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There were a lot of great rock and metal soundtracks over the years, and in this feature we’re revisiting each year of the 1990s to pay homage to some great soundtracks that perfectly paired some great music with the story onscreen. The ’90s saw a boom in how music could help in marketing a movie, […]

At their European tour kickoff in the Czech Republic’s capital city of Prague, Rammstein played two songs for the first time since 2013 and another pair for the first time since 2019. Last year, the industrial legends dusted off the Sehnsucht track “Bestrafe Mich” for the first time in over 20 years and the band has again

Serj Tankian has revealed in his new memoir, “Down With the System,” that System of a Down had actually auditioned a musician to fill his role in the band, but it came after he had previously broached the idea of moving on so that the group could continue without him holding them back. System of

Sebastian Bach has renewed optimism regarding a reunion with his former band, Skid Row. The singer famously split from the group in 1996, with a profanity-laced tirade proving to be the final straw. Bach has previously expressed interest in a reunion, but has routinely been rebuffed by his former bandmates. During an appearance on SiriusXM’s

Def Leppard is commonly associated with the new wave of British heavy metal which sprung up in the early ‘80s. Yet, frontman Joe Elliott has revealed that he doesn’t like the metal label, calling it a “silly, silly term.” “I have an issue with the term heavy metal,” the singer confessed during an appearance on The

Joe Elliott has looked back on Def Leppard’s classic song “Photograph,” revealing some fortuitous circumstances that helped inspire the song. By Elliott’s account, he and his bandmates were “penniless” while they worked on their 1983 album Pyromania. At the time, the singer was living in a small apartment in the English town of Isleworth, and

Killswitch Engage’s The End of Heartache is without a doubt one of the greatest metalcore albums ever, but which song is the best? See how we ranked every track on the record. It’s hard to believe, but today (May 10, 2024) marks 20 years since Killswitch Engage released their genre-defining album The End of Heartache.  After the departure of singer

Nikki Sixx has admitted that he still feels bad about taking John 5 from Rob Zombie. In October 2022, John 5 was announced as the replacement for Mick Mars, who was retiring from touring after 40 years with the Crue. John 5 had history with Sixx, having worked with him the band Sixx:A.M. and various

Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2024 has been canceled, which the organizers of the fest confirmed in a statement on social media and their website. Severe weather conditions forced organizers to cancel the last two days of the four-day festival in 2023, but there were a plethora of other problems attendees and artists alike had endured in