Sevendust released 'Blood & Stone' six years ago today. Their 13th studio album reunited them with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette and featured “Dying to Live,” “Blood From a Stone” and a Soundgarden cover. Baskette suggested “The Day I Tried to Live,” which gave Lajon Withers... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Stone Sour released 'House of Gold & Bones Part 1' in the U.S. 14 years ago today. Their fourth studio album opened a story that would span two records, starting with “Gone Sovereign” and “Absolute Zero.” Josh Rand told MusicRadar that he and Jim Root recorded their rhythm guita... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Robert Trujillo celebrates his birthday today. His path to Metallica ran through Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves and Ozzy Osbourne’s band. On '72 Seasons', he added his first recorded backing vocals for Metallica to “You Must Burn!” Trujillo told the band’s So What! publ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Mudvayne released “Not Falling” 24 years ago in 2002, introducing their second album, 'The End of All Things to Come'. In the band’s biography from that era, drummer Matt McDonough said it was the second song written for the record and helped establish the direction for everythi... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Tony Iommi’s first solo album in 21 years is here. 'From The Dark' arrives today through BMG, alongside a new lyric video for opening track “Over The Violent Sun.” Jorn Lande sings throughout and shares writing credits on all eight songs. Becky Baldwin handles bass, Karl Brazil ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Eric Bass celebrates his birthday on October 23. The Shinedown bassist has helped shape the band’s records as a songwriter, musician and producer. His studio experiments helped give “Cut the Cord” its opening shout. While working on a synth part beneath the guitar riff, Bass hea... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Dream Theater released 'A View from the Top of the World' five years ago today. Their 15th studio album was the first recorded at their own DTHQ facility. James LaBrie told Loudwire that writing over Zoom had an unexpected advantage. He could mute the band, record a vocal idea a... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Starset released 'Horizons' five years ago today. Their fourth studio album expanded the band’s science fiction world across 16 tracks. Dustin Bates told Distorted Sound that pandemic downtime eventually became a rush of songwriting. The album’s length helped connect its range o... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

KISS released 'Hotter Than Hell' 52 years ago today. Their second studio album arrived just eight months after their debut. Ace Frehley wrote “Parasite” and “Strange Ways,” but handed the vocals to Gene Simmons and Peter Criss. Frehley told Ultimate Classic Rock in 2014 that he ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Foo Fighters released 'One by One' in the U.S. on October 22, 2002, 24 years ago today. Their fourth studio album featured “All My Life” and “Times Like These,” but getting there meant abandoning months of recordings. Dave Grohl later told Classic Rock that the initial sessions ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Led Zeppelin released 'Led Zeppelin II' in North America 57 years ago today. Their second studio album took shape between tour dates, with recording sessions scattered across London and North America. Jimmy Page recalled starting with rehearsals at his Pangbourne home before rec... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Death released 'Human' 35 years ago today. For their fourth studio album, Chuck Schuldiner teamed with Cynic’s Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert, plus Sadus bassist Steve Di Giorgio. Reinert worked fast. Masvidal told Guitar World that the drummer finished a week’s worth of schedul... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Iron Maiden released “Aces High” as a UK single 42 years ago today. The opening track from their fifth studio album, 'Powerslave', became its second single after “2 Minutes to Midnight.” Steve Harris wrote the song from the perspective of an RAF pilot during the Battle of Britai... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp are sharing a bill in May 2027. Queens will headline 16 US shows, starting May 1 in San Diego and finishing May 24 in Boston. The run follows 'Perfecth', their ninth studio album, due October 30 through Matador. Queens g... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Vinnie Hornsby celebrates his birthday on October 22. Before Sevendust had a name or a record deal, the bassist was already playing alongside Morgan Rose in Snake Nation. He also helped solve the band’s naming problem. After Rumblefish and Crawlspace proved unavailable, Hornsby ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Chelsea Wolfe joined Billy Corgan on The Magnificent Others for a conversation about witchcraft and Gnosticism. She also explained why she was once “susceptible to cults.” Wolfe traced her sound back to childhood night terrors and shadow figures she saw during sleep paralysis. S... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Bring Me The Horizon released the single “Teardrops” six years ago today, on October 22, 2020. Oli Sykes turned its emotional weight into an underwater video drawn from his experience with depression. According to Sony Music, he directed and edited the clip and spent a full day ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Bad Omens released “Dying To Love” one year ago today. Noah Sebastian’s falsetto and the bridge’s harsh screams gave the single two very different kinds of intensity. Sebastian co-wrote and co-produced the song with Joakim Karlsson and Michael Taylor, then joined filmmaker Nico ... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Lita Ford is bringing “Dracula” out just before Halloween. Her new single arrives October 27 through Frontiers Music Srl, the label she’s just signed with. Gary Hoey produced the track and performs alongside Ford, with Bobby Rock on drums and Max Norman handling the mix. Ford d... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Godsmack have another album in their plans. Sully Erna is looking toward new music in 2027 with a lineup that now includes Mike Mangini on drums and Sam Koltun on guitar. Speaking on The Mistress Carrie Podcast, Erna said his earlier comments about ‘Lighting Up the Sky’ being th... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…