Hollywood Vampires—Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen—will release their first live album, "Live in Rio," on June 2, 2023, via earMUSIC. The band has released "I Got a Line on You" as a first glimpse of the record; watch the video below. In 2015, the Hollywood Vampires not only released their first... Continue Reading →
Moldovan metal band Infected Rain will release "The Devil's Dozen" on DVD/Blu-ray and 2-CD Digipak formats on April 14, 2023, via Napalm Records. The performance originally was offered in November 2021 as an exclusive concert stream, available for only eight days. "Today is the day!" frontwoman Lena Scissorhands said. "We’ve all been waiting for this... Continue Reading →
Symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis will release the live album "Pirates Over Wacken" on March 31, 2023, via Napalm Records. The album captures the Austrian band's performance at the Wacken Open Air festival in summer 2022. Visions of Atlantis has unveiled the first glimpse of the new release with a clip of "Pirates Will... Continue Reading →
"Live in the Galaxy," the live recording by late-'90s/early-2000s hard rock band Union is coming to vinyl for the first time. Originally released in 1999, "Live in the Galaxy" was recorded during Union’s first tour in support of its self-titled debut album. Union featured the pairing of guitarist Bruce Kulick and singer/guitarist John Corabi. Kulick... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage has shared the video for "Vide Infra" from its upcoming release "Live at the Palladium." The song originally appeared on the band's self-titled debut album, released in 2000. "This song has stood the test of time for me, sonically and lyrically," singer Jesse Leach said. "Sonically, it shows our hardcore roots and the blend of... Continue Reading →
Black Stone Cherry will release "Live from the Royal Albert Hall … Y'All" on June 24, 2022, via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. Pre-order it here. You can get a first taste with "Ringin' in My Head" below. On Wednesday Sept., 29 2021--the year of the band's 20th anniversary--Black Stone Cherry realized a childhood dream of playing at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in... Continue Reading →
Finnish doom metal band Swallow the Sun will release its first-ever live album, "20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki," on July 30, 2021, via Century Media Records. "Finally some good news after a year of cancellations and shitshow!" vocalist Mikko Kotamäki said. "We managed to play only 10 of these special 20th... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg Maki With recent years seeing a resurgence in nu metal, it’s no surprise that one of the most successful bands of that late-’90s/early-2000s era has re-emerged, as well. It’s easy now to overlook just how massive Staind was, given its inactivity for the majority of the past decade. Hitting at the tail-end... Continue Reading →
Motorhead's 1981 live album "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" will receive a 40th anniversary re-release in new deluxe editions on June 25, 2021. There will be hardback book-packs in two CD and triple LP formats, featuring a remaster of the original album, bonus tracks and the previously unreleased--in its entirety--concert from Newcastle City Hall on March... Continue Reading →
Pirate metal band Alestorm will release its new live album/Blu-ray/DVD "Live in Tilburg" on May 28, 2021, via Napalm Records. "Oh wow! Live concerts! Remember those? Nah, me neither," said Alestorm's Christopher Bowes (vocals/keytar). "Anyway, a couple of years ago we played a giant show at the 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. It was a whole... Continue Reading →
