By Greg Maki Read our recap of the festival’s first day here. 11 A.M. GATES OPEN On the second day of this year’s Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, my first order of business is checking out Blood Prison, the haunted house located inside the Ohio State Reformatory. It’s another unique offering of this festival, filled... Continue Reading →
Ahead of the April 22, 2022, release of its new album "Planet Zero," multi-platinum band Shinedown has announced the Planet Zero World Tour (produced by Live Nation), with special guests Jelly Roll and John Harvie, and also has released “The Saints of Violence and Innuendo,” a new song from the forthcoming album. The Planet Zero World Tour begins on Sept. 3... Continue Reading →
Shinedown has announced its second headlining 2022 North American outing, "The Revolution’s Live Tour," with special guests The Pretty Reckless and Diamante. Kicking off April 1 in Spokane, the 24-date trek, produced by Frank Productions, will see the quartet travel throughout the U.S. before wrapping on May 7. Later in May, Shinedown will head to Daytona Beach, Florida, for Welcome to Rockville 2022 to co-headline Saturday, May 21, alongside Guns N’ Roses and Rise Against. Fan... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki-----After the hellscape of 2020, music surged back in a big way throughout 2021. Concerts—even festivals—returned along with a flood of new releases from artists young and old. Metal and hard rock remain far outside the mainstream, but if you put in the effort to look, I’d argue that there’s more quality music... Continue Reading →
Louder Than Life made its return in Louisville, Kentucky, this past weekend, September 23 to 26, 2021, at the Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center with a record-setting attendance of 160,000 people who enjoyed an expanded four-day weekend for the first time in the festival’s history. Producer Danny Wimmer Presents reported that more than 98 percent of festival-goers arrived with proof of full... Continue Reading →
Born and raised amid the rich musical history of Seattle, Washington, Ayron Jones has been one of rock music’s biggest success stories of 2021. His debut solo album, “Child of the State” (he previously issued two independent releases with his band Ayron Jones and the Way), spawned the hit single “Mercy,” which spent a month... Continue Reading →
More and more, festivals are becoming the driving force for touring rock and metal bands. While obviously there were none in 2020, festivals are returning in force in 2021, mostly in late summer and early fall. Headliners and co-headliners include such heavy hitters as Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, the original Misfits, Korn,... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki It’s been a long road, but hope is on the horizon. The light at the end of the tunnel is strong enough that we could shine it into the air on a moonlit night and use it to summon Batman. With COVID-19 numbers declining in the United States and a number of... Continue Reading →
ShipRocked, Jan. 22 to 27, 2022, onboard Carnival Breeze sailing from Galveston, Texas, with stops in Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico, in the Caribbean, will feature multiple performances from Lamb of God, I Prevail, Steel Panther, Badflower, Sevendust, Avatar, P.O.D., Ayron Jones and many more, with a special performance from Lamb Of God’s Mark Morton. In addition, The Stowaways will return as ShipRocked’s all-star band, with a revolving cast of special guests to be announced. A limited number... Continue Reading →
