Posted by Sean Matthews on June 20, 2023
Following the less-than-perfect eleventh year at Daytona Beach in 2022, with several performances cancelled or shortened due to extreme weather, walking into Daytona International Speedway for the twelfth annual Welcome To Rockville was almost nerve-wracking. According to local forecasts, we were expecting rain daily, and anyone who knows Florida knows that could mean either […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 15, 2022
The 12th edition of Welcome To Rockville was announced today after weeks of teaser videos, and posts from the masterminds at Danny Wimmer Presents. This upcoming May 18th-21st, 2023, Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will once again play host to this massively attended event. With more than 150,000 fans converging on […]
Posted by Andrew Fiero on November 8, 2022
Fresh off the most successful debut of Las Vegas’s When We Were Young festival, it seems it’s time for metal fans to get the same treatment. While October’s festival focused mainly on mid-2000s emo-centric bands coming together in a star-studded affair, May 13th, 2023, will give rise to what has been dubbed as Sick […]
Posted by Metal Insider on March 11, 2022
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column highlights some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with March 11th through February 11th 2022’s releases, which features new music from Ghost, Crowbar, Corpsegrinder, Amorphis, and more. For previous releases you can read February 4th’s New & […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 29, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I’ve seen some talk regarding artists delaying releases due to the current pandemic vs. releasing music anyway. Perhaps the most notable delay in the world of metal is Lamb of God’s self-titled album, […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on February 21, 2020
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new music from one of the founders of heavy metal itself, Ozzy Osbourne, as well as the new Demons & Wizards, The Amity Affliction, and more. For last week’s […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on May 7, 2019
Incubus’ breakthrough album Make Yourself turns 20 this October. To celebrate, the band has announced the 20 Years of Make Yourself And Beyond… tour, set to take place this fall. The trek is scheduled to kick off on September 13 in Denver, CO and traverses the country a couple of times before wrapping up on […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 3, 2018
With all the new festivals being revealed by Danny Wimmer in the past few months, an announcement today saw the return of Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, Florida. Metropolitan Park will once again play host over three days in May 2019 as more than 50 bands, and 90,000+ fans converge in Jacksonville the weekend of […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 26, 2018
Revolver has released their top 20 essential nu metal albums. While we have blatantly forgotten about five bands in this subgenre, we do remember many influential records as well. Revolver’s list is surprising since they are missing a few important groups including such Coal Chamber and arguably Rage Against the Machine. Check out their list […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 9, 2018
System of a Down shared a cryptic message on Friday (6th), as well as the entire weekend with hashtags #soad2018 and #letsdothis. We thought the announcement would be that they would reveal the possibility of headlining this year’s Aftershock festival. However, it looks as though the group are embarking on a headlining West Coast tour […]
