This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2027.
Events Sharon Osbourne has announced that Ozzfest will return this year after a nine-year hiatus, with two shows in Birmingham and two in North America in the works. This will be the first Ozzfest held without her husband Ozzy, who died in 2025. Children of Bodom plans to celebrate their 30th anniversary of releasing music, following their reunion shows in February 2026. After years on hiatus, and a failed reunion in the early 2020s, Faith No More will embark on their first major tour in over a decade. A new Soundgarden album featuring the final recordings of Chris Cornell (who died in 2017) is expected to be released this year.
Albums expected January Day Artist Album 8 Orden Ogan Lords of the Grave U.D.O. Voodoo Ranger 15 Floor Jansen Hytress Grave Digger Faces of Pain Resolve Spread My Ashes into Space 22 Clutch Wasted Lands Saxon Gods of Thunder 29 Memoriam Endgame Seven Kingdoms Sono Sola
February Day Artist Album 5 As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying 19 200 Stab Wounds Lowest Form Firewind Gods, Myths & Titans 26 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators Flying Blind
March Day Artist Album 19 Bullet for My Valentine Social Apocalypse DragonForce DragonForce
April Day Artist Album 23 Primal Fear Shadowriders
Artists with material in production
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