The band co-headlined the Klash of the Titans tour in North America with Kreator during the spring of 2023, with Death Angel and SpiritWorld as supporting acts.
Jones later revealed that they were asked to be the first band to open the venue in 2023, but band politics prevented it from happening, and U2 was the first band instead.
Jag Panzer’s eleventh studio album, The Hallowed , was released on June 23, 2023.
In January 2023, Dolmayan claimed that Tankian “hasn’t really wanted to be in a band for a long time […] and quite frankly, we probably should have parted ways around 2006. We tried to get together multiple times to make an album, but there were certain rules set in place…
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On January 26, 2023, Twisted Sister reunited as they were inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills . At the event, they performed a special one-off onstage three–song set once again featuring drummer Mike Portnoy filling in for A. J. Pero and guitarist…
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Pantera then embarked on their first full-scale tour of Europe since 2000 in May and June 2023,
Cooper’s twenty-second studio album Road was released on August 25, 2023.
Accept toured in early 2023.
The band’s concerts at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals in Germany and in Vienna, Austria in 2023 were canceled following an outcry over Anselmo’s previous racist remarks and his showing of the Hitler salute at an earlier event.
In 2023, Lee recalled the journey of early success, stating that “there was a lot to be excited about, but there was a lot of hard stuff going on in the background. Not just drama about what we were doing, but also my brother was sick, and it was a…
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