In 2021, Cog stirred controversy when frontman Flynn Gower shared posts of anti-vaccination rhetoric and conspiracies surrounding COVID-19 on social media, while also publicly voicing his support for the anti-lockdown protests in New South Wales.
On January 23, 2021, an animated motion-capture video for the song “Autumn and Carbine” was premiered on Adult Swim ‘s Toonami . The video was directed by Eric Balderose and Jami Morgan (under the nowhere2run productions moniker) and utilized motion-capture to create 3D models of the band members themselves.
On April 19, 2021, Mudvayne announced that they had reunited and would play their first shows in 12 years in the fall, which included festival appearances at Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo in Mansfield , Aftershock in Sacramento and Welcome to Rockville in Florida ; concert promoter and festival organizer Danny…
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On October 14, 2021, the band announced that Max Portnoy, son of Mike Portnoy , and drummer of Pennsylvania nu metal band Tallah , had joined the group as their new touring drummer.
The Kiss New Year’s Eve 2020 Goodbye livestream concert was produced by City Drive Studios and directed by Daniel Catullo . The pay-per-view concert was part of the Landmarks Live Series and was filmed with over fifty 4K cameras with 360-degree views on a 250-foot stage at The Royal Beach…
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The band’s first retrospective album 10 Babymetal Years was released on December 23, 2020.
On December 17, 2020, Serj Tankian announced in a Rolling Stone interview that he would release an EP by the name of Elasticity under his own name.
It was announced on December 15, 2020, that a biographical film of the band was in the works, with hopes to release it on time with the band’s final concert.
On December 2, 2020, Simmons confirmed that the band would continue their final tour in the summer of 2021, in which there are another 150 shows left, as well as rescheduling the Australian leg of the final tour.
When asked if the two songs had inspired a new era of creativity for System of a Down, Tankian said to Triple J in December 2020, “I don’t know, because right now we’re focused on what’s going on in Armenia. There’s a huge humanitarian catastrophe. We’re still focused on raising…
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