Metal Injection — Machine Head played a secret show at Kings College in London last night, under their cover band moniker Ten Ton Hammer. They played some sweet covers as they usually do, and surprise!, somebody taped it and uploaded it to Youtube. While the band play... more info

411 Mania — Will a Watch the Throne sequel be as successful as the first? Is Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast the best British album of the past 60 years? Are we excited for a new Eminem album? 411's Mikey MiGo and Dimitri Dorlis answer these questions and ... more info

Guardian Music — 1991: The first metal chart-topper wasn't vintage Maiden, but the power of a devoted fanbase propelled it to No 1 in JanuaryWould you believe this was the first metal single to reach No 1, a feat that wouldn't be repeated until Limp Bizkit took Rolli... more info

ContactMusic — Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has called on the U K government to scrap tax for entrepreneurs who want to create jobs The rocker who is a licensed pilot has launched a new aircraft maintenance business and hopes to create hundreds of jobs at C... more info

ContactMusic — Drug addiction drama Trainspotting and heavy metal stars Iron Maiden have topped a poll to find the cultural highlights of Queen Elizabeth Iis reign Danny Boyles 1996 film starring Ewan MCGregor as a heroin addict was voted the best British movie rel... more info

Gigwise — HMV customers name 'The Number Of The Beast' top in Jubilee poll more info

Metal Injection — Ryan Adams may not be in a metal band, he's in fact an acoustic guitar wielder, but he is clearly a metalhead. He loves his Iron Maiden, as evidenced by this incredible cover of "Wasted Years" and as the video after the jump shows, he loves his ... more info

Metalsucks — Not-at-all-metal musician Ryan Adams’ love of extreme music is not news, and the dude has already covered Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years” and Alice in Chains’ “Down in a Hole.” Now Metal Insider tells me that Adams has been doing an acou... more info

Metal Injection — Two days, two separate cake posts. MetalSucks got another sweet surprise in their inbox with the above Iron Maiden cake. To be fair, the creator of this cake owns a dessert company, and excuse me while I spend the next few minutes browsing. Want more... more info

Metalsucks — This whole metal cake thing is admittedly getting pretty out of hand. When we saw our very first Immortal cake we thought it was a novelty… then you folks sent in pics of not one but two additional Immortal cakes, an Iron Maiden cake, and a ridicu... more info