Van Halen’s final studio album, A Different Kind Of Truth, will be back in print on October 23 from Rhino on CD and as a 2LP set pressed on 180-gram vinyl in a double gatefold package. A limited ...

On August 8, Dutch symphonic metallers Within Temptation performed at M’era Luna 2026 in Hildesheim, Germany. Check out pro-shot video of the entire show courtesy of ARTE Concert below. “It started in ...

Author Guillaume Gaguet is releasing a new book focusing on the Scorpions this month. He has shared the following synopsis: “It would be hard to say that, within the otherwise prolific discography of ...

Iron Maiden brought its Run For Your Lives tour to North America on August 29, with the first of two massive shows at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. Megadeth is on the bill as support for the tour, and ...

BraveWords caught up with The Voice Of Rock – the legendary Glenn Hughes that has such an incredible storied career – at the Bangers Open Air festival in São Paulo, Brazil last year and the ...

Progressive thrash metal pioneers, Blind Illusion, are set to unleash their new live album, Stage Flight: Live At The UC Theatre , on October 16 through Hectic Records / Bleeding Priest Records. The ...

In the exclusive interview below, filmed in July 2026, Modern Drummer’s David Frangioni sits down with powerhouse drummer Anika Nilles a day after she stepped off the stage in Chicago. They dig into ...

Opeth performed their only Swedish show of 2026 at the Dalhalla Open-Air Theater in Rättvik on August 29. The band have released the highlights video below: Opeth’s next show is scheduled for October ...

Italian modern metal band, Secret Rule, opens a new chapter with “Edge Of Control,” the first single taken from their upcoming eleventh studio album. Out today, September 1 via Rockshots Records, the ...

Experience a “divine connection” that’s all your own. The 1959 Gibson Les Paul™ Standard is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the electric guitar universe. Yet among aficionados, there’s one ...

German thrash titans, Exumer, are pleased to drop their new video for “Blinding Skies.” The track appears on their pulverizing new full-length, Death Mask Messiah, out now on Metal Blade Records.

Finnish metal heavyweights, Insomnium and Amorphis, are joining forces for an extensive co-headline tour of North America this November and December. Bringing two of Finland’s finest metal exports ...