In January 2020, Grayscale announced that they will headline some shows in Europe, and also open some shows for Four Year Strong .
Following touring for Wolves , Rise Against chose to take a more relaxed approach to writing their next album. In an interview with Kerrang!, McIlrath explained that “we don’t want to feel rushed, we’ll put out the record when it’s done, not to try and meet some deadline.” New music…
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The band released Death in Venice Beach on March 13, 2020. The album made Alternative Press’ 50 Best 2020 Albums list. A review on Wall of Sound said the album was “dark, edgy, and poignant.” Alt Press’s review found the “tandem guitar/vocal team of Poli Van Dam and Jen Razavi…
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The promotional cycle for NINE was stunted by the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; a planned tour with the Used was shelved, with live concerts considered unsafe.
In 2020, they released the “Just Stay Home” single, commemorating the COVID-19 pandemic with fan footage, as well as the Punchline Music Special (later available on Amazon Prime streaming). Punchline continued the release schedule with a 2021 single “Be Right There” produced by Marc McClusky, and a new holiday original…
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Later that same month, Anti-Flag announced their twelfth studio album, 20/20 Vision , alongside the release of the song “Hate Conquers All” and the song’s music video. Additional songs “Unbreakable” and “The Disease” were also released ahead of the album, which released on January 17, 2020. Many of the songs…
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Later in the month, the group premiered a cryptic video on YouTube which ended by announcing a North American tour.
On April 21, 2020, Radke announced via Twitter that Derek Jones had died. His cause of death was revealed later in Radke’s book “I Can Explain” as subdural hematoma . On July 14, 2020, the band released the song “Carry On”, the song was planned to be included in the…
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In January 2020, the group announced three concerts at Stadium MK ( Milton Keynes , England) throughout June 2020,
On October 18, 2020, Thompson announced via Instagram that he was returning to the band.