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Slipknot has completed a deal to sell its music catalog – said to be worth approximately $120 million — to HarbourView Equity Partners. The deal includes the rights to Slipknot’s publishing and recording master royalties but reportedly does not extend to future releases. “After 25 years of taking on the music business, we find ourselves with a partner…
Mötley Crüe has announced “The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins” North American tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the hugely successful ’05-’06 “Carnival Of Sins” tour and the band’s 45th anniversary. “Bringing back the spirit of ‘Carnival Of Sins’ has been a blast, and we wanted to take it even further for its 20th anniversary,” wrote Mötley Crüe in a…
Shinedown has released the ballad “Searchlight,” a song that was first performed live during the band’s Grand Ole Opry debut last month. Shinedown frontman Brent Smith told the audience “we didn’t find this one, it found us.” “‘Searchlight’ is a song about owning your true feelings,” Smith offered following the song’s release. “It’s an awakening of the soul. Lyrically…
Dead Atreyu Atreyu: Dead “We have tried to, especially on ‘Dead,’ (was to) write a song that takes you on a journey,” stated bassist Marc ‘Porter’ McKnight. “And, obviously, the chorus repeats three times, and there’s a verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, outro… But we tried to do it in a way that was a…
The 15th edition of the Welcome To Rockville will take place May 7th-10th at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Next year’s event will feature more than 160 bands on 5 stages. The headliners for each day are listed below: Thursday, May 7th: Guns N’ Roses, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack & Staind Friday,…
Lamb Of God will launch a North American trek this March. “We are beyond thrilled to announce the loudest, proudest, floor shakin’-est, earth quakin’-est, ear-splittin’-est, mosh pittin’-est, undiluted, undisputed HEAVIEST tour of the whole damn year,” enthused guitarist Mark Morton. Tour support will come from Kublai Khan TX, Fit For An Autopsy and Sanguisugabogg. Lamb Of God Tour…
The Royal Mint has unveiled a U.K. coin to celebrate Queen’s Freddie Mercury — whose four-octave range and showmanship defined generations. The collectible coin captures Mercury mid-performance with his signature inscribed alongside his portrait. Mercury’s sister, Kashmira Bulsara, commented: “Freddie would have been absolutely delighted to see himself honored in this way.” The Royal Mint has also created collectible coins…
Ghost’s single “Mary On A Cross” has been certified double platinum by the RIAA (Record Association Of America) for accumulating two million certified units. The certification comes a little over two years after “Mary On A Cross” became Ghost’s first single to achieve platinum status. Mary On A Cross The track is from Ghost’s ’19 EP “Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic.”…
With “The End” Five Finger Death Punch have landed their 17th #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart (dated 11/22) while Babymetal, who is featured on the track, is the first Japanese act to top the survey. The End “The End” is FFDP’s thirteenth #1 in a row on Mainstream Rock and the band now has…
Dayseeker has announced a North America headline tour, set for May 2026. The trek will kick off May 1st in New York and run through May 30th in San Diego. “This is our first headlining tour for our new album ‘Creature In The Black Night’ (pictured above) and we couldn’t be more thrilled to bring some of…