Avalon/PYMCA/Gonzales Photo/Nikolaj Bransholm/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesSlipknot’s Knotfest Japan has been postponed once more. The festival was originally scheduled for March 2020, and was one of the earliest rock events to be delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was first pushed back to January 2021, and then again to April 2022. Now, it’s…… read more »
Z2 ComicsJudas Priest’s classic 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance celebrates its 40th anniversary next year, and in conjunction with the milestone, the metal legends are partnering with Z2 Comics on a graphic novel inspired by the landmark record. Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance, which is expected to be released in July 2022, is being co-written…… read more »
Credit: Sam CahillMachine Gun Kelly is not happy with the Grammy nominations. Following Tuesday’s announcement of who will be competing for a gramophone trophy in 2022, the “Bloody Valentine” rocker tweeted, “wtf is wrong with the Grammys.” Kelly was presumably reacting to his own lack of nominations for his 2020 album, Tickets to My Downfall,…… read more »
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesTool’s Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey are embracing the holiday spirit in a new commercial for the Dunlop USA Cry Baby Wah bass pedal. The goofy clip finds Chancellor’s head CGI-ed onto a young boy who opens up a Christmas present to find the pedal and proceeds to rock out…… read more »
CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.In addition to the rock and Big Four nominees — Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist — several other categories are recognizing rock and alternative artists at the 2022 Grammys. Trent Reznor is nominated for Best Score Soundtrack…… read more »
CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.The nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday. Here’s who’s being recognized in the rock categories. In the Best Rock Album field, you’ll find Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight, AC/DC’s Power Up, Chris Cornell’s posthumous No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1, Paul McCartney’s McCartney…… read more »
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, IncA new, updated version of the Nevermind cover lawsuit has been filed, Rolling Stone reports. This past August, Spencer Elden sued the surviving members of Nirvana — Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic — as well as the late Kurt Cobain and his widow Courtney Love, alleging that the artwork for the seminal 1991 album,…… read more »
Credit: Jen RosensteinBlack Label Society’s new album Doom Crew Inc. is very much a Black Label Society album. That’s really the only way to describe the 11th studio effort from Zakk Wylde and company, which offers another 12 entries into the band’s tradition of growling vocals over big riffs and bigger solos. And while that…… read more »
David Wolff – Patrick/RedfernsFlowers will be blooming to the sound of new Megadeth music next year. The long-awaited 16th album from Dave Mustaine and company, titled The Sick, the Dying…and the Dead!, is finally set to arrive in spring 2022. That news comes courtesy of a recent interview Mustaine conducted with American Songwriter magazine. In the…… read more »
Steve Jennings/WireImageBring Me the Horizon has announced the lineup for the band’s upcoming Malta Weekender destination festival. The bill, which was personally curated by Oli Sykes and company, features Bullet for My Valentine, Beartooth, Motionless in White, Spiritbox, Nova Twins, PVRIS and Wargasm. Of course, Bring Me the Horizon themselves lead the lineup, and will…… read more »
