KIRK HAMMETT Looks Back On Making Of METALLICA’s ‘Kill ‘Em All’ For Album’s 40th Anniversary

On the latest episode of the “Metal Mayhem ROC” podcast, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett celebrates the 40th anniversary of the band’s debut album, “Kill ‘Em All”, by going back in time for an in-depth look back at the rehearsals and the recording of the LP that took place in “Metal Mayhem ROC”‘s h…

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Royal Tusk announce new album ‘Altruistic’

ROYAL TUSK have announced a new album! Titled Altruistic, the upcoming album from the Canadian rock band is the follow-up to 2018’s Tusk II, and is scheduled to be released in February next…

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Every Hell release new music video for ‘Freaking Out’

EVERY HELL have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Freaking Out, is the debut single from the self-described ‘doom pop’ band. The single was recorded and…

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DAVID LEE ROTH Shares Newly Recorded Version Of VAN HALEN’s ‘Jump’

David Lee Roth has shared a new solo version of the VAN HALEN classic “Jump”. The new recording, like the previously released “Unchained”, “Everybody Wants Some!!”, “You Really Got Me”, “Dance The Night Away”, “Panama” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”, was laid down on May 3, 2022 during a session at…

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Florence Black postpone release of ‘Bed Of Nails’

FLORENCE BLACK have postponed the release of their new album! Initially intended to be released today, due to an exciting opportunity, the Welsh rock band have now confirmed that their upcoming…

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Doro: Heavy Metal’s Conqueress

Country music has DOLLY PARTON. Soul has DIANA ROSS. And heavy metal has DORO. Few acts from the eighties have stood the test of time, yet DORO is still standing…

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How the 1960s Gibson J-200 upset acoustic purists but remained King of the flat-tops in the eyes of the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Yusuf/Cat Stevens

The bridge was the one thing the purists just couldn’t cross, but those who did found an acoustic bursting with songs and a tone that could not be matched

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ACE FREHLEY On KISS’s Final Shows: ‘I Don’t Really Believe They’re Ending Their Touring Career’

During an appearance on yesterday’s (Thursday, November 30) episode of SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was asked how he feels about the fact that his former bandmates are calling it quits after completing the “End Of The Road” farewell tour this weeken…

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Oakman release new music video for ‘Air Hunger’

OAKMAN have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Air Hunger, is the brand new single from the French pop-rock trio and follows on from their previous…

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“Eddie Van Halen changed the game. I remember him telling me once, ‘Man, I didn’t mean to start all this madness’”: Steve Lukather on why he’s always championed melody above all else, and how that philosophy informed his new “unabashedly ‘80s” solo album

Returning with the triumphant new album Bridges, Steve Lukather reflects on the madness of shred, why Luke III is his Excalibur and why the melody and the song is all that counts

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