411 Mania — This week it's Groove Metal or Dumbass Douchebag Pussy Wannabe Metal (whichever you prefer) in the 3Ls with the second week's fixtures in the World Cup of Metal (who wins, you decide!) including a featured match between Sepultura and Celtic Frost. more info

Thrash Hits — Yeah, that’s right. The latest flabbergastingly casual observation by the Thrash Hits team is that Phil Demmel of Machine Head has got a MASSIVE head. As in, he’s not an arrogant, egotistical wanker (quite the opposite, in fact) – he is simply ... more info

Dlisted — On Howard Stern's Sirius show yesterday, Courtney Love confessed that she fucked Gavin Rossdale on the regular while he was with Gwen Stefani. Courtney told Howard that Gwen knows all about it. So basically, Courtney is saying that Gwen is in fa... more info

411 Mania — Skindred, Rammstein, Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Machine Head, Five Finger Death Punch, Steel Panther, DevilDriver and more pull in UK Golden God noms... more info

ContactMusic — Heavy rockers MACHINE HEAD will never play another show in San Diego, California - they've "fired" the city because concert audiences there are too boring.Frontman Robb... more info

Thrash Hits — …then you could do a whole shit less well than coming down to Brixton anyway, as the cosmic riff rumble of Invasion will be playing a free show just up the road at The Rest Is Noise. Actually, even if you’re one of the poor multitude that isn�... more info

Metalsucks — Remember that video last year of Machine Head’s Robb Flynn hanging out in the crowd during a Metallica show, screaming along to “Master of Puppets” with some just regular, average, every day Joe Metallica Fans? And how that made it seem like Fl... more info

Live Daily — Following a European outing supporting Machine Head, metal rockers Bleeding Through [ tickets ] will hit the road stateside for a month-long trek ahead of their forthcoming self-titled album. The spring run begins April 9 in San Diego and crisscro... more info

Altsounds — Scotland’s **MAN MUST DIE **will join MACHINE HEAD and HATEBREED for the UK leg of the ‘Black Procession Tour’ starting in mid-February. A listing of tour dates and cities can be found below. **MAN MUST DIE** are c... more info

Metalsucks — Disney has been canceling metal shows scheduled to take place on their property since 2007, apparently because they don’t like the riff-raff that comes with said shows. And I don’t exactly blame them, I guess – I mean, I wouldn’t want a bunch... more info