Since January 4, 2025, the members of Babymetal have hosted the radio show Babymetal’s Metal Radio! ( Babymetalのメタラジ！ , Bebīmetaru no metaraji! ) on Tokyo FM , with each episode featuring a new guest talking to the band about their experiences with heavy metal music. A notable episode featured politician…
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— Daron Malakian (2025)
On May 12, 2025, Alcatrazz announced that they had signed with BraveWords Records and are planning to release a new album in 2026.
On April 25, 2025, Blind Illusion got together with original vocalist David White to play a historical show supporting Death Angel and Exodus (celebrating 40 years of Bonded by Blood) at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, California. Songs that have not been played live in over 40 years were: Destroyer,…
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Icon is still active as of 2025. Their current lineup is the same as the one that recorded their first two albums, Icon and Night of the Crime —vocalist Stephen Clifford, guitarists Dan Wexler and John Aquilino, bassist Tracy Wallach and drummer Pat Dixon—and the band is currently working on…
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On October 25, 2025, Blind Illusion played Frost and Fire V Fest in Ventura, CA. They performed The Sane Asylum in its entirely for the first time in the band’s history.
Vicious Rumors’ first studio album in five years, The Devil’s Asylum , was released on August 29, 2025. On April 20, 2025, Howe exited the band.
Shaffer reiterated once more in 2025 that recording is still underway.
On May 24, 2025, Blue Öyster Cult performed under their original name Soft White Underbelly at Islington Assembly Hall in London.
In 2025, the band participated in the Hell’s Heroes music festival held at the White Oak Music Hall in Houston .