411 Mania — Plenty to catch up on: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax to play together. Avenged Sevenfold drummer passes away tragically. Soundgarden reunited?! "Malcolm in the Middle" star Muniz joins AZ band. Nine Inch Nails not so much on a break anymore. R... more info

Starpulse — Virginia police officials have released new information about a Metallica fan that went missing after the group's show in Charlottesville two months ago in the hope that the update will prompt new leads.[...] Read more! more info

411 Mania — Lars says his ears have been ringing since 1988... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963)[...] Read more! more info

Rolling Stone — It was the year 50 Cent had everyone sipping Bacardi in da club, Beyoncé was “Crazy in Love,” the Darkness’ falsetto soared on “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” Metallica unleashed St. Anger and a band called Fannypack managed to crack t... more info

Undercover, Australia — Metallica`s self-titled album aka `Black` album has sold just 3000 more units than Shania Twain`s `Come On Over` to become the biggest selling album of the SoundScan era. more info

Music for Robots — We'd like to take a second and welcome our new friends Because Sound Matters to our tiny little blogroll over there on the right. They're a new vinyl-only venture from the Warner Bros. family, offering reissues from all kinds of sick catalo... more info

MTV.com News — Stones concerts raked in $869 million in the 2000s, according to Billboard. By Gil Kaufman Madonna Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/ AFP/ Getty Images It should come as no surprise to anyone who saw one of their multiple massive tours that classic... more info

Here Comes The Flood — When all the shopping centers of the Western world are blasting good time Christmas the urge to put on a really fucking loud Bay Area trash metal album is, well, a bit childish, but perfectly understandable. Heathen split in 1993 and returned to f... more info

The 'big four' of thrash metal team up for quite possibly the loudest tour in living memory more info