The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 7 to 10, 2023 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2022 lineup one act a time. Forty-three of 144 acts have been announced as of Dec. 23, 2022. The following bands have been announced since our last update (in alphabetical order): 10 Years... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki And just like that, we’ve come to the end of another year. And as always—if you know where to look and keep an open mind—2022 was filled with plenty of good to great releases in metal and hard rock. Here are the best of what made it to my ears in the... Continue Reading →
Underoath, Four Year Strong and Currents have been added to the bill of the first-ever HeartSupport Fest, the two-day event created by August Burns Red vocalist Jake Lurs and his nonprofit HeartSupport foundation. The festival, headlined by Rise Against and Parkway Drive, will take place Feb. 18 and 19, 2023, at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, Florida.... Continue Reading →
Australian metal band Parkway Drive will return to the United States for a headline tour in early 2023. It will be the band's first U.S. tour in support of its seventh album, "Darker Still" (Epitaph Records), and its first time touring the U.S. since April 2019. Memphis May Fire and Currents also will appear. Tickets... Continue Reading →
August Burns Red frontman Jake Luhrs and his nonprofit HeartSupport foundation have announced the first-ever HeartSupport Fest. The two-day event is scheduled for Feb. 18 and 19, 2023, at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, Florida. Rise Against and Parkway Drive will headline a lineup that includes The Ghost Inside, Dance Gavin Dance, Spiritbox, August Burns Red, Silverstein, Memphis May Fire, The Devil Wears Prada, Hawthorne Heights, Comeback Kid, The... Continue Reading →
Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive has shared the video for the title track of its upcoming album "Darker Still" (Sept. 9, 2022, Epitaph Records; pre-order here). "Darker Still" creeps to life with a whistle and an acoustic guitar. From here — for close to seven minutes — the band takes the listener on an odyssey through guitar solos, ethereal choirs and... Continue Reading →
Australian metal band Parkway Drive will release its seventh album, "Darker Still," on Sept. 9, 2022, via Epitaph Records. The album, the band's first since 2018's "Reverence," can be pre-ordered here. Parkway Drive also has shared the cinematic video for "The Greatest Fear." Watch it below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxvMf9PnImQ&feature=youtu.be "The greatest fear, the one we all share; this song... Continue Reading →
Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive, which recently canceled its spring 2022 North American tour, has released a video for the new single "Glitch." Watch it below. The song explores the things that minds experience when we are not awake—but not yet asleep—the world of night terrors and sleep paralysis. It is the first new material... Continue Reading →
Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive has canceled its spring 2022 North American tour, citing the toll that nearly 20 years as a band has taken on the band members and their friendships. A European tour in September and October will go on as scheduled. The spring tour was set to feature the band using full... Continue Reading →
*****EDIT MAY 2021: The original Misfits have replaced My Chemical Romance as the headliner on Saturday, Oct. 9.***** The Aftershock will return to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California, on Oct. 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2021. The expanded event will include a new Thursday night concert. As previously announced, Aftershock 2021 will be headlined by Metallica (performing two unique sets, one on Friday and one... Continue Reading →
