On May 8, 2022, a lineup comprising Keith Adamiak, Rob Math, Luke Man, Dean Roberts, former Michael Schenker Group guitarist/keyboardist Wayne Findlay, and fill-in bassist Brice Snyder, a one-time bandmate of Man in Railgun, appeared at the M3 Festival in Columbia, MD, unveiling the band’s latest incarnation.
On 10 December 2021, the band released a box set containing all six of their solo studio albums, and the bonus songs from them, entitled 30 Years of Oriental Metal – Anniversary Album Collection , in tribute to their 30th anniversary.
On August 2, 2021, Quiet Riot announced that former bassist Rudy Sarzo would rejoin the band in early 2022, once again replacing Chuck Wright . However, Sarzo played his first show with the band in nearly two decades at The Groove Music Hall in Woodford, Virginia on November 6, 2021.…
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About two weeks after the release of Persona Non Grata , Holt spoke to The Aquarian Weekly about a potential follow-up album. When the interviewer reminded him to “be careful about losing [his] cell phone”, in reference to a similar incident in which Metallica and original Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett…
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Daniel Cavanagh has announced he is working on a solo album named Cellar Door , and has started a new musical project named Weather Systems. The project takes the name of Anathema’s 2012 album, and, according to a post on the Anathema Facebook page, “the music will be a continuation…
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The album has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. and was certified platinum on November 23, 2021.
A new single was released November 11 entitled ” Start the Healing “, with the music video debuting in a YouTube premiere.
At the same time, the band revealed the album cover and the track list.
On 10 November, the band officially released “Echo Chamber”, the lead single from their sixth studio album, Obsidian , which was released on 22 April 2022, along with its music video.
To promote the album, the band also announced their upcoming Australia tour which will start in June 2022 with Plini , Sleep Token and ALT as supports.