Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Zakk Wylde says that he is open to making another studio album with Ozzy Osbourne, less than two months after it was announced that the guitarist would be rejoining Ozzy's backing group for all the singer's upcoming 2017 solo show dates. Wylde will Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
DANZIG will hit the road with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY before the Glenn Danzig-fronted band's appearance at Riot Fest on September 16 in Chicago, Illinois where they will play their groundbreaking album "Danzig III: How The Gods Kill" live from start to Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
MEGADETH is planning on returning to the studio at the end of the year to begin work on the follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" album. The Dave Mustaine-fronted band is currently touring North America with MESHUGGAH and will play arenas later in the year as the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Armed with a Top 15 single at Active Rock and Mainstream Rock radio, just named YouTube’s “Artist On The Rise” for the band’s gritty and infectious debut track “Highway Tune” (more than 400,000 plays since mid-April), and a group conviction to bring Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Coffeehouses are by their very nature warm and inviting environments. The smell of fresh brewed coffee hangs in the air, comfy chairs and sofas are scattered about, friends engaged in conversation are huddled together while solo word warriors peck away at their Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
During the height of the nu-metal wave in the early 2000’s, a few bands stood tall above the rest and provided rock fans with something unique. Keeping their long record of success going last year with the release of their album, Love, Lies & Therapy, veteran rockers Saliva are Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Twenty-five years after the release of their most well-known hit, To Be With You, Mr. Big is releasing their ninth studio album, Defying Gravity, via Frontiers Records (July 21). And achieving what many bands with longevity have not been able to, all of the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
On May 27 2017, Atreyu played at the Blackest of the Black Fest in Oak Canyon Park, Silverado, California. Oak Canyon Park is a sprawling 750-acre forested area in Orange County with mountains, a lake, plus fishing & camping. It Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Newton’s first law of motion is often stated as: “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.” So what does that have to do with music? Science is Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
"The End Of The End" chronicles the final tour from the band that spawned the metal genre — BLACK SABBATH. On February 4, 2017, SABBATH stormed the stage in their hometown of Birmingham, to play the 81st and final triumphant gig of "The End" tour. Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
With the recent announcement of their 2012 album Blood becoming Certified Gold in the U.S. on May 10th and the release of their sixth studio album Ritual set to be released July 21st, Maria Brink (lead singer), Chris Howorth (lead guitarist), Randy Weitzel (rhythm Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Following the success of Megadeth’s 2016 full-length, 'Dystopia,' the thrash legends are excited to start creating another record. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Since releasing their groundbreaking debut album almost 40 years ago, Van Halen have demonstrated an impressive knack for coming up with increasingly distinctive cover art. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Danzig will be plenty warmed up by the time they hit the Riot Fest stage. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Red hot rockers Greta Van Fleet have announced plans to launch a U.S. headlining tour later this summer. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
See the band's final performance in theaters for one night only. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
The two got into it on Twitter, Shamaya calling him an "anal gland" amongst other things. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Black Sabbath's last-ever concert will the subject of a new film screening in theaters across the world this September. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
The two got into it on Twitter, Shamaya calling him an "anal gland" amongst other things. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
We count down the best albums in metalcore's history. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
In Flames have branded their own limited edition pink pepper gin. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
THE WINERY DOGS, the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB), legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
"The Rise Of Chaos", the official music video for the title track of the new album from German/American metallers ACCEPT, can be seen below. The disc will be released on August 4 via Nuclear Blast. ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann told Spain's MariskalRock TV about "The Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
The Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman put together a mix of classic and modern albums, ranging from 1982 to 2011. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Southern Lord recently announced the label's new partnership with legendary New York City-based noise rock group UNSANE for the September 29 release of the band's eighth studio album, "Sterilize". The disc closes a five-year gap since the 2012 release of UNSANE's Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
