• Shields Announce New Album “Death & Connection”, Share Video For “Wolfskin” Featuring Left To Suffer’s Taylor Barber

    Shields have announced that they will be releasing a new album, titled “Death & Connection,” on January 30. A music video for the effort’s latest single, “Wolfskin” (feat. Left To Suffer’s Taylor Barber), can be found below:

    “Death & Connection” Track Listing:

    01. “This Is Not A Dream”
    02. “Abuser”
    03. “Kill”
    04. “Parasites”
    05. “Lacerate” (feat. Harvey Freeman of Graphic Nature)
    06. “Womb”
    07. “Brother’s Lament”
    08. “Red & Green”
    09. “Wolfskin” (feat. Taylor Barber of Left To Suffer)
    10. “Loser”
    11. “Death & Connection” (feat. Jonathan Finney)
    12. “Miss Me”

    The band commented:

    “‘Death & Connection’ is a body of work born from the absence of the people who no longer hold space in our lives. This record was created from a necessity to express and soothe our deepest losses. However, that was never the intention. We simply set out to make an album we wanted to hear.”

  • Burton C. Bell (Ex-Fear Factory) Announces Rescheduled Dates For Australian Spoken-Word Events

    Burton C. Bell (ex-Fear Factory) has announced the rescheduled dates for his “Obsolete By Word Of Mouth” spoken-word events in Australia. The first one will take place at Chuck Trailer’s Basement in Sydney on October 25. The second one will take place at the Holy Diver Bar in Melbourne on November 1. Tickets can be found HERE.

    Bell commented:

    “I am proud to announce that I have rescheduled my ‘Obsolete By Word Of Mouth’ spoken-word events, brought to you by Nite-Rite.

    Experience the ‘Obsolete By Word Of Mouth’ without a microphone or amplification. I will be giving first-hand insight into the making of the album, the concepts and origins behind the titles and lyrics, as well as reading the story within the album. part spoken, part performative.

    My intention is to create a prescient and intimate atmosphere. I am requesting this to be a NO CELL PHONE EVENT. NO RECORDING PLEASE.

    All attendees will have to relay their own personal experience by ‘word of mouth’… which is an OBSOLETE form of communication.”

  • ten56. Premiere “IO” Music Video

    ten56. have shared an official video for the title track of their latest album “IO.” You can check that out below:

    Vocalist Aaron Matts commented:

    “This track came at a pivotal time in my life, both literally and figuratively. Looking back at the lyrical content that I’ve put out, I felt that I needed to directly address the why’s and how’s as to why I tend to fall into the same lyrical stupor from track to track. At least that’s how I felt about it.

    This song and its music video also came at a turning point in my life. Between two tours I was admitted to an addiction treatment centre in order to get over a long standing opioid and Benzodiazepine addiction. We were able to film the images during my stay at the rehabilitation clinic, and while on paper this sounds cool; it was a very vulnerable and uncomfortable period for me.

    I hope this track and it’s music video can eventually help anyone else experiencing something similar in their lives. I’m not perfect, but I’m doing my best and I have my boys by my side. Love yourselves.”

  • Gideon Premiere “Wrong One” Video

    Gideon have premiered a new video for their new song “Wrong One.” The band commented:

    “We wrote this song at a time when we were simply fed up with always giving folks the benefit of the doubt. Never mistake kindness for weakness.”

  • Dream Theater No Longer Plan To Tour Europe In 2026

    Dream Theater are no longer planning to tour Europe in 2026. The band will return to the territory in 2027 or 2028.

    The group commented:

    “⚠️ ATTENTION all EU/UK DT fans ⚠️

    We know we promised we’d be back in 2026 with our full Parasomnia show, but sadly sometimes plans change… after much discussion, after 2 European legs on our 40th Anniversary Tour in 2024 and 2025 (as well as EU tours the previous two years in 2022 & 2023 as well), we’ve made the hard decision to skip a return to EU/UK in 2026.

    We are currently on the final 3 weeks of our US Parasomnia/ACOS Tour, so there’s still time to come on over to the States to catch this show if you are so inclined… it really is an amazing show! And if we can’t bring it over to you, we at least wanted to give the heads up so you’d have the option of coming to us to catch it.

    We look forward to returning to EU/UK when we begin our next tour cycle in either 2027 or 2028!”

  • The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Working On New Album

    It looks like The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza are working on a new album. The band recently confirmed the news while reflecting on their set at this year’s Furnace Fest.

    The group said the following:

    “Danza has played many shows in the past, but we are going to have to get a little extra about this one. Furnace Fest 2025 might just be the sickest show we’ve ever played. We can’t go into words how special it was for us.

    We want to give a massive thanks to Allena and all the Furnace Fest crew for being so cool and welcoming to us.

    We also want to give special thanks to Michael, Mike and Guardian Security for keeping us and everyone safe so we could all have fun. We’re so sorry one of your team members got hurt during our set. We have reached out personally to check on him, but if anyone hears of him needing anything please let us know.

    Thank you to our families for making the trip and all of your support. We couldn’t do this without you!

    More than anything though – we want to thank all of you who came out and shared the moment with us! We cannot thank you all enough. You made this experience unforgettable!

    Oh and by the way, if you were at FF, then you heard it first…

    Danza 5 is on its way.”

  • Slash On Upcoming Guns N’ Roses Album: “It’s Coming”

    During a recent interview for a new issue of Guitar World, Slash offered an update on Guns N’ Roses’ upcoming album. According to him, the effort is still “coming.”

    Slash said the following:

    “There’s so much material at this point — it’s a matter of having the discipline to sit down and fucking get into it. But the thing with Guns is, in my experience, you can never plan ahead. You can never sit down and go, ‘We’re going to take this time , and we’re going to do this.’

    Every time we’ve done that, it falls apart. It just spontaneously happens through some sort of inspiration that triggers it. And the next thing you know, It’s off and running. So it’s coming. I know it’s coming because everybody is thinking about it. It’ll just happen when it happens.”

  • Black Label Society Premiere “Broken And Blind” Music Video

    Black Label Society have premiered a new video for their new song “Broken And Blind.” You can check that out below. Zakk Wylde said the following about the single:

    “What’s going on gang? This is Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society. This is a new song called ‘Broken And Blind’. The song is about peanut butter and chocolate and what happens when you don’t have any of it. My soul is broken and I’m blind with rage if I don’t have any peanut butter and chocolate, so there you go, it’s a new song called ‘Broken And Blind’. Thank you, have a great day.”

  • Rob Zombie Announces New Single “Punks & Demons”

    Rob Zombie has announced a new single titled “Punks & Demons.” The track will debut on October 10. Notably, those attending the 20th anniversary screenings of “The Devil’s Rejects“ will be able to experience a preview of the song.

  • Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Sing U.S. National Anthem At Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche Game

    Yesterday (October 7), Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson sang the U.S. national anthem during the Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche game at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. You can see footage of that below: