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“The Ghost Of A Future Dead,” from At The Gates, leads Sweden’s official album chart. It marks the first time that At The Gates has entered the chart at #1. “The Ghost Of A Future Dead,” the Melodic Death Metal band’s eighth studio album, was their first album to feature co-founding guitarist Anders Björler since 2014’s “At War With Reality” and…
The “Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition” world premiere was held at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, England on 5/5/26. The film begins a limited theatrical run on 5/7. The documentary features on‑camera reflections from the band plus actor Javier Bardem and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, recounting the band’s influence on music, culture and fans worldwide. The hour-and-46-minute documentary, directed…
Shadow & The Thrill launched by Tony Cardenas-Montana (Great White) in 2018, has dropped “Hangover Sex,” the follow-up to last year’s “Supermodel.” “This one’s gonna hurt. In a good way,” says Cardenas-Montana of the song. “While somewhat autobiographical, it is a track most of us can relate to — that otherworldly, punishing feeling the morning after a…
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Ghost is honored in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category at the Swedish Grammis awards (Swedish Grammy equivalent), held Wednesday night (4/29) at Annexet in Stockholm. Ghost leader Tobias Forge is joined by his songwriting team of Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir when he accepted the award for last year’s “Skeletá” album. Ghost was also up for the “Artist Of The Year” and “Album Of The…
Wednesday 13 (Joseph Michael Poole), who famously fronted horror Punk’s Murderdolls, before launching a lengthy solo career, will embark on a fall 2026 “Shocktober Blood” U.S. tour. Murderdolls released two full-length albums and one EP. After the band went on hiatus in 2004, Wednesday 13 formed another band named after his stage moniker. Later, he…
Fozzy, featuring (wrestler) Chris Jericho and Rich “The Duke” Ward (Stuck Mojo), has released a new single, “I Know Evil.” “The goal moving forward is just to put everything we have into every song,” explains Ward. “”Now that we are in this mode where we’re working on a song at a time, we realize that it’s important to…
Wolfgang Van Halen 4/1 Wolfgang Van Halen Plays April Fool’s Prank At Mammoth’s Cincinnati show frontman Wolfgang Van Halen tells the audience he’s going to play a song he said he’d never play. After additional build-up the band plays a cover of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The audience is Rickrolled by Van…
Volbeat’s’ “Demonic Depression,” is the band’s thirteenth #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart (dated May 2nd). The song is from last year’s ‘God Of Angels Trust” album which also featured previous #1s, “Time Will Heal” and “By A Monsters Hand.” “‘Demonic Depression’ is based on one of my really good friends and the state of mind that…
Five albums into their career and numerous Australian music awards, the Metalcore band. Northlane, has independently released “Evain.” Northlane frontman Marcus Bridge says,”‘Evian’ is about self-improvement through confronting trauma then finding your way back to someone from a healthier place. It explores the choice to grow on your own rather than dragging others down with you, making…