Hard rock band A-Z returns with their sophomore album ‘A2Z²‘ out on June 6th, 2025 via Metal Blade Records. Spearheaded by legendary drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord) and along with former Fates Warning bandmate Ray Alder on vocals,...
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.
Dawn Of Ashes was founded in Los Angeles by Kristof Bathory at the turn of the millennium, the group moniker he chose suggestive of ‘the beginning of the end’. Emerging from the industrial and aggrotech genres before expanding into...
Suicidal Tendencies are all set to support Metallica on their new tour and the current version of the band is loaded with talent. The band features Mike Muir on vocals, Tye Trujillo (Metallica’s Robert Trujillo’s son) on bass, Ben...
In anticipation of his upcoming 2025 One Assassination Under God Tour, iconic rock legend MARILYN MANSON has revealed a cover of luminary musician Phil Collins’ seminal song ‘In The Air Tonight.’ The single has been released with the B-side...
Although fans will still have to wait for June 6, 2025 for the release of the star-studded tribute album. ‘Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph,’ a preview of one of the many standout tracks from the release, “Lay It...
Legendary Canadian rockers Anvil have a new album called “One And Only” and they’ve just released the first single and video for the album “Truth Is Dying”. Check out the video below: Anvil will be on tour, and you...
On June 13th internationally, Chris Caffery will release 20 Years of the Music Man via Metalville Records. The Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist presents a very personal selection of 21 songs from his successful solo career, which has now spanned...
FONTAINES D.C. RELEASE DELUXE EDITION OF THEIR ACCLAIMED FOURTH ALBUM ROMANCE OUT TODAY VIA XL RECORDINGS FEATURING NEW SONG “BEFORE YOU I JUST FORGET” ALONGSIDE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE VERSION OF “STARBURSTER / IN HEAVEN (LADY IN THE RADIATOR SONG)”,...
After 20 years since her explosive debut “The Failure Epiphany” and over a decade of silence, Erica Dunham resurrects UNTER NULL with a brand-new song: “Coming Up to Breathe”. More than just a track – it’s a statement. A...
KULA SHAKER’s irrepressible return continues apace as the original line-up announce the release of a brand new single “Charge of The Light Brigade” on Strangefolk Records. Packed with allusions to spiritual vampires and the fairy cavalcade of Celtic folklore,...
