Metal News

MEGADETH is among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards , which will be held on Sunday, February 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL , the German/Italian melodic metal band led by drummer Michael Ehre , is working on material for its second album, to be released in October via Massacre Records and Hydrant Music .

Firefighters work to contain a blaze at Purity Zinc Metals plant in the Clarksville's Industrial Park.

Regina, Saskatchewan-based Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY have posted the third teaser containing studio and rehearsal footage of their new song "Fukushima" . The track was written about the Fukushima Daiichi, Japan nuclear disaster, a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns, and releases of radioactive materials at ... (more)

A coroner in southeast Ohio has changed the ruling in the 1972 death of a woman after her widower killed three relatives and himself last month in front of his cancer-stricken second wife - the first wife's sister.

Video footage of Italian heavy metal singer Fabio Lione performing a karaoke-style cover version of the QUEEN classic "The Show Must Go On" on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise - which set sail on January 23 aboard the Royal Caribbean Majesty Of The Seas from Miami, Florida to George Town, Cayman Islands and returned four days later - can be viewed ... (more)

A two-minute audio sample of "Indifferent" , a brand new song from ADRENALINE MOB - the band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy , SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen and guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando - can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

No injuries were reported in the blaze at Purity Zinc Metals, which is located in an industrial park off Interstate 24.

Black Stone Cherry burns a path to Capone's in Johnson City, Tenn., on Feb. 14. Bands Cavo and Rain open the show.

"American Idol" finalist James Durbin recently spoke to Revolver magazine about his love for heavy metal and his debut solo album, "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster" , which includes a guest appearance by Mick Mars of MOTLEY CRUE .

The final man who admitted his role in the murder of correctional officer Ronald Johnson receives his sentence today.

Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters, whown, are up against Atlanta metal visionaries Mastodon for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.

Heavy metal supergroup Adrenaline Mob has a new bassist. On Wednesday, the band announced that Disturbed bassist John Moyer has officially joined the group.

After a few years on ice, this hard-rock extravaganza has been thawed and revived by fest founder Dave Mustaine, whose Megadeth once again will helm the proceedings as it marks the release of its latest record, "Th1rt3en." Joining Megadeth on the bill is a tasty supporting lineup that includes the classic metal thunder of Motorhead, eclectic ... (more)

On January 12, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with vocalist Sven De Caluwe of Belgian death metalers ABORTED .

Death metal band finds new life with CD. Nephelium is playing Saturday at the 515 Concert Club to headline Carnage in Cambridge.

Metal Injection boarded the second edition of the 70,000 Tons Of Metal cruise this past January and has posted a recap of all the madness that happened on the high seas in a five-minute video clip, featuring footage of fans and bands and all the craziness that happened aboard the Majesty Of The Seas cruise ship.

The second video teaser for "Where Angels Fear" , the long-awaited fifth album from the Finnish female-fronted heavy rock outfit LULLACRY , can be seen below.

The Motley Crue musician staged a question and answer session with his Twitter fans on Tuesday since he couldn't speak.

Metal isn't supposed to be cheerful. Metal is supposed to be brootal . As a general rule, if it's not Van Halen's "Jump," it should not involve synthesizers.