Anne Erickson
Anne Erickson covers rock and metal as an editor and reporter at 95.9 The Rat, drawing on parallel work as a radio host and working musician. Her coverage centers on guitar-driven bands, tours and festivals, from Evanescence’s album and world tour campaigns to Metallica deep cuts and Måneskin’s Sanremo reunion. She writes straight news pieces and feature-style rundowns that track how established acts evolve, reconnect with fans and return to the stage.
Rock and metal news and tours
At 95.9 The Rat, Erickson’s recent work sits squarely in current rock and metal news, with stories that follow bands through album cycles, world tours and major announcements. Her coverage of Måneskin’s planned reunion performance at Sanremo 2027 focuses on the band’s first joint appearance since their break, framing it as a turning point in their timeline.
In a piece on Metallica’s deep cuts, she highlights lesser-known tracks that deserve attention, treating the band’s catalogue as a living body of work rather than a fixed set of hits. She also reports on incidents that matter to fans and the industry, such as Henderson police recovering Korn bassist’s entire stolen bass collection, tying law-enforcement developments back to the instrument-driven heart of the band.
Across these stories, she stays close to the news hook while foregrounding the artists and songs that define modern heavy music.
Festival lineups and live events
Live music and festivals are a recurring thread in Erickson’s coverage, where she tracks multi-artist lineups and what they signal for the rock calendar.
Her Louder Than Life lineup piece breaks out the 2026 roster, spotlighting which heavy acts are on the bill and how the festival continues to position itself in the hard rock and metal space. She pairs this with tour expansion stories, such as Evanescence adding dates around a new album, giving readers a clear picture of where and when major acts will be on the road. That focus on live events also shows up in her broader work, including stories about iconic bands adding dozens of new shows as they push toward milestone tour numbers.
The result is a file that treats festivals and tours as news beats of their own, not just promotional detail attached to album releases.
Classic bands, deep cuts and anniversaries
Erickson consistently returns to legacy acts, deep tracks and anniversaries, emphasizing the long arc of rock rather than only its newest releases. Her Metallica deep-cuts piece is structured around songs that “need to be heard,” inviting attention to parts of the catalogue that fall outside standard radio rotation. In a feature on movies enhanced by Metallica’s dark soundscapes, she links the band’s music to film, showing how heavy riffs and atmospherics translate beyond albums and into broader pop culture.
At Men’s Journal, her headlines include ’70s and ’80s rock bands announcing reunions with original members, new versions of classic albums decades after release and fresh editions of landmark records timed to 45- or 50-year milestones. She also writes about a ’70s rock icon rolling out a new EP and an iconic ’80s band marking a milestone surrounding their final studio album, keeping attention on how veterans continue to create and repackage music for new eras.
That combination of deep cuts, cinematic crossovers and anniversary coverage distinguishes her from more general music news writers who focus mainly on first-week releases and chart positions.
Work across music and entertainment outlets
Erickson’s music writing sits within a wider portfolio that spans rock-focused publications, broader entertainment titles and trending news desks. She holds bylines at outlets dedicated to classic and heavy music, including Ultimate Classic Rock, Loudwire and guitar-centered publications where she covers artists, instruments and genre history.
She also serves as a trending news writer for Men’s Journal, covering travel, sports and entertainment alongside rock stories, which gives her music pieces a strong sense of how bands and tours sit within wider pop culture. Her professional bio notes that she is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared across major national outlets, and that she interviews leading figures in both music and sports.
Those interview highlights include names such as Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan, reinforcing that she operates close to the core of the rock world she covers. In addition, she programs and manages a rock-focused audio outlet and continues to make her own music with the band Upon Wings, which keeps her close to the creative side of the scene she writes about.
Together, her multi-outlet footprint and dual role as journalist and musician give her coverage a consistent depth on band histories, live performance and the mechanics of heavy music.
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