On July 11, 2022, touring guitarist Nita Strauss announced she had departed the band. A few days later, it was announced Kane Roberts had rejoined the band, replacing Strauss. On March 6, 2023, it was announced Strauss had rejoined the band.
In 2022, the band began touring regularly again, rescheduling their North American tour alongside August Burns Red and Light the Torch.
In January 2022, Judas Priest announced the departure of Andy Sneap as he would shift his focus on his production work while the band continued as a quartet; however, the decision was retracted and he was reinstated. In regards to the album’s musical direction, Faulkner and Halford said that it…
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On February 8, 2022, bassist Share Ross announced she was taking a hiatus from the band and announced Julia Lage as her replacement, who is married to guitarist Richie Kotzen . Lage, a Brazilian, is Vixen’s first member not from the United States. On October 2, 2023, the band released…
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In 2022, the band released the single “Like a Ghost” with a B-side cover of Johnny Thunders ‘ “Pirate Love”.
On May 8, 2022, a lineup comprising Keith Adamiak, Rob Math, Luke Man, Dean Roberts, former Michael Schenker Group guitarist/keyboardist Wayne Findlay, and fill-in bassist Brice Snyder, a one-time bandmate of Man in Railgun, appeared at the M3 Festival in Columbia, MD, unveiling the band’s latest incarnation.
Helloween toured Europe with HammerFall in spring of 2022. By March 2023, according to Kiske, Helloween had begun working on new material for their next album.
Tankian released his second EP titled Perplex Cities on October 21, 2022.
In January 2022, Queensrÿche confirmed they had entered the studio with Zeuss reprising his role as producer, and begun recording their sixteenth studio album, with a tentative late 2022 release date. Grillo confirmed that he was going to play drums on the album. On May 20, 2022, the band announced…
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On July 14, 2022, the group released a lyric video for a new song, “Hit the Dirt”, and also announced that their new album, Kill the Hunted , would be released later in the year. A second lyric video for “The Henchman”, with a lead guitar special guest appearance by…
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