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Ghost is honored in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category at the Swedish Grammis awards (Swedish Grammy equivalent), held Wednesday night (4/29) at Annexet in Stockholm. Ghost leader Tobias Forge is joined by his songwriting team of Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir when he accepted the award for last year’s “Skeletá” album. Ghost was also up for the “Artist Of The Year” and “Album Of The…
Wednesday 13 (Joseph Michael Poole), who famously fronted horror Punk’s Murderdolls, before launching a lengthy solo career, will embark on a fall 2026 “Shocktober Blood” U.S. tour. Murderdolls released two full-length albums and one EP. After the band went on hiatus in 2004, Wednesday 13 formed another band named after his stage moniker. Later, he…
Fozzy, featuring (wrestler) Chris Jericho and Rich “The Duke” Ward (Stuck Mojo), has released a new single, “I Know Evil.” “The goal moving forward is just to put everything we have into every song,” explains Ward. “”Now that we are in this mode where we’re working on a song at a time, we realize that it’s important to…
Wolfgang Van Halen 4/1 Wolfgang Van Halen Plays April Fool’s Prank At Mammoth’s Cincinnati show frontman Wolfgang Van Halen tells the audience he’s going to play a song he said he’d never play. After additional build-up the band plays a cover of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The audience is Rickrolled by Van…
Volbeat’s’ “Demonic Depression,” is the band’s thirteenth #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart (dated May 2nd). The song is from last year’s ‘God Of Angels Trust” album which also featured previous #1s, “Time Will Heal” and “By A Monsters Hand.” “‘Demonic Depression’ is based on one of my really good friends and the state of mind that…
Five albums into their career and numerous Australian music awards, the Metalcore band. Northlane, has independently released “Evain.” Northlane frontman Marcus Bridge says,”‘Evian’ is about self-improvement through confronting trauma then finding your way back to someone from a healthier place. It explores the choice to grow on your own rather than dragging others down with you, making…
Bring Me The Horizon will play U.S. shows next month followed European dates in June, But that’s not all… The band has announced an 8-date September/October trek that will take place primarily in Canada. Motionless In White and the Metalcore band The Plot For You will provide support. Bring Me The Horizon had been…
Wolfgang Van Halen and his band Mammoth have announced more U.S. “The End” headline summer tour dates. Mammoth will play a total of 18 shows this summer, launching on July 12th at Rockin’ Thunder, opening for Creed, in Edmonton, Canada and concludes August 8th in Monroe, MN at the Monroe State Fair, playing with Daughtry. The run includes dates…
Nonpoint has released the official lyric video for its new single, “Is It.” The track serves as the first release from the band/s upcoming full-length album, “The Last Word,” expected in late summer. “In a world that sometimes wants to put a timestamp on creativity, ‘The Last Word’ is our way of saying we’re just getting started,” explains Nonpoint singer Elias Soriano. “We’re…
One 5/1 Sevendust: One The band’s fifteenth studio album features the single “Is This The Real You?” “It was as honest, natural, and pure as any song can be,” said Sevendust guitarist John Connolly talking about “Is This Is The Real You?” “If you really want to know what Sevendust sounds like in 2026, ‘Is This The Real…