A Perfect Circle was just announced to headline the 2018 Las Rageous festival, held April 20-21. The festivals is in April, and according to frontman Maynard James Keenan, the band will have some new tunes to…
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Anne is a longtime journalist and editor, with bylines everywhere from the Detroit Free Press to Consequence of Sound to Blabbermouth.net. She's also a proud Michigan State University graduate and Michigan native. Have a news tip? Send it to her at anne@alternativefix.com.
Watch a Vintage Alice in Chains Show at Lansing’s Silver Dollar Saloon in 1991
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. My friend Scott Owen was fortunate enough to see a young Alice in Chains at a hole-in-the-wall venue in Lansing, Michigan, called the Silver Dollar Saloon. (That…
Indonesia’s President Loves Metallica
Well, here’s a regal heavy metal gift. Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen gifted Indonesia President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo with a Metallica’s just-released Master of Puppets reissue box, according to The Jakarta Post, at their bilateral meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 28). The prime minster…
Listen: New Judas Priest Song is Everything Great About Metal
Thank goodness for bands such as Judas Priest that consistently deliver solid metal music! The band will release a new album, “Firepower,” next year, and the gang has just released a short snippet of a…
Tool, Five Finger Death Punch, Foo Fighters – Rock and Metal Gift Guide
Happy Cyber Monday, rockers! It’s days like these that are ideal to glance over your favorite band’s merch site and score some deals. Read on for a few Cyper Monday deals and picks, and even…