ALICE COOPER 15-CD STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION ARRIVES JULY 31ST FROM RHINO
Alice Cooper has rattled the cages of the establishment with his hard-rocking music and theatrical stagecraft for nearly five decades. Since his 1969 debut, Cooper has sold more than 50 million albums, headlined sold-out tours, influenced countless artists, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Because there is no […]
DEF LEPPARD’S “HYSTERIA ON THE HIGH SEAS” INAUGURAL FAN CRUISE GOES ON SALE TODAY JUNE 18TH
Def Leppard’s inaugural fan cruise, Hysteria on the High Seas, a unique, four-day, four-night voyage out of Miami next January 21st-25th, 2016 aboard the MSC Divina, goes June 18th. One of the greatest rock bands of all time, Def Leppard, will sail with their fans aboard the MSC Divina for the entire cruise, as “Hysteria […]
IRON MAIDEN TO RELEASE THEIR NEW DOUBLE ALBUM, “THE BOOK OF SOULS,” ON SEPTEMBER 4TH
Iron Maiden will reportedly release their 16th album The Book Of Souls on September 4th worldwide – and it’s their first-ever double-length studio release. The released was delayed after frontman Bruce Dickinson was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year – but he got the all-clear last month. The follow-up to 2010’s The Final Frontier was […]
DIO MEMORIALIZED BY MUSIC COMMUNITY IN L.A.
Scott Essman of Visionary Cinema reports: To the naked eye, Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010) might have been offhandedly slight of stature, but musically and otherwise, he was most assuredly a mountain of a man, both onstage and off. His thundering operatic voice soared across almost 40 years of songs in numerous prominent bands, but his […]
NEWLY MASTERED VERSIONS OF VAN HALEN II, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, FAIR WARNING AND DIVER DOWN ON VINYL AND CD AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER
Newly remastered versions of Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning and Diver Down will be released on July 10th. Pre-orders for all aforementioned releases on vinyl and CD are available now. Fans who prefer the digital version can purchase those albums now. Mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for […]
SLAYER REVEAL “REPENTLESS” COVER ART
Today, Slayer unveils the album artwork for its 11th studio album, Repentless, due out September 11 through Nuclear Blast. The artwork was created by Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco in collaboration with the band’s Tom Araya and Kerry King. “We had a number of submitted ideas for the cover artwork,” said Araya, “and we felt Marcelo’s […]