Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth has announced new summer tour dates. The new dates support the band's latest album, The End, released in 2025. Van Halen's third Mammoth album, like its predecessors, wa

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl named a huge '90s grunge band as his "favorite band now" and it's not Nirvana. The rocker recently appeared as a guest on Apple Music 1 with Zane Lowe in celebration of Foos'

Bring Me the Horizon are ready to make another trip around North America, but you may be more in luck if you're Canadian. The band just announced an 8-date fall trek that will primarily take place nor

The 2026 Las Vegas edition of Sick New World is in the books and the weekend brought some spectacular performances. System of a Down and Korn sat atop the bill, but you also had Ministry, Evanescence,

This year gave us some great new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, but we're going to give two of them one more challenge. In our Chuck's Fight Club battle this week on the Loudwire Nights radio s

We did not have Slipknot in a Gucci promotional film on our 2026 bingo card, but here we are. The band's thunderous drumming from the hard-hitting classic "(sic)" is used to soundtrack a portion of a

The 1980s gave us some truly iconic rock albums, but there are several that are just one song away from being truly perfect. Each of the albums selected in this exercise represent some of the biggest

Kid Rock is once again facing scrutiny concerning a U.S. military helicopter, this time for taking a ride on board an Army Apache attack helicopter at the invite of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Metallica have just announced a reissue of their classic '90s album Reload with a "massive" box set, totaling nearly 1,700 minutes of audio. The metal giants have remastered and reissued several of t

More than 100 metal and hard rock acts tore up the stages of Ozzfest over the years, but how many of them do you actually remember? We tracked down the names of every act that played Ozzfest. The St

With a U.S. tour on the horizon, Cradle of Filth's Dani Filth joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday (April 28) to dive into what he love about touring America as well as what it's been like working on his

How do you completely cover a band's 50-year career in less than two hours? The answer, at least in the case of Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, is to tell the story, in part, through the lens of their

It's a big week for swemos — that's "Swiftie emos" for those of you out of the loop —as Taylor Swift praised a pair of 2000s pop-punk icons in a new interview with The New York Times. Swift, who was

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl might have just debunked a huge myth about Kurt Cobain. The rocker discussed quite a bit of his career with Nirvana during a recent appearance on Apple Music 1's The Zane Low

Holding My Breath: The Two Testaments of Chuck Billy is the new memoir from the legendary thrash singer that's coming this fall. Due Nov. 10 through Permuted Press, the book (co-written by Billy and

Ozzy Osbourne's favorite cologne is getting a special limited release so fans can smell like The Prince of Darkness did for over three decades. And as quickly as it was announced, it is already sold o

A new wrestler made her in-ring debut on WWE TV on Tuesday and she fully committed to her metal-inspired character with a callout Iron Maiden fans surely recognize. The wrestler known as Lizzy Rain i

Take a walk down memory lane with the following photo gallery of 20 rock and metal stars in 1986 vs. now. The '80s were a period of radical change in hard rock and metal, and 1986 was no exception. A

Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, the sons of KISS stars Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, will release their debut studio album Dancing While the World Is Ending on Aug. 28. You can see the cover art and

What are the 11 best nu-metal albums of all time? Nu-metal arose in the mid-'90s while grunge was still the reigning rock 'n' roll superpower and power metal was raging (in Europe and South America,

There's an unreleased Type O Negative song and, from the sound of it, we'll all probably get to hear it one day. In a new interview with Loaded Radio, Type O Negative's Kenny Hickey (guitar, backing

There is a glut of Disney cover songs in just about every music genre. Want punk covers of Disney songs? You can get them right here. Is metal more your thing? There are plenty of those covers right

Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty difficu

On Thursday's edition of Loudwire Nights (April 30), Nick Hexum joined the show to dive into 311's upcoming tour with Dirty Heads, reflect on his band's longevity and more. "I think the best thing an

LCD Soundsystem have added more dates to their upcoming North American itinerary. After a brief four-show run in Boston that kicks off at the end of the month, James Murphy and co. will hit the road a

Vince Staples is back with his first new solo song in two years and it’s a dark one. Over a noise-rock beat, “Blackberry Marmalade” seems to be about modern anti-establishment views aligning with hors

Note: This article contains references to sexual assault that readers may find disturbing In a new interview with The New York Times, five siblings who grew up with close ties to Michael Jackson have

Nedra Talley Ross, a founding member of the seminal girl group the Ronettes, has died. The group’s official social media accounts confirmed the news on Sunday, April 26. Ross was the final living orig

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each

Morrissey is touring the United States this fall in support of his new album Make-Up Is a Lie. After a previously announced European stint and a four-night residency in Las Vegas, you’ll be able to ca

Lizzo has shared details for her upcoming third album, Bitch. The 12-song LP is set to drop June 5 and will include her previously released disco romp “Don’t Make Me Love U.” The record’s title track

Vince Staples has lined up a new album for June 5. Presented as the start of a more independent era, Cry Baby is Staples’ debut for Loma Vista and will be released in partnership with the rapper’s own

Ariana Grande has a new studio album on the way. Petal, the follow-up to Eternal Sunshine, is executive produced and co-written by Grande and Ilya, reuniting her with the “Problem” hitmaker. The album

Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair are hitting the road for a co-headlining run, bringing a double dose of 1990s nostalgia to U.S. venues this September. Dubbed the Flannel and the Fury, the tour brings tog

DJ Shadow is commemorating the 30th anniversary of his landmark 1996 album, Endtroducing…, with a North American tour this fall. The run kicks off in San Diego on September 24 and weaves across the U.

A 52-year-old man has pleaded guilty for his role in orchestrating the murder of Jam Master Jay. In 2023, prosecutors charged Bryant for conspiring in the killing after his DNA was found near the scen