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Over the weekend, Motley Crue were joined by none other than Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix on their famous cover of  ‘Smokin’ in the Boys Room’ at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

Former Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch has been making his mark in music with his own band since 2009 and now the group will now go by the name Love & Death.

Metallica just officially announced that they will be headlining the 2012 Orion Music + More Festival. The two-day fest of rocking musical evenings will be held on June 23 and 24 in Atlantic City, N.J. Along with Metallica, who will be headlining both nights, bands featured on the eclectic lineup include Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse and Avenged Sevenfold.

Last week the 2012 Rock on the Range revealed it’s stacked lineup, including a who’s who of rock from Marilyn Manson to Rob Zombie to Shinedown, and a whole lot more in between.

Season 2 of ‘The Voice‘ premiered last night and another round of blind auditions takes places tonight. In case you don’t watch, performers sing while four coaches have their backs to them. If they like what they hear, they turn their chairs around and vie to get the prospective singer on their teams. While the show usually focuses on and caters to pop and country-leaning acts, we’ve learned that

Good news, Slayer fans: Your long wait for new music is almost over. The band has announced plans to head into the studio next month to start laying down tracks for their twelfth studio album, and first since 2009′s ‘World Painted Blood.’

As the drama surrounding the Black Sabbath reunion continues to spiral, original drummer Bill Ward has reached out to fans, thanking them for their support.

It’s been a rough couple of days for Anthrax, as the rhythm section has had to leave their current tour temporarily. Drummer Charlie Benante’s mother is terminally ill, and she just so happens to be bassist Frank Bello’s grandmother, so her son and grandson have put business on the backburner to be by her side, rightfully so. But it was also a rough couple of years for the band before popular voca

Much has been made about Motley Crue‘s Las Vegas residency, the first of its kind in Sin City. The residency launched last night (Feb. 3) at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It’s such a landmark series of events that the mayor was compelled to christened yesterday “Motley Crue Day” in the band’s honor. Most Crue fans would agree that Motley Crue Day should be an international holiday

Thrash titans Testament recently unveiled some in-depth info about their next studio album. Decibel had the chance to interview one of the biggest voices in metal, Testament’s Chuck Billy, about the band’s upcoming album ‘The Dark Roots of Earth’ and the lyrical concepts that will be found within.

Metallica are tantalizing fans with a new video clip that promises a big announcement from the band this coming Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 11AM PT. What can it be? Another collaborative album with Lou Reed? We don’t think so! Whatever it is, it seems to be geared toward a big concert announcement.

We reported yesterday (Feb. 2) that original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward posted a statement threatening to withdraw from the band’s reunion plans due to a what he deemed a series of “unsignable” contracts. Now, the rest of the band has announced that they will proceed with their reunion plans with or without Ward in the lineup.