Metal Anarchy

  • Mastodon To Be Joined By Baroness Guitarist/Vocalist John Baizley On Fall Tour

    Mastodon have recruited Baroness guitarist/vocalist John Baizley for their fall tour with Deafheaven and Alcest. This news comes after he joined the band onstage during their September 11 show at The Earl in Atlanta, GA. Mastodon commented:

    “We had a blast at the Earl last night! A great pre-tour warm up before we break out the lasers and LED screens. Our good pal, John Baizley from Baroness joined us, we had so much fun, we’ve invited him join us on stage during The Poisonous Weapons Tour to play a special set of Mastodon songs we haven’t played in a long time! We’re really excited to bring this special set on the tour. It’s going to epic! Who’s ready to party?”

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  • Brian May Discusses Contributing To William Shatner’s Metal Album, Says Tony Iommi Is Also Involved

    During a recent interview with Greatest Hits Radio, Queen guitarist Brian May discussed his contribution to William Shatner’s upcoming metal album. Notably, he also confirmed that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi contributed to the project as well.

    May said the following:

    “[Shatner] wasn’t a friend of mine, but he is now. We’ve met on Zoom. What a great guy. He’s 95. And he’s full of life and vitality and ambition and anger and all this stuff. He’s like a kid. I really enjoyed meeting him, and I insisted that I do ’cause I just worked on his track remotely and I said, ‘Look, I gotta play this to Mr. Shatner and see his face when he hears it.’ And he loved it, so I’m really pleased.

    Yeah, it’s a heavy metal album. Here he is, 95 years old, and he’s full of rage, rage against the dying of the light. You’ll hear it. I mean, I’ve worked hard on it. He loves it, and I love the song ’cause you might think William Shatner… I mean, if you don’t know ‘Star Trek’, it doesn’t mean anything perhaps, but if you’ve lived like we did through all those editions of ‘Star Trek’, he’s a hero, and he’s, in later life, become a real luminary in the world. He does so much for children, so much for the outreach of science. He’s a very active man, and for him to step into… Well, it’s not… I don’t call it heavy metal; I call it rock, really. But it will probably be a heavy metal album because I think Tony Iommi’s gonna play on it now as well. Tony’s really my best mate, so it’s easy for me to pick up the phone to him. And Tony’s like me — he loves a challenge.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

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  • Watch Doro Pesch Join Udo Dirkschneider Onstage During Wuppertal, Germany Show

    Dirkschneider, the project featuring former Accept vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, were joined onstage by singer Doro Pesch during their September 10 show in Wuppertal, Germany. You can see fan-filmed footage of them performing Accept’s “Winter Dreams” and Judas Priest’s “Breaking The Wall” together below:

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  • Watch Pro-Shot Footage Of Guilt Trip’s Set At The 2026 Graspop Metal Meeting Festival

    Guilt Trip have shared pro-shot footage of their set at the 2026 Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Belgium. You can check that out below:

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  • Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Says Producer Andrew Watt Tried To Get The Band’s Classic Lineup To Record A New Album

    During a recent interview with Classic Rock, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi revealed that Andrew Watt once offered to produce a new album featuring the band’s classic lineup. However, he ultimately turned him down. Iommi said the following:

    “I’d met Andrew Watt when he was producing Ozzy. He was very keen and a bit too excited. He also didn’t know what it was like working with the original Sabbath, working with Bill. Also, we’d done ‘13,‘ and I didn’t like the idea of: ‘Now here’s another album.’”

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  • Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Tom Morello Reflects On Learning Drop D Tuning From Tool’s Maynard James Keenan

    During a recent appearance on the Lipps Service podcast, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello revealed that he learned drop D tuning from Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan. Notably, that session also sowed the seeds for Tool‘s “Sober“ and Rage Against The Machine’s “Freedom.”

    Morello said the following:

    “We began jamming around, jamming with different bass players, different singers, including — we played with Maynard [James Keenan] at one point… It was in some 18-year-old bass players like bedroom. Me, Brad [Wilk], Maynard, and some dude named Noah jammed for… There was a recording somewhere… It was some of the riffs that later would be [used] elsewhere. Maynard‘s the dude who taught me how to do drop D tuning. He did. Quick sidebar: this is like for fans of Tool and Rage Against The Machine.

