Not an original topic by any means, but situations change. Pretty much every single band from my bucket list has returned eventually at least in a live setting, from Celtic Frost to Mercyful Fate; from Unholy to Beherit; from Killing Joke to King Crimson. I’m not able to come up with a straight answer just yet.

Maybe this could be split into two categories
1. Bands you wish to return as recording artists
2. Bands you’d wish to see live at least once

Most of the reunions I want won't happen due to deaths. But there are three where all parties are alive:

Metal: Overkill with Bobby Gustafson
Nightwish with Jukka.

Non-metal: KMFDM w/Gunther Schulz and En Esch

Bolt Thrower of course.

Children of Bodom with Alexander, Roope and Petri.

Vital Remains? I mean what exactly are they doing that qualifies as "active?"

Edguy
Avantasia is good, but Edguy has always been Tobi's superior project. It has the fun factor that Avantasia's missing, and I get the impression the other (Ed)guys acted as quality control.

Fear Factory (classic line up - Burton, Dino, Raymond, Christian)
Yeah, Burton's voice is shot. But he could try what Milo Silvestro does and use vocal effects on stage (he wasn't exactly averse to using studio magic on most of their albums) - it would maybe (hopefully?) make his voice passable enough. I don't ever expect this one though, as there's a lot of bad blood and Ray apparently doesn't even play drums anymore.

Lullacry
Some live shows with both vocalists (like they did for their farewell gigs) would be nice.

Non metal
Silverchair
Another doubtful one due to Daniel's mental health issues associated with the band, and the strained relationship with the other members. Don't know if they could recreate the magic if they did reunite, but they really were amazing when they were together.

Spineshank
All these nu metal bands getting back together recently, yet one of the best remains dormant. Some shows heavy on The Height of Callousness material would be ace.

Came here to say this. I don't think it will happen anytime soon, but I would love to hear the stuff they were working on when they split up, and maybe some new material, or at least, get to catch them live.



CoB without Alexi Laiho feels off to me. Not to diminish the contribution of others, but he was the main pillar of this band.

I've no idea what the current status of the band is, but I'd love to see The Faceless if Michael Keene can ever get his shit together

I would say Nocturnal Rites.

Strapping Young Lad. I don't want them to make new music, because Devin has said he doesn't have in him the anger and spite necessary to make that kind of music and be authentic with it anymore, but just one show with Devin, Jed, Byron, and Gene as SYL will allow me to die a happy man.

Danzigs classic lineup final album/tour.

Mick mars and John corabi. Those youtube clips from a few years ago were way better than that shit solo album.

Reverend Bizarre

This is the main one... they're not old at all and it's gotta happen eventually. One of the more fun PM bands to listen to.

This one and the original Misfits reunion with Danzig, Doyle, Robo and Jerry. I don't know why they didn't do that already they all would win a lot of money out of playing their classics.

Land of Mystery line-up of Black Hole.

Minotauri

I'd say there has been way too many reunions. Not many of these bands that make a come back after 30 years manage to live up to what once was.
That being said, Andreas Stoltz made a good come back but Hollow never really fulfilled their potential before they broke up. I would like to have more music from Persuader, but if the creative spark is gone, it's gone.

Morbid angel domination lineup could happen 2025 wish..

FNM.

They do it well.

I started thinking about this when checking Brutal Assault’s announcements for last year. They are giving these subtle hints that they will be announcing a black metal legend or a death doom legend etc. Then you start going through the lists of names in your head “Darkthrone, Burzum, Bathory, Beherit” or “diSEMBOWELMENT, Thergothon, Winter, Unholy” and realize that damn, most of the truly legendary players haven’t been in the game for quite some time.

Don't hold your breath. Hynninen recently announced his retirement from live performances, not to mention that RB are the few people I actually believe when they say it's over.

I was at Bloodstock years ago when Fear Factory when they still had Gene and Byron played, and Devin was on the same day. I really thought they might come out and do a song with Dev, but I guess that was when he was still really against any SYL stuff.

He seems to have loosened up since and has thrown Love? and Detox into some sets every now and then, but I'd be very surprised if a reunion show ever happened

Good call. Overkill has released many solid albums since Bobby's departure but nothing nearly as interesting as what he played on. Guy is sorely missed in that band.

