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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.

Two tours, five bands, all clutch.

A tour story.

With Wolfmother and The Sword.

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.

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.

Clutch will be hitting the U.S. this spring for a short run of tour dates, including the inaugural Earth Rocker Festival.

Check out Full Metal Jackie tonight as she is joined by Kyle Shutt of THE SWORD! Also getting to music from Gojira, Pantera, Behemoth, and more! Tonight at 10pm on 97.9 WGRD!

Groove metal masters the Sword have just released one of the most mesmerizing music videos of the year. In a refreshing turn to the creative, the Sword have unleashed a story within the video for 'The Veil of Isis' that will leave you hitting the replay button over and over again.