This Week in Rock

Guitarist Daniele Salomone has confirmed that he has joined Lacuna Coil replacing the band’s longtime guitarist Diego Cavallotti, who joined the band in ’16 and exited last June. Salomone made his live debut with Lacuna Coil on August 4th at the Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Romania. Lacuna Coil will release their tenth studio effort, “Sleepless Empire” on February 14th. “‘Sleepless Empire’ captures, through our eyes, the chaos…

Decide has canceled the last three shows of their North American tour so they can return home to Florida “to protect” their “families and properties” as Floridians prep for Hurricane Milton, the second storm to hit the Gulf Coast in a little over two weeks. “Due to the pending landfall of hurricane Milton on central Florida and the…

Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation has donated $100,000 for immediate Hurricane Helene disaster relief, All Within My Hands is donating $50,000 each to World Central Kitchen and Team Rubicon. World Central Kitchen has partnered with 35 food trucks across Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, and 16 restaurants across North Carolina and Tennessee, already providing tens of thousands of hot meals and sandwiches…

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts, dated October 5th. Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on Alternative Airplay, tying Green Day for the second-most in chart history. Red Hot Chili Peppers have fifteen #1s on the chart. “The Emptiness Machine” is also the band’s eleventh #1 on Mainstream Rock…

Mötley Crüe has released the “Cancelled” EP. The three-song effort features the title track, “Dogs Of War,” a Top 5 Rock Radio hit, and a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!),” which quickly became a concert favorite. “What started out as a couple demo ideas turned into this EP produced by Bob Rock,”…

Pink Floyd reportedly have sold the rights to their recorded music, name and likeness to Sony for $400 million. A number of parties, including Warner Music, Hipgnosis and BMG, were interested in doing a deal that would expand the use of Floyd’s catalog through licensing agreements in movies, TV shows, gaming and other media. The deal…

Mötley Crüe will return to Las Vegas next spring with “The Las Vegas Residency,” an exclusive limited run of eleven shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM, running March 28nd through April 19th. “You can go to Vegas and cut loose,” bassist Nikki Sixx told USA Today. “See your favorite band, go to other shows, gamble and…

Three Days Grace have announced the return of original frontman Adam Gontier (pictured). He will share lead vocals with Matt Walst, who has fronted Three Days Grace for over decade. “I feel like it’s been seamless, better than we were expecting,” stated Gontier. “It’s like we got back in a room together and picked up where we left off. We…

After cancelling a series of shows earlier this year due to unspecified health issues affecting singer/guitarist Josh Homme, Queens Of The Stone Age has announced a short late spring tour next year. QOTSA cancelled European festival shows so Homme could fly back to the U.S. for what was described at the time as “emergency surgery.”…

Coheed And Cambria: Blind Side Sonny “‘Blind Side Sonny’ is a song about revenge,” offered vocalist Claudio Sanchez. “What may seem like an innocent choice to someone could be the breeding ground of another’s malicious misunderstanding. Perception can be your worst enemy.” Soilwork: Spirit Of No Return “‘Spirit Of No Rrturn” is a fierce reminder of the…