Drop Their Self-Titled Debut Album

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17 hours ago

November 14, 2026

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EMPATH's four members in a black and white portrait against a dark background

Copenhagen has a new heavy rock band with serious pedigree. EMPATH, formed by members of Volbeat, Rising and Anti-Ritual, have released their self-titled debut album today, November 13th, on Indisciplinarian — a dark and dreamy take on heavy rock built on atmosphere, melody and crushing dynamics.

EMPATH is the sound of a new, dark and dreamy heavy rock band from Copenhagen, Denmark — one that revolves around atmosphere, presence and empathy. The constellation may be new, but the four members carry solid experience from bands such as Volbeat, Rising and Anti-Ritual.

In a digital and efficiency-driven age, where humanity is increasingly giving way to mechanical coldness, EMPATH — as the name suggests — is about presence, empathy and humanity. This ethos runs like a common thread through the band’s self-titled debut album, released today, November 13th, 2026, on LP, CD, cassette and digital formats via Indisciplinarian.

Across nine songs, EMPATH blends elements of progressive metal, doom, sludge and post-rock into a sound that is as dreamy and melodic as it is heavy and riff-driven. The music was recorded live with producer Lasse Ballade (Halshug, Slægt, Eyes) at Ballade Studios in Copenhagen, with vocals tracked at Grapehouse Studios by Morten Grønnegaard. Ballade also handled mix and mastering, while the artwork was created by illustrator Jon Gotlev (Nohr).

The album was first introduced by the single “Waves,” followed by “Vessel,” both pointing toward the band’s balance of melodic clarity and dense, riff-driven weight. EMPATH plays its debut show on December 11th at Hotel Cecil in Copenhagen.

EMPATH Track Listing

1. In Absence
2. Waves
3. Vessel
4. In Formation
5. In Bloom
6. In Thought
7. In Dissent
8. In Memory
9. In Return

Before forming EMPATH, guitarist/vocalist Morten Grønnegaard played with Volbeat on the albums Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies and Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie. Bassist Christian Qvortrup played in the epic doom metal band Rising, while drummer Jakob Krogholt toured and recorded with Anti-Ritual.