Guardian Music — BBC4 documentary Heavy Metal Britannia offers an affectionate look back to a time when the leather-clad likes of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Saxon became Top Of The Pops regulars. But what forces forged the unique alloy that is British metal?"Metal... more info

Metalsucks — Phew! There’s been a lot of news about some great bands’ new releases these past few days. Here’s a quick round-up: Deftones’ new album, Diamond Eyes, will be out May 18. I’m actually not that big a Deftones fan but I know Vince and a lot... more info

Metal Injection — Producer, mixer, and engineer extraordinaire Kevin Shirley has just confirmed that the musical portion of the new Iron Maiden album has been finished.  Shirley, who manned the helms for the band’s most recent film outing, Flight 666, in add... more info

Guardian Music — If Darth Vader was in a band, then this would be his chosen instrumentWhat is it? In our previous column, we looked at synthesisers that pretend to be guitars. Now we take a look at the keytar's evil 1980s twin-synthesisers pretending to be guitars. ... more info

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Metal Injection — I have seen my share of awkward interviews but this one might just take the cake. Just in case you don't know who the chupacabra in the middle is, it's Snookie from MTV's latest excuse not to play music videos, Jersey Shore. Somebody a... more info

ContactMusic — Pop group THE BACKSTREET BOYS have sparked outrage among heavy metal fans in India after it was announced they will follow IRON MAIDEN as a headliner for the upcoming Rock... more info

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Metalsucks — Mike Shitnoda, the ugly Backstreet Boy wannabe who raps for Suckin Suck, recently gave an interview to MTV discussing the band’s follow-up to their last album, Farting Right in Iron Maiden’s Eye Socket. Here are two statements Shitnoda made durin... more info