Avenged Sevenfold will 'Carry On' with a new album in 2013 titled 'Hail to the King,' marking their second release since the tragic loss of drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan.
Tool are set to return in 2013 with a new album, which will mark the fifth full-length studio release of new material from their 22-year reign as the kings of prog metal.
Alice in Chains will return in 2013 with 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here,' their second album since the tragic loss of Layne Staley. Despite Staley's absence, AIC released one of the best hard rock albums of 2009 and we expect even more from the grunge heavyweights in 2013.
Queens of the Stone Age's upcoming sixth studio, which is due in June and titled '...Like Clockwork,' has made our list of the most anticipated albums of the year for the past three years running. However, we're foaming at the mouth for the long awaited follow-up to 'Era Vulgaris' now that Dave Grohl has returned to play drums.