MTV.com News — The Rev died from combined effects of painkillers, anti-anxiety medication and alcohol.By Gil Kaufman Avenged Sevenfold's The Rev Photo: Brian Ach/ WireImage Six months after the shocking death of Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" S... more info

Metal Injection — By: Navjot Kaur Sobti Infusing all shades of rock into a “twisted” and “experimental” musical incarnation is a long-anticipated and newly embarked project – to feature Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt, as well as... more info

Metalsucks — I’m all for the divergent theory of evolution, which is to say it’s entirely possible that Madder Mortem had no idea they were basically ripping off Dream Theater’s debut album When Dream and Day Unite when they decided to name their new EP Whe... more info

ContactMusic — JUDE LAW hopes his Tony Award nomination will land him the dream theatre roles he craves before he's too old to play them.The actor won a mention for Best Performance by... more info

Metal Injection — On this edition of the Metal Injection Livecast we celebrate Noa's 67th birthday. We tried to get all the callers to sing Noa the Happy Birthday song. Mid-way through the show, we serenaded Noa with our own hxc version of the Happy Birthday song. Als... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers DREAM THEATER are nervous about their Friday night (12Mar10) concert in Chile - because they fear ongoing earthquakes in the country will prevent them getting back... more info

Altsounds — This week saw the release of GOD OF WAR: OF BLOOD AND METAL EP- the soundtrack to the long awaited 3rd instalment of the award winning video game series. The 6 track EP contains brand new, unreleased music inspired by the game from Roadrunner hea... more info

Live Daily — Before heading out on a European tour, metal icons Iron Maiden [ tickets ] will spend the summer traveling through North America in anticipation of their forthcoming release, "The Final Frontier." The road trip kicks off June 9 in Dallas, and cris... more info

411 Mania — "Up the f***ing irons!" more info

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