Metal

Guns N’ Roses have officially announced their new drummer who replaces the outgoing Frank Ferrer. Guns N’ Roses announce the arrival of Isaac Carpenter, its newest drummer who will hit the road with the band throughout their 2025 European, Asian,

After a period of inactivity between 2013 and 2017, the legendary band Bride entered a frenetic rhythm of releases totaling 3 albums, 1 EP, 1 Christmas album, 1 bluegrass album and 1 acoustic album released from 2018 until now, with

Guns N’ Roses announce the amicable exit of Frank Ferrer, the longest-serving drummer in their storied run. The band thanks Frank for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence over the past 19 years, and they wish him success in the

On April 25th, 2025, guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen will release a new live album entitled ‘Tokyo Live’ Check out the video of Yngwie’s performance of “No Rest For The Wicked” below: For more on Yngwie Malmsteen check out the following

Japanese metal band BABYMETAL announce their longest North America Tour yet! BABYMETAL NORTH AMERICA 2025 TOUR with special guests Black Veil Brides, Jinjer and Bloodywood on select dates. Pre-sale tickets and VIP begins TODAY at 12:00pm ET, General on-sale Friday

Buckcherry will release their 11th album Roar Like Thunder on June 13th. The band has just released the video for the first single and you can watch it below:

Former Fastway and current Floggy Molly frontman, Dave King suffered a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. His wife has reported the news of his condition on the Flogging Molly Facebook page today: Hi everyone, I’ve wanted to reach out for some time,

Today, Metalville Records announces May 16th as the international release date for Paul Di’Anno’s In Memory Of. On May 17th this year, the frontman of the groundbreaking first two Iron Maiden albums should have celebrated his 67th birthday. Unfortunately, we

Legendary singer RONNIE ROMERO is thrilled to announce the release of his new album, ‘Live At Rock Imperium Festival’, set for release on May 23, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl. ‘Live At Rock Imperium Festival’ sees ROMERO delivering an impressive

Def Leppard just announced their 2025 Spring and Summer 2025 tour dates for North America: May 15 – Coliseo de Puerto Rico – San Juan, Puerto RicoMay 17 – Boardwalk Rock 2025 – Ocean City, MDJun. 19 – Summerfest –

Norway’s legend CADAVER revisited unreleased material that offers a fascinating glimpse into the band’s formative years. this is a raw and powerful chapter of CADAVER’s history, demonstrating once again that they were never just a typical death metal band, but

Melodic rockers GIANT are excited to announce the upcoming release of their new album ‘Stand And Deliver’, out on May 16th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl. To coincide with the announcement, the band shares the first single, “Hold The Night,”

If you like intense, highly energetic live shows with perfect musicianship and songwriting, powerful vocals, a spectacular scenery, fire, force and fun, Finnish metal stars BATTLE BEAST are your perfect choice. Recorded and filmed at a sold-out Helsinki Ice Hall

“American Death” is the latest single from progressive death metal progenitors RIVERS OF NIHIL. The ferocious new track — a true-to-form beater that’s sure to slay live — comes by way of the band’s eponymous fifth full-length, set for release

A monumental summer tour featuring 4 iconic bands ready to rock the nation!  Ignite your summer with one of the most electrifying tours of 2025! “The Taste Of Armageddon” tour is set to hit major cities across the United States,

JOHN 5  Announces Opening Of Exclusive  KNIGHTS IN SATAN’S SERVICE MUSEUM   of KISS Memorabilia  In Los Angeles, California,  Public Tours To Take Place In May 2025  The Iconic Guitarist And Lifelong KISS Fan  Offers A Look At His Personal Collection

Hymns In Dissonance Full-Length Out Now On Metal Blade Records Band To Kick Off North American Headlining Tour Next Week! Watch / stream WHITECHAPEL’s “Hate Cult Ritual” HERE WHITECHAPEL is pleased to present their latest video for “Hate Cult Ritual.”

