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KING'S X, comprised of Doug "Dug" Pinnick, Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill, will release its 13th studio album, "Three Sides Of One", on September 2. The LP's heavy first single, "Let It Rain", can be streamed below. Pinnick comments: 'When I think of it, KING'S X feels like a couple of old best friends coming together, shooting the shit, and having a good time, it's instinctual. "When I would listen to demo tapes of Jerry and Ty for the record, it gave […]

Mark September 9 on your calendar as the release date for "Patient Number 9", Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne's new album and the first since his critically acclaimed, worldwide, chart-topping 2020 "Ordinary Man" release. The album's first single and video, the "Patient Number 9" title track, has been released. The clip, which was directed by comic book legend Todd McFarlane — who created the "Spawn" universe and won two Emmys for his groundbreaking animated series of […]

TALAS will release a new album, "1985", on September 23 via Metal Blade Records. The LP's latest single, "Crystal Clear", can be streamed below. Formed in the early 1970s and dissolved in 1985, TALAS may have never reached arena-headlining status but they were an integral part of the early 1980s hard rock scene, and their long-awaited return does not disappoint. "The time was right and we were all into it, no one needed any convincing, we […]

SPIRITBOX has dropped its first new music since the band's incendiary, chart-topping debut album, "Eternal Blue". The new release comes in the form of a three-track single titled "Rotoscope" and sees SPIRITBOX bringing its unique spin to a more industrial, 1990s alt-rock-tinged sound. The new drop is accompanied by an official music video directed by Max Moore which can be viewed below. "Rotoscope" track listing: 01. Rotoscope 02. Sew Me Up 03. Hysteria Fresh off of a run of incredible U.S. […]

MEGADETH will cap a summer of successful global touring with the release of its highly anticipated sixteenth studio album, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!", on September 2 via UMe. Featuring twelve new tracks, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!" will be made available on CD, vinyl, and cassette, as well as digitally through all online partners. There will also be a limited deluxe edition 2LP, 12-track album pressed on 180g black vinyl […]

Formed in 1968, the original ALICE COOPER band forged a theatrical brand of hard rock that was destined to shock and had never been seen before. Within five years, they would release no fewer than seven studio albums, amongst them their international breakthrough "School's Out" (including the Top 10 hit of the same name) and the U.S. No. 1 "Billion Dollar Babies" (1973). By 1974, the band had risen to the upper echelon of rock stardom... […]

QUEENSRŸCHE will release its sixteenth studio album, "Digital Noise Alliance", on October 7 via Century Media. The record was once again helmed by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who previously worked with QUEENSRŸCHE on 2015's "Condition Hüman" and "The Verdict" LPs. The official music video for the LP's first single, "In Extremis", can be seen below. The band comments: "This song is about being on your deathbed surrounded by your loved ones. Clinging to the last sense available, letting them know you will […]

The new BULLETBOYS lineup, featuring singer Marq Torien, guitarist Ira Black (OF GODS & MONSTERS, LIZZY BORDEN, METAL CHURCH), bassist Brad Lang (Y&T, BURNING RAIN) and drummer Fred Aching (POWERFLO, BILLYBIO), has released the official music video for its first single, "Holy F*ck". The track, which was written by Black and Torien, produced and mixed by Black, and mastered by multi-Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer Howie Weinberg, was made available via Rock Avenue Records USA. The clip was co-produced and co-directed by Black and Arron Kinser from Studio Vista. Says Torien: "I am so excited and proud of this […]

Ahead of the release of its new studio album "Planet Zero" on July 1, SHINEDOWN is putting Planet Zero in orbit, unveiling its interactive app, the Planet Zero Observer. By allowing access to location and gyroscope on your mobile device, fans can discover Planet Zero in orbit, plus other secrets in the sky. By using the Observer, fans can unlock exclusive content, messages from SHINEDOWN and Cyren, an insidious and unsettling robot character that appears throughout "Planet Zero", share content, […]