On 19 June 2011, Orphaned Land performed at the Hellfest metal festival held in Clisson , France . Orphaned Land is known to employ belly dancers at their shows, however for this show, Lebanese belly dancer Johanna Fakhry reached out to Orphaned Land and requested to perform with the band…
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Furthermore, Versailles went on to release their second major studio album, entitled Holy Grail , in three editions on June 15, 2011.
On June 15, 2011, Metallica announced that recording sessions with singer-songwriter Lou Reed had concluded.
and platinum status on June 7, 2011.
On 7 June 2011, the band announced that it planned to release the box set Single Cuts , a collection of singles , the following August.
and released in June 2011.
According to Tate, Queensrÿche was already writing new material for a follow-up to Dedicated to Chaos as of June 2011, and were discussing re-recording Operation: Mindcrime in late 2012, so they could do something special for a 25th anniversary edition.
In June 2011, Rubin said Metallica had begun writing its new album.
On 31 May 2011, Gamma Ray released an EP entitled Skeletons and Majesties . It contains newly recorded, rarely played material (“Skeletons”) and acoustic versions of other older songs (“Majesties”).
On 25 May 2011, Judas Priest played during the finale of American Idol season 10 with James Durbin , making it their first live performance without K.K. Downing. The band played a mixture of two songs: “Living After Midnight” and “Breaking the Law”.