Slipknot, Slayer headlining 2012 Mayhem Festival

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Well this looks promising! This year's Mayhem festival, the touring hard rock and metal celebration, has got itself quite a massive line up this year.
Slipknot and Slayer will be headlining the festival while the side stages will boast bands including Anthrax, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, High On Fire and As I Lay Dying. There's also a special artist that will be announced on April 6th and the big rumor is that Motörhead… Read More

Metallica, Black Sabbath, The Prodigy headlining Download festival

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

UK rockers, get ready to do some dancing and some headbanging at Donington Park this year. The line up for the 10th annual Download festival was recently announced and the line up is rather big for fans of hard rock and metal.
Headlining this whole shindig are Metallica, Black Sabbath and The Prodigy. You've also got Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro and Soundgarden providing support (even though I think Soundgarden should be a headliner but that's just me.) Other bands… Read More

RiO!B episode – December 8, 2011

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Metallica - "Hate Train"
Metallica - "Just A Bullet Away"
Lamb of God - "Ghost Walking"
NIN/How To Destroy Angels updates… Read More

RiO!B episode – November 17, 2011

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Courtney Love blasts Dave Grohl in Brazil
Rammstein tour dates
Machine Head tour dates
Josh Eppard rejoins Coheed and Cambria
Avenged… Read More

RiO!B episode – September 7, 2011

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

My Chemical Romance fire drummer
Anthrax U.S. tour dates
Mastodon - "Spectrelight"
Tracklisting for Lulu
Tracklisting… Read More

RiO!B episode – June 30, 2011

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Ozzy releasing medical advice book
New music from A Perfect Circle
New music from Anthrax
New music from Trivium
New… Read More

Download: Anthrax – “Fight ‘em Til You Can’t”

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Well look what we have here. A brand new song from Anthrax called "Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't" is now available to download for the small fee of an email address down below. You can also hear the song first to see if you even want to download it.
The track is the first one to be released from the band's long-awaited, forthcoming album, Worship Music, which is in stores on September 13th. This is also the first album with vocalist Joey Belladonna in two decades.… Read More

RiO!B episode – June 9, 2011

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Today's RiO!B focuses on the biggest stories in hard rock and heavy metal for the week. I've also incorporated a new co-host, Sirius/XM satellite radio DJ Zeena from the Liquid Metal channel. So grab a fork and dig in for all the latest news on the music that scares kids in Brooklyn.
Anthrax releasing album in September
Machine… Read More

Anthrax releasing new album, Worship Music, September 13

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Anthrax has been quite busy for the past year. Just from playing shows with the Big Four of Thrash, that alone has put Anthrax back into the spotlight where prior to that, many people only knew Anthrax from Scott Ian's beard...or from the white powder that can kill you. But now, it's a whole new scenario and Anthrax is taking full advantage of it.
That being said, the band's new album, Worship Music, is coming out on September 13th and on the following day,… Read More

RiO!B episode – May 2, 2011

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Big Four of Thrash playing Yankee Stadium
Steven Tyler single artwork
Two new Beastie Boys tracks  Read More