This Week in Rock

Daughtry’s EP, “Shock To The System (Part One),” has dropped. The set features the lead single, “The Reckoning.” “(The song) is about that moment in life when you realize that you are in control of your own destiny,” stated frontman Chris Daughtry. “It’s about that moment you decide to take responsibility for the person you want to be…

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has issued two songs to promote his upcoming “Lighthouse Tour ’24” which will kick off in Europe in late September with U.S. dates in November. The songs are a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” and a McKagen original “True To The Death Rock N Roll Ballad.” Both tracks are…

Heart’s Ann Wilsom has revealed that she’s finished chemotherapy and ready to prepare for the band’s rescheduled 2025 tour. Earlier this year, Heart cancelled summer/fall North American tour dates so Wilson could undergo treatment. “I underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous,” Wilson explained. “The operation was successful.” Wilson’s doctors then recommended…

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has revealed that Roger Daltrey (The Who), Sammy Hagar (Van Hagar), Slash (Guns N’ Roses – pictured), Jelly Roll and Demi Lovato will appear during the 2024 induction ceremony on October 19th at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH. This year’s Hall Of Fame inductees include Foreigner, Peter Frampton and Ozzy Osbourne (who…

Fever 333 have cancelled their fall tour due to singer Jason Aalon Butler’s recent bout of depression. “Recently I’ve been faced with my most significant and challenging struggle with depression,” offered Butler on Instagram. “I became deeply depressed at a time where one would expect to be excitedly anticipating the release of a new album and…

“Sabaton – The Tour To End All Tours” will premiere in nearly 500 North American cinemas on October 30th and October 31st. The concert film was recorded last year at the sold-out Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, during the band’s European tour.  “The initial plan with this concert film was to bring an explosive Sabaton show right to our…

Linkin Park has released “Heavy Is The Crown,” the band’s follow-up to “The Emptiness Machine.” The song is the anthem for the 2024 League Of Legends World Championship (a multiplayer online battle arena – MOBA). It’s also Linkin Park’s first collaboration with Riot Games, a video game developer and esports tournament organizer.    “From Zero,” Linkin Park’s…

Charlotte Wessels has released “The Obsession,” her third studio set. The lead single was “The Exorcism.” “This album is significant, for on the one hand, telling such a deeply personal journey — through its unintended theme of fear and obsessive thoughts — and at the same time, representing the joy of finding the song’s true forms with…

Beartooth: ATTN The track is from the expanded edition of “The Surface (Deluxe Edition)” which is out now, “‘ATTN.’ is about the ultimate conclusion that I’ve come to after this whole album cycle and living with these songs for as long as I have now,” says frontman Caleb Shomo,  Drowning Pool: Revolution (The Final Amen) It’s Drowning…

Nightwish’s tenth studio album, “Yesterwynde,” is out. “‘Yesterwynde’ is a fantastical voyage through time, memory, and the better angels of human nature,” offered keyboardist/main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen. It follows the ’20 release of “Human. :II: Nature” and is the first Nightwish studio album since “00’s “Wishmaster” not feature Marko Hietala following his departure in ’21 but it’s the band’s…