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If you’ve been living under a rock, you might have missed the massive news that Rush legends Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are finally hitting the road again. The “Fifty Something” tour is all about celebrating five decades of incredible music and, importantly, paying a proper tribute to their late brother-in-arms, Neil Peart. Demand has … Continue reading Rush add extra Manchester and Glasgow dates to Fifty Something tour

Moss music pioneers she’s green have returned. Last year the Minneapolis quintet dropped their very promising EP Chrysalis, and now they’ve returned with a new single “Mettle.” It comes alongside a video directed by Jaxon Whittington. “It’s not over yet/ It’s not over now,” Zofia Smith hauntingly sings at the beginning of the new song.…

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We’re entering that zone again — the one where the endlessly prolific Detroit underground rapper Boldy James releases a new album before you’ve had anywhere near enough time to process the last one. Just two weeks ago, Boldy teamed up with New York fixture Ransom and producer Nicolas Craven on the collaborative project Salvation For…

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Zacky Vengeance, founding guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold, has released “Lighthouse,” his second solo single under his real name, Zachary Baker. The full-length Dark Horse follows on 04/03 via his own Vngnz Records label.

Growing up in Olympia, Washington, Zacky was influenced by punk rock and metal bands. He picked up the guitar at a young age, inspired by bands like Metallica and Misfits. His first guitar was a hand-me-down from his father, which he used to hone his skills and develop his signature style.

As a founding member of Avenged Sevenfold, Zacky has played a crucial role in the band’s dynamic. His rhythm guitar work complements lead guitarist Synyster Gates, creating a powerful and cohesive sound. Together, they have crafted some of the most memorable riffs and solos in modern metal.

The album’s title track arrived in December, blending Americana influences with personal storytelling — a deliberate step away from his hard rock roots. Speaking to Rock Feed, Vengeance was direct about where the project came from: “Honestly, it just came from a place inside of me that I didn’t fully know existed,” he said. “It was just this longing to create something using my own voice, telling my own story, adhering to the rules that I wanted to follow, which are far different from what you’d get from a lot of producers or a lot of record labels.”

He reached back into years of lived experience to fuel it: “Just taking everything that I’ve ever learned — from the entirety of the first time I ever picked up a guitar to the first time we ever filled up our van with gas and drove on the back roads using a shitty old Rand McNally map to get to the next city, and driving across the country, stopping every single place, the fights we would get into, the stories that we would have, drunken nights, just everything.”

“I wanted to capture all of that, stories of falling in love and stories of loss and all the heartache — everything that’s real about me, but I wanted to sing it in my own voice, which is something that I never really loved. I never really liked my own voice, so I was, like, ‘I don’t have one of these great voices,’ like a great rock singer or a great country artist who has all these pitch-perfect vocals. And then I was, like, ‘But I gotta get it outta me.’ And I didn’t know why or how it even came about, but it was literally like a therapy session.”

On the musical direction, he was equally clear about what this record is and what it isn’t: “This is very real. It’s not a humor album. It’s not contrived in any way. I’m not gonna throw on a cowboy hat and boots and try to make my way to Nashville. I’m going to remember that I love going to Nashville. I named my son Tennessee. I’ve spent vacations in Gatlinburg, and I’ve been to West Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, and Georgia, and I love being in Oregon and fishing.”

“And I’ve done everything in between. I’ve lived a lot of life, and now I get to tell my story. I get to sing it in my own voice. It’s gonna piss a whole lot of people off. Everything about this is great.”

The early reactions from people around him were lukewarm, and he admits it hit hard: “In the very first few songs, the reaction was completely, like, ‘Huh. Yeah. Okay, okay. Well, when are you guys gonna write the next ‘Hail to the King’?’ And I was, like, ‘Never. That’s not how we operate.’ And it kind of made me get in my own head a little bit. I started developing a little bit of timidness about, ‘No one’s gonna take this seriously.’ I kind of got depressed about it.”

