On September 17, 2019, Evanescence and symphonic metal band Within Temptation announced a seven-city joint European tour titled Worlds Collide originally scheduled for April 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tour was postponed for September 2020. It was then pushed back a second time to take place…
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Their eleventh studio album, City Burials , was released in April 2020
In April 2020, Throwdown released a surprise EP, Take Cover , collecting cover songs from over the years. The EP was issued by the band’s own label, Pit Viper Records. Throwdown’s Trustkill-era albums are now on all digital services via Pit Viper Records, as well.
In April 2020, Deftones announced that they were mixing their new album. During the recording sessions, which reportedly took place in Los Angeles, the band reunited with Terry Date as the producer of the album, making it the first time Deftones had worked with him since the unreleased Eros album…
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In an interview with Marc Benioff in April 2020, Ulrich stated that Metallica could work on its next studio album while in quarantine.
In April, they streamed two “Stay Home, Stay Metal” shows on YouTube during the pandemic
On March 12, 2020, the band postponed the first leg of the reunion tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic ; this tour was eventually postponed to summer 2021.
Further concerts in Asia were initially postponed on March 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The band would later dedicate “Do You Love Me” to Kobe Bryant and the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash victims during the Los Angeles show at the Staples Center on March 4, 2020.
In March 2020, the band began a series on YouTube and Facebook called #MetallicaMondays , where they streamed full archived shows every Monday to relieve boredom while staying home and social distancing amid the pandemic.