In June 2012, Helloween entered the studio to begin recording their fourteenth album, Straight Out of Hell
The band’s first US tour followed in May and June 2012 taking in venues on both the west and east coasts including a tumultuous appearance at Austins Chaos in Tejas festival (the organiser of which had played an initial part in the bands reunion). A handful of European dates were…
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However, on May 22, 2012, they announced that their new EP “that was slated for release on all digital formats today has been delayed until further notice.”
On 21 May 2012, at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, Black Sabbath played their first concert since 2005, with Tommy Clufetos playing the drums.
Godsmack released their new live album Live & Inspired on May 15, 2012.
On May 5, 2012, guitarist Brian “Head” Welch joined Korn on stage at the Carolina Rebellion festival to play “Blind” for the first time since his departure.
In May 2012, guitarist Andreas Kisser told Metal Underground that Sepultura would soon “start working on something new with Eloy” and see if they could “get ready for new music early next year.”
In May 2012, it was announced that Bullet for My Valentine would be playing at the South African music festival Oppikoppi , as well as a once-off gig in Cape Town alongside Seether and Enter Shikari .
On 1 May 2012 it was revealed that the project would be called AxeWound , and featured Liam Cormier ( Cancer Bats ), Mike Kingswood ( Glamour of the Kill ), Joe Copcutt ( Rise to Remain ), and Jason Bowld ( Pitchshifter ).
Born Villain was released worldwide from April 25, debuting at number ten on the Billboard 200 and atop both the Independent Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts.