On April 12, 2022, the band released the title track from their ninth studio album, AfterLife .
On the same day, the band announced a U.S. tour with Megadeth , The Hu , and Fire from the Gods , set for August through October 2022.
At the same time, the band officially revealed the album cover and the track list.
On 8 April 2022, the band released the fifth single “Omen” while also announcing the deluxe edition of the album which is set to be released on 8 July 2022.
Cooper participated as a judge on the music competition television show No Cover season 1 that started to be aired in the Sumerian Records YouTube Channel in April 2022.
In an April 2022 interview, vocalist William DuVall revealed that he was “sure” Alice in Chains would begin working on their seventh studio album later in the year:
Deftones postponed their joint tour with Gojira in support of Ohms twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Poppy was to join the two initially, but dropped off the tour after the second postponement. The tour proceeded as planned in April 2022.
In April 2022, Romero claimed that he had kept in contact with the remaining members of Rainbow, but again expressed his doubt that the band would ever tour again or record new music: “I don’t think there’s gonna be any plan in the near future because the pandemic was way…
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The following month, it was announced that Fred Sablan had joined the band as Vega’s touring replacement.
On 26 March, the band teased a collaborative single with Australian rapper Masked Wolf on their social media platforms titled ” Fallout “, slated for release on 1 April 2022.