Author: Ian Lord

Iron Maiden have announced an epic graphic novel in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their fourth album, “Piece Of Mind.” It’s due out November 21st through Z2. Each of the nine songs on the album, which includes “The Trooper,” “Flight Of Icarus” and “Revelations” has an individual chapter. Frontman Bruce Dickinson contributed to the “Revelations”…

Papa Roach has announced that they have made a $150,000 donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) “Talk Away The Dark” campaign.  The donation was presented at the finale performance of Papa Roach’s “The Revolutions Live” tour.  During the tour the band debuted a live version of “Leave A Light On.” The ballad originally appeared on “Ego Trip,” Papa…

Distrurbed‘s David Draiman, who is of Jewish descent, has denounced Hamas’s attack on Israel, which killed over 900 Israelis and wounded over 2,400 others. “There’s no justification for the barbarity and the inhumanity that was on display over the course of the past few days against Jews in Israel, and there’s no justification for the support of…

“Psycho” is Asking Alexandria‘s second #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The song follows the one-week reign of “Alone Again” in ‘21. Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce wrote “Psycho” with singer Danny Worsnop, drummer James Cassells, touring guitarist Paul Bartolomé and the track’s producer, Matt Good.  “(‘Psycho’ is about) ‘being stuck in a relationship…

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…

Corey Taylor’s sophomore solo album, “CMF2” containing the singles “Talk Sick,” “Beyond,” “Post Traumatic Blues” and “We Are The Rest” has dropped. The Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman recorded the album with his solo band: Christian Martucci (guitar), Zach Throne (guitar) Eliot Lorango (bass) and Dustin Robert (drums). Taylor has said “CMF2” is “the best Rock album of…

Having beaten COVID-19, which forced an abbreviated “No Repeat Weekend” set on 9/1 and a postponement of 9/3 concert, guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield returned as Metallica made good with a rescheduled performance in Glendale. AZ on 9/9.   Hetfield thanked the fans for coming back when Metallica could “fire on all cylinders,” assuring them that “we…

“Lowest In Me,” the lead single from Staind’s forthcoming album, “Confessions Of The Fallen” is #1 on Billboard’s Active Rock survey. “Confessions Of The Fallen,” Staind’s first full-length album of original material since ’11, is set for release on September 15th.  

Iron Maiden were presented with a gold disc at the first of their two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena (on 7/7) in recognition of their studio album “Senjutsu” selling over 100,000 physical copies in the U.K. “Senjutsu” (loosely translated from Japanese as “tactics and strategy”), released in September of 2021, was Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album. Two singles,…