Aftershock Presents Slayer, Pantera & Slipknot

Lacuna Coil will release their tenth studio album, “Sleepless Empire” on February 14th. The official music video for the song “Oxygen” has been released “This song encapsulates the feeling of struggling to break free from what holds us down, when the journey is filled with difficulty,” offered singer Cristina Scabbia. “It’s a raw anthem of vulnerability, resilience,…

Classic Rock acts performers are on this year’s Pollstar survey of the top touring acts. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band land at #5 on the tally grossing $251-million) with the Rolling Stones checking in at #6 earning $235-million – all from the “Hackney Diamonds” U.S. trek giving the Stones the top grossing North American tour….

Staind (pictured) and Breaking Benjamin have announced a co-headline U.S. tour that will kick off on September 10th at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, PA.  Daughtry are also aboard as direct support. Staind’s most recent effort, “Confessions Of The Fallen,” was the band’s eighth studio album but first full-length effort in twelve years….

Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke (pictured) slammed venues who take a cut of a band’s merchandise sales following a 12/8 show at the Armory in Minneapolis. Radke took to social media to state that the venue’s business practices were so upsetting that he “refused to sell . . .  merch” there. “(They) demanded I…

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was awarded a “Key To The City” of Niagara Falls, NY, along with a downtown street temporarily named in his honor. In an August 18th ceremony Mayor Robert Restaino of Niagara Falls and Mayor Austin Tylec of North Tonawanda presented Simmons with a Key for both municipalities. As part of the event, a Niagara Falls street was temporarily renamed…

On the day (9/22) Thy Art Is Murder released its sixth album “Godlike,” the band announced the firing of vocalist CJ McMahon (pictured above) having already removed his vocals from the album and re-recorded them with another vocalist. The split was partially due to McMahon’s recent anti-trans comments, which the band noted was only a…