(Jam!) Kele Okereke fears he has been dropped as the frontman of Bloc Party after his bandmates held a session without him. "I hope I haven't been fired. I don't really know what's going on, because we haven't really spoken recently and I'm a bit too scared to ask." more

(superLOUD) Do you have singing talent but don't have a way to get to a major city? If you have a webcam, you can now audition for a vocal competition in the comfort of your own home. "Last Voice Standing" auditions will begin on October 1st. One of the judges will be Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess. more

(The 1st Five) New Found Glory are all over the place these days, first with a new song on KROQ and now with the Pop Punk's Not Dead 2k11 tour. The band will be joining Set Your Goals, The Wonder Years, Man Overboard and This Time Next Year as the newly announced headliners of this year's tour. more

(BW&BK) Nightwish, who recently announced their anxiously-awaited new album, Imaginaerum, will be released on November 30th in Finland and December 2nd in Europe, have confirmed January 10th, 2012 as the US release date. more

(FMQB) After a few slight delays, Jane's Addiction now will release their new album, The Great Escape Artist, on October 18. more

(Noisecreep) Move over, KISS coffins and condoms and cremation urns. Kiss [will once again] be immortalized as comic book heroes. The branding geniuses have partnered up with Archie Comics to launch a new, four-part, Kiss-centric series dubbed 'Archie Meets Kiss.' Forget the 'Phantom of the Park!' It's all about Archie, Archie, Archie! more

(FMQB) The video for up-and-coming electro-rock-pop duo Breathe Carolina's new single "Blackout" debuted on VEVO. The pair will release a new EP, Blackout: The Remixes, digitally next Tuesday, September 27. Watch the video here

(LG) Arsis will be touring as part of the "Frets of Fury Tour" this October with Firewind, White Wizzard, and Nightrage. And although the band will be performing some brand new material on the tour, guitarist/vocalist (and primary songwriter) Jim Malone will not be there. Find out why here

(superLOUD) Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump has premiered the music video of the lead single to his upcoming Soul Punk album. Called "This City," the tune also features a guest appearance by hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco. more

(BW&BK) Thin Lizzy's Bad Reputation will be reissued in the US on September 20th via Universal Music Enterprises. The reissue was previously released in the UK on June 27th along with other Thin Lizzy classics: Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) and Chinatown (1980). more

(superLOUD) Tracii's version of L.A. Guns has seen some line-up changes since its introduction in 2006. It began with original singer Paul Black, continued with Marty Casey (of Rockstar: INXS fame), and finally seemed to stabilize with the return of singer Jizzy Pearl in 2009. However, Pearl has announced today that he's left the band again. more

Lambgoat is reporting that Hatebreed has announced new dates admist the Five Finger Death Punch tour that kicks off later this month. Many of the new dates also feature All That Remains. more

(LG) PMtoday has confirmed their rumored break-up, issuing the terse pronouncement via their Facebook more

(Jam!) Crash Test Dummies have cancelled their fall tour dates due to frontman Brad Roberts' ongoing back problems. more

(PNO) Plow United will be releasing a retrospective entitled Sleepwalk: A Retrospective this weekend via Paper and Plastick in conjunction with their reunion performance at Riot Fest East more

(superLOUD) Sleaze Roxx reports that the early 90's rockers Bang Tango have a new album set to arrive on September 27th. Pistol Whipped In The Bible Belt will be the first album of new material from the guys since 2006 more

The NME reports the London Underground have banned promo posters for Lou Reed & Metallica's forthcoming album, "Lulu," from being displayed in stations.

"I don't think that just because I talk about emotional stuff that it's not motherf---er stuff. I'll stand next to the hardest f---ing heavy metal band on any stage in the world and take them down, alone, by myself," she said. "Gauntlet laid down, see who steps up. See who steps up!

Arcade Fire took home the $30,000.00 prizeThe other nine short list nominees were awarded $2000.00.

Burton died on tour in 1986 in a tour bus crash, three years after Mustaine had been kicked out of the band. He'd gone on to form Megadeth, and as his former colleagues looked for a new bassist their thoughts settled on Ellefson.

Sources yesterday said the drummer had launched a lawsuit against his former bandmates after his surprise decision to quit the prog metal outfit in 2010.

Now Ronald Beinstock, representing Dream Theater, tells Blabbermouth: "On or around April 27, 2011, Mr Portnoy filed a 'Notice With Summons'. This document is not a formal complaint. Further, the document was never served on any of the named defendants, rendering it moot.

Crahan who coined the phrase 'maggots' for the band's fans because of the way that he saw them feed from the band's energy now wants them to connect with him through art and poetry :

According to the Guardian, the show will tour internationally with the band performing Queen hits along with archive footage and celebrity appearances.

Stone Sour looks to join the ranks of bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Coheed and Cambria as they gear up to release a two-disc concept album.

Dark Adrenaline was produced by the acclaimed Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Bullet For My Valentine)

Skillet made the difficult jump from Christian rock to mainstream success with their 2009 album 'Awake' � selling over 800,000 copies. The band's current single, 'It's Not Me It's You', is the album's sixth and is currently sitting at #12 on the active rock charts.

Winds Of Plague will be joined on the trek by Chelsea Grin, As Blood Runs Black, For The Fallen Dreams, Upon A Burning Body, In The Midst Of Lions, Like Moths To Flames, and Volumes.

He explains: "We always to a limited deluxe because we do have a handful of people who want to have everything. A lot of people think the deluxe stuff is only a cash-grab, but in our opinion that's not the case. I only buy the $50 version of things from bands that I truly love and I really want to own.

A Beary Scary Movie will be featured as the headlining film of the day at this convention that exhibits the best independent horror films from around the world and boasts New England's largest gathering of horror and heavy metal fans.

The book is titled Waging Heavy Peace and is due out in the fall of 2012, according to Rolling Stone.

Puddle of Mudd initially began the path to their latest album with the intentions of it being a Puddle of Mudd album. As guitarist Paul Phillips told Billboard previously, it didn't quite work out like that.

The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by the renowned Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Pestilence, Hatesphere) at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark, and the artwork was once again created by the grotesquely-talented Justin Osbourn from Slasher Design.

The second leg of Kyuss Lives! dates will kick off mid-November, and in addition to Black Cobra, will feature The Sword as direct support.

The 7" is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies on Japanese-flag colored heavy-weight vinyl, and features tracks from both bands ("A.T.O.M.I.C." by Toxic Holocaust, "Destroy Tsunami's Power" by Midnight) exclusive to this release.

The split also features exclusive artwork by Daniel "Sawblade" Shaw (Toxic Holocaust, Insect Warfare, Coffins). All proceeds will go to the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster. The 7" can be ordered here.

Produced by singer Malcolm Guess, That Which Defines Us is a testament of dedication, taking over two years to record with the assistance of rock luminaries such as Sylvia Massey (Tool, System of a Down, Danzig), Ken Andrews (Failure, A Perfect Circle) and Michael Romanowski (Dredg).

I once heard that Eddie Vedder went into a vocal booth drunk and recorded what would become one of the biggest single on their record Vs. He just sang whatever came to mind.

When Nathan, our drummer, sent me a song he had been working on to see what I thought. Just for fun, I thought I would write a few melody lines and lyrics for him and basically adopted the same Vedder style. I just sang whatever came to mind. When I sent it back, Nathan was so excited he sent it to the rest of the guys. It was never supposed to go on the record because it was just something Nate and I were doing for fun. Turned out everyone was way into it and the label wanted us to put it on the record!