Mick Mars Gets A Win

With half the year over, it’s noteworthy that only three songs have had multi-week runs at #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart – Metallica (pictured above) -“Lux Æterna,” Linkin Park – “Lost” and Foo Fighters – “Rescued.” “Lux Æterna,” from the ’72 Seasons” album, was released late last year and topped the chart on…

Five Finger Death Punch – (featuring DMX): This Is The Way “This Is The Way” is #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Chart. The track is a mash-up of DMX’s ’09 song “The Way It’s Gonna Be” and Five Finger Death Punch’s “Judgement Day,” which is on the band’s ’22 set “AfterLife.”  “Music is meant to be…

Judas Priest‘s nineteenth studio album “Invincible Sheild,” has dropped.  The album’s lead single was “Panic Attack” followed by “Trial By Fire,” “Crown Of Horns” and “The Serpent And The King.” “It sounds like a young bunch of metal heads banging it out,” stated frontman Rob Halford. “This (album) has got probably some more progressive elements that we’ve…

The Warning have announced plans to embark on a U.S, headline tour before supporting Evanescence on a run through Canada. The band will be promoting their fourth full-length album, “Keep Me Fed,” which is set to drop June 28th. The set features “Automatic Sun,” “Hell You Call A Dream” and the new track “Burnout.” “By…

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has confirmed that Teemu Mäntysaari (pictured) will continue as the band’s guitarist for the foreseeable future. Thew announcement came after longtime Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro made his decision to “extend” his absence from the group’s touring activities. “Kiko is a top-notch professional, a maestro — and he did not want to hurt me or Megadeth,” Mustaine explained. “We came up with a solution…

Swedish Metalcore band Imminence will embark on a U.S. tour in April. This year alone the band issued a series of singles, the most recent of which is “Death By A Thousand Cuts.” They plan to include those singles on their upcoming album (no release date has been announced). The group consists of vocalist Eddie…