"Down Life's Page", a new song from ALL 41, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's debut album, "World's Best Hope", which will be released July 7 via Frontiers Music Srl. ALL 41 is not just another Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Now nearly 35 years into their career, Night Ranger have been on a creative run with their past three albums, including their latest, Don’t Let Up, which was released earlier this year. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
In a new interview with 'People,' Vicky Cornell opens up about Chris Cornell's death and his issues with addiction. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
This past Saturday (June 24), fifty thousand people attended the first annual Firenze Rocks festival in Florence, Italy to witness an unforgettable concert, the largest of PEARL JAM singer Eddie Vedder's solo career. Evening at the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
The Claypool Lennon Delirium are covering some classic-rock royalty on their upcoming EP. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Watch The Winery Dogs' 'Elevate' performance from their upcoming 'Dog Years: Live in Santiago & Beyond 2013-2016' collection. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Now that Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is 'unofficially retired' from touring, we may see him as a judge for 'American Idol.' Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
According to TMZ, Nikki Sixx is in talks with "American Idol" about joining the judges panel. The producers of the singing competition show and ABC want the MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist as the third judge on the rebooted program, which will be Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Wacken Open Air, one of the world's largest heavy metal music festivals, and the Hall Of Heavy Metal History, have joined forces to induct legendary guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman into the Hall Of Heavy Metal History. A special Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
The war of words isn't over as Corey Taylor gets in his latest dig at Nickelback's Chad Kroeger. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
While fans are waiting on Ace Frehley to rejoin KISS, there's a consolation now that Gene Simmons has teamed up with the guitarist to write a pair of songs. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 28, 2017
Doug Aldrich says that Ronnie James Dio and Gene Simmons should both be credited for popularizing the famous rock n' roll "devil horns." The late BLACK SABBATH and RAINBOW singer is frequently recognized for making Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
The new rock documentary "Hired Gun: Out Of The Shadows, Into The Spotlight" will receive a one-night showing on Thursday night (June 29) at several hundred North American locations through Fathom Events. The film chronicles the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Corey Taylor has once fired back at Chad Kroeger after the latter blasted STONE SOUR as "NICKELBACK Lite" and called out Taylor for alleging saying that it was "easy" to write a hit song. Asked about the remarks on the KISW 99.9 radio station at this Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Gregor Mackintosh has revealed that "Fear Those Who Fear Him", the third album from his VALLENFYRE project, will likely be the band's final release. The PARADISE LOST songwriter and guitarist broke the news during an interview Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. A few excerpts from the interview follow below. Dead Rhetoric: How is your health these days following your second surgery in the fall of 2014 for Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Brazilian/Swedish metallers SHADOWSIDE will release their new album, "Shades Of Humanity", in Japan on July 26 via Spiritual Beast, in North America/Europe on July 28 via EMP Label Group (the U.S.-based label of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson), and in Brazil Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
This fall, CATTLE DECAPITATION will headline the the "North American Extinction Tour Part II: Inhuman Beings", with support from REVOCATION, FULL OF HELL and ARTIFICIAL BRAIN. The trek will run from Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian has joined TRAUMA, best known as the band that Cliff Burton played with prior to hooking up with METALLICA. "TRAUMA is thrilled to welcome Greg Christian to our band," says the band in a statement. "His creative bass Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has revealed that he recently co-wrote two songs with former bandmate Ace Frehley for the latter's next solo studio album. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH's June 24 performance at Montebello Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec, can be seen below. MEGADETH has spent more than a year on the road promoting "Dystopia", which arrived in January 2016. The group is currently touring Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi has confirmed that he will release a live album and DVD of his performance of the band's entire 1994 self-titled album, recorded in 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. Corabi Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Michael Schenker is one of the most significant rock guitarists in the history of music. He has mesmerized the rock community since the '70s with his characteristic guitar play and contributed not only to SCORPIONS classics such as Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Gene Simmons has co-written two songs for Ace Frehley's next solo album, the KISS bassist/vocalist has revealed. The news of the two former KISS bandmates' collaboration was broken by the bassist/vocalist as he was Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
