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Mammoth, Papa Roach and Halestorm are among the big tour announcements, while Ohana Fest also revealed their 2025 lineup this past week.

Baroness, The Black Keys and a Rilo Kiley reunion head up this week's tour announcements, while the Bourbon & Beyond festival has been revealed for 2025.

It was a light batch of new tours in a holiday week, but there's still some interesting shows, residencies and a significant festival announced this past week.

Have a look at the blistering new cover.

'After 15 years of non-stop recording and touring, The Sword will take a hiatus following their U.S. shows at the beginning of October,' wrote the band.

See where they're playing and catch their most recent video as well.

Kyuss, Clutch and the Galactic Cowboys provide a great soundtrack while you're driving to and from "Solo: A Star Wars Story" this weekend.

Kyle Shutt, one of The Sword's founding members, speaks with Full Metal Jackie about the band's sixth studio album.

Plus a Metallica chart feat, a Sammy Hagar accolade, a health update from The Ghost Inside's Jonathan Vigil and more in Wire-to-Wire.

Catch the band right at the start of their tour support for their new album with this special hometown show.

Plus get news on a new Deftones beer, a Between the Buried and Me song preview, Exodus' timeline for a new album and more in Wire-to-Wire.

Two years after The Sword released their acoustic album they're back and so is the distortion.