Posted by Elise Yablon on November 23, 2022
Twisted Sister has been announced as the first inductee in the 2023 class of the Metal Hall Of Fame. The band’s original line-up of frontman Dee Snider, guitarist Jay Jay French, guitarist Eddie Ojeda, bassist Mark Mendoza and drummer A.J. Pero will be honored at the organization’s sixth annual charity gala at The Canyon […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on November 21, 2022
There has been a lot of buzz lately about Ticketmaster and how much discretion they have when it comes to ticket prices. Things came to a head earlier last week when demand for tickets to Taylor Swift’s highly sought-after ‘Eras Tour’ led to the site crashing during pre-sale. Roughly 2.4 million people purchased tickets for […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on November 16, 2022
It has been less than a year since Buffalo, NY metalcore band Every Time I Die broke up. However, a handful of the band’s former members are already getting back together to record new music. On Tuesday (15), guitarist Jordan Buckley posted videos from GCR Audio, a recording studio in Buffalo, NY, where he, […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on November 15, 2022
Ozzfest made its return this weekend, although not as you would remember. For its first jaunt since 2018, the metal festival went virtual as part of the larger Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival from November 10-13. Ozzfest brought together a handful of metal and hard rock heavyweights this year, including Ozzy Osbourne himself, Megadeth, Motorhead, […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on November 4, 2022
California metalcore band Silent Planet were involved in a van accident in the wee hours of Thursday (11/3) morning. Heading from Wyoming to Salt Lake City, Utah on their way to their next tour stop, the band’s van hit a patch of ice and rolled over in the snow. All members survived the wreck, […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on October 27, 2022
Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody is walking back his surprise retirement announcement. In a series of Instagram Live videos totaling more than two-and-a-half hours (which was compiled into one video here), Moody expressed his feelings and reversed his decision, claiming that he is not retiring because metal is all he knows. Moody […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on October 19, 2022
When shows are live, things don’t always go as planned. Such is what happened at a recent Iron Maiden show when a large prop fighter plane malfunctioned. During the Worcester, MA stop of Iron Maiden’s 2022 Legacy Of The Beast World tour on October 17, the near-life size Supermarine Spitire replica prop that usually […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on October 18, 2022
As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis has opened up about the “dark time” in his life when he ordered a hitman to murder his ex-wife. In a new interview with Suicide Silence guitarist Chris Garza’s ‘The Garza Podcast,’ Lambesis discussed what happened in his mind that led to the 2013 incident. “My thinking […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on October 4, 2022
Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer has seemingly gone M.I.A. According to The Republic, the District Of Columbia has been sending process servers and private investigators to inform him of the lawsuit filed regarding his actions at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to no avail. There have reportedly been at least 25 attempts at seven […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on September 7, 2022
On Saturday, September 3, the Foo Fighters held the first of two shows in tribute to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins. Streamed live by MTV and Paramount+ with an abridged special airing on MTV, the star-studded event at London, UK’s Wembley Stadium brought together friends, family, fans and mentors to pay homage to Hawkins […]
