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In a recent interview with the self-proclaimed libertarian Alex Jones on Infowars.com, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine opened up about some of his past controversial political comments in addition to a wide array of topics from his thoughts on playing with Satanic bands and how it felt to play with Metallica again.

Metallica fans were able to get a sneak peak of Lars Ulrich‘s acting chops when he played a small role in 2010′s ‘Get Him to the Greek’ and on the big screen in Metallica’s 2004 documentary ‘Some Kind of Monster’ (both in which he played himself), but now the famed drummer is taking on a dramatic part in the new HBO film production ‘Hemingway and Gellhorn.’

Canadian metal band Kittie have seen their fair share of lineup changes throughout their career. The female rockers have continued putting out new music on a regular bases, but have not been able to revisit the success they achieved with their first disc ‘Spit’ in 1999, reaching Gold status.

  Female-fronted metal band In This Moment are working on a new album, their fourth for longtime label Century Media. The band premiered the new song ‘Blood‘ while onstage at the Soundwave Festival in Australia earlier this month. While Down Under, singer Maria Brink also shared key details about the material that the band has written for the new platter, which guitarist Chris Howorth revealed is

Pantera want you to help them make a video for ‘Piss,’ the lost (and found) track featured on the upcoming deluxe edition of ‘Vulgar Display of Power,’ which is set to drop on May 15.

Check these next gatherings off on your list of must-see metal festivals this year. System of a Down, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God and more awesome bands will be bringing the noise to the Heavy T.O. festival in Toronto and the Heavy MTL fest in Montreal.

Metallica are gearing up for some serious touring this year, including headlining their own Orion Music + More 2012 festival in Atlantic City, N.J. Now, the heavy metal legends have announced two shows taking place in Mexico along with a immense new stage setup.

Five Finger Death Punch continue to show their support for our nation’s armed forces by returning to the Middle East to perform a show for the troops.

Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (also known as Clown or #6) is gearing up to release an artistic photography book titled ‘The Apocalytic Nightmare Journey’ which is due out June 19 via MTV Books.

A new musical project has recently surfaced, which features tracks written by Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton and DevilDriver vocalist Dez Fafara. The duo, along with monster drummer Kevin Talley, have adopted the name Born of the Storm and have put the songs ‘Nowhere Fast’ and ‘Dust’ online for free download.

In a new video, Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis explains the significance behind the name of their latest album, the dubstep-infused ‘The Path of Totality.’

Metallica‘s Orion Music + More Festival seems to keep getting more and more interesting as time slowly approaches the two-day event. Having recently added more metal acts such as Sepultura and Suicidal Tendencies to the bill, Metallica frontman James Hetfield stepped it up once again by announcing that there will be a car and motorcycle show at the festival.