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Ghost Nails Mary on a Cross

Ghost just scored its first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Mary On A Cross." The song, which was originally released as a two-track single in ‘19, debuted at #90 on the chart with 6-million U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads A slowed down version of the song was included in a video for the Netflix show "Stranger Things." which likely helped the …
Ghost Nails Mary on a Cross

Iron Fist is 40

Iron Fist is 40
Marking the 40th anniversary of Motorhead’s “Iron Fist” a deluxe, expanded edition of the influential album, “Iron Fist (40th Anniversary Edition),” will drop September 23rd.  The Anniversary Edition includes the title track, “(Don’t Let ‘Em) Grind You Down” plus a live version of “Ace Of Spades.”   The package also includes previously unreleased tracks, unearthed photos and updated liner notes. On …

Smashing Pumpkins Rock Opera

Smashing Pumpkins will release ‘Act 1’ of "Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Acts" on November 15th. ‘Act 1’ has the single "Beguiled." The ‘opera” is billed as a sequel to ‘95's "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" and ‘00's "Machina/The Machine of God". ‘Act 2’ is scheduled to drop January 31st ’23 with ‘Act 3’ available April 21st, ‘23. At that time …
Smashing Pumpkins Rock Opera

Patient Number 9 is #2

Patient Number 9 is #2
Ozzy Osbourne’s “Patient Number 9” is #2 on the U.K. Album Chart (behind pop singer Robbie Williams). It’s the highest U.K. chart position of Ozzy’s career and his fifth album to crack the U.K. Top 10 – ‘20's “Ordinary Man,” 07’s “Black Rain” and ‘86's “The Ultimate Sin” and ‘80's “Blizzard of Ozz” are the other four.  In the U.S. “Patient Number 9” peaked at …

Shadows Fall Vets Are Living Wreckage

Living Wreckage will release it’s debut full-length album this Friday (September 23rd). The band consists of guitarist Jon Donais (Shadows Fall/Anthrax), bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall), aided and abetted by vocalist Jeff Gard, guitarist Matt LeBreton and drummer Jon Morency.  The album holds the singles “One Foot In The Grave,” “Endless War” and “Breaking Point,” which according to Gard, is “basically …
Shadows Fall Vets Are Living Wreckage
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