Primus Wonka Album Synced To The Classic Movie

The album was the first Primus record in 19 years to feature the original line-up of Claypool, drummer Tim 'Herb' Alexander and guitarist Larry Lalonde.

Alexander suffered a heart attack earlier this year but is back with the band after making a full recovery following surgery. Check out the fans made mash-up of the album and the classic film here.

The Top Christmas Metal Songs

Christmas Metal is still considered a novelty--because, well, Santa doesn't hold the power Satan does over metalheads--but it's far from a new thing. Classic tunes have been reinterpreted by some of metal's most respected forces, and many smaller bands have also tried to take a stab with their songs glorifying and (more often) lampooning the holiday.

If you're going to buy a tacky metal Christmas sweater, whether it's a Motohead one or that sad Foo Fighters Emperor ripoff, at least give these tunes a shot while you contemplate the purchase.

Halford - 'I Don't Care If It's Christmas Night': Not to let Snider hog all the Yuletide attention, Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford also gets in on the Christmas spirit with Winter Songs. While not all of the songs are about Christmas, plenty of them are. One of the silliest, and best, songs on the album is 'I Don't Care if it's Christmas Night." It's a mid-paced rocker, and its carefree party vibe owes a huge debt to one of Priest's biggest hits, 'Living After Midnight." He tries to get back to his lady but can't due to a variety of transportation problems. Considering Halford's been long out of the closet, it is a bit odd that he's talking about meeting his girl, but just go with it. If you're at the bar on Christmas day, put this on the jukebox.

Type O Negative - 'Red Water (Christmas Mourning)': For some people, Christmas can be a major drag. You may hate your family, and sometimes, you wish you didn't share their bloodline, especially when politics and relationships get brought up and you almost choke on your ham. But hey, at least you have your family, or some of it. Peter Steele, the most miserable man, tied in Christmas with the death of his father with Type O Negative's 'Red Water (Christmas Mourning)." While Type O usually sprinkled in a liberal dose of snark with their gloomy observations, this is all lamentation, no joy. He sees ghosts of the departed while drinking old scotch, and he can't drink away the pain. Actually, it's not completely devoid of Steele's wit, as he manages to work in 'Goddamn ye, merry gentlemen." Christmas bells can be faintly heard at one point, but they do little to raise spirits. According to Steele, who passed away in 2010 from an aortic aneurysm, this was the one Type O song he would never perform live. Even a guy who's posed for Playgirl had his limits.

Jesu - 'Christmas': You think Steele is bummed? Justin Broadrick really doesn't like Christmas. He dedicates his oh-so-bountiful spirit with his shoegaze-metal project Jesu on 'Christmas," from a 2010 EP of the same name. The music itself is pretty downtrodden, low rumbles reminiscent of his most famous project, Godflesh, and soft croons that highlight just how much he hates the holidays. This song focuses on the holiday's cyclical nature, how we get ourselves hyped up for the same march year after year. In the end, we cry and look at the snow and wonder where the time has gone. Pass the eggnog and make sure it's spiked like the grimmest black metal warrior's armbands--you'll need it after this song.

See what other songs made the list here.

Fan Assembling 1000 Member Foo Fighters Cover Band

As portrayed in a new online video, the locals of Cesena, Italy, are assembling a 1,000 person Foo Fighters cover band to record a version of their hit, "Learn to Fly."

Apparently the move is to impress the band, who are on the verge of launching a massive support effort of their recent Sonic Highways album in 2015. Ideally, Dave Grohl and company will be so enamored that they will make Cesena an impromptu tour stop.

Check out the promotional video for the attempt to woo Foo Fighters here.

Slipknot's Corey Taylor Not Worried About Film Role

Taylor tells Daily Dead: "Being surrounded by everyone from Robert Englund to Fiona Dourif, Thomas Dekker - you get handed a great cast. I didn't have any worries, I figured, 'Even If I suck, they will carry the film for me.'

"The script was great, my part was just creepy enough that I was like, 'All right, this could be fun.' I'm described as 'rapey' in the script so I grew a moustache and gave myself a really gnarly, weird haircut and played it for what it was worth." Read more here.

Foreigner Release 'Juke Box Hero' Live Video

The collection features most of "4" as well as some of the band's best-known hits recorded live the Borgata Hotel's Music Box theatre in Atlantic City in October.

"4" spent more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts than any artist in the history of Atlantic Records, including AC/DC, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, and went on to sell more than 9 million albums worldwide.

Foreigner previously debuted new versions of "Urgent" and "I Want To Know What Love Is" from the new collection. Watch the new video here.

Vinnie Paul Never Realized Pantera's Impact Until It Was Over

Paul tells 93X: "I never really sit down and think about it. I never really understood the impact that Pantera had on so many people back in the day until we were done doing Pantera.

"When you're in the moment and you're going full blast, you really don't think ever about things. I certainly don't about things from the past. I'm always looking forward to the future and where we're going next with things. And maybe some day I'll have a chance to sit down and relive it all and think about it all." Read more and stream the interview here.

Black Veil Brides Frontman Promises Band Will Not Sell Out

Frontman Andy Biersack says that won't happen. In an interview with Radio.com, Biersack explains that although "Goodbye Agony," from their new self-titled album, could be the band's most mass-appeal song to date, he had no false hopes of writing a cross-format smash.

"I don't think that we sat down with the intention of writing a song that had mass appeal," Biersack says. "To say this is our cross-over song�because to be fair, in 2014 that's kind of a fool's errand to say were going to write a cross-over song for a hard rock band. Sort of like saying you're going to be a rotary phone salesman and you're going to paint your phones red so people will buy them. The fact is that we are a rock and roll band, and sometimes that isn't the most popular thing in the world."

Ultimately, Biersack says, "you really want to write the best song you can write, 'cause at the end of the day the records are going to sell what they're going to sell."

Biersack says that he and his band are "very fortunate that we've had multiple top ten records, but by the same token none of us are becoming millionaires off it, and we're not getting that, 'Oh, this is that song of the decade' and 'This is the song everyone is going to dance to at their high school prom.' That's the intention, but it's just very unlikely."

Read more here.

The Who Recruit Joan Jett To Open North American Tour

Jett and the Who have history together, as she noted in a press statement. "After [her former band] the Runaways ended, the Who and [their then-manager] Bill Curbishley stepped up, and let me use their studio, Ramport," Jett said.

"That gave me the freedom to start my label, Blackheart Records. I've modeled my career and my company after their amazing organization. I'm so happy to be part of their 50th anniversary tour. No one personifies Rock and Roll Royalty more than the Who." Read more including the dates here.

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