An artist is eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first recording, which means that any band who put out their debut album during or before 1998 is ready. So on the heels of this week’s announcement that Iron Maiden, Rage Against The Machine, and Soundgarden […]
Japanese “samurai metal” band Ryujin, formerly known as Gyze, has signed with Napalm Records. The band is currently managed by Trivium frontman Matt Heafy, while the band’s new moniker Ryujin is after the Japanese Dragon god of the same name. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “We have a very GRATEFUL announcement on behalf of Ryujin […]
Metal Myths has teamed up with Ghost for a special one-off pop-up event this Wednesday titled Ghost—Reverence & Resurrection. The event looks at Ghost‘s massively influential but short-lived 1969 iteration fronted by Papa Nihil, its sleeper TikTok hit “Mary On A Cross” nearly five decades later, and its now-legendary September 13, 1969 show at the […]
Power couple King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and vocalist Toyah Willcox are back on this fine Sunday with a cover of Mötley Crüe‘s “Shout At The Devil.” And hey – if John 5 and Vince Neil ever need to step down from Mötley Crüe, at least we know they’ve got replacements waiting in the wings. […]
A priest in Michigan is making waves with a wacked out story about how he briefly died, and— while momentarily dead—he visited Hell, where the Dark Master’s soundtrack of choice was Rihanna. Yes, apparently El Diablo likes to bump that bad gal RiRi when kicking back, just torturing weak sinners and malefactors. Advertisement. Scroll to […]
The Job For A Cowboy comeback is real! The band was recently in the studio knocking out their first record since 2014, and now they’ve announced they’ll play their first show since 2016 at the upcoming Blue Ridge Rock Festival. The festival points out that this is the only Job For A Cowboy show “for […]
The first Bamboozle Fest since 2012 will take place at Bader Field in Atlantic City, NJ between May 5 and 7. A majority of the lineup save for a few mystery artists (including ones celebrating an anniversary) have now been announced. They are: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Alex Sampson Attila performing About That Life […]
Pantera isn’t having a great week. The band’s appearances at both the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals in Germany this summer were cancelled, and now their May 31 show in Vienna, Austria has been cancelled as well. Festival promoters Mind Over Matter Music didn’t give a reason for the cancellation other than […]
Washington state’s mathematical post-hardcore enthusiasts The Fall of Troy have announced a new leg of tour dates, again in celebration of their debut self-titled LP which was released in November of 2003. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. The Fall of Troy took seven years between their 2009 album In the Unlikely Event and 2016’s OK, though the band did […]
Two Minutes to Late Night are back again, this time with a cover of The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s “Sugar Coated Sour.” Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. This time around finds Dylan Walker (Full Of Hell) on vocals, Jordan Buckley (former Every Time I Die) and Ryan Primack (Poison The Well) on guitars, Justin Pearson (Dead […]