KISS’s sixth authorized OFF THE SOUNDBOARD edition showcases their stop in San Antonio, Texas on December 3, 1985 at HemisFair Arena. Featuring Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Carr and the first Soundboard release with Bruce Kulick on the Asylum Tour

Brew Ha Ha Productions Announces UNHINGED Festival – A New Extreme Music Experience With Lamb of God, Knocked Loose, In This Moment, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Body Count, Power Trip & More Saturday, July 26 & Sunday, July 27 At

Finnish rock band Shiraz Lane are pleased to share the release of their new single and official video “Dangerous”, out now via Frontiers Music Srl. The band will be touring in the upcoming months, heading to the Monsters Of Rock

Grammy-winning, multiplatinum heavy metal band MEGADETH has announced an agreement for founder and frontman Dave Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint with the Frontiers Label Group’s new imprint, BLKIIBLK. In this new arrangement, BKLIIBLK—which is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of heavy music—will exclusively

After the announcement of their brand-new studio album ‘Welcome to the Future’, Hard rock sensation H.E.A.T continues to ignite 2025 with the release of their second single ‘Bad Time for Love’. Following the success of their first single ‘Disaster’ –

Mastodon posted the following via their Facebook page: Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part ways. We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we’ve shared

Six live shows across 8 CDs, Access All Areas: Live captures the raw excitement of Whitesnake in full flight, live on stage. Kicking off with Live… In the Still of Night, legendary rock singer David Coverdale is joined by Doug

Aaron Rossi’s Social media page has posted the following regarding his passing: It is with overwhelming sadness to share that on January 27, 2025, Aaron John Rossi passed away from a sudden, severe heart attack. Aaron was a force with

L.A. Guns have released their second single from their new album “Leopard Skin” called Lucky Motherfucker. The new album will be released on April 4th, 2025. Leopard Skin track listing: 01. Taste It02. Lucky Motherfucker03. The Grinder04. Hit And Run05. Don’t Gimme Away06. I’m Your Candy Man07. Runaway

Wow! Some really incredible, long-lost concert footage of the mighty Van Halen from a 1982 concert in Largo, Florida has suddenly appeared on YouTube on the James Vega channel. Besides the concert, there are hours of outtakes from Van Halen

The overall music lineup for Aftershock 2025 is as follows: Blink-182, Deftones, Korn, Bring Me The Horizon, A Perfect Circle, Bad Omens, Rob Zombie, Good Charlotte, TURNSTILE, Gojira, Marilyn Manson, Knocked Loose, Three Days Grace (with Adam Gontier), Lamb of

Ghost has a brand new album called Skeleta’ coming out April 25th, 2025. Today, the band released the first single from the album. Watch the brand new video for “Satanized” by Ghost below: For more on Ghost visit: https://ghost-official.com/

Bruce Dickinson announces his first extensive North American solo tour in almost 30 years in support of his current studio album The Mandrake Project. For “The Mandrake Project Live 2025” North American Tour, Bruce reunites his 2024 touring line up

Louder Than Life will be disturbing the peace in 2025 with one of the biggest and LOUDEST festivals in North America all year. Over 160 bands will perform on 6 stages September 18, 19, 20 & 21 at the Highland

Close Enemies, a powerhouse band featuring legendary musicians Tom Hamilton, multiple Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, and bassist of the biggest-selling American rock band of all time, Aerosmith, is joined by legendary drummer Tony Brock (The Babys

As most people know, Steve Riley passed away on October 24th, 2023. Riley’s L.A. Guns bassist Kelly Nickels has posted the following regarding the band: What up everybody? So I just wanted to officially say that Riley’s L.A.Guns are calling

Leading lights of British metal, EMPLOYED TO SERVE, have released a new single, the title track from their forthcoming album, ‘Fallen Star.’ “’Fallen Star‘ is about enduring the burn-out of someone close to us,” offers Employed To Serve frontwoman Justine

Annihilator’s JEFF WATERS: ” Sad News in the Metal World: ANNIHILATOR’s Never, Neverland vocalist, Coburn Pharr, has passed away. I won’t say anything about the details, as that is the family’s business, but I wanted to post this before any

 Legendary American rockers Dokken release the performance video for the pensive track ‘Saving Grace’, taken from the band’s 13th studio album, Heaven Comes Down, out now viaSilver Lining Music. “My studio in the Sangre de Cristo mountains has wrap-around windows staring at three mountains ranges

Jimmy Page And The Black Crowes are all set to release an expanded 25th anniversary edition of their “Live At The Greek” album. And today they released a previously unheard version of the Led Zeppelin classic “The Lemon Song” performed

Black Sabbath’s Reunion Concert Gathered In Their Masses…is now available to watch for free on YouTube courtesy of Qello Concerts By Stingray. It was originally released as part of a Deluxe Box Set, DVD and Blu-Ray. You can watch the

Disturbed launches a new era with their first single “I Will Not Break” off their very own label Mother Culture Records! This the band’s first new music released since 2022! For more on Disturbed visit: https://disturbed1.com/

