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Anthrax have teamed with Z2 for NOT: The Illustrated Oral History Of Anthrax.The graphic album will chronicle the thrash metal pioneers' four-decade career through illustrated firsthand stories from Scott Ian, Charl...

Due out in March 2027.

Anthrax are avowed comics fans, through and through, with the iconic thrash outfit having penned songs about Judge Dredd and scribed their own Lobo books for D.C. Now, the Big 4 band are set to tell their own story in an upcoming graphic novel.A press release says that the newly-announced NOT: The Illustrated Oral History of Anthrax is set to explore more than 40 years of the band’s history, detailing “unforgettable moments, onstage triumphs, backstage chaos, and enduring legacy in sequential form.” Expected highlights include their rise through the metal scene, befriending fellow future legends in Metallica and Pantera, their classic Public Enemy collaboration, their infamous appearance on Married… With Children, and more.Their story will be paired with visuals from a number of comics veterans, including Brian Bolland (Judge Dredd), Peter Bagge (Hate) Jay Howell (Bob’s Burgers) Danny Hellman (Legal Action Comics), Sean Pryor (The Illustrated Al), Erik Rodriguez (Hispanic Batman), Brent Engstrom (Garbage Pail Kids) and more. “Being a band for 40+ years you have stories, you have experiences, and the way we’re telling the stories and experiences with Z2 is a great way for us and the fans to actually visualize these little stories in comic book form,” says drummer Charlie Benante.He adds: “I think once people see it, they’ll get a laugh out of it because these stories are true! Nothing is fabricated here. I think you’re gonna enjoy these stories, these great artists, and this new collaboration between Anthrax and Z2!”The upcoming book is the follow-up to Anthrax’s previous partnership with Z2, an illustrated retelling of their 1987 album Among the Living (which can be purchased in Revolver’s shop).NOT: The Illustrated Oral History of Anthrax is set to be released March 16th, 2027. The 108-page book is available as a deluxe, signed edition that includes a slipcase, art prints from Bolland (reimagining his iconic Batman: The Killing Joke cover with Anthrax’s Notman), Kevin McVeigh and JG Jones, an Anthrax “Hair History” poster by Cojo, an exclusive greatest hits picture disc and more.The book can be pre-ordered here.In related news, Anthrax’s Cursum Perficio album, their first full-length in a decade, is due out September 26th via Megaforce. You can pre-order CD and vinyl copies over in Revolver’s shop.Likewise, Revolver’s new Summer 2026 Issue features an interview with illustrator John Howell — as well as with Motionless in White, Loathe, Evanescence and more. View this post on Instagram

Thrash metal pioneers ANTHRAX have reunited with Z2 for "NOT: The Illustrated Oral History Of Anthrax", an original graphic album that transforms the band's legendary four-decade journey into a fully illustrated rollercoaster ride. Featuring candid, firsthand stories from guitarist Scott Ian, drumme...

Pantera and Trivium were in Greece this past weekend at Release Festival in Athens, and we had a photographer there to grab some shots.

Rob Halford sings on this newest rerecording of "Balls To The Walls," a part of a larger compilation celebrating Accept's 50th anniversary.

Accept have released a video for their newly re-recorded version of "Balls To The Wall."The updated take on the German heavy metal outfit's signature anthem features Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford, along with Sco...

Rob Halford, Matthias Jabs, Rex Brown and Jason Bowld round out this new take.

German metal vets Accept are breaking the chains of bondage with the help of their friends. For the latest preview of Teutonic Titans 1976-2026, a collection of re-recorded heavy hits, they tapped Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs and Pantera bassist Rex Brown to assist with eternal metal anthem “Balls to the Wall.” As previously reported, the new album was put together by longtime Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and current vocalist Mark Tornillo. The latest version of “Balls to the Wall,” originally from Accept’s 1983 album of the same name, plays it reasonably close to the original. That said, we’ve now got Halford handling the world-weary, revolution-anticipating first verse, before Tornillo takes a turn at the mic. Rob is the Metal God. I don t need to say any more about him. Once we knew that he would do it, it was an obvious choice to give him ‘Balls to the Wall because it s the best fit imaginable,” Hoffman expresses in a statement. He adds: “I played all the rhythm guitars. Matthias Jabs from Scorpions played the solo, which is very cool and a huge honor, and it s Rex Brown on bass and Jason Bowld (Bullet for My Valentine) on drums. So that s a really cool package.” You can slam the latest version of “Balls to the Wall” up above. Earlier this year, Accept unveiled an updated version of “Fast as a Shark” that featured vocals from Pantera’s Philip Anselmo and a guitar solo from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett. Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 is out September 4th via Napalm Records. The album also features guest spots from Overkill vocalist Bobby Blitz, professional wrestler and Fozzy singer Chris Jericho, Haunted guitarist Ola Englund, Nevermore’s Jeff Loomis and many more. You’ll find more album and pre-order info here.

Viking-metal mainstays Amon Amarth have entered their unplugged stage. Today (July 8th), and for the first time ever, the Swedish quintet delivered a rustic and entirely acoustically-strummed anthem that they call “Upphaf.” The song chimes into focus with acoustic strums and propulsive, elemental percussion. Above all that, frontman Johan Hegg unearths a craggy, legend-casting croak about “old tales of men I recall from long ago,” including “giants of yore who gave me bread in the days gone by.” A press release further explains that “Upphaf” acts as “an oral history whispered under the shadow of the Allfather, proving [Amon Amarth’s] interest in Oden cuts just as deep by firelight as it does on epic global stages.” You can check out the aesthetically softer but no less epic addition to Amon Amarth’s Norse myth-borne songbook via the music video up above, which finds the band intoning their tale around a campfire. Amon Amarth’s “Upphaf” follows last year’s bombastic, battle-driven and decidedly more electrified “We Rule the Waves” single. Proper details have not yet been shed behind Amon Amarth’s full-length follow-up to 2022’s The Great Heathen Army, but a studio album is in the works. In the meantime, Amon Amarth have a number of upcoming shows on the horizon across Europe. You’ll find the full details on their live schedule here.

