LOSS IN IRON MAIDEN 😢 OZZY’s funeral, JUDAS PRIEST record, METALLICA rumour, KREATOR & more | MPD54
First Iron Maiden vocalist passed away, and Ozzy’s final journey in Birmingham. Kreator finished recording their new album and Slaughter to Prevail is… well, as always.
Judas Priest and Alice Cooper rock the O2 in London, and we finally gift the Invincible Shield vinyl record. George Lynch returns on stage with a new project, and NWOBHM legends unite for a special nostalgia act.
Metallica rumoured to be getting a residency at Las Vegas Sphere, and Faine Misto festival is under way. New releases by Orbit Culture, Spinal Tap & Elton John, Stryper, Primal Fear, Sweet Savage and a lot more in the new Metal Digest.
Metal is alive and well, so let’s see what keeps it going today. Here you go!
00:00 – Intro
00:21 – The Metallica rumor
02:02 – Ozzy’s final journey
05:55 – George Lynch reinvents himself
07:14 – Kreator’s new chapter
08:44 – Blitz releases (Orbit Culture, Spinal Tap & Elton John, Stryper, Primal Fear, Sweet Savage)
11:18 – NWOBHM strikes back
12:47 – Judas Priest and Metal triumph
16:56 – Alex the not so terrible
18:20 – A loss in the Iron Maiden family
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@laudanum669
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
I can't wait for the new Kreator album.
@laudanum669
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
A Sphere full of wanna be Heavy Metal fans, no thanks.
@liviapravato2891
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
WOW! 🤯 I had no idea who Iron Maiden's very 1st vocalist was before I saw your video. 😮 May he rest in peace with Ozzy and all the other Giants who are having one of the greatest jam seasons in the sky! 😎🤘💖🙏 I love heavy metal for the ranchy riffs, the heavy sound, that makes me move like no other genre of music! 🤘 Thanks to ALL the GREATS! 🙏🤘💖😎🤩💕💯 And a Metallica residency would be AWESOME! 🎉😁😎🤘💖
@dahosley4864
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
I'll never forget the first time I saw Ozzy. I was a kid in 86 Metallica opened for him. I was a sabbath fan and there was nothing bigger than Ozzy. When he took the stage a feeling came over me as if God himself had appeared. I was blown away.Rest in peace and God bless,Ozzy will be missed.
@DavidMunka-y6v
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
man you are great, very great reaviews and great truth abouth metall gooods
@hellothecicero
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
If the new Kreator album switches away from the Gothenburg worshipping wannabe Arch Enemy style they've done since Violent Revolution, I might give it a listen.
@elmalo5851
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Click bait.
@BrodeurHOF
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Stryper go away!!!
@Ibaneddie76
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
What's your personal issue with Slaughter to Prevail?
@brianperry2599
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
The supergroups they keep coming up with suck just glorified cover band should have called it Lords of cover tunes
@jamesleclair842
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
I’m not so sure Ozzy is watching from Above.🤣
@brianperry2599
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Metallica hasn't been a metal band in at least 15 years people called them metal because they were metal in the beginning when every tour your tickets are selling for 200 bucks and you're selling to Giant arenas an outselling Taylor Swift you're not metal you're f**** mainstream poser and they literally been posing for at least since the return to garage days are load era when they cut their hair
@georgecc
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Curious – I know you are Ukranian. Why have you not been conscripted to fight in the war with Russia? Is it just a matter of time? Are you far from the front? I thought there were active press gangs seeking conscripts and you certainly seem to meet the age criteria. I keep thinking your channel is going to disappear any moment now.
@petersmith9470
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Not many people know that an early iron maiden tour ended up with the band getting bottled off at the Newcastle mayfair.
@Scottocaster6668
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
7:55 Ibanez Destroyer re-issue!!?
@WopRicci
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Just walked in, first timer to your stage. Don't badger me for a sub, you gotta earn that. We shall see. Head banger feline, good start.
@bob_the_madman
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
I never liked Ozzy. I liked Sharon even less. I don't care for Randy Rhodes. I liked Black Sabbath…without Ozzy. I like Jake E. Lee.
@scottvankeuren950
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
No new music this week…listened to Ozzy and Motorhead all week. Only 2 of my heroes left alive. Alice Cooper and Rob Halford. I hate getting old!
@ebw7060
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Metal forever!!!
@kennethnielsen3864
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Thanks for sharing.
@awesomebeard1973
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Metallica has become an uninteresting cover band of themselves. They've lost their magic to create iconic songs a long time ago.
@dwaynerudkavitch5307
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Metallica is'nt a metal band. Their words not mine. It was said around the fuel era as they stated this and gave themselves permission to record absolute garbage for decades.
@dragonchaserkev
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
I do not consider Metallica metal or even listenable at this point.
@TheStrykerProject
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
After reading an interview with Charle Benante, I checked out the new "The Violent Hour", which also features Carla Harvey (formerly with Butcher Babies). Their EP with the same name is worth listening to, imo.
@MrDhilrd
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Jeez, how many acts are going to be called Sweet Savage? I worked for a signed band in Dallas in the 80's with that name, they stole it from a "dead" Euro band. Maybe it was these guys.
@karlsavage7495
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Sabbath fans in the early 70s: "One day the Band of the Coldstream Guards will be playing these numbers" Everyone else: "Yeah, right…"
@mlwsf
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
The new Alice Cooper and Motorjesus have gotten a lot of play this week
@svena.halstensen5699
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
oh wow, Rob Halford wearing a sleeveless denim coat with patches.
@yuritesticoff1141
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
A Metallica residency won't happen, their tour has been spread out enough and they love visiting fans everywhere, no way will they reside in Vegas hell
@pkj77
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Its said Kelly was wearing not sunglasses shaped like her fathers but Ozzy´s own sunglasses 🙂
@sfmikica
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
You aro so clickbait
@DiamondPaintWithDiamondDave
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
If metallica does get a residency at the Sphere, it appears that a trip from Bama to Vegas will find its way into my plans for some point in '26
@stevec1267
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Alright the stuttering freak is gone, forkin let it go
@suoquainen
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
I'm not sad, that they're gone. I knew that i survive them, since they were already in their 20s and 30s, when i was a kid. I'm just happy, that we lived at the same time for a long time.
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