Bullet for My Valentine have announced a new album titled Social Apocalypse, set to arrive Match 19th via Spinefarm. Alongside the album announcement, the UK metal band has released the title track as lead single.“Social Apocalypse” mixes arena-ready metalcore with the kind of sing-along choruses reminiscent of Linkin Park. Its…
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Skid Row have announced a newly remastered edition of 40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row in celebration of 40 years of the band. The reissue will arrive November 6th via BMG and Rhino Entertainment. The reissue of the best-of collection, which is playfully being promoted as “40 Years: The…
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A judge has ruled former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert mentally incompetent to stand trial in an attempted murder case in which he is accused of running over singer Brendan Yates’ father with a car. According to the Baltimore Banner, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Karla Smith deemed Ebert a danger…
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Metallica‘s James Hetfield praised Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on the most recent episode of “James Hetfield’s Riff Life” on SiriusXM. “James Hetfield’s Riff Life” is a show on SiriusXM’s Maximum Metallica channel where Hetfield discusses riffs, records, and artists that inspired him throughout his career. Get Metallica Tickets Here He…
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William Shatner played his first metal show ever Saturday evening, September 19th, at Park West in Chicago, joined by his backing band The *uckers. The 95-year-old Star Trek star performed the club show ahead of his set at Riot Fest today. He covered Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train,” Motörhead’s “Ace of…
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Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey has weighed in on the current Ed Sheeran–Macklemore situation, saying that a headlining act should stand with the tour’s opening acts. For a quick refresher, Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he made pro-Palestine remarks at one of the concerts. Robert Kraft, the…
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Sammy Hagar appeared on Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM, where he responded to Alex Van Halen‘s recent comments calling the singer a “complete idiot.” In a recent interview, Alex was asked what he thought of Hagar’s 2011 memoir Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, and answered, “I don’t…
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Colin Brittain, current drummer for Linkin Park, played “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden in the latest edition of Drumeo’s “For the First Time” series. Drumeo challenges drummers to conceive of and execute the drum parts for a song they haven’t heard before as they listen to the tune…
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A who’s who of notable punk bands are coming together to help raise funds for T.S.O.L. bassist Mike Roche, who is battling Parkinson’s disease and dementia. The Offspring, Pennywise, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, Guttermouth, and more will perform at a November 7th benefit at Garden Amphitheatre in Garden Grove, California. “Mike…
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Rise Against and Alkaline Trio have released a split single covering each other’s work ahead of their upcoming joint tour. The split single can be streamed below and will be released on 7″ vinyl on January 29th (pre-order here). It features Alkaline Trio covering Rise Against’s “Re-Education (Through Labor)” from…
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