In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the release of their landmark second album The Reason, the Multi-Platinum band HOOBASTANK, have announced they’ll launch a nationwide U.S. headlining tour this fall. “The Reason Tour” will see the band perform the pivotal album in its entirety alongside fan favorites and new songs off their recently released sixth studio album PUSH PULL, available now via Napalm Records.
The Metal Alliance Tour celebrates its 8th year of wrecking heads and is presented by hot sauce company High River Sauces. Each year this touring festival assembles a package that celebrates the various genres of Metal. It is with great honor to than to announce GOATWHORE, pioneers of the blackened death metal scene, as the official 2018 Metal Alliance Tour headliner.
After recently completing their massive summer co-headliner with The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel will head out on the road again this November/December, to embark on their “Ten Years of Exile” USA tour, commemorating the 10th anniversary of This Is Exile. Featuring Chelsea Grin, Oceano, and Slaughter To Prevail as support, this trek will also see Whitechapel perform This Is Exile in its entirety, plus a selection of other songs – and will be the last run of shows before the band returns to the studio to finish recording their upcoming album, due out spring 2019 via Metal Blade Records. See below for all dates!
Brazilian death metal brothers KRISIUN are joining Suffocation as a support act on the group’s North America Frank Farewell 2018 Tour. Also on the bill are Cattle Decapitation and Soreption. The tour, the final with Suffocation’s original lead vocalist Frank Mullen, kicks off on Oct. 21st in Wantagh, NY. TOUR DATES: 10.21: Wantagh, NY @ Mulcahy’s Concert Hall 10.22: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Down 10.23: Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques 10.24: Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place 10.25: Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick 10.26: Joliet, IL @ The Forge 10.27: St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Grill 10.29: Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room 10.30: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre 10.31: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music...
Founding KISS guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member ACE FREHLEY has released a new song today called “Rockin’ With The Boys.” This is the second song Frehley has released this year, from his forthcoming all-new Spaceman album, due October 19, 2018, via Entertainment One (eOne). Frehley previously released the track “Bronx Boy” in April. Spaceman, Frehley’s eighth solo LP, features nine new original tracks including a cover of Eddie Money’s “I Wanna Go Back,” a ripping power pop makeover of the original. “No need to worry, I’ll be home soon, ’cause I’m rockin’ with the boys,” Frehley sings on “Rockin’ With the Boys,” which tells the tales of life on...
Steve Vai has announced he will host and serve as the musical director for “The Big Mama Jama Jam-a-thon” — an open, improvisational music/art event where the music doesn’t stop for 52 hours — to be held Sept. 28-30, 2018 at Musicians Institute’s brand new venue, LiveHouse, in Los Angeles, California.