Danish metal band RAUNCHY has released the official music video for its latest single, "Designed Despair". The track is taken from RAUNCHY's long-awaited new album "Prisoner", due later this year via Mighty Music. The group first studio LP in 12 years was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Ja...

MÖTLEY CRÜE will be joined by country-pop superstar Carrie Underwood for the band's performance on the season finale of "American Idol". The three-hour episode of the singing competition show airs May 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. The episode [...]

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, Swedish vocalist Erik Grönwall, who is promoting his upcoming solo album "Bad Bones", spoke about his decision to leave SKID ROW in March 2024 after a two-year stint as the band's frontman. Asked why he decided to go solo [...]

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate played "The Answer", a song from his just-released third chapter in the band's classic "Operation: Mindcrime" album series, "Operation: Mindcrime III", live during his headlining concert Tuesday night (May 5) at the Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska. Fan-filmed vi...

In a new interview with Marjorie Hache of France 24, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott spoke about the band's latest single, "Rejoice". The track was released in late January ahead of DEF LEPPARD's return to Las Vegas for their "Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency" that [...]

Major players in the world of ornate, gothic misery for the last 30 years, DRACONIAN have little to prove in 2026. The Swedish band's last two albums garnered some of the most effusive reviews they have ever received, and 2020's "Under a Godless Veil" appears to have been their most [...]

LIVING WRECKAGE — the modern metal band featuring guitarist Jon Donais (ANTHRAX, SHADOWS FALL) and bassist Matt Bachand (SHADOWS FALL, ACT OF DEFIANCE) — has released a new single, "Righteous Side Of Sanity". The lyric video for the track can be seen below. "Righteous Side Of Sanity", the first sing...

In a new interview with Fernanda Hein of Chile's Sonar FM, MEGADETH guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari was asked for his opinion on phone-free concerts, such as was the case with Swedish metallers GHOST, who instituted a no-phone policy on their recent tour by utilizing Yondr pouches. He said (as transcribe...

MÖTLEY CRÜE will perform on the season finale of "American Idol". The three-hour episode of the singing competition show airs May 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. The episode will feature the top three contestants performing, and whoever gets [...]