The title track serves as the first single, and was released on August 21.
A day later, the band officially announced the title of the album, Ohms , set for release on September 25, 2020. At the same time, the band revealed the album itself, the album cover, the track list, and release date.
On August 19, 2020, the band teased the release date and the title of their upcoming ninth studio album.
Aldious held a concert with no live audience at Shibuya Club Quattro on August 14, 2020, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their debut,
On August 10, 2020, Metallica played a show at Gundlach-Bundschu Winery in Sonoma, California , which was only attended by a few crew members
The release of the full-length album would later be postponed to 7 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Gillan confirmed in an interview on 4 August 2020 that he and the other members of Deep Purple have no immediate plans to retire.
In August 2020, the band announced that they would release the S&M2 performances as an album, DVD and box set.
The following August, Carey noted that the band had entered a hiatus, but that he still hoped they would reconvene in the future to record an EP, which the band would have more freedom in releasing due to no longer being signed to a record label.
In August 2020, Blind Illusion announced that they were in the studio recording their third album, entitled Wrath Of The Gods which included former Death Angel drummer Andy Galeon. The album was released on October 7, 2022.