In the following years, System of a Down increasingly limited their live appearances. On May 14, 2023, the band hosted their only live performance of the year as co-headliners of the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas . In 2024, the band performed two gigs, making headline appearances at…
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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.
Blind Illusion went on a European Tour in 2023, in support of the Wrath Of The Gods album, from September 1 to September 16.
In 2023, Die Krupps’ main guitarist of 18 years, Marcel Zürcher, left the band
In 2023, Gamma Ray released a remastered version of Blast from the Past in a limited 3-CD digipak (which includes the Skeletons & Majesties EP ) digitally and on vinyl LP.
On February 10, 2023, the band released a b-side from the Exile recording sessions, “The Brink”, which had been an exclusive song to Demon Hunter’s fan club, The Blessed Resistance, in 2022.
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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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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On October 6, 2023, the band released another single, “Some of Us”, currently as a standalone single. This was followed by other standalone singles, “Worlds Apart”, on March 1, 2024, and “Black Stained Glass” on May 10, 2024.