In January 2017, Babymetal supported Metallica for their WorldWired Tour at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul , South Korea and also appeared in Japan’s performance of the Guns N’ Roses ‘ Not in This Lifetime… Tour as the opening act.
Following this Killswitch Engage embarked on an extensive North American co headlining tour with Anthrax in the Spring dubbed the “Killthrax Tour.”
In mid-2017, Europe announced their eleventh studio album, titled Walk the Earth . The album was released on 20 October via CD with bonus DVD and digital download.
In 2017, Chino Moreno revealed that Deftones had begun writing material for their ninth studio album, which he stated hoped would be out sometime in 2019. Moreno went on to state that the band would be going in a different direction than they had on Gore and that he would…
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In January 2017, Mike Inez stated in an interview that the band had begun work on a new album.
In early 2017, the band parted ways with Wandtke.
Grapow, who was a car mechanic at the time, stated in 2017 that, if Weikath had not happened to ask him to join the band, he would have kept his job and given up on his dream of becoming a professional musician.
He was a surprise guest performer for the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience in Los Angeles on March 25, 2017, singing ” The Rains of Castamere “. His rendition of the song also made it onto the soundtrack for the eighth season of Game of Thrones in 2019.
On December 13, 2016, Kiss performed during the season 11 finale of The Voice , accompanied by the season winner Sundance Head .
the live album, Live at the Royal Albert Hall , was released on 2 December 2016 through the crowdfunding platform PledgeMusic on CD, DVD, and vinyl, with all proceeds donated to Teenage Cancer Trust .