Beartooth Controversary

Beartooth Controversary

“The Surface,” Beartooth’s fifth studio effort, will arrive October 13th. The set features the track “The Better Me,” a collaboration with Country Rock’s Hardy. The accompanying video has frontman Caleb Shomo and Hardy performing the track in a studio, driving and playing golf.   On social media fans liked that the song was positive and…

Heaven & Hell
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Heaven & Hell

There are a lot of people who have a passion for the Ronnie James Dio (pictured) led iteration of Black Sabbath. When Ozzy Osbourne left (or was fired) in ’78, the remaining Sabbath members (Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward) recruited Dio. “Heaven & Hell” was released in ’81. The following year saw “Mob…

Corey Taylor’s Album Is Out

Corey Taylor’s Album Is Out

Corey Taylor’s sophomore solo album, “CMF2” containing the singles “Talk Sick,” “Beyond,” “Post Traumatic Blues” and “We Are The Rest” has dropped. The Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman recorded the album with his solo band: Christian Martucci (guitar), Zach Throne (guitar) Eliot Lorango (bass) and Dustin Robert (drums). Taylor has said “CMF2” is “the best Rock album of…

Hootie & The Blowfish
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Hootie & The Blowfish

  Hootie & The Blowfish’s “Cracked Rear View,” released in ’94, was the #3 best-selling debut album of all time, behind Whitney Houston’s self-titled effort and Meatloaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell.” Second and third albums, “Fairweather Johnson” (pictured) and “Musical Chairs,” while not reaching their debut’s rarified heights, still did exceptionally well. Like “Cracked Rear…

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Staind Shares “Here And Now”

Staind has unfurled the power ballad “Here And Now,” a track from “Confessions Of The Fallen,” the band’s first studio album in 12 years.   “Confessions Of The Fallen” will drop this Friday (9/15). “Confessions Of The Fallen” Track Listing: 01. Lowest In Me02. Was Any Of It Real?03. In This Condition04. Here And Now05. Out Of Time06. Cycle Of Hurting07. The…

Puddle Of Mudd Cancel – Then Get Cancelled

Puddle Of Mudd Cancel – Then Get Cancelled

Puddle Of Mudd have canceled September 15th/16th shows at The Machine Shop in Flint, MI. In a statement, the venue blamed frontman Wes Scantlin and forbade Puddle Of Mudd from rescheduling the show, effectively banning the act from the venue. “This is not a ‘due to circumstances beyond our control’ cancellation,” the venue added. “This…

Metallica: No Repeat Makes Good

Metallica: No Repeat Makes Good

Having beaten COVID-19, which forced an abbreviated “No Repeat Weekend” set on 9/1 and a postponement of 9/3 concert, guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield returned as Metallica made good with a rescheduled performance in Glendale. AZ on 9/9.   Hetfield thanked the fans for coming back when Metallica could “fire on all cylinders,” assuring them that “we…

Ghost Goes Platinum

Ghost Goes Platinum

Ghost‘s single “Mary On A Cross” has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) for accumulating one million certified units. Also, a slowed down version of “Mary On A Cross“ amassed over one billion TikTok views as the song was used as the soundtrack for thousands of videos on the platform. As a result, Ghost released…