On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, Three Days Grace performed with its original vocalist, Adam Gontier, for the first time since 2012. Early Thursday morning, April 20, the band posted a photo on social media of its four current members onstage with Gontier and wrote, "Soooo we did a thing."... Continue Reading →
2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival: The lineup so far (March 17)
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. One hundred eight of 144 acts have been announced as of March 17. The following bands have been announced since our last update (in alphabetical order): Babymetal... Continue Reading →
Saint Asonia to release ‘Extrovert’ EP on Nov. 18
Saint Asonia, featuring former Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier and Staind guitarist/founding member Mike Mushok, will release "Extrovert," its second EP of the year, on Nov. 18, 2022, via Spinefarm Records. Pre-order it here. The band has shared the visualizer for the new single "Wolf." "This song was inspired by the chaos, the darkness, and the violence that... Continue Reading →
Rocklahoma announces daily band lineups
The daily band lineups have been announced for Rocklahoma, taking place Sept. 2 to 4, 2022, at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. This year marks 15 tears of Rocklahoma. The three-day camping festival features some of today’s top rock artists, including Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Evanescence, Megadeth, Seether, Three Days... Continue Reading →
LIVE RECAP: Inkcarceration – Day 1 – 07/15/22
By Greg Maki Four long years. I hadn’t attended a festival since Rock on the Range in May 2018, first due to the birth of my son in 2019 and then—well, everyone knows what happened in 2020. My long-awaited—for me, anyway—return came on the weekend of July 15-17, 2022, at the Ohio State Reformatory in... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: Saint Asonia – ‘Introvert’
By Greg Maki I’m not sure if it's criticism or praise to say that “Introvert,” the new seven-song EP from Saint Asonia, sounds exactly how one would expect it to sound. Probably a little of both. The band, of course, is based on the musical partnership of ex-Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier and Staind... Continue Reading →
Wage War releases ‘Godspeed’ video, touring this summer
Florida hard rock quintet Wage War shared its video for "Godspeed." Watch it below. The video consists of footage from the road and offers a bird's eye view into Wage War's world—backstage, onstage and interacting with the fans. The fast-paced clips will transport you to the last Wage War show you attended—or give you a glimpse of what... Continue Reading →
Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown to headline 2022 Rocklahoma festival
Rocklahoma will return for its 15th year this Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2 to 4, 2022, at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. The three-day camping festival will feature some of today’s top rock artists, including Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Evanescence, Megadeth, Seether, Three Days Grace, Cypress Hill, Jelly Roll and... Continue Reading →
The Warning to release full-length debut ‘Error’ on June 24
Monterrey, Mexico, hard rock sister trio The Warning will unleash its full-length debut album, "Error," on June 24, 2022, via LAVA/Republic Records. Pre-order/pre-save it here. “'Error' is an album about how we perceive the world as a generation and how we experience things in this new age—love, technology, social life, media, politics; losing our sense of humanity and everything in... Continue Reading →
Saint Asonia to release ‘Introvert’ EP, shares ‘Above It All’ video
Saint Asonia, featuring former Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier and Staind guitarist/founding member Mike Mushok, will release a new EP, "Introvert," on July 1, 2022, via Spinefarm Records. Pre-order it here. Tthe band has shared the first single from the seven-track EP in the form of "Above It All." Watch the video, directed by Justin Reich, below. "'Above... Continue Reading →