They were also booked as a co-headliner for Australia’s Soundwave Festival in February 2010.
Sepultura supported Metallica on January 30 and 31, 2010, at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo . The two concerts were attended by 100,000 people.
To the Metal! was released as the tenth studio album by the band. It was released on 29 January 2010 to modest critical praise, but disappointed some fans, who felt that it was uninspired and a weaker effort than Land of the Free II .
On January 9, 2010, the band made its first public U.S. appearance by shooting four new music videos in Hollywood .
Along with Mastodon and Deftones , Alice in Chains toured the United States and Canada in late 2010 on the Blackdiamondskye tour, an amalgam of the three bands’ latest album titles ( Black Gives Way to Blue , Diamond Eyes , and Crack the Skye ).
In January 2010, Megadeth was set to embark on the American Carnage tour with Slayer and Testament, but the tour was postponed due to Tom Araya ‘s back surgery.
Several weeks later, Megadeth’s ” Head Crusher ” was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2010 Grammy Awards , the band’s eighth Grammy nomination in 19 years.
In 2010, Jett and Currie reunited to re-record the song “Cherry Bomb” for the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock .
In 2010, Seikima-II reunited to celebrate their 25th anniversary and to perform a world tour entitled Intercontinental Black Mass Tour.
The band filmed a concert DVD in 2010.