On June 27, 2012, Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe was arrested in Prague under manslaughter charges following the death of a fan. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Check out photos and our review of Megadeth's Boston show in support of their latest album, 'Dystopia,' with Meshuggah, TesseracT and Lillake opening. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Scream for me, Iron Maiden fans! There's a new comic book on the way based off the band's mobile video game, 'The Legacy of the Beast.' Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Speaking with Loudwire Nights' Toni Gonzalez, Skillet's John Cooper discusses 'Back From the Dead's' origins, the 'Serenity of Summer' tour and more. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
The Amity Affliction have covered The Weeknd's 2015 hit 'Can't Feel My Face' for the latest edition of Fearless Records’ 'Punk Goes Pop' compilation series. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
STYX’s highly anticipated and critically acclaimed 16th studio album, THE MISSION, has rocketed to the top of various Billboard’s charts thanks to a solid album that has connected with their longtime fans as well as new fans who are discovering them for the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
According to Nerdist, Heavy Metal will unleash an IRON MAIDEN comic book this summer. Based on the mobile role-playing game Iron Maiden: Legacy Of The Beast, the comic is set to feature the band's longtime mascot Eddie battling through the worlds of Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
There are just a little more than 100 Motley Crue tracks to choose from for our list of Top 50 Motley Crue Songs. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
The Ramones' "Swallow My Pride" became the lone Top 40 U.K. hit from 1977's 'Leave Home.' Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Suicidal Tendencies tear it up onstage and at the skate park in their new music video for 'Living for Life.' Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Wovenwar rock with full power in a performance-based clip for 'Cascade.' Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
John Entwistle’s death attracted as much attention as he always had onstage with the Who. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Cattle Decapitation will hit the road with Revocation, Full of Hell and Artificial Brain in the fall. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST will release their new album, "Medusa", on September 1 via Nuclear Blast. With this fifteenth full-length release, the legends are returning to their early beginnings, delivering their heaviest record of the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Featuring supporting acts Veil of Maya and Thousand Below, and free gifts for all attendees. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Members of Hundredth and Being as an Ocean have posted photos and offered an update after their tour bus caught fire while on the Vans Warped Tour. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
U.K. neighbors Jimmy Page and Robbie Williams still probably won't be attending one another's barbecues anytime soon, but the pair's long-running public feud appears to have ended. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
"A New Dimension", the new video from KEE OF HEARTS, the project featuring singer Tommy Heart (FAIR WARNING) and guitarist Kee Marcello (ex-EUROPE), can be seen below. The song is taken from KEE OF HEARTS' Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
"Living For Life", the new video from California crossover thrash/hardcore punk legends SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Pep Williams and edited by Scott O'Malley for Guerilla Press. "Living For Life" is taken from Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
The GRAHAM BONNET BAND has announced the addion of Joey Tafolla as the group's new guitarist. Effective immediately, Joey will be joining the band for all upcoming tour dates and the recording of a new GRAHAM BONNET BAND album, the follow-up to last Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for "The Rise Of Chaos", the title track and first single from German/American metallers ACCEPT, can be seen below. The disc will be released on August 4 via Nuclear Blast. ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Breaking Benjamin's 'I Will Not Bow' has become the band's second double platinum certified single. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
These two boys nail Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' hit 'In the End' with surprising ease! Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Tony Iommi has revisited the idea of collaborating with Queen guitarist Brian May in a new interview, and hints at another Black Sabbath show in England. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Corey Taylor says Jim Root wasn’t happy in Stone Sour, but the departure was difficult for Corey, who felt like everyone blamed him for it. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Classical music and classic rock collide as AXS TV presents STYX frontman Tommy Shaw in the premiere of the 2016 concert special "Sing For The Day! Tommy Shaw And Contemporary Youth Orchestra", airing Sunday, July Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Jimmy Iovine told Howard Stern during a wide-ranging interview that he secretly juggled commitments to multiple major clients on at least one infamous occasion. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
