ron Maiden today announces the highly anticipated North American dates of their critically acclaimed Run For Your Lives World Tour. In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the band will be performing at stadiums and major amphitheaters across the United...
Bobby Caughron
Bobby Caughron is a music journalist and Editor-In-Chief for XS ROCK. He began a life-long fan of hard rock and metal music after hearing KISS as a kid. He is still an avid fan of the 80s metal scene and continues to discover and write about new music in all rock genres today.
As SLASH gears up for the release of Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival—an electrifying Blues-filled live album and concert film—fans can now dive into the latest single “Crossroads (Live),” Raw, unfiltered, and steeped in the spirit of the Delta...
After amassing tens of millions of streams, shaking the charts, touring with bands like From Ashes To New, Asking Alexandria, and Skillet, and performing with 30 Seconds to Mars, all the while earning critical acclaim from Loudwire and New...
Swedish Thrash Metal powerhouse MEZZROW return with their forthcoming studio album “Embrace The Awakening”, to be released via ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music. Coming on 2-CD Digipak including the Keep It True – Live bonus album....
A STATEMENT FROM THE CULT’S IAN ASTBURY AND BILLY DUFFY Mother Nature has a cycle of change and evolution that is inevitable. The moon’s phases change, tides rise and fall. Change is necessary for creation and rebirth. It is...
Surprises are rare and wonderful. When music decides to just show up and strut and rock and roll and stomp with swagger, swing and raw energy all over you, that’s the rarest surprise and Michael Monroe does not disappoint...
Puscifer, the multi-dimensional band featuring Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell and Carina Round releases Normal Isn’t, their first new album in over five years, on Feb. 6 via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG. The record channels the post-punk influences that shaped...
The members of JUDAS PRIEST were very pleased to donate $100,000 US to the LAFD before their show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 19th, 2025. This was a contribution from the band to help...
Meet Sapient Scar, the new hard rock/metal band exploding onto the scene with their debut single and video, “Weak is the Weapon.” The track hits like a freight train — heavy, melodic, and unapologetically aggressive. Fronted by VK Lynne...
Chicago’s own Louis Svitek, the renowned guitarist behind legendary bands like Ministry, M.O.D., Mindfunk, and Pigface, is back with a powerhouse new project—Sviteknology. Combining raw energy, seasoned musicianship, and hard-hitting riffs, Sviteknology carves out a fresh yet familiar sonic...
