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Metallica Dominates Los Angeles by Allie Jorgen On Sunday February 12, 2017 Metallica dominated Los Angeles, as the city was in a state of “Metallica frenzy” in anticipation of the band’s arrival to perform at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards Show that night. The band was nominated in the category for Best Rock Song for their song “Hardwired” from their […]

Amaranthe Shine Their Light On LA Amaranthe, Swedish Alternative Metal Masters, are well known for their unique ability to cross musical boundaries, as they integrate a mix of metal, pop, soaring vocals and impressive, memorable riffs throughout their musical palette. The force of the band’s music, generates a high energy momentum that comes across much heavier in their live show than […]

Metallica Returns To Los Angeles by Allie Jorgen Metallica returns to Los Angeles for a special appearance at the 2017 Grammy Awards Show in Los Angeles on Sunday February 12, 2017. The band, nominated in the category for Best Rock Song with their song “Hardwired” from their latest Release HARDWIRED… TO SELF DESTRUCT, will appear in a special rare live performance […]

The Agonist Returns To Los Angeles by Allie Jorgen The Agonist returns to Los Angeles in support of their new CD “FIVE”. After a sold out show at the Regent Theater in 2016 in Support of Dutch Metal Supergroup Epica, The Agonist returns to Los Angeles once again to set the stage on fire at the The Regent Theater on […]

Battle Beast Release New CD In 2017 – Bringer Of Pain by Allie Jorgen Battle Beast will release their new CD in 2017. Recorded and produced at JKB Studios by keyboardist Janne Björkroth, Bringer Of Pain was also mixed by him alongside Viktor Gullichsen and Mikko Karmila, while mastering was done by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios. The cover artwork was crafted by Jan Yrlund. Additionally, Bringer Of Pain is BATTLE BEAST‘s first […]

An Epic Night of Iron Maiden Metal! An epic night of Iron Maiden Metal by Allie Jorgen With the return of the Metal Gods in 2017, LA Metal Media remembers the Iron Maiden Frenzy in Los Angeles in 2016. With the landing of Ed Force One at LAX on April 14, the atmosphere in Los Angeles officially became Maiden crazy. […]

Heart Bring Rock Royalty To Las Vegas by Allie Jorgen On Saturday, October 8, 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Heart brought their personal brand of kick ass rock to the House of Blues in Las Vegas. The Wilson Sisters, Ann and Nancy set the night on fire and proved why they are in the Rock and Roll Hall […]

Vince Neil and Bret Michaels Headline Hair Nation Music Festival by Allie Jorgen The Final Farewell Rock Show at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, rocked the house with the SirusXM Hair Nation Music Festival, featuring Vince Neil and Bret Michaels as the headliners for this historical event. With so many Hard Rock and Heavy Metal venues closing in Los Angeles and Orange County, […]

Korn Brings The Night of the Dreads Tour To Las Vegas by Allie Jorgen The “Night of the Dreads” tour exploded onstage at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Saturday, July 30, 2016. The Co-Headlining Tour featured Korn and Rob Zombie, with the tour supporting Korn’s upcoming album “The Serenity of Suffering” due to be released on October 21, 2016 and […]

RIDE FOR RONNIE Raises $50,000 For Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund The 2nd Annual RIDE FOR RONNIE Motorcycle Ride and Concert, held on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Los Encinos State Historic Park and raised $50,000 for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund (www.diocancerfund.org) […]

DORO Releases Strong And Proud – 30 Years Of Rock And Metal The metal Queen, DORO, will release her brand-new 2Blu-ray/3DVD+CD package entitled Strong And Proud – 30 Years Of Rock And Metal, on June 24th, 2016 through Nuclear Blast. Today, the third live clip from this package has been launched – “Love Me In Black” (Classic Night). Check it out […]

Soilwork Industrial Metal Masters Crush The Fonda Theater! Swedish Industrial Metal Masters Soilwork, tore down the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on May 7, 2016. Soilwork are Bjorn “Speed” Strid-vocals; Sven Karlsson-Keyboards; Dirk Verbeuren-drums; Sylvain Coudret-lead guitar; David Andersson-lead guitar and Markus Wibom-bass guitar. SOILWORK delivered a set of 11 songs with the brutal force of a Category 5 Hurricane as […]

Lita Ford In-Depth Interview With Allie Jorgen for LA Metal Media After the release of her new book “Living Like A Runaway” and the release of her New CD, TIME CAPSULE, LA Metal Media Magazine was able to catch up with Lita Ford, who took time out of her incredibly busy schedule to talk to us. Very Special Thanks To […]

AC/DC’S WORLD TOUR RESUMES WITH AXL ROSE ON VOCALS April 16, 2016 – AC/DC made the following statement: “AC/DC band members would like to thank Brian Johnson for his contributions and dedication to the band throughout the years. We wish him all the best with his hearing issues and future ventures. As much as we want this tour to end […]

Tom Keifer, the voice of Cinderella gives the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills an Explosive Night of Heavy Blues Rock. Tom Keifer well known for his vocal prowess and the hard rockin’ band Cinderella has recently released a solo LP; The Way Life Goes. The LP is a collection of great rockin’ tracks with Keifer’s vocals sounding as incredible as […]

Symphony X Bassist Mike LePond Talks To LA Metal Media Special In-Depth Interview With Mike LePond of Symphony X and Silent Assassins By Allie Jorgen AJ: What was the inspiration behind the creation of Silent Assassins and who are the band members involved with your new project? ML: My first love has always been traditional heavy metal and I always wanted […]

Nightwish Sell Out The Grove In Anaheim with support from Delain and Sonata Arctica Nightwish, Symphonic Metal Titans, celebrated their triumphant return to North American as they continued to sell out venues across the US and Canada with a sold out show on March 12, 2016 at The City National Grove in Anaheim. Delain kicked off this incredible night! […]

Megadeth Destroyed the Hollywood Palladium! To say that Megadeth destroyed the Hollywood Palladium is more than an understatement. This is a band that was formed by Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson in Los Angeles and cut it’s teeth here on the local scene and this home town crowd was ready! As the house the lights dimmed and the recorded […]

Black Sabbath, Iconic Legendary Metal High Royalty took over Las Vegas (Sin City) on Saturday, February 13, 2016. As you walked through the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the day of the show you were surrounded by Black Sabbath fans of all ages wearing various Black Sabbath t-shirts spanning the reign of 40+ years of this incredible band. You could feel […]

As the excitement mounts for the return of Iron Maiden to the West Coast with their show at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on February 28, 2016 and the Los Angeles Forum on April 15 and 16, 2016, in support of their incredible CD Book Of Souls, the band are also releasing an interactive Video Game “Legacy of the Beast” […]