Set times have been announced for the 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival, which will be held Sept. 7 to 10 at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. The lineup includes headliners Slipknot, Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch and Shinedown, along with Till Lindeman of Rammstein, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, Megadeth, Staind, Danzig, Papa Roach, Lamb of... Continue Reading →
As the 2023 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival approaches, festival passes are 98 percent sold out for the July 14 to 16 event. Inkcarceration will feature a rock and metal lineup led by headliners Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions at the historic grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory (made famous by the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" in Mansfield, Ohio. The three-day... Continue Reading →
The full lineup for the 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival has been announced, and it features headliners Slipknot, Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch and Shinedown, along with Til Lindeman of Rammstein, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, Megadeth, Staind, Danzig, Papa Roach, Lamb of God and many more. The event, which will feature more than 150 acts in... Continue Reading →
Death thrash band Dieth--featuring bassist David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), guitarist/vocalist Guilherme Miranda (ex-Entombed A.D.) and drummer Michał Łysejko (ex-Decapitated)--has premiered the new track "Don't Get Mad ... Get Even!" from its upcoming debut album, "To Hell and Back," due out June 2, 2023, via Napalm Records (pre-order here). "The best revenge is being better than you... Continue Reading →
Louder Than Life will return Sept. 21 to 24, 2023, to Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, with a lineup including Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Turnstile, Rancid, Falling in Reverse, 311, Pierce the Veil, Run the Jewels, Corey Taylor,... Continue Reading →
Aftershock, set for Oct. 5 to 8, 2023, at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California, will feature more than 95 bands, including headliners Guns N' Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Korn. The four-day weekend's lineup of rock and metal acts also includes Godsmack, Pantera, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile, 311, The... Continue Reading →
The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival will return July 14 to 16, 2023, with with a rock and metal lineup headlined by Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit, plus more than 65 tattoo artists and haunted attractions, all on the grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. In addition to the headliners, the three-day... Continue Reading →
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 7 to 10, 2023 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2023 lineup one act a time. Sixty-three of 144 acts have been announced as of Jan. 13, 2023. The following bands have been announced since our last update (in alphabetical order): The Black... Continue Reading →
Following the recent announcement of the new musical partnership between David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth) and Jeff Scott Soto (Sons of Apollo, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Ellefson-Soto has released the first piece of music from its upcoming debut album, "Vacation in the Underworld." The song available on Spotify and all other digital streaming platforms. Fans who pre-order the album digitally via iTunes will receive an instant download of... Continue Reading →
In a partnership that has been years in the making, bassist David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth) and vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (Sons of Apollo, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) have joined forces for an all-new collaboration, Ellefson-Soto. The band follows the tradition of successful individuals that joined forces to create memorable music: David Coverdale and Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes, Tommy Shaw and... Continue Reading →
