Guardian Music — Donington Park, DerbyshireWhile there are many things Def Leppard can be criticised for, a lack of showmanship or sense of spectacle are not among them. A quarter of a century after they first played here in its Monsters of Rock guise, they made the ... more info

ContactMusic — Linkin Park closed the UK's Download rock festival last night (12. 06. 11). The 'Crawling' rockers ended the three day event which also saw performances from metal heavyweights including Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Alice Cooper, The Darkness, Def L... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For a brief moment -- sometime in early 2005 or so -- its seemed as if L.A.'s System of a Down was the most vital band in America. For a brief moment -- sometime in early 2005 or so -- its seemed as if L.A.'s System of a Down was the most vital band ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For a brief moment -- sometime in early 2005 or so -- its seemed as if L.A.'s System of a Down was the most vital band in America. Politically direct and aggressively weird, System of a Down's heavy metal activism... more info

Metalsucks — Well, if you don’t, here’s a hot tip: do not read the rest of this post. It ends badly for you. If you do, then, swell! ‘Cause guess what? Here’s the band playing “Toxicity.” Sure does sound like “Toxicity,” doesn’t it? So there’s... more info

Metal Injection — It might be out of the news cycle, but the issues in Japan after their traumatic earthquakes is still very serious. As a way to help out those in need, System of a Down have set up an auction page with tickets for each stop of their upcoming tour, as... more info

Altsounds — Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13's MURDERDOLLS picked up the hotly-contested 'Comeback of the Year' award last night at the Revolver Golden God Awards, held at the Nokia Theater in downtown LA. The band saw off serious big-gun competition from the lik... more info

Altsounds — The Isle of Wight Festival and Bestival will become the first festivals in the world to be broadcast live in 3D this summer, as Sky reveals its plans to become the single biggest broadcast partner of music festivals. In addition to Isle of Wight ... more info

Metal Injection — While a New York date for System Of A Down's 2011 reunion tour has yet to be announced, I am still super excited and hopefully that one will surface soon. Meanwhile, for the dates that have been announced, the band has set up a page where you ca... more info

Metalsucks — If you asked me to make some suggestions for bands Amon Amarth might want to consider covering, well, I don’t think it would ever occur to me include System of a Down on that list. I love both bands (in different ways, obviously), but when I think ... more info