The most-viewed Metal News Stories of 2023.
Top Metal Stories (2023)
One more year-end roundup from some metal media outlets.
BLABBERMOUTH🗣️
TED NUGENT On TOM MORELLO: ‘Anybody That Would Wear A CHE GUEVARA Shirt Has Lost Their Mind’
DEF LEPPARD & JOURNEY Announce 2024 Stadium Tour with HEART, CHEAP TRICK & STEVE MILLER BAND
WATCH: AC/DC Plays First Live Show in Seven Years at Power Trip Festival
TOMMY LEE Says He Was Drinking Two Gallons of Vodka a Day ‘For a Long Time’: ‘Your Liver Is On Crutches At That Point’
LOU GRAMM Reflects On His Brain Tumor: ‘The Doctors Told Me That I Should Get My Affairs in Order’
MOTLEY CRUE, SLIPKNOT, JUDAS PRIEST, And KERRY KING Among Confirmed Acts for Welcome To Rockville 2024
GEORGE THOROGOOD Cancels Tour Dates After Being Diagnosed with ‘Very Serious Medical Condition’
MICHAEL ANTHONY Reveals When He First ‘Came To The Conclusion’ That DAVID LEE ROTH Was ‘Bipolar’
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says He Is ‘Stoked’ About SAMMY HAGAR’s 2024 Tour Focusing On Music Of VAN HALEN
ACE FREHLEY Says ‘My New Album Is Gonna Make PAUL STANLEY Look Like An Imbecile’
JOHN CORABI Weighs In On MICK MARS’s Claim That MOTLEY CRUE Relies Heavily On Backing Tracks During Live Shows
SAMMY HAGAR, MICHAEL ANTHONY, JASON BONHAM And JOE SATRIANI Announce ‘The Best Of All Worlds’ 2024 Tour
NUNO BETTENCOURT Weighs In On JOE SATRIANI’s Attempt To Play ‘Mean Streets’: ‘You Gotta Give Him A Bit Of A Pass’
BRUCE DICKINSON Explains Why There Is A Lack Of New Rock And Metal Bands Who Are Able To Ascend To Arena-Level Status
K.K. DOWNING: ‘How Can IAN HILL, The Bass Player That’s Never Written Any Songs, Deny Me The Opportunity Of Being Back In JUDAS PRIEST?’
AC/DC’s ANGUS YOUNG Makes Surprise Appearance At AC/DC High Voltage Dive Bar In Indio, California
Former LYNYRD SKYNYRD Drummer ARTIMUS PYLE Collaborates With SAMMY HAGAR On New Version Of ‘Simple Man’
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s RICKEY MEDLOCKE Explains Decision To Carry On Without Any Original Members
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says DAVID LEE ROTH ‘Doesn’t Like’ VAN HALEN’s Final Album ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’
LOUDWIRE 💥🛜
Why Foo Fighters Fans Are Already Upset With New Drummer Josh Freese
Motley Crue’s Vince Neil Names His Five Favorite Albums of All Time
Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee Brings Wife Brittany Furlan Onstage to Flash Crowd
Geezer Butler Reveals What Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ Is Actually About
Post Malone Plays Chilling Cover of Alice In Chains’ ‘Them Bones’
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Dresses Like Swiftie For Taylor Swift Show, TikToker Confuses Him With Pedro Pascal - Photos
Rammstein Drummer Christoph Schneider Issues Statement on Till Lindemann Allegations
Ace Frehley Threatens to Spill ‘Dirt’ on KISS’ Paul Stanley + Gene Simmons If No Apology Issued in Seven Days
The Van Halen Song Sammy Hagar Refused to Sing When He First Joined the Band
Photos + Video - Fans Document Disastrous 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Iron Maiden Announce First 10 Tour Dates For 2024 - Two More ‘The Future Past’ Legs
Dr. Dre Cites Classic Grunge Band As His All-Time Favorite Rock Group
Legendary Producer Rick Rubin Names the Best Bassist of All Time
The Band Nikki Sixx Says Motley Crue Would ‘Destroy the World’ With If They Toured Together
Why Red Hot Chili Peppers Fans Are Vowing to ‘Never Go Again’ After Recent Sydney Show
Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy Blames Something Other Than Grunge for Hair Metal’s Downfall
