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Watch New Video For “Hymn 66” by KK’s Priest featuring former Judas Priest Members

Watch New Video For “Hymn 66” by KK’s Priest featuring former Judas Priest Members

Oct 1, 20232 min read

The iconic KK’S PRIEST – featuring Judas Priest alum and GRAMMY Award musicians K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with A.J. Mills (guitar), Tony Newton (bass) and Sean Elg (drums) – have finally unveiled their new sophomore…

Watch New Video For Stryper's Michael Sweet's New Project Called

Watch New Video For Stryper’s Michael Sweet’s New Project Called “SOLEDRIVER”

Sep 29, 20232 min read

The upcoming debut album from SOLEDRIVER  (Sweet / Del Vecchio) is a collaboration between two extremely talented and prolific songwriters, musicians, and producers, Michael Sweet (Stryper, Boston, Iconic, Sweet & Lynch) and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge Of Forever, Hardline, Jorn). The…

Watch The Brand New Video By Europe For

Watch The Brand New Video By Europe For “Hold Your Head Up”, First New Music In Six Years

Sep 28, 20231 min read

Europe has returned with a brand new single “Hold Your Head Up”. No need to wait for The Final Countdown, you can watch it right here: https://youtu.be/KOjxcunm2sc Europe recorded the song at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm with producer Klas Åhlund…

Stryper Ugly Christmas Sweater

Stryper Announces Ugly Christmas Sweater

Sep 27, 20231 min read

Imagine finding this under the tree on Christmas morning! One of the coolest items we’ve ever offered in the Stryper store. Featuring a classic “ugly Christmas” design, the sweater is incredibly soft, comfortable and well-crafted. The band recently got to…

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Listen To Brand New Lynch Mob Song “Caught Up”!

Sep 27, 20232 min read

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the newest studio album from Lynch Mob, “Babylon”. The band is known for its high energy, guitar-driven, hard rock vibe, while featuring elements of classic rock, blues, and metal,…

Firehouse Singer C.J. Snare To Miss Performances Because Of Doctor's Orders

Firehouse Singer C.J. Snare To Miss Performances Because Of Doctor’s Orders

Sep 27, 20231 min read

Firehouse vocalist C.J. Snare has posted the following on the Official Firehouse Facebook Page regarding his upcoming surgery: TO ALL OUR FANS. IT BREAKS MY HEART TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, BECAUSE OF DOCTOR’S ORDERS, I WILL NOT BE PERFORMING…

80s Metal Band Lostboys Featuring Odin Singer Get New Demo Album Release

80s Metal Band Lostboys Featuring Odin Singer Get New Demo Album Release

Sep 26, 20233 min read

One of the most sensational and exciting frontmen of his time, Randy O made an impact on the industry in his brief career run before eventually walking away from it completely.   Born in Pasadena California, Randy was not too far…

Two Titans Of Christian Metal Face Off For The Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year GMA Dove Award

Two Titans Of Christian Metal Face Off For The Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year GMA Dove Award

Sep 24, 20232 min read

The GMA Dove Awards, the Christian equivalent to the Grammy Awards, has announced their nominees for 2023. Skillet, one of the biggest bands of the past two decades has been a juggernaut when it comes to the Dove Awards. They…

OTEP Unleashes Explosive Rendition of Eminem’s Rap Rage Anthem, “THE WAY I AM”

OTEP Unleashes Explosive Rendition of Eminem’s Rap Rage Anthem, “THE WAY I AM”

Sep 24, 20233 min read

OTEP unleashes her acerbic arsenal with her latest sonic attack, “The Way I Am,” following closely behind the fury-filled shrapnel of her previous single, “Ostracized,” from upcoming album The God Slayer, available worldwide September 15th. OTEP’s unapologetic, nu-metal reimagination of Eminem’s…

WINGER's 1988-1993 ALBUMS COMPILED IN NEW BOX SET, ALONG WITH A BONUS DISC OF DEMOS

WINGER’s 1988-1993 ALBUMS COMPILED IN NEW BOX SET, ALONG WITH A BONUS DISC OF DEMOS

Sep 24, 20234 min read

One of the most-aired hard rock bands on MTV during the late ’80s and early ’90s was Winger, a band who had it all – expert chops, chart success, arena tours, etc. And now for the first time ever, the…

Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Announces New Solo Album 'The Mandrake Project'

Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Announces New Solo Album ‘The Mandrake Project’

Sep 21, 20231 min read

Renowned around the world as one of the greatest and most distinctive heavy metal vocalists of all time, Bruce Dickinson will be releasing a brand new solo album in early 2024 on BMG Records. Entitled The Mandrake Project it sees him reunited…

Watch Queensryche Cover Billy Idol's

Watch Queensryche Cover Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” In New Video

Sep 21, 20231 min read

And now for something completely different…Queensryche gives us their version of the Billy Idol smash hit “Rebel Yell” which is a bonus track on the band’s latest album “Digital Noise Alliance”. https://youtu.be/egNisxVj1LA

Listen To Brand New Dokken Song

Listen To Brand New Dokken Song “Gypsy” From Upcoming Album “Heaven Comes Down”

Sep 20, 20231 min read

Taken from the new album 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏 out 27 October, Dokken has released a new animated video for the brand new song “Gypsy”. https://youtu.be/cXHdy2dTX5s Gypsy is the second song from the new album to be released. Listen to the…

Judas Priest Vocalist Rob Halford’s Solo Albums To Be Released On Vinyl

Judas Priest Vocalist Rob Halford’s Solo Albums To Be Released On Vinyl

Sep 19, 20233 min read

It is universally agreed that one of the greatest heavy metal vocalists of all-time is Rob Halford – who is often referred to as the “Metal God” due to his distinctive, multi-octave singing voice, and his larger-than-life, leather n’ studs…

KK'S PRIEST Premieres Mini Documentary Detailing the Return of K.K. Downing and the Band's Debut Performance

KK’S PRIEST Premieres Mini Documentary Detailing the Return of K.K. Downing and the Band’s Debut Performance

Sep 19, 20233 min read

KK’S PRIEST – the iconic heavy metal group of iconic Judas Priest alum and GRAMMY Award-winning/nominated musicians K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with A.J. Mills (guitar), Tony Newton (bass) and Sean Elg (drums) – will proudly reveal their new…

20 Albums Released In 2023 That 80s Metal Fans Should Hear

20 Albums Released In 2023 That 80s Metal Fans Should Hear

Sep 18, 20239 min read

Each year, it seems that the remaining 80s hard rock and metal bands that are still putting out new music seem to get smaller and smaller.  However, don’t let that discourage you as a metal fan, because at this point…

Listen To BLACK OAK ARKANSAS Version Of MONSTER MAGNET’S “SPACE LORD”!