Motörhead‘s signature ‘Speedfreak’ blend is the loudest, fastest, and heaviest coffee you’ll ever ingest, a bold-bodied paint-peeling, face-ripper containing notes of Dark Chocolate, Caramel, and Cocoa primed to fuel your day (truth be told, it’s also a little nutty with

Not many bands can lay claim to creating an entire genre, much less a movement that has continued to flourish for over four decades, but German heroes Helloween did exactly that. Combining the speed of thrash, the twin-guitar approach of

Power metal masterminds DYNAZTY release their long-awaited new album Game of Faces via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Dynazty themselves and mixed by Swedish pioneer Jens Bogren, Game of Faces takes you on a journey exploring the essence of the human mind

New Wednesday 13 album, Mid Death Crisis, out on April 25, 2025! Catch Wednesday 13 on tour!Tickets and info: https://officialwednesday13.com/#tour There’s No Such Things As Monsters North American Tour 2025Support from Ya Toyah, Dead Rabbits, Stitched Up Heart03/14/25: Las Vegas,

The brand new single from Black Label Society, “Lord Humungus” has just dropped. Check it out below: For more info and tour dates check visit: https://blacklabelsociety.com/

Screaming Butterfly Entertainment, in partnership with Ellefson Films and BayView Entertainment, have announced the new date for the red carpet premiere event of the fully authorized Nick Menza documentary, This Was My Life, Nick Menza’s Metal Memories With Megadeth And

Madfish Music announces the digital release of Bonus Tracks & B-Sides from the W.A.S.P. The 7 Savage boxset. Purchase or stream the digital release of Bonus Tracks & B-Sides – https://orcd.co/wasp_bonus_listen W.A.S.P. has always been a band that embraced the

Rikki Rockett is proud to announce the formation of Rockett Mafia! Featuring Rockett on drums, Rockett Mafia is Brandon Gibbs (vocals, guitar), Mick Sweda (guitar, backing vocals) and Bryan Kimes (bass, backing vocals). Considering themselves, “Rock ’N’ Roll Evangelists, the

Yesterday afternoon, Gibson hosted a very special event to launch the brand-new Gibson Custom Brian May SJ-200 12 String acoustic guitar. His first model with the iconic and leading global instrument brand, the launch kicked off Gibson Garage Fest—a week-long

Red Fang kicks off their 20th-anniversary celebrations with the March 14 release of Deep Cuts, an extensive 26-song collection of non-album tracks, covers, and previously unreleased singles. Deep Cuts also includes several covers, such as the Wipers’ “Over The Edge,” and Tubeway

Everywhere you look these days…Kamenar is playing a show near you! If you haven’t had the privilege to see them live, do yourself a huge favor and go check them out. The band comprised of twin brothers, Sean and John

Guitar icons Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai – the original line-up behind the G3 touring concept – returned to the road in 2024 for a series of sold-out concerts in the US. The just-released “G3 Reunion Live” album

The Dead Daisies release their latest single “Love That’ll Never Be” today. The song came together while the band was working on songs for what became their latest album “Light ‘Em Up”. John and Marti Frederiksen had started working on the track with a

By Alexander Sink February 15, 2025 There once was a time when the band that needs no introduction, needed an introduction and Jimmy Page’s brainchild had not yet been born. The new film “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, directed by Bernard MacMahon,

On the heels of the tremendous success of The Morrison Project and #1 song “Crack Cocaine”, rock guitarist Billy Morrison and Ozzy Osbourne release an epic new single “Gods of Rock N Roll” today, Valentine’s Day,  through TLG|ZOID, distributed by

After announcing that they would be performing together for the M3 Festival, Stphen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini are now announcing more dates for their “Invasion Celebration” Tour! More shows are expected to be announced in the near future! Wed, Feb

‘Tokyo Live’, the ultimate live experience from Yngwie Malmsteen’s 40th Anniversary World Tour, releases April 25th! Mark your calendars and prepare to crank it LOUD. Pre-order here: https://lnk.to/yngwiemalmsteen Yngwie Malmsteen “Tokyo Live” track listing: CD1 CD2

Ministry Announces The Squirrely Years Revisited Out March 28 Via Cleopatra Records Celebrating The Early Synth Pop Years With New Studio Takes On Hits Including “Everyday Is Halloween,” “Work For Love” &  “I’ll Do Anything For You” The Squirrely Years

This year we have a repeat nominee reappearing on the list and some first-time artists. Soundgarden is back as a nominee since missing the nod in 2023. This is the first nomination for both the Black Crowes and the legendary

In the 1990’s, we were told that the Sunset Strip scene was gone!  But throughout the early, mid and late 1990s, and even into the early 2000s, something was happening on the stages of rock clubs all over Southern California.

