Heavy-Metal News

Next week's Rock Band downloadable content will consist a trio of triplets from heavy metal gods Judas Priest, supergroup The Dead Weather, and indie rockers Big Dipper.

Heavy metal veterans Judas Priest are on tour this summer celebrating the 30th anniversary of writing and recording their classic album, British Steel, which they will play in its entirety on stage for the very first time.

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Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill never crossed paths with Michael Jackson over the band's 40-year history but understands both the press coverage about the King Of Pop's death and outpouring of grief from his fans.

Official video footage of MANOWAR 's June 27, 2009 concert at the Metalway festival in Zaragoza, Spain can be viewed below.

IRON MAIDEN , MACHINE HEAD , STEVE VAI , STEEL PANTHER , DRAGONFORCE , SAXON , AMON AMARTH , DEVILDRIVER , FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and MALEFICE are among the artists who were interviewed by the Wrexham, Wales-based "Metalheadz" show at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards, which was held on June 15 at the IndigO2 venue in South London, England.

Fan-filmed video footage of Californian rockers TESLA performing the song "Hang Tough" at this year's Gods Of Metal festival on June 27, 2009 in Monza, Italy, can be viewed below.

Written by U.K rock journalist Greg Moffitt , the forthcoming book "The Heavy Metal Map Of Britain" will be a literary coast-to-coast tour exploring 40 years of Britain's rock and metal heritage a ' clubs, concert halls, studios, record shops and more.

Video footage of MASTODON 's performance at this year's Gods Of Metal festival, which was held June 27-28, 2009 in Monza, Italy, can be viewed below .

German metal queen Doro Pesch was one of the featured guests on this weekend's edition of "The Classic Metal Show" . The interview is now available for streaming in three parts below.

AMERICAN heavy metal band All Shall Perish will be performing at the Orange Box music venue in Yeovil on July 16.

Sky Saxon, lead singer and founder of the 1960s band the "Seeds," who had a Top 40 hit in 1967 with "Pushin' Too Hard," has died after a brief illness.

JUDAS PRIEST Singer On 'British Steel': 'It's An Important Record For The Genre Of Heavy Metal' - June 24, 2009 Greg Prato of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST .

Police warned that the public would be put at serious risk from violence if a gathering of 20,000 bikers goes ahead, as seven men were today sentenced to a total of 42 years for a "terrifying" riot in Birmingham airport last January between the Hells Angels and the Outlaws.

See more photos from Broadways at westword.com/slideshow . Havok, 12 p.m. This four-piece band sounded like classic Bay Area thrash, stuff reminiscent of Testament and Exodus with a splash of Anthrax.

David "Gus" Griesinger of Backstage Axxess recently conducted an interview with guitarist K.K. Downing of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST .

Reviewed by: themtalisgood , on june 19, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: Symphorce make a very immediate impression with a mix of rough riffs and melodies.

Jen Guyre of the Rhapsody Blog recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain .

IRON MAIDEN were awarded Best British Band at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards last night.

Sure, Maiden's Flight 666 feels like their 666th live DVD. Surprisingly, it's also one of their best.