Here it is – your chance to win a Metallica Load Deluxe Box set. This contest comes to you courtesy of the folks at Loudwire Nights and Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio shows. Metallica are in the process of revisiting the classic 1996 album and their Deluxe Box Set is something pretty expansive and spectacular. It […]
Here are 32 LGBTQIA+ icons in rock and metal. In honor of Pride Month and celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community year-round, we’ve compiled a gallery of LGBTQIA+ figures in rock and metal. Among the list are Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford, Queen‘s Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Halestorm‘s Lzzy Hale, Greta Van Fleet‘s Josh Kiszka and many others. June is the […]
Guns N’ Roses have added 13 new dates to their 2025 tour schedule. The band is currently on tour in Europe and have 20 shows of the leg remaining. The newly-announced concerts will take place in Latin America starting in October, kicking off with an Oct. 1 performance in San Jose, Costa Rica. See all […]
In this week’s brand new episode of How I Learned to Scream, we present Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach. Loudwire had the opportunity to attend Ohio’s Sonic Temple festival last month, and while we were there, we captured a whole season’s worth of new How I Learned to Scream (and How I Learned to Sing) episodes. […]
June has historically been a massive month for big rock and metal album releases. We’ve gotten some of the biggest albums from Metallica, Deftones, Limp Bizkit and others in June. The month has also typically been known for the debuts of rock and metal mainstays. June is when bands like Slipknot, Nirvana and The White Stripes first made their presence […]
Alex Terrible has addressed backlash that Suicide Silence and Dying Fetus have received over their 2026 tour plans with Slaughter to Prevail in a statement on social media. Suicide Silence and Dying Fetus were just announced as the supporting acts for Slaughter to Prevail’s 2026 European tour yesterday. According to Terrible’s post, people have left “hate […]
In light of recent news, let’s take a look at some of the wildest catfish scandals in rock and metal. Fortinet defines catfishing as the act of taking “information and images, typically from other people, and uses them to create a new identity for themselves.” There are a variety of reasons people partake in catfishing, whether it’s […]
In this week’s brand new episode of Gear Factor, Hatebreed‘s Wayne Lozinak plays his favorite riffs. Loudwire had the opportunity to attend Ohio’s Sonic Temple festival last month, and while we were there, we captured a whole season’s worth of new Gear Factor episodes. We’re launching this next batch with Lozinak. The guitarist played riffs […]
Guns N’ Roses‘ Monday show in Istanbul, Turkey, featured two major set list changes — one of them being a choice they haven’t made in over 30 years. The rockers performed at the BJK Tupras Stadyumu in the Besiktas district of Istanbul on their ongoing tour, titled Because What You Want & What You Get Are Two Completely Different […]
Doc Coyle has called out the “pretentious gatekeeping” that is currently surrounding Sleep Token, likening it to a script that he’s seen played out too often with popular rock and metal bands through the years. The former Bad Wolves and current Snot guitarist penned an op-ed piece for Metal Hammer in which he came to […]
