This Week in Rock

“Psycho” is Asking Alexandria‘s second #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The song follows the one-week reign of “Alone Again” in ‘21. Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce wrote “Psycho” with singer Danny Worsnop, drummer James Cassells, touring guitarist Paul Bartolomé and the track’s producer, Matt Good.  “(‘Psycho’ is about) ‘being stuck in a relationship…

Avenged Sevenfold has released “We Love You Moar,” a new version of the band’s “We Love You” from the “Life Is But A Dream…” album. The track features Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova on guest vocals.  Also, Avenged Sevenfold and Pussy Riot have collaborated on a special and limited-edition balaclava, featuring the logos of both bands, with all proceeds going toward aiding the LGBTQ+ community in Russia’s…

Stevie Nicks says she sees “no reason” to continue Fleetwood Mac without keyboardist and co-vocalist Christine McVie, who passed away last year. The band last performed together four years ago (’19). “When Christine (pictured) died, I felt like you can’t replace her,” Nicks told Vulture. “She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my…

Heart‘s Ann Wilson and her band Tripsitter have released “Another Door.”   Tripsitter: Ryan Wariner (guitars), Tom Bukovac (guitars), Paul Moak (guitars & keyboards), Tony Lucido (bass) and Sean T Lane (drums). The set features the ballad single “This Is Now.” Black Stone Cherry has released is eighth studio album “Screamin’ At The Sky,” featuring the title track.  “We envisioned standing around a bonfire and just letting…

Foo Fighters have the triple crown as “Under You” simultaneously rules the Rock & Alternative Airplay, Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay charts. “Under You,” the Foo’s eleventh #1 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, is from their eleventh studio album, “But Here We Are.”  It’s also the second song from the album to…

Between The Buried And Me guitarist Dustie Waring (pictured left) returned to the stage at the Furnace Festival (9/24) months after rape allegations were made against him. Earlier this year, an anonymous individual accused Waring of rape in a Reddit post.  As a result, Waring did not participate in the Prog Metal band’s summer tour. “Mr….

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards recently offered his unfavorable opinion of Rap. “I don’t really like to hear people yelling at me and telling me it’s music… I can get enough of that without leaving my house.” Richards and his bandmates will release “Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones first album of original material since ‘05 (“A Bigger…

“Black Sabbath – The Ballet” premiered at Hippodrome theatre in London (on 9/23). The ballet included eight specially reorchestrated Black Sabbath songs, including “Paranoid,” and “Iron Man,” plus other songs from the band’s early 1970s catalog.   Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi came up on stage at the end of the performance to play “Paranoid.”   Bassist Geezer Butler and Sharon Osbourne,…

Corey Taylor has scored his second solo #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, with “Beyond.” The track is from Taylor’s sophomore solo studio album, “CMF2″ which was produced by Jay Ruston. He also worked on ’20’s “CMFT.” “We’re not afraid to tell each other if it’s a good idea, or also a bad one; we have that…

On the day (9/22) Thy Art Is Murder released its sixth album “Godlike,” the band announced the firing of vocalist CJ McMahon (pictured above) having already removed his vocals from the album and re-recorded them with another vocalist. The split was partially due to McMahon’s recent anti-trans comments, which the band noted was only a…