Metallica, Korn, Linkin Park Tapped To Headline 2025 Sonic Temple Festival

Oct. 23 — The 2024 summer festival season is officially in the rearview mirror, and next summer’s festival is already on the horizon. With the new festival season just around the corner, organizers of the annual Sonic Temple Festival have already announced the headliners for the 2025 festival. Metallica, Linkin Park, and Korn were announced Wednesday as the headliners for …

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Dream Evil Continues To Build Its Own Metal Legacy With Its Latest LP

Dream Evil fans have dreamed (yes, bad pun intended right off the top) for the past seven years for new music from the band, and last weekend, the band made those dreams become reality when it released its latest album, Metal Gods.  The band’s seventh full-length studio recording, it proves a solid new offering from the veteran power metal outfit.  That …

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Metallica Announces Early Details For 2024 Helping Hands Concert & Auction

July 22 — Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation will play host once again this year, to the Helping Hands Concert & Auction. The event is scheduled to take place Dec. 13 at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC’s late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! The last time the event was held in Los Angeles was …

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Crobot Premieres New Single From Forthcoming Album; Tour With CKY To Launch In September

July 19 — Crobot kicked off the weekend by premiering a new single from its forthcoming album, Obsidian. The band debuted the album’s title track and its companion video Friday. The musical arrangement featured in the new single is an interesting presentation. Throughout the composition, audiences can easily hear the stoner rock sound for which the band has come to be known. At the …

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Metallica Launches Second Annual Marching Band Competition

June 6 — Metallica and marching bands would not seem to go together, but for the second consecutive year, Metallica is asking bands nationwide to take on its music. The band announced Thursday though a news release, it kicked off its “Metallica Marching Band Competition” Thursday. The inaugural competition saw collectively, almost 500 colleges and high schools nationwide take part …

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Dust Bolt’s Latest LP Is Sure To Make Plenty Of Noise In Hard Rock, Metal Circles

This past February, hard rock outfit Dust Bolt released its latest album, Sound & Fury through AFM Records.  The band’s fifth album, it is the band’s first new album in roughly five years, the band having released its fourth album, Trapped in Chaos in 2019.  The new 12-song record is a presentation that audiences will find intriguing at least in part through its featured …

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Five Finger Death Punch Extends 2024 Tour Schedule

March 8 — Five Finger Death Punch is set to continue touring this summer in support of the forthcoming re-issue of its 2022 album, Afterlife. The band is scheduled to re-issue the record April 5 through Better Noise Music. The upcoming North American headlining run, which will see the band joined by Marilyn Manson and Slaughter to Prevail, is scheduled to …

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Five Finger Death Punch To Re-Issue Chart-Topper, ‘Afterlife’

Feb. 7 — Five Finger Death Punch’s 2022 album, Afterlife is set to be re-issued April 5. The digital deluxe re-issue will feature the previously unreleased single, ‘This Is The Way (ft. DMX)’.’ The re-issue will also feature’ and acoustic takes of the songs, ‘The End,’ ‘Judgement Day,’ and ‘Thanks For Asking,’ all of whose originals are part of the album’s 12-song body. …

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Metal Hall Of Fame Gala Gets Big Sponsor News

Dec. 12 — The 2024 Metal Hall Of Fame gala is right around the corner, and the annual event is getting sponsorship from a very well-known band…sort of. Metallica’s own whiskey brand, Blackened, will serve as sponsor for the 2024 event, which is scheduled to take place Jan. 24 at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove in Anaheim, CA. As part …

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AXS TV To Air “Metal Massacre” Documentary As Part Of Its “Heavy Metal Halloween” Programming Schedule

Oct. 3 — AXS TV is getting into the Halloween “spirit” with the return of its annual “Heavy Metal Halloween” programming. As part of the programming, which also includes profiles of Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, and Ozzy Osbourne, the network will also air a documentary about the landmark metal compilation record, Metal Massacre titled Metal Massacre: The Story Behind The Legendary Album. The documentary …

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