In December 2007, it was announced that the band’s new vocalist would be Dan Nelson , formerly of Devilsize, and Rob Caggiano would return as lead guitarist. In May 2008, Anthrax played its first show in 19 months at Double Door in Chicago, they then played two shows with Iron…
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On November 2, 2007, Alice in Chains performed a four-song set at Benaroya Hall in Seattle for Matt Messina and the Symphony Guild’s 10th anniversary benefit concert for the Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center. In addition to the band’s original material, they also played a cover of Led…
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In November 2007, Dio confirmed that the band had plans to record a new studio album
Helloween teamed up with Kai Hansen ‘s current band Gamma Ray for their 2007–2008 “Hellish Rock” world tour, which started in early November 2007.
In November 2007, Manson confirmed that he and Skold had begun work on the band’s next studio album, with Slayer’s Kerry King , former The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs set to feature.
It was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA on October 24.
Helloween has since completed their studio album Gambling with the Devil , which was released on 23 October 2007.
They continued to tour through October of that year, including a performance at the Rock am Ring festival in Germany.
Trivium started working on a new album with producer Nick Raskulinecz in October 2007.
In October they toured Europe, then embarking on a US co headlining tour with Lamb of God in the Winter.