rock

2011
Manic Street Preachers A Night of National Treasures

On 17 December 2011, the group performed ‘A Night of National Treasures’ at O 2 Arena in London to celebrate the band’s 25 years to date, and enter into a period of hiatus where the eleventh studio album was written.

Metallica Beyond Magnetic

On December 13, 2011, the band released Beyond Magnetic , a digital EP release exclusively on iTunes .

Korn Path of Totality release

Korn’s tenth studio album, The Path of Totality , was released on December 6, 2011.

Paramore In the Mourning

and ” In the Mourning ” on December 5.

Bloodhound Gang Pop announced

Pop announced during a radio interview in Boston that the band was working on a new album, featuring around 10 to 12 songs. Many media outlets reported that the name of the album would be Getting Laid on a School Bus with a release date of 2012. On December 4,…
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Killswitch Engage Sixth album update

In an interview with FTC, Gun Shy Assassin, D’Antonio had stated that the band was currently in the works for a sixth studio album: “Currently, everyone is individually writing demos for the next Killswitch Engage record. There is no release date yet, but I would assume it will be out…
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U2 Throughout the 360° Tour, the band worked on multiple projects

Throughout the 360° Tour, the band worked on multiple projects, including a rock album produced by Danger Mouse , a dance record produced by RedOne and will.i.am , and Songs of Ascent . The latter was not completed to their satisfaction, and by December 2011, Clayton admitted it would not…
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New Order (band) subsequent shows in London and South America

They played subsequent shows in London and South America in December and released Live at the London Troxy , a live album from their performance on 10 December 2011 at The Troxy in London.

Aiden (band) Aiden released their fifth studio album Some Kind of Hate on October

Aiden released their fifth studio album Some Kind of Hate on October 25, 2011. It was the last album released on Victory Records, and the second Aiden album released in 2011. A music video for the first single “Broken Bones” was filmed, and premiered on YouTube. In December 2011, the…
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds disbanded immediately following an Australian tour

In December 2011, Grinderman disbanded immediately following an Australian tour. Their final performance was at the Meredith Music Festival in rural Victoria.