Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — STONE SOUR, TRIVIUM and FOZZY are among the artists who have contributed cover versions of classic IRON MAIDEN songs to /b>Kerrang! magazine's highly anticipated sequel to the classic 2008 "Maiden Heaven" cover CD. The new CD, which is only availabl... more info

Metalsucks — Making love to the Devil's daughter! The post Ringworm Covering Venom is Your Patch-Sewing Song of the Day appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We mentioned last week that the stellar Cleveland metalcore outfit Ringworm have a new album called Snake Church on the way via Relapse. In the meantime, they've just shared a split EP with their jazzy avant-metal label-mates Brain Tentacles to ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Venom Inc., which is the version of Venom that features Mantas and Abaddon (but not Cronos), are touring again in 2016 with death metal beasts Necrophagia... Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — (Blackened)There aren’t many metal albums more influential than Metallica’s 1983 debut, Kill ’Em All. While it might not have invented thrash metal (comedy geordie Satanists Venom have a strong claim there), it certainly popularised the genre a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Don Rickles, comedy's "Merchant of Venom," is taking a seat to do his stand-up routine. Just shy of his 90th birthday and coping with physical afflictions that have limited his mobility, Rickles, who turned the act of insult into a high art and a cel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chad Wadsworth, Clair Taus, Dave Mead, Greg Giannukos, Jackie Young, Pooneh Ghana, Reagan Hackleman, & Roger Ho Future Islands / Big Freedia / L7 / Lauryn Hill / Off! @ FFF Fest 11/8/2015 We expected the worst, and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — While Cronos still leads his version of Venom, who will play FFF 2015 (their only US show of the year) and MDF 2016, fellow "classic era" members Mantas and Abaddon now have their own version of the band called... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest returns in 2015 from November 6-8 at Auditorium Shores, and as usual the lineup is amazing. There's Jane's Addiction (performing Ritual de lo habitual), Gogol Bordello (performing Gypsy Punks), The Dwarves (performing... more info

Stereogum — Fun Fun Fun Fest has announced the lineup for the 10th anniversary of the festival, which will be held at Auditorium Shores in Austin from 11/6-11/8. Headliners include Jane’s Addiction (who will be performing Ritual de lo habitual in full), D’An... more info