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Rage Against the Machine Coachella 2027 plans are reportedly off the table. According to a TMZ report, the band passed on an offer to play next year’s festival. The report, based on unnamed sources, says Coachella organizers wanted both Rage Against the Machine and BTS for the 2027 edition and that both groups passed. Neither…
Power Trip Precinct 3 and its companion track “Scavenger” marked the Dallas thrash band’s first new music since the death of singer Riley Gale, and now the band is inviting fans to be part of its next video. Power Trip will film a live performance and video shoot at The Studio at The Factory in…
The Stone Sour Audio Secrecy 15th anniversary edition arrives Nov. 20, and it comes with something fans have not heard before: “Full Of Empty,” a song left unfinished during the 2010 sessions and now completed with new lyrics and vocals from Corey Taylor and new guitar tracks from Jim Root and Josh Rand. The expanded,…
Zardonic Godhead Interface is the new single from the Italian-Venezuelan metal and drum and bass producer, and it features Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares alongside vocalist Protopig, also known as Daniel “Kaio” Soto. The song is the lead single from Zardonic’s fifth studio album, DIGICIDE, due March 12, 2027, via Phobos/MMC. The official “Godhead Interface”…
Skid Row have named Broadway veteran Justin Sargent as their new singer, ending a search that kept the New Jersey hard rock band off the stage for more than two years. The Skid Row new singer announcement came Oct. 29, 2026, along with a cover of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” a limited signed…
Cirith Ungol All The Shadows is out today, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, and the Ventura heavy metal legends have marked it as their seventh full-length album. No Remorse Records is releasing the eight-song record on vinyl, CD, cassette in a box set, and digital, with fantasy painter Michael Whelan once again supplying the cover. For…
The Aerosmith Hollywood Bowl return happened Thursday night, Oct. 29, and the band’s original lineup ended it together. Founding drummer Joey Kramer joined Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton for “Walk This Way,” his first performance with Aerosmith since Feb. 15, 2020. The first of two California Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends…
Dan Donegan says the Disturbed new album is tracked and aimed for 2027, with a single possible before the band’s April-May tour of New Zealand, Australia and Asia.
The Dillinger Escape Plan are reissuing their original 1997 self-titled EP with a new 2026 remaster. A limited translucent purple cassette is on sale at the band’s remaining U.S. shows. A further limited batch goes on sale online Nov. 13, when the remastered audio also reaches streaming services. “For the first time in a long…
Former Saxon drummer Nigel Durham, who played on the band’s 1988 album Destiny, has died at 61. Saxon announced his death on social media on Saturday, Oct. 24. “We are very sad to hear of the passing of a member of the SAXON family, former drummer Nigel Durham,” the band wrote. “We send our love…
San Diego band Black Sunday release their debut album, Looking Down, on Oct. 30. The 10-track record will be on all platforms that day; the band’s DistroKid page gives the release time as 9 a.m. PT. V13 premiered the full album on Oct. 25. Update (Nov. 13, 2026): Looking Down is out now, and Black…
Dayseeker’s Creature in the Black Night Redux arrives Feb. 26, 2027 on Spinefarm with six remixes by The Midnight, two stripped SiriusXM Octane tracks and a cover of My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Ghost of You.’
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