Cooper released his twentieth solo studio album Paranormal in July 2017. It featured contributions from drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 , Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top on guitar and Roger Glover from Deep Purple on bass guitar. Guitarists Tommy Denander and Tommy Henriksen contributed most of the guitars.
A month later, Mustaine stated on Twitter that he had begun “collecting ideas” for the new album, but stated that they would “probably” enter the studio in mid-2018 to begin recording it for a 2019 release.
In June and July 2017, he was a guest on multiple shows of the Prophets of Rage during System of a Down’s European tour, singing ” Like a Stone ” in memory of his friend, Audioslave ‘s Chris Cornell .
On 17 April, the band announced through its website, the title of their next album, Engraved , which was released 21 June 2017. A video was released for the single, “The Artery Song.”
was released on June 17.
The band started recording their sixth studio album on June 12, 2017.
On June 9, X Japan announced at a press conference that the concerts would not be postponed but instead performed as an acoustic tour , with Yoshiki at the piano, as it is uncertain whether he would be able to play the drums in the future.
On 2 June 2017, the band released the title track single digitally via Nuclear Blast accompanied by new artwork.
In June 2017, judgment was finally entered in the Croucier case, and Blotzer’s WBS filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In May 2018, the Ratt partnership filed suit against Blotzer and WBS for trademark infringement for continuing to perform as Ratt after February 2016, when it…
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In a June 2017 interview with No Brown M&Ms, Mustaine said that Megadeth would enter the studio at the end of the year to begin working on their sixteenth studio album.