According to Billboard, Greta Van Fleet and Three Days Grace each won awards at the iHeart Radio Awards yesterday. Greta Van Fleet won for Song of the Year for ‘Safari Song’, while Three Days Grace won the award for Rock artist of the year. The bands competed in crowded fields with competition from bands such as Disturbed, Godsmack, Shinedown, Bad Wolves, and Five Finger Death Punch. For the most part, iHeart Radio’s Awards focus on Pop, Country, RnB, and Hip-Hop music. Continue reading
A foggy, rainy night is a fairly apt setting for American post-Grunge outfit Godsmack, bringing adept support with them in the shape of Like A Storm. Hailing originally from New Zealand, Like A Storm have been forging a strong path for themselves over the last couple of years, providing an intriguing support act for this evening’s entertainment. A short train ride later, it’s time to get into the Ritz and wait for the bands. Continue reading
After a one-year hiatus, Heavy Montréal is back in 2019! Presented by Black Label, the tenth Heavy MTL on July 27 & 28 at Parc Jean-Drapeau as well as its sister fest on July 26 with Heavy In The City! As part of a project, the past two years by the city of Montréal the fest takes place at the revamped Île Sainte-Hélène of Parc Jean-Drapeau, one of the most renowned festival sites in North America! More than thirty bands have joined previously announced Slayer, including Ghost, Godsmack, Evanescence, Anthrax, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, In This Moment, Killswitch Engage, Anthrax, Steel Panther, Clutch, Gamma Ray, Testament, Hatebreed, Beartooth, Skillet, Metal Church, Municipal Waste, Atreyu, All That Remains, Quiet Riot, Cancer Bats, Fever 333, and many more! Passes on sale now! Continue reading
Download 2019 has mad a major announcement today as forty-three new bands have been added! Among the new bands added are Stone Temple Pilots, Halestorm, Clutch, Behemoth, Beartooth, Alcest, Animals As Leaders, At The Gates, Bad Wolves, Three Days Grace, Twelve Foot Ninja and more. Slipknot, Tool, and Def Leppard are the headliners for the annual rock extravaganza. The three-day festival takes place on 14-16 June 2019 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Kerrang! Radio have also launched a talent search for a chance to open the Avalanche Stage at the festival.Continue reading
Impact Music Festival was a smash last year and is now back for 2019. On the bill this year are Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, In This Moment, Skillet, Evanescence, Killswitch Engage, Clutch, All That Remains, Between The Buried and Me, Atreyu, YOB, Memphis May Fire, Motionless in White, Norma Jean, Buckcherry, Beartooth, Andrew W.K., Fever333, Joyous Wolf, Crown Lands, Dirty Honey, Amigo The Devil, Dube, Mammothor and more bands to be announced. Taking place July 27th and 28th at Darling’s Waterfront Pavillion, it’s sure to be a good time! Get your tickets next Friday on January 25th, at the links below.Continue reading
Last year’s inaugural Inkcarceration Fest in Ohio was a smash! The fest is back in 2019 and looks big with Shinedown, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, +Live+, Taking Back Sunday, Seether, Skillet among the bands playing over three days in July 12th– 14th at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory. Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH – will feature over 30 bands on two outdoor stages, 70 tattoo artists, reformatory tours, gourmet food trucks, the best drinks and for the first time, the haunted house attraction, Escape from Blood Prison! The full line-up and links to buy tickets below. Watch the teaser for the fest now. Continue reading
Godsmack released a new music video, the title track to their 2018 album When Legends Rise. The video has an NFL theme and footage to it, just in time for week two of the playoffs!
Volbeat who are releasing a new live album, this week have booked a spring tour of the USA for 2019 with Godsmack. Additionally, two tiers of enhanced experiences will be available for these dates, a “Meet & Greet + Backstage Tour Experience” and a “Fast Track + Early Entry Package,” and full information is available here. Tickets for these newly announced dates will go on sale here on Friday, December 14th at 10am Local Time, (with the exceptions of Omaha, which will go on-sale on Friday, Dec. 14 at 1pm Local Time, Edmonton and Abbortsford which will both go on-sale on Friday, Dec. 14 at 12PM Local Time, and Saskatoon which will go on-sale Saturday, Dec. 15 at 10am Local Time).Continue reading
As 2018 nears its close, Danny Wimmer Presents and crew once again graced California’s capital with the very popular (and very sold-out) Monster Energy Aftershock Festival, now in its seventh year. How sold-out, you ask? Oh, you know, just a mere 60,000 plus humans—the festival’s biggest turn-out yet.Continue reading
Sad news to announce as Godsmack has been forced to postpone their European tour just weeks away as guitarist Tony Rombola’s son Joe Fay has passed away suddenly at the age of 34. The band released a statement you can read below, but the family is asking fans to respect the Rombolla family’s privacy at this time so they can grieve. We send out condolences out to Joe’s family and friends, and the extended Godsmack family at this time. Continue reading