Tag Archives: Skillet

SLAYER resurrected: Legends to headline 2024 Louder Than Life & Riot Fest

Posted by on February 21, 2024

  This is not a drill; Slayer are back! After wrapping up their final world tour in November 2019, these legends featuring Tom Araya (bass/vocals), Kerry King (guitar), Gary Holt (guitar), and Paul Bostaph (drums) have announced their first return to the stage. At least for two festival appearances, for now: Riot Fest in Chicago, […]

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Ultimate Guide to 2024 Spring & Summer Tours and Festivals: fresh lineups & changes

Posted by on February 5, 2024

  We thought 2023 had an extensive touring cycle. Well, it seems to continue in 2024, and then some. While sharing a list of treks to look forward to this year, there’s been plenty of announcements since.  We’ve collected an extensive list consisting of tour announcements, cancellations, festival lineups, and more. Other tours to look […]

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Motley Crue, Foo Fighters, Limp Bizkit & Slipknot to headline 13th annual Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida

Posted by on November 8, 2023

    Announced today (8th), the 13th annual Welcome To Rockville festival will host a powerful collective of artists, with 150 bands performing over 4 days. This coming May 9th-12th, 2024, Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will once again host this monstrous festival produced by the masterminds at Danny Wimmer Presents. After setting […]

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Metal By Numbers: Dance Devil Charts – 03/03/2023

Posted by on March 3, 2023

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We didn’t get to do last weeks but, we’ve included a few notes on some notable debuts from February 10, 2023. Here are the notable debuts and sales from February 17, 2023.   […]

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Photos/Review: Shiprocked 2023 – Falling In Reverse & Parkway Drive rocked the boat

Posted by on February 21, 2023

  Shiprocked set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida, on January 22nd-28th with more than 4,000 excited fans on board. Visiting Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, Grand Turk, TCI, and Amber Cove, Dominican Republic, throughout the six-day adventure. Co-headlining the 13th sailing were Falling In Reverse and Parkway Drive, Nothing More, Skillet, Suicidal Tendencies, Motionless In White, […]

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Skillet & Theory Of A Deadman announce winter 2023 co-headline Rock Resurrection Tour w/ Saint Asonia

Posted by on November 14, 2022

  Theory Of A Deadman and Skillet have teamed up to announce a co-headlining Rock Resurrection Tour with support from Saint Asonia. The trek is scheduled to kick off on February 17th in Gary, Indiana and will run through March 26th in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets go on sale this Friday (18th) at 10am local […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/20: A Journey to the charts

Posted by on July 23, 2022

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the July 8th releases.   Notable Debuts: Journey, Freedom (Frontiers/BMG) Debut #4 9,875 sold This is their fifteenth studio album and the second to not to feature founding bassist Ross […]

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Memphis May Fire, Hook, Islander and more added to Shiprocked 2023 lineup

Posted by on July 21, 2022

      After an initial band lineup announcement in May of Falling In Reverse as one of the co-headliners, and over a dozen more bands slated to play aboard the Carnival Magic this upcoming January, Shiprocked captain Alan Koenig and his team at Ask4 went above and beyond and pulled Australian metalcore band Parkway […]

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Parkway Drive to set sail into The Void aboard Shiprocked ‘23

Posted by on June 13, 2022

With the announcement today of the second headliner Shiprocked is poised to be a vacation you don’t want to miss! With the original starting lineup announced mid May, the original poster had the headliner crossed out, but gave just enough to get the shiprockers buzzing! With hints given that this headliner hadn’t sailed before, AND […]

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Daily lineup for 2022 Blue Ridge Rock Festival revealed; more TBA

Posted by on June 13, 2022

  Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival’s journey this year has been exciting. The festival revealed its change in management after last year’s show. Soon after came the announcement of an upgrade in the venue, moving to the Virginia International Raceway, which are very familiar with dealing with the high volume of fans expected for a […]

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