Listen To BLACK OAK ARKANSAS Version Of MONSTER MAGNET’S “SPACE LORD”!

Sep 18, 20233 min read

It’s been a trying couple of years for one of the most enduring institutions of Southern Rock. In 2021, beloved veterans Black Oak Arkansas lost one of their founding members, guitarist, songwriter, and vibrant, rebellious spirit Rickie Lee Reynolds. Reynolds,…

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Watch Icarus Witch Video for “Rise Of The Witches”

Sep 18, 20234 min read

When a band’s been featured on outlets like The Occult Unveiled podcast and Witches & Pagans Magazine in addition to the world’s biggest hard rock magazines, you can bet a new single called “Rise Of The Witches” isn’t going to follow the…

G3 Tour Returns With Original Lineup Of Steve Vai. Joe Satriani And Eric Johnson

G3 Tour Returns With Original Lineup Of Steve Vai. Joe Satriani And Eric Johnson

Sep 16, 20231 min read

Steve Vai has posted the following update on G3: G3 is back! After close to 30 years, the original G3 lineup will be going out again with myself, Joe & Eric.  I’ve been hoping for this for as long as…

Former Ministry Guitarist Sin Quirin Returns To The Stage With SIGLOS

Former Ministry Guitarist Sin Quirin Returns To The Stage With SIGLOS

Sep 15, 20234 min read

SIGLOS is a heavy metal band combining aspects of Black Metal, Doom Metal, and Industrial Metal. The group features lead guitarist Sin Quirin, formerly of Ministry, Lords of Acid, American Head Charge and Society 1, and lead vocalist Pedro Sanchez…

DANGEROUS TOYS Live Album Gets Reissued & Pressed On Vinyl For The First Time!

DANGEROUS TOYS Live Album Gets Reissued & Pressed On Vinyl For The First Time!

Sep 15, 20232 min read

Dangerous Toys, the bad boys of southern sleaze rock, capped their incredible run of powerful, memorable studio albums in 1999 with a spectacular live album that they deemed simply too good to follow up. Vitamins And Crash Helmets Tour Live thus became…

Kill Devil Hill Reveals Album Cover Art and Track Listing for New Album “Seas Of Oblivion”

Kill Devil Hill Reveals Album Cover Art and Track Listing for New Album “Seas Of Oblivion”

Sep 15, 20235 min read

The artwork for Kill Devil Hill’s third full-length release, “Seas Of Oblivion”, was created by legendary dark artist Mister Sam Shearon who has worked with rock royalty such as Filter, Ministry, Slayer, Rob Zombie, Pantera, Jason Charles Miller and Iron Maiden. The upcoming…

Motorhead Releases 40th Anniversary Edition Of

Motorhead Releases 40th Anniversary Edition Of “Another Perfect Day” With Unreleased Bonus Tracks And Live Album

Sep 14, 20233 min read

Always the most controversial album in Motörhead’s catalog, Another Perfect Day was up against it from the start. After former Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson replaced Fast Eddie Clarke, the band’s sixth studio album presented what Lemmy called a more…

Guitar Shredder Nikki Stringfield Releases her First Solo Album “Apocrypha”

Guitar Shredder Nikki Stringfield Releases her First Solo Album “Apocrypha”

Sep 13, 20233 min read

After gaining notoriety internationally touring with renowned tribute band  The Iron Maidens and original newcomers  Heaven Below, female rocker from Dallas, Texas Nikki Stringfield is set to release her first full-length album featuring her solo work. Described best by Nikki herself, “Apocrypha” is…

Guardian Vocalist Jamie Rowe Returns With Kalamity Kills (Listen To 3 Songs Now!)

Guardian Vocalist Jamie Rowe Returns With Kalamity Kills (Listen To 3 Songs Now!)

Sep 13, 20233 min read

Kalamity Kills, the band identity for the music of Jamie Rowe, has announced their self-titled debut album, “Kalamity Kills.” The album will be released to all digital outlets on September 15th, 2023. Funded by fans via Kickstarter, the album was…

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Steven Tyler Damages Vocal Cords So Bad That It Bleeds…Tour Dates Postponed

Sep 11, 20231 min read

“I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days. I sustained vocal cord damage during Saturday’s show that led to subsequent bleeding. We’ll need to postpone a few dates so that…

You Can Now Watch The Video Concert Of Stryper To Hell with the Devil, Live from SpiritHouse On Multiple Streaming Platforms

You Can Now Watch The Video Concert Of Stryper To Hell with the Devil, Live from SpiritHouse On Multiple Streaming Platforms

Sep 11, 20231 min read

Stryper’s drummer, Robert Sweet had this to say about the release: Exciting News: To Hell with the Devil, Live from SpiritHouse (Video) is now available on some of your favorite video streaming platforms. During the pandemic we recorded and premiered…

Tigertailz to release 4 track 12

Tigertailz to release EP ‘A Little Bit Of Rock’ 

Sep 10, 20231 min read

Tigertailz have announced the following regarding brand new music: Tigertailz to release 4 track 12″ colour vinyl EP ‘A Little Bit Of Rock’ *This will be the first new physical product since 2016 and feature the band’s new singer Ashley Edison.*Side 1…

Watch The Video For “California Demon” by Of Limbo

Watch The Video For “California Demon” by Of Limbo

Sep 9, 20233 min read

The heavy and sinister groove-laden track explores the concept of making a Mephistophelian bargain for diabolical favors to achieve your Hollywood dreams. https://youtu.be/Y8B1ncB_j7Q The song was recorded at Fab Factory Studios and produced by Mike Pepe (Taking Back Sunday, Plain…

Watch New Tesla Video For S.O.S. (Too Bad)

Watch New Tesla Video For S.O.S. (Too Bad)

Sep 9, 20233 min read

The song is a bonus track from their FULL THROTTLE LIVE album that was released on May 26, 2023. The album was recorded live at Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis. https://youtu.be/54pwo5XYHeM “SOS (TOO BAD)” is an old Aerosmith song that…

WhiteCross Returns! Listen To

WhiteCross Returns! Listen To “Man In The Mirror” From New EP

Sep 4, 20232 min read

The 1980s gave rise to the fast-growing Christian rock and metal scene, and Whitecross led the way. Whitecross’s early sound is often compared to Ratt and they have enjoyed a very long run of popularity with a worldwide fan base.…

