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Rock Articles
Buckcherry Unfurl “Roar Like Thunder”
Buckcherry’s eleventh studio album, “Roar Like Thunder,” has dropped. The set was recorded last November in Nashville with producer Marti …
Evanescence Featured On “Ballerina” Soundtrack
Fight Like A Girl “Ballerina,” the John Wick. spin-off, is in theaters with a soundtrack …
Rock History
The Week In Rock: June 8th – June 14th
Shinedown, Buckcherry, Metallica, The Funeral Portrait & Neil Young Shinedown 6/8 Shinedown’s “Three Six Five” Tops Alt. Radio Chart Shinedown …
The Funeral Portrait Present Deluxe Edition
The deluxe edition of The Funeral Portrait’s second album “Greetings From Suffocate City,” has arrived. The set includes a collaboration with Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody for “Holy Water.” …
Buckcherry Unfurl “Roar Like Thunder”
Buckcherry’s eleventh studio album, “Roar Like Thunder,” has dropped. The set was recorded last November in Nashville with producer Marti Frederiksen, who has history with the band co-writing the Top …
Albums On The Horizon: Three Days Grace, Halestorm, Springsteen & More
. Bruce Springsteen: The Lost Albums Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II – The Lost Albums Release Date: 6/27 It’ss a collection of seven unreleased Bruce Springsteen records made between 1983–2018. “The …
Top 20 Rock Albums of 2025 (So Far)
#20. Machine Head Machine Head: Unatoned Release Date: 4/25 Machine Head’s eleventh album is the first to feature drummer Matt Alston and lead guitarist Reece Scruggs. A band press release …
The latest News from the Interwebs
- Here's what Sleep Token played at their first ever Download headline set (videos inside)
- Whether John Lydon likes it or not, Sex Pistols' Download set proves the true spirit of punk still lives large
- YouTube instructor claims Slash learned some blues guitar by watching his videos
- The Who’s Roger Daltrey Knighted by King Charles III
- “When the hits dried up they made a poignant, multi-layered swansong for the 60s”: The Zombies’ final album Odessey And Oracle is a proto-prog classic
- Joe Satriani and Steve Vai Launch 2025 Tour: Set List, Video
- The big review: Download Festival 2025 – Saturday
- 'Weird Al' Launches 2025 Tour in Las Vegas: Set List, Video
- 10 NWOBHM Bands That Should Have Been Bigger (But Weren’t)
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen shares 15-minute mini-movie as he announces apocalyptic new solo album Songs No One Will Hear
- "Ladies and gentlemen, we are slipping into fascism. It’s up to us to fight back!” Green Day mark their long-awaited Download debut by calling out Trump and Musk and playing all the bangers
- “You wonder if any other drummer could have glued together all the impulses and influences at play”: Alan White’s 10 best performances with Yes
- Joey Valence & Brae and JPEGMAFIA team up for new single WASSUP
- Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Album Art Is a Trap
- “The goal was to die onstage!” Why retirement is a four-letter word for Metallica’s Kirk Hammett