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DRAGONFORCE's HERMAN LI To Host 'Rock Me Vienna' 2026 All-Star Guitar Camp From March 29 to April 1, 2026, Vienna will become an international hub for guitar players as "Rock Me Vienna", the all-star guitar camp brings together 18 world-class guitarists for an immersive four...

DRAGONFORCE's HERMAN LI To Host 'Rock Me Vienna' 2026 All-Star Guitar Camp

JACK OSBOURNE Reflects On OZZY OSBOURNE's Death: 'He Was Done. He Was Okay With His Journey.' In an appearance on Hate To Break It To Ya, the weekly podcast hosted by actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack Osbourne was asked if it was a "surprise" for him when the legendary hea...

JACK OSBOURNE Reflects On OZZY OSBOURNE's Death: 'He Was Done. He Was Okay With His Journey.'

METALLICA Adds Six February 2027 Shows To Sphere Residency; A Total Of 20 Dates Have Been Announced So Far METALLICA has added more shows to its Las Vegas residency at the Sphere. A total of six shows in February 2027 have been announced for the "Life Burns Faster" production: February 4 & 6 February 1...

METALLICA Adds Six February 2027 Shows To Sphere Residency; A Total Of 20 Dates Have Been Announced So Far

BLACK STONE CHERRY's CHRIS ROBERTSON Doesn't Think A.I. Should Go Away: 'But There's Definitely Limits And Levels We Should Use It For' In a new interview with Primordial Radio, BLACK STONE CHERRY vocalist/guitarist Chris Robertson was asked if the lower attention spans of the listeners worry him as an artist creating music and then h...

BLACK STONE CHERRY's CHRIS ROBERTSON Doesn't Think A.I. Should Go Away: 'But There's Definitely Limits And Levels We Should Use It For'

DEICIDE's STEVE ASHEIM To Release Collection Of Solo Classical Piano Pieces Best known for his work as drummer and songwriter with death metal band DEICIDE, Steve Asheim will release "Volume One", a collection of solo classical piano pieces consisting of originals and covers ...

DEICIDE's STEVE ASHEIM To Release Collection Of Solo Classical Piano Pieces

HALESTORM's JOE HOTTINGER: 'I Highly Recommend Joining A Band. It's The Best Time You'll Ever Have.' In a new interview with longtime radio host Abe Kanan of Audacy, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Grammy-winning hard rock band HALESTORM spoke about their love of touring. Joe said (as transcribed by B...

HALESTORM's JOE HOTTINGER: 'I Highly Recommend Joining A Band. It's The Best Time You'll Ever Have.'

UNEARTH Returns To METAL BLADE RECORDS Metal Blade Records has announced the re-signing of UNEARTH. Nothing short of standard-bearers and keepers of the faith for American metalcore, UNEARTH was the band born in the breakdown who never wav...

UNEARTH Returns To METAL BLADE RECORDS

DEE SNIDER Says SEBASTIAN BACH Is One Of Only Two People Who Can 'Deliver' As His Replacement In TWISTED SISTER Dee Snider says that he "totally" approves of Sebastian Bach stepping in for him as the lead singer for TWISTED SISTER. Bach ended up being chosen to front TWISTED SISTER for the band's fall 2026 show...

DEE SNIDER Says SEBASTIAN BACH Is One Of Only Two People Who Can 'Deliver' As His Replacement In TWISTED SISTER

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's ZACKY VENGEANCE: 'We Always Lean Into Heavy Music, 'Cause That's Just What We Love' In a new interview with the Nik Nocturnal Podcast, AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance (real name Zachary Baker) spoke about the band's musical evolution leading up to the group's latest album...

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's ZACKY VENGEANCE: 'We Always Lean Into Heavy Music, 'Cause That's Just What We Love'

WENDY DIO Says RONNIE JAMES DIO Always Wrote Songs While Watching Baseball Or Football Games On TV During an appearance on the latest episode of the "100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal" podcast, hosted by Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel, Ronnie James Dio's widow and longtime manager Wendy Dio s...

