Music

It's almost that time of year again. Summer is coming up and for metal heads like me that means one thing. Rockstars Mayhem Festival is just around the corner. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm excited for this years Mayhem Fest...

Many famous Rock and Metal bands have come out of Great Britain. My personal favorite is Iron Maiden. With the fast bass playing from Steve Harris and the amazing vocals from Bruce Dickinson, it's hard to compete.

After more than 10 years, local favorites, Melodic Grooves/Fiasco are per­form­ing a one night only reunion show at The Sea­sons Performance Hall this Friday, Feb­ru­ary 8th.  Another blast from the past, Stone­fly, (featuring UPAS frontman Rusty Forgey) will be joining in on the festivities as well...

Coming in at number 82 is Avenged Sevenfold with Buried Alive!

Red Hot Chili Peppers rocked Portland's Rose Garden this past Wednesday. The band is currently on tour supporting their new album I'm With You. RHCP (as what most fans call them) didn't disappoint either, playing new songs off of their current album; as well as classic hits that everyone has grown to love...

How do death metal singers warm up their voices? With vocal exercises, like every other singer - of course! This is Olle Ekman of the death metal band Volturyon from Sweden - where death metal lives. He's sounding good! Good thing he warmed up...

Yesterday on Facebook we asked you, The KATS Army, what Yakima needs more of. 100% open, 100% honest, no right or wrong answers; what would you like to see more of in Yakima. According to the poll, here are the top 5 things you said that Yakima needs more of in no particular order.

According to the frontman of Aerosmith and American Idol, Steven Tyler says that he may do this project and that project but Aerosmith is not a project it is his life!

Over the weekend, you probably heard about the shooting that went down in Arizona. If you didn’t, you must’ve slept through the weekend…or just awoke from that heroine-induced coma.

Slipknot star Corey Taylor has defended fans who illegally download songs from the internet, insisting no one wants to pay for “garbage” modern music. The record industry has been hit hard by illicit file-sharing, but rocker Taylor is convinced the practice is a response to bad music churned out by current chart-toppers.

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant talks about the behind-the-scenes reality of the band's 2007 reunion show in London, and why he won't be playing with his old bandmates again any time soon:

Picture by Getty ImagesDuff McKagan has added to his writing resume by launching a weekly column on ESPN.com. HIs first piece is titled "Why is that guy writing for ESPN," and in it he explains his connection to sports. McKagan says he has an interesting perspective because "I have played my music in most of our major league sports' venues (football stadiums, basketball and hockey a