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Slayer have shared details of their first UK shows in six years, including a massive outdoor gig in London. Check out the details below.The thrash metal are set to hit the UK for their first shows since a slot at Download in 2019, and will be joined by an impressive number of support acts.Two shows have been announced as part of the new tour, with the first being held at the Blackweir Fields in Cardiff on July 3, and the second taking place at Finsbury Park in London three days later (6).The dates come in celebration of 40 years since the band formed, and the two shows mark the biggest gigs they have ever played in the UK.

System of a Down, Deftones and Disturbed.Pantera just announced they’re embarking on what they’re calling the ‘Heaviest Tour of the Summer’ with special guest Amon Amarth and another act to be announced at a later date.From July through September, the metal icons will hit amphitheaters, music centers and arenas. Along the way, they’ll make three New York and New Jersey stops.First, Phil Anselmo and co.

KoRn are back on the road and have kicked off their first live show of 2024 with a huge setlist. Check it out below, as well as footage of the gig.Taking place on Monday night (July 22), the nu-metal icons headed over to Greece, where they took to the stage at the Olympic Complex in Athens as part of Ejekt Festival.It marked the Bakersfield band’s first live show of the year, and first performance since they performed at the 2023 edition of Sacramento’s Aftershock Festival last October.Kicking off the 16-song set, Jonathan Davis and co. opened with ‘Rotting In Vain’, taken from their 2016 album ‘The Serenity Of Suffering’, before breaking out renditions of ‘Here To Stay’, ‘A.D.I.D.A.S’, ‘Clown’ and ‘Start The Healing’.From there, fan-favourites like ‘Got The Life’, ‘Coming Undone’, ‘Blind’, ‘Falling Away From Me’ and ‘Shoots And Ladders’ came in thick and fast, before they wrapped up the night with their biggest hit ‘Freak On A Leash’.The show also marked the start of their upcoming tour dates, which will see them take on a bunch more European gigs, before heading over to the UK for a run of headline shows.

Nicolas Cage‘s son Wes Cage has announced details of a new solo single called ‘The Wolf’.He previously fronted the California black metal band Eyes Of Noctum, and emerged with a solo career in 2014, sharing ‘Tell Me Why (Matriarch Of Misery)’.Discussing the new song, which is set to land on October 27, he said: “The music we’re doing is part of my essence and always needed to be released.“Lyrically, ‘The Wolf’ touches on the dichotomy between the higher and lower selves. One represents strength, intelligence, organisation, responsibility; the other, destitution, failure, depression, sadness.”See the track’s artwork below.A post shared by Weston Cage Coppola (@westoncagecoppola)In 2014, Cage spoke of how he bonded with his father over music, telling Journey Of A Frontman (via Blabbermouth): “The last concert we went to was Mötley Crüe in Vegas where Tommy Lee almost started a fight with me.

Download Festival Japan has revealed Brazilian metallers Soulfly and hardcore punks Code Orange will complete the lineup for this year’s edition of the festival.Soulfly and Code Orange will join Dream Theater, Bullet For My Valentine, Mastodon, Steel Panther, At The Gates and The Halo Effect at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center in Chiba on August 14. A performance by Japanese outfit BAND-MAID will open the festival.A post shared by Download Festival Japan (@downloadfestjp)Ticket prices have also been announced for the festival, with general ticket prices set at 18,000 yen and VIP tickets at 35,000 yen.

Download Festival Japan has revealed the first wave of artists for its 2022 line-up, led by Dream Theater and Bullet For My Valentine.They will be joined by Mastodon, Steel Panther, At The Gates and The Halo Effect on August 14 at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center in Chiba, with more acts yet to be announced.This will mark the first edition of Download Japan since it debuted in the country in 2019. View the announcement below.A post shared by Download Festival Japan (@downloadfestjp)Ticket prices have also been announced for the festival, with general ticket prices set at 18,000 yen and VIP tickets at 35,000 yen.