Central New York heavy metal band Motorlord return with their second album Motorlord II, arriving March 13. In this conversation on Metal Mayhem ROC, guitarist and vocalist Ian O’Rourke and guitarist ...
Legendary UK extreme metal pioneers Venom have announced their brand-new studio album Into Oblivion, scheduled for release May 1, 2026 via Noise Records / BMG.
The record marks the band’s first new s...
Joel Hoekstra on From the Fade: Inside the Riff-Driven Sound of Joel Hoekstra’s 13
Fresh off another massive touring run with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, guitarist Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Trans-Sibe...
Published March 2026
What do Layne Staley’s private journals reveal about the man behind Alice in Chains? For decades, fans have connected with the emotional gravity of his voice — but This Angry Pen...
Motorlord Announce MOTORLORD II — Out March 13, 2026
Upstate New York heavy metal outfit Motorlord have officially announced the digital release of their second full-length album, MOTORLORD II, arriv...
When Raven was forced off the road after an unexpected ICU stay sidelined frontman John Gallagher, the interruption felt abrupt. A band known for relentless touring suddenly found itself paused by cir...
S.L.A.M. and the Fight for Mental Health in the Rock and Metal Community
Mental health conversations in rock and metal are no longer fringe topics — they are necessary discussions happening in real t...
Axel Rudi Pell returns with Ghost Town, an album that reinforces his signature melodic metal foundation while revealing a refined, mature creative mindset. Decades into his career, Pell is no longer c...
John Corabi Steps Forward With New Day and a Clear Creative Vision
John Corabi enters 2026 in a place that many artists spend years trying to reach: creatively settled, professionally aligned, and ge...
Metal Mayhem ROC sits down with Bones (Thomas Hewson) of Tailgunner at a defining moment in the band’s evolution. With their second album, Midnight Blitz, set for release on Friday, February 6th, and ...
Few artists are ever given the opportunity to return to their earliest solo work with clarity, distance, and intention. When Tales Of Ordinary Madness first appeared in the early 1990s, it arrived qui...
There are rock-and-roll stories everyone thinks they already knows — and then there are the stories that only come from someone who actually lived inside the scene.
In this episode of Metal Mayhem RO...
