Metal Injection — At ORION Fest, we asked members of Red Fang, The Sword, Black Tusk, The Black Dahlia Murder, Baroness, Charred Walls of the Damned, Kyng, Landmine Marathon, Thy Will Be Done and Don Jamison about what the most metal way to celebrate America's bir... more info

Metal Injection — At Orion Festival, we asked many of the bands to pick their favorite Metallica track. See what members of Red Fang, The Sword, Black Tusk, The Black Dahlia Murder, Baroness, Charred Walls of the Damned, Liturgy, Kyng, Landmine Marathon, Thy Will ... more info

Metalsucks — Metallica’s much ballyhooed Orion Music + More festival is finally here. The action starts tomorrow in beautiful, scenic Atlantic City, NJ. Shrug. I still maintain that the most interesting thing about this festival will be the non-metal bands. Su... more info

ContactMusic — Horror movie legend and Lord Of The Rings star Christopher Lee is celebrating his 90th birthday by releasing a second heavy metal album Charlemagne The Omens of Death will be the actors follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Charlemagne By The Sword A... more info

Metal Injection — Fuck yes! Right after their appearance at Metallica's "Orion Music & More Festival" on June 23, The Sword will be hitting the studio two days later to work on their next album, titled Apocryphon. Produced by J. Robbins (Clutch), this will be t... more info

Metalsucks — The Sword debuted a new song during a recent performance in Austin, TX, and like all songs by The Sword, it basically sounds exactly like Ozzy-era Sabbath. I don’t really have anything else to say about it; it’s just good to know that if Ozzy, ... more info

Metalsucks — By now you’ve no doubt heard about Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival, set to take place June 22 and 23 in Atlantic City, NJ. Today’s announcement that The Black Dahlia Murder will play, last week’s additions of Ghost and Charred Walls... more info

Chorus.fm — Razor & Tie Records has signed *The Sword* (http://www.swordofdoom.com/). The band will enter the studio in late June to record their fourth album, due out in the fall. more info

Guardian Music — Film songwriter known for Mary Poppins and The Jungle BookRobert B Sherman, who has died aged 86, was part of one of the most unusual songwriting teams of all time. He and his younger brother Richard may not be as well known as other pairs of compos... more info

Metalsucks — Just three days ago, I posted the first master list of all the metal-friendly acts that will heading to SXSW in Austin, Texas in just over a week. I also mentioned that the line-ups will change numerous times between then and the end of the conferen... more info