On 31 October 2017, Arcane Roots played alongside Architects , Enter Shikari , Marmozets , Neck Deep , and PVRIS at Radio 1 Rocks, a one-off gig recorded by BBC Radio 1 at Maida Vale Studios in London. They played a cover of the Muse song ” New Born ”…
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They later took part in Linkin Park’s memorial concert for Chester Bennington on October 27, 2017. They performed ” One Step Closer ” alongside Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis .
On 25 October, the band released the single ” Always Ascending ” from their fifth studio album, Always Ascending (2018). They revealed the album’s release date, 9 February 2018, and announced dates for a world tour.
Two days later, Manson announced he had “decided to part ways” with bassist Twiggy, after a rape allegation was made against Twiggy by his former girlfriend, Jack Off Jill vocalist Jessicka ; for the rest of the tour, Juan Alderete (formerly of Racer X and The Mars Volta ) joined.
The band’s founding guitarist, Daisy Berkowitz, died on October 22, 2017, at the age of 49;
George Young died on 22 October 2017, aged 70.
On 14 October 2017, King Crimson released another contemporary live album, Live in Chicago , recorded on tour in June of the same year. As had been the case with its two predecessors, it included new material (in this case “Bellscape & Orchestral Werning”, “The Errors” and “Interlude”); it also…
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On 13 October 2017, it was announced that Rieflin would be unable to join the Three Over Five Formation on the 2017 Autumn tour in the U.S. He was temporarily replaced by Seattle-based Crafty Guitarist Chris Gibson.
Music videos for “Lose Yourself” and the 2017 version of “Suzie” were released on 6 October
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Proud Like a God , Guano Apes released Proud Like a God XX on 6 October 2017.