Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell shared a new Q&A with Metal Hammer that he and Metallica frontman James Hetfield have discussed collaborating together.
Cantrell previously appeared on Metallica's rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Tuesday's Gone on their 1998 Garage Inc covers album and he was asked by Metal Hammer if he and James would ever do an album together. (continue)
Alter-Bridge marked their 21st anniversary as a band on Sunday (January 5th), by sharing the big news that they are working on their next studio album, which they will be recording this year.
The band took to Facebook and shared, "21 years ago, on this day, we formed Alter Bridge! Thanks to all our fans for sticking with us and we are going to record a new album this year! Very excited for the future!" (continue)
Following their reunion set at last year's When We Were Young' festival in Las Vegas, Chiodos will keep the reunion going with a performance at this year's Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, organizers revealed today (January 6th).
Promoters began rolling out announcements about the lineup for this year's event that will be taking place on July 18th through 20th at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. (continue)
Franz Ferdinand have shared new track, "Hooked," the latest single from their new studio album, The Human Fear, which will be released this Friday, January 10, 2025 on Domino.
"Sliding into midnight, it's a nighttime prowl of a song. If we all have the human fear, then that's alright when you're hooked. I thought I knew what love was... but then I met you." - Alex Kapranos (continue)
Dead By Wednesday will be hitting the road tomorrow for their highly anticipated Blizzard Bash Tour 2025, alongside West Coast metal legends Skinlab. This intense winter tour will run from January 7-12, bringing the heat to the Northeast with select local bands supporting at each show.
The Blizzard Bash tradition, which began nearly two decades ago, is centered around drummer Opus' birthday and has grown into a highly sought-after indoor music festival. (continue)
Bonfire are thrilled to share a killer new single "Lost All Control." The track is off their highly anticipated new studio album, 'Higher Ground' out on January 24th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl. The track is accompanied by a new music video.
Bassist Ronnie Parkes comments on the new single: "'Lost All Control' is a powerful song with great performances throughout the track and it is very melodic. It talks about the isolation and the disconnection of reality that people with mental illness sometimes have to deal with. One of my favourites off the new album!" (continue)
The Major Label Debut podcast series today shares episode 6, the final episode of Season 1, featuring Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum discussing their 1988 album Hang Time. This episode follows on the heels of Brenda Sauter of The Feelies their 1988 album, Only Life - listen to all of Season 1 here.
Hosted by Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club, and produced by John Paul Bullock and Josh Hook, the six episode first season explores what it means to plug into the corporate machine. Wright speaks with musicians, producers and industry insiders about the successes and sometimes colossal failures of major label debut albums. (continue)
The Veer Union have launched into 2025 with the release of the their new album, "Welcome To Dystopia". The 8 song, apocalyptic themed album by the Vancouver BC, Canada based group includes previously released hit singles "Empirical"; "Is This How It Ends", and the title track, which included a guest appearance by rising rockers Silent Theory.
The focus track for the LP is "No Excuse" which excoriates leaders around the world for leaving the poor, middle class and working class behind in an evolving world - in order to help the wealthy grow their net worth to obscene levels. An ominous spoken word intro explodes into driving guitars, buoyed by a hypnotic piano and synth melody line that are propelled forward by thunderous drums with a chugging, relentless rhythm. (continue)
Pattern-Seeking Animals comes out of the gate in 2025 with the release of their fifth album Friend of All Creatures due out on February 14th, on GEP Records. The Los Angeles-based quartet have been one of the prog scene's most prolific and well-received artists, beginning with the release of their self-titled debut album in 2019, followed by Prehensile Tales in 2020, Only Passing Through in 2022 and Spooky Action at a Distance in 2023.
Originally formed with past members of Spock's Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals (P-SA) has long since staked claim to its own identity, forging a strong path in the prog world. The band, named after a quote about human behavior from science historian Michael Shermer, PS-A is Ted Leonard (lead vocals and guitar), John Boegehold (keyboards, guitars, programming), Dave Meros (basses) and the energetic Jimmy Keegan (drums and vocals). (continue)
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The Waterboys today make the very special announcement of their brand new, sixteenth studio album Life, Death And Dennis Hopper - out April 4th on Sun Records.
The most audacious Waterboys album yet, Life, Death And Dennis Hopper is the epic story of the trailblazing American actor and rebel told through a song cycle depicting not only Hopper's story but the saga of the last 75 years of western pop culture. "The arc of his life was the story of our times," says band leader Mike Scott, "He was at the big bang of youth culture in Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean; and the beginnings of Pop Art with the young Andy Warhol. He was part of the counter-culture, hippie, civil rights and psychedelic scenes of the '60s. In the '70s and '80s he went on a wild 10-year rip, almost died, came back, got straight and became a five-movies-a-year character actor without losing the sparkle in his eye or the sense of danger or unpredictability that always gathered around him." (continue)
German rockers Haven releases an official lyric visualizer for "Idol," a track taken from the band's highly anticipated debut album, "Causes", set to release on January 24th via Argonauta Records.
After a mantra-like introduction of the core phrase of the whole album - "All will take from all, an all will flow back into all" - the song starts with a heavy and direct tone. (continue)
Swedish rockers Degreed are pleased to share their new single and accompanying visualizer video "Good Enough", out now via Frontiers Music Srl. Vocalist Robin Eriksson comments on the new single: "Good Enough is one heavy and fast track with a sing along chorus. You won't be disappointed."
Degreed have been releasing critically acclaimed music since the start of their career with their first album "Life, Love, Loss" in 2010. Over the course of their career, the band has gone from strength to strength with every release, touring and gaining fans all over the world. Their sound mixes classic melodic and hard rock sounds with more contemporary influences, offering the fans a very personal, fresh and exciting mix of great rock music. (continue)
Geddy Lee has shared his regrets the Rush's final tour in 2015, the legendary group's R40 Live: 40th Anniversary Tour, was only limited to 35 dates across the U.S. an Canada.
Lee made the comments for the cover story of the latest edition of Classic Rock Magazine, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic band. (continue)
The 55th anniversary of The Guess Who's "American Woman" album is being celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands.
Redbeard shared this synopsis for the episode: Guess Who songwriters Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman were a prolific pair from the very outset with hits "Laughing, "Undone", "These Eyes", and "No Time", but none of them were bigger or more timely than "American Woman" in December 1969. If you have not listened to the Guess Who's January 1970 classic parent album American Woman in quite awhile, I predict you will be amazed at how strong the songs were, such as "No Sugar Tonight"; how environmentally aware lyricist/gifted singer Burton Cummings was on "New Mother Nature", "Hand Me Down World", and later "Share the Land"; and how rockin' Randy Bachman could complement Cummings' pop side on "American Woman" and before that, "No Time". So why did Bachman leave at the Guess Who's peak? (read more)
Up and coming Niagara, ON trio Permilla recently released their new single "It Ain't Right" and to celebrate we asked Nicole Cerminara to tell us about the track. Here is the story:
Sometimes songwriting gives you these wonderful (albeit, rare) moments where you sit down with your guitar and an idea instantly comes to life with little to no thought required. I had one of those moments for "It Ain't Right" when one day I sat on my bed and sang the first 2 lines of the chorus like I already knew the song. The irony of this great moment was that I really didn't want to go through with writing the rest of it, as it didn't seem like my sound at the time. I've gone through many phases as a writer as my taste and style progress over time, and at this particular moment "It Ain't Right" was feeling too simple and foreign to my ears. (continue)
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