The Bay Strikes Back was a concert tour featuring Bay Area thrash metal bands Testament, Exodus and Death Angel.
Death Angel was promoting their ninth album Humanicide, while the tour predated the release of Testament's thirteenth studio album Titans of Creation by around two months.
[1][2][3] Other than two shows in Northern California in October and November 2021, the European leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour was the last tour that drummer Gene Hoglan did with Testament before he left the band in January 2022.
[4] A North American leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour took place in April and May 2022.
[5] The North American leg of The Bay Strikes Back tour was also Testament's first major tour with onetime drummer Dave Lombardo, who replaced Hoglan in March 2022.