In an interview that August, Martin added “[Iommi] still has his cancer issues of course and that may well stop it all from happening but if he wants to do something I am ready.”
In August and September of 2016 Killswitch Engage toured North America alongside Volbeat .
In August 2016, King was asked if Slayer would release a follow-up to Repentless . He replied, “We’ve got lots of leftover material from the last album, ’cause we wrote so much stuff, and we recorded a bunch of it too. If the lyrics don’t change the song musically, those…
Read More
In August 2016, the band performed two concerts with former lead singer Chuck Mosley to celebrate the reissue of their debut album We Care a Lot . The band was billed as “Chuck Mosley & Friends” for the two shows and featured the lineup of Mosley, Mike Bordin, Billy Gould,…
Read More
On July 27, Metal Hammer readers voted Babymetal’s debut album as the best album of the 21st century.
On July 19, Manson announced that the band’s tenth studio album had the working title SAY10 , and predicted a release date of Valentine’s Day 2017.
On July 18, the band made a special appearance at the Alternative Press Music Awards where they performed “Karate” before being joined onstage by Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford . Halford, along with Nakamoto and the Kami Band, performed an abridged version of ” Painkiller “, followed by a performance…
Read More
On July 16, 2016, Korn premiered a new song, “Rotting in Vain”, at Chicago Open Air Festival.
On July 14, 2016, guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer revealed to Metal Hammer that Corey Taylor of Slipknot / Stone Sour would make a guest appearance on the new album.
The band released a single, “Utafumi”, in July 2016. They also embarked on various tours based around previous albums called Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [mode of Vulgar] , Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [mode of Dum Spiro Spero] , and Tour16-17 From Depression to ________ [mode of 鬼葬] from…
Read More