Burning Witches Bring “The Spell Of The Skull”

To date, eighteen songs have topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Metallica had the most #1s this year – “Lux Æterna,” “72 Seasons” and “Too Far Gone.” They are all on the band’s eleventh album “72 Seasons.” ‘Tallica’ songs topped the chart for a total of eleven weeks this year. Foo Fighters landed two songs…

Pearl Jam has returned to #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for the first time in 26 years with “Dark Matter.” The band last reached the top spot with “Given To Fly” in early ’98. “Dark Matter,” which has already topped Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, is the title track of the band’s 12th studio album (pictured), due…

AC/DC top the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart this week with their ’90 hit “Thunderstruck” (from the band’s “The Razor’s Edge” set). “It started off from a little trick I had on guitar,” explained the band’s Angus Young (pictured). “We built the song up from that. We fiddled about with it for a few…

Paramount+ has announced a docuseries “Nöthin’ But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story Of ’80s Hair Metal,” that will premiere on the platform later this year. The three-part series showcases the ’80s Hard Rock phenomenon and has interviews with Poison’s Bret Michaels (pictured), Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy, Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt and Skid Row’s Dave “Snake” Sabo, among many others. “This docuseries…

Featuring Glenn Frey’s “The Heat Is On,” the “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 for two weeks.  Frey was the only Rock-oriented performer on the soundtrack which included Patti LaBelle (“New Attitude:), Pointer Sisters (“Neutron Dance”) and Harold Faltermeyer (“Axel F”). It won a Grammy Award in ’86 for Best Score Soundtrack for…

Leaves’ Eyes have released “Myths Of Fate.” The album, fusing elements of Folk, Gothic, and Classical music, celebrates the Symphonic Metal band’s 20th year of existence. Leaves’ Eyes ninth effort has “Realm Of Dark Waves: and “Forged By Fire.” For the album, the band produced a total of five music videos filmed on locations in Iceland, Germany…