On September 14, 2008 the band announced on their website that their new name for the US was to be “Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet-“, whilst keeping their original name in countries other than United States.
Metallica scheduled the release of the album Death Magnetic as September 12, 2008, and the band filmed a music video for the album’s first single, ” The Day That Never Comes “.
This prompted the band’s UK distributor Vertigo Records to officially release the album on September 10, 2008.
On September 2, 2008, a record store in France began selling copies of Death Magnetic nearly two weeks before its scheduled worldwide release date, which resulted in the album being made available on peer-to-peer clients.
In September and October 2008, the band toured the U.S. supporting Blooddrunk with support from The Black Dahlia Murder and Between the Buried and Me . Testament also made a special guest appearance in the main support slot at the tour’s New York City date.
In September 2008, both Simmons and Stanley confirmed rumors that the Kiss Alive/35 Tour would continue with extensive tours of North America in the beginning of 2009, as well as South America.
In September 2008, Rage performed at the Target Center in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention . The previous day, they attempted to play a surprise set at a free anti-RNC concert at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul , but were prevented by the police. Instead, De la Rocha…
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A compilation album, Anthology: Set the World Afire , was released in September 2008.
Versailles’ Japanese record label announced on August 19, 2008 that they received notice of a musician in the United States already using the name “Versailles”.
On August 4, Kiss played at Rockin’ the Rally at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as part of the tour.