In a recent interview with Hakos Pervanidis of the Metal Hammer Greece TV program TV War, Anneke Van Giersbergen spoke about the ongoing reunion shows from her former band THE GATHERING to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Dutch rockers' "Mandylion" album. Regarding whether she and her longtime...

During an appearance on the October 5 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 spoke about the band's recently completed "The Return Of Carnival Of Sins" tour, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the band's groundbreaking 2005-2006 "Carnival Of Sins" r...

Dennis Pepa, the founding bassist of the long-running San Francisco Bay Area metal band DEATH ANGEL, is batting stage 4 duodenal cancer, a rare and generally aggressive malignancy of the small intestine. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Dennis cover the financial costs associated with h...

DIETH has signed with Fireflash Records, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the band. Alongside the new record deal, the band has unveiled its new lineup, welcoming Swedish bassist Tobias Cristiansson, who is known for his work with GRAVE, NECROPHOBIC and DISMEMBER. The new lineup comes as D...

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS recruited Chilean vocalist Felipe Plaza Kutzbach (PROCESSION, DESTRÖYER 666, SCALD) to handle lead vocals during the band's four-date Australian tour, which kicked off on September 29 in Melbourne and concluded on October 3 in Perth. Felipe, who currently lives...

Alice Cooper and two of his longtime musicians, guitarist Nita Strauss and drummer Glen Sobel, performed a three-song set during the halftime of the Kansas City Chiefs' 30-27 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday (October 4) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were joined for "School...

TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy's memoir, "Holding My Breath: The Two Testaments Of Chuck Billy", is due on November 10, 2026 via Permuted Press. Co-written with Dave Erickson, "Holding My Breath" features a foreword by Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST) and an afterword by Randy Blythe (LAMB OF GOD) — two of...

Acclaimed guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen has released a new solo song, "Big Money Club". The official music video for the track can be seen below. Kotzen describes "Big Money Club" as a character study inspired by a particular kind of person he began noticing after moving to Los Angeles. "It isn't...

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray has canceled two of his previously announced solo shows in California — at the House Of Blues in San Diego on October 5 and at the Observatory OC in Santa Ana on October 6 — after "dealing with some deep vocal issues". His solo [...]