AC/DC Bring Some Rock To The Grammys

The performance featured the live debut of guitarist Stevie Young - nephew of Angus and retired founding member Malcolm Young - and the return of drummer Chris Slade to the lineup.

Slade revealed his return on Saturday: his status had been rumored for days as the band were forced to address the issue of troubled drummer Phil Rudd, who was arrested November 6 on multiple charges by New Zealand police - including possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis and threatening to kill.

Check out video of their performance here.

Korn and Slipknot Cover Beastie Boys Classic

For the first time ever, Slipknot and Korn joined forces on stage to cover Beastie Boys' smash hit _Sabotage _sold-out Wembley crowd. Mid-way through Korn's set, Clown, Jim, Chris, Sid and Corey rallied together to perform the classic Beastie Boys song "Sabotage".

Slipknot return to the UK to headline Download Festival in June. Tickets Slipknot's latest album .5: The Gray Chapter is out now on iTunes and Amazon.

Korn return to the UK on 16th July for a special 20th Anniversary show, where they will be playing the Korn album in full. Watch the "Sabotage" performance here.

Foo Fighters Austin City Limits Performance Goes Online

The program saw the Foos performing tracks from their latest album, "Sonic Highways", with the help of Gary Clark, Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan, who joined the band on the Fabulous Thunderbirds hit, "Tuff Enuff."

The band just wrapped up a tour of South America and will head to New Zealand and Australia for dates starting February 21. A summer North American run starts July 4 at Washington's RFK Stadium.

Watch the ACL appearance here.

Slash Rocks Conan

The former Guns N' Roses guitarist played "Bent To Fly", the second of 6 singles issued from the project, which landed Slash a US Top 10 debut upon its release last fall.

"World On Fire" entered the Billboard 200 at No. 10 with opening week sales of 29,000 copies. Slash's previous album, 2012's "Apocalyptic Love", debuted at No. 4 with 38,000 sold in its first week.

The rocker will play shows in Japan next week before heading to New Zealand and then Australia for the Soundwave Festival. Watch the Conan performance here.

Toto Release 'Orphan' Video

And although it will be their first studio outing since 2006's Falling In Between, keyboardist Steve Porcaro said the band are looking on the new material as the follow up to 1982's Toto IV.

He said: "This is opposite of going through the motions. We are treating this like it is Toto V. We just want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Be true to ourselves and make the best music we can. Entertain people which is what we were put on this Earth for."

The album is currently available to pre-order form iTunes and Amazon. The deluxe edition comes bundled with a bonus DVD containing a making-of documentary and a booklet featuring interviews and exclusive pictures. Watch the video here.

Enslaved Release 'Thurisaz Dreaming' Lyric Video

Speaking about the debut single from the extreme metallers' thirteenth full-length, guitarist Ivar Bj�rnson says "This great lyric video is certainly a good way to present the song and the album."

"Thurisaz Dreaming was the first song to be written for the album and kept the place as the natural opener for the album all the way throughout the entire making of the album. It leaps out of the speakers and grabs you by the throat - it's a song that makes you take a stand right there during the first seconds of the album: are you up for the journey?! Of course you are!"

Watch the video here.

Soilwork Release 'Live In The Heart Of Helsinki' Preview

Due March 16 via Nuclear Blast and available as a DVD/2CD and BluRay/2CD, the band's first live package features more than three hours of music and features, including two documentaries and drum cam videos for four tracks.

Soilwork were joined at the special show by Nightwish singer Floor Jansen and Sonic Syndicate's Nathan J Biggs. Speaking about the packaging, Soilwork's Bjorn 'Speed' Strid says: "Once again we collaborated with Mircea Gabriel Eftemie to create visuals that would perfectly capture the unique vibe of this very special evening.

"In The Heart Of Helsinki is somewhat of a testimony of our career and the live action shots are mixed with a blast from the past, including a collage of Soilwork memorabilia. I've always loved collages, especially on the inner sleeve of a vinyl."

Check out the video clip here.

Stryper Preview New Music

Sweet says about the sessions: "We're tracking Heaven right now and I believe that this album may very well be our best. Five days in and counting - everything sounds fabulous."

Sweet has confirmed the project will released later this year. The singer has also teamed up with ex-Dokken guitarist George Lynch in Sweet & Lynch along with former Megadeth bass player James LoMenzo and ex-Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy. The supergroup launched debut album Only To Rise last month. Read more and listen to the clip here.

Pain Of Salvation Release 'Falling Home' Video

Mainman Daniel Gildenlow says of the video: "I started last year with four months in the hospital, battling flesh eating bacteria, and somehow managed to bounce back to see myself playing Vegas dressed in a rabbit suit.

