Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with singer Jon Oliva. Portions of the interview appear below. Songfacts: From what I understand, Raise the Curtain is your first ever solo album. Jon: Officially, yeah. Songfacts: How did it come about that you’re doing a solo album now? Jon: When we lost Matt LaPorte after the Festival album […]

Black Label Society has debuted the brand new music video for their hit single Aint No Sunshine off their forthcoming CD/DVD Unblackened due out September 24th. Directed by Justin Reich, the video portrays Wylde’s widely known sense of humor. Watch it below. Pre-order Unblackened on itunes or click here to pre-order a signed CD and […]

On October 22nd, Motörhead will deliver their 21st studio album, an enormous and prophetic Aftershock. Recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, it is a true leveler, a crushing confirmation of everything Motörhead stands for, marching from the dust storm to deliver 14 belting statements which see Motörhead in perhaps their best writing form for […]

Chrysalis will open its vaults in October for a trio of live collections that spotlight rare and unreleased music from three of stellar British artists: Ten Years After, Robin Trower, and UFO. Ten Years After’s Recorded Live Robin Trower’s State To State: Live Across America 1974-1980, and UFO’s Hot ‘N Live-The Chrysalis Live Anthology 1974-1983 […]

Following a summer of storming through Europe, South America and Mexico while topping the bills at solo shows and major festivals, Slayer will headline its first North American tour in two years. The five-week-plus trek will kick off on October 22nd in Anchorage, Alaska, oddly enough marking the first time the band has played there […]

On September 3rd, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Live In Tokyo by Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian on DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD and digital audio and video formats. Live In Tokyo was filmed/recorded on November 14th, 2012 at Zepp Tokyo. This 95-minute concert is the first release of material from the PSMS supergroup, and it showcases a […]

Gary Graff of Billboard reports: Sammy Hagar & Friends started out as a markedly different idea than the Red Rocker wound up pursuing on the guest-filled set. Hagar tells Billboard that the album, which comes out September 24th, was initially designed to be part of his 40th anniversary as a recording artist. “I was going […]

Unblackened, a new live DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Video from Black Label Society will be released on September 24th, 2013 by Eagle Rock Entertainment. [Pre-book Order Date September 9, MSRP $19.98 Blu-ray, $14.98 DVD] Additionally, Zakk’s label home, eOne Music will release the audio version of the Unblackened DVD under the same name. The double […]