Ministry “Freaks On Parade” Live Concert Review

Ministry “Freaks On Parade” Live Concert Review

Sep 3, 20233 min read

Date: August 26th, 2023 Venue: Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheater The Freaks On Parade Tour hit Tampa Florida like a hurricane. The concert featured Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Filter, and most importantly, to me, Ministry. I’ve never shied away from the…

Extremely Limited Edition Cannibal Corpse Cassettes Released

Extremely Limited Edition Cannibal Corpse Cassettes Released

Aug 31, 20232 min read

On September 15th internationally, Hells Headbangers will release on cassette tape a grand total of ten albums and one EP from the legendary Cannibal Corpse. Each of these tape editions will be strictly limited to 300 copies and will feature special…

Filter Live Concert Review

Filter Live Concert Review

Aug 31, 20232 min read

Date: August 26th Venue: Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa, FL Filter got the opening spot on the Freaks On Parade tour which also included Ministry, Alice Cooper, and Rob Zombie. Taking the stage around 6:15 pm, just as the sun…

Rob Zombie Live In Tampa 2023

Rob Zombie Live In Tampa 2023

Aug 30, 20231 min read

Live shots from The Freaks On Parade Tour on August 26th, 2023. All photos by Bobby Caughron (XS ROCK)

W.A.S.P. ANNOUNCES THE 7 SAVAGE DELUXE 8LP BOXSET FROM THEIR ‘CAPITOL YEARS’

W.A.S.P. ANNOUNCES THE 7 SAVAGE DELUXE 8LP BOXSET FROM THEIR ‘CAPITOL YEARS’

Aug 30, 20235 min read

W.A.S.P. announce ‘The 7 Savage: 1984-1992’ deluxe 8LP boxset from their ‘Capitol Years’, with studio album half-speed mastering, LP of bonus tracks, 60 page book, posters and numbered certificate. The 7 Savage: 1984-1992 will be released Friday 27th October 2023…

Watch The New Lynch Mob Video For

Watch The New Lynch Mob Video For “Time After Time” From The New Album “Babylon”

Aug 30, 20233 min read

LYNCH MOB, announces new studio album ‘Babylon’. The band is known for their high energy hard rock and guitar-driven vibe, while featuring elements of classic rock, blues, and metal, with a propensity for improvisation. https://youtu.be/WOx_8rXkCSo Joining revered guitarist and band founder George Lynch (The End…

Alice Cooper Live In Tampa 2023

Alice Cooper Live In Tampa 2023

Aug 29, 20231 min read

Live concert shots of Alice Cooper on The Freaks On Parade Tour on August 26th, 2023. All photos by Bobby Caughron (XSROCK)

Ministry Live In Tampa 2023

Ministry Live In Tampa 2023

Aug 29, 20231 min read

Live shots of Ministry on The Freaks On Parade Tour in Tampa Florida on August 26th, 2023. All photos by Bobby Caughron (XSROCK)

SODOM Announces New EP, '1982'

SODOM Announces New EP, ‘1982’

Aug 28, 20232 min read

Flashback to 1982. It is spring in Essen, Stauderstraße in the Altenessen district, a small musty rehearsal room in an industrial wasteland area. Three long-haired hopefuls have tuned their instruments and are hard at work, recording their first demo tape…

SEVENDUST ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF MASSIVE BOXSET ‘SEVEN OF SEVENDUST’

SEVENDUST ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF MASSIVE BOXSET ‘SEVEN OF SEVENDUST’

Aug 28, 20233 min read

Since their formation in 1994, SEVENDUST have attained success with three consecutive RIAA gold-certified albums, a Grammy nomination, have sold millions of records worldwide, and toured with some of rock’s most renowned names (Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, and Megadeth, among others).…

Former Whitesnake Guitarist Bernie Marsden Dead At 72

Former Whitesnake Guitarist Bernie Marsden Dead At 72

Aug 26, 20235 min read

Former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden who co-wrote some of the band’s many hits including “Here I Go Again’ has passed away at age 72. Marsden’s family has released the following statement regarding his death: On behalf of his family, it…

Filter To Release New Album

Filter Return With One Of The Best Albums Of Their Career With “The Algorithm”

Aug 25, 20232 min read

Filter is always creative with each album outing and their latest, “The Algorithm” is no exception to that rule. This album sees Richard Patrick really reaching for the stars with insightful lyrics, poignant topics and some great new songs that…

Watch Brand New Winger Video For

Watch Winger’s New Music Video For “Voodoo Fire”

Aug 25, 20232 min read

In celebration of their 35 years as a touring and recording act, multi-platinum artist, Winger released ‘Seven’ in May. It’s the 7th studio album from the band and their first new studio album since 2014’s ‘Better Days Comin’’. The album features all…

Watch Iron Allies Featuring Former Accept Members Performing 'Destroyers Of The Night' In New Video

Former Accept Members David Reece And Herman Frank Return With New “Iron Allies” Video For Martyrs Burn

Aug 25, 20232 min read

Following the release of their 2022-debut Blood In Blood Out (AFM Records), IRON ALLIES – featuring former ACCEPT members  Herman  Frank and David Reece – have shared a brand new video for “Martyrs Burn”! The clip for the stomping, heavy riff-anthem, taken off the band’s…

VANDENBERG Return With New Album “SIN”

VANDENBERG Return With New Album “SIN”

Aug 24, 20234 min read

Every album paints a picture. Instead of utilizing a brush and canvas, Vandenberg paints with towering vocals, earthquaking rhythms, and the iconic and instantly recognizable fretwork of guitarist and namesake Adrian Vandenberg. Joined by vocalist Mats Levén, drummer Koen Herfst,…

The Past Meets the Present as Hard Rockers Jetboy Re-Invent Iconic Song “Dream Weaver” 

The Past Meets the Present as Hard Rockers Jetboy Re-Invent Iconic Song “Dream Weaver” 

Aug 24, 20232 min read

After nearly forty years at the forefront of the hard rock scene, Jetboy is, once again, bringing their talents center stage with the release of “Dream Weaver,” a tribute to chart-topping singer-songwriter Gary Wright. The “Dream Weaver,” single is available today through Cleopatra Records and honors…

Listen To New George Lynch Song “Borracho Boogie Delux”

Listen To New George Lynch Song “Borracho Boogie Delux”

