“Future Of Youth” – Sebastian Bach with Orianthi

Lacuna Coil, with guest vocals by Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe, have released “Hosting The Shadow.” “(The song) is a trip through light and dark, where silence reveals its hidden secrets,” stated Lacuna Coil. “Obscure moments can become occasions to evolve, to learn to master one’s own shadow — which is crucial in order to prevail.” “Randy…

On this day in ’23 it was announced that Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. Written by the band’s Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan the song, released in ’82, was commissioned by Sylvester Stallone to be the theme for “Rocky III.” That came about after Queen denied him permission to use “Another One Bites The Dust.”…

Disturbed’s frontman David Draiman has received the joint Jerusalem Post and World Zionist Organization award for outstanding contributions in the fight against antisemitism. Draiman noted that he lost many of his colleagues and friends over his defense of the Jewish people. “The world can seem like a very, very dark place these days,” added Draiman in his acceptance speech on 6/3 in…

Prior to Imagine Dragons’ September ’23 show in Baku, Azerbaijan, System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian, who is Armenian-American, wrote a personal letter to the band asking them to pull out of the show claiming that proceeding would help “whitewash the dictatorial regime’s image.” Imagine Dragons went ahead with the show. Months later in a Rolling…

The Smashing Pumpkins have officially named Kiki Wong as their touring guitarist following last October’s departure of longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder.   Earlier this year, the Pumpkins launched an open audition looking for a touring guitarist. Over 10,000 applications were submitted.   “Kiki joins the band’s touring lineup of Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and James Iha,…

Kings Of Leon have issued “Can We Please Have Fun,” with lead single “Mustang.” “I kept telling myself, ‘I really believe we can make something special’,” frontman Caleb Followill explained when talking about recording the album. “Every day it was positive vibes, like ‘Let’s keep it moving. Instead of getting frustrated, write another one. It…