The full list of Grammy nominations for next year has been revealed, so here are all of the 2026 rock, metal and alternative Grammy nominees. The Recording Academy shared its full list of nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards today (Nov. 7). We compiled a list of all of the rock, metal and alternative artists who […]
A Chilean beauty pageant contestant turned heads last weekend when she sang — nay, screamed — a bludgeoning song from her death metal band. The contestant in question was 27-year-old Ignacia Fernandez, lead singer of the Chilean progressive death metal act Decessus, which she founded in 2020. Fernandez, who’s also a model, dazzled at the Miss World […]
Here’s why Metallica stopped using guitar amps live, according to James Hetfield‘s guitar tech. Metallica fans may or may not have even noticed that the rockers don’t have a bunch of amps lined up behind them onstage, but the change happened in 2013 after they played a particular show with conditions that didn’t allow certain kinds of […]
In the eighth episode of Season 3 of Paranormal Prison, our guest is Santa Cruz, California hardcore punk unit Drain. The band joins Josh Bernstein (The Power Hour, Z2) and Katrina Weidman, who you may be familiar with if you’ve ever watched the paranormal investigative TV show Portals to Hell with Jack Osbourne. Together, they traverse the haunted […]
“I do music just to put out new music — I don’t do it for big record sales or anything like that.” John 5 joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday (Nov. 4) and opened up about his latest solo album, Ghost. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “I’m […]
Former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven has filed a lawsuit against the band while seeking the court’s approval to publish his autobiography, Sound N’ Fury. In legal documents filed on Nov. 3, 2025 and provided to and reviewed by Loudwire, Niven has requested a jury trial while claiming that the band is trying to […]
The 2026 Download Festival lineup has been revealed with Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park leading the way. Organizers have revealed that Download will return to Donington Park in Leicestershire the weekend of June 10-14, 2026. In total, over 90 bands will take the stages at Download for the 23rd edition of the […]
Who is the better Bad Omens tour opener for 2026 — Beartooth or President? That’s right! With Bad Omens set to headline one of 2026’s most anticipated tours, we figured we’d get a jump on things let the opening acts battle it out for attention. So who do you have — Beartooth or President? Beartooth have […]
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl have given Korn a rather fashionable shoutout online and it was met with excited joy by multiple members of Korn. In an Instagram post shared to the Foo Fighters Instagram page, Grohl shared a photo shot from his beard down displaying one of the purple sequined Korn Adidas jumpsuits made […]
In 2023, former Anti-Flag vocalist/guitarist Justin Sane faced numerous sexual assault allegations from numerous women, leading to him paying nearly $2 million to one accuser and Anti-Flag calling it quits. Now, former vocalist/bassist Chris “No. 2” Barker has addressed the fallout from how Anti-Flag handled Sane’s sexual allegations. What Chris “No. 2” Barker Said Yesterday (Nov. 1), […]