Aug 24, 20232 min read

Guitar legend George Lynch will release his sophomore instrumental album “Guitars at The End of the World” via Rat Pak Records on September 08, 2023, an album which features 10 all new studio tracks along with 3 new bonus tracks.…

Heroes Of The Great War

Sabaton Release Heroes Of The Great War EP

Aug 23, 20238 min read

    Introducing Heroes Of The Great WarSecond EP of Echoes Of The Modern Age trilogy OUT NOW!     Following the successful launch of the Weapons Of The Modern Age EP on September 30, 2022, SABATON are excited to announce that Heroes Of…

Watch The Video For “Cold Dark Heart” By Girlschool

Watch The Video For “Cold Dark Heart” By Girlschool

Aug 23, 20233 min read

Forty-Five years young, British hard rock royalty GIRLSCHOOL today releases their hair-raising new single “Cold Dark Heart.” The song is found on the band’s upcoming album, WTFortyfive?,out this Friday via Silver Lining Music. Musically, “Cold Dark Heart” unveils a more…

Amazing Live 1984 Van Halen Concert From The Monsters Of Rock UK Castle Donnington Show Appears On Youtube!

Amazing Live 1984 Van Halen Concert From The Monsters Of Rock UK Castle Donnington Show Appears On Youtube!

Aug 21, 20231 min read

A YouTube user calling themselves Hot Shoe, Burnin’ Down the Avenue has posted a video of the Van Halen concert from 1984 live at the Castle Donnington Festival on their Monsters Of Rock Tour. It’s like travelling in a time…

Former Iron Maiden Vocalist To Release New Album Paul Di'Annos' Warhorse

Former Iron Maiden Vocalist To Release New Album Paul Di’Annos’ Warhorse

Aug 21, 20233 min read

BraveWords.com recently announced the launch of BraveWords Records and now BraveWords Records is excited to announce their debut signing of Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse. Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse will release their first title for BraveWords Records in 2024. The core of the band…

LIMITED EDITION DELUXE CD AND LP BOX SETS OF DIO’S FINAL 4 STUDIO ALBUMS, ‘THE STUDIO ALBUMS: 1996-2004’ TO BE RELEASED

LIMITED EDITION DELUXE CD AND LP BOX SETS OF DIO’S FINAL 4 STUDIO ALBUMS, ‘THE STUDIO ALBUMS: 1996-2004’ TO BE RELEASED

Aug 21, 20234 min read

LIMITED EDITION DELUXE 5LP+7″ & 4 CD BOX SETS FEATURING DIO’S FINAL 4 STUDIO ALBUMS: ANGRY MACHINES, MAGICA, KILLING THE DRAGON, AND MASTER OF THE MOON TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 22NDDIO DOCUMENTARY DREAMERS NEVER DIE TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AND…

Bang Tango Vocalist Joe Leste Suffers Stroke

Bang Tango Vocalist Joe Leste Suffers Stroke

Aug 20, 20232 min read

Lead singer for Bang Tango, Joe Leste has posted the following on his Official Facebook page regarding his recent stroke: Hey Peeps- My blood pressure medicine failed me last week and I had a stroke. I am currently in a…

Listen To The Late Motorhead’s Lemmy Shred On The Rockabilly Track “Paradise”

Listen To The Late Motorhead’s Lemmy Shred On The Rockabilly Track “Paradise”

Aug 20, 20232 min read

The notorious 90s collaboration between legendary guitarist Mike Green and infamous singer/songwriter/bassist Lemmy has been given a new life thanks to the release of their newly-envisioned song “Paradise.” Remixed by raucous rockabilly rockers The Brains, the single will be available…

Mexican death grind band BRUJERIA returns with new video for 'Bruja Encabronada'

Mexican death grind band BRUJERIA returns with new video for ‘Bruja Encabronada’

Aug 20, 20235 min read

Mexican death grind band BRUJERIA put the world of cartels and ritualistic murder on wax with a brutal power equivalent to when Compton arrived in pop culture via NWA. On September 15th, the band will unleash their fifth full-length album Esto Es Brujeria…

Pretty Maids Vocalist Ronnie Atkins Returns With New Video And Album

Pretty Maids Vocalist Ronnie Atkins Returns With New Video And Album

Aug 20, 20233 min read

Famed and recognized Danish hard rock singer/songwriter RONNIE ATKINS (of Pretty Maids) has announced the upcoming release of his third studio album, ‘Trinity’, on October 13, 2023. The first single from the album is the title track and it is out…

Watch The Guns N' Roses Video For Brand New Song

Watch The Guns N’ Roses Video For Brand New Song “Perhaps”

Aug 18, 20231 min read

Guns N’ Roses has just released a brand new single and video for the song “Perhaps”. The band are currently on tour and will supposedly record a new album in the near future. “Perhaps” along with previous single releases “Hard…

LEATHERWOLF Issue 'Thunder (MMXXII)' Video

Watch LEATHERWOLF’S ‘Thunder (MMXXII)’ Video

Aug 18, 20232 min read

Southern California metal outfit LEATHERWOLF have announced the release of their latest video and single, ‘Thunder (MMXXII)’, in support of the forthcoming ‘Kill The Hunted’ vinyl edition. A powerful remake of their 1989 ‘Street Ready’ classic, ‘Thunder (MMXXII)’ will be…

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Watch “Balls To The Wall” By Killington Pit

Aug 18, 20233 min read

MEMBERS OF EVANESCENCE, ALICE COOPER AND GRANNY 4 BARREL ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE NEW BAND- “KILLINGTON PIT” https://youtu.be/PY3zem7Fd5s Born from the pandemic, this unique and unexpected collaboration features the theatrical Granny 4 Barrel singer Terry LeRoi, Alice Cooper bassist Chuck…

Watch New Ministry Video For

Watch New Ministry Video For “Goddamn White Trash” From Upcoming New Album HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES

Aug 17, 20234 min read

As the world continues hanging on by a thread through pandemics, wildfires, climate change, social-political chaos and social media-fueled conspiracy theories, at least there’s Ministry to get us through. Industrial provocateur Al Jourgensen is ready to unleash his latest missives…

Watch “Changing Star” Video by Genus Ordinis Dei

Watch “Changing Star” Video by Genus Ordinis Dei

Aug 16, 20234 min read

GENUS ORDINIS DEI are back with a new metal music series and full-length concept album entitled The Beginning. https://youtu.be/LGutHVQ8xFE GENUS ORDINIS DEI are back with a new metal music series and full-length concept album entitled The Beginning. Earlier today the band…

