Year: 2024

Zakk Wylde (pictured) and Foreigner will perform this Sunday as Cleveland Browns host a first-of-its kind Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame game at Cleveland’s Huntington Bank Field as the Browns play the Cincinnati Bengals. The Hall’s induction ceremony is on Saturday. 2024 inductee Foreigner will perform at the stadium. At the end of the third quarter, Wylde (Pantera/Ozzy Osbourne’s one-time guitarist) will…

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has teamed up with Mainline Coffee to create his own Rockett Roast – a Brazilian Dark Roast. The coffee features “deep, intense flavors” with chocolatey notes and “a smooth finish” due to the beans being harvested in the high altitudes of Brazil.” A one-pound bag, either full beans or ground, is $17.99. Go to Mainline Coffee…

‘Metallica’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) foundation has donated $100,000 for disaster relief in Florida and southeast communities affected by Hurricane Milton. AWMH is donating $50,000 each to Feeding America and the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC). Feeding America stages emergency food, water, and supplies at food banks throughout Florida. Information Technology Disaster Resource Center is a volunteer-driven nonprofit that provides technology…

Poppy has shared two lyric videos for “The Cost Of Giving Up” and the synth-driven “Crystallized.” The songs will appear on her upcoming sixth record, “Negative Spaces,” out November 15th. Earlier this year, Poppy released “V.A.N.” in collaboration with Metalcore’s Bad Omens and then was featured on the Knocked Loose single “Suffocate.” Last summer she released the single, “New Way…

Breaking Benjamin has released their new single “Awaken.” It’s the band’s first new music since ’18. “We’ve stayed true to the core of who Breaking Benjamin is, but we’ve also pushed ourselves creatively, exploring new sounds and ideas that we haven’t tapped into before,” explained the multi-platinum band in a statement. “It’s been about striking that balance…

Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne, Red Dragon Cartell) is shot multiple times in Las Vegas. Lee is doing well in an intensive care unit and is expected to fully recover. Police think Lee, who was walking his dog early in the morning, was a victim of a random shooting. Lee, best known as lead guitarist for Ozzy…

Linkin Park (pictured) and Metallica will headline the third edition of the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas on April 12th, 2025. Queens Of The Stone Age, Evanescence, The Flaming lips and AFI are also scheduled to perform. Fans can sign up now for the festival pre-sale list at SickNewWorldFest.com to receive an access code for…

Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) has announced a solo North American tour in support of “I Want Blood,“ which arrives on the 18th. Filter (Alt. Rock, Industrial Rock, Post Grunge) will support on all dates. “This record (“I Want Blood”) is a serious piece of work.” stated Cantrell of his fifth solo effort. “There’s a confidence…

The U.S. government has requested that Iced Earth leader Jon Schaffer be sentenced to three years of supervised probation, as well as an order that he pay $2,000 in restitution and the mandatory $200 special assessment, in connection with his involvement in the January 6th, ’21 riot at the U.S. Capitol. According to the government’ “Such a sentence…

Crossfade will play their first shows since 2012 when they perform at the Sonic Temple and Inkcarceration festivals in Ohio next year. Founding members Ed Sloan (pictured) and Mitch James are confirmed for the festival dates, along with guitarist and keyboardist Les Hall, who joined the group in 2006. While they technically never broke up they…