Chicago Tribune — Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax: These three titans are part of something called the “Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival,” which includes eight metal bands. The headliner is Slipknot, but Slayer (even with guitarist Jeff Hanneman sidelined, replac... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Three of the leading gear/technology companies for both musicians and consumers alike are returning with their successful "Metal Masters" clinic series... "Metal Masters 4" is bringing back some of the classic "Metal Masters" while adding a few new m... more info

Metalsucks — The results of yesterday’s matches: while Every Time I Die’s Andy Williams defeated Black Tusk’s Jonathan Athon by an incredibly narrow margin of less than a hundred votes (!!!), Slayer’s Kerry King just destroyed his Big Four peer, Scott Ia... more info

Metalsucks — Good news for music nerds in the tri-state area: on September 7, nearly a year to the day after Metal Masters 2, there will be a Metal Masters 4 at The Gramercy Theater in Manhattan. Down’s Phil Anselmo, Kerry King and Dave Lombardo from Slayer, S... more info

Metalsucks — Yesterday’s match-ups demonstrate that the competition is getting harder — while Bjorn Gelotte went down in flames to Lamb of God’s Chris Adler and Every Time I Die’s Andy Williams crushed Baroness’ John Baizley into yellow and green dust,... more info

Metal Injection — We have some killer snaps from the kickoff of the 5th annual Rockstar Mayhem Festival, featuring Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria. Check out the gallery right here. As always, you can keep up to date with all ou... more info

Metal Injection — Join Frank as he looks at all the bands playing this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival including Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, Upon A Burning Body, I The ... more info

Metal Injection — The fifth annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival kicked off this weekend in San Bernardin, CA and there is a lot of news to report from the weekend's events. First off, the fest drew it's biggest turn out ever at 26,105 which was 4,00... more info

Metalsucks — Randy Blythe has been released on bail, and he’s now a free man! No wait… actually not. Meanwhile the metal Twitterverse still has no shortage of things to say on the matter: Jeff Kendrick (DevilDriver): (update #2) Dez Fafara (Devildriver): Jer... more info

Metal Injection — Last week, I posted that Anthrax would be coming out with a covers EP later in September that would feature songs from the 70s. Apparently that actually isn't happening. Scott Ian told VH1 Classic Radio that Anthrax always records cover songs wh... more info