
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 27, 2022
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong says that he is “renouncing” his American citizenship following the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal Roe v. Wade. During the Green Day show on Friday in London, United Kingdom, Armstrong said this: “Fuck America. I’m fucking renouncing my citizenship. I’m fucking coming here. There’s just too much fucking stupid in […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 27, 2022
Volbeat has announced a European headlining tour for the fall. Skindred, Napalm Death and Bad Wolves will be providing support. Says Volbeat: “VOLFAM!!! Finally after so much time away, we’re thrilled to be able to bring a proper Volbeat headline tour to our friends across Europe and the UK, starting in October. We are […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 27, 2022
RokIsland Fest 2023 in Key West, Florida returns January 17 through 21. This second annual RokIsland festival will again be hosted by legendary rock personality Eddie Trunk. This year, an additional day of music has been added to its schedule in order to fit more iconic rock acts into the event. Styx, Tesla, Loverboy, […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on June 27, 2022
Music and video games have a storied history, much like music in movies. It’s hard to imagine games without their unique, distinctive soundtracks these days. While it all started from humble beginnings in the form of simple 8-bit and 16-bit songs (that still kicked a lot of butt), nowadays, we’ve heard it all in […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 24, 2022
Historical power metal outfit Civil War’s new album, Invaders, was released last Friday (17th) via Napalm Records. We caught up with keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr to discuss their latest effort. What was the process like recording Invaders? The process was of course a bit unusual because of the hell that was the Covid-era. Traveling […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 24, 2022
Anthrax has released “The Devil You Know”, the second single/music video from the band’s 40th-anniversary livestream concert, Anthrax XL. Coming to North America on Blu-ray, CD and digital on July 15 (Megaforce), Europe will have a digital release on July 15 (Nuclear Blast) followed by a Blu-ray release later this year. July 18, 2021 marked […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 24, 2022
Ozzy Osbourne will release his new album, Patient Number 9, on September 9. The title track features a guest appearance by legendary guitarist Jeff Beck, with legendary artist and comic book creator Todd McFarlane directing the music video for the song. See the video and hear the track by scrolling down. “Patient Number 9” track […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 24, 2022
Judas Priest’s singer Rob Halford will soon be available in Pop! form! This figure is slated for a release later in the year. Here is the official Pop! figure description: “Rock out to the heavy metal beat and sound of Judas Priest with Pop! Rob Halford. Pop! Rob Halford, lead singer and vocalist, is ready […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on June 24, 2022
Musical partnerships come and go. Whether it’s a divergence in political beliefs, legal troubles, in-fighting or death that speed up the dissolution of a band, or a group just growing apart creatively, there are many reasons for bands to call it quits. The year 2021 saw a handful of metal bands go their separate […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 24, 2022
Manowar has just released a new digital EP, The Revenge Of Odysseus (Highlights), via Magic Circle Entertainment. For this project, which is based on “The Odyssey”, Homer’s tale of the great hero Odysseus and his long and perilous quest to return to his wife and son, Manowar went to great lengths: bassist/leader Joey DeMaio traveled […]