Disturbed Score Fifth Straight No. 1 Album With ‘Immortalized’

Disturbed have matched Metallica as the only hard rock / metal bands to score five straight No. 1 album debuts on the Billboard 200 chart with their latest disc, Immortalized. Immortalized is Disturbed’s first album in five years, following a lengthy hiatus. The disc sold 98,000 equivalent album units (factoring in streaming services) with 93,000 of those being pure album sales. Elsewhere …

Suede to release new album ‘Night Thoughts’

Suede will release their brand new studio album Night Thoughts on January 22nd . The album, which features a full string section, was produced by long-time Suede collaborator Ed Buller. It was recorded at SARM studios in London and ICP in Brussels. Night Thoughts, which also has an accompanying film directed by Roger Sargent, will …

Florence & The Machine to headline Open’er

At last! Florence & The Machine will play Open'er Festival for the first time. They come to Gdynia as a headliners in the best possible moment. Next year, in June Florence Welch with her band will appear on our festival with an album, that has already been described as one of the most important and …

Def Leppard tease new album with video clip

A 10 second teaser video for Def Leppard's new album has emerged. There’s no new music to be heard just yet, but the 14-track record will be self-titled is expected to be released some time in October. Def Leppard tour the UK with Whitesnake and Black Star Riders this December!  Rock icons Def Leppard and …

Black Sabbath Announce Final Tour ‘The End’

Black Sabbath have announced "The End," their farewell tour set to kick off in January. The group is promising concerts that "surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever." The North American leg begins in January in Omaha and ends in February at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The band will do a leg in Australia …

Flea becomes a beekeeper

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has found himself a new hobby... The musician has reportedly installed three huge beehives, brilliantly named ‘Flea’s Bees’, in his back garden in an attempt to try and bolster the dwindling bee population. According to TMZ, each hive contains over 60,000 bees and Flea has quickly “mastered the craft” …

25 Years Ago: Judas Priest Ramp Up the Metal With ‘Painkiller’

By the mid-1980s, British metal pioneers Judas Priest seemed like they were running out of ideas, or at the very least, losing focus. 1986’s Turbo featured chirpy keyboards that sounded new wavey and 1988’s Ram It Down was slightly heavier, but marred by sub-par songwriting and out-of-place synths, and it featured an awful cover of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.” Just …

THE ROLLING STONES Guitarist KEITH RICHARDS Calls METALLICA And BLACK SABBATH ‘Great Jokes

THE ROLLING STONES guitarist Keith Richards has slammed the current rock scene, telling the New York Daily News that "it sounds like a dull thud to me. For most bands, getting the syncopation is beyond them. It's endless thudding away, with no bounce, no lift, no syncopation." Richards was equally critical of heavy metal, telling the Daily News. "Millions are in love …

Progressive Italian band PFM 40th Aniversary tour Live in Los Angeles next November

  Hit Week Presents : Pfm (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - 40th Aniversary tour - Friday nov. 13th 2015 - 8.00 pm Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) (translation: Award-winning Marconi Bakery) is the world famous Italian progressive rockband. They were the first Italian group to gain success abroad, entering both the British and American charts. Between 1973 …