Monthly Archives: August 2025

Mudvayne Premiere First New Single In 16 Years

Mudvayne Premiere First New Single In 16 Years “Hurt People Hurt People” Band Photo: Slipknot (?) Gold-certified progressive nü-metal outfit Mudvayne have returned with their first new single in 16 years, “Hurt People Hurt People.” The track features production from Nick Raskulinecz (Deftones, Foo Fighters) and mixing by Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Korn), and […]

When Vinny Appice Played His First Show With Black Sabbath

When Vinny Appice played his first show with Black Sabbath on Aug. 31, 1980, at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium, the 22-year-old drummer brought a steady hand and calming presence to the beleaguered metal veterans. They’d already endured a tumultuous, albeit successful, year to that point. After years of increasingly drug-addled dysfunction and dwindling album sales, Black […]

Foo Fighter Posts Vid Of Steve Jones Struggling To Walk

Steve Jones shows good humor The ex-Foo Fighters drummer commented on the incident with characteristic humor and referenced Jones’ punk rock legacy. “I don’t know about you, but I like knowing the guitarist of the Sex Pistols is still walking the walk,” Freese wrote about Steve Jones’ video. Steve Jones himself shared Freese’s post on […]

Rihanna Releases ‘R20’ Vinyl Box Set & Merch Collection

Rihanna‘s debut album, Music Of The Sun, was released on August 29, 2005 — and wouldn’t you know it, that’s 20 years ago today! To celebrate, the elusive pop star has released a special edition vinyl box set featuring all eight of her albums so far, as well as a limited-edition merch collection bearing her […]

New Bruce Springsteen Movie Receives First Reviews

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White, is set to be released later this year. But on Friday, the film was premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, resulting in the first critic reviews of the highly-anticipated release. Most of the reviews can be described as positive, […]

AViVA Release Cover Of Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Tear In My Heart’

AViVA Release Cover Of Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Tear In My Heart’ Skip to the content AViVA has released her cover of Twenty One Pilots‘ ‘Tear In My Heart’ on to streaming services. The song was originally recorded for Rock Sound’s ‘Blurryface Reborn’ tribute album, released earlier in honour of the record’s tenth anniversary. […]

Erica Banks Arrested for Having Stolen Gun at Airport

Erica Banks was arrested at the Atlanta airport after a stolen gun was discovered in her bag at a checkpoint yesterday. Erica Banks Arrested in Atlanta for Stolen Gun On Wednesday (Aug. 6), the Dallas rapper, born Erica Breaux, was attempting to catch a flight to Houston at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when a […]

ANDREA FERRO of LACUNA COIL About AI: “The Human Mistakes Are What Makes Art Unique”

AI is a very dangerous piece of technology that we know nothing about, and yet, businesses continue to employ the technology rather than the creatives and the people who it learns from – Lacuna Coil have said it before, and they’ll say it again. From music magazines partnering with AI companies, to Spotify promoting AI bands, […]

Watch John Lennon Perform ‘Instant Karma!’ in New Live Video

A previously unseen live video of John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band performing “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)” from 1972 has been released. The clip was unveiled on the 53rd anniversary of the couple’s famous One to One Concerts at Madison Square Garden. It premiered on the same date and time […]

Tool Felt ‘Uneasy’ At Ozzy Osbourne’s Last Show

In a new episode of Loudwire Nights, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones spoke about getting to play at “Back to the Beginning” in Birmingham, England. The massive event, which was billed as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell concert, coincidentally took place just two weeks before Osbourne passed away on July […]