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Judas Priest kicked off their summer 2025 Shield of Pain tour with a show dominated by songs from their classic Painkiller album Thursday night at Rockfest in Turku, Finland. You can see the complete ...

Things have never been easy for Metallica’s 1996 album Load, a multiplatinum record nobody ever admits to liking, especially the band’s most avid fans. In early 1995, Metallica had a “good problem”: ...

Leftapalooza, Longmont’s rowdiest, rockiest, beer-soakiest music marathon, returns from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday for a ...

Nightmares As Extensions of the Waking State is Katatonia's 13th studio album and, notably, their very first without fellow co-founder Anders Nyström. The longtime guitarist announced his exit from ...

Are you already under the spell of the great Chilean shamanic sorcerer, or shall we be the first to tell you of his ...

From The Wreckage by Star Circus fuses '80s glam, AOR, and rich harmonies into a powerful contender for melodic rock album of ...

Saturday at TD Pavilion at The Mann If there were any doubt that ’80s nostalgia was in full swing, it’s further evidenced by ...

These songs are classics, but many listeners get the lyrics all wrong. See the real words behind the famously misheard lyrics ...

Babymetal, a Japanese metal band formed when the members were children, is coming to Connecticut with support from Black Veil Brides.

Here's sixteen tracks, one from each Iron Maiden album that charts a course through the career of the absolutely seminal ...

For almost 20 years, Marko Hietala was one of the key players in symphonic metal giants Nightwish. Bassist, back-up vocalist ...