“As the wise sage Lemmy says, ‘There’s plenty of time for sleeping when you’re dead.’” Gary Holt joined Loudwire Nights on Thursday (May 15) to jump into everything that’s keeping him busy these days, from the 40th anniversary of Exodus‘ Bonded by Blood to his new memoir, A Fabulous Disaster — and a few other […]
Drummer Shannon Larkin will be back on the concert stage very soon after exiting Godsmack earlier this year. The musician will be seen this weekend behind the kit with the reunited Snot during their Welcome to Rockville performance. Why Shannon Larkin Is Playing With Snot Snot have returned to touring in 2025, announcing a reunion […]
At last weekend’s Sonic Temple festival, metal fans picked the world’s heaviest band. Over the weekend, Loudwire’s Joe DiVita and Lauryn Schaffner asked fans a couple of questions outside the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, where the festival took place. The first question fans were asked: What’s the heaviest band in the world? The festival lineup […]
Live Nation has once again launched a limited time ticket deal, with tickets for over 1,000 summer 2025 concerts priced at just $30. The promotion, titled “Ticket to Summer,” features $30 tickets for shows in the U.S. and Canada starting May 21. The ticketing company has ran similar deals the last couple of years, but […]
Lord Buffalo, the self-described “psych-Americana” band from Austin, Texas, said they were forced to cancel their European tour after United States Border Patrol agents removed their drummer, Yamal Said, from their flight to Europe and detained him. The band shared the news in a statement on social media, which you can see below. Lord Buffalo’s Statement on […]
According to a new Rock Feed interview with Five Finger Death Punch, the band’s album masters were recently sold without the group learning about it until after the move had been made. During the discussion, guitarist Zoltan Bathory was asked about a recent sale of their masters and he quickly dispelled the notion that the […]
A Soundgarden classic got a unique spin as part of the Live Semi-Finals on NBC’s The Voice when potential frontrunner for this season, Lucia Flores-Wiseman, gave the song a rare rock spotlight on the singing competition. Flores-Wiseman immediately turned heads in her blind audition, receiving a four-chair turn from the coaches in under 40 seconds […]
Here’s six big things that happened at Sonic Temple 2025. The annual festival, put on by DWP (Danny Wimmer Presents), took over Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio from May 8-11. The four-day event featured the widest range of bands in the 15-plus year history (going back to its days as Rock on the Range), […]
Which was the better decade for rock – the 1990s or the 2000s? It’s a broad topic but one we’d like to hear your answer to as part of this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show. The 1990s were dominated by two major rock movements. Grunge and Nirvana took over in […]
Congrats are in order for Disturbed frontman David Draiman and model Sarah Uli, who got engaged on stage following Draiman’s heartfelt proposal during the band’s show in Sacramento, California this past Friday night. Details of the Proposal The iconic heavy metal group have spent the majority of 2025 touring in celebration of the 25th anniversary […]