The United States of America just celebrated its 250th birthday. A major milestone, for sure, but what’s even wilder to consider is that just over a fifth of the country’s history has been defined, in part, by the sound of metal. From sea-to-shining-sea, the U.S. has produced innumerable artists that have thrown heavy-music fans into a headbanging frenzy for decades. From the thrash trailblazers, to the original gods of hardcore, to the grunge-era greats, to the New Wave of American Heavy Metal and beyond, plenty of iconic stars have shot out of the Land of the Free. But who is the greatest single U.S. metal act of all time? We asked our readers to weigh in on their favorites, and they saluted the top five accordingly. Type O Negative Banded out of the borough of Brooklyn, the Drab Four melded metal gloom, gothic romance and a bit of shock humor into a sound entirely of their own. The unique blend as preserved on classic albums like Bloody Kisses and October Rust transfixed countless listeners around the globe, cementing Type O as one of the premiere U.S. metal acts of their generation. TOOL While TOOL’s mind-boggling progressive complexity seems to exist out of time and space, it’s true that the group got their start in the early Nineties while performing around Los Angeles, California. They quickly astral-projected themselves off the Sunset Strip and into the third eyes of a legion of fans, moving from the moody, synapse-firing explorations of Undertow and Ænima all the way up to 2019’s Fear Inoculum — and hopefully beyond. Slayer Slayer’s music has shown no mercy since the dawn of the Eighties. And the all-out-menacing aesthetic of their catalog — coalescing around thrash-blitzed beats, defiantly off-the-hilt guitar soloing and the incensed, vein-popping scream of bassist Tom Araya — elevated the genre into a new level of extremity. Though their themes could sometimes be Satanic, Slayer also took a tough look at the world around them, casting a critical gaze towards the plight of soldiers out on the battlefield (“Mandatory Suicide”) and the PTSD many have suffered in the aftermath (“Eyes of the Insane”). No matter what topics they took on, the music always hit hard. Pantera For many, the Cowboys of Hell are not just the official soundtrack of Texas — as our readers voted in another recent poll — but one of the biggest pillars of U.S. metal, period. For proof, check the war chest full of all-timers like “Walk,” “Primal Concrete Sledge,” “5 Minutes Alone,” “Cemetery Gates,” “I’m Broken” and so many more. Indeed, once the Lonestate legends pushed past their Power Metal period, they delivered a intensely grooving and exquisitely vulgar series of full-length statements that remain beloved to this day. Replete with Dimebag Darrell’s super-scooped guitar wizardry, Vinnie Paul’s cannon-fire double-kickin’, Rex Brown’s bonesaw bass grooves and Philip Anselmo’s take-no-prisoners bark, the classic lineup was a gamechanger. Truly, an American band like no other. Metallica Give me fuel. Give me fire. Give me liberty or give me death. ‘Tallica are the world’s biggest metal band and have been for decades. Despite having formed in Los Angeles, California, they’ve also been brand ambassadors for the Bay Area thrash uprising of the Eighties, exemplifying the greatest feats of the then-trailblazing sound through a series of classic albums. Metallica have sung of the horrors of war (“One,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls”) and the fight for American liberty (“Don’t Tread on Me”). While U.S. by nature, they continue to rally metalheads around the globe to unite under the borderless banner of heavy metal.

German heavy metal legends Accept have revealed the second single, a newly recorded version of the song "Balls To The Wal" (originally released in 1983 in the Balls To The Wall album), featuring Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Matthias Jabs (Scorpions), Rex Brown (Pantera), Jason Bowld (Pitchshifter), as part of their upcoming special double 50th anniversary album, Teutonic Titans 1976-2026.

A world-first photography exhibition has opened in Birmingham celebrating the final live solo performance of Ozzy Osbourne and BLACK SABBATH's original lineup alongside a host of metal artists. Spanning 60 meters at Grand Central, above New Street Station, "Back To The Beginning - The Exhibition" fe...

Benante, who will miss some high-profile festival dates, will return to action with Anthrax next month

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante will sit out nearly a dozen of the band's shows in Europe in the next couple of weeks after injuring his right hand. Filling in for Charlie is acclaimed U.K.-based session drummer Darby Todd, who previously sat behind the kit for ANTHRAX's May 23 concert at the Olympi...

Charlie Benante has been forced to step away from his immediate live duties with Pantera and Anthrax after suffering an injury to his right hand.Benante had been pulling double duty with both bands during their curr...

Benante is under doctor's orders to rest and recover until early July.

Dimebag Darrell Abbott's estate has announced the launch of a new guitar company, Dime GuitarZ, while its legal battle with Armadillo Distribution Enterprises remains ongoing.The lawsuit centers on Dimebag signature...

Dimebag Darrell's estate has announced a brand new company that is the only seller of licensed Dimebag guitars.

In Dime We Trust and Dean Guitars have more recently been involved in a legal dispute over Dimebag custom guitars.