In 2013, Kiss purchased a share of an Arena Football League expansion franchise
On January 30, 2013, the band released a new album titled Scums . The album contained the singles “Mimic” and “Deus ex Machina” alongside 12 other songs. Following the release, they began a 19-show nationwide tour from February 10 titled Beautiful Scums. The tour ended on April 20, 2013 at…
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Also in 2013, Wind-Up Records’ catalogue was sold to the Bicycle Music Company
Northlane played at the 2013 Soundwave festival and Pushover 2013 alongside other Australian metal acts such as Thy Art Is Murder , The Amity Affliction and In Hearts Wake.
When released on September 14, 2013, the CD artwork tied in the concept for the EP depicting the iconic scene where legendary blues artist Robert Johnson was said to have met the devil at the crossroads to sell his soul. This imagery was prevalent lyrically throughout the entire EPs landscape,…
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In the spring of 2013, Nakamoto graduated from junior high school and therefore had to “graduate” from Sakura Gakuin (a group of elementary and junior high school girls).
On August 10, 2013, the band collaborated with American musician Steve Aoki to record the song ” A Light That Never Comes ” for Linkin Park’s online puzzle-action game LP Recharge (short for Linkin Park Recharge ), which was launched on Facebook and the official LP Recharge website on September…
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On May 2, 2013, Hanneman died due to liver failure in a local hospital near his home in Southern California’s Inland Empire ; the cause of death was later determined to be alcohol-related cirrhosis . King confirmed that the band would continue, saying “Jeff is going to be in everybody’s…
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Another track from Thirteen , ” Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) “, was nominated for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the 2013 Grammy Awards , but lost to Halestorm ‘s ” Love Bites (So Do I) “.
At the end of 2013, drummer Rich Beddoe left the band