Upcoming Tours: Fozzy, Static-X & Hollywood Undead/Tech N9ne

“An Ocean Of Strange Islands,” the third single from Nightwish’s upcoming album, “Yesterwynde,” is out. It’s the band’s tenth studio LP is due on September 20 th. “The song ‘An Ocean Of Strange Islands‘ gives you sheer heaviness with its massive guitars, epic orchestrations and phenomenal vocals by Floor Jansen,” enthused Nightwish keyboardist and main composer Tuomas Holopainen. “Classic Nightwish at its…

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger have announced an acoustic tour playing versions of Halestorm songs and select covers.    “Halestorm’s Lzzy And Joe: The Living Room Sessions“ tour consists of 12 dates in January. See below. “It would be like hanging with Joe and me in our living room: picking up instruments, telling stories, chatting about songs that helped shaped…

3/1 “Half Black Heart,” the fifth album from New Years Day, drops. The album features the previously released tracks “Half Black Heart,” “Vampyre,” “Hurts Like Hell,” “Secrets” and “I Still Believe.” 3/1 Bruce Dickinson‘s “The Mandrake Project” arrives. It is the Iron Maiden frontman’s seventh solo album and his first since “Tyranny Of Souls“ in ’05. 3/1 Mercyful Fate bassist Becky Baldwin takes to social…

So far this year, only one Rock album has topped the Billboard 200 album chart. On November 4th, Blink-182‘s comeback album “One More Time…” went to the top selling 125,000 units in its first week. Metallica‘s “72 Seasons” debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling 146,000 copies in the first week. But that wasn’t enough…

“Never criticize or make a joke at Taylor Swift’s expense,” should be a showbiz axiom. Violate that rule and you will suffer mightily. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl (pictured above) found that out over the weekend in London where both the Foos and Swift were performing. Swift is currently on her hugely successful “Eras Tour.”…

Nightwish’s official music video for “The Day Of…” has arrived. The track is on the band’s upcoming tenth studio effort, “Yesterwynde,” which is due September 20th. “‘Yesterwynde’ took more time to make than any previous Nightwish album,” noted keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen (pictured above w. vocalist Floor Jensen), who composed the majority of the material. “The new album was intensively worked…