Alternative Music

Iconic New York hardcore bands AGNOSTIC FRONT and SICK OF IT ALL will team up for a U.S. co-headlining tour this spring and fall. CROWN OF THORNZ will be the support act for the East Coast shows in May, while the opening band for the West Coast leg in September will be announced at a later date. Tour dates: With CROWN OF THORNZ May 05 – Cambridge, MA – The Middle East May 06 – Syracuse, NY – The Lost Horizon May 07 – Detroit, MI – The Shelter May 08 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge May 09 – St. Louis, MO – Blueberry Hill Duck Room May 11 – Pittsburgh, PA – Crafthouse May 13 – Asbury Park, NJ – House of Independents May 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Black N Blue Bowl May 15 – Baltimore, MD – Ottaba...

Two years ago, Swiss hard rock legends KROKUS postponed their last-ever concerts in USA and Canada due to the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe. The 13-date trek was originally scheduled to kick off at Canton Hall in Dallas, Texas on September 18, 2020 and conclude at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California on October 10, 2020. Asked in a new interview with Rock Show Critique if the North American dates will ever happen, KROKUS singer Marc Storace said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, if it had to happen, I’d be there. No worries. But I actually have to say… Two years ago, we would have gone on and finished the [farewell] tour, ‘Adios Amigos’. We would have played U.S. dates, Canada dates, Mexico, the U.K. and God knows what, because w...

DEF LEPPARD‘s new single will reportedly receive its world premiere this coming Thursday, March 17 on BBC Radio 2‘s “Zoe Ball Breakfast Show”. The track is expected to appear on the band’s next studio album, which is titled “Diamond Star Halos”, according to a tweet from the DEF LEPPARD fan forum Def Leppard Rock Brigade. A new web site, www.diamondstarhalos.com, has already been launched, where the five members of DEF LEPPARD appear as psychics. By clicking on each individual icon, fans can hear every one of the musicians predict the future. Last June, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott confirmed to Cleveland.com that he and his bandmates have been trading ideas virtually during the pandemic and are “ahead of the game” with respect to the ...

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner has praised Dolly Parton for taking herself out of the running for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame‘s 2022 class of inductees. On Monday (March 14), the 76-year-old country music legend asked the Hall to withdraw her name from the 2022 ballot, saying “I don’t feel that I have earned the right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.” Parton was one of 17 artists nominated for the Rock Hall class of 2022, along with JUDAS PRIEST, Eminem, Lionel Richie, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and Beck, among others. Ballots are cast by an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists — including previous inductees — historians, music industry members and critics. Factors considered by voters co...

Julien’s Auctions, the world-record-breaking auction house to the stars, will honor one of the most influential music icons and guitar heroes of the progressive rock metal genre with “Property From The Archives Of Alex Lifeson”, a centerpiece of their premiere music auction event, “Music Icons”, taking place Friday, May 20, Saturday, May 21, with the RUSH legend’s auction as the grand finale on Sunday, May 22 live at Hard Rock Cafe in New York and online at juliensauctions.com. More than 100 lots featuring signature guitars, instruments, wardrobe, gear and memorabilia owned and used by Lifeson, the legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame guitarist and co-founder of RUSH, one of the best-selling progressive rock groups of all time, who have sold more than 40...

KORN singer Jonathan Davis says that he is “still fatigued like crazy” by his battle with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Last August, it was announced that Davis tested positive for COVID-19. As a result of his infection, the band postponed six dates and canceled two on its summer 2021 U.S. tour. A month later, KORN guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer also contracted COVID-19 and was temporarily replaced by J.R. Bareis, who is also in the band LOVE AND DEATH with KORN guitarist Brian “Head” Welch. In October, KORN drummer Ray Luzier became the third member of the band to get infected, forcing him to miss three shows on KORN‘s U.S. tour. Filling in for him was FEVER 333‘s Aric Improta. Davis discussed his COVID-19 experienc...

This past December, MESHUGGAH announced that it was postponing its previously announced U.S. tour, originally planned for early 2022, to September/October 2022. At the time, the Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers said that they needed “to prioritize the physical health of one of the band members who is currently undergoing medical treatment related to a skin condition on his hands, hindering him from rehearsals and from all in all playing his instrument.” In a new interview with Rolling Stone, MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake opened up about his ailment, saying: “I have this eczema inside my hands. I’ve got to tape up all my fingers and put on gloves just to mess around on the kit, even. That means I haven’t really touched the drums since we recorded the album, ...

RATING: 7/10 There was a time when bands like STABBING WESTWARD sounded like the future. Purveyors of a bombastic but streamlined strain of industrial rock, the Illinoisian crew released three major label records in the ’90s and received plenty of critical acclaim in the process. Heavily influenced by NINE INCH NAILS, DEPECHE MODE and MINISTRY, but undeniably distinctive in their own perpetually gloomy way, STABBING WESTWARD were very much a band of their time. Twenty-one years on from what was assumed to be their final, self-titled and independently released studio album, the band led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Hall are back to posit the notion that they are very much a band of this time, too. Superficially, “Chasing Ghosts” suggests that nothing m...