Aerosmith Confirm Two-Night Live Return at Hollywood Bowl With The Black Crowes, Run-DMC, Heart, Slash and More Aerosmith are officially getting back onstage. The rock legends will headline “California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends” at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Thursday, October 29, and Sunday, November 1, 2026. The two exclusive concerts will mark Aerosmith’s first announced public shows since the band stopped its Peace Out farewell tour after Steven Tyler fractu

Hollywood Undead are taking their rap-rock attack back across Europe and the UK in early 2027. Announced October 6, the 24-date headline tour opens January 27 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands, and closes February 28 at O2 Academy Leeds. The route includes stops in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark before five UK shows. Those UK dates are February 23 in Birmingham, February 24 in Lond

From Ashes to New are bringing the Reflections Tour to North America in spring 2027—and Gulf Coast fans have a Destin stop to circle. Announced October 6, the 27-show headline run includes Club LA on April 11, 2027, plus VBC Mars Music Hall in Huntsville, Alabama, on April 10. Nevertel and Hollow Pact join the tour, with Dark Divine appearing on select dates. Destin is listed with Dark Divine; Huntsville is among the shows without them. That makes the Florida stop an especial

Ice Nine Kills Announces ‘A Very Vicious Christmas’ EP With Terrifier’s Art the Clown Ice Nine Kills is dragging Christmas into the slaughterhouse. The theatrical metalcore heavyweights have announced “A Very Vicious Christmas,” an eight-track holiday EP arriving November 9, 2026, through Fearless Records. The project was recorded in connection with Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights attraction, “Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse,” starring Terrifier villain

Mudvayne and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray has canceled two dates on his “30 Years Of Madnesss” solo tour after reporting vocal trouble and illness. The affected shows are Monday, October 5, at House of Blues San Diego and Tuesday, October 6, at The Observatory OC in Santa Ana, California. Gray announced the cancellations Sunday, October 4, saying he has been dealing with “deep vocal issues” and became sick around his Aftershock appearance. Gray said he needs time to rest and p

New Orleans rock veterans Zebra have a new chapter ready to roll. Zebra V arrives November 13, 2026, through Flatiron Recordings, marking the band’s first album of new material in 23 years. The project reunites the original lineup with producer Jack Douglas. For Gulf Coast fans, this return carries a hometown connection. Formed in New Orleans in 1975, Zebra still features Randy Jackson, Felix Hanemann and Guy Gelso. Their rise took them from Louisiana clubs to the Long Island

A new week means NEW ROCK on The Sound 228. We’re always digging for what’s next, from established heavy hitters to rising bands that deserve a bigger spotlight. This week, six new songs officially hit The Sound 228 rotation. 🎸 NEW THIS WEEK Backhand Blue – “Preaching to the Choir”Backhand Blue kicks off this week’s additions with “Preaching to the Choir,” bringing another fresh name into The Sound 228 rotation. PRESIDENT – “Sleepwalker”PRESIDENT continues to make noise with

Miss May I have released their eighth studio album, No Place For Me, through Solid State Records. The 10-song record arrived October 2 and marks several major changes for the Ohio metalcore veterans. It is the band’s first full-length since 2022’s Curse of Existence, its debut album for Solid State and the first to feature guitarist Elisha Mullins. The complete album is available now, with Apple Music confirming a 10-song, 33-minute release. Miss May I Turn Up the Metal Mulli

Escape the Fate have released their new album, The Last Goodbye, through Big Noise Music Group. The 13-song record arrived October 2 and follows 2023’s Out of the Shadows. It finds the Las Vegas veterans looking inward while reconnecting with the combination of metalcore aggression, dramatic guitars and massive melodic hooks that has powered the band for more than two decades. The full album is available now through major streaming platforms. Qobuz confirms a 13-track, 47-min

Michigan metalcore force Of Virtue have released their new album, Death Of The Altar, through Arising Empire. The 11-song record arrived October 2 and pushes the band into heavier, darker territory without sacrificing the massive choruses that helped turn 2023’s Omen into a streaming breakthrough. The label describes the album as a collision of crushing riffs, industrial electronics, atmospheric production and the contrasting vocals of Tyler Ennis and Damon Tate. Of Virtue ar

