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Wolfgang Van Halen‘s band Mammoth has reached the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart (dated 8/2) with “The End.” “I’ve had the tapping idea on the intro for ‘The End’ since before Mammoth,” explained Van Halen. “I was able to fit it into this world. It’s still over-the-top and shreddy, but it’s also melodic and controlled. Once we finished ‘The…
Daughtry’s “Shock To The System (Part Two)” EP will arrive September 12th. It’s the follow-up to “Shock To The System (Part One)” which held Daughtry’s first Active Rock #1 with “Artificial,” and was followed to the top by “Pieces.” “”Shock To The System’ is about facing the things we’ve ignored and confronting the wake-up calls that force us…
Five Finger Death Punch extends its record for the most consecutive #1s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated 7/26) as “I Refuse” tops the chart. It’s the band’s 12th straight #1. The ballad featuring Maria Brink from In This Moment, is off “Five Finger Death Punch: 20 Years Of FFDP – Best Of Volume,” a…
King Ultramega Rusty Cage King Ultramega: Rusty Cage The tribute project honoring the legacy of Chris Cornell delivers a reimagining of Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage” The lineup for “Rusty Cage” has vocalist William DuVall (Alice In Chains), guitarist Bill Kelliher (Mastodon), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrax/Pantera). Each King Ultramega single will feature different musicians that aim to celebrate Cornell’s musical…
“Apologies” is the band’s 19th #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated July 19th). The song follows “Mayday” to the top. Both songs employ a two-vocalist setup. Last year, original frontman Adam Gontier rejoined Three Days Grace sharing vocals with Matt Walst who has been with the band since 2013. Apologies Only Shinedown has had…
Tom Morello Tom Morello: Pretend You Remember Me The track targets the Trump administration’s stance on immigration. Morello says the song, created in collaboration with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles (CHIRLA), is a “direct response to what we’ve seen happening, the state terror we’ve seen happening in this country.” Pretend You Remember Me…
Kelly Osbourne gets a ring. King Diamond cancels shows, Fall Out Boy guitarist out for the remainder of the year and Pearl Jam’s longtime drummer bails. Tom Morello delivers a protest song while Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Metallica discover their songs are in government promo clips. Those are some of the stories in The…
Of Mice & Men’s ninth studio album, “Another Miracle,” will arrive November 14th. It was written, produced, and engineered entirely by the band with frontman Aaron Pauley handling the mixing and mastering. “(The album has) been a long time in the making, and the cumulation of countless hours of collaboration and hard work,” wrote the band. “We…
“Apologies” has reached #1 on the Mediabase Active Rock radio chart. The single is from the upcoming full-length album “Alienation,” due August 22md. “We want to thank everyone at radio and especially all of our fans who have supported us through this unbelievable journey,” said the band, “They have stuck with us through every evolution, every riff, every scream….
The long-awaited Oasis reunion, with the often-warring brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, played Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales (on 7/4) for their first show together in 16 years. After forming in ’91 and owning the mid-to-late ’90’s the brothers, who were known for a series of both public and private disputes, got into a physical altercation…