Welcome to hell week month. Say goodbye to your families for a couple weeks, this is one hell of a month of metal.

Upcoming Shows in October

10/2/26 Clock-Out Lounge: Hell, Amarok, Muñeca, Parvo (sludge)

10/4/26 Substation: Cradle of Filth, Blackbraid, Worm, Black Satellite (melodic black metal)

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

10/6/26 Showbox SoDo: Dying Fetus, Sanguisugabogg, Crowbar, Left To Suffer, Deterioration (brutal death metal)

10/7/26 Showbox – SOLD OUT: Castle Rat, Unto Others, Wraith Knight (doom)

10/8/26 El Corazon: Hammerfall, Evergrey, Greyhawk (power metal)

10/9/26 Central Saloon: Blood Atonement, Morningstvr, Pagan Ritual, Tachus Inferis (black metal)

10/10/26 Kraken Bar: Vorlust, Distest, Blood Atonement, Burning Blood (blackened death metal)

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

10/15/26 El Corazon: Converge, Heiress (hardcore)

10/21/26 El Corazon: Demon Hunter, Wolves at the Gates, Bloodlines (alt metal)

10/22/26 Central Saloon: Xiphoid Dementia, Infinexhuma, Knifecream, Other (industrial)

10/23/26 El Corazon: Havok, Hellripper, Slackjaw, Xoth (thrash)

10/23-24/26 Central Saloon – SOLD OUT: Consecration of Torment fest – List of bands

10/25/26 The Crypt (Olympia): Mortiferum, Caustic Wound, Ceremonium, Mortem, Anhedonist, Iron Lung, Fake Dust (death-doom)

10/25/26 El Corazon: W.A.S.P., KK’s Priest (heavy metal)

10/27/26 The Neptune: The Dilinger Escape Plan, Squid Pisser (mathcore)

New Tours Announced in September

11/13/26 Real Art Tacoma: Boltcutter, Misery Whip (death metal)

11/29/26 Showbox SoDo: Neurosis, Great Falls (post-metal)

12/9/26 Climate Pledge Arena: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (symphonic metal)

12/2/26 Showbox: Insomnium, Amorphis (coheadlining), Hinayana (melodic death metal)

12/5/26 El Corazon: Guilt Trip, Gates to Hell, Mauled (hardcore)

1/1/27 Showbox: High On Fire, Zeta, High Command (sludge)

2/27/27 El Corazon: Eluveitie, Illumishade, Nini Music (folk metal)

3/14/27 El Corazon: Nile, Coroner (coheadlining), Syn Absence (tech death/thrash)

5/30/27 Climate Pledge Arena: A Perfect Circle, The Cult (alt metal)

Newly announced national tours skipping Washington: Metallica (Limp Bizkit, Avatar), Alice Cooper

Credit to No Clean Singing and Puget Sound Metal Bulletin for the monthly shows, and to Loudwire for new tour announcements.