The Newsroom — America is facing some hard economic times, but Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix says that's the inspiration behind the band's latest record, 'Metamorphosis.' (May 25) more info

Live Daily — Though frontman Andy Hull pens the lyrics for Manchester Orchestra, the entire Atlanta-based band--vocalist/guitarist Hull, bassist Jonathan Corley, drummer Jeremiah Edmond, keyboardist Chris Freeman and guitarist Robert McDowell--collaborates on the... more info

Thrash Hits — Children Of Bodom frontman, Alexi Laiho has broken his shoulder whilst on tour with Lamb Of God in America. He fell out of his bunk on the tour bus. Broken shoulder or not, the crazy Finnish man is finishing the tour. Or Finnishing… sorry. The awar... more info

411 Mania — Kanye West works on controlling his ego, Brad Paisley causes temporary insanity, Papa Roach panders to the mainstream, Saliva takes a nosedive, Day26 comes up with the worst pick-up line yet and more. These biased reviews are proudly brought to you b... more info

Thrash Hits — Hammerfest happened this weekend. Thrash Hits top snapper Gary Wolstenholme trundled over to Prestatyn, Wales to reclaim his title as International Metal Photographer Extraordinaire and also to take some photos of some mad amounts of metallers. In a ... more info

Rock Sound — Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman tells Rock Sound about horrifying new album. more info

Thrash Hits — Having just released their sixth album, Metamorphosis, Papa Roach frontman, Jacoby Shaddix went on camera to talk about how the Californian rockers wanted to make “a bit more of a socially conscious record”. Apparently the eyelinered, mid-30s roc... more info

411 Mania — Jacoby Shaddix talks about the inspiration for their new single "Lifeline"... more info

Thrash Hits — Having been confirmed for Download Festival 2009, nu-metallers-turned-cock-rockers Papa Roach are most of the way through a UK tour promoting their sixth album, Metamorphosis. Our top snapper, Gary Wolstenholme caught them in Manchester this week to ... more info

JamBase — 311 UPLIFTER SET TO HIT JUNE 2 Spring and Summer Tour Dates Announced 311 311 is pleased to announce that their highly anticipated new album, Uplifter, will be released on June 2. Uplifter is the band's first studio record in three years and was ... more info