X Japan headlined all three nights of the Visual Japan Summit on October 14–16, 2016, at Makuhari Messe.
In the fall of 2016, the band toured select cities in the US, choosing alternative rock band Veridia as their opener. During this tour, the band played a new song titled “Take Cover”, an outtake from the scrapped 2010 sessions for their self-titled album. In an October 2016 interview with…
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From October 2016 to October 2017, while the band was writing and recording new music, they released eight new songs total for pledgers who pre-ordered new album on PledgeMusic. On October 9, 2017, it was announced that a new album, Sheep Among Wolves , was to be officially released on…
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In the weeks leading up to the release of Condition Hüman the band toured North America with German hard rock veterans Scorpions . After the new album’s release, the band embarked on a tour of the United States in early 2016, and a European tour in September of that year.…
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The Great Southern Trendkill received a reissue in October 2016.
On May 17, 2016, the band announced their headlining Strike the Match Tour throughout the summer, with special guests The White Noise , My Enemies & I , and Bad Seed Rising . On June 20, 2016, the band revealed the name of their debut album, Lifelines , and on…
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On September 27, 2016, Leach revealed on his Instagram page that the band would be releasing a documentary compiled of live footage since 2012.
On September 19 (Red Night) and September 20, 2016 (Black Night), Babymetal ended their Babymetal World Tour 2016: Legend Metal Resistance by performing at the Tokyo Dome , with both nights sold out and approximately 55,000 people attending each night. These included fans from Japan and many others from around…
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In 2016, Hansen released his first solo album titled XXX – Three Decades in Metal . The album was released via earMUSIC on September 16 of the same year.
The compilation album The Greatest Hits 2007–2016 followed on September 14 and is composed of re-recordings of old songs, plus two new ones.