Rock Documented

Memphis May Fire released 'This Light I Hold' 10 years ago today. Their fifth studio album leaned further into rock, with Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix joining Matty Mullins on the title track. Mullins told Heavy Music HQ the band took two months off touring specifically to write.... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible says confronting fear matters more to him than looking intimidating. In an Instagram statement, the vocalist explained how his understanding of masculinity has changed. Growing up, he wanted the muscles and fighting ability of his favorite ac... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Queen released 'News of the World' in the UK 49 years ago today. Their sixth studio album opened with “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions,” putting audience participation at the center of the record. The band simplified its production, but that massive stomping rhythm s... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Billy Corgan says his wife Chloé Mendel’s youth was “an advantage” in their relationship. Speaking on The New York Times’ Popcast, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman contrasted her confidence and openness with the emotional wounds he described in earlier relationships. He called wom... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

KISS released 'Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions' in the U.S. 29 years ago today. The album had been put on hold while Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons reunited with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. Recorded with Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer, it pushed the band into darker, heavier... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Kirk Hammett is reading Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” over Metallica’s “Inamorata.” The band shared the Halloween video on its official YouTube channel on October 27. Filmed and edited by Brett Murray, the four minute clip covers the poem’s final seven stanzas. Its soundtrack co... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Avenged Sevenfold released 'The Stage' 10 years ago today. Their seventh studio album arrived as a surprise release following a livestreamed performance from the rooftop of the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood. The band’s first album with Brooks Wackerman on drums explored art... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Neil Young is seeking $10 million from Trump 47 Committee Inc. over its alleged unauthorized use of “Rockin’ in the Free World.” His copyright lawsuit says the song played before Donald Trump took the stage at an October 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio. Filed October 26 in federal ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Till Lindemann is planning more than 50 shows for his 2027 solo world tour, with 33 European dates across 22 countries already announced. The European run opens October 2 in Riga and finishes December 12 in Prague, with Manchester and London among the stops. Promoter Handwerker ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Metallica released the single “The Unforgiven” 35 years ago today, on October 28, 1991. It was the second single from their fifth studio album, 'Metallica', better known as 'The Black Album'. Kirk Hammett arrived with a solo worked out, but producer Bob Rock pushed him toward a ... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Jonny Hawkins celebrates a birthday today. Happy birthday to Nothing More’s vocalist and percussionist! Before stepping up to the microphone, Hawkins spent years behind the band’s drum kit. 'The Few Not Fleeting', released in 2009, became the first Nothing More album with him si... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Deftones released 'Around the Fur' 29 years ago today, on October 28, 1997. Their second album gave us “My Own Summer (Shove It)” and “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away).” Stephen Carpenter told Guitar World that “My Own Summer (Shove It)” didn’t exist when they entered the studio. W... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Evanescence through our lens at Sick New World Texas. 🖤... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Chad Gray has taken Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” into metal territory, reworking the bridge and making room for screams, heavy guitars and big drums. Premiering the video through Revolver, the Mudvayne and HELLYEAH singer explained that getting sober deepened his connection ... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

In This Moment released 'Godmode' three years ago today, on October 27, 2023. Their eighth studio album featured “The Purge,” a Björk cover and a collaboration with Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas. The extra writing time during lockdown changed how Maria Brink and Chris ... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Five Finger Death Punch’s tour tickets have helped put $200,000 toward Team USA’s preparations for Los Angeles 2028. The donation benefits USA Judo and USA Cycling’s BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle programs. Those sports are personal picks. In the band’s announcement, Zoltan Bathor... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

New music, deeper solo cuts and two European legs. Bruce Dickinson is taking his PsychoGod Tour across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe in 2027, with Evergrey joining the November and December shows. The official announcement promises songs from across Dickinson’s solo career... Read More: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…

Motörhead released “Ace of Spades” as a single in October 1980, 46 years ago. Lemmy, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor packed the track into less than three minutes, with “Dirty Love” on the flip side. Producer Vic Maile even talked them into playing woodblock... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

KITTIE. HEAVY AS HELL. 🔥 Official Kittie at Sick New World, through our lens. #Kittie #SickNewWorld... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…

Marilyn Manson up close at Sick New World. 🖤 #MarilynManson #SickNewWorld... Read More: facebook.com/130166841861581…