They supported Disturbed on their Indestructible US Tour from April through May 2008.
In April 2008, the band began an acoustic tour on the east coast in various locations with the group Amaru, who is from the same home town. Ronnie said that the tour felt like they were “Getting back where we all started.”
Weiland subsequently left Velvet Revolver in April 2008
The international success of both albums sparked attention from the American market. The band signed to World Records in early April 2008; the label released Start From Skratch on April 15, 2008. Just 2 months later in July 2008, World Records released a re-issue of Third Time’s A Charm .…
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Similar to the announcement that ultimately led to the release of Ghosts I–IV , a post on the band’s website in April 2008 read “2 weeks!”
Hatebreed headlined the second stage on the 2007 Ozzfest tour, that year they also headlined the Monster of Mayhem tour with acts like God Forbid , Terror , The Acacia Strain , Evergreen Terrace and After the Burial . Hatebreed appeared at Wacken Open Air festival in 2008 alongside Iron…
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In 2008, Merge Records released Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology , a 3-disc collection of Big Dipper’s Homestead recordings, with additional material including the unreleased tracks recorded after Michener left. This renewed interest prompted the band to reform for some live shows in April 2008.
Titus Andronicus’s first album, The Airing of Grievances , was released in April 2008 and was described as the sound of a “violent, overblown and irreverent” indie band in a positive review by Pitchfork . The band went on extensive tours of North America and Europe to promote the album…
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On March 29, 2008, the music video for the first single debuted on MTV2’s Headbangers Ball . The video for “A Place of Solace” from the Maniacal CD was directed and shot by David Brodsky and edited by Allison Woest.
Hard copies of the album were released on March 25.