This Week in Rock

The annual  INKcarceration Festival, with dozens of bands and more than 115 tattoo artists. will be July 19th through 21st at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. The Line-Up: Tickets/Parking/Camping Info: Day 1 Lineup (July 19th ) Breaking Benjamin (pictured), The Offspring, Chevelle, Machine Head, Chimaira, Poison The Well, Bad Wolves, Biohazard, Veil Of Maya, Mushroomhead,…

Nita Strauss has announced a run of U.S. headline tour dates set for March. Strauss, a touring guitarist for Alice Copper and Demi Lovato, has established a successful solo career. Her latest album, “The Call Of The Void” debuted at #1 on the iTunes Rock chart. Tour Dates: Ticket Information: March 12 – Worcester, MA – The PalladiumMarch 13…

Dream Theater have released “Parasomnia.” Produced by guitarist John Petrucci, the LP marks the band’s first release with drummer Mike Portnoy since ’09’s “Black Clouds & Silver Linings.” “He (Portnoy) was gone for a long time,” noted keyboardist Jordan Rudess. “When I listen back to the music that we’ve been creating, it’s got his stamp on it.” The set features…

Five Finger Death Punch has pushed back the release date of the digital deluxe edition of “AfterLife,” the band’s ninth studio album which dropped in ’22, to April 5th from the previously announced February 9th. The deluxe package has “This Is The Way,” featuring late Rapper DMX. “Music is meant to be shared, and it starts…

Incubus (pictured) have announced a summer tour celebrating “Morning View” by performing the ’01 album in its entirety. Support will come Coheed & Cambria. Five singles, including “Wish You Were Here,” were released from the band’s fourth studio effort. “This album helped propel our little art experiment called ‘Incubus’ into a way of life and here we are…

Lamb Of God & Mastodon have announced the co-headlining “Ashes Of Leviathan” tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of two seminal releases: Lamb Of God’s’ “Ashes Of The Wake” and Mastodon’s’ sophomore effort “Leviathan.” Both were released on August 31st, ’04. And each band will perform their respective album in full.  Also, both bands will be supporting a charity of their choice…

The Creed reunion tour is adding a new leg of shows. 3 Doors Down will open most of the concerts while Mammoth WVH and Finger Eleven will perform on select dates, The latest leg, of the “Are You Ready?” tour, begins November 2nd in Oklahoma City and wraps December 5th in Orlando, FL. Creed Tour Dates:…

Disturbed frontman David Draiman called out the Westboro Baptist Church who chose to protest the band’s 2/2 show in Kansas City. After two fans came on stage to talk about the positives of being Disturbed fans, Draiman mentioned that Westboro Baptist Church members were outside the venue protesting the band’s appearance. He mocked those who consider…

Grammy Notes: During a pre-ceremony event Green Day performed “American Idiot.”  Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, as he has done in the past, changed the lyrics from “don’t want a redneck agenda” to “don’t want a MAGA agenda.” Longtime couple, Kelly Osbourne and Slipknot’s Sid Wilson walked the red carpet. Jelly Roll appeared in an Uber…

Beartooth has shared a five-minute official documentary titled “Below The Surface.” In the film, Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo discusses how the pandemic inspired the band’s ’21 album “Below” (the “darkest record in my life”) and how ’23’s “The Surface” (“bringing some new things in my life to the surface, and thankfully, those turned out to be some pretty cool things.”) reflects his…