MTV.com News — Minty Fresh Beats pairs songs from Jay's Black Album and American Gangster with a host of Radiohead tracks.By James Montgomery Radiohead and Jay-Z Photo: Capitol/ Getty Images/ MTV News Perhaps Jay-Z should think about starting a new "mash... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's concerts in San Diego (Dec. more info

Undercover, Australia — 139,666,000 rock albums sold in the USA during the past year, fuelled in part by AC/DC, Metallica and Kid Rock. more info

Detroit Free Press — Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" was the year's fourth-best selling album, according to figures released today by Nielsen Soundscan, placing the Detroit star ahead of such personal heroes as AC/DC and Metallica. more info

MTV.com News — Kanye West, T.I., Katy Perry and other big names see holiday sales boosts.By James Montgomery Taylor Swift's Fearless Photo: Big Machine Records Taylor Swift is going to have a pretty excellent New Year's Eve (even though she'll be sharing... more info

Metallica: getting Slayer into Guitar Hero was a challengeArs Technica - 1 hour agoBy Ben Kuchera | Published: December 30, 2008 - 10:20AM CT Guitar Hero: Aerosmith proved to be an interesting rental, but the inability to move the songs to the other ... more info

Metalsucks — MetalSucks’ own Kip Wingerschmidt and the ballerina turned cock rawk supahstah from whom he takes his name have more in common than a mutual love of getting stone on Saturdays. Turns out they both think Lars Ulrich drinks donkey semen, too. Ulrich ... more info

Rolling Stone — Axl Rose and Guns n’ Roses are finally making an effort to promote the poorly selling Chinese Democracy, and oddly enough a member of Metallica might be hindering their plans: Is the album’s long-promised music video for the track “Better” be... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — According to Ars Technica, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has told Game Informer magazine that SLAYER's addition to the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game brought some headaches due to content. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock band Elbow have rounded off a breakthrough year with their album topping an annual "poll of polls" list.Their Nationwide Mercury Prize-winning record The Seldom Seen Kid came out top in the eighth such chart, which combines the choices of critic... more info