On 26 April 2018, the song “Piece of Me” was released.
For Record Store Day on 21 April 2018, Led Zeppelin released a 7″ single “Rock and Roll” (Sunset Sound Mix) / “Friends” (Olympic Studio Mix) , their first single in 21 years.
On April 20, 2018, a second single was released, titled “Sham Pain”.
At the press room of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 14, 2018, Cantrell revealed that Alice in Chains had just signed with BMG , and that they had finished mixing their new album.
Fortus and Borland also joined X Japan on stage for their first performance at the Coachella festival on April 14 and 21. At the second weekend of the festival, Marilyn Manson joined the band on stage and performed ” Sweet Dreams ” with Yoshiki on piano.
During an interview with Guitar World published on April 11, 2018, Jerry Cantrell said that the album was recorded at four studios. After recording at Studio X in Seattle, the band went to Nashville to record vocals and lead guitars at Nick Raskulinecz’s home studio. But Cantrell had to take…
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On April 10 and 11 the band performed at Zepp Divercity in Tokyo for a limited audience, and the concert was broadcast live across Asia in selected theaters. Richard Fortus , Wes Borland , and Miya appeared as guest musicians.
On April 5, 2018, the band released “Fake” as the lead single from And Justice for None .
On 1 April 2018, the band debuted a new song, “Over It”, on BBC Radio 1. The song was the first single off their sixth studio album, Gravity , which was confirmed for release on 29 June 2018.
On April 1, 2018, Babymetal posted a video to YouTube entitled “Metal Resistance Episode VII – The Revelation”. In the video, it is explained that a “dark side” of Babymetal exists, “with seven metal spirits”, and that a “new era is about to begin”.