The news comes months after Sabbath announced a reunion of their original lineup, and 19 months after former singer Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer. In a statement the band say: "With the news that Tony has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time.

On Monday morning ATDI fans received the following tweet, "� ATTENTION ! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence THIS STATION IS �NOW�OPERATIONAL."

After she became convinced they were trying to kill her on Christmas Day, she's believed to have set fire to a bed covered in flammable glue then attempted to light a set of curtains in another room.

Court papers say Paz "was angry at her parents for trying to kill her, that they had planned to sodomise her and chop her up with the help of a neighbour."

In the January 19 edition of Rolling Stone, guitarist Kirk Hammett says the album will be the logical successor to "the black album" in the same way that Death Magnetic carried on the progressive song structures of 1988's �And Justice For All.

Hammett said, "This stuff we're coming up with is more groove-oriented, a heavier version of what we were doing in the early '90s."

Watts told BBC 6Music: "It would be lovely next year to do some shows because it will be 50 years. Ronnie plays, I still play, Mick sings, he can do it anyway, I think Keith is doing some records."

The songs were eventually rerecorded for White Blood Cells and De Stijl. The 1999 versions will be presented on White Stripes Outtakes, a 7-inch record in Vault Package #11, a set which will also include the third and final triple-album volume of the White Stripes' Singles Compilation on black, white and yellow vinyl, as well as a fold-out poster integrating with the previous albums and a solar-reactive color-changing Third Man Records T-shirt. Pre-orders for the set are open until January 31.

Blabbermouth.net reports that the project will include Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Chris Jericho (Fozzy) and Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters).

Loudwire reports that: The injury to Erna's left knee isn't new or recent. He actually sustained a sports injury a while back and only recently had the surgery to repair the problem.

'Graveyard of Empires' is the fourth full-length studio release, the second with vocalist Dan Chandler, and the first with new drummer Mike McClure.

Now that fans are only a few weeks away from having the new record in their (digital) hands, Hogarth is sharing his post-production thoughts.

Jesse has posted some cryptic messages on his Facebook over the past couple of days, which have led some fans to assume that he is hinting at a reunion with Killswitch Engage.

On Sunday he wrote, "I go where the spirit leads me." Then on Monday he wrote, "No matter insignificant it may seem in the moment, the smallest change can spark a revolution!" That got some juices flowing but he then posted, "stop trying to read Inbetween the lines of my posts. If I have something to say, I WILL say it. For the moment I have no comments on KSE." And a couple hours wrote "You know what reunion I excited for? At The Drive In !!!"

Smith says: "It was interesting doing this album, not least because we have quite different influences. It has a really fresh feel to it."

The song, "Bad Motivator," was unveiled on the band's Facebook page over the weekend, after earlier being sent out to fans who helped fund the album's recording costs. A video for the track will debut shortly on Metal Hammer UK.

Joining them fresh from his European tour with Loaded is the legendary metal bass player Duff McKagan at 1pm. Famed for his roles in Guns 'n' Roses and Velvet Revolver, Duff has had a busy year what with the tour, new album and a book.

Next is the virtuoso veteran bass player, Billy Sheehan will be signing at 3pm. He is responsible for shaping a whole new generation of bassists with his fret board pyrotechnics. Again he has had a busy year with a USA tour and new album with Mr. Big.

Then back at the Rotosound booth for another year will be Ratt's Warren DeMartini at 4pm.

In a new session with Access Hollywood, Tyler talked about the transition he made from rock star to TV star during Season 10 of Idol.

The acclaimed group will hit the road on March 3rd in Worcester, MA and will wrap up the trek on April 1st in Tempe, AZ.

The tour is now set to include the following additional stops: Mar. 16 at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco and Mar. 17 at Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside, Ca.

The first leg gets underway on January 17th in Austin, TX and features A Day To Remember and The Menzingers.

