heavy metal

2016
Babymetal U.S. television debut

On April 5, Babymetal made their U.S. television debut, performing “Gimme Chocolate!!” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert .

Deftones April 3

and April 3, respectively.

Babymetal first Japanese act to headline Wembley Arena

On April 2, one day after the release of Metal Resistance , Babymetal became the first Japanese act to headline Wembley Arena, with the largest sale of merchandise for a single day event in the venue’s history, coinciding with the highest ever entry for an album in the UK charts…
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Metallica Record Store Day

In April 2016, during the week leading up to Record Store Day , for which the band was its ambassador for 2016, Ulrich told Billboard that the band’s expanded role within the music industry had played a part in the amount of time that it had taken to write and…
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Bring Me the Horizon second U.S. tour

and embarked on a second U.S. tour in April and May 2016.

Bullet for My Valentine signed with Spinefarm Records

In April, they signed a new worldwide deal with Spinefarm Records . Matt Tuck later tweeted “Here we go again. #BFMV6” which implied the band had started working on their sixth effort.

Bring Me the Horizon Follow You

A music video for the single, ” Follow You “, was released on 16 March 2016.

Deftones Doomed User

“Doomed User” and ” Hearts / Wires ” were also made available ahead of the album’s release, on March 16

Babymetal received an Excellence Award

On March 13, the band’s producer, Kobametal, received an Excellence Award from the Association of Media in Digital (AMD) in Japan for his success in promoting the band internationally.

Black Sabbath future re-releases

On 4 March 2016, Iommi discussed future re-releases of the Tony Martin -era catalogue: