This Week in Rock

“March Of The Unheard, The Halo Effect’s sophomore album will arrive on January 10th. The Halo Effect features five former In Flames members — Peter Iwers (bass), Mikael Stanne (vocals), Jesper Strömblad (guitar), Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Daniel Svensson (drums). “I knew there would be a lot of comparisons and there would be talks about rivalry (with In Flames) and stuff like…

Judas Priest The English band, form in 1969, have sold over 50 million albums and are regarded as a pioneering and influential Heavy Metal band. Over the past fifty years, the band has issued nineteen albums including “British Steel” and “Screaming For Vengeance,” READ MORE Joan Jett Born Joan Marie Larkin, Jett is often referred to…

Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed that he has been undergoing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, a treatment for symptoms of trauma. Sixx had a traumatic childhood, which included his father abandoning the family. When you undergo EMDR, you access memories of a trauma event in very specific ways,” according to the Cleveland Clinic. “Combined with…

The artist, album title and release date are listed. Mark Tremonti – The End Will Show Us How (January 10th) The Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist’s sixth solo album includes “One More Time.” “When I came up with the opening riff, it really solidified the song. Now, it’s one of the heaviest tracks on the record,” explained…

12/2 Slipknot Drummer Is #1 Modern Drummer magazine’s readers vote former Sepultura and current Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande as the #1 Metal drummer in the publication’s Readers’ Poll. 12/3 Falling In Reverse Cancel U.K. Tour Falling In Reverse are forced to cancel dates of their U.K. Tour after frontman Ronnie Radke (pictured) is denied entry into the country because the…

The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, burned for nearly two hours on Thursday (12/26) before more than 100 firefighters brought the flames under control. The four-story downtown L.A. building, vacant for more than a decade, was featured on the cover of The Doors’ fifth…

The Lamb Of God guitarist is celebrating six years of sobriety. “I woke up this morning (12/27) with 6 years clean & sober,” Morton wrote on social media. “This comes after decades of drinking nearly every day & with the final 10 years of that compounded by an aggressively progressive opiate addiction that almost killed…

The Bob Dylan biopic, directed by James Mangold, is in U.S. theaters. The film, starring Timothée Chalamet, was based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wood and follows Dylan’s life and career from January 1961, when he moved to New York City to his 1965 concert at the Newport Folk Festival. The film’s title…

11/1 The Cure’s New Album “Songs Of A Lost World” contains the ethereal track “Alone.” Frontman Robert Smith (pictured center) has stated “Alone” “unlocked the record.” “As soon as we had that piece of music recorded, I knew it was the opening song – and I felt the whole album come into focus,” Smith concluded. 11/2…