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“Magic Power: All Star Tribute To Triumph,” is a 15-track album that has DOROTHY, Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson, Joey Belladonna, Slash, Nita Strauss. and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, covering classic Triumph songs.   Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) cut a version of “Lay It On The Line.” “The first time I heard this song, I was blown away. I’m honored to…

Metallica’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) foundation has announced that more than 1,000 blood donations have been collected to date as part of a lifesaving partnership with the American Red Cross. The Red Cross x Metallica blood drives kicked off in select locations along the current U.S. leg of the “M72“ world tour. In the following weeks, Metallica fans turned…

A Day To Remember (pictured above) and Yellowcard  have announced their “Maximum Fun Tour” of North America. The 36-city trek launches this September and runs through November. A Day To Remember’s blend of Pop-Punk, post-Hardcore, and Metalcore has generated nearly two billion streams worldwide and sales of three million-plus units. Formed in ’97, Yellowcard’s ’03 breakthrough “Ocean…

Metallica’s self-titled fifth album (aka “The Black Album”) has been certified 20 times platinum (sales of 20 million copies) while the band’s third full-length effort, “Master Of Puppets” has been certified eight times platinum (sales of eight million copies). Metallica Master Of Puppets The RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) certification of “Metallica” puts the album on…

Ghost and Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson perform Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the Polar Music Prize. The ceremony honoring Queen was held at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm (on 5/27). Also performing at the gala were Adam Lambert, who has been touring for the past decade-plus with Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen + Adam Lambert) as well as Miriam Bryant, and former Skid Row singer Erik Grönwall….

 Avatar have released “Captain Goat.” “I think it will be very clear to people hearing ‘Captain Goat‘ that the rules once again have changed,” stated vocalist Johanne Eckerström. “It will always be Metal. It will always be Avatar.” “We will never do the same song twice and we will always find ways to reinvent ourselves,” continued Eckerström. “‘Captain Goat’ uses the…

After taking a two-year hiatus, the American Music Awards returned Sunday (5/26) Th pop-oriented event did have three Rock related categories, Linkin Park took the Favorite Rock Song honor with “The Emptiness Machine.” They beat out Green Day’s “Dilemma,” among others. Last year, “The Emptiness Machine” went to #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts. The song was the…

Here is a list of significant Rock albums scheduled to be released in the coming weeks. The month’s releases include and All-Star tribute, a classic album’s deluxe edition, two bands on very different trajectories presenting their fourth albums and a band offering their ninth studio set. 6/6 Turnstile: Never Enough Their fourth album was recorded…

Beastie Boys and Universal Music Group have settled their lawsuits against the parent company of Chili’s that claimed the restaurant used the group’s “Sabotage” in social media ads without permission. Last year, the band and their label sued Brinker International over the ads that first started appearing in November ’22. The complaint claimed “one of…

ShipRocked has announced the music lineup for the 16th year of the premier Rock music festival cruise that will set sail January 25th-31st on board Carnival Horizon from Miami to Grand Bahama — and Nassau in the Bahamas. Halestorm (pictured above) will perform a special show on the ship just before departing Nassau. Motionless In White, Knocked Loose…