Kerrang! — Slipknot, The Prodigy and Korn have confirmed appearances at this year's Kerrang!-sponsored Download Festival. The three-day event, which takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14, will also see appearances from Motley Crue, Pendulum, Dra... more info

Kerrang! — Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and country singer Alison Krauss were celebrating last night (February 8) after picking up five awards at the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Plant and Krauss picked up Record Of The Year for their reworking of t... more info

Metal Injection — Hey, did you know the Grammy Awards were tonight? No, because you have you pubic hair and it isn't gray! Anyway, before the "big show" on CBS, the award for Best Metal Performance to (presumably) the only band they ever heard of: Metallica for t... more info

Metal Injection — Helloween - Paint a New World DragonForce - Strike of the Ninja Blind Guardian - Sacred Elvenking - Another Awful Hobs Tale Sirenia - Path to Decay Edenbridge - Paramount Powerglove - Red Wings Over Baron more info

Metal Injection — Helloween - Paint a New World DragonForce - Strike of the Ninja Blind Guardian - Sacred Elvenking - Another Awful Hobs Tale Sirenia - Path to Decay Edenbridge - Paramount Powerglove - Red Wings Over Baron more info

Pop Matters — Dear Herman Li, can you please grow a moustache? Love, PopMatters. more info

Kerrang! — Marilyn Manson and Slayer are being tipped to co-headline next year’s Rockstar Mayhem tour in the States. Florida metal upstarts Trivium will also be on the bill. This year’s tour included Slipknot, Disturbed, Machine Head and DragonF... more info

Metalsucks — Even now that Slayer are Grammy winners, I don’t think any metalhead really gives a flying fuck about the Grammys. But, what the fuck - here are this year’s nominees for “Best Metal Performance”: DragonForce, “Heroes Of Our Time” Judas... more info

New York Post — The power metal band DragonForce was virtually unknown before the release of "Guitar Hero 3," whose inclusion of their insanely paced "Through The Fire and Flames" made the band a US sensation. The song - the most difficult to play in the game's... more info

Roadrunner Records — So now that we are all big shit and signed the real negativity sets in and all the little dorks who sit in their parents house and jerk off all day come out to tell us how shitty we are. Which is my favorite part because we get good laughs!  They co... more info