With their sixth studio album, 1982's Eye in the Sky, the Alan Parsons Project made a break with tradition — and scored their biggest hit in the bargain. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
"Cascade", the new video from WOVENWAR — the band featuring the talents of Jordan Mancino (drums), Nick Hipa (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California-based metal act AS I LAY DYING, and Shane Blay (vocals) of OH, SLEEPER — can be seen below. The clip was directed Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
According to The Pulse Of Radio, TOOL bassist Justin Chancellor said in an interview on the MetalSucks podcast that the band is about "90 percent there" in terms of writing its long-awaited fifth studio album. Chancellor revealed: "We're about 90 percent there, it's Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
London, U.K.-based custom jewelry company Seventh Circle Artworks has teamed up with the godfathers of industrial metal MINISTRY to bring you the official MINISTRY ring and pendant. Both the ring and pendant feature the iconic "anarchy' M logo, and Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Carole King's 2016 appearance at London's Hyde Park brought the acclaimed singer-songwriter back to the U.K. for the first time in nearly three decades. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix recently said the nu-metal backlash was due in part to people's dislike for Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 27, 2017
Corey Taylor says that everybody blamed him for Jim Root's exit from STONE SOUR, which made it more "difficult" for the two of them to tour together as members of SLIPKNOT. STONE SOUR in 2015 named Martucci as the permanent replacement Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
"The Uprising", the six-song EP from former SUPERJOINT RITUAL and PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS guitarist Marzi Montazeri and ex-JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, can be Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
In a career first, iconic musician and TV and film star Ice-T will appear on "The Howard Stern Show" as the featured "in-studio" guest this Wednesday, June 28 at 9 a.m. EST. Be sure to tune in to SiriusXM's Howard 100 channel to hear the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Metal Maya has announced two special tribute sets by heavy metal all-star band METAL ALLEGIANCE. Metal Maya — a four-day all-inclusive heavy metal destination festival vacation from October 29 to November 2 at the luxurious Now Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
KLAQ's Lisa Sanchez recently conducted an interview with the four members of PAPA ROACH. You can now watch the chat below. When asked why they think the "nu metal" genre — which PAPA ROACH got lumped into in the late 1990s — got Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Metal Wani's Adam Hayward conducted an interview with vocalist/lead guitarist Joel O'Keeffe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held June 9-11 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's June 26 concert at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden can be seen below. Kerry King recently once again said that he was "definitely open" to having fellow SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt contribute to the Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
It was a very good opening week for Nickelback on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Find out where the band placed on the Billboard Album Chart with their recent disc 'Feed the Machine.' Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
The all-star collective Metal Allegiance will play sets honoring Lemmy Kilmister and Cliff Burton during their appearance at the 2017 Metal Maya Festival. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
As legendary as Ozzy is, you don’t often hear him talking about his top records, so this list is particularly interesting. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
On July 21, Swedish hard rock veterans EUROPE will share their unique 30th-anniversary performance of "The Final Countdown" from London's legendary Roundhouse. "The Final Countdown 30th Anniversary Show - Live At The Continue Reading...
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
We got a preview of how this combustible duo would work together when Brian May appeared on Tony Iommi's self-titled 2000 solo album. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Vote for either In This Moment's 'Oh Lord' or I Prevail's 'Alone' in this Loudwire Cage Match. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
We've collected over thirty years' worth of vintage magazine ads and promotional posters from the mighty Metallica. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Select issues of Marvel Comics titles will put some of the publisher's best-loved characters in the middle of classic rock album covers later this year. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
After a public vote, the three offspring of Toronto's famous Capybaras have been named after the three members of Rush. Continue reading…
Posted On Jun 26, 2017
Watch the band's new 'Go to War' video from their upcoming album, 'The Stories We Tell Ourselves.' Continue reading…