hard rock

It’s hard to believe, but the boys of Creed celebrate the 15th anniversary of their multiplatinum debut album, ‘My Own Prison,’ this year. Of course, a milestone like that can’t go by without some kind of celebration, and in that spirit, the guys — singer Scott Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bass player Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips — are setting out on a North American tour this Apri

Deftones recently wrapped up pre-production on their seventh studio album and have set a date of July 9 to enter the studio for the new recording. The disc will be the follow-up to their 2010 release ‘Diamond Eyes.’

With just a little over a week before Godsmack, Staind and Halestorm kick off their Mass Chaos tour on April 13, the three bands recently joined forces to talk about the tour and what fans can expect.

Evanescence frontlady Amy Lee explains the band’s long hiatus, the album that could have been and the fight to stay true to their sound.

Current Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal is a forgiving man. Days after former GN’R drummer Steven Adler dismissed the current lineup as a bunch of “hacks” during our interview, subsequently issuing an apology via press release, blaming it on emotion, Bumblefoot responded...

Hellyeah are diving headfirst into the promotion of their third album ‘Band of Brothers.’ The boys shot the video for the title track this week and posted photos from the fiery set.

Buckcherry are working on their latest album and offered not one but two video diaries of the process. The band provided an in-depth, keyhole look at the crafting of songs. They didn’t hide some of the frustrations and arguments that are a result of making music with other creative people. This footage makes you feel like part of the gang.

Revered guitarist Slash has released a new music video for the song ‘Gotten’ — which features Maroon 5′s Adam Levine on vocals — in the hopes of raising awareness and funds for the homeless youth of America.

Trent Reznor has got to hate YouTube. Several embarrassing videos of the industrial rock icon from his pre-Nine Inch Nails days have surfaced on the video sharing site in the past couple of years, but now an hilarious clip of Reznor lip-syncing the NIN track ‘Down In It’ on ’80s television is making the rounds online.

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Filmmaker and undead rocker Rob Zombie is putting the finishing touches on his latest movie, ‘The Lords Of Salem,’ while preparing to enter the studio to begin recording a new CD.

Evans Blue not only has a new album, ‘Graveyard of Empires,’ due on April 17, but Loudwire is happy to exclusively announce that the band have also partnered with Formula 51 Ink Company to bring you ‘Evans Blue’ tattoo ink on the same day.