411 Mania — News and thoughts on Chris Brown showing off his heavy metal sensibilities, Dave Mustaine taking shots at Ted Turner over a comment about troop suicide, a Def Leppard guitarist raising money for charity, Metallica selling neckties and more! more info

Consequence of Sound — Ride the lightning. more info

Starpulse — Following the lead of 1991's Metallica, Megadeth traded in their lengthy, progressive compositions for streamlined, tightly written and played songs more conducive to radio and MTV airplay in 1992'... more info

Metalsucks — I'm totally kidding, they're expensive as fuck. more info

Metal Injection — I've been doing a lot of online window shopping the last few days, to help prepare our heavy metal holiday gift guide and some of the things I stumbled upon were ridiculous… Like these ties Metallica are hocking for $50 a piece. Metallica is c... more info

Metal Injection — Ever since quitting Metallica twelve years ago, Jason Newstead has kept a relatively low profile. Sure, he helped out with some bass duties for Voivod and Ozzy Osbourne, but that was temporary. He popped up a year ago with a band called Papa Wheelie ... more info

Metal Injection — Metal Blade Records is celebrating a landmark anniversary this year, with 30 years in the business. In the wake of another label collapsing, this is surely a sign that despite some hiccups, metal is as strong as ever. Recently, Fuse spoke with label ... more info

Metal Injection — They start them young with the black metal. Here is a band comprised mostly of 13 year olds playing "Freezing Moon" the classic black metal track by the legendary Mayhem. See also: Band of 10 year olds cover Metallica [link] The post MAYHEM C... more info

ContactMusic — Soundgarden have become the latest rockers to land an exclusive footwear deal with Converse.Hot on the heels of deals with Metallica and Green Day,... more info

Metal Injection — It's the beginning of the week, and slowly things are returning to normal here in New York City, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Over the weekend, and today, a slew of new music and cool video clips have surfaced, so what better time than now fo... more info