During a Q&A session conducted at the 2025 Steel City Con in Monroeville, PA, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) confirmed that he is working on a new solo album. He also revealed that he is “using an A.I. singer” on the material.
Butler said the following:
“Oh, gosh. I’ve got tons of stuff. Since we finished the last Sabbath show [at ‘Back To The Beginning’ in July 2025], I’ve just been going through all the stuff that I’ve written since the ’80s onwards and updating everything.
And what held me back before, I didn’t have a singer when I’m at home, but A.I. [artificial intelligence] came along. [Laughs] So all my songs now, I’ve updated them all and I’m using an A.I. singer to bring all the lyrics out. So now I can take it to singers that I’m gonna be working with and go, ‘This is what I want on the album,’ so they’ve got a better idea.
Before I was just, like, playing them a bass riff or something, going, ‘Can you sing to this?’ And they’d be going, ‘Yeah.’ [Laughs] But it’s so much better now, ’cause you can sit in your studio and do everything on A.I. and then take it to proper musicians and let them take over. It’s really helped me. A lot of people think it’s cheating.”
Black Veil Brides have revealed that they will be releasing a new single, titled “Certainty,” on January 8. Pre-saves can be found HERE. A teaser can also be found below:
Windhand have started the writing process for their next album. The band commented:
“Thanks again to everyone who came out to see us play this past year and all the bands we played with! We’re busy writing the new album and can’t wait to have it ready for everyone to hear!”
fromjoy have premiered a new video for their song “Atraxaia.” You can check that out below. The track is taken from the band’s latest EP “Ataraxia 19.13.8.1.19.”
Misery Signals are streaming their farewell show online. You can check that out below. The concert was held at Union Hall in Edmonton, Alberta on October 19, 2024.
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) is planning to release a new solo album in 2026. The guitarist confirmed the news while reflecting on 2025 in a new video.
Iommi said the following:
“Hello, everybody. I hope you had a great Christmas. We have; we had a great time. 2025 for me started off really well. And we had the Tony Martin [-era Black Sabbath re-]release of ‘Eternal Idol’ come out. And shortly after that I was asked by [British pop singer] Robbie Williams’s drummer Karl Brazil if I’d play on a track with Robbie, which, of course, I said, ‘Yes, that would be great.’ And as far as I was concerned, it was gonna be an album track, but then Robbie released it as a single, which is even better. And we did a video for it. And the track was called ‘Rocket’, and I really enjoyed it. It was really different for me to do that. We also had the launch of my new web site, which I was very pleased with. Sabbath got together, the original Sabbath [members], and we were presented with the Freedom Of The City [award] from [our original hometown of] Birmingham, which was absolutely amazing. I mean, I never thought we’d ever get that, which is a great honor. And also around Birmingham, they’d done ‘Summer Of Sabbath’, which meant that they had a lot of paintings around of Sabbath on the walls, and it was really good. And all Birmingham became sort of a Sabbath city. It was really great seeing [fellow original Sabbath members] Ozzy [Osbourne], Bill [Ward] and Geezer [Butler] for Freedom Of The City. And at that point, of course, we were into rehearsals for the ‘Back To The Beginning’ show at the Villa grounds in Birmingham. And the amount of bands that turned up to support Sabbath on that was just fantastic. What a great event. And, of course, it raised a lot of money for charity. It’s just unfortunate and sad that Ozzy passed away a couple of weeks after that, which, you know, may he rest in peace.
And on a brighter note, I had the release of the Laney TI100 limited-edition amplifier. And I also used those on the ‘Back To Beginning’ [show], which are really great amps. I really like ’em. And Laney have done a great job on that. And also in August I had the release of the Gibson Tony Iommi pickup. Then in September we had the second run of the ‘Black Sabbath – The Ballet’, which went amazingly well. It completely sold out in England. And [Birmingham Royal Ballet director] Carlos Acosta and all the team had done just a fantastic job. And I did play on the London shows, a couple of the shows, with them, and in Birmingham. So it went really good. They are so amazing, those dancers and choreographers and all that, and I take my hat off to them. Really good.
Then in November, December, we had a guitar raffle for Heartlands hospital for their cancer unit, the new cancer unit, which they have done. So we tried to raise money to buy beds and all the equipment that they need. I’m glad to say we raised 53,000 pounds, which is amazing. Thanks to you guys. Also, there’s a Gibson documentary coming out very, very soon. And then, of course, in 2026. I shall have definitely, definitely my solo album out. And I’m really looking forward to that. I’m enjoying doing it, and it’s been great fun, and I really hope you enjoy it. But I’ll keep you more up to date as we go on, what’s happening with that and when it’s gonna be released. In the meantime, very happy new year and take care. All the best.”
Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” was featured in the series finale of “Stranger Things.” The track was played during an epic valedictorian speech that saw Dustin Henderson paying tribute to his late friend Eddie Munson. You can see footage of that below. Munson, the Hellfire Club leader who famously shredded Metallica’s “Mater Of Puppets” in the Upside Down, was honored as Henderson unveiled a new “Hellfire Lives” shirt during a speech about going against conformity. He then followed that up by flipping off Principal Higgins and snatching his diploma. The scene was especially significant considering this iconic quote from Munson:
“I’m gonna walk that stage next month, I’m gonna look Principal Higgins dead in the eye, I’m gonna flip him the bird, I’m gonna snatch that diploma, and I’m gonna run like hell outta here.”
#HELLFIRELIVES OH EDDIE I KNOW YOURE CACKLING RN THATS LITERALLY YOUR SON. DUSTIN YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO DO THE BEST THING AND. YOU. DID IT. pic.twitter.com/L4dbLqK4mb
Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley has shared a new health update 12 years after being hospitalized for severe kidney and liver damage related to alcohol abuse. According to him, his “body is now operating almost 8 years younger.”
Whibley said the following:
“Major Health update
It’s very well documented that 12 years ago I was in really rough shape.
In a hospital bed, dying of liver failure.
What some people might be surprised by is how well I’ve managed to turn my life and health around.
I’ll be the first to admit I dodged a bullet.
I walked away from all of that completely unscathed — no permanent damage of any kind.
Partly because I was relatively young at the time, and partly because the human body is an amazing machine.
It was actually helpful that my organs shut down — it was a self-defense mechanism. Everything stopped before anything could be damaged. And as we all learned in 9th-grade biology, the liver is one of the few organs that can completely regenerate itself. Mine has — and then some.
As of this year, I’m proud to say that with a lot of work and major lifestyle changes, my body is now operating almost 8 years younger than my actual age. And in 2026 I plan on tweaking the few things that are holding me back from being a full decade younger inside!
I’m not trying to do any “biohacking,” just practicing healthy discipline and consistency.
Point of all this is: anything is fucking possible.
Metal Anarchy 
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