WENDY DIO Says RONNIE JAMES DIO Always Wrote Songs While Watching Baseball Or Football Games On TV

SABATON Announces Rescheduled North American 2026 'Legends On Tour' Dates Swedish metallers SABATON have announced the new dates for their previously postponed North American tour. The band called off the original shows in order to allow bassist Pär Sundström sufficient tim...

SABATON Announces Rescheduled North American 2026 'Legends On Tour' Dates

VENOM Announces New Album, 'Into Oblivion', Shares 'Lay Down Your Soul' Single VENOM will release a new studio album, "Into Oblivion", on May 1 via Noise/BMG. The official music video for the LP's first single, "Lay Down Your Soul", can be seen below. "Into Oblivion" is VENOM's ...

VENOM Announces New Album, 'Into Oblivion', Shares 'Lay Down Your Soul' Single

SEVENDUST Shares Music Video For 'Unbreakable' From Upcoming 'One' Album The official music video for "Unbreakable", the latest single from SEVENDUST, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming fifteenth studio album "One", which will arrive on May 1 vi...

SEVENDUST Shares Music Video For 'Unbreakable' From Upcoming 'One' Album

AS I LAY DYING Has 'All The Songs Ready' For Next Studio Album AS I LAY DYING vocalist Tim Lambesis and bassist/clean vocalist Chris Clancy spoke to Egor Erushin earlier this month at the start of the 2026 leg of their Russian tour celebrating the 20th anniversar...

AS I LAY DYING Has 'All The Songs Ready' For Next Studio Album

EVERGREY Shares Animated Music Video For 'Architects Of The New Weave' Single EVERGREY, Gothenburg's masterminds of melancholia, will release their fifteenth album, "Architects Of A New Weave", on June 5, 2026 via Napalm Records, just days before the band takes the stage as spe...

EVERGREY Shares Animated Music Video For 'Architects Of The New Weave' Single

DREAM THEATER's Concert In Santiago During Spring 2026 Latin American Tour To Be Filmed For Upcoming Blu-Ray DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has confirmed that the band's April 22, 2026 concert at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile will be professionally recorded and filmed for an upcoming Blu-ray. Last No...

DREAM THEATER's Concert In Santiago During Spring 2026 Latin American Tour To Be Filmed For Upcoming Blu-Ray

HEAVEN & HELL Releases New HD-Upscaled Video Of 'The Mob Rules' From 'Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007-2009' Rhino recently announced "Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007-2009", a new collection focusing on the final chapter of Ronnie James Dio's celebrated tenure with members of BLACK SABBATH. Reuniting with Tony I...

HEAVEN & HELL Releases New HD-Upscaled Video Of 'The Mob Rules' From 'Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007-2009'

SHARON OSBOURNE Says OZZFEST Comeback Will Launch With Two Days In Birmingham, Followed By Shows In North America During an appearance on the latest episode of "The Osbournes" podcast, which was recorded in early February, Ozzy Osbourne's manager and widow Sharon Osbourne offered more information about the long-a...

SHARON OSBOURNE Says OZZFEST Comeback Will Launch With Two Days In Birmingham, Followed By Shows In North America

JOE SATRIANI Explains Why He Recommended RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL For Guitarist Position In GUNS N' ROSES In a new interview with the GUNS N' ROSES-centric Appetite For Distortion podcast, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani spoke about how he ended up recommending Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal for the guitarist positio...

JOE SATRIANI Explains Why He Recommended RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL For Guitarist Position In GUNS N' ROSES

IRON MAIDEN: College Football Clash Forces Rescheduling Of Sold-Out Los Angeles Show Concert promoter Live Nation has announced an unexpected scheduling issue where restrictions on simultaneous events at Exposition Park in Los Angeles have meant IRON MAIDEN's Saturday, September 26 sh...

IRON MAIDEN: College Football Clash Forces Rescheduling Of Sold-Out Los Angeles Show

MICHAEL ANTHONY Explains His Involvement In VAN HALEN Deluxe Reissues In a new interview with Matt Bingham of the Z93 radio station, former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony spoke about the upcoming deluxe edition of "5150", the band's first album with vocalist Sammy Ha...

