The three-day hard rock and heavy metal music experience Monsters on the Mountain (MOTM) is set to return this August 19th-21st at The Gatlinburg Convention Center (234 Historic Nature Trail, Gatlinburg, TN 37738), located in Tennessee’s beautiful Great Smoky Mountains. After a successful inaugural event in 2021 at Pigeon Forge, the three-day immersive fan and […]
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LIT Unveil Official Video For “Mouth Shut” Featuring Adrian Young of No Doubt!
Whether you posted something that didn’t go over well, or you accidentally sent a text to the wrong person, we all have had foot in mouth disease at some point. Sometimes you wish you would have just kept it to yourself is the impetus behind Lit’s latest single, “Mouth Shut” HERE. The video for “Mouth Shut” features No Doubt’s Adrian […]
JUDAS PRIEST Announces Official Dates For ’50 Heavy Metal Years’ Tour
One of heavy metal’s all-time greats, Judas Priest, will get the opportunity to celebrate their 50th anniversary again this year with the launch of a new North American fall tour. The 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour will also feature Queensryche as openers and is being fueled by the highest charting album of Priest’s career, ‘Firepower,’ […]
MACHINE HEAD Release New Track “UNHALLØWED”; From Upcoming Album ‘ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN’
Bay Area metal titans, MACHINE HEAD, have dropped mammoth new track, “UNHALLØWED”, along with an accompanying video shot live from the band’s Electric Happy Hour series. Stream the new track HERE and watch the live video HERE. The new track is lifted from the band’s tenth studio album, ‘ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN’ which will be released via Nuclear […]
IN THIS MOMENT Announce The ‘Blood 1983’ Tour
GRAMMY® Award-nominated hard rock outfit In This Moment have announced they will be hitting the road for their Blood 1983 tour with special guests Nothing More. Kicking off August 26 in Evansville, Indiana – the Blood 1983 tour has the group set to take over stages in major markets including Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles and […]
THE MARS VOLTA Return With “Blacklight Shine” Single and Short Film, First Tour In A Decade Announced!
Breaking more than a decade of omertà, The Mars Volta reawaken from their lengthy hiatus with the release of their new single and short film for “Blacklight Shine”, streaming now! “Blacklight Shine” pulses with subtle brilliance, Caribbean rhythms underpinning sophisticated, turbulent songcraft. The song showcases guitarist/composer Omar Rodríguez-López and singer/lyricist Cedric Bixler-Zavala at their most […]
WEEZER Presents ‘SZNZ: In Residence On Broadway’ — Four Seasons Over Five Nights at the Broadway Theatre!
In celebration of Weezer’s innovative new SZNZ project – a collection of four EPs matching each season – the band is thrilled to announce a short residency on Broadway this fall. The run, which will happen September 13 through September 18, will be unlike any shows Weezer have played before. Each night’s show will not only correspond with a different […]
SEETHER Unveil Official Video For “What Would You Do?”
SEETHER have unveiled the official video for “What Would You Do?” – a track from the upcoming deluxe edition of their most recent album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. The emotionally cathartic, terror-stricken visual, directed by Jon Vulpine (Three Days Grace, Skillet, Backstreet Boys), takes the band’s well-known predilection for horror-film exhibitionism to a new […]
LIGHTNING SEEDS Return With New Album ‘See You In The Stars’
Hard to believe it’s been more than a decade since Lightning Seeds released a new album but at last we can celebrate with the release of See You In The Stars, their first on new label BMG – out October 14th. This intoxicating 10 track collection is tunefully, emotionally, uplifting and is destined to kick […]