Progressive metal

Music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock

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2024 In January 2024, Keenan was promoted to black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
December 2024 Band releases a 7" single of 'Tower' during a legal battle with their former record label, featuring a piano version and a live version.
December 2024 Following the tour's conclusion in São Paulo, drummer Nicko McBrain retired from touring, with Simon Dawson announced as his touring replacement.
September 19 2024 The band announced their 26th global tour, Run For Your Lives World Tour, set to start in May 2025 to celebrate their 50th anniversary and focus on their first nine studio albums.
July 2024 Sadowsky announced a Limited Edition Jason Newsted Signature model, marking Newsted's first collaboration with the company since the endorsement began in 1997. This special edition consists of 13 bass guitars, including eight 4-string models and five 5-string models.
April 2024 Johannes Eckerström confirms the band is writing material for their tenth studio album, planned for release in the second half of 2025.
March 8 2024 Sonata Arctica released their eleventh studio album Clear Cold Beyond.
March 1 2024 Avatar released the EP 'Going Hunting' under the Black Waltz label.
February 2 2024 Avatar released the EP 'Whisper the Unspeakable Collection' under the Black Waltz label.
2023 Released single 'The Dirt I'm Buried In' and a duet 'Violence No Matter What' with Lzzy Hale from the 'Dance Devil Dance' album
2023 Avatar releases the music video 'Chimp Mosh Pit' directed by Johan Carlén from their album Dance Devil Dance
October 13 2023 Sonata Arctica released 'First in Line', the first single from their eleventh studio album Clear Cold Beyond.
October 6 2023 Iron Maiden performed at the Power Trip festival, drawing nearly 100,000 people.
September 2023 Band achieves their first Billboard Mainstream Rock no. 1 single with 'The Dirt I'm Buried In'.
August 2023 The band's song 'The Dirt I'm Buried In' reached number 1 on the US rock radio chart, becoming the song with the longest journey to number 1 in the last 20 years.
May 2023 The band started their 25th global tour, The Future Past World Tour, with a concert in Ljubljana.
May 20 2023 Newsted performed their first show in nearly a decade at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
April 2023 Jason Newsted announced the reactivation of his band and their first show in nearly a decade, scheduled for May 20.
February 17 2023 Ninth studio album 'Dance Devil Dance' is released.
February 1 2023 Iron Maiden received their second nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
January 2023 Iron Maiden were honoured by Royal Mail UK with dedicated postal stamps and cards.
2022 Released album 'Dance Devil Dance' with singles 'Valley of Disease' and 'Dance Devil Dance'
2022 Avatar releases two music videos from their album Dance Devil Dance: 'Dance Devil Dance' and 'The Dirt I'm Buried In', both directed by Johan Carlén
2022 Bruce Dickinson ceased flying 'Ed Force One' after being a commercial airline pilot for Astraeus for many years.
2022 Stratovarius released their latest studio album 'Survive'
October 2022 James Hetfield admitted that the song 'All Within My Hands' was about Jason Newsted's departure from Metallica, expressing his dissatisfaction during the initial writing sessions without him.
September 23 2022 The band released their album Survive after tracking it at Kotipelto's studio.
July 14 2022 Avatar plays their 1000th show at the Cadot Rock Fest.
2021 In November 2021, Keenan was promoted to brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by 6th degree black belt Luis Heredia.
2021 Johannes Eckerström starts playing piano and keyboards for the band.
2021 Released album 'Going Hunting' with singles 'Going Hunting', 'Barren Cloth Mother', 'So Sang the Hollow', 'Construction of Souls', and 'Cruel and Unusual'
September 3 2021 The band released their seventeenth studio album 'Senjutsu', which reached the top of best-seller lists in 27 countries and the top three in 55 countries.
September 1 2021 Single 'Barren Cloth Mother' is released. Band announces split from eOne and creates their own label, Black Waltz Records.
August 31 2021 Single 'Going Hunting' is released ahead of the Going Hunting Tour.
July 15 2021 Iron Maiden released a video for 'The Writing on the Wall', their first song in six years, directed by Nicos Livesey.
April 2021 Former band members Paul Di'Anno, Blaze Bayley, and illustrator Derek Riggs were inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame.
2020 At the 62nd Grammy Awards, Tool won Best Metal Performance for the track '7empest' from the album Fear Inoculum.
2020 Avatar releases three music videos from their album Hunter Gatherer: 'Silence in the Age of Apes', 'Colossus', and 'A Secret Door', all directed by Johan Carlén
October 2020 The band announced a live album 'Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in Mexico City', recorded during three sold-out concerts with a combined audience of over 70,000 people.
August 7 2020 Released eighth studio album 'Hunter Gatherer' via eOne, continuing their musical journey.
May 14 2020 Music video for 'Silence in the Age of Apes' is released.
May 5 2020 Band announces the album 'Hunter Gatherer' and its release date of 7 August 2020.
May 1 2020 Band announces the end of the 'Avatar Country' era and teases their upcoming album with the question 'Will you hunt with us?'
2019 Avatar released two media productions: a documentary titled 'With Horns in the Air – A Very Special Message from Avatar' and a short film called 'Legend of Avatar Country', both directed by Johan Carlén.
December 2019 Avatar begins recording their next album at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles.
September 6 2019 Talviyö was released via Nuclear Blast.
August 7 2019 Tool released the title track for their album Fear Inoculum across all streaming services.
June 21 2019 The band released a lyric video for 'A Little Less Understanding' and revealed their tenth studio album Talviyö.
May 17 2019 Released the live album 'The King Live in Paris', recorded from their Download Festival 2018 performance
2018 Performed at Download Festival in Paris, which was later recorded and released as the live album 'The King Live in Paris'

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