Watch the video for the first single ´Time For Justice´

Listen To New Doro Song ´Living After Midnight´ Featuring Rob Halford

Aug 16, 20232 min read

DORO´s new masterpiece – Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud – will be released worldwide on October 27th via Nuclear Blast. For this special anniversary album, celebrating her 40th year in music, it would be unthinkable not to have some guests of honour involved.…

Supergroup Dead Daisies Release New Video Of Whitesnake Cover

Supergroup Dead Daisies Release New Video Of Whitesnake Cover “Slide It In”

Aug 15, 20231 min read

During rehearsals in New York Brian, Michael & Doug were jamming on ‘Slide It In’ and it rocked! It brought back memories of their time together in Whitesnake.  https://youtu.be/O05mXTYk5Mc As the Daisies have done in the past with other great…

Watch Vixen's Live Performance At The Wacken Open Air 2023 Festival

Watch Vixen’s Live Performance At The Wacken Open Air 2023 Festival

Aug 13, 20231 min read

Legendary rockers Vixen have returned to put on a great performance at the 2023 version of the annual Wacken Open Air Festival. The band, now fronted by Lorraine Lewis (Femme Fatale) have been hitting the live circuit hard for several…

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Watch The New Video For “Unleash The Beast” By Burning Witches

Aug 13, 20233 min read

Swiss heavy metal band BURNING WITCHES have revealed a blazing live performance video for the attacking track “Unleash The Beast”, cut from their recent fifth full-length, ‘The Dark Tower’! https://youtu.be/EMMwKDrKorQ After storming the charts with their new album and peaking…

Check Out These 80s Metal And Hard Rock Stars' Real Names

Check Out These 80s Metal And Hard Rock Stars’ Real Names

Aug 12, 20235 min read

Check out these 80’s Hard Rock And Metal Stars’ Real Names! Some of these names are well known to fans, while others might find these stars real names both fascinating and understandable why they chose a stage name in some…

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN’S MAMMOTH WVH RELEASES NEW VIDEO

Watch New Mammoth WVH Video For “I’m Alright”

Aug 12, 20232 min read

“’I’m Alright’ is the single that is coinciding with the album release. The video is really fun continuing the story that was established from ‘Don’t Back Down’ and ‘Another Celebration at the End of the World.’ I think it’s really…

Listen To This Very Unique Performance Of

Listen To This Very Unique Performance Of “You Can Still Rock In America” By NIGHT RANGER with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra’

Aug 11, 20235 min read

Legendary rockers, NIGHT RANGER are releasing a brand-new live album titled, ’40 Years and a Night with Contemporary Youth Orchestra’, that is due out October 20, 2023. The live album and live performance footage will be available on CD, Vinyl…

OTEP Returns With New Single “Ostracized”!

OTEP Returns With New Single “Ostracized”!

Aug 10, 20232 min read

OTEP has returned! Alt metal renegade and force to be reckoned with, OTEP, breaks her silence with a brand new single, “Ostracized,” which arrives on the heels of her brilliant cover of Billie Eilish’s “You Should See Me In A…

Watch New Cannibal Corpse Video For

Watch New Cannibal Corpse Video For “Summoned for Sacrifice”

Aug 10, 20234 min read

Legendary death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE today unleash their latest single and accompanying video for “Summoned For Sacrifice.” The pulverizing new hymn comes by way of the band’s sixteenth studio album, Chaos Horrific, set for release on September 22nd via Metal…

Van Halen To Release Collection II Box Set

Van Halen To Release Collection II Box Set

Aug 9, 20234 min read

Van Halen will release The Collection II box set on October 6th, 2023. It will be released in both a vinyl and a CD boxset concentrating on the Sammy Hagar years with the band. Read the official press release from…

Watch The Video For Dokken's Song

Watch The Video For Dokken’s Song “The Fugitive” From New Album “Heaven Comes Down”

Aug 8, 20231 min read

Here’s the first taste of the new, upcoming Dokken album set to be released in October. This is the first new studio album from Dokken in over ten years, with Broken Bones being released all the way back in 2012.…

Motley Crue Releases Shout At The Devil 40th Anniversary Box Set

Motley Crue Releases Shout At The Devil 40th Anniversary Box Set

Aug 7, 20232 min read

Released in 1983 at the height of the Satanic Panic, SHOUT AT THE DEVIL catapulted Mötley Crüe to superstardom. Delivering on the hype and promise of their PLATINUM debut, Too Fast For Love, Mötley Crüe’s second album hit the US…

Watch The Beautiful, Japanese, Metal Ladies Of LOVEBITES In New Live Video For

Watch The Beautiful, Japanese, Metal Ladies Of LOVEBITES In New Live Video For “Nameless Warrior”

Aug 5, 20232 min read

Here is the live video to “”Nameless Warrior”” taken from Japan’s metal band LOVEBITES’ brand-new live Blu-ray/DVD ‘KNOCKIN’ AT HEAVEN’S GATE – LIVE IN TOKYO 2023′ featuring night 1 of their two comeback shows “”WE ARE THE RESURRECTION”” with new…

Swedish Viking Metal Band Amon Amarth Reported Dead in New

Swedish Viking Metal Band Amon Amarth Reported Dead in New”Heidrun” Music Video From Upcoming EP

Aug 5, 20233 min read

https://youtu.be/tGeSEbYzhBU Swedish viking metal marauders, AMON AMARTH continue their domination with a brand new music video for their epic Valhalla feast track “Heidrun” off their chart-topping record “The Great Heathen Army”. Additionally, AMON AMARTH have unleashed a special 4-track digital single of…

George Lynch To Release New Album

George Lynch To Release New Album “Guitars At The End Of The World”

Aug 4, 20232 min read

Guitar legend George Lynch will release his sophomore instrumental album “Guitars at The End of the World” via Rat Pak Records on September 08, 2023, an album which features 10 all-new studio tracks along with 3 new bonus tracks. The…

K.K.’s Priest Release New Video For “Reap The Whirlwind” (About Being Wronged) And Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Appears To Answer Back With Social Media Post

K.K.’s Priest Release New Video For “Reap The Whirlwind” (About Being Wronged) And Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Appears To Answer Back With Social Media Post

Jul 31, 20232 min read

KK’S PRIEST – the iconic heavy metal amalgamation of iconic Judas Priest alum and GRAMMY Award winning/nominated musicians K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with A.J. Mills (guitar), Tony Newton (bass) and Sean Elg (drums) – recently…

