Longtime drummer Liljekvist also left the band in April 2014
On 28 March 2014, the band announced their upcoming studio album would be called Distant Satellites . The album came out on 9 June 2014 on the Kscope label, and was produced by Christer-André Cederberg in Oslo, Norway. Several tracks were mixed by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree ). Different…
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The band performed on drummer Mike Portnoy’s Progressive Nation at Sea tour aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Pearl that sailed from the Port of Miami on 18 February 2014.
Just prior to the touring, the band released another EP of b-sides, Kocytean for Record Store Day 2014
The band embarked on an acoustic tour – “The Unplugged & Reworked Tour” in support of the album in 2014
In 2014, Eriksson and Katatonia “mutually agreed to part ways”
Weinrich was deported to the US from Norway on November 9, 2014 after he was arrested for allegedly being caught in possession of 11 grams of methamphetamine . This occurred while the band was on tour commemorating the 35th anniversary of Born Too Late . As a result of his…
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Tomas Åkvik filled in on guitar afterwards in mid-2014
In January 2014, the band announced that guitarist Griffin had re-joined Pentagram after a one-year break. Upon Griffin’s return, Pentagram embarked on a U.S. West Coast tour in February 2014, covering Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles. Pentagram also made appearances in…
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In 2014, Black Sabbath received their first Grammy Award since 2000 with “God Is Dead?” winning Best Metal Performance .