In May 2020, while in quarantine, Metallica performed a virtual acoustic version of ” Blackened “, titled “Blackened 2020”, which was later made available for download.
Fuktronic , an electronic music collaboration with Mindless Self Indulgence ‘s Jimmy Urine was released in May 2020, after the duo released a sample on SoundCloud . Fuktronic is described as “the team of Serj Tankian and Jimmy Urine from Mindless Self Indulgence, making a soundtrack for the ultimate British…
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On May 1, 2020, the band released an EP titled Atonement II: B-Sides for Charity , containing six songs that were recorded during the Atonement sessions, but did not make the album. The EP was released on Bandcamp and sold as a “pay what you want” price, with all proceeds…
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On May 1, 2020, the band announced that they had rescheduled the remaining dates of the reunion tour to 2021.
On April 29, Manson and Jennings confirmed they had finished work on the band’s eleventh studio album, with both calling it a “masterpiece”.
On April 23, the band confirmed that they had begun work on a fourteenth studio album, utilizing the period of lockdown due to COVID-19 to begin writing. The album was said to be fully written as of April 2021.
On April 8, 2020, the band released a music video for the song ” Unforgettable “. The band invited 400 aspiring musicians from middle school students across New England to take part in the video. The video, directed by Noah Berlow, again sent the song to the top of the…
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In April, they streamed two “Stay Home, Stay Metal” shows on YouTube during the pandemic
In April 2020, Deftones announced that they were mixing their new album. During the recording sessions, which reportedly took place in Los Angeles, the band reunited with Terry Date as the producer of the album, making it the first time Deftones had worked with him since the unreleased Eros album…
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On September 17, 2019, Evanescence and symphonic metal band Within Temptation announced a seven-city joint European tour titled Worlds Collide originally scheduled for April 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tour was postponed for September 2020. It was then pushed back a second time to take place…
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