Vince Neil’s representative, Worrick Robinson, IV just provided the following statement: RE: Learjet Aircraft 35A Plane Collision – Scottsdale Airport At 2:39 p.m. local time, a Learjet aircraft Model 35A owned by Vince Neil was attempting to land at the

Legendary rocker Jizzy Pearl is back! The unmistakable voice behind Blackout in the Red Room returns with Punk Rock Fiesta! on March 1, 2025, via Kenyon Records. This latest album from Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate is a raw, unfiltered blast of

Rock band Plush drops their latest release—a new live album entitled Live USA ’24. Featuring songs from their self-titled debut and Find The Beautiful EP, Live USA ’24 lets fans hear Plush raw and unfiltered. This album puts listeners right

For the past 40 years, the Bay Area thrash pioneers HEATHEN have abided by their never-say-die attitude. The HEATHEN brand of intelligent yet aggressive Thrash appealed not only to the genre’s core demographic but also to metal fans looking for brains

Today, Metalville Records announces April 11th as the international release date for Herman Rarebell & Friends‘ new album What About Love? Welcome to our journey back to the future! Herman Rarebell & Friends take you back to the 1980s, and

In the more than three decades of their existence, CREMATORY have seen trends come and go, while always staying true to their trademarks, they belong to one of Germany’s most distinctive gothic metal pioneers to date. Following their latest studio offering, “Inglorious

Swedish progressive metal pioneers MESHUGGAH are thrilled to announce the release of their new music video for “Ligature Marks”.The video has debuted as part of the celebration around the reissue of their critically acclaimed album Immutable, which is now presented in the remastered Indelible

Spiritbox, the boundary-pushing force redefining modern metal, return with their latest single, “No Loss, No Love”—a genre-fluid odyssey that seamlessly collides pulverizing prog-metal, hypnotic electronica, and haunting spoken-word passages. Courtney LaPlante is in peak form, her voice stretching from guttural

LA Guns have a new album called Leopard Skin coming out on April, 4th, 2025. Today they released the first single called “Taste It” and you can watch the video for it right here: “Leopard Skin” track listing: 01. Taste It02. Lucky Motherfucker03. The

Deadly Apples Premiere Music Video for “Volatile” Single Features Richard Patrick (Filter) and Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails) Montreal-based rock/metal powerhouse Deadly Apples have premiered the new music video for their highly anticipated single, “Volatile,” now streaming on all major

Swedish all-female melodic death metal act FRANTIC AMBER has revealed the first details about their forthcoming, third studio album, entitled “Death Becomes Her”! Slated for a worldwide release on April 4, 2025 via the band’s new label partner ROAR, FRANTIC

On March 11th, Red Shirt Pictures/Synapse Films will release Charles Martin Smith’s directorial debut, Trick or Treat, on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD. Teenage loner Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price, Family Ties) is constantly bullied by the jocks at his high

The original lineup of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will reunite for one final concert performance on July 5th in Birmingham, England. Ozzy Osbourne has announced the following via his social media pages regarding

Death metal outfit REVOCATION presents a brand-new standalone single “Confines Of Infinity” and its accompanying video! The smoldering new track features guest vocals from Cattle Decapitation‘s Travis Ryan. “Confines Of Infinity” marks the debut of the new REVOCATION lineup which

Junkyard has posted the following regarding singer David Roach’s cancer diagnosis and how you can help: We all know and love David Roach—not just as our incredible singer, but as a true friend, an inspiration, and a fighter. Right now,

Warrant singer Jani Lane was born on this day, February 1st, 1964. Lane whose real name was John Kennedy Oswald was found dead in his hotel room on August, 11th 2011 at the age of 47 from acute alcohol poisoning.

Blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa and rock legend Sammy Hagar have teamed up for an electrifying new single, “Fortune Teller Blues,” out now on all major streaming platforms. This powerhouse collaboration blends Bonamassa’s searing guitar work with Hagar’s unmistakable vocals, delivering

Industrial glam kingpin Raymond Watts aka PIG will reissue a remastered and expanded version of his 1996 album ‘Wrecked’ via Metropolis Records on 7th March. His fifth full-length record, the remastering has been made by Tom Hall at Abbey Road, while its

The new Anthrax album appears to be slated for a September or October release date. In the meantime, the band has been extremely busy and has just released a clip of their 2024 tour through Europe and the U.K. In

Ratt founding member Stephen Pearcy has just announced the following: “Never say never, right? There was no question when the idea was brought up doing something with Warren again. It wasn’t even a thought, it’s time, let’s do this. “Pearcy

Sabaton has announced the following update regarding their animated movie: Due to overwhelming demand, our animated film, “The War To End All Wars – The Movie”, will hit video streaming services starting March 11! The movie will be available on

The Darkness is back with a brand new album entitled “Dreams On Toast” being released on March 28th. Check out this feel-good rocker, “Rock and Roll Party Cowboy” from the new album below: For more on The Darkness visit their

Shinedown is set to launch its new “Dance, Kid Dance” 2025 tour. The band has released not one, but two brand new singles to coincide with the upcoming tour. Check them out below:

Def Leppard and Vivian Campbell have announced the following update regarding Campbell missing shows with the band: An update from Viv: “Thank you for all the recent messages and support. As you all may know, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s

With her powerful, gutsy voice, LORRAINE LEWIS cemented her place in the rock world as lead vocalist for the band FEMME FATALE with their 1988 self-titled MCA album. It produced two big rock singles and MTV videos: “Waiting For The

Nine Inch Nails have officially announced their 2025 “Peel It Back” world tour dates. see the full list below: NINE INCH NAILSPEEL IT BACKTOUR 2025TICKETS ON SALEWEDNESDAY JANUARY 29TH12PM LOCAL TIME—————————JUNE 15 | DUBLIN, IEJUNE 17 | MANCHESTER, UKJUNE 18

In shocking news…this was just posted to legendary guitarist John Sykes Official Facebook page: It is with great sorrow we share that John Sykes has passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer. He will be remembered by many

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale has just posted a new photo of herself in a tiny bikini on her Instagram account along with the following message: Hello World. All the Theys, Who’s, What’s, Why’s and Weirdos. The Tall and The Small. The

Steve Lynch, Guitarist and Founding Member of Autograph has posted the following update: HELLO EVERYONE!! Today is my 70th birthday! And I must say- I feel better than ever! At this point in my life, it’s not only a time

Iconic streetmetal pioneers Spread Eagle are turning up the volume to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their electrifying debut album. In true rock ‘n’ roll style, the band has planned a series of can’t-miss events for fans worldwide, including an

Exodus has announced the following regarding the lead vocal position in the band: Announcement! EXODUS have parted ways with Steve “Zetro” Souza. We thank Steve for his years fronting the band and all the killer music we made during that

Nine Inch Nails who haven’t performed on a world tour since 2018 have announced that they will indeed be touring in 2025. While some of the dates have already been leaked on the internet, the band issued the following statement

British rock icons SKUNK ANANSIE have released their brand new single “An Artist Is An Artist”. Their first new music in almost three years, it finds the acclaimed four-piece at the peak of their powers and is a witty, provocative,

XS ROCK: Tell me about the latest band news. Any new projects coming out, live shows, or announcements? Daniel: We just released a brand-new music video for our song Killingback Woods. Filmed and directed by William Victor Schotten, we really

Enuff Z’ Nuff hit the stage Big Top Live in Sarasota Florida on a chilly Thursday night to an enthusiastic crowd eager to rock out with the band. Needless to say, Enuff Z’ Nuff did not disappoint. Big Top Live

The US thrash metal veterans Hirax once again invite you to a good portion of unadulterated thrash metal. The band will release their sixth album, Faster Than Death, on February 28th via Armageddon Label. Its release will coincide with Hirax’s

CYHRA, the champions of melodic metal, have unleashed their latest single “Superman” today, heralding a new era since the release of their third album, The Vertigo Trigger. The track explodes with headbang-inducing riffs, as vocalist Jake E teases its epic, melody-rich

Here’s our picks for the best albums of 2024 in the metal and hard rock category. Each album has a link below it for you to listen and check them out for yourself. 01. Judas Priest – Invincible Shield The

German hard rockers BONFIRE are thrilled to share a killer new single “Lost All Control.” The track is off their highly anticipated new studio album, ‘Higher Ground’ out on January 24th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl. Bassist Ronnie Parkes comments

Scorpions and Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee has released the following statement via his official Facebook page, regarding his battle with a blood infection: Just a quick statement about what has been happening to me these past three weeks:First I like