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As Metallica gear up to record their 10th studio album, drummer Lars Ulrich reveals that the band is trying to find “wacky” new strategies for getting the music to the fans who want it.

John 5’s new solo album ‘God Told Me To’ is set to be released on May 8, and he recently took some time to divulge the meaning behind the album title as well as talking about his work history with both the legendary Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson.

Man and machine will collide to form a gnashing, gnawing tangle of cyber metal courtesy of Fear Factory on June 5. The long-running band will release the new album ‘The Industrialist’ on that very date in North America via Candlelight. It’s a 10-song opus with a running time that clocks in at just short of an hour, which gives the band enough time to get in, rattle your brain, force you to mosh an

Unfortunately, Motorhead have been forced to cancel their gig at tonight’s Gigantour show in Denver  because frontman Lemmy Kilmister has lost his voice.

In This Moment are heading into the studio to prep for their upcoming fourth album, as well as gearing up to hit the road this spring.

Slipknot are currently on tour in Australia with a million other awesome bands for the 2012 Soundwave Festival. Drummer Joey Jordison sat down with SoundwaveFestTV to speak about topics such as their love for Australian fans, their determination as a band and the death of bassist Paul Gray.

Dee Cernile, the guitarist for Canadian hard-rock band Sven Gali, passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, at the age of 46 after a battle with lung cancer.

When the 2012 Mayhem Festival lineup was announced, it seemed to be lacking one of the largely rumored bands, Motorhead. While Slipknot, Slayer, and Anthrax were on the official roster, Motorhead was not, much to the dismay of metal fans everywhere. However, the festival did hold out the promise that a special guest would be announced later on and it was speculated that it would probably be Motorh

In Flames‘ co-headlining tour with Trivium, featuring support from Veil of Maya and Kyng, recently wrapped up. But we had a chance to catch up with In Flames singer Anders Friden during the trek’s stop in New York to talk all about life on the road with these three bands.

Zakk Wylde can add author to his long list of accomplishments. The guitarist’s heavy metal handbook ‘Bringing Metal to the Children’ will land at book retailers on April 10 via William Morrow, which is a HarperCollins imprint. Wylde penned the book with the help of Eric Hendrikx. Despite the title, it’s not a book four youngins by any means.

Disturbed may be on a self-imposed hiatus for the time being, but that’s not keeping them out of record stores or out of our consciousness. The band will release a killer vinyl box set on April 21, which is Record Store Day.

Even though many of Black Sabbath ‘s reunion plans have fallen by the wayside in the wake of Tony Iommi’s Lymphoma diagnosis and Bill Ward’s contract dispute, singer Ozzy Osbourne’s wife Sharon says that Sabbath will perform one show on U.S. soil this year.