Rock and Heavy Metal

The holiday season is traditionally a time to be spent with friends and family, with food, drink, and merriment. The spectacle of music and lights that comes this time of year is often a favorite among others. While some bemoan Baby ...

Christmastime in Kansas City brings many time-honored traditions; the Plaza Lights, ice skating at Crown Center, and 98.9 the Rock’s Twisted Xmas. Decking the halls of the historic Midland Theater was Detroit’s hard rocking Wilson, and rowdy and rambunctious Steel ...

  AMON AMARTH are confirmed to play “Leg Five: North America” of Slayer’s Final World Tour this spring. The trek will commence on May 2nd at the Ak-Chin Amphitheatre in Phoenix, Arizona and make its way through sixteen cities upon its conclusion ...

  A few nights have passed since All Hallows’ Eve, but New York City will not let go of that energy.  On this night, the streets are filled with tourist and doomsday preachers. The off and on rain added to ...

“RAIDING THE ROCK VAULT” AND “RAIDING THE COUNTRY VAULT,” TWO OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOWS IN LAS VEGAS AND BRANSON, MO, RESPECTIVELY, TO BE LAUNCHED AS WORLDWIDE CONCERT TOURS IN 2019   THE SHOW’S PRODUCERS, “SIR” HARRY COWELL AND SIMON NAPIER-BELL, HAVE ANNOUNCED ...

As the weather in NYC slowly moved into fall, it is quite fitting that Wintersun close out their tour in the Big Apple, at Irving Plaza. Sarah Longfield and Ne Obliviscaris have been the opening acts supporting Wintersun on this tour. Wintersun has been pushing last year’s album, ...

Two of the most revolutionary guitar virtuosos of our generation — renowned soloist ANGEL VIVALDI and Alice Cooper axemaiden NITA STRAUSS — are pleased to announce the 2018 edition of The Guitar Collective, a United States tour kicking off on November 19 in New Bedford, MA. The tour will ...

Clutch are one of the best rock acts of the modern era, bar none. To persistently put out great music year after year, is an achievement many bands struggle to accomplish effectively, and one Clutch manages with style. Now, Clutch ...

As summer draws to a close, outdoor concerts become fewer, and fewer. With temperatures still high, Starlight Theater was packed with fans eager to hear some old school metal. With Judas Priest, and Deep Purple sharing the bill, a long ...

When it was announced in October of 2017 that Helloween was doing the Pumpkins United World Tour we had to wait nearly a year to see Germany’s answer to Iron Maiden. The feedback from the shows from Europe, Asia, and Latin America left North ...