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Ex-Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate will release “Operation: Mindcrime III” on May 3rd. It’s the third installment in the “Operation: Mindcrime” album series. “Operation Mindcrime” (1988) and “Operation Mindcrime II (2006) were recorded by Queensrÿche while Tate was with the band. The storyline still revolves around Nikki, a drug addict-turned-assassin manipulated by Dr. X. But this time around the story is told…
Stitched Up Heart has released the single “Cannibal,” featuring Butcher Babies vocalist Heidi Shepherd. Heidi Shepherd “I was at Butcher Babies very first show,” remembers Stitched Up Heart frontwoman Alecia “Mixi” Demner. “Heidi (Shepherd) hurled this wrecked Barbie into the crowd. Hair hacked off, totally mangled. I caught it. Looking back at that moment it felt like she’d passed me a torch.” “I’ve…
Rise Against has announced a new leg of headlining tour dates this fall across the U.S. with support from Alkaline Trio. They will kick off the tour in Dallas, TX on September 22nd. Rise Against’s tenth and most recent album was “Ricochet.” According to lead vocalist Tim McIlrath the album is about “our collective inter-connectedness. We’re…
On the heels of a massively successful European headlining tour, Jinger have announced their return to North America. With 37 dates scheduled, the tour will begin in June and run through July. “This will be the final tour in support of the ‘Duél’ album cycle, and we feel like we really saved the best for last,” enthuses…
Tyketto will release its sixth studio album, “Closer To The Sun,“ on March 20th. The band has shared the title track. “‘Closer To The Sun’ is a bit of a fantasy piece, really,” comments vocalist Danny Vaughn. “I was thinking about Kate Hudson’s character in the film ‘Almost Famous’. I think we have all known someone like that growing up, someone…
Anvil will embark on the North American “Pounding The Past 2026 tour that will kick off on June 3rd in Rochester, NY and wrap up on July 11th in Toledo, OH. Anvil, who formed in 1973, has released twenty studio albums and have been cited as having influenced many notable Heavy Metal groups (Megadeth, Slayer,…
Buckcherry, the band led by vocalist Josh Todd, will launch the first leg of their North American tour in May and it will run through the month. Then, in late June, a second leg will get underway that will conclude in late July. Leg two will include a stop at the annual Milwaukee, WI festival Summerfest…
Lamb Of God have released a music video for “St. Catherine’s Wheel,” a song from the band’s tenth studio album, “Into Oblivion: (released March 13th). “The last line of ‘St. Catherine’s Wheel’ is ‘these savage days can’t break us’ and I use the term ‘us’ very specifically… I think community is going to become incredibly valuable in the next few…
Three Days Grace have again landed in Spotify’s Billions Club (recognizing one-billion streams on the platform). Their latest track to enter the elite group is “Animal I Have Become.” “On the back of a bus in Germany, what started as a dissonant riff and a nod to The Beatles became ‘Animal I Have Become’,” remembers the band. “What…
KoЯn will embark on their first full European headlining tour in over 10-years this fall. The 19-date run will launch in Stuttgart, Germany on October 18th and will wrap up with a show in Milan on November 21st. Support will come from Architects, Youth Code and Pixel Grip. Tour Dates: Tickets will go on sale this Friday,…