The band joined As I Lay Dying on tour in March, marking the first time Demon Hunter ever toured as a supporting act, rather than the headliner. Blessthefall and War of Ages were also on the bill. Demon Hunter released an anthology of their first three albums on March 8,…
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In December 2011, Metallica began releasing songs that were written for Death Magnetic but were not included on the album online.
The single ” Lotus ” was released on January 26, 2011, along with a new fan-club only tour named The Decomposition of the Moon, scheduled to run from May 14 to 26. The band released ” Different Sense ” on June 22. On August 1, 2011, Dir En Grey released…
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In December 2011 Dupree appeared in That Metal Show where talked about chainsaws, his recent injuries, marathon touring and all things of Jackyl with Sully Erna from Godsmack and Glenn Hughes as guests too.
In an interview with FTC, Gun Shy Assassin, D’Antonio had stated that the band was currently in the works for a sixth studio album: “Currently, everyone is individually writing demos for the next Killswitch Engage record. There is no release date yet, but I would assume it will be out…
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In 2007, Mike Hickey left the band and guitarist Stuart “Rage” Dixon joined the band and this line-up released the record Hell the following year. In 2009, drummer Danny “Dante” Needham joined the band and Lant wrote that this would be known as “The Epic Line-Up of Venom”, and they…
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Roadrunner Records released a box set of all the band’s albums (with the exception of Dead Again ) for Back to Black Friday 2011, a spinoff of Record Store Day , on November 25, 2011.
On 11 November 2011, Iommi, Butler, Osbourne, and Ward announced that they were reuniting to record a new album with a full tour in support beginning in 2012.
On November 10, it was announced that Metallica would headline the main stage on Saturday June 9, 2012, at the Download Festival at Donington Park and that the band would play The Black Album in its entirety.
Bangkok on November 8