Seattle heavy metal roundup (August 2026 edition)

Last couple weeks have had some fantastic shows drop. Fall’s looking up to be great! Lineup for Soldiers of Steel can be found here.

Upcoming Shows in August

8/8/26 Paramount: Acid Bath, Russian Circles, Twin Tribes (sludge)

8/8/26 Funhouse: Føsphene, Glasghote, Ember Vale, Baythpelagic (black)

8/9/26 Funouse: Black Tusk, Hoaxed, Calm Collapse, Stricken (sludge)

8/11/26 Showbox: Tomahawk, Melvins (alt metal)

8/14-15/26 Substation: Soldiers of Steel Fest

8/21/26 Showbox SoDo: The Sword, Red Fang, Spoon Benders (doom)

8/22/26 El Dorazon: Nonpoint, Spineshank, (HED) P.E. (alt metal)

8/22/26 Central Saloon: Lacabra, Reburied, Vanishment, Smearing (local death metal)

8/28/26 Funhouse: Saltwound, Cultist (deathcore)

8/30/26 El Corazon: Ingested, Larcenia Roe (deathcore)

9/13/26 Substation: Pallbearer, Ordh, Heldscalla (doom)

10/4/26 El Corazon: Weedeater, Zeke, Royal Thunder, Yes Ma’am (doom)

10/4/26 Substation: Cradle of Filth, Moonspell, Worm, Black Satellite (gothic)

10/7/26 El Corazon: Peeling Flesh, Gridiron, Outta Pocket, Grounds For Assault (slam)

10/14/26 El Corazon: Crown Magnetar, To the Grave, Face Yourself, I Declare War (deathcore)

11/21/26 El Corazon: Psycroptic, Inferi, Cognitive, Summoning The Lich (tech death)

11/24/26 Neumos: Emma Ruth Rundle, Cinder Well (doomgaze)

12/8/26 Showbox: Suicide Silence, Angelmaker, Synestia (deathcore)

12/9/26 Paramount: Trivium, In Flames, Orbit Culture, Frozen Soul (heavy metal/melodeath)