X Japan Releasing

X Japan Releasing “Angel” Worldwide As Their First Single in 8 Years

Jul 27, 20233 min read

Listen at https://lnk.to/XJapan-Angel https://youtu.be/fJeqwAmhlrc X Japan is the most successful rock group in Japanese history. Led by composer, drummer, and pianist Yoshiki, the band has sold more than 30 million albums, singles, and videos combined, sold out Japan’s 55,000-seat Tokyo…

Metal Is Alive And Well In Phil Campbell (Motorhead) And The Bastard Sons’ New Video For “Hammer And Dance”

Metal Is Alive And Well In Phil Campbell (Motorhead) And The Bastard Sons’ New Video For “Hammer And Dance”

Jul 26, 20231 min read

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS have released a video for their new single ‘Hammer And Dance’. The new track is the second song to be taken from their upcoming third album, Kings Of The Asylum, which will be released…

August 2023 Hard Rock And Metal New Releases

August 2023 Hard Rock And Metal New Releases

Jul 23, 20233 min read

August 4, 20231914 – Eschatology Of War Re-Release (Napalm)An Autumn For Crippled Children – Closure (Prosthetic)Crypta – Shades Of Sorrow (Napalm)Devin Townsend – Devolution #3: Empath Live In America (InsideOut)Edward Reekers – The Liberty Project (Music Theories)High On Fire -…

W.A.S.P. Announces 33 More U.S. Tour Dates

W.A.S.P. U.S. 2023 Tour “The 40th Never Stops” Actually Does Stop And Is Canceled For Now

Jul 21, 20231 min read

Because of the extensive back injuries suffered by Blackie Lawless during the European leg of the 40th Anniversary Tour, the W.A.S.P. 2023 U.S. Tour will be canceled until Spring 2024. Tickets and VIP packages can be refunded at the point…

King Kobra Returns With Brand New Album “We Are Warriors” and All-Star Lineup!

King Kobra Returns With Brand New Album “We Are Warriors” and All-Star Lineup!

Jul 19, 20231 min read

An all-new Kobra is back and ready to strike with their boldest and most forceful album yet! https://youtu.be/u3wU0Nb7L3s King Kobra founder Carmine Appice is joined once again by longtime bassist Johnny Rod, and vocalist Paul Shortino who welcome to the…

Watch First Video From Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) and Todd Kerns (Slash) Side Project Blackbird Angels

Watch First Video From Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) and Todd Kerns (Slash) Side Project Blackbird Angels

Jul 17, 20234 min read

BLACKBIRD ANGELS — founded by guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) and bassist/vocalist Todd Kerns (Slash, Toque, Heroes and Monsters) — have announced the upcoming release of their debut album, ‘Solsorte’, on September 8th. The first single from the album, “Shut…

LISTEN TO NEW DIRTY HONEY SINGLE,“WON’T TAKE ME ALIVE”

LISTEN TO NEW DIRTY HONEY SINGLE,“WON’T TAKE ME ALIVE”

Jul 15, 20232 min read

Who’s ready to get DIRTY again? Following its debut last month, when it provided the score for TNT’s 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs retrospective, today, Dirty Honey announces the release of its brand new single, “Won’t Take Me Alive,” a literal,…

Listen To Brand New Ozzy Osbourne Song

Ozzy Cancels Live Appearance Due To Health, Says He’s Too Proud For Show To Be Half-Assed

Jul 10, 20231 min read

The prince of darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne has had to cancel his upcoming performance at the Power Trip Festival this year. Ozzy states: As painful as this is, I’ve had to make the decision to bow out of performing on…

Watch New Video

Watch New Video “One More Shot At Glory” From K.K.’s Priest

Jun 30, 20237 min read

KK’S PRIEST Featuring Former Judas Priest Members K.K. Downing and Tim “Ripper” Owens, Announces New Album Details New Album, The Sinner Rides Again, out September 29, 2023 via New Label Home Napalm Records | Pre-Order HERE https://youtu.be/Sypj3SPBKKU On the blazing…

The Original Misfits Deliver “Legendary” Live Show

The Original Misfits Deliver “Legendary” Live Show

Jun 29, 20233 min read

The term “legendary” is often thrown around loosely these days, but the word legendary absolutely applies to the Misfits. The Misfits hit the scene as a DIY punk band. With no massive media campaigns, no videos on MTV rotation, and…

Watch The “Schizophrenia” Video From Motorhead Guitarist’s Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons

Watch The “Schizophrenia” Video From Motorhead Guitarist’s Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons

Jun 26, 20231 min read

Rock and roll royalty Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons have announced details of their upcoming third album Kings Of The Asylum. The album will be released on 1st September through Nuclear Blast Records, and will be the first studio…

Watch the video for the first single ´Time For Justice´

Watch the video for the first single ´Time For Justice´ From DORO’s New Album

Jun 23, 20232 min read

On October 27th,2023, the 19-song masterpiece by Doro called Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud will be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast. Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud is a phenomenal album and the result of intensive, hard work that…

Deko Entertainment is excited to bring you a brand new album from 80's metal act HURRICANE! Original members Robert Sarzo and Tony Cavazo are back with

Hurricane Returns With New Album To Be Released In 2023!

Jun 21, 20231 min read

Deko Entertainment is excited to bring you a brand new album from 80’s metal act HURRICANE! Original members Robert Sarzo and Tony Cavazo are back with “Reconnected” dropping in August. Hurricane is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983, originally…

Greta Van Fleet Vocalist Josh Kiska Comes Out As Gay

Greta Van Fleet Vocalist Josh Kiszka Comes Out As Gay

Jun 21, 20232 min read

Greta Van Fleet Singer Josh Kiszka has posted the following on his Instagram account: Where I’ve settled a home in Tennessee, legislators are proposing bills that threaten the freedom of love. It’s imperative that I speak my truth for not…

July 2023 Hard Rock And Metal New Releases

July 2023 Hard Rock And Metal New Releases

Jun 19, 20232 min read

July 7, 2023Blackbraid – Blackbraid II (Self)Bloodbound – Tales From The North (AFM)Butcher Babies – Eye For An Eye/…Til The World’s Blind (Century Media)Feuerchwanz – Fegefeuer (Napalm)Hatebreed – The Rise Of Brutality/Supremacy Re-Release (Dissonance)Nita Strauss – The Call Of The Void (Sumerian)Withering Scorn – Prophets Of Demise (Frontiers) July 14, 2023Atheist – Elements Re-Release (Nuclear Blast)Atheist…

