Legendary Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dies aged 68 after tragic cancer battle as bandmates pay tribute

Kevin Riddles of Legendary Angel Witch playing bass guitar.

A LEGENDARY heavy metal icon has died aged 68 after a tragic cancer battle. Kevin Riddles, who was best known as a founding member and bassist of Angel Witch, sadly died on July 4. 3 […]

Warren Haynes Joins Joe Bonamassa for Freddie King’s “Pack It Up” in Austria

Warren Haynes Joins Joe Bonamassa for Freddie King’s “Pack It Up” in Austria

Warren Haynes Joins Joe Bonamassa for Freddie King’s “Pack It Up” in Austria Rob Moderelli on July 8, 2025 Warren Haynes, photo by Dino Perrucci Over the weekend, the Warren Haynes Band continued their Summer […]

AI Threat Real, But The Tech’s Lack Of Depth Hurts Music — Commentary

AI Threat Real, But The Tech's Lack Of Depth Hurts Music -- Commentary

Editor’s note: The promise and peril of artificial intelligence has captivated Washington D.C., Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Hollywood. Composer Michael Yezerski has taken a hands-on approach to it: The author of the score of […]

Nevertel, ‘Start Again’ | The Album Story

Nevertel, ‘Start Again’ | The Album Story

Nevertel guide us through the creation of their latest album, ‘Start Again’, out September 12 via Epitaph Records. Read Nevertel, ‘Start Again’ | The Album Story below: (Click ‘View Fullscreen’ for digital feature or scroll […]

NIGHTWISH Side Project AURI Releases New Single ‘Museum Of Childhood’ From Upcoming ‘III – Candles & Beginnings’ Album

NIGHTWISH Side Project AURI Releases New Single 'Museum Of Childhood' From Upcoming 'III - Candles & Beginnings' Album

AURI, the project featuring NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and his wife, popular Finnish singer Johanna Kurkela, will release its third studio album, “III – Candles & Beginnings”, on August 15, 2025. Propelled by the celestial […]

Foreigner Announce December 2025 US Tour with Original Singer Lou Gramm

Foreigner have announced a December 2025 US tour featuring original singer Lou Gramm. The outing kicks off December 3rd and 4th in Port Chester, New York, with the eight-show run wrapping up on the 13th […]

Arcadea (Mastodon’s Brann Dailor) Announce New Album, Unveil “Fuzzy Planet”

Arcadea, the synth act featuring Mastodon drummer-singer Brann Dailor, have announced their sophomore album The Exodus of Gravity, arriving August 22nd via Relapse Records. The LP sees Dailor handling lead vocals, as heard on the first […]

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS’ DEAN DELEO Releases ‘Live Acoustic’ Video For ‘Paper Over The Cracks’ From ONE MORE SATELLITE Project

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' DEAN DELEO And Singer/Guitarist PETE SHOULDER Announce Debut ONE MORE SATELLITE Album

Dean DeLeo of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and TRIP THE WITCH, along with vocalist Pete Shoulder, will release the self-titled debut album from their latest collaboration, ONE MORE SATELLITE, on July 18, 2025 via Symphonic. An […]

Watch: Supergroup CATEGORY 7, Feat. ARMORED SAINT, EXODUS, Ex-MACHINE HEAD Members, Performs Live For First Time

Watch: Supergroup CATEGORY 7, Feat. ARMORED SAINT, EXODUS, Ex-MACHINE HEAD Members, Performs Live For First Time

CATEGORY 7, the new band featuring former MACHINE HEAD and current KERRY KING guitarist Phil Demmel, ex-ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando, ARMORED SAINT/ex-ANTHRAX singer John Bush, SHADOWS FALL/ex-OVERKILL drummer Jason Bittner and EXODUS bassist Jack […]