Last week, Foo Fighters announced that they will reopen Madison Square Garden for live music on June 20, in what will be the first full-capacity concert in New York City since early March of 2020. The roughly 20,000 attendee concert is open only to those who can show proof of Covid-19 vaccination (or a recent
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Anthrax have released the fifteenth and sixteenth episodes of their Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). You can watch the new
Slipknot have rescheduled the slate of European summer tour dates they announced last December (likely knowing there was a good chance exactly this would end up happening), as many of the festival’s they were slated to play have been canceled for the year. Oh well; they tried. Some bands, like Meshuggah, have already punted their
Baltimore brutalists Misery Index have announced that they’re gonna release a new compliation of rarities and b-sides, Coffin Up the Nails, on July 9. The first single is a fairly straightforward cover of Bolt Thrower’s 1994 classic, “When Glory Beckons.” You can check it out below. Says the band of Coffin Up the Nails: “Much
Wolves in the Throne Room have emerged from a lengthy slumber to deliver a new single and video, “Mountain Magick,” a six-minute black metal adventure about the kids play room at the local McDonald’s in their native Olympia, WA. “Sometimes you just have to let go and embrace your inner child,” explains the band. “During
PRAISE BE DIO!! Unleash the Archers, who released my absolute most favoritest album of 2020, will FINALLY get to take those songs on the road when they headline a 23-date trek of the U.S. in September. Frontwoman Brittney Slayes issued a statement that suggests the band might be playing Abyss in full — the wording
Adding to the furious pace of tour announcements in recent weeks, Black Label Society have unveiled plans for a two-month-long run of the U.S. that goes nearly friggin’ everywhere in the lower 48 (sorry, Montana and Wyoming… still no luck for you. I truly do feel for you folks.). Prong will open, and tickets go
Good news for those of you who are into the more progressive, adventurous varieties of metal: Burial in the Sky are here to scratch every single itch your body has ever or will ever have. On “Anatomy of Us,” an ambitious 13-minute track that begins with a two-minute-long Pink Floyd-esque intro with acoustic guitar and
Crossover metal star Poppy appeared on WWE’s global NXT television program earlier tonight (Tuesday, June 8), to announce the surprise-release of a new five song EP, EAT – NXT Soundtrack. The EP is now live on streaming services. It features five songs, two of which fans have heard before, at least in part: the title
The Alrosa Villa in Columbus, OH operated as a music venue for 45 years, but perhaps is best known outside the immediate area as the site of Dimebag Darrel’s murder. December 8, 2004 is one of those “where were you when you found out?” moments, metalheads’ version of the JFK assassination; everyone’s got a story.
That Kid Rock slings homophobic slurs around like they’re candy from a piñata shouldn’t be all that shocking to anyone. Rock — aka Bob Ritchie Jr. — hasn’t exactly been a torch-bearer for PC culture over the past several years. Nevertheless, his latest public incident has got the culture wars as fired up as ever.
Linkin Park’s song “In the End,” from their 2000 breakthrough album Hybrid Theory, has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. The song’s music video reached the same milestone on YouTube last summer. It has since eclipsed 1.2 billion views. Chart Data, a music industry charts, awards and industry news aggregator, was the first to report
L.A. Rats, the new supergroup featuring Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie guitarist John 5, and former Rob Zombie drummer Tommy Clufetos, have released an animated music video for their take on the song “I’ve Been Everywhere.” You can check it out below. The track written by Geoff Mack, popularized by Lucky
On Saturday, June 5, George Lynch reunited with Dokken at the Live United Live Music Festival in Sunbury, Pennsylvania to perform the three songs: “Kiss of Death”, “Tooth and Nail” and “When Heaven Comes Down.” You can watch fan-filmed footage from the reunion below. The classic line-up of Dokken — Don Dokken, Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown — apparently have reunion tour dates booked, although
King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have unveiled the latest entry in their “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos that have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. The duo’s latest video finds them covering ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” along with the masked guitarist, Sidney Jake,
Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has said he’s “justified” in calling his new group KK’s Priest, an obvious attempt to benefit from the name value of his former employers. Downing, who left Judas Priest in 2011 by his own volition and later became sour about not being invited back, launched KK’s Priest last year with two other
Periphery guitarist and mastermind Misha “Bulb” Mansoor has released a new solo single called “Echo Teuffel.” And if you’re wondering, yes, the title does come from the brand of guitar on which the track was composed. Explains Mansoor: “This song is aptly titled because it was born of me jamming on my rather unique Teuffel
Anthrax have released the fourteenth episodes of their Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). Each album will get three
The organizers behind Voragos, a new 5-day rock cruise that will set sail in February of 2022, are betting that audiences rabid to get back to the live concert experience after a year and a half are ready to pack aboard cruise ships again now that the pandemic is fading into the rearview in America
Just a few months before the pandemic shut the world down, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato joined Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell on stage for the latter’s solo show in Los Angeles, performing the Chains classics “Would?” and “Down in a Hole,” (tackling Layne Stayley’s parts) and a cover of “Who’ll Stop