Listen To Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Perform Duet “Bygones” With Dolly Parton

Listen To Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Perform Duet “Bygones” With Dolly Parton

Jun 16, 20232 min read

The Metal God Rob Halford from Judas Priest has recorded a duet with country legend Dolly Parton for her new album Rockstar. Parton, who was reluctantly inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame announced that she would record…

Watch The Classic Lineup Of TNT Perform Live With Tony Harnell At Sweden Rock Festival

Watch The Classic Lineup Of TNT Perform Live With Tony Harnell At Sweden Rock Festival

Jun 12, 20232 min read

Several YouTube users have posted live footage of TNT performing at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 9th, 2023. Check out the videos below and read the excerpt posted on TNT’s official page below: What would the history of Norwegian…

MICHAEL MONROE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘I LIVE TOO FAST TO DIE YOUNG’

Hanoi Rocks Singer Finally Meets Vince Neil Who Had Fatal Car Crash With Hanoi Rocks Drummer

Jun 10, 20231 min read

Hanoi Rocks vocalist Michael Monroe finally met Motley Crue singer Vince Neil for the first time after the Rockfest show. Motley Crue’s Vince Neil was charged with vehicular manslaughter as well as driving under the influence of alcohol in the…

Steelheart Singer Suffers Mini-Stroke After Doctors Find Hole In His Heart

Steelheart Singer Suffers Mini-Stroke After Doctors Find Hole In His Heart

Jun 8, 20231 min read

A note from SteelHeart Management: Miljenko Matijević will be postponing some upcoming tour dates due to complications from a recent surgery. Following the surgery, doctors found a hole in his heart, known as a PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale). Much like…

Who Were The Top 15 Most-Glam Mainstream Metal Bands Of The 80s?

Who Were The Top 15 Most-Glam Mainstream Metal Bands Of The 80s?

Jun 6, 202310 min read

The 80s were the decade of excess and musically that was absolutely true as well. The hard rock and heavy metal musical landscape exploded with band members with huge, hairsprayed hair, and outlandish, often colorful outfits, and both male and…

Who Were The Best Straight Up, No Frills Hard Rock And Metal Bands Of The 80s?

Who Were The Best Straight Up, No Frills Hard Rock And Metal Bands Of The 80s?

Jun 4, 202315 min read

The 1980s hard rock and metal scene is widely known as a generation of excess and a lot of over-the-top imagery. In fact, most people refer to the 80s as the decade of Hair Metal or Glam Metal because many…

80s Heavy Metal News

80s Heavy Metal

The iconic KK’S PRIEST – featuring Judas Priest alum and GRAMMY Award musicians K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with A.J....

Watch New Video For Stryper's Michael Sweet's New Project Called "SOLEDRIVER" Watch New Video For Stryper's Michael Sweet's New Project Called "SOLEDRIVER"

80s Heavy Metal

The upcoming debut album from SOLEDRIVER  (Sweet / Del Vecchio) is a collaboration between two extremely talented and prolific songwriters, musicians, and producers, Michael...

Watch The Brand New Video By Europe For "Hold Your Head Up", First New Music In Six Years Watch The Brand New Video By Europe For "Hold Your Head Up", First New Music In Six Years

80s Heavy Metal

Europe has returned with a brand new single “Hold Your Head Up”. No need to wait for The Final Countdown, you can watch it...

Stryper Ugly Christmas Sweater Stryper Ugly Christmas Sweater

80s Heavy Metal

Imagine finding this under the tree on Christmas morning! One of the coolest items we’ve ever offered in the Stryper store. Featuring a classic...

Watch The New Lynch Mob Video For "Time After Time" Watch The New Lynch Mob Video For "Time After Time"

80s Heavy Metal

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the newest studio album from Lynch Mob, “Babylon”. The band is known for...

Firehouse Singer C.J. Snare To Miss Performances Because Of Doctor's Orders Firehouse Singer C.J. Snare To Miss Performances Because Of Doctor's Orders

80s Heavy Metal

Firehouse vocalist C.J. Snare has posted the following on the Official Firehouse Facebook Page regarding his upcoming surgery: TO ALL OUR FANS. IT BREAKS...

Hard Rock & Metal News

80s Metal Band Lostboys Featuring Odin Singer Get New Demo Album Release

80s Heavy Metal

One of the most sensational and exciting frontmen of his time, Randy O made an impact on the industry in his brief career run...

Two Titans Of Christian Metal Face Off For The Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year GMA Dove Award Two Titans Of Christian Metal Face Off For The Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year GMA Dove Award

Christian Rock & Metal

The GMA Dove Awards, the Christian equivalent to the Grammy Awards, has announced their nominees for 2023. Skillet, one of the biggest bands of...

OTEP Unleashes Explosive Rendition of Eminem’s Rap Rage Anthem, “THE WAY I AM” OTEP Unleashes Explosive Rendition of Eminem’s Rap Rage Anthem, “THE WAY I AM”

Hard Rock & Metal

OTEP unleashes her acerbic arsenal with her latest sonic attack, “The Way I Am,” following closely behind the fury-filled shrapnel of her previous single,...

WINGER's 1988-1993 ALBUMS COMPILED IN NEW BOX SET, ALONG WITH A BONUS DISC OF DEMOS WINGER's 1988-1993 ALBUMS COMPILED IN NEW BOX SET, ALONG WITH A BONUS DISC OF DEMOS

80s Heavy Metal

One of the most-aired hard rock bands on MTV during the late ’80s and early ’90s was Winger, a band who had it all...

Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Announces New Solo Album 'The Mandrake Project' Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Announces New Solo Album 'The Mandrake Project'

80s Heavy Metal

Renowned around the world as one of the greatest and most distinctive heavy metal vocalists of all time, Bruce Dickinson will be releasing a...

Watch Queensryche Cover Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" In New Video Watch Queensryche Cover Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" In New Video

80s Heavy Metal

And now for something completely different…Queensryche gives us their version of the Billy Idol smash hit “Rebel Yell” which is a bonus track on...

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20 Albums Released In 2023 That 80s Metal Fans Should Hear

80s Heavy Metal

Each year, it seems that the remaining 80s hard rock and metal bands that are still putting out new music seem to get smaller...