Butcher Babies have officially released NIGHTBLOOM, a 10-song album that pairs the band’s metallic aggression with some of the most vulnerable songwriting of Heidi Shepherd’s career. Released October 2 through Judge & Jury Records, NIGHTBLOOM is Butcher Babies’ first full-length since the 2024 departure of founding co-vocalist Carla Harvey. Shepherd now leads the band as its sole vocalist, opening a new era that sounds heavier, more melodic and intensely personal. The complet

Metallica officially entered the Sphere era Thursday night, launching the band’s Life Burns Faster residency in Las Vegas with a career-spanning performance built around the venue’s enormous wraparound screen. The October 1 opening show featured 15 full Metallica songs plus a Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo instrumental duet. The band began with the rapid-fire attack of “Battery” before moving through more than four decades of material—including “Creeping Death,” “The Shorte

Dead Poet Society have released their third full-length album, Monarch, today, October 2, through Spinefarm Records. The 12-song project builds on the Southern California band’s combination of distorted guitars, elastic bass, electronic production and soaring hooks—but refuses to remain inside a single rock-radio lane. Across its 41-minute runtime, Monarch moves between heavy alternative rock, dark electronic grooves, punk energy and atmospheric melodies. Apple Music confirms

Sacramento rock veterans OLEANDER are entering a new chapter. The band has officially signed with SBG Records, adding another milestone to a career that has stretched across decades and produced some of the most recognizable songs from the late-’90s and early-2000s alternative rock era. The announcement comes just ahead of OLEANDER’s appearance at Aftershock Festival, bringing the Sacramento natives back into the spotlight in their hometown market at one of the biggest rock f

Twenty years after Steve Gleason delivered the blocked punt that became a symbol of New Orleans’ comeback, the Saints legend is telling a new story through music. Gleason has announced REBIRTH, a 12-song cycle created with an extensive cast of New Orleans musicians. The project began its episodic rollout October 1 through Ineffable Joy Records, an independent New Orleans label founded by Gleason, Stephen Rehage and Jim Salters. Its first two songs are available now. “Soul Is

Blind Channel have unleashed “Into the Void,” a new collaboration featuring Of Mice & Men vocalist and bassist Aaron Pauley. Released October 1, the track is the fourth and final advance single from Blind Channel’s sixth studio album, Painstream, arriving October 30 through Century Media Records. Spotify credits the recording to Blind Channel, Pauley and Of Mice & Men. “Into the Void” pushes Blind Channel’s modern-metal attack into darker territory while exploring a much bigg

Kid Rock has opened a dramatically different chapter with “James 1:17 (Jesus Is King),” the first official single from his forthcoming faith-centered album, Halfway 2 Jesus. The song and its official music video arrive October 1 at 5pm CST through Kid Rock’s Top Dog Records. While an exact album-release date has not been announced, official merchandise for Halfway 2 Jesus is already available for preorder and expected to begin shipping later in October. The title carries a pe

The Funeral Portrait has officially completed recording its next studio album, marking the beginning of another theatrical chapter for one of Active Rock’s fastest-rising bands. Vocalist Lee Jennings announced the milestone while celebrating his birthday on September 30. The still-untitled project was created with Point North frontman and in-demand producer and songwriter Jon Lundin. The Sound 228 has a special history with The Funeral Portrait. We were one of the first radio

Chuck Varga, a founding member of GWAR and the artist behind the band’s legendary Sexecutioner character, has died at age 68 following a public battle with cancer. GWAR bassist and vocalist Casey Orr, better known onstage as Beefcake the Mighty, announced Varga’s death on September 25. Orr said Varga died peacefully while his wife, Bambi, held his hand. “He was one of a kind,” Orr wrote, remembering Varga as an artist, performer, scholar and gentleman. Varga Helped Build GWAR

Scary Kids Scaring Kids have made the lineup behind their current era official. The Arizona post-hardcore band have welcomed vocalist Albert Schweizer and bassist/vocalist Colton “Coba” Westerman as permanent members. The announcement arrives alongside “Something In The Water,” the first single from the band’s newly confirmed album, RISE, due January 8, 2027. Guitarist/vocalist Chad Crawford and keyboardist/vocalist Pouyan Afkary remain at the heart of Scary Kids Scaring Kids