Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — METALLICA has confirmed that King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND) will appear as a playable character in the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" game, due in stores this spring. more info

Kerrang! — Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Alice in Chains, Thin Lizzy and The Sword have been added to the bill the UK leg of the Sonisphere festival. These newly announced artists will be joining Metallica, Linkin Park, Lamb Of God and Mastodon at the fest,... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — According to The Welwyn & Hatfield Times, Seattle legends ALICE IN CHAINS and American industrial rockers NINE INCH NAILS are rumored to be playing alongside METALLICA and LINKIN PARK at the inaugural Sonisphere bill at Knebworth House, U.K. more info

NME — Metallica have launched a competition that will see four fans win the chance to meet the band. more info

Thrash Hits — Anyone in the UK who bought a copy of Metallica’s latest opus, Death Magnetic could win the chance of meeting and walking onstage with Metallica and watching the first two songs in the pit. All you have to do is insert your copy of the album into y... more info

The Telegraph — Ahead of their UK tour Metallica talk about recovering from a band breakdown and rediscovering their heavy side. more info

Kerrang! — Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister has struck out at toy manufacturers who created a series of action figures of the legenday frontman after discovering the dolls are missing essential parts. "I said to the guy who made them, 'Are you gonna put a d... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — This coming summer, ECW Press will issue the 300-page book "Rick Rubin: in the Studio" by biographer Jake Brown. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Atlanta-based hard rock behemoths MASTODON recently shot a video for the song "Divinations" with director Roboshobo (a.k.a. more info

Idolator — The text-heavy Guitar Hero: Metallica box art is out, and it features a big fat booboo: Someone left a last "Y" out of Lynyrd Skynyrd's name! Sure, we've all misspelled Linyrd Skynyrd in our day, but it's not that hard: wherever you would put a nor... more info