It was re-released in 2019, with new outer box art, remastered sound and a new, vinyl-specific version of the intro track “Skip It!” from World Coming Down (the original box set used the original CD version of the track).
In 2019, Hatebreed held an extensive tour in celebration of their 25th anniversary. The first leg of the tour took place in April with Cro-Mags , Terror , and Fit for an Autopsy . The second leg was held in May with Agnostic Front , Skeletal Remains and Madball, Obituary…
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On February 19, 2019, the band announced an upcoming album called Trauma and asked fans to share the announcement on social media 100,000 times before they released the first single. On February 26, 2019, the band released the lead single from the album, “Bow Down”. Later that same day the…
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In 2019, Shortino sang and played lead guitar for Carlos Cavazo ‘s Rough Riot, while Alford and Hager began auditioning musicians to complete the Rough Cutt lineup. During this time, they signed with David Adkins and Integrity Music Management. After hiring vocalist Steven St. James—whom Hager had previously played with…
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Later that year, drummer Gil Sharone announced he was leaving the band to pursue “other current and future projects”, with former Black Flag drummer Brandon Pertzborn hired as his replacement.
During the spring of 2019, the band went on tour an co headlining tour alongside Parkway Drive dubbed the “Collapse the World Tour.”
Pentagram resurfaced in January 2019, announcing the return of vocalist Bobby Liebling, with guitarist Matt Goldsborough in place of Victor Griffin. They embarked on their first US tour with Liebling since his arrest in the spring of 2019, and plans for a new album by the band were announced. Griffin…
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On 30 December, the band confirmed via their Twitter that they were finishing writing their fifth studio album.
On Christmas Day 2018, X Japan were named 43rd in that year’s Oricon Favorite Artists poll.
The Pumpkins United World Tour concluded on 22 December 2018 in Hamburg .