On the heels of their first career #1 on the Top Current Albums Chart in the US, Alter Bridge are announcing the first leg of 2020 of their Walk The Sky Tour. The band will play a kickoff date in Lake Charles, LA at the Golden Nugget Casino on January 31st before jumping on board Shiprocked as co-headliner alongside Halestorm. Back on land, the band will be making stops in Nashville, TN; Indianapolis, IN; Milwaukee, Wi; and Los Angeles, CA among others before wrapping up on February 27th in Spokane, WA.  

TOOL, who are in the midst of their first North American tour in support of their #1 charting, record-breaking album Fear Inoculum (RCA Records), today announces an additional round of tour dates, kicking off on Jan. 10 in San Diego.  

Genre defining post hardcore five-piece, Dance Gavin Dance have announced a huge North American headline run with special guests Animals As Leaders, Veil Of Maya and Royal Coda with one more band to be announced. The Spring 2020 Tour will kick off on March 12th in Los Angeles at The Palladium and will hit 30 other stops across North America before it culminates at the second annual Swnafest event, headlined and curated by Dance Gavin Dance, on April 25th in Sacramento, CA.  

German Thrash Metal legends SODOM release their new digital single “Out Of The Frontline Trench” today. This song is also the title track of the forthcoming EP, which will be released on November 22nd.  

As Z2 Comics continues to revolutionize the comics industry with their music collaborations, the track list for the audio from the upcoming 2020 Grateful Dead graphic novel is now available. Grateful Dead Origins tells the story of the band’s transformation from a bar band performing as the Warlocks to becoming the creators of their own sound and cultural movement through their music and community.  

Mayhem, whose sixth album, Daemon, is available digitally, with a physical release arriving tomorrow, share a video for “Falsified & Hated”  

He’s a man VICE calls “an institution” with a voice recognized by Rolling Stone as the sound of resilience. Now, Kirk Windstein, the highly respected sludge metal pioneer and unmistakable earthmoving bellow of Crowbar, stomps forward as a solo artist for the very first time. On January 24, 2020, Entertainment One (eOne) will proudly release ‘Dream in Motion‘, Windstein‘s singular debut and a recording that sees the Dark Lord of the Southern Riff stretch his creative wings and strengthen his indelible legacy.  

Legendary hard rock and heavy metal icons QUIET RIOT have released their new album, “Hollywood Cowboys,” today via Frontiers Music Srl.   

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNE today (November 8) has released “Under The Graveyard,” his first new solo music in almost 10 years.  

On January 24th, Midnight will release their new album, Rebirth by Blasphemy, via Metal Blade Records. “‘Rebirth By Blasphemy‘ is a rebirth,” states Midnight‘s sole driving force, Athenar.  

Savannah, GA sludge rockers BLACK TUSK are kicking off their U.S. tour dates tomorrow, November 8 in Asheville, NC. The trek will conclude on November 16 in Wilmington, NC. The band will be supported by CHILD BITE for all dates, except tomorrow, in which they will instead be joined by label-mates BASK. The full itinerary is as follows:  

Mayhem, whose sixth album, Daemon, is available digitally, with a physical release arriving tomorrow, share a video for “Falsified & Hated”