BYE - BYE... JUKKA!!!

Nightwish have announced the official leave of founding drummer

Jukka Nevalainen.

After being some years off the stage due to chronic insomnia problems,

the Nightwish drummer decides to retire, but will keep in touch with the

band "to take care of the band's businesses in the background. "

"It has now been five years since my difficult decision, due to severe

insomnia, to step aside from the Vehicle of Spirit of Nightwish," Nevalainen

said. "This included the previous studio album and the tours which

followed, my dear pal Kai Hahto will take my place as a full-time member."

Proud Parents... Metal Baby!!

Jodie Lee and Davie Langham brought a metal baby into the world a

year and a half ago.

During the 24-week ultrasound, baby Isla threw up the "sign of the

horns" made famous to the rock and metal community by none other

than the late Ronnie James Dio. Talk about being camera ready!

“As soon as she hears music, even from a passing car, she’ll stop, put

both her hands in the air and bounce up and down or shake her bum.

She never stops," Lee praises of her daughter, who is now 18 months

old. "Isla showed her love of music before she even arrived and now

she’s our little rock chick.”

GRETA VAN FLEET  "Quite Different"

"Very different" compared to his debut album "Anthem of the Peaceful

Army" will be the next album from the Michigan band,

"We're working on one, yeah","That's about it. We're hoping to have

it out by the end of this year, and it is an album.". "There's a little

evolution, I suppose, with everything. We're working on something quite

different, I suppose. It's interesting because we never know exactly

what an album's gonna look like; it can only be so premeditated. But,

as it sort of unfolds now, it's sort of an example of where we are

musically right now. So, it's definitely much different than Anthem of the

Peaceful Army would have been.", declared the KISZKA brothers to NME.

"WALK THE SKY" New album from ALTER BRIDGE

"It’s kinda like a John Carpenter movie – this old school synth-wave kind of vibe.

Like I said, we challenge ourselves to not repeat ourselves and find new inspiration to

add a different layer to what we do. It’s particularly challenging when you’ve had so

many records, but when I showed Myles (Kennedy) what I was thinking he absolutely

loved it and was on board right away." 

The new album "Walk The Sky" will be out on October 18.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE "Unleashed"

"'Unleashed' is about inner passion and rage coming up to the surface,"

"We all have that wild within that often stays dormant until a  tragic

event triggers and awakens it. This song is about that awakening

within. I feel we were able to capture something raw and intense on this

song and I'm stoked for everyone to hear it! The new album Atonement

is a reflection of perseverance and passion through the trials and

suffering of our existence." says Jesse Leach.

"Atonement" the eight album from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will be out

on Aug. 16.

KORN Announces new album for Sep 13

JONATHAN DAVIS explains,  “Deep, within our Earth lives an

extraordinary force. Very few are aware of the magnitude and

significance of this place where good/evil, dark/light, bliss/torment,

loss/gain and hope/despair all exist as one- pulling at us every

moment of our lives. It’s not something we can choose to navigate, but

rather an awareness of this ‘presence’ that surrounds us with every

breath, as if we are being watched at every moment. It’s the place

where black and white energies attach themselves to our souls, and

shape our emotion, choices, perspective and ultimately our very

existence. There is a miraculous and small realm within this vortex

and it’s the only place where balance between these dynamic and

polarizing forces exists — where the soul finds its refuge.

Welcome to…..THE NOTHING.”