Guardian Music — Guitarist denies singer's claim that he has reunited with Velvet Revolver, saying 'he's out of his mind'Scott Weiland has rejoined Velvet Revolver. Four years after he was sacked as their frontman, Weiland has announced that the musicians "put aside ... more info

ContactMusic — Stone Sour bassist Shawn Economaki has left the band The group fronted by Slipknot star Corey Taylor is currently working on a new album and guitarist James Root confirmed Economakis departure by posting photos from the studio showing them recording ... more info

Metal Injection — One of the biggest questions in metal right now is when is Slipknot going to put out new material. We know it will happen. Heck, we interviewed Clown a few months ago, and he told us so himself. Drummer Joey Jordison is writing new material. The band... more info

Gigwise — Band to head into the studio this year to work on new album, due 2013 more info

Starpulse — Heavy rockers Slipknot's DJ has revealed the band will return to the studio early next year to record their first album since the death of bassist Paul Gray. Several band members feared there woul... more info

ContactMusic — Heavy rockers Slipknots DJ has revealed the band will return to the studio early next year 13 to record their first album since the death of bassist Paul Gray Several band members feared there would be no future for the masked group following Grays 2... more info

411 Mania — According to Sid Wilson... more info

Chorus.fm — *Slipknot* (http://absolutepunk.net/slipknot) will enter the studio (http://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/63602) in early 2013 to record a new album. more info

411 Mania — The early 00's saw a new rise of metal heads thanks to bands like Slipknot and System of a Down. In this edition of The Savage Animal, Mikey MiGo tries to objectively figure out who are the kings of the scene. All of this, a rant on the Extreme Rules... more info

Metal Injection — Heavy MTL and Heavy TO have become the absolute killer Canadian festival shows of the year. I'm loving all of these megafests popping up on this side of the Atlantic and the bands listed for these sister fests are fucking astounding. Bands like ... more info