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For years, R.E.M. fans have been keeping one hopeful eye on the horizon, waiting for the legendary alternative-rock band to announce one final album, one last tour or even a massive festival comeback. Sadly, guitarist Peter Buck has once again reached for the giant reunion-killing hammer. 🔨 According to Buck, an official R.E.M. return simply isn’t happening. No new record....

There are rock stars. There are legends. And then there’s Ozzy Osbourne. On 22 July 2026, Birmingham will officially celebrate its very first Ozzy Day, transforming the birthplace of heavy metal into one giant tribute to the Prince of Darkness. One year after the world lost one of rock’s most iconic figures, his hometown is preparing a celebration worthy of...

The alternative rock world is mourning the loss of a genuine original. Jennifer Finch, the legendary bassist, songwriter and founding member of L7, has sadly died at the age of 59 following a battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The news has sent shockwaves through the punk, grunge and alternative music communities, with fans and fellow musicians paying...

There was a time when putting on an album meant settling in for the full journey. 🎶 You started with Track One, let the record unfold exactly as the artist intended, studied the artwork, read the lyrics and eventually discovered that the strange song buried near the end was actually the best track on the whole thing. 👀🎸 Now, according...

Steelhouse Festival is making campsite life a whole lot easier — and a whole lot louder — with the chance to pre-order official Motörhead beers ahead of Steelhouse XV. Rather than cramming the car full of crates, dragging warm cans across the site and nearly putting your back out before the first band has even hit the stage, festival-goers can...

Inkcarceration Festival Issues Emergency Weather Evacuation as Severe Storm Approaches ⚡🏛️ Festival-goers attending Inkcarceration Festival have been instructed to leave the main festival area and seek shelter after organisers issued an urgent severe weather evacuation notice. The emergency announcement warned that dangerous weather was approaching the venue and asked everyone onsite to remain calm, follow staff instructions and make their...

Jim Morrison was always going to grab the headlines. He had the leather trousers, the hypnotic stare, the wild poetry and the kind of unpredictable stage presence that made audiences lean forward while venue staff quietly checked where the fire exits were. He was dangerous, magnetic and completely impossible to ignore. But while Morrison became the face of The Doors,...

The Steelhouse rock community has once again proved that beneath all the leather jackets, battle vests, muddy boots and thunderous riffs lies an absolutely massive heart. The latest Steelhouse sign auction has officially finished, raising an incredible £754 for the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary. And here’s the important bit: every single penny raised will go directly to the sanctuary,...

Right then, somebody fetch the smelling salts and check whether our bank account is still breathing, because the Bring Me The Horizon collectors’ market has officially entered its supervillain era. A copy of the limited Bring Me The Horizon Count Your Blessings | Repented “Outbreak” mastered CD has appeared for sale online with an asking price of a frankly outrageous...

From sweaty grassroots gig rooms and thunderous metal club nights to proper Welsh rock pubs where the playlist is heavy and the pints are cold, Wales is packed with brilliant places for riff-loving reprobates. Forget velvet ropes, overpriced cocktails and DJs playing the same six songs all night. We’re talking battle jackets, sticky floors, live bands, questionable dancing and choruses...

Spotify has taken a flamethrower to the digital landfill, revealing that it removed more than 75 million “spammy” tracks from its platform during a single 12-month period. That number is absolutely staggering. Seventy-five. Million. Tracks. That is not a dodgy EP uploaded by someone’s cousin after discovering an AI music generator at three in the morning. That is an industrial-scale...

Some performances are good. Some performances are brilliant. And then there are those rare moments when an entire room seems to stop breathing, the hairs on your arms stand to attention, and everyone watching realises they’ve just witnessed something genuinely special. Disturbed’s unforgettable performance of “The Sound of Silence” on Conan belongs firmly in that final category. 🖤🎤 With David...

Every band has that one artist who kicked open the door, flicked on the stage lights, and made them think: “Yeah… this is what I want to do with my life.” For Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Black, that band was AFI. The singer has praised the California punk and alternative rock icons for the enormous influence they had on...

From nu-metal success and arena-sized riffs to criminal conviction, prison and a legacy permanently buried beneath controversy The early 2000s were a gloriously strange time for heavy music. Jeans were wide enough to shelter a small family, every music video seemed to take place inside an abandoned factory, and bands were mixing metal, electronics and enough hair gel to punch...

Back in 2014, the world was a very different place. Man buns were running wild. Snapchat dog filters were considered peak entertainment. Every teenager owned at least one item of clothing covered in studs, skulls or mysterious straps that served absolutely no practical purpose. Then Motionless In White arrived with “Reincarnate”—a towering industrial-metalcore anthem accompanied by a music video in...