Yep, that's right. The two biggest names in popular metal are headlining a brand new festival at Knebworth in summer 2009. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — MTV2's Headbanger's Blog has uploaded an interview "Talking Metal" hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Guitar Hero: Metallica lead designer Alan Flores. more info

Thrash Hits — Well, we were the first to get wind of it back in November, and now here we are as the first to concrete-confirm it - Thrash Hits can exclusively confirm that Metallica are indeed booked to headline at a new two-day festival at Knebworth this July. T... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's January 15, 2009 concert at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. more info

Kerrang! — The Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences have unveiled the nominees for the 2009 Juno awards. The ceremony, which will be broadcast on Canada's CTV, will take place on Sunday march 29 live from General Motors Place in Vancouver, will see ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Video, MoviesSpinner.com: Since 2003, as they watched their country fall into insurgency, the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda struggled not only to stay together as a band, but to stay alive. After years of death threats and f... more info

Metal Injection — Headbangers Blog and Talking Metal teamed up to present the video piece below, which features an interview with one of the makers of the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game. Ever since the full tracklisting leaked, I have been really excited to play... more info

Pitchfork — Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival is obviously a big deal, and its organizers are probably better at scoring the biggest names than any other festival organizers in these United States. Last year, for instance, they landed Metallica and Kanye West and P... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Eric M. Townsend, word by Black Bubblegum Metallica played three NYC area shows in a row this past weekend, the final stops on their Death Magnetic US tour including Nassau Coliseum on 1/29 and a two night stay... more info

Perez Hilton — Spotted: Ryan Gosling's ex-girlfriend, Rachel McAdams, with her new boyfriend, Josh Lucas, Salma Hayek's ex, at the Metallica concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Saturday night. They were quite kissy and cuddly in public. Awww! more info