16 – Daughtry bassist Josh Paul announced that he was leaving the band after fifteen years. He previously left the band in 2012 and returned the next year.[3]
20 – singer and actor Meat Loaf died at the age of 74.[4]
Danielle Bradbery released her first studio album in five years, In Between: The Collection.
Crowbar released their first studio album in six years, Zero and Below.
6 – The Industrial Strength Tour, featuring Ministry, Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity, began at Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore, Maryland; the tour was initially scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but was postponed to spring 2021, then to fall, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later to its current date.[14][15][16]
18 – Stabbing Westward released their first studio album in 21 years, Chasing Ghosts.
25 – longtime Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia, where the band was scheduled to play a show that night. He was 50 years old.[17]
17 − Dan Reed Network released their first studio album in four years, Let's Hear It For The King.
20 – Due to internal struggles between himself and the band, Live fired its co-founder and lead guitarist, Chad Taylor. Later in the year, it was confirmed by former lead singer Chris Shinn that Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey were also fired from Live, leaving singer Ed Kowalczyk as the only founding member still in the band.[23]
Unwritten Law released their first studio album in eleven years, The Hum. It was the band's first studio album in 20 years to feature original drummer Wade Youman, with his last studio album being 2002's Elva.
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5 – The Interrupters released their first studio album in four years, In the Wild.
11 – Blink-182 announced that guitarist and co-founder Tom DeLonge has rejoined the band after leaving in 2015; DeLonge subsequently replaced Matt Skiba, who had been his replacement.[28]
4 – The Welcome Wagon released their first studio album in five years, Esther.
7 – Flyleaf announced the return of original lead vocalist Lacey Sturm, who had left following the recording of 2012's New Horizons. The band also announced that they would now be known as "Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm".
11 – Chelsea Grin released their first studio album in four years, Suffer in Hell, the first half of a double album. The second half, Suffer in Heaven, will be released in March 2023.
9 – Lionheart released their first album in five years, Welcome to the West Coast III, a sequel to 2017's Welcome to the West Coast II.
SZA released her first album in five years, SOS.[34]
13 – Bryce Leatherwood was crowned the winner of the twenty-second season of The Voice, bodie was runner-up. Morgan Myles, Omar Jose Cardona, and Brayden Lape finished in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
16 – Ab-Soul released his first studio album in six years, Herbert.
Nostalghia released her first studio album in four years, Wounds.
Tiffany released her first studio album in four years, Shadows.
While going on indefinite hiatus, Circa Survive released their first studio album in five years, Two Dreams.