"It felt perfect to end the year knee-deep in snow on Iceland, shooting in a blizzard, with a dead coyote draped over my freezing shoulders. I mean, who would have guessed a few years back that it would turn out to be one of the more normal situations of my year?"

"We threw ourselves into this video, whole-heartedly and passionately, and I think anyone watching it will feel that." Watch the video here.

JJ Grey & Mofro Release 'Every Minute' Video

The label says of the follow-up to 2013's This River: "Ol' Glory contains 12 new songs that feature the deep, soulful blend of blues, rock, folk, funk, gospel, gritty R&B and personal, Southern-inspired narratives that have become synonymous with JJ Grey & Mofro.

"The material reflects two themes that run through their entire body of work - a strong sense of place, and finding happiness with where you are in life." The band kick off a European tour with an appearance at London's Islington Academy on March 18. Check out the new video here.

Robben Ford Previews New Album 'Into The Sun'

Ford reports: "The album is really upbeat. It has a positive, good-time feel." While his last two titles - 2014's A Day In Nashville and 2013's Bringing It Back Home - were regarded as returns to his roots, Into The Sun is more of a departure.

"The rule was to have no lid on things," says Ford. "I've worked very hard to master my craft as a musician and a songwriter - but other than relying on my strengths in those areas, I made sure there was room for new ideas and everything my collaborators brought to the music.

"When you're open to different concepts and approaches, the most beautiful things can happen." Watch the video here.

Five Finger Death Punch Star Jokes About Album and Song Titles

Hook tells Blairing Out: "I have all these funny things I'm dying to say. We've always thought about joke titles, like Five Finger Death Punch - Keep Your Receipt. Or, Not Our Best Work."

The joke extends to song titles, because the band aim to complete the music before frontman Ivan Moody writes words. "Ivan's sketching lyrics," says Hook. "But until they come together we name them anything, just so we can refer to it. So there's one I just finished called Pulled Pork. By the time it gets to radio it will not be Pulled Pork." Read more and watch the interview here.

Epica's Simone Simons Balancing Motherhood and Metal

Simons and husband, Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Paltai, welcomed son Vincent in October 2013 while Epica were in the studio recording their 6th album, 2014's The Quantum Enigma.

Simons tells Horns Up Rocks!: "When we did the demo recordings at my house together with Sascha Paeth, Joost van den Broek and Mark Jansen, I was sitting there with a huge belly, and my legs up. So that was all not very sexy and not very metal. But it was nice to kind of work on the new project.

"And making a new CD is also a little bit like giving birth to a baby. But, of course, you don't have to change it, nor breastfeed the CD. But definitely there are two great new things in my life. And the baby being, of course, the real lifechanger. But I think that The Quantum Enigma is going to be also a good change for Epica."

As a new mother, Simons was quick to maintain a healthy distance between her personal and work schedules, preferring to keep her son away from a life on the road - particularly at such an early age. Read more here.

Singled Out: Mumiy Troll's Vitamins

Vitamins song started out to be a classic example of songwriting journey.

It was like a puzzle game where you don't know where your next step will lead you. The concept started out when I was developing some intro ideas for my "ambient sound" side project, and at one point this cool electro-riff just kept sticking out during the process (but obviously it does not sound too ambient). Soon after, at rehearsals we came up with some strong guitar riffs which just happen to 'sit' there perfectly and from that moment it immediately evolved into almost "cyber-punk'-ish track where both worlds (electro and rock guitars) meet.

The next step was to write some lyrics. This process was rather a challenge for me because I usually tend to write lyrics and music together at the same time.

But never less with the combination of my love for Russian Symbolistic and Futuristic poetry of last centuries it gave me an idea to write about some apocalyptic night ride where you cannot run out of gas because you driving on some new kind of "super fuel"!

The interesting video concept came from when one our friend was showing off his 3D camera which he borrowed for a day and in 5 minutes we decided to shoot us performing this song, which back then was still in work progress and not even recorded, that's why some bits are out of sync in the video LOL.

Then during my Asian leg of tour I was introduced to young Chinese artist named Lu Yang. I became a big fan of her paintings (which were more like fictitious manuals of weird things; like synths played by mice etc) and at that time she was working on her Uterus-man "new breed of superhero" video installation. Suddenly it gave me an answer to who was the real character of this song and the pieces of the "Vitamins" jigsaw came together. With that all in mind I finished writing the song lyrics, we edited the video to the way it fits our live performance and got Lu Yang to combine the 3D elements with her work in progress.

The whole journey was one hell of a great ride because of the complicated process; where much of the actual song writing really depended on visual elements and that has never happened to me before.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you watch the video right here!

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