Monsters and Critics — Metallica are set to headline new festival Sonisphere. more info

Kerrang! — Metallica and Linkin Park are set to headline a brand new festival at Knebworth House this summer. Sonisphere is a seven-date travelling festival which takes in shows in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland before closing with a weekend event... more info

Reuters — BERLIN (Reuters) - Metallica frontman James Hetfield is out to recreate some of the magic of the 1988 U.S. Monsters of Rock tour in Europe this year, with a seven-date sweep of the region ending at Knebworth in England. more info

Metal Injection — Hey, did you know the Grammy Awards were tonight? No, because you have you pubic hair and it isn't gray! Anyway, before the "big show" on CBS, the award for Best Metal Performance to (presumably) the only band they ever heard of: Metallica for t... more info

Stereogum — Welcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the promised performances there... more info

Idolator — Winners from the 2009 Grammy Awards, presented Sunday night in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder) Rap Album: Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter III" (Universal) Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John May... more info

Idolator — Winners from the 2009 Grammy Awards, presented Sunday night in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder) Rap Album: Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter III" (Universal) Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John M... more info

Thrash Hits — So it appears that our initial thoughts were correct and Sonisphere will hit seven countries - Holland, Germany, Spain, Catalunya, (that’s in Spain, isn’t it?) Sweden, Finland and, of course, England. It looks pretty ace! FYI, the 60,000 capacity... more info

Thrash Hits — We were having a look on last.fm and they’ve got an event with Metallica and Linkin Park headlining with Lamb Of God and Mastodon playing too. It is called Sonisphere and there’s only a bloody website link as well! There’s only a single splash ... more info

Buzzgrinder — Our friends in The Gauntlet have compiled a list of the top 10 most influential metal bands, which is actually a list of 11, which is actually a reference to Spinal Tap. Spoiler alert!: Sabbath is #1 and Metallica is in it. Also, there is no band fro... more info