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NIGHTWISH Kicks Off 'Decades' World Tour In Atlanta (Video)

Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH kicked off their "Decades" world tour this past Friday, March 9 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia. On this trek, NIGHTWISH is presenting a special setlist, featuring rare material from the early years of the band's career. The group's setlist was as follows...

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JEFF PILSON Says He'd 'Love To See More Shows With' Classic DOKKEN Lineup

FOREIGNER bassist Jeff Pilson recently discussed his work with DOKKEN on the "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below (interview starts around the 45:00 mark). A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On reuniting with George Lynch, Don Dok...

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Inside Metal: The Rise of L.A. Thrash Metal (Part One)

Bob Nalbandian has come a long way in his painstaking effort to chronicle the genesis of American metal, particularly its West Coast origins. Following his previous "Inside Metal" documentaries, "The Pioneers of L.A. Hard Rock and Metal" and "The L.A. Metal Scene Explodes!", Nalbandian releases his...

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THE AMORETTES: 'Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock N' Roll' Video

"Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock N' Roll", the new video from the Scottish all-female hard rock trio THE AMORETTES, can be seen below. The track was written by THE AMORETTES guitarist/vocalist Gill Montgomery and BLACK STAR RIDERS frontman Ricky Warwick and the clip was was produced by Sitc...

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PRAYING MANTIS To Release 'Gravity' Album In May

British rockers PRAYING MANTIS will release their 11th studio album, "Gravity", on May 11 via Frontiers Music Srl. After the positive response given to to the band's last studio release, 2015's "Legacy", the new record sees PRAYING MANTIS return with another inspired, take-no-prisoners set. The al...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD: Trailer For Limited-Edition Book/Vinyl Set Of Artwork

A trailer for "The Absence Of Corners" book and vinyl set from original BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward is available below. "The Absence Of Corners" art collection was a career first for Bill. Ward was one of the pioneers in bringing the new medium of rhythm-on-canvas to the world. Now, for the firs...

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KORN's 'Audience Music' Episode To Air Tomorrow; 'Here To Stay' Preview Clip Available

The "Audience Music" episode featuring KORN will premiere on Friday, March 9 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on the Audience network (DirecTV Ch. 239 or U-verse TV Ch. 1114 and via live streaming on the DirecTV and U-verse apps and DirecTV Now). A preview clip of the episode, featuring KORN's performance of the son...

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Watch FOREIGNER Perform 'Double Vision' From 'Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus'

A performance clip of the song "Double Vision" taken from FOREIGNER's upcoming release, "Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus", can be seen below. "I Want To Know What Love Is", "Cold As Ice", "Waiting For A Girl Like You", "Hot Blooded", "Juke Box Hero". FOREIGNER's timeless...

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PANTERA, SOULFLY Live Recordings From DYNAMO OPEN AIR To See Light Of Day In June

From the mid-'80s until last decade, Dynamo Open Air in Eindhoven, Netherlands was an iconic metal festival and the go-to-place for metal maniacs from all Europe. It all started in 1981, when André Verhuysen and a friend opened their Hard Rock Café (not the world-spanning franchise you might think o...

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New MADBALL Album To Feature Guest Appearance By ICE-T

New York hardcore veterans MADBALL have finished recording their new album, "For The Cause". Helming the sessions for the follow-up to 2014's "Hardcore Lives" was RANCID's Tim Armstrong, a longtime friend of MADBALL singer Freddy Cricien. The new disc is being mixed and mastered by Danish producer T...

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STEPPENWOLF To Release 3-CD Career Retrospective 'Steppenwolf At 50'

Iconic rock band STEPPENWOLF and frontman John Kay will release the definitive career retrospective, "Steppenwolf At 50", a 3-CD collection featuring 41-tracks, to celebrate the band's half-century of music. Set for release Friday, March 16 via Los Angeles-based Rainman Records, the collection inclu...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY To Release 'One Of A Kind' Solo Album In May

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will release his new solo album, "One Of A Kind", on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally. It is hard to find a name amongst all those that over the last 30 years have left their mark in the history of rock that ha...

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AC/DC Singer BRIAN JOHNSON Joins MICK FLEETWOOD On Stage In Maui (Video)

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson joined rock and roll icon Mick Fleetwood on stage on March 4 at Fleetwood's On Front St., a restaurant and bar owned by Fleetwood in Maui, Hawaii, to perform the 1940s rhythm and blues standard "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66". Video footage of his appearance can be seen bel...

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AC/DC's 'Back In Black' To Be Re-Released On Cassette For 'Record Store Day'

AC/DC's classic 1980 LP "Back In Black" will be released on cassette on Record Store Day, the annual celebration of the annual celebration of independent record stores, taking place on Saturday, April 21. The cassette will be made available through RCA in a limited edition of 2,500 copies. On July 2...

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MC5's WAYNE KRAMER To be Joined By KIM THAYIL, DOUG PINNICK For 'Kick Out The Jams' 50th-Anniversary Tour

Wayne Kramer, the founding guitarist and leader of Detroit's proto-punk/hard rock band the MC5, will celebrate the landmark anniversary of its incendiary debut album "Kick Out The Jams" with the 35-plus-date "Kick Out The Jams: The 50th Anniversary Tour" and a memoir "The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, Th...