Heavy Metal

DIRKSCHNEIDER, the band featuring former ACCEPT members Udo Dirkschneider (vocals) and Peter Baltes (bass),along with drummer Sven Dirkschneider (Udo's son) and the talented guitar duo of Andrey Smirnov and Fabian "Dee" Dammers, celebrated the 40th anniversary of "Balls To The Wall", which was originally released in late 1983 and is the most commercially successful and best-known album by ACCEPT, by performing the LP in its entirety at the Rock Al Parque festival on November 9 at Parque Simón Bolívar in Bogota, Colombia. Professionally filmed video […]

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN paid tribute to their former singer Paul Di'Anno during their concert Tuesday night (October 22) at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Prior to launching into the track "The Time Machine", current MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson addressed the crowd, saying (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): So, this next track is actually called 'The Time Machine'. And I was watching 'Back To The Future' last night on TV and it's true. It is 1.21 gigawatts of power that […]

Legendary thrashers SLAYER played their second concert in five years Thursday night (October 10) at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California. As was the case with the band's September 22 performance at the Riot Fest in Chicago, the band ran through a 20-song set that included opener "South Of Heaven", "Seasons In The Abyss", "Angel Of Death", "Hell Awaits", "Raining Blood" and the title track of SLAYER's final album, "Repentless". SLAYER's setlist was as follows: 01. South Of Heaven 02. Reborn 03. Blood Red 04. Postmortem 05. Repentless 06. Payback […]

The Attitude YouTube channel has uploaded video of JUDAS PRIEST's October 9 concert at the Angel Of The Winds Arena in Everett, Washington. Check out the clips below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Panic Attack 02. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 03. Rapid Fire 04. Breaking The Law 05. Riding On The Wind 06. Love Bites 07. Devil's Child 08. Saints In Hell 09. Crown Of Horns 10. Sinner 11. Turbo Lover 12. Invincible Shield 13. Victim Of Changes 14. The Green Manalishi (With The […]

PANTERA drummer Charlie Benante has shared front-drum-cam video of the "Becoming" and "I'm Broken" performances from the band's August 9 set at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois as the support act for METALLICA. Check it out below. In a recent interview with Brandon Toews of Drumeo, Benante spoke about the February 2024 U.S. leg of PANTERA's tour, including the band's headlining appearance at Madison Square Garden in New York City. […]

ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna made his live debut with DIO DISCIPLES on August 1 at the 2024 edition of the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Professionally filmed video of the concert can be seen below. Featured songs: 00:00 Holy Diver 05:58 Heaven And Hell 13:23 Rainbow In The Dark DIO DISCIPLES consist of members of Ronnie James Dio's band, supplemented with top-shelf musicians who have more than earned their stripes. In addition to keyboardist Scott Warren (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, WARRANT) and […]

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the summer/fall 2024 leg of their "Invincible Shield" North American tour on Friday, September 13 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Panic Attack 02. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 03. Rapid Fire 04. Breaking The Law 05. Riding On The Wind 06. Love Bites 07. Devil's Child 08. Saints In Hell 09. Crown Of Horns 10. Sinner 11. Turbo Lover 12. Invincible Shield 13. Victim Of Changes 14. The Green Manalishi […]

MEGADETH performed the song "Liar" live for the first time in nearly two decades during the band's August 9 concert at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below. According to Setlist.fm, MEGADETH's setlist for the show was as follows: 01. The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! 02. Dread And The Fugitive Mind 03. Wake Up Dead 04. In My Darkest Hour 05. Hangar 18 06. Sweating Bullets 07. Liar (first time performed since 2006) […]