MICHAEL ANTHONY Explains His Involvement In VAN HALEN Deluxe Reissues

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT And PIERCE THE VEIL To Headline 2026 AFTERSHOCK Festival Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the full music lineup for the fourteenth year of Aftershock, set to take place October 1-4 at the scenic Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. MY CHEMICAL ROMAN...

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT And PIERCE THE VEIL To Headline 2026 AFTERSHOCK Festival

ZAKK WYLDE Names Song That Made Him Want To Pick Up The Guitar Zakk Wylde appeared live on TalkShopLive on Tuesday, March 3 for a special interactive question-and-answer session hosted by Rock Feed's Brian Storm. Streaming exclusively via TalkShopLive, the event ...

ZAKK WYLDE Names Song That Made Him Want To Pick Up The Guitar

See Short Documentary About Making Of SOCIAL DISTORTION's Long-Awaited Eighth Album, 'Born To Kill' SOCIAL DISTORTION's long-awaited eighth album, "Born To Kill", will be released May 8, 2026 via Epitaph Records. A eight-minute short documentary about the making of the LP — directed, filmed and edit...

See Short Documentary About Making Of SOCIAL DISTORTION's Long-Awaited Eighth Album, 'Born To Kill'

ONSLAUGHT's NIGE ROCKETT Wants To Get New Music Out With Returning Singer SY KEELER: 'That's Very Important' In a new interview with Tony Webster of the Metal Command podcast, guitarist Nige Rockett of U.K. thrash metal veterans ONSLAUGHT was asked if he and his bandmates have commenced work on fresh materia...

ONSLAUGHT's NIGE ROCKETT Wants To Get New Music Out With Returning Singer SY KEELER: 'That's Very Important'

BILLY MORRISON Enlists MARILYN MANSON, SULLY ERNA, NUNO BETTENCOURT And DEXTER HOLLAND For 'Hollow' Album Two years ago, Billy Morrison — the British guitarist, singer, and songwriter, primarily known as Billy Idol's rhythm guitar player for the past 17 years alongside lead guitarist Steve Stevens — relea...

BILLY MORRISON Enlists MARILYN MANSON, SULLY ERNA, NUNO BETTENCOURT And DEXTER HOLLAND For 'Hollow' Album

THE TROOPS OF DOOM Recruits SODOM/Ex-KREATOR Guitarist FRANK 'BLACKFIRE' GOSDZIK For European Tour THE TROOPS OF DOOM, the Brazilian death/thrash metal band featuring former SEPULTURA guitarist Jairo "Tormentor" Guedz, has announced an important lineup change for its upcoming 2026 European tour. Gu...

THE TROOPS OF DOOM Recruits SODOM/Ex-KREATOR Guitarist FRANK 'BLACKFIRE' GOSDZIK For European Tour

SEBASTIAN BACH Says He Got DEE SNIDER's 'Full Blessing' To Front TWISTED SISTER: 'I Have Tears In My Eyes Right Now' During an appearance on the March 3 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach spoke about how he ended up being chosen to front TWISTED SISTER for th...

SEBASTIAN BACH Says He Got DEE SNIDER's 'Full Blessing' To Front TWISTED SISTER: 'I Have Tears In My Eyes Right Now'

Reactivated SISTER SIN Releases Second New Single In 12 Years, 'Drive' Swedish heavy rock band SISTER SIN has released a second new single, "Drive". It is the follow-up to last month's "Suicide Hill", which marked SISTER SIN's first new music in 12 years. "Drive" and "Su...

Reactivated SISTER SIN Releases Second New Single In 12 Years, 'Drive'

MR. BIG Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of 'Hey Man' With First-Time Vinyl Release, New Remaster And More Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, MR. BIG's fourth studio album, "Hey Man", finally makes its long-awaited debut on vinyl for Record Store Day UK and Japan 2026 (April 18),followed by a new re...

MR. BIG celebrates 30th Anniversary Of 'Hey Man' With First-Time Vinyl Release, New Remaster And More