In November 2012, Smith announced in an NME interview that a follow up Shinedown album had already been recorded. Smith stated “We have another record of material. It’s actually recorded…It’s still very massive, it still has an epic feel to it all, but the tempo is a little slower, and…
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Asked by TMZ again in November 2012 whether a new album was being worked on, Commerford replied “definitely maybe … anything’s possible”.
followed by the “Dead Ends of Europe Tour” with Alcest and Junius in November of the same year
Later that month, however, Morello denied that they were working on new material, and stated that Rage Against the Machine had “no plans beyond” the reissue of their self-titled debut album. Morello said he would be open to recording new Rage Against the Machine material, but added that it was…
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In November 2012, Metallica left Warner Bros. Records and launched an independent record label , Blackened Recordings , which will produce the band’s future releases. The band acquired the rights to all of its studio albums, which were all reissued through the new label. Blackened releases were licensed through Warner…
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Bullet for My Valentine released the track “Temper Temper” on 22 October 2012.
Monster was released on October 9, 2012, in North America.
The band announced on October 9 via their Facebook page that they would be releasing a special 20th anniversary box set to commemorate the group’s debut album.
In an October 2012 interview with TMZ , bassist Tim Commerford was asked if Rage Against the Machine was working on a new album. He simply responded, “maybe”.
Their next album Monster was released in October 2012.