Check Out These 80s Metal And Hard Rock Stars' Real Names Check Out These 80s Metal And Hard Rock Stars' Real Names

80s Heavy Metal

Check out these 80’s Hard Rock And Metal Stars’ Real Names! Some of these names are well known to fans, while others might find...

Who Were The Top 15 Most-Glam Mainstream Metal Bands Of The 80s? Who Were The Top 15 Most-Glam Mainstream Metal Bands Of The 80s?

80s Heavy Metal

The 80s were the decade of excess and musically that was absolutely true as well. The hard rock and heavy metal musical landscape exploded...

Who Were The Best Straight Up, No Frills Hard Rock And Metal Bands Of The 80s? Who Were The Best Straight Up, No Frills Hard Rock And Metal Bands Of The 80s?

80s Heavy Metal

The 1980s hard rock and metal scene is widely known as a generation of excess and a lot of over-the-top imagery. In fact, most...

80s Heavy Metal

The 1980s were an awesome time thanks to the glam/hair metal scene. The image almost became as important as the music during this period,...

Songs Of Forbidden Love By Motley Crue, KISS, and Winger That Seem Super-Cringey Today Songs Of Forbidden Love By Motley Crue, KISS, and Winger That Seem Super-Cringey Today

80s Heavy Metal

Sex, Drugs, and Rock N ‘Roll. Hard rock bands are no strangers to wild tales of groupies and debauchery, but three songs, in particular...

80s Rock & Pop

Watch And Listen To Duran Duran Video For Brand New Song "Danse Macabre"

80s Rock & Pop

Duran Duran have revealed the official music video for their latest track and album namesake Danse Macabre. With creative director Linc Gasking at the helm, this stunning new clip...

MISSING PERSONS See Their First Ever Commercially Released Live Album! MISSING PERSONS See Their First Ever Commercially Released Live Album!

80s Rock & Pop

Relive the pinnacle of ‘80s new wave with this fantastic vintage concert from icons, Missing Persons! Recorded during a single night at a club...

Listen To This Very Unique Performance Of "You Can Still Rock In America" By NIGHT RANGER with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra’ Listen To This Very Unique Performance Of "You Can Still Rock In America" By NIGHT RANGER with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra’

80s Rock & Pop

Legendary rockers, NIGHT RANGER are releasing a brand-new live album titled, ’40 Years and a Night with Contemporary Youth Orchestra’, that is due out...

80s Rock & Pop

You know the name and you can’t mistake the voice. Now you can read the incredible story of how a shy, music-loving teenager called...

The Go-Gos Jane Wiedlin Bares It All In New Photo On Her 65th Birthday The Go-Gos Jane Wiedlin Bares It All In New Photo On Her 65th Birthday

80s Rock & Pop

The Go-Gos guitarist and backing vocalist Jane Wiedlin happily shows of her birthday suit in a new photo on her 65th birthday. On Jane’s...

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The debut studio album by Sons Of The Divide, “Sinners Saints Rage and Grace,” was meticulously crafted during the early months of 2023 at...

Iggy Pop Releases Rare Trax Album Iggy Pop Releases Rare Trax Album

Alternative / Punk

Many artists have long careers in music by doing one thing well and doing that same thing over and over again. And then there’s...

Goth Rock Masters CHRISTIAN DEATH Goes Beyond The Veil With DEATH MIX! Goth Rock Masters CHRISTIAN DEATH Goes Beyond The Veil With DEATH MIX!

Alternative / Punk

Christian Death’s iconic Death Mix bursts through the mausoleum door after 27 years since its original release. This brand-new reissue brings new life to the macabre...

Alternative / Punk

Date: August 26th, 2023 Venue: Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheater The Freaks On Parade Tour hit Tampa Florida like a hurricane. The concert featured Rob...

Alternative / Punk

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Listen To BLACK OAK ARKANSAS Version Of MONSTER MAGNET’S “SPACE LORD”!

Hard Rock & Metal

It’s been a trying couple of years for one of the most enduring institutions of Southern Rock. In 2021, beloved veterans Black Oak Arkansas...

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80s Heavy Metal

“I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days. I sustained vocal cord damage during...

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Live concert shots of Alice Cooper on The Freaks On Parade Tour on August 26th, 2023. All photos by Bobby Caughron (XSROCK)

LISTEN TO NEW DIRTY HONEY SINGLE,“WON’T TAKE ME ALIVE” LISTEN TO NEW DIRTY HONEY SINGLE,“WON’T TAKE ME ALIVE”

Hard Rock & Metal

Who’s ready to get DIRTY again? Following its debut last month, when it provided the score for TNT’s 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs retrospective, today,...

Who is Kate Bush, The New Rock Hall Of Fame Inductee? Who is Kate Bush, The New Rock Hall Of Fame Inductee?

80s Rock & Pop

While I rarely agree with The Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame and many of the inductees that it chooses, (even more so, the...

Aerosmith Announces "Peace Out" Final Tour Aerosmith Announces "Peace Out" Final Tour

80s Heavy Metal

Announcing Aerosmith’s PEACE OUT Farewell Tour Today, four-time GRAMMY® award-winning and diamond-certified rock legends Aerosmith have announced their final outing – PEACE OUT with...

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W.A.S.P. was originally known for outrageous antics such as throwing raw meat into the audience and appearing to torture people on a horror-themed stage....

Winger...Where Are They Now? Winger...Where Are They Now?

Hard Rock & Metal

Winger released their debut album “Winger in 1988 and it scored the band its first platinum-selling album. Winger released its second album In the...

Britny Fox...Where Are They Now? Britny Fox...Where Are They Now?

Hard Rock & Metal

Britny Fox was formed in 1985 with “Dizzy” Dean Davidson on vocals, former Cinderella drummer Tony Destra, former Cinderella guitarist Michael Kelly Smith and...

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Hard Rock & Metal

After guitarist Jake E. Lee was fired from Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band, Badlands was formed when Lee recruited bassist Greg Chaisson, former Black Sabbath...

Hurricane...Where Are They Now? Hurricane...Where Are They Now?

Hard Rock & Metal

Hurricane started out in 1983-84 with the original lineup of lead vocalist Kelly Hansen (vocals/rhythm guitar), Robert Sarzo (guitar), Tony Cavazo (bass), and Jay...

Black N' Blue...Where Are They Now? Black N' Blue...Where Are They Now?

Hard Rock & Metal

  Black ‘N Blue was formed in 1981 and released four successful and critically acclaimed albums through Geffen Records including their self-titled debut (1984),...