Dark legends collide as Alison “MetalBabe” Cohen sits down with Franck Amendola — founding member and guitarist of Corpus Delicti — for a deep dive into the band’s long-awaited rebirth, the making of their powerful new album Liminal, and the fire behind their 2026 UK tour.
From their early days shaping gothic post-punk history to reclaiming their throne on the dark underground today, Franck opens up about legacy, evolution, and why Corpus Delicti’s return hits harder than ever.
Fans of darkwave, goth rock, and post-punk won’t want to miss this raw, intimate, and unapologetically dark conversation.
*Photo credit-Elliot Pietrapiana
Los Angeles, CA, (January 15, 2026) –Legendary Rockstars including current and former members of Poison, Vixen, Guns N' Roses, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Whitesnake, Movie and Television Producers, Record Company Executives, Music Promoters, Entertainment Managers from across the globe, Fortunate 500 Corporate Executives, SiriusXM Radio Hosts, Monster Energy Supercross star athletes, with official Yamaha motorcycles, and others from across the globe, will join together for an epic celebration to honor the iconic Los Angeles Sunset Strip.
Hellfest 2025: Four Days of Metal Mayhem in Clisson, France
From the long-awaited Return of Savatage to Orange Goblin’s farewell, Hellfest 2025 delivered 184 bands across six stages for 280,000 die-hard fans. Highlights included The Cult, Pentagram, Judas Priest, Scorpions, and The Sex Pistols, all under relentless summer heat. From intimate artist interviews to epic photo pit moments, this year’s festival proved why Hellfest remains one of the world’s most powerful celebrations of heavy music.
Experience the epic return of Savatage after more than two decades away from the stage. Alison “MetalBabe” Cohen takes you inside two unforgettable performances—headlining London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and dominating the Main Stage at Hellfest 2025. From emotional tributes from Jon Oliva and to Criss Oliva to electrifying crowd-surfing moments, this is a firsthand journey into the passion, history, and power of a band that helped shape metal. With exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and vivid concert highlights, this feature captures the magic of Savatage’s long-awaited reunion and what it means for the devoted Legion worldwide.
March 1964, Cortez High School Letterman’s Talent Show. A simple parody performance of Beatles songs by trackteam members and art students would become the fertilization of the egg that hatched the icon of shock rock. Vincent Furnier, Dennis Dunaway, and John Speer would soon be joined by the late Glen Buxton and John Tatum:, and then crawl across the music world’s web as The Spiders. Just two years later The Spiders bit down into the local Arizona music scene with their number one hit, "Don't Blow Your Mind.” From there, with some strategic band member changes, landing a manager who was originally a "pharmaceutical salesman" that was introduced to the band via Jimmy Hendrix, and a record deal with Frank Zappa, Alice Cooper were on their way to becoming misunderstood artistic influenced geniuses who inspired generations of major rock acts for decades to come.
We are the Creatures of the Night. Forever we Shout it Out Loud while Makin’ Love through Tomorrow and Tonight. Dressed to Kill, we drink Cold Gin to cool the Love Gun. We took The Oath, with Nothin’ to Loose, and 100,000 Years to shine on, the Black Diamonds who made it through the Psycho Circus to Dance All Over Your Face in this Rock and Roll Hell. That’s right, All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose in Detroit Rock City and the War Machine is Comin’ Home, so you Got to Choose… can you let us go rock and roll, or do you love us enough to get into the New York Groove, feel the Magic Touch of our Charisma and Rock and Roll All Nite, then party everyday? God Gave Rock and Roll to You, so don’t hit Rock Bottom, Turn Up the Night and join the Rock n Roll Party!
With a catalog of thirteen studio albums, five EP releases, five live album releases, sixty-five singles and more, Ozzy has a library of hit after hit. So, how does one choose a best-of list from such an iconic library? Well, just like my other list, I am not basing this list on commercial successes or greatest hits. I am picking what I feel are Ozzy’s best songs from his solo career (not my favorite songs, his best songs.). As Ozzy himself said, “Let the madness begin!”
The Best in Line…
The idea of doing a best songs’ list by Ronnie James Dio spanning his entire career was tossed around. When this idea came up, immediately I envisioned covering Dio’s entire catalog, going beyond his work with Black Sabbath and his own band, Dio, to including Rainbow and Elf. Maybe even something from Ronnie Dio and the Prophets….
I did not want this to be just another greatest hits list, and a list that focused on just Ozzy era Sabbath. Like with my Judas Priest list, the Sabbath list needed to go beyond commercially successful songs, and what are the most popular among fans. So many of the songs you may have on a Sabbath’s best of list probably did not make this list.
This list is comprised from all of Sabbath’s studio works, except for the 1986 release, Seventh Star. That album was intended to be Tony Iommi’s first solo record and was only released under the Sabbath name because of management and label pressures. I am also excluding the body of work from the 2007 reunion with Ronnie James Dio. Though the first three songs released with Dio in 2007 were under the Sabbath name on Black Sabbath the Dio Years, the band rebranded themselves as Heaven and Hell for touring and future releases.
RockStar Reunion Live comes to Avalon Hollywood for a one-night-only reunion concert May 21, 2026, bringing the songs, the stories, and the magic back to the stage.