Metal Injection — Slipknot have just announced a massive arena headlining tour with Coheed and Cambria & Trivium. Slipknot and Coheed? Huh?? Is there really a cross-over audience? Or is it something like: "Hey, we both want to tour arenas, but probably can't sell... more info

Pop Matters — Trivium leaves its Metallica worship behind to strike out towards an uncertain -- but not entirely uninteresting -- future. more info

Altsounds — The Human Abstract, fresh from completing a U.S. tour with Trivium, and All That Remains is back on the road this time with Japanese metalheads Dir En Grey. The tour, which started last week in Orlando, Florida, wraps its ways around the country befo... more info

Altsounds — The Human Abstract, fresh from completing a U.S. tour with Trivium, and All That Remains is back on the road this time with Japanese metalheads Dir En Grey. The tour, which started last week in Orlando, Florida, wraps its ways around the country befo... more info

Kerrang! — Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher is currently in a London hospital suffering from pancreatitis. The guitarist was admitted on November 3 and was forced to miss European dates on the Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 tour with Slayer, Trivium and Amon Amarth... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band's... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band&#... more info

Thrash Hits — Mighty metallers Trivium have announced two more shows to accompany their Irish headlining shows in December at Dundee Fat Sams on 02 December 2008 and London Borderling on 09 December 2008. The Floridian quartet will have been on tour with Slayer, M... more info

Thrash Hits — Who said Slayer were old school? There seemed to be an Unholy curse on our technology! Our video camera chewed up our tape and our camera packed up halfway through. Hugh Platt still managed to remember some… With a beard so mighty it increases his... more info

Kerrang! — With the return of rock monsters AC/DC and Metallica, killer new albums from the likes of Slipknot, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium and DragonForce plus the emergence of hot new talent such as K! Awards winners Black Tide and Slaves To Gravity, 2008... more info