At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in January 2014, Metallica performed “One” with Chinese pianist Lang Lang .
Demon Hunter began releasing teaser posts on January 30, 2014, related to seventh full-length album Extremist , which was released on March 18, 2014. Demon Hunter released the album’s first single, “Artificial Light”, on their YouTube account February 13, 2014, and also released websites to pre-order their new album. “The…
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Godsmack also headlined the 2014 Uproar Festival .
In January 2014, they played on the Big Day Out touring festival
A new compilation album, called Looking Back to the Future , was released in 2014 by Italian label Minotauro Records. It contained essentially unreleased demos and live tracks from every era of the band’s history.
In 2014, Matt announced on Twitter that the band were entering the studio to record a fifth album.
On March 11, 2014, Thomas Pridgen (former drummer of the Mars Volta ) confirmed on his Instagram and Facebook page that he had joined Suicidal Tendencies. By the fall of 2014, Pridgen was no longer playing in Suicidal Tendencies, and Eric Moore rejoined the band.
In March and April they supported Architects on a 39 date tour of Europe and the UK.
In January 2014, the band announced that guitarist Griffin had re-joined Pentagram after a one-year break. Upon Griffin’s return, Pentagram embarked on a U.S. West Coast tour in February 2014, covering Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles. Pentagram also made appearances in…
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Orphaned Land won the Metal Hammer award for “Global Metal Band of the Year 2014”. The band also released a new music video for the track “Let the Truce Be Known,” directed by Vadim Machona.