Three shows into the band’s December 2022 Latin America run, it was revealed Brown had contracted COVID-19 and was replaced by bassist Derek Engemann (who plays with Anselmo in Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals and Scour ) for the remaining shows.
The updated lineup of Pantera played their first shows in 21 years in Latin America in December 2022, co-headlining Mexico’s Monterrey Metal Fest with Judas Priest ; the band also appeared at Hell & Heaven Metal Fest in Mexico and Knotfest in Chile, Brazil and Colombia.
On November 28, 2022, the band released the single ” Lux Æterna “.
A music video for “The Shadow of the Abattoir” was released on November 17, 2022.
The second single from the album, “Monochrome”, was released on November 17 with a lyric video , a first for the band.
A second single for the album “You and I” was released on November 11, 2022.
The band performed at the Wacken Open Air festival in August of 2022. On 5 November 2022, Judas Priest were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Alice Cooper as they received the Musical Excellence Award. The other inductees included were former members K.K. Downing, Les Binks,…
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In November 2022, the band released a cover of a Judas Priest song titled “Delivering The Goods” from their 1978 album, Killing Machine .
When asked in November 2022 by Bravewords.com if Pantera was planning to record new material, Benante said, “Oh man, who knows? Creatively, if we are just flowing and getting going, and things are starting to be really good, musically speaking, you never know what could happen. I’ve got tons of…
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The lead single from the album, “Divine Attack (Shingeki)” ( Japanese : Divine Attack – 神撃 – ), was released on October 20, 2022. This is the first Babymetal song for which all lyrics were written by Nakamoto.