Fan-filmed video of WHITE LION's entire performance at the 2026 edition of the M3 Rock Festival, which took place on May 2 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, can be seen below (courtesy of Jim Powers). Joining frontman Mike Tramp in the current touring lineup of WHITE LION [...]

Tom Araya, lead vocalist and bassist for the legendary thrash metal band SLAYER, served as the Grand Marshal of today's (Sunday, May 3) Würth 400 presented by Liqui Moly at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. As part of his role, Araya delivered the "Drivers, start your engines" command [...]

In a new interview with Paul Cashmere of Noise11, Mike Ness of punk rock legends SOCIAL DISTORTION spoke about the band's long-awaited eighth album, "Born To Kill". Due on May 8 via Epitaph, "Born To Kill" is SOCIAL DISTORTION's eighth album, first in 15 years, and first since Ness successfully [...]

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to the "Invincible Shield" album, which came out in March 2024. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We got t...

DISTURBED bassist John Moyer is celebrating one year of sobriety. Earlier today (Saturday, May 2), the 52-year-old musician took to his social media to shared a video message in which he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): " Happy Saturday, May 2nd. "So today is actually a really special day...

In a new interview with Rock 100.5 The KATT FM's Cameron Buchholtz, ATREYU frontman Brandon Saller spoke about the band's decision to release a new version of ATREYU's 2004 gold-certified sophomore album "The Curse" last year. The LP was entirely re-recorded with MEMPHIS MAY FIRE's Kellen McGregor a...

Brazilian metallers ANGRA staged a reunion of the band's "Rebirth" lineup at the 2026 edition of the Bangers Open Air festival on April 26 at Memorial da América Latina in São Paulo. In addition to a performance by ANGRA's most recent lineup — featuring longtime vocalist Fabio Lione, who had [...]

Power metal vocalist ZP Theart, the founding voice of DRAGONFORCE and former frontman of SKID ROW, has released the official music video for his high-voltage new single, "Electric Beings". Following the massive success of his recent solo debut "Dark To Light" and his 20th-anniversary reimagining of...

Peter Criss, rock and roll icon and founding drummer of KISS, took part in an exclusive meet-and-greet event on April 24-25, 2026 at Rock City Music Company in Livonia, Michigan. The appearance celebrated the release of Criss's latest solo album, "Peter Criss", his first solo record since 2007. Even...