The LA "Special Arena" show and the new album

Discussion

Prediction: METAL FOURTH is the most intensive collaboration album yet from BM. The LA show has been scheduled in such a way that almost all of the collaborations from METAL FOURTH will be played live so that they can be recorded.

Supporting reasoning:
- The logistics of the date make sense and seems to have been agreed/discussed amongst many different parties. See below.
- Poppy's NA leg #2 ends before this show and she will likely be on break; resides in CA so easy to get to. (Poppy has been on absolutely insane tour schedule - respect - she deserves a break).
- Spiritbox's NA leg #2 schedule starts in LA one week after this show; no reason why they can't be there.
- Polyphia hasn't announced any tour dates so theoretically open, they have collaborated in the past.
- Slaughter to Prevail have nothing that weekend (they are scheduling before and after but this date is open) and these dates are in the US
- Morello lives in LA, and METALI has been a staple of the current US tour.
- The likelihood of all of the artists going to Japan in January is.... low (IMHO).
- This is the best opportunity to get live recordings of these performances from a scheduling perspective, so therefore it is the most likely time for it to happen.
- BM are not known for playing extensively long shows, and they have no opener for this performance. Adding all of these collaborations into the live performance mix really adds a lot of weight to the "Special Arena Show". I would expect teasers of potential live collabs in the leadup to this show to build it up.

Counter Reasoning:
- Bloodywood will be on their EU tour, playing that day in Berlin - this is more of a half counter as they will have toured all summer with BM and there are plenty of opportunities to get a good live recording.
- The record label/BM do not care about live recordings(?) of these collabs as they have been using videos on their US tour. It is simpler to just do that.
- The on stage logistics of organizing this are too complicated and involve too many moving parts to make financial sense for a one-off performance.
- Nothing this cool is ever allowed to happen so therefore it won't.

Posted Jul 9, 2025, 2:17 AM UTC

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