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Metal Hammer’s Tracks Of The Week: November 13 2026
Metal Hammer’s latest weekly tracks roundup features new singles spanning Christmas-themed metal, metalcore, progressive metal and power metal. The selections include collaborations and new album or EP previews, offering a snapshot of releases arriving as the year-end music roundups approach.
Ice Nine Kills released the brutal, deathcore-leaning “A Work of Art” for its new EP *A Very Vicious Christmas*, while Avatar’s “Naughty List” features Zakk Wylde. Bullet For My Valentine’s “I Don’t Trust Tomorrow” features Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos and previews an album planned for 19 March; Kalandra’s “Animal” accompanies an album out today. Tesseract previewed their March EP with “Crucible”, Fear Factory’s “Roboticist” is due on 9 April, and the article also highlights Alissa White-Gluz’s power metal performance with Dragonforce. The previous week’s vote was won by Charlotte Wessels, ahead of Everdawn.
In short
- The roundup spans festive metal singles and heavier new tracks.
- Bullet For My Valentine feature Will Ramos on a new single.
- Charlotte Wessels won last week’s reader vote.