Bal-Sagoth. Not interested in live shows, just get back in the studio and make an album.

Bolt Thrower & Dismember for LPs

Definitely agree on Bal-Sagoth and Bolt Thrower. I get the feeling that Byron Roberts isn't terribly interested in getting the band back together though.

Regarding Bolt Thrower I'm not really holding my breath though. They never release any merch and haven't released new music for 20 years. They've given no indication that they're ever getting back together.

I was waiting for the Dark Angel reunion album, but at this point I don't know if I want one. They're all pushing 60, if they're not there already. I need youth in my thrash.

In the Cult Never Dies Zine book Byron sounds quite optimistic that the band will return one day, and it won’t be one album but three, since the band has always been about trilogies. I don’t remember the year but Kull had already started.

I don’t know what that optimism is worth. Already if you’re 40+ years old, not active in the music biz, you have creative conflicts within the band and you’re going to tell me that “now is not the right time, but you wait and see, one day we will give you a full trilogy” you will sound like an ass, because at that age going for a single pint with your old bandmates on Saturday is a multiyear project.

Gorefest - both as recording and live artists.
Anata - I know there have been hints on them working on a new album for a while, but so far nothing has surfaced.
Bolt Thrower - I could do without new records, but I'd love to catch them live at least once.

another one who is "back" but silent, Coroner, and some others like DRI and others that I can see on live posters in US but no news for release

yes long silence, technical changes, life, job, everything's very different now
I was also almost saying Dark Angel, and maybe Living Death
some got bizarre return, Atrophy for example

hm and I read few years ago about new material by Lard but nothing came out

I have zero issues with them getting another drummer, Andy Whale preferably. I liked Kiddie but my favorite BT albums had Whale on drums.

Well DA is a non-starter with Jim Durkin's death recently.

As for Atrophy, Lykins has a thriving career as a doctor. He has no time for the band now.

There is a Spanish-language Robo documentary out there. I never saw the whole thing but I did see the trailer and in it Robo was trying to get in touch with Jerry when he heard about the reunion with Glenn. I would venture to say that if he did get ahold of the band that he was rebuked. I like Robo and all, but his presence would not make them anymore money than they are making now with Lombardo.

I think its safe to say that an original line-up Danzig reunion will never happen. Glenn isn't interested and/or has issues with Eerie and supposedly Chuck can't physically do it (and Eerie says he won't do it without Chuck and John).


I've been wondering what has the hold up with this one. I know Durkin passed but they'd been playing without him for some time before that and it certainly sounds like they have material.

Coroner, it's been 10 years now and still no album?

We could have a thread for the opposite, reunions we wish didn't happen.

Diamond - Sherman - Denner
Would love to see them reunite (all three) to wind down their career, releasing new music, and kicking ass to the end.

Fixed that for you.

Bolt Thrower!
The only band I'd really make an effort to see nowadays - I've pretty much already seen everything I'd want to see, most several times. Never got to see BT though (or Dio )

I want a reunion of Martin era Sabbath under a different name (like Heaven & Hell was for Dio era Sabbath, maybe call it Headless Cross or something). Iommi, Martin, and Neil Murray at least would likely all do it and maybe they could get Bobby Rondinelli or Eric Singer on drums since Cozy's not with us anymore (RIP).

No I meant what I wrote. I miss Jukka's drumming. Floor is more than an adequate replacement.

I would love that, but they are really veterans now, I think Iommi hanged up the guitar for good and I understand him, they have been playing music since the fucking 1960s. But we may have a chance of that actually happening, this is straight up from the Black Sabbath Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(British_singer)#Reunion_with_Iommi_and_Black_Sabbath_re-releases

Sieges Even - Holzworth bros + Markus Steffan and Arno Menses on vocals. While fantasizing exact same line up but with Jogi Kaiser on vocals.

He most certainly did not.

At this point, I’m fine with bands not coming back when they’re gone. Things have more value when they die and stay dead. That said, I would love to see Fates Warning, Nightwish, and Anthrax be given the Pumpkins United treatment.