He says: "We were signed to Universal Records, but a company that big are always looking for the next radio smash. As soon as a new thing came along and caught their attention, we fell by the wayside. Roadrunner understand us for who we are and who we want to be."

In a posting on their Facebook page, the band wrote, "Friends, we regret to inform you that Tom Ardolino passed away today. Tom will be missed but his spirit lives on through those who were touched by him."

Singer Johnny Gioeli, drummer Mike Terrana , keyboard player Ferdy Doernberg , bass player Volker Krawczak and guitarist Axel Rudi Pell entered the studio in late November 2011 with Engineer and Co-Producer Charlie Bauerfeind, to record the album.

The band will kick off a national tour on January 12th at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln before heading to the West coast.

According to the Daily Express, the guardians of England's past, English Heritage, submitted a request to the government to have the club listed as a historic building. Their application describes the club as "the oldest continuously running (and surviving) live music venue in the capital."

There is a story about the inception of this song that proves it's really a small, strange world.

While we were in Los Angeles in 2009-10, during the end of our previous band, we were struggling and trying to find whatever work we could to get by while writing new music, rediscovering ourselves and figuring out what to do next. I ended up finding a job with an ex-attorney who had become a part time magician. His stage name is Fantastic Fig and he was 75 years old at the time, and he still maintained a small law office and would perform magic at as many parties as he could in the hope of finally achieving his lifelong dream of being a magician. His father had pushed him into law, he had become incredibly rich and successful during the 60s and 70s, lost it all in the 80s, recovered during the 90s and then realized being a magician was what he really wanted to do all along. He was good at it too�now he was scraping by on law while trying to chase the dream of magic. Anyway I digress...

While working at his office, I got a call from a man named Jack Hollywood. He told me his son had been incarcerated for murder but he insisted his son was innocent. He went on for around 10 minutes about the injustice of the situation, how he could not afford proper legal representation (my boss was struggling, therefore would work for very little or for media exposure), and assured me that this case would be a big deal in the media, his son would be vindicated and if my boss took on this case it would be a once in a lifetime win-win.

His son's name was Jesse James Hollywood.

Anyway, we pressed on for another few months, did some shows in LA, Vegas and Texas with some temporary Australian band members, but still playing our old songs under our old band name. Our mini tour came to an end, and we decided it was time to head home to regroup. It was around this time Rizz and I decided to become a duo. One night in Sydney we were watching a movie called 'Alpha Dog.' This movie was basically a true story about a small time LA drug dealer who - long story short - kidnaps a rival's younger brother. The dealer and his friends have no real intention of hurting him, and they even strike up some unlikely pseudo-friendships, but the longer they hold on to his young man, the more jail time they face if they let him go. Eventually, even though the young man pleads for his life, they make an ill-fated decision to kill him.

I found out after watching this movie, the drug dealer's name in real life is Jesse James Hollywood. It was the son of the man I had spoken to in Fantastic Fig's office.

This was too much of a twist of fate to ignore. We were inspired by the story, and the wider themes it generated�

Musically, Murder1 feels very much about LA. We were pretty fascinated by its heavy contradictions � glittering promise vs broken dreams, sunshine, beaches and palm trees vs poverty and inequality. It's a place where dreams and promises are often very different to reality. But we were also influenced by the beauty of old cinema, which was born in LA � hence the cinematic feel of the track.

Lyrically, the song also touches on a few themes�the first verse is all about promise � and how it can be deceptive. What you sign up for is not always what you get. It also ties into the dynamics of a dependent relationship, especially one in which you look up to the other person or people. This happens a lot in 'the biz' in LA, it happened in Alpha Dog, but obviously it just happens in life too. The person you need provides the promise, their promises may be true, they may not. Sometimes that kind of intensity can be a beautiful thing�.but it's a multi-faceted contradiction in the end, and it's always unclear.

From there, the song wrote itself. I've often found the song to be a bit of a strange contradiction, which maybe suits�but that's just my view�I can never tell!!