With the news of Ozzy Osbourne’s death today (July 22) striking at the core of the rock and metal world, the singer’s longtime solo guitarist Zakk Wylde has now joined in paying tribute with a statement on social media. Throughout the decades, Wylde has been overwhelmingly thankful and appreciative of all that Ozzy and Sharon […]
On Monday (July 21), Tim Montana joined Loudwire Nights to discuss his upcoming performance at the Full Throttle Saloon at the 85th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “It’s funny because you were texting me, but the first person that hit me up […]
Tool will close out the year with their first Hawaiian concert in more than a decade. The prog-metal giants will play at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Arena on Dec. 19, marking their first performance in Hawaii since 2011. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 25, at 10 a.m. local time. Presale tickets […]
Here are the 11 best progressive rock guitarists of all time! Recently, Loudwire looked at the 11 best prog metal guitarists of all time, naming legends such as Fates Warning’s Jim Matheos and Tool’s Adam Jones as two of the nearly dozen six-string maestros who dominate the subgenre. It’s only right, then, that we now dive […]
This past May, Loudwire reported on the announcement that Bring Me the Horizon frontman Oli Sykes and his wife – singer/model Alissic – were expecting twins. Well, congratulations are in order once again, as the singer and his wife have officially welcomed the twins, and you can see a photo of them (and read more […]
I Prevail are taking the next step in this next chapter of their career by announcing that their fourth studio album Violent Nature will arrive on Sept. 19. The announcement also comes with the band dropping the latest single from set, a blaster titled “Rain.” For those who’ve been out of touch with the group, […]
Here’s your chance to win a vinyl copy of Five Finger Death Punch‘s new Best Of, Vol. 1 collection along with a signed drumhead from the band. This latest offering comes via the Loudwire Nights radio show and offers you another great addition to the Loudwire Record Club. As fans may know, Five Finger Death […]
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain provided an update on his status with the band since retiring from touring last December in a recent interview on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk. “Yeah, I’m not touring,” McBrain said. “There isn’t any plans that I know of to do a record. I mean, we did speak about possibly doing […]
In this new episode of How I Learned to Sing, I Prevail‘s Eric Vanlerberghe tells us all about how he learned to do clean vocals now that he’s handling those alongside the screams in his still-rising band. Fans may remember when we had Vanlerberghe on an episode of How I Learned to Scream and he’s […]
When it comes to massive drum sets, there are a select few in the music business who can utilize their over-the-top setup during a show without being obnoxious. Neil Peart of Rush continually added to his kit over the years as the band progressed their sound. According to DrumSpy.com, Peart got to the point where […]