“And then I just found myself, throughout the early days of bringing this to life and thinking about how it was really helping me write these songs and helping me feel better in these therapy sessions and getting stuff off my chest, I kind of got depressed again. I started drinking a whole lot, and I was, like, ‘I’m just not gonna do anything. I’ll wait till Avenged goes back on tour.’ And it’s kind of like waiting to die.”

What changed his mind was watching Avenged Sevenfold take the same kind of risk on a larger scale and come out the other side.

“Avenged, we kind of had this kumbaya moment where we’re like, let’s just be fearless and let’s make Life Is But a Dream… and do whatever we want and make the art alongside Wes Lang, who’s one of the greatest artists that we love, and let’s make these songs that people are not know what to expect… And then next thing you know, we’re playing in front of 40,000 people in India and selling out stadiums in Indonesia and headlining and selling out Rock In Rio off an album that the radio stations wouldn’t even play.”

“And it’s just, like, we have fans that respect what we do. And it gave me this excitement, like, ‘Hey, stop drinking yourself to death. Find purpose in every day. Finish these songs. When you get sad, when you’re depressed, put the bottle down, march up in the studio, start saying your truth. Tell your story. Be honest and be open. You’re not perfect.’”

He kept the recording process deliberately stripped down and closed off — no producers, no outside opinions: “I’m so far from perfect as a person, but I’m very much myself. I’m uniquely me. My music sounds like me. It’s coming from my voice. It’s my story. I was, like, ‘What do I like about it?’ I love that it’s imperfect. I haven’t changed the guitar strings on this old Telecaster in three months. They’re rusty. My fingers are bleeding. It’s perfect. I love how it sounds. This thing’s a little bit out of tune. I can’t really hit that note. My voice is cracking. The mic’s a little too hot. There’s a buzz on it. It’s perfect. I like this. I love this.”

The decision to work without a producer was intentional and non-negotiable: “For this first attempt at it, it had to be me finding myself, creating and then breaking any rules that I thought existed. And I didn’t wanna get into a studio with a producer. I didn’t want the input. I didn’t want people to tell me what is possible and what’s not possible. I knew it would be dead in the water because the second that I opened up and showed it to certain people — and this isn’t my band, by the way; this is management or friends or whatever — they instantly shut it down. They didn’t like it. They didn’t get it. They didn’t understand it. I was, like, ‘I can’t show this to anybody until I do it.’”

Those people, he acknowledged, came at it from a business angle: “Of course. And it’s been the bane of our existence for so long. People look at bands as, ‘Oh, you did ‘Hail to the King’. It has the most streams. We need another ‘Hail to the King’.’ It’s, like, that’s not how it works. We didn’t set out to write ‘A Little Piece of Heaven’ to try to mimic some other hit song. We didn’t write ‘Hail to the King’ with the intention of trying to write a hit. We didn’t write ‘Bat Country’. Our songs are crazy. They’re ambitious. ‘The Stage’… It’s not how it works.”

On the album’s release, he said the priority was giving the music space to land the right way.

“I really wanna get it out early-ish in 2026. I’m so excited to share it, and I don’t have this hard-pressed timeline. I know it’s important. I love the artwork. I love the idea of putting out a vinyl record. All that’s getting built now. Everything’s completely finished. And it’s just giving it enough time for people to hear ‘Dark Horse’ and make their determination on if it’s sincere enough for them.”

“If they like it, if they hate it, if they find it to be gimmicky — that’s just not gonna happen. That’s one thing that’s not gonna happen. They’re gonna hear it and say, ‘Okay, this is real. There’s sincerity behind this. This is a side of Zack that we didn’t fully know. But it makes sense.’”

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Swedish death metal vets sharpen their attack for April 10 release on Metal Blade Records.

