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A Sound of Thunder Draw on Sabbath for Inspiration on 'The Day I Die'

noisecreep.com After getting tired of just playing other people's songs in a cover band, guitarist Josh Schwartz and drummer Chris Haren formed A Sound of Thunder. After over a year of numerous line-up changes and false starts … view details

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Anthrax's Frank Bello Leaves Tour, Joey Vera of Armored Saint Filling In

noisecreep.com Anthrax bassist Frank Bello is following his uncle and partner in the band's rhythm section, drummer Charlie Benante, and leaving the band's current tour in order to spend time with family during its current crisis … view details

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DragonForce 'The Power Within': New Vocalist to Make Album Debut

noisecreep.com DragonForce have revealed details of their forthcoming new album. Entitled 'The Power Within,'this 10-track collection marks the band's fifth studio album and its first with new singer Marc Hudson behind the microphone … view details

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Drummer Bill Ward Threatens to Quit Black Sabbath

rollingstone.com The Black Sabbath reunion has hit another speed bump. Last month Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi announced that he was diagnosed with lymphoma, forcing to band to move their recording sessions to London and reportedly … view details

Lou Reed Announces

pitchfork.com Just when you thought it was safe to leave the house... Lou "Solo Version of Metallica" Reed, who joined Metallica to engage in 2011's greatest act of trolling with the execrable Lulu, has announced a European … view details ,

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'Metal Evolution': Sneak Peek of 'Progressive Metal' Episode (VIDEO)

noisecreep.com There's always been a dichotomy to heavy metal. While the music is supposed to be hard and fast and primal enough for beer-drinking dudes in parking lots to understand, it's often technical and ponderous -- progressive … view details

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Rush Day 2-2-12: Metal Historian Jeff Wagner on the Canadian Legends

noisecreep.com Jeff is most recently known for his book, 'Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal,' and with this column he expounds upon a variety of ideas and topics related to Mean Deviation and, in true deviant … view details

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Slipknot's Corey Taylor reveals more about his collaboration with Dave Grohl

nme.com Singer says his hook-up with the Foo Fighters man is a 'really good tune' view details ,

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Rock on the Range 2012: Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Marilyn Manson to Headline

noisecreep.com This May will see the sixth edition of Rock on the Range, a massive hard rock and metal festival held annually at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The fest will go down May 18-20. view details ,

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Van Halen 'Beats Workin'': Song Clip Premiere

spinner.com Van Halen celebrates the release of 'A Different Kind of Truth,' their 12th studio album, with a 90-second teaser of 'Beats Workin',' a new track from the long-awaited collection. view details

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The Scorpions Raiding Archives Before Final Farewell

billboard.com Rudolf Schenker says we will not have heard the last of the Scorpions even after the German headbangers finally complete their farewell tour later this year or in early 2013. view details

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Imminent Sonic Destruction 'Driving Home' Song -- Exclusive Premiere

noisecreep.com Founded by Detroit-based guitarist/vocalist Tony Piccoli in the early '00s, Imminent Sonic Destruction's progressive-minded brand of songwriting brings to mind greats like Dream Theater and Queensryche, and the harder … view details ,