Earlier today, MÖTLEY CRÜE released their first new music in five years. The new song, “Dogs Of War,” which is the first band’s track to not feature legendary guitarist Mick Mars, has seem to leave fans dissapointed. Fans were quick to express their regret, with one of them commenting: “That was hot….garbage. The whole thing sounds like it was done on a computer ..read more

Hammerfall – Avenge the Fallen MÖTLEY CRÜE debuts their latest single, “Dogs of War,” marking their first new music in five years. This release also marks the band’s first since welcoming John 5 as their new guitarist in October 2022, following the departure of founding member Mick Mars. Check out “Dogs of War” below, and don’t miss the premiere of its accompanying video at 10AM EST today ..read more

Hammerfall – Avenge the Fallen The highly anticipated new touring cycle of SLIPKNOT has commenced. As anticipated by devoted fans, this marks the unveiling of new masks, outfits, and all the accompanying elements. However, 2024 holds special significance for the heavy hitters from Iowa as they commemorate the 25th anniversary of their self-titled 1999 album, which propelled them into the mainstream. This year also sees the masked metallers introducing a new drummer, following their departure from Jay Weinberg last November ..read more

My initial look at “Beyond Shadowland’s” cover told me it would be a Hard Rock album. The band’s name Six by Six gave me the same feelng maybe because I was kind of addressed to Kix – please, don’t ask me why. I really can’t say. To my surprise, and maybe to my child of the night’s, “Beyond Shadowland” has lots of surprises regarding to its sonancy ..read more

“Polaris” is Lodestar’s third album and we had the honor of reviewing their sophomore release 2022’s “Event Horizon.” Both albums, by the way, tell a lot about the themes the band like to inspire on to write their songs. If you said science fiction and everything related you are right. I always say that having the opportunity to review a band’s albums in a sequence gives me the change of getting to know how the band is evolving ..read more

HAMMERFALL has announced their 13th studio album, Avenge The Fallen , which will be released on August 9th via Nuclear Blast Records ..read more

Has FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares just confirmed that Eloy Casagrande is new SLIPKNOT drummer? It sure seems so. On April 23rd, Cazares took to X to post the following: “Now that Eloy Casagrande is playing drums for SLIPKNOT makes me actually wanna go see the band, how about you?” SLIPKNOT is set to perform an exclusive performance at Pappy + Harriet’s in Pioneertown, California, a popular destination close to Joshua Tree National Park in San Bernardino County later today ..read more

Arise Sir Ozzy! We’ve had knighthoods for surviving BEATLES members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Welsh star Tom Jones, and even the ultimate accolade of Sir Mick Jagger of THE ROLLING STONES. But sadly, as highlighted in a BBC interview this week, the gongs have not been forthcoming for any members of Birmingham rock legends BLACK SABBATH, despite half a century of performing to millions of fans around the world ..read more

MÖTLEY CRÜE is set to debut a new track titled “Dogs Of War” on Friday, April 26th. This release comes as part of MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s recent collaboration with Big Machine Records. CRÜE frontman Vince Neil told Billboard: “We want to keep putting out new music, too, so we don’t get stagnant. We recorded ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)’ by the BEASTIE BOYS and we recorded this song, too, and I thought it turned out pretty good ..read more

While speaking on SiriusXM‘s “The Howard Stern Show,” Matt Cameron, the drummer for both PEARL JAM and SOUNDGARDEN, recalled about an incident nearly five decades ago when he faced the threat of legal action from KISS. “I was in a neighborhood KISS cover band when I was 13, 14 or something like that,” Cameron said ..read more