Independent festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents will host "Slay the Bellz Relay Raid," a Dec. 10, 2021, livestream charity event exclusively on Twitch, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Throughout the event, people can donate to St. Jude’s via the link provided in the stream. "Slay the Bellz" will highlight many of the rock artists who have found a home on Twitch, using it to grow their... Continue Reading →
Trivium announces two livestream events
Trivium will present two livestream shows over two weekends in December 2021. Both events will take place from the band's new HQ, known as "The Hangar," in Orlando, Florida. This is the official streaming follow-up to 2020's "A Light or a Distant Mirror" streamed event. While the band did conduct several free streaming events after the... Continue Reading →
Behemoth shares live version of ‘Prometherion’
Behemoth set the world on fire when these Polish masters of black metal took to an abandoned church in rural Poland to perform a worldwide streaming event in the heart of the pandemic lockdown. More than a year since the show's premiere, "In Absentia Dei" is returning in a range of deluxe formats for fans to relive the... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Rockville draws 161,000
Welcome to Rockville’s milestone 10th edition brought in the festival’s biggest crowd yet, with 161,000 people coming to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, for the four-day music event, held Nov. 11 to 14, 2021. The record attendance officially makes Welcome to Rockville America’s biggest rock festival. In addition, a worldwide at-home audience of 1.2 million unique viewers enjoyed the livestream with... Continue Reading →
Clutch to present next livestream on Nov. 26
Clutch will present the fourth installment of its livestream series, "Live from the Doom Saloon," at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. today. Live from the band's rehearsal space in Maryland, the show will feature a special set list of old songs, deep cuts, some classics and something new. Ticket-holders will be able... Continue Reading →
DWP to livestream performances and more from Welcome to Rockville
Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents will present its first festival livestream ever for the 10th edition of Welcome to Rockville. The event will be livestreamed Nov. 10 to 14, 2021, on the recently launched DWPresents on Twitch channel (twitch.tv/DWPresents). Music fans from around the world can tune in to watch performances from certain artists, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes content. Hosted by That Space Zebra Show’s Bobby Schubenski,... Continue Reading →
INTERVIEW: Melissa Bonny of AD INFINITUM (November 2021)
Many bands have chosen to sit on the sidelines throughout the pandemic, unwilling to take the risk of releasing new music in the midst of so much uncertainty. Symphonic metal band Ad Infinitum has done exactly the opposite, releasing its debut album, “Chapter I: Monarchy” (review) in April 2020; an acoustic version of the record,... Continue Reading →
Raven Black covers ‘This Is Halloween’
Los Angeles-based theatrical metal Band Raven Black has released its own version of "This Is Halloween," the opening theme of the 1993 Tim Burton cult classic "The Nightmare Before Christmas." With a darkly playful lyric video directed by killDevil Films, Raven Black infuses the Danny Elfman-composed anthem with crunchy guitars and explosive, exuberant vocals from the diminutive frontwoman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXN6qATVzE In addition, Raven... Continue Reading →
The Haxans to present three-day Halloween livestream event
Goth-pop duo The Haxans-- Ash Costello (New Years Day) and Matt Montgomery (Rob Zombie)--will present a "Halloween Haunt Spooktacular!," a three-day livestream event from its residency at legendary SoCal Halloween locale Knott's Scary Farm. The livestream starts Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, and ends on Halloween (Sunday, Oct. 31). Click here to buy livestream tickets at the Party Monster... Continue Reading →
Tremonti debuts ‘Now and Forever’ lyric video, sets livestream for Sept. 24
Tremonti, the band led by Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti, has debuted a lyric video for "Now and Forever," the fourth single from its new album "Marching in Time" (Sept. 24, 2021, Napalm Records; pre-order here). To commemorate the release of "Marching in Time," Tremonti--also featuring Eric Friedman (guitars), Tanner Keegan (bass) and Ryan Bennett (drums)--will perform... Continue Reading →