Friedman made another guest appearance with the band at Wacken Open Air in August 2023.
In 2023, the band headlined the Bloodstock Open Air festival in August
until August 2023 when he stated that he was open to performing a one-off show, but expressed that he had “no desire to tour again” with Black Sabbath.
In August 2023, Kisser revealed that Sepultura would celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2024 with a “special tour” that would not include Max and Igor Cavalera , as well as a live album.
X Japan released the single ” Angel ” on July 28, 2023.
the five-date tour commemorating their 15th anniversary, which began in July 2023
That same month, following Elon Musk ‘s move to rebrand Twitter as “X”, it was reported that the Japanese branch of the company, then named “Twitter Japan”, would be rebranded as “X Japan”.
Five years after Seven Devils Moonshine , the band released their first album since then, and their first single-CD album since Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation , The Passion of Dionysus , on June 30, 2023.
On 30 June 2023, the band released the single, “Code Mistake” in collaboration with YouTuber/rapper Corpse .
On June 23, former drummer Lee Rausch died at the age of 58.