On May 21, 2021, the majority of the B’z catalog was made available on online music services, such as Spotify and Apple Music , worldwide.
On 14 May 2021, the Manics announced the title of their fourteenth studio album as The Ultra Vivid Lament .
The first single from the album, ” Orwellian “, was released on the same day.
On 8 May 2021, Yngwie Malmsteen was reported to have launched the Parabellum album and video for the “Paganini-referencing” track “Wolves at the Door”. Since COVID-19 restrictions prevented touring, Malmsteen had more time to record the album, and was “clearly delighted with the results.”
In 2018, the band suspended its activities. In May 2021, there was a reactivation with the core of the team supplemented by Zbyszek Kraszewski and Paweł Mąciwoda .
In May 2021, the band announced that they would do one more #MetallicaMondays on May 24 to benefit their All Within My Hands Foundation.
In May 2021, it was announced that the band planned on recording their ninth album in 2022. They will also make a 15th anniversary re-recording of their debut album, The Way of the Fist .
On 29 April 2021, former drummer John Hinch died at the age of 73, as confirmed by Halford on Instagram . When speaking about the upcoming album, Halford said that the band had “a bunch of great new ideas for tracks, lots of really strong demos”, describing it as being…
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The Greatest Mistake of My Life was released on 16 April 2021.
Former drummer Brett Bradshaw died unexpectedly on March 26, 2021, at age 50.