Duff McKagan the legendary bass player from Guns N’ Roses recently played at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. He was in town to support his second solo record Lighthouse (BFD Records), out now. Continue reading
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Download Festival 2025 Books Green Day, Sleep Token, Korn, Weezer, Sex Pistols ft. Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Bullet For My Valentine, Within Temptation, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Darkness, Poppy, Loathe, Spiritbox, Meshuggah, Cradle Of Filth, and More
We are thrilled to announce the first major line-up for Download Festival 2025 (DLXXII), featuring three first-time headliners: punk-rock royalty Green Day, the enigmatic and meteoric Sleep Token, and nu-metal legends Korn. Over 90 bands have been confirmed, including Weezer, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Within Temptation, Eagles of Death Metal, The Darkness, Poppy, Loathe, Spiritbox, and many more. The fest takes place 13-15 June, 2025. This exciting news was revealed this evening at a special metal gala launch event in London.
Machine Head Books a Headline Tour ft. In Flames, Lacuna Coil, and Unearth
Bay Area Metal Titans Machine Head announce a Massive North American tour alongside Swedish metal icons In Flames, Italian alt-metallers Lacuna Coil, and American metalcore maestros Unearth. The crushing 5 week jaunt begins in their hometown of Oakland, CA at the legendary Fox Theater, then heads south for a stop at Sick New World Festival, then east, and back across Canada. To coincide with this gargantuan event Machine Head have collaborated on a new song called “These Scars Won’t Define Us” with all four bands on the tour adding vocals for a Wu Tang Clan-level thrash collaboration. The track comes from their upcoming new album (slated for April release TBD), with the new collab track dropping this Friday Nov. 15th at midnight. Check out our recent coverage of the band, and the dates below with the pre-sale codes. Continue reading
My Chemical Romance Books Stadium Tour Dates Celebrating The Black Parade with Violent Femmes, 100 Gecs, Wallows, Garbage, Alice Cooper, and More
After performing The Black Parade album in its entirety at the most recent When We Were Young Festival, My Chemical Romance (Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Frank Iero, and Mikey Way) will be celebrating The Black Parade this coming summer. The seminal album was named one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” The band will be performing the full album in only 10 cities across North America, produced by Live Nation, with each show featuring a different hand-selected artist as the opening act. Watch the tour trailer below. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 15, 2024 at 10:00am local time – get your tickets at the links below.Continue reading
KOYO Shares a New Song and Music Video for “Mile A Minute” – New EP Out Now
Koyo Promo photo credit: Rebecca Lader
Last year Koyo released their debut full-length, Would You Miss It? (Pure Noise Records), drawing acclaim from listeners and critics alike for their unabashedly heart-on-sleeve blend of punk, hardcore, and emo. Over the past few weeks the band have been sharing reworked versions of songs from their past, but today the Long Island upstarts are back with the first completely new Koyo song since Would You Miss It?: the massively anthemic “Mile A Minute.” Listen and watch the video for “Mile A Minute” via YouTube!Continue reading
Story Of The Year Kick Off European Tour Dates with Yellowcard in The UK
Story Of The Year have just set foot back in the UK as special guests to Yellowcard. The UK tour (which also features This Wild Life) kicks off in Glasgow on Tuesday November 12th, and culminates in a huge show at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on November 17th. They then head to Europe for shows in Utrecht, Antwerp, Paris and Cologne. Check out the full live listings below.
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Nachtmahr Drop a New Video for “Keine Lieder” – On Tour in Europe Now
Austrian industrial mob, Nachtmahr recently released a video for the track “Keine Lieder,” taken from their new album Verboten!. The full-length was released on November 01st through the Trisol Music Group GmbH record label. Nachtmahr are currently on tour in Europe, with several German dates left to go. Find the new video and live listings below.
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Overt Enemy Share Their New Single and Video for “Eradication”
Texas-based Overt Enemy have just dropped their new track, “Eradication.” It comes with a lyric video featuring art by Colombian graphic artist Santiago Yanez, and animated by Ven Scott (Runescarred/VS Filmworks). The song offers a sneak peek into their forthcoming album, Insurrection, slated for release in Fall 2025. Catch the new video and more below.
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Sabaton Announce The Legendary Tour 2025 with The Legendary Orchestra
Fresh from their tour supporting Judas Priest and their global concert film event, Heavy metallers Sabaton are set to conquer 20 European cities in 2025 with a groundbreaking tour that promises to be bigger and better than anything they’ve ever done before. The Legendary Orchestra will collaborate on the shows! Get ready for The Legendary Tour 2025! Tickets for The Legendary Tour 2025 go on sale Friday, November 15 at 9am GMT. Continue reading
Unburnt Share a Live Video for “Alter”
French post-metal unit, Unburnt, recently shared a live video for their track, “Alter.” The studio version of the song appears on their latest album, Elevation, the follow-up to their 2019, record, Procession. Keep reading below to find out more.
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