411 Mania — Metallica, Slayer and Slipknot featured in new Guitar Hero. Kid Rock info on date, collaborators for new album. How To Destroy Angels discusses future, free release. Stone Sour set to release free track. New Dimmu Borgir to feature over 100 musicians... more info

Altsounds — Melodic thrashers SERENITY DIES will release the Hacksawcracy EP on July 15, 2010. Taking inspiration from the likes of Megadeth and Metallica with a uniquely modern twist that emphasizes memorable songwriting, surgically precise riffing, and one ... more info

411 Mania — Band modeling new documentary and live set after Metallica's A Year and A Half In The Life... more info

411 Mania — This week, Metallica's first three records - Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets get the 3Ls treatment. more info

Metalsucks — Yeah, me neither. But MetalSucks Sucaklo “troe” sent us a link to the YouTube page of NAME – that stands for New Acoustic Metal Experiment – a metal-covering brass quartet consisting of students from the University of Northern Iowa, and, well... more info

411 Mania — From Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Pantera and Led Zeppelin to Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, The Beatles, and The Smiths, 411Music staffers rank the top 5 favorite bands they'd go back in time to see. Check out the full article to see which bands made the list ... more info

Unreality Music — This picture of James Hetfield from Metallica standing outside a shop with an Armani bag has been doing the rounds of the internet for a while now - I thought I'd share it here with you guys. ... more info

411 Mania — Death claims Ronnie James Dio and Paul Gray. Limp Bizkit cancels all summer dates. Track lists for Korn, Hellyeah, 36 Crazyfists, more. Disturbed, Stone Sour talk new albums. NIN releases new track. Papa Roach readies release. See Metallica, Slayer, ... more info

Gigwise — An 'X' on his right hand... more info

Metalsucks — Well, no, not really. The reliably hilarious Cracked sometimes holds these really excellent Photoshop contests; their latest asked readers to create rejected versions of famous album covers. A lot of the entries had nothing to do with metal, but a fe... more info