MTV.com News — Ozzy mourns the passing of fellow Black Sabbath frontman, who died on Sunday.By James Montgomery Ronnie James Dio in 1988 Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage On Monday, Ozzy Osbourne released a statement praising the talents of the late Ronnie Jam... more info

Altsounds — UK metallers Panic Cell have announced a series of European tour dates/festivals for the summer including opening the main stage to Metallica, Alice in Chains, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and Mastodon at the Sonisphere festival in Prague CZ and a... more info

ContactMusic — SLAYER rocker TOM ARAYA is recovering well from back surgery which prompted the band to postpone their touring plans.The bassist began experiencing back pain on tour... more info

MTV.com News — Drummer salutes late Dio/ Black Sabbath/ Rainbow singer in long, heartfelt post on Metallica's website.By MTV News staff Ronnie James Dio Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage When an artist has a career as long and legendary as that of heavy metal ... more info

VH1 News — Members of Metallica, Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax and other metal acts remember the late metal idol Ronnie James Dio, who died Sunday at 67. more info

MTV.com News — Members of Metallica, Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, more mourn the vocalist, who died Sunday.By Ryan J. Downey  Ronnie James Dio Photo: Steve Thorne/ Getty Images Friends, disciples and fans throughout the heavy metal community are rememb... more info

Metalsucks — I’m not even gonna bother describing this; you’ll understand what this is about five seconds after you hit “play.” Thanks to MS Suckalo Kevin Boyce for sending it in! -AR more info

Metalsucks — In a way, Testament is like The Small Faces to Metallica’s Beatles and Slayer’s Rolling Stones: a band as virtuosic, productive, and creatively astute as their deified peers, but hamstrung by bad business breaks. Another factor is the absence of ... more info

Perez Hilton — Not a bad idea after that incident back in March when he fought with the police! Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon has checked in to the SOBA Recovery Center in Malibu to get treatment for his alcoholism. If you forgot the incident that ... more info

Metalsucks — When we got an email titled “Lots of Slayer T-shirts” with a link to a blog at indie music herald Vice, we fully expected to see lots of Slayer shirts on the other end of the click. What we didn’t expect was a virtual museum full of hundreds of... more info