Metalsucks — Last week, Ozzy & Judas Priest were on trial for spreading suicide-inducing messages in their music.  How then were they able to escape liability for their actions? For simplicity, I’ll only refer to Ozzy’s trial. (For those of you i... more info

Metalsucks — On October 26, 1984, John McCollum killed himself after having listened to Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman, and Speak of the Devil.  While playing the latter, McCollum put a gun to his temple and killed himself. Two years... more info

411 Mania — This week in Dan Haggerty’s ongoing look at the history of metal, the year is 1974 and we look at the beginnings of Rush and KISS. Plus we look at the debut albums from Rush, KISS, and Judas Priest. Plus we have classics from Budgie, Mont... more info

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

Starpulse — Motorhead star Lemmy and Judas Priest's Rob Halford are to be honored with top prizes at the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards in April. Ace of Spades singer Lemmy will be the 2010 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, while fellow Bri... 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

Altsounds — Sony Music are pleased to announce the imminent release of a limited deluxe expanded edition of Judas Priest’s seminal album, “British Steel”, on the 10th May 2010 “British Steel” was the sixth stu... more info

The Mirror — There seems to be an awards ceremony every week these days. more info

MTV.com News — MTV News guest correspondent snags interviews with Miley Cyrus, Fergie and other 'Shore'-loving stars.By Gil Kaufman Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi arrives at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images ... more info

Live Daily — Grammys were awarded in more than 100 categories during Sunday night's (1/31) ceremonies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A full list of the winners follows: Record of the Year "Use Somebody," Kings Of Leon. Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia,... more info