Rolling Stone — A night after Carlos Santana delivered "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Game Two of the NBA Finals in Oakland, two more Bay Area music legends, Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, were recruited to perform the national anthem before Game Fo... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Danish/American rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have announced a massive North American tour kicking off at Rise Above Fest in Bangor, Maine and including an appearance with METALLICA and AVENGED SEVENFOLD at the first-ever rock show in the brand new U.S. B... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — METALLICA's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett will perform the U.S. national anthem before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins Monday night (June 6) at SAP Center in San Jose, Califorinia. Says METALLICA... more info

Metalsucks — Good old American ingenuity. The post Someone Made Custom Metallica License Plates Out of Paper appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame will host a "SoundExchange Influencers" series interview with ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell and 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Glenn Hughes of DEEP PURPLE on June 2 at 7 p.m. The "Influencers" series brings... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity will release the critically acclaimed debut album by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE on limited-edition Hybrid SACD. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's first album is a mix of punk, metal, hardcore and politically resonate rap.... more info

411 Mania — It may not release until next year... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Drummer Mike Wengren of DISTURBED joined SIXX:A.M. on stage on May 29 at the River City Rockfest in San Antonio, Texas to perform the SIXX:A.M. song "Life Is Beautiful". Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below (courtesy of Chris Ramon). The first... more info

NME — Lars Ulrich is being very cagey about the release date, though more info

Rolling Stone — Vance Joy, born James Keogh, has seen his star as an indie folk singer-songwriter steadily rise. His 2013 single "Riptide" stayed on the charts in his home country of Australia for over 100 weeks and he nabbed a prime spot as an opener on Taylor S... more info