The cover art to Metallica's latest album 'Death Magnetic' cause a bit of controversy when it was revealed. Many people at the time commented that it "coffin" design looked astonishing like "a woman's sex". This hasn't been lost on the band and they address the issue on one of the bonus items on the group's new DVD 'Francais Pour Une Nuit' and that footage has of course been posted to YouTube. (Thanks to Josh R for sending the link and tip in) So was it intentional or not? Or was it really supposed to be somehow "spiritual"? Or is it all a weird coincidence? Find out hereWe told you yesterday that Miley Cyrus is remaking Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." But apparently Miley's "been in the studio with [Poison frontman Bret ]Michaels - along with other producers - putting her own spin on the '80s ballad... And rumor is that Michaels might even dust off his blue rose guitar to play on the track." more
Six Feet Under had this news for their Satan loving fans: "We are sorry to inform our fans who were planning to see us perform at Satans Convention in Germany we are forced to cancel due to the local promoter not responding to our communications, emails or phone calls by us or our booking agency. It is unfortunate but hopefully understandable. Our apologies."
Jay Reatard doesn't have the best time with angry audience members, and he had to fend off two angry dudes who attacked him during his show in Austin, Texas on Wednesday (Dec. 9) night. According to Austin 360, the show at Emo's was stopped 40 minutes in after two fans attacked Reatard after he announced he was performing the evening's final song. more
FMQB had this interesting bit of news: Activision has responded to No Doubt's lawsuit over the band's likenesses that are appearing in Band Hero. According to the Los Angeles Times, the company claims that No Doubt failed to request restrictions on the use of their images in the game. Activision also filed a counter-suit accusing the band of not living up to its promise to promote Band Hero. more
Apparently, it's never too early to circle dates on calendars when it pertains to the Warped Tour. The 2010 edition of the tour, which will be in its 16th year, has already announced its itinerary. more
Spin.com had this: Fall Out Boy is on indefinite hiatus, but drummer Andy Hurley is busier than ever! In addition to the Damned Things, his heavy metal band with members of Anthrax and Every Time I Die, the 29-year-old sticksman is working on another project: Burning Empires, a hardcore quintet featuring Stuart Ross, Ryan Morgan, and Kyle Johnson of Misery Signals, plus Matt Mixon, formerly of 7 Angels 7 Plagues. Wonder what they sound like? Want to know more? Go here
The Scorpions have confirmed a Russian live date in Moscow on their upcoming Get Your Sting And Blackout Scorpions World Tour 2010. more
Sonic Youth are set to begin work on their 17th studio album. The follow-up to this year's 'The Eternal', guitarist Lee Ranaldo has confirmed that they're "most probably going back into the studio next year," but did add that the band were still enjoying playing their current album live. more
Killswitch Engage and The Devil Wears Prada will tour the U.S. together next February and March. more
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry will guest on CBS-TV's "Late Show With David Letterman" on Friday, December 11 more
Legendary hardcore outfit Scream will be reuniting next Sunday, December 20, for a show at The Black Cat in their hometown of Washington, DC. The show will feature the band's original lineup of Pete and Franz Stahl, Kent Stax and Skeeter Thompson. more
Izzy Stradlin's new album 'Smoke' is now available at iTunes. Smoke features Izzy Stradlin, JT Longoria, Rick Richards, Taz Bentley and Timo Kaltio (who co-wrote "Seems to Me" and "Box") according to this report, which also has the artwork and tracklisting.
At the album release party for their debut "Up From Below" at LA's Roosevelt Hotel in July, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros raised money for the Gulu Widows Group of Uganda. The women used the band's donation to start a farm to sustain their community. They recently had their first harvest; to celebrate and show the band their appreciation they made this video in which they sing the band's song "Home." See for yourself here
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Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan are reportedly dating. Heckler's Spray observers, And now that you know this, the rest of your day will intermittently be punctuated by graphic visions of Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan having horrible mismatched sex. Merry Christmas! more
Greek progressive math-death metallers Tardive Dyskinesia