Guardian Music — The singer has enlisted the Jersey boys on his forthcoming album of duets, featuring new versions of classic Kinks songsRay Davies's forthcoming album of duets will feature Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. The Kinks singer is recording new version... more info

MTV.com News — Phish's Trey Anastasio, E Street Band guitarist 'Little' Steven Van Zandt will also honor this year's inductees.By Ryan J. Downey Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong — one ... more info

MTV.com News — Actor will appear on '48 Hours Mystery,' urging authorities to re-examine the trio's murder convictions.By Ryan J. Downey Johnny Depp Photo: Soul Brother/FilmMagic Johnny Depp added his name to the long list of celebrities and activists ca... more info

Thrash Hits — Van Canto Tribe Of Force Napalm Records 1 March 2010 by Tom Dare To say that Van Canto are set to divide opinions yet again would be somewhat akin to describing a Cannibal Corpse album sleeve as “a tad bloody” – in other words, an under... more info

Altsounds — Discotheque Wreck were formed in 2008 after a chance discussion between Matt Skeldon (Guitar) and Rich (Drums) – who set about writing some material from Matt’s Metallica and Wildheart’s background and Rich’s lo... more info

Metal Injection — This is pretty incredible. Former MI contributor, and current Invisible Oranges proprietor, Cosmo Lee has posted a really early METALLICA demo, the only known recording to feature both Dave Mustaine and Cliff Burton. If you are any sort of fan of thr... more info

Metalsucks — Cosmo Lee has really outdone himself this time. Invisible Oranges has Metallica’s two-song Megaforce demo – their first recording with Cliff Burton and their only one with Burton and Dave Mustaine – for free download. If you’re a metal dork �... more info

Guardian Music — The big-bearded music mogul is to provide the singer's new LP with some of the magic that he brought to albums by, er, Slayer, Metallica and SlipknotAdele's next album will reportedly be helmed by hard-rock producer Rick Rubin. The big-bearded music ... 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

Guardian Music — Singer Matt Bellamy accepts the award for single of the year with a cheeky dig at his band's former producerAcceptance speeches are often about as interesting as watching paint dry. Not at last night's Music Producers Guild (MPG) awards, however, whe... more info