In August 2017, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary of Hysteria by releasing a collector’s edition box. The singles were also re-released on vinyl.
On July 26, 2017, the band announced that a 25th anniversary edition of Core would be released on September 29, 2017.
Their fifth studio album, Picture Perfect , was released on July 14, 2017.
The band went on to release another live album, Live at the Belly Up, in June 2017. On 9 July 2017, Erik Cartwright, who played lead guitar from 1981 to 1984, died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, from a heart attack. He was 66 years old.
In a video Q&A session with fans on July 2, 2017, Shavo Odadjian was asked about the status of the next album and he responded, “I’m waiting for a new album too. It’s not happening. I don’t know. I don’t know when it’s gonna be. Not right now.”
While living in Italy , Nic had been invited by Simone Cogo ( p.k.a. the Bloody Beetroots or DJ Bob Rifo) to collaborate on “My Name Is Thunder”. Once Nic’s bandmates were appraised they joined the project, which was issued as a single in July 2017. The track is the…
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In June and July 2017, he was a guest on multiple shows of the Prophets of Rage during System of a Down’s European tour, singing ” Like a Stone ” in memory of his friend, Audioslave ‘s Chris Cornell .
Cooper released his twentieth solo studio album Paranormal in July 2017. It featured contributions from drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 , Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top on guitar and Roger Glover from Deep Purple on bass guitar. Guitarists Tommy Denander and Tommy Henriksen contributed most of the guitars.
The title track was premiered on Loudwire on June 14, 2017.
The band started recording their sixth studio album on June 12, 2017.