in April-May 2022 – with Seether , Starset and Lacey Sturm.
The following month, it was announced that Fred Sablan had joined the band as Vega’s touring replacement.
On 23 March, one month before the album release, the band released the fourth single “Carbonized” and its corresponding music video.
A music video directed by Dominic Hailstone was released on March 18, 2022, to commemorate the EP’s 30th anniversary.
In addition to King and Bostaph, most of the other members of Slayer have remained musically active. Holt continues to record and perform with Exodus , releasing a new album, Persona Non Grata , in 2021. Lombardo has been involved with various acts since his third split with Slayer in…
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“Opiate” was re-recorded and released as “Opiate²” or “Opiate Squared” on March 1, 2022. It is almost twice as long as the original and includes the same lyrics as the live version, plus the extended instrumental midsection.
In March 2022, Carey announced they were working on new material for their sixth studio album, noting that “..it won’t take us this long for the next one. We even had some stuff left over from the last one that we’ll develop. We have head starts on three or four…
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In March 2022, it was announced that bassist Sergio Vega had left the band in early 2021, with Vega claiming he was never an official member of the band and was just a contracted bassist for his tenure. Vega said he sought what he perceived as official membership, and chose…
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On 20 February, due to the ongoing supply chain issues, the band announced that they pushed the release of the album from the original release date of 1 April back to 22 April.
On 17 February 2022, Accept announced that they had signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records .