The Week In Rock: May 3rd – May 10th

5/3 Nothing More Tops The Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart

“House On Sand” marks the third #1 from Nothing More’s “Carnal” album. The track features I Prevail’s Eric Vanlerberghe. “Angel Song,” and “If It Doesn’t Hurt” were the first two #1s from “Carnal.”

5/3 Van Halen’s David Lee Roth Returns

Roth plays his first full solo concert in more than five years at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, Maryland.

He opens his set with “Panama” and closes with “Jump.” Both songs are from Van Halen’s “1984” album.

5/5 Wrestler’s Entrance Music By Tool Guitarist

Mexican WWE wrestler Penta comes to the ring accompanied by the sound of Tool’s Adam Jones on guitar.

The masked wrestler made his walk to the ring while much heavier than the usual music played.

5/6 Within Temptation Present “Invisible Force”

The documentary “Within Temptation: The Invisible Force” premieres exclusively on YouTube.

The film follows band founders Sharon Den Adel (pictured) and Robert Westerholt as they become increasingly involved with the Ukraine war. A distant solidarity soon evolves into direct action, on stage and beyond.

5/7 3 Doors Down Singer Battling Stage 4 Cancer

Brad Arnold reveals that he is battling clear cell renal cell carcinoma, or ccRCC, a type of kidney cancer.

“I’d been sick a couple of weeks ago and then went to the hospital and got checked out and had actually got the diagnosis that I had clear cell renal (cell) carcinoma that had metastasized into my lung,” the 46-year-old Arnold stated in a video message.

When ccRCC spreads to other parts of the body, treatment is more difficult and the five-year survival rate is about 10%.

5/8 Linkin Park Are In The SoundExchange Hall of Fame

The honor recognizes the innovative band who is one of the most streamed acts in the organization’s 20-plus-year history of administering digital performance royalties.

5/8 Medical Emergency Cancels Show

Alice In Chains is forced to cancel its concert at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT after drummer Sean Kinney suffers “a non-life-threatening medical emergency.” Upcoming concerts are also canceled.

5/9 Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant

Featuring the track “Year Of The Snake,” it is the Canadian Indie Rock band’s the seventh studio album.

The 10-song set “of cinematic mystical punk,” is their first in three years. It was recorded in New Orleans and produced by bandmembers Win Butler and Régine Chassagne alongside Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan).

5/9 Sleep Token: Even In Arcadia

Sleep Token’s fourth album features the single “Emergence.”

Only two of Sleep Token’s pseudonymous members — singer Vessel and drummer II — are credited as having played on or composed music for the band’s three previous albums.

5/9 Candlemass: Black Star EP

Candlemass is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a four-track EP.

“Not all bands get to see their 40th birthday and it certainly hasn’t been an easy ride,” commented the band’s Leif Edling. “But many ups and downs later, we stand here as survivors, veterans even… a bit scarred perhaps? Still ready though to unleash another piece of doom-laden Metal upon an unsuspecting world. It’s been fun recording some new stuff as well as covering a couple of old favorites.”

5/9 Lemmy Immortalized

Motörhead founder and bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister is honored and immortalized during at the “Lemmy Forever” Stoke-On-Trent ceremony.

 Motörhead’s Phil Campbell attends to place Lemmy’s ashes in a statue created by local sculptor and Motorhead fan, Andy Edwards.

5/9 Disturbed’s David Draiman Proposes

The frontman proposes to his girlfriend, Sarah Uli, on stage during the band’s concert in Sacramento, CA.

A surprised and emotional Uli says ‘yes’

5/10 Ghost Tops Billboard 200

Ghost’s “Skeletá” reaches #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 86,000 U.S. equivalent album units earned in the set’s first week of release. 

The band’s sixth studio album is the first Hard Rock effort to reach the top spot on the album survey since AC/DC’s “Power Up” in ’20.

“Skeletá,” “described as Ghost’s “most unflinchingly introspective work to date” follows the band’s ’22 studio album “Impera.”

5/10 Disturbed Returns To The Top

Disturbed’s “I Will Not Break” had a three-week run atop the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in April before being knocked off by Nothing More’s “House On Sand.

In something that doesn’t happen all that often, “I Will Not Break” returns to the top of the Mainstream Rock chart.