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 [...]

link textCBS Mornings has shared an "extended" interview Alice Cooper gave to Anthony Mason about the evolution of the unforgettable character the legendary rocker created, which he details in his new autobiography, "Devil On My Shoulder". Regarding the inspiration for his androgynous stage characte...

In a new interview with the Preston & Steve show which is broadcast on Philadelphia's active rock radio station 93.3 WMMR, CREED guitarist Mark Tremonti spoke about the fact that a whole new generation of fans has discovered the band for the first time and has come out to see [...]

In a new interview with Ed Hackimer of This Day In Metal, Kenny Hickey reflected on his time as a member of TYPE O NEGATIVE, which effectively broke up after the passing of frontman Peter Steele in April 2010 from heart failure at the age of 48. " Well, looking back, [...]

Canada's cosmic metal visionaries VOIVOD have canceled their previously announced 10-city U.S tour in October. Support on the trek, which was scheduled to kick off on October 8 in Youngstown, Ohio, was supposed to come from BAT, the Richmond, Virginia metal-punk trio consisting of Ryan Waste, Nick P...