Pantera stronger now? - U.D.O. loses drummer - King Diamond - 2 new Toxik songs

U.D.O.'s Drummer Francesco has left the band. He has been with the band for ten years however has left due to personal reasons. The band is now searching for a new drummer as they have a world tour scheduled for 2015 starting in early March They are also set to release their new upcoming album Decadent. Contact the band if your interested. Swedish bassist Pontus Egberg has officially joined King Diamond. Egberg who played with The Poodles, Dark Illusion, Lion's Share did play his first show with King Diamond on July 25th in Stockholm, Sweden. King Diamond recently completed a North America tour as well and released the best of King Diamond album called Dreams Of Horror. Sid Black of the 94.3 KILO radio station an with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott on December the 12th. Check out the intyerview in the link below. http://kilo943.com/uncategorized/vinnie-paul-interview-wsid-black/ Annihilator Jeff Waters has asked the band's former vocalist Coburn Pharr to join the band on their 70000 Tons Of Metal shows! The cruise set off to to Jamaica in January 2015. Pharr was lead vocalist on their 1990 album Never, Neverland. Toxik have released two new songs, for streaming on youtube, and it appears the band will have anew album out in 2015. The band recently posted: "There's big news coming for 2015 but as a token of our appreciation and also as a gesture of how much we appreciated all the support, friendship and love we've been lucky enough to receive... we are offering up two previously unreleased songs. 'Too Late' and 'Crooked Crosses' both feature Mike Sanders on vocals, Josh Christian on guitars, Jason Bittner on drums and William Bodily on bass... These tracks were mixed and mastered by Tom Morris of Morrisound." Too Late: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VajlBq_lf5c Crooked Crosses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=53mAJ3yO4CE Sources: Blabbermouth, Metalstorm

Added 11 Sept 2026