Metal Injection — Slayer's Dave Lombardo is out doing a ton of press for his side project Philm, and naturally talk of Slayer and the Big 4 always comes out. Here's a recent question he was asked by Greece's Metal Path: So how has been touring with "Big... more info

Guardian Music — Going to Download this weekend? Here's our guide to the festival and how you can get involvedDownload festival celebrates its 10th year this weekend, with headliners the Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath performing alongside around 130 other acts,... more info

Chorus.fm — Legendary mastering engineer George Marino (http://sterling-sound.com/engineers/george-marino/) passed away today after a battle with lung cancer. Highlights of his career include Metallica's black album, Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, Stev... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Set is complete now, Metallica's performance yesterday Live @ Rock am Ring 2012... 480p quality... again... as soon as HD shows up over the next couple of days this will be replaced... stay tuned... Read more » more info

Topix — Music's 3R's 06.02.12: InstaBONER Posted by Nick Krenn on 06.02.2012 From Metallica being forced to keep touring for monetary reasons and Guns N' Roses' late Manchester performance to Rihanna's nude photo shoot, Jessica Simpson's baby pictures and mo... more info

Guardian Music — His dream was to meet Metallica's drummer, Lars Ulrich. But Tom Spicer has a rare form of autism and lives in a care home. So in 2009, his brother and sister packed his bags and set out with him on a road trip across America, capturing the journey in... more info

411 Mania — From Metallica being forced to keep touring for monetary reasons and Guns N' Roses' late Manchester performance to Rihanna's nude photo shoot, Jessica Simpson's baby pictures and more, 411's Nick Krenn breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridicul... more info

Metal Injection — If you really want to purchase the guitar tab book, FINE, you can get it here. [via Cattle Decap's Facebook] more info

ContactMusic — Metallica have 846 riffs ready for their next album The Enter Sandman group have been in the studio looking to record the follow up to 2008s Death Magnetic album and frontman James Hetfield was surprised by how much material he had record... more info

411 Mania — News and thoughts on Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne sequel being confirmed, Lupe Fiasco getting slammed by Pete Rock, Rihanna's naked perfume ads, Metallica claiming that they can't stop touring and more! more info