Mercury News, California — Other highlights of festival's Day Two include the Kills, Explosions in the Sky. more info

Prefix — In honor of Deep Purple's Jon Lord, who passed away a month ago at the age of 71, ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/deep-purple-tribute-album-will-feature-the-flaming/67844/ more info

411 Mania — In honor of Jon Lord... more info

Metal Injection — A tip of the hat to my BroTallicas at MetalSucks for finding this amazing cover by Kendra Morris. You see, Ride The Lightning is my favorite Metallica album. Clearly, myself and Morris have that in common as she has covered the title track from the a... more info

Consequence of Sound — Re-Machined honors Deep Purple's Jon Lord. more info

Metalsucks — This is fucking sick.  I love unexpected covers, especially seminal songs re-imagined in different genres.  Buttery NYC songstress Kendra Morris is amazing in her own right, but this cover of Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning” is sure to get s... more info

Metalsucks — This video combines two of my favorite things: terrible metal covers and people falling down and hurting themselves. Make sure you hang in there until at least the :44 second mark. -AR Thanks: Kyle more info

Mercury News, California — Sigur Ros and Alabama Shakes are among five bands worth a look on Metallica day at Outside Lands in San Francisco. more info

Metalsucks — Later this month, Metallica will play two nights in Vancouver, with Predators director Nimrod Antal filming for the band’s upcoming 3D movie. And they’ve been warming up by playing a Chanukkah’s worth of nights in Mexico City, complete wit... more info

Metal Injection — On this day in 1963, James Hetfield was born. Many years later, he would become the frontman of the most iconic metal band around, Metallica. We salute you, Papa Het, and all your contributions to the heavy metal scene. Despite what you think of Meta... more info