Rock News: October 19th – 26th

Rock News: October 19th – 26th

10/19 Eloy Casagrande’s Slipknot Debut  The drummer (formerly with Sepultura) performs with Slipknot in his home country of Brazil for the first time at Knotfest Brasil 2024 in São Paulo, Brazil.  10/19 Ozzy Has Multi-Platinum Album Before being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne posts on Instagram and Facebook, that…

Upcoming Events: Tool “In The Sand,” Visions Of Atlantis Tour & Milwaukee Metal Fest

Upcoming Events: Tool “In The Sand,” Visions Of Atlantis Tour & Milwaukee Metal Fest

Tool Live In The Sand The all-inclusive luxury destination festival takes place at the five-star Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Royalton Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from March 7th-9th, 2025.  Headlined by Tool there will be performances by Primus, Mastodon, Eagles Of Death Metal and Coheed And Cambria. For Information & Tickets. Visions…

Linkin Park’s “Over Each Other” Has Dropped

Linkin Park’s “Over Each Other” Has Dropped

Linkin Park has released the official music video for “Over Each Other”. The clip was directed by Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn, who has led the filming of a handful of the band’s videos, including “The Emptiness Machine.” The “Over Each Other” is the third single from the band’s upcoming eighth album, “From Zero, due on November 15th. The first two singles were…

New Music: Avenged Sevenfold, Epica & Hollywood Undead

New Music: Avenged Sevenfold, Epica & Hollywood Undead

Avenged Sevenfold: Skulls In celebration of Halloween the band has shared its cover of the classic Misfits song. Since ’21 band members have released a Halloween oriented songs. Epica: The Ghost In Me (Danse Macabre) (Vocalist Simone Simons pictured above) The song is a collaboration with Netherlands’s De Efteling theme park and their much-anticipated new attraction, Danse Macabre. “Working this…

Five Finger Death Punch Donates $200,000

Five Finger Death Punch Donates $200,000

Five Finger Death Punch has donated $200,000 from a portion of ticket sales from the band’s past summer/fall North American tour. The funds will be split between two charities handpicked by singer Ivan Moody and guitarist Zoltan Bathory. Moody selected Covenant House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless, trafficked, and exploited youth and young families. “Our commitment to…

Ken Susi & Nick Pierce Follow Ryan Neff Out The Door – As I Lay Dying Loses Members

Ken Susi & Nick Pierce Follow Ryan Neff Out The Door – As I Lay Dying Loses Members

Guitarist Ken Susi and drummer Nick Pierce have separately announced their departure from As I Lay Dying. It comes just six days after bassist/vocalist Ryan Neff said he was leaving. “My time playing with As I Lay Dying has come to an end today (10/24),” wrote Susi on social media, “Unfortunately, my personal morals have recently been tested to a breaking point,…

Truckin’: Grateful Dead Named MusiCares Persons of the Year

Truckin’: Grateful Dead Named MusiCares Persons of the Year

The Grateful Dead have been named the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and the late Jery Garcia will all be honored at the all-star event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31st.   This is only the third time a band has received MusiCares’ annual a award, following…

“Halestorm’s Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions” In January

“Halestorm’s Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions” In January

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger have announced an acoustic tour playing versions of Halestorm songs and select covers.    “Halestorm’s Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions“ tour consists of 12 dates in January. See below. “It would be like hanging with Joe and me in our living room: picking up instruments, telling stories, chatting about songs that helped shaped…

Alex Van Halen’s “Brothers” Has Arrived

Alex Van Halen’s “Brothers” Has Arrived

“Brothers,” a new 384-page book by Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen (pictured left with Eddie), is available. “It is the definitive take on Edward Van Halen’s life and death from the one who knew and loved him best,” wrote the book’s editor Sara Nelson. Alex has said the memoir of is a “love letter” to his late…