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British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have postponed the remainder of their U.S. tour due to "major medical heart condition issues" suffered by guitarist Richie Faulkner.
Produced by Live Nation, the rescheduled "50 Heavy Metal Years" trek kicked off on September 8 in Reading, Pennsylvania and was slated to run through October before
Vocalist Stu Block - who left Into Eternity in 2011 to join Iced Earth, and was replaced by Amanda Kiernan - recently announced his return to Into Eternity after performing live with the band at the Loud As Hell festival in Drumheller, Alberta on July 31st.
The band has checked in with the following announcement:
Angel Witch - Screamin' n' Bleedin' 1985
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King 1987
W.A.S.P. - Live... in the Raw Live Album 1987
Gamma Ray - Insanity and Genius 1993
THE UNITY released their current album “Pride” at the beginning of the pandemic and, logically, have had few opportunities to perform it live since then.
The band, which consists of members of GAMMA RAY among others, doesn't let that stop them and is now presenting their first live album, which is called "The Devil You Know - Live".
Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, joined Judas Priest on stage on Sunday night (September 26) at Louisville, Kentucky's Louder Than Life festival. Together they performed Priest's "The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)", originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac.
Judas Priest guitar tech Robb Philpotts shared backstage photos via Instagram (see below), stating: "A pretty special moment tonight with @kirkhammett from @metallica joining us for Green Manalishi.
Rufus Publications and Ross Halfin are proud to present a new, limited edition book “Ritchie Blackmore” featuring hundreds of unseen images from Ross’s extensive library.
Ritchie Blackmore, from Deep Purple through to Rainbow and now Blackmore’s Night is one of our most influential guitarists and Ross started photographing him and Rainbow from 1980 onwards.
1. Gus G. - Blame It On Me (Feat. Mats Leven) (3:23)
2. Jeff Scott Soto - Mystified (3:20)
3. Gotthard - All We Are (3:40)
4. Pretty Maids - Wake Up To The Real World (3:52)
5. Europe - Gto (3:29)
6. Wildness - Die Young (4:19)
7. Badd Kharma - Never Surrender (4:35)
8. Chez Kane - Too Late for Love (4:13)
9. Imperium - Dreaming On (4:22)
10. Ronnie Atkins - One Shot (5:26)
11. Journey - Edge Of The Blade (4:30)
On September 25th, Metal Allegiance performed their first show in 618 days at Stereo Garden in Patchogue, New York. Fan-filmed video from the show can be viewed below.
Drummer Mike Portnoy: "WHAT A BLAST last night was!!!!! I think we all (both band and audience) really needed that!! My first real show in over a year and a half did not disappoint!
FEAR FACTORY's Dino Cazares is playing guitar for SOULFLY on the Max Cavalera-fronted band's current U.S. tour which kicked off on August 20 at Launchpad in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The 33-date trek will conclude tonight (Saturday, September 25) in Tempe, Arizona