STANLEY SIMMONS, the collaborative project of Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons — sons of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, respectively, from KISS — kicked off its first-ever U.S. tour last night (Monday, September 14) at Three Links Deep Ellum in Dallas, Texas. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen...

In a new interview with Absolute Radio's Leona Graham, QUEEN guitarist Brian May spoke about the development of advanced artificial intelligence (A.I.) systems and warned that the technology is improving so quickly there is a risk humans will lose control. Asked what his personal views on A.I. are,...

ABBATH, the project led by former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath, has canceled all of its remaining shows for 2026. No reason was given for scrapping the dates. Earlier today (Tuesday, September 15), ABBATH released the following statement via social media: "ABBATH have made the decision to cancel all rem...

THE WARNING, the rock sister-trio from Monterrey, Mexico, has announced the "Everything's Falling" world tour, kicking off with the band's first-ever headline stadium show at Mexico City's Estadio GNP Seguros on February 5, 2027. Marking a major new milestone for THE WARNING, the performance will se...

In a new interview with George Dionne of KNAC.COM, guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian metal pioneers STRYPER explained why STRYPER guitarist Oz Fox doesn't play on the band's upcoming eighteenth studio album, "Throne Of Thorns", which will arrive on September 25 via Frontiers Music Srl. H...

More than a decade after VAN HALEN's last concert and six years after the death of guitarist Eddie Van Halen, VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth and drummer Alex Van Halen reunited for a TED talk this past July 30. The 15-minute talk, dubbed "Beyond Boundaries: How Human Experience Informs [...]

In a new interview with Igor Miranda of Rolling Stone Brasil, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian was asked how he feels about the four albums the band recorded with singer John Bush: 1993's "Sound Of White Noise", 1995's "Stomp 442", 1998's "Volume 8: The Threat Is Real" and 2003's "We've Come [...]

Punk legend Cheetah Chrome — co-founder of DEAD BOYS — died Sunday, September 13 at the age of 71. "We are incredibly sad to announce the news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Cheetah Chrome," Chrome's DEAD BOYS bandmates wrote on social media. "Cheetah was a true [...]

NEVERMORE, METAL CHURCH, MASTERPLAN, LYNCH MOB and ELUVEITIE are among the confirmed artists for next year's ProgPower USA festival, set to take place September 9-11, 2027 in Atlanta, Georgia. The full lineup for ProgPower USA XXVI is as follows: Thursday, September 9, 2027 ADVENT HORIZON (USA) SILE...