Guardian Music — Aditya Chakrabortty on the platoons' playlists on the Iraq frontlineCJ Grisham and his friends used to love Eminem – especially his song, Go To Sleep. "We'd blare that and we'd all scream the lyrics." An all-American ritual – except tha... more info

Guardian Music — The big-bearded music mogul is to provide the singer's new LP with some of the magic that he brought to albums by, er, Slayer, Metallica and SlipknotAdele's next album will reportedly be helmed by hard-rock producer Rick Rubin. The big-bearded music ... more info

Metal Injection — We really wish that MEGADETH's Rust In Peace tour was coming to major markets, like um New York! But alas, due to their contract for the American Carnage tour with SLAYER, they clearly have to stay far away from the markets that tour is hitting.... more info

Metalsucks — Here’s the poster for this summer’s Sweden Rock Festival. You tell me what’s wrong with this picture: Are people really like “Man, I can’t wait to see Slayer and Mastodon and Suicidal Tendencies… and Rick Springfield!”? Do we think the... more info

MTV.com News — 'I really like country music ... if I'm too hyped up, I like to chill out,' says the U.S. Olympic athlete.By James Montgomery Noelle Pikus-Pace Photo: MTV News VANCOUVER — As we've mentioned, most members of the U.S. Skeleton team are pr... more info

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Metalsucks — No one can fault Dave Mustaine for putting together a tour in lieu of the stillborn American Carnage trek. But as always the Megadeth frontman aims for maximum annoyance and as such his new tour is a brazen approximation of Carnage minus Slayer. As a... more info

Altsounds — Rise Records and Bleeding Through are pleased to announce"The Spring Breakdown Tour: 2010". Bleeding Through is one of the most important bands to take the mixture of metal and hardcore to international prominence in the last decade, touring with Sl... more info

Metalsucks — Australia’s Double Dragon have apparently been tearing shit up on their native island: they’ve played support slots for Slayer, Megadeth, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy, In Flames, The Haunted, The Black D... more info

The Playlist — This week, Mars Volta guitarist and co-leader Omar Rodríguez-López will find his new film "This Sentimental Engine Slayer" being premiered at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam.The film is written, directed, and produced by Rodrígu... more info