ContactMusic — Anthrax star Scott Ian has confirmed his wife Pearl Aday's pregnancy in a letter to fans, explaining his absence from much of the group's summer (11) tour. The rocker will be sitting out of dates at the beginning of July (11) so he can be at home ... more info

Altsounds — ALESTORM have announced they will be appearing at Sonisphere 2011. They were announced along with Opeth, The Mars Volta, Killing Joke, The Black Dahlia Murder and more who join Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slipknot, Motorhead, Gallows an... more info

NME — Andreas Kisser will play July show with the rockers more info

Guardian Music — Metal mores and club techniques, MOR segments and a splash of dubstep - this is like having four bands in oneHometown: York. The lineup: Ben Bruce (guitar), Danny Worsnop (vocals), Cameron Liddell (guitar), Sam Bettley (bass), James Cassells (drums).... more info

Altsounds — THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have announced they will be appearing at Sonisphere 2011. They were announced along with Opeth, The Mars Volta, Killing Joke, Alestorm and more who join Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slipknot, Motorhead, Gallows an... more info

ContactMusic — Meat Loaf is set to become a grandfather - his daughter Pearl Aday is reportedly pregnant with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian's baby. Ian is so excited about becoming a dad, he has pulled out of dates on Anthrax's summer (11) tour in July, so he can ... more info

Metalsucks — Fans who read the headline might be hoping that this is another Elseworlds-style temporary supergroup-thing, like Gary Holt touring with Slayer or Doc Coyle touring with Lamb of God, but, alas, the above photo — taken at the 2005 Roadrunner United ... more info

Metalsucks — MetalSucks loses another intern to the sound of Joey Belladonna’s voice There are myriad differences between formerly-two-time-former Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna and Devin Townsend. For example: Townsend is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and a... more info

Metalsucks — About a month ago, I read a Noisecreep article announcing the impending release of SIN-atra, a metal-themed tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes that, the article told me, would feature ““members of Anthrax, Twisted Sister, Deep Purple, Queensryche, Warran... more info

Metal Injection — The Big 4 of thrash metal aren't done yet. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax recently announced that the package will be doing one and only one show in the US, titled the Big Four Festival in California but that doesn't mean they are ... more info