    So Maynard, you know the Seattle sound was the thing, they were doing drop t-tuning, I didn’t know how to do it. So I was over at his place, and he showed me, and he was playing a riff that would become [Tool‘s] “Sober“. And the first riff that came out of my fingers when he showed me Drop D tuning was the riff from ‘Freedom‘, Rage‘s song ‘Freedom‘, and those two were sort of a song one afternoon.

    And then later when Rage became a band I said, you know, ‘I don’t know if you remember, but we were jamming on that thing one time and like I’d like my half back please’ [laughter] .’ …I think Tool were off and running at that point.”

    [via The PRP]

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  • Dino Cazares Says Fear Factory’s New Album Is The First To Feature Tony Campos’ Bass On All Tracks

    Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares has revealed that the band’s new album will be the first to feature longtime bassist Tony Campos. Prior to this record, Cazares handled most of the bass himself.

    Cazares said the following:

    “Besides recently getting behind the drum kit again after many years, and before anyone assumes otherwise ,I’ve also recorded all the bass tracks on Soul of a New Machine, Demanufacture, Mechanize, The Industrialist, Genexus, and Aggression Continuum. In fact, I’ve recorded bass on more Fear Factory albums than any of our previous bassists.

    On the new Fear Factory record, Tony Campos handled all the bass tracks, marking the first time he’s recorded bass on a Fear Factory album.”

    He also confirmed that new vocalist Milo Silvestro does a lot more than just singing:

    “Milo is taking over he does keyboards, drums, bass, guitar, sings and production”

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  • Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible: “I Understand Ronnie Radke Better Than Most People”

    Slaughter To Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible has taken to social media to open up about having to defend himself from criticism online. The frontman, who has faced allegations of Nazism, homophobia, etc. also referenced Falling In Reverse singer Ronnie Radke, who has faced accusations of sexual assault, abuse, racism, transphobia, and more.

    Terrible said the following:

    “I understand Ronnie Radke better than most people.

    First, people come onto YOUR page and leave comments trying to insult you, mock you, make you look like a piece of shit, or deliberately provoke you. Then, when you publicly respond to the exact same comment — repost it to your story or make a post about it because you simply want to defend yourself on your own platform — suddenly YOU’RE the bully. Suddenly YOU’RE the bad person.

    How could you do that to a regular person? You’re famous! You have millions of followers!”

    So somehow I’m supposed to be responsible not only for what I say and do, but also for the shit YOU choose to write to me publicly — or even send directly to my DMs?

    How exactly does that work?

    I’m a human being just like everyone else. I’m responsible for my own words and actions, especially online. If I write something to someone publicly, I understand exactly what that means. Thousands or even millions of people might see it. The person might respond. Other people might respond. People might agree with me, disagree with me, laugh at me, criticize me — whatever. I’m an adult. I understand that my words can have consequences.

    But apparently, if I defend myself on my own platform, then suddenly it’s, “Oh my God, how could you put this person on blast like that?!”

    PUT WHAT ON BLAST? WHAT THEY LITERALLY WROTE THEMSELVES? WHAT THEY CLEARLY BELIEVE?

    And then somehow I’m also responsible when people on my page reply to them or go to their page and say something?

    Hello? This is the internet.

    You have the freedom to say what you want, but that doesn’t mean you’re entitled to control everyone else’s reaction to it. If you decide to publicly say something about another person, especially directly on their page, then be prepared for that person — and other people — to react to what you said.

    Someone calls you a piece of shit. You answer, “Go fuck yourself.” And somehow the conclusion is that YOU’RE the bad guy because you told someone to go fuck themselves in front of everyone?

    What the fuck?

    Am I supposed to live by some completely different set of rules just because I have followers?”

    [via The PRP]

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  • Watch Mastodon Perform With Baroness Guitarist/Vocalist John Baizley In An Atlanta Dive Bar

    Last night (September 11), Mastodon played a secret show as Big Hairy Elephant at The EARL in Atlanta, GA. The special set saw the band joined by Baroness guitarist/vocalist John Baizley. You can watch some fan-filmed footage from the performance below:

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  • Angra Share “Lisbon” Live Video

    Angra have shared a new live video for their song “Lisbon.” You can check that out below. The clip features footage from Porão Do Rock, Bangers Open Air, Espaço Unimed in São Paulo, and Santa Bárbara Rock Fest. The audio is from Porão Do Rock as well. Guitarist Rafael Bittencourt commented:

    “I’m very happy with the warm reception our new vocalist, Alírio Netto, has received from the audience, and our new live video for ‘Lisbon’ shows exactly that.”

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