Serj Tankian Responds to Lil Uzi Vert’s Cover of System of a Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’
LAMBGOAT🐑🐐
Trophy Eyes get called out for mosh pits and crowd surfing; respond appropriately
Falling In Reverse's Ronnie Radke stirs the pot with Motionless In White, defends Crown The Empire
Slipknot and Korn received millions from U.S. government according to Rand Paul's “Festivus Report”
Year Of The Knife involved in accident, vocalist Madi Watkins in critical condition
Against Me's Laura Jane Grace shares opinion on Jay Weinberg being fired from Slipknot
Animals As Leaders guitar tech Dave Cohen passes away on tour
Vulvodynia vocalist Duncan Bentley removed from band over violence towards drummer
Brojob cut ties with their vocalist over statements defending accused Tactosa member
METAL INJECTION🤘🏻💉
REFUSED's Frontman: "You Will See A Lot Of Bands Stop Touring Because It Is Almost Impossible To Make A Living Playing Music"
JAY WEINBERG Breaks His Silence On Getting Fired From SLIPKNOT
Fans Rioted After BRING ME THE HORIZON Cancelled Their Show Midway Through
KERRY KING Says DAVE MUSTAINE With METALLICA "Was Way More Extreme Than What I Thought Metal Was Or Could Be"
Original METALLICA Bassist Says DAVE MUSTAINE Crushed The Whole Band Musically On No Life 'Til Leather
Someone Ripped A Savage Fart During SLEEP TOKEN's Show And Everyone Heard It
Producer STERLING WINFIELD On PANTERA Fans Complaining About ZAKK WYLDE: "It Blows My Mind That People Are That Picky"
COREY TAYLOR On STONE SOUR's Hiatus: "I Refuse To Compromise My Vision And My Art Because Of Certain People's Hindrances"
METALSUCKS🤘🏻😝
Bret Michaels Must Have Missed Mötley Crüe’s Sets If He Thinks Everyone On Last Year’s Stadium Tour Was Great
Carmine Appice Fires Back At Nikki Sixx: ‘At Least This Washed-Up Drummer Can Still Play His Instrument’
Watch: Vince Neil Is Back to Butchering Mötley Crüe Songs Live
Mötley Crüe Aren’t Even Hiding Vince Neil’s Backing Tracks Anymore
Between The Buried And Me Guitarist Dustie Waring Accused Of Raping, Impregnating Fan
Ted Nugent Ignores Logic, Stands With Kid Rock Over Inclusive Beer Ad
Ex-Gwar Guitarist Brent Purgason Says Band Members Paid Just Above Poverty Level
Dave Mustaine Says Tours Are So Expensive Now That It Costs Thousands ‘Just To Sit Still’
John Dolyman: ‘We Probably Should Have Parted Ways With Serj In 2006’
THE PRP🕺🏻🪨🏰
Ex-Papa Roach Drummer Dave Buckner Confirms He Suffered Facial Paralysis From An Early Listen Of Slipknot’s “Iowa”
Maynard James Keenan On Performing Tool’s More Demanding Earlier Material In His 50s: “I Can Do Some Of Those Songs. I Can’t Do A Whole Set Of Those Songs.”
Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst Went Full ‘Nu Metal Cowboy’ At 2023 ‘Aftershock’ Set
Art Of Anarchy’s $1.2 Million Lawsuit Against Their Ex-Frontman Scott Stapp Is Still Ongoing
Slipknot’s Clown Speaks On Firing Jay Weinberg: “…We’re Choosing To Do Something Different”
Footage Of Bloody Backstage Fight Between Crazy Town’s Vocalists Surfaces Online
Falling In Reverse’s Ronnie Radke Weighs In On Cancel Culture: “Holding People Accountable For Something They Did 20 Years Ago Is Insane”
Lamb Of God Comment On The Highs & Lows Of Their ‘Headbangers Boat’ Cruise: “We Witnessed Everyone Onboard Experience Grief At The Loss Of One Of Our Own”
Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows On Backlash For Touring With Falling In Reverse’s Ronnie Radke: “We Are Not Going To Give In To That Pressure. It’s Just Not Who We Are.”
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