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Bullet For My Valentine expect to release their eighth album around January of 2027. The original hope was to get the follow-up to the band’s ’21 self-titled effort released in 2025 but it there were delays. Now though, the album is pretty much done. With the album in the can, why is the release taking…
The three-hour episode of the singing competition aired on 5/11. The selection process had reduced the field to three finalists. Guest performers included Mötley Crüe, Shinedown and Gin Blossoms. Mötley Crüe Home Seet Home/Kickstart My Heart Mötley Crüe and Country-Pop’s Carrie Underwood, who won American Idol in 2005, deliver Crüe classics” “Home Sweet Home” and “Kickstart My Heart.” Underwood has previously…
“Drag Me” is the first song From Ashes To New to reach #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated 5/16). It displaces Dayseeker’s “Crawl Back To My Coffin” after one week. Drag Me The song is From Ashes To New’s 13th entry on the survey. They first reached Mainstream Rock Airplay in ’16 with…
“This record is rooted in the feelings of revenge and vindication,” notes frontman Andy Biersack of the band’s seventh studio album. “These are emotions that can either push us forward or hold us back. There’s a duality to them. They can fuel growth, drive ambition, and help us rise above what’s tried to break us,…
Social Distortion’s eighth album, “Born To Kill,” has dropped. It’s the band’s first full-length effort in fifteen years and follows band founder Mike Ness’s recovery from cancer. The album includes the title track, “Partners In Crime” and “The Way Things Were.” Born To Kill The track “Born To Kill” was the first release off the album. Social…
Legendary feminist rockers L7 has announced “The Last Hurrah Tour.” The U.S. leg will kick off October 9th. Prior to the U.S. dates, the band has scheduled a brief run of Canadian concerts. The North American itinerary is below. “When L7 decided to release a documentary in 2015, we thought maybe we would take one last victory lap around…
“The Shannon’s Home,” is the lead single from Xandria’s upcoming studio album, “Eclipse,” due out August 7th. “We felt this song had a mysterious magic that captured our hearts from the very beginning. In fact, it was the first song we wrote for this next voyage of wonders,” offers guitarist/mastermind Marco Heubaum. Shannon’s Home “Eclipse” Tracks: 01. Syzygy02. Eclipse03. Colours04. The…
Dogstar This Sphere Dogstar: This Sphere The song is from Dogstar’s fourth studio album, “All In Now,” due May 29th. The band, guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose, bassist Keanu Reeves and drummer Rob Mailhouse, credits producer Nick Launay with the fully realized sound and the energy of “All In Now.” “Working with Bret, Robert and Keanu was extremely fun because it brought things back to why people form…
Volbeat and Dayseeker reach #1 while No Doubt plays The Sphere. Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister 5/1 Lemmy’s Bar Is Open A mini-Motörhead museum and bar opens in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England, the town where the late Motörhead frontman Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister was born. The venue helps raise funds for the Lemmy Project, including plans to transform…
Flotsam And Jetsam will release “Rats In The Temple,” on August 28th. This record is a BEAST, truly our best effort to date,” Flotsam And Jetsam frontman Eric “A.K.” Knutson emphatically states. “Do yourself a favor. Dim the lights, grab a drink, put the headphones on, and crank this up. You will not be sorry you did!!!”…