
Fire It Up! NWOBHM Firestarters Get Lit At The Rainbow On April 17, 2026 Photos By Andrew Depedro, KNAC Ottawa Correspondent Metal madness!Local support!Brave and efficient server’s assistants! You could take the live music events out of the much-missed/permanently-closed Brass Monkey, but you couldn’t take out their fire as this particular tour had alluded to,…

VENOMInto OblivionNoise/BMG Records Loud!Raw!Heavy!And still keeping it real and ungodly nearly 50 years later! For any diehard fans of NWOBHM architects VENOM, one has always accepted that the legendary trio’s raw and punishing approach to its brand of heavy metal owes a great deal of its success to mostly two things: Volume and honest simplicity.…

The What Lies Within Tour Stops At Bayou Music Center On April 28th All Live Photos By Larry Petro/Petrofyed PhotographyBand Photo Credit: Chuck Brueckmann Summertime is just around the corner in Texas and as the temperatures started to rise so did the local concert junket as the Mark Tremonti-led ALTER BRIDGE rolled into town on…

Arriving On June 19 KERRY KING is giving fans more. The iconic SLAYER songwriter/guitarist is releasing an Extended Deluxe Edition of his acclaimed debut solo album From Hell I Rise via Reigning Phoenix Music on June 19, 2026, expanding the record with five previously unheard demos and new visual elements, including cover artwork by James Bousema and a…

Ahead of Upcoming Album Grand Rising Florida rock band Gunshine released their fourth track, “Finite,” offering fans a taste of their forthcoming full-length album, Grand Rising, due out digitally on July 24 through vnclm_ / Create Music Group. “‘Finite’ is one of my favorite tracks off the new record. I wrote all the vocal melodies and the riff while actually working on a…

The End Tour Continues Across North America As the band is currently turning heads on the road in support of Bush, GRAMMY® Award–nominated songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Wolfgang Van Halen and his band Mammoth are announcing more US headline tour dates. The End Tour continues this summer with more headline performances added in-between previously announced support dates for rockers, CREED. The lineup comprised…

Photo Credit: Sean McGee Today, multi-platinum rock powerhouse THEORY OF A DEADMAN returns with their hard-hitting new single, “Barricade.” Marking a new chapter for the band, the track delivers their signature mix of gritty riffs, anthemic hooks, and unfiltered lyricism with a renewed sense of urgency. Driven by a tense, simmering energy, “Barricade” builds from restrained verses into a massive, cathartic chorus,…

The Hydra Was Surfing At BayCare Sound Amphitheater On April 24th All Live Photos By Travis Failey Photography Friday night in Clearwater brought another beautiful night and also a “Hydra” to the BayCare Sound Amphitheater. A Hydra you ask? Well a Hydra is a monstrous, multi-headed, serpent-like creature and the offspring of Typhon and Echidna…