In April the band played at both weekends at Coachella , during the first weekend they were joined on stage by former bass player Thundercat and Metallica‘s Robert Trujillo . The band also appeared at Welcome to Rockville taking place in Daytona Beach, Florida in May 2026. They are scheduled…
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The current line-up of The Accused features original guitarist and founding member, Tommy Niemeyer as well as former drummer, Josh Sinder, from the band’s Grinning Like An Undertaker and Straight Razor releases; Brad Mowen former vocalist (‘The Curse of Martha Splatterhead’ LP) and Josh’s daughter Brookelle on bass guitar. In…
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The band’s eleventh studio album, Good God / Baad Man , was released on April 3, 2026. The first single was “Gimme Some Moore”, followed by “You or Me”, “Asleep on the Killing Floor” and “Baad Man” . Nearly a month prior to its release, Nick Shabatura replaced Stanton Moore…
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Slayer will play several shows in 2026, headlining the Rocklahoma festival in September and Sick New World Texas in Fort Worth the following month. Additional shows will occur in Minnesota along with two shows at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles (where the band played their final show before disbanding…
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On January 11, 2026, Jay Weinberg announced his departure from the band, leaving to focus on being a first-time father as well as other creative projects. Xavier Ware, known simply by the nickname X, was announced as the group’s new drummer in an Instagram post on January 23, 2026.
On July 5, 2024, Suicidal Tendencies released a new version of their 1999 track “We Are Family” entirely in Portuguese under the title “Nós Somos Família”. This marked the band’s first song with Weinman, Trujillo and Weinberg, and included additional vocals by Brazilian musicians Badauí ( CPM 22 ), João…
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On September 22, 2025, the band returned with a special rendition of “Fire and Water” by Free . COC’s version came spontaneously in the studio during some downtime while recording their forthcoming new full-length, and serves as the first of the Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1 , a special…
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On August 16, 2025 the band announced that they had finished recording a double album and were planning to release it in early 2026, with some of the guitar tracks being recorded at Barry Gibb ‘s private studio in Miami and Stanton Moore on drums.
When asked in July 2025 about the possibility of more shows under the Slayer name, Holt said: “I think it’s a year-by-year thing, every year, and this is the second year we’ve done; it might be the last, you know? Fortunately, none of these shows have interfered with or conflicted…
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Slayer played its first shows in the UK in six years in July. In addition to two headlining shows there, the band appeared at Villa Park on July 5, 2025 as one of the supporting acts for Black Sabbath ‘s final concert, dubbed ” Back to the Beginning “. Slayer…
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