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Raye is coming out with her new album This Music May Contain Hope next month. She’s already taken over the charts with the single “Where Is My Husband!” and, today she’s shared the latest preview with “Nightingale Lane.” “This is a song about the greatest heartbreak I’ve ever known,” Raye states at the beginning. Drum kicks…

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Canadian rockers The Sheepdogs have released the official music video for “Bad for Your Health,” a swaggering new single from their latest album Keep Out Of The Storm. The video arrives as the band unveils the full-length record, now available via their own Right On Records imprint.

“Bad for Your Health” serves as a gritty, riff-driven centerpiece for the album. The newly released video captures the track’s biting commentary on modern excess, taking aim at digital addiction, media overload, and the haze of 21st-century living. Musically, the song leans into a glam-infused stomp reminiscent of T. Rex and Thin Lizzy, with a dash of Queens of the Stone Age-style crunch. The result is both critique and catharsis, pairing sharp observation with a groove built to move.

The album Keep Out Of The Storm marks the band’s first LP since the departure of longtime drummer Sam Corbett. Produced by frontman Ewan Currie and recorded alongside longtime collaborator Thomas D’Arcy, the record features a rotating cast of drummers including Trevor Falls, Adam Hindle, Steve Kiely, Jordan Murphy, and Dani Nash.

“We are all trying to weather the storms in our lives,” Currie said of the record. “Finding shelter, love, hope. We find all of those in rock and roll. Don’t let the title fool you, this record is full of light, love, guitars that rip, and sweet singing that moves you.”

Recorded between tour dates, the album embraces a live-off-the-floor approach. The band jammed songs until they felt fully alive, committing performances to tape in the moment. That immediacy carries through the record’s warm, guitar-forward sound, blending classic rock swagger with flashes of glam and jam-band interplay.

Thematically, the album explores change, belonging, and the search for stability in uncertain times. Despite its stormy title, the collection leans toward optimism, anchored by big riffs and harmony-driven choruses. It also represents the first full-length to prominently feature guitarist Ricky Paquette, whose tones and harmonies add fresh depth to the band’s evolving sound.

The release caps a strong run for The Sheepdogs. In 2025, they completed a sold-out cross-Canada arena tour supporting Bryan Adams, issued companion EPs Paradise Alone and Hell Together, and officially launched Right On Records. Their single “Take Me For A Ride” finished as the No. 16 most-played track of the year at Billboard Mainstream Rock and No. 18 at Mediabase Active Rock, while “Nobody But You” climbed into the Top 10 at Active Rock and reached No. 13 on Billboard Mainstream Rock.

In support of Keep Out Of The Storm, The Sheepdogs will launch an extensive Canadian headline tour beginning March 13, 2026, before heading to Europe for their Out All Night Tour in November and December. The band has built a reputation for bringing their high-energy live show to markets often overlooked on major tours, continuing their commitment to fans across Canada and beyond.

With “Bad for Your Health,” The Sheepdogs deliver a sharp-edged anthem wrapped in a classic rock strut, reinforcing that even in turbulent times, loud guitars and a heavy riff can still cut through the noise.

UK/EU TOUR DATES

NOV 11 – Glasgow, UK – St. Luke’s
NOV 14 – Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall
NOV 15 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
NOV 16 – Bristol, UK – Trinity
NOV 18 – Cologne, DE – Gebäude 9
NOV 19 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
NOV 20 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg
NOV 21 – Hamburg, DE – Kent
NOV 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Hotel Cecil
NOV 25 – Stockholm, SE – Nalen
NOV 26 – Oslo, NO – John Dee
NOV 30 – Berlin, DE – Hole 44
DEC 1 – Munich, DE – Technikum
DEC 2 – Zurich, CH – Bogen F
DEC 4 – Marseille, FR – Le Makeda
DEC 5 – Barcelona, ES – La (2) de Apolo
DEC 6 – Madrid, ES – Sala But
DEC 9 – Paris, FR – Trabendo
DEC 10 – Rouen, FR – Le 106 Club
DEC 12 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom

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Metal titans look back to their Virginia underground beginnings as Into Oblivion nears its March 13 release via Epic.

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