Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins appeared before the Cardiff Crown Court in Wales today to face charges of conspiring to rape a one year old baby and five other sex/pornographic charges.

Read the FREE Inaugural digital issue of RockRevolt™Magazine! Interviews with: Lamb of God, Epica, Machina, Ill Niño,, Dethklok, Hinder, Adler, Star City Meltdown….just to name a few!

Who is Celldweller? Klayton is Celldweller. Personifying the sound of the iPod generation, he creates a hybrid fusion of digital and organic elements: intricately designed soundscapes constructed from Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Electro, woven together with aggressive Rock/Metal and Orchestral elements. Celldweller ignores genre boundaries and creates a pioneering vision of the future of electronic music.

The Swayback is our Indie Band of The Week for so many reasons, including their critically acclaimed album, but mostly because we dig their funky sound and live shows.

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Pearl Jam released an audio recording of “In The Moonlight” with QOTSA Josh Homme from their PJ20 concert, exclusively to their Ten Club members on Christmas. Listen to it here.

The long hiatus of The Black Crowes is over with the announcement of their UK and U.S. tours commencing in early 2013! Get all the news here!

The final, heartbreaking video interview of Mich Lucker of Suicide silence shows the singer enthusiastically talking, along with all of his band mates, about the charity toy drive the band just performed for The Boys and Girls Clubs.

Don Dokken talks one on one with RockRevolt Magazine about everything from his dog, why there will never be a reunion with George Lynch nor a Dokken country album!

MARDUK and MOONSPELL announce dates for “Voices From The Dark” tour, with special guests INQUISITION, THE FORESHADOWING and DEATH WOLF.

It’s Christmas and we have something special for you! We got an interview with an honest to goodness celebrity! He is a talented actor, having been in MANY movies, including The Box (featuring Cameron Diaz), Ted, The Zookeeper, I Am Legend, and many others. Above all that, he plays Santa Claus. We aren’t talking the strap-on beard Santa that smells like Jack Daniels and Aspercreme. No. This is the Santa that makes you BELIEVE deep down in your soul that the jolly gift-giving Saint Nicholas IS real and walking among us.

Plato said, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle.”International rock artist Manafest knows the saying well. His uphill climb began at age five when his father committed suicide. Years of childhood insecurity and fear gave way to a promising skateboarding career, but then an injury took that away too. Music soon filled the void, and it would prove to be a perfect fit. Putting words to driving rhythms gave him a way to be a visible light for other people wrestling with their own junk: strained relationships, betrayals, loss, broken dreams. He knew plenty about getting through the past and working toward the future. “I’m always there to give you the don’t-give-up message,” he says in a quiet offstage voice that balances out his amped up live presence.

Read the feature Interview with Erik Virgin and John Sergel of BEYOND THRESHOLD talking about their new album ‘Who We Are’, watch the new video and hear what’s up with the band for 2013!

What happens when you get caught downloading and uploading illegally? Well, depending on the content and who catches you, your reactions may be something akin to having your mom walk in on you with your junk in your hand, or you may not necessarily care. Who cares about all this online internet stuff? If I can download it, it must be free!

Feature interview with Mark Alexander of 3 Quarters Dead, discussing the band’s new album ‘The Cycle of Dust’ that just came out with Turkey Vultures Records, the new videos, excting future plans and why their fans are the best!

We hope you realized that there were some AWESOME songs to download from the December 2012 issue of RockRevolt™ Magazine. You didn’t know?!?!? Well, then, let us remind you where you missed out. Click on the image of the page that contained those download gems, and simply click on the download keys.

The Memorial Show to honor Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker was held last night and a lot of surprise special guests turned up to pay homage.

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood married his girlfriend Sally Humphreys (31 years younger) in London last night, with Rod Stewart serving as best man.

The Lost Prophets issued a statement in response to yesterday’s news that their singer has appeared before a court facing charges relating to child sex offences.

Cheap Trick helped the boys of Aerosmith take over the Bridgestone Center in Nashville, TN on 12/13/2012 and RockRevolt Magazine was there to capture it all in amazing live pics!

The boys of Aerosmith took over the Bridgestone Center in Nashville, TN on 12/13/2012 and RockRevolt Magazine was there to capture it all in amazing live pics!