Napalm Death (along with Lamb of God , Anthrax , and Testament ) opened for Slayer on the second leg of their final North American tour in the summer of 2018.
Following his successful surgery, the band then supported Iron Maiden on their Legacy of The Best World Tour from May to August.
and then a tour with Five Finger Death Punch beginning in the second quarter of 2018.
In 2018, it was announced that Malmsteen had signed with Mascot Records, with a new studio album expected the following year.
American Standards released Weep on May 18, 2018. The single, which was accompanied by a music video uploaded to the Beheading The Traitor YouTube channel, was premiered through Decibel (magazine) with a Reddit AMA on r/metalcore the same day.
Plans for a new album were ultimately scrapped when on January 22, 2018, Slayer announced their farewell world tour through a video featuring a montage of press clippings, early posters and press photos spanning the band’s entire career. Although the members of Slayer have never publicly explained why they were…
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The January 2018 issue of Neo magazine named X Japan the “Best Musical Act” in their annual awards, with We Are X named the “Best Asian Movie”.
On July 2, 2018, it was announced that guitarist Jeff Pogan had left Suicidal Tendencies for personal reasons. Former The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman filled in for him on the band’s summer and fall 2018 shows.
Rainbow released another live album and DVD, Memories in Rock II in 2018, which chronicles a live show in Germany. The final track on the album, “Waiting for a Sign”, is a studio track recorded with the current band line-up, and marked Rainbow’s first song in 23 years.
On December 2, 2018, Holt announced that he would not perform the remainder of the band’s European tour to be with his dying father. Vio-lence and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel would fill in for him as a result.