Metal News for April 13, 2020
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No Live Concerts Until Fall 2021?
The impact that the lockdown initiated to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had on the music industry - and on live music industry in particular - in just a few weeks has already been ruinous. And it would seem the touring business may remain on hold for much longer than expected.
While some bands have been rescheduling for mid or late summer, some other major festivals and events have been postponed to fall or 2021. Metal booking agent Daniel DeFonce of Continental Touring expressed his fears that touring won’t likely be happening again until 2021.
Now, in a recently published feature at The New York Times about restarting the American economy, it seems that even that assessment could be too short-sighted:
Bioethicist Zeke Emanuel - vice provost for global initiatives and director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute at the University of Pennsylvania; host of a new podcast about coronavirus, ‘Making the Call‘; and author of the upcoming book ‘Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?‘ - thinks: More...
From the Vastland Premiere New Song & Lyric Video
Scandinavian black metal outfit From the Vastland premiere a new song and lyric video entitled "Khan e Aval", taken from their upcoming new album "The Hath Khan", which will be jointly released on April 30 by Satanath Records and Iron, Blood And Death Corporation.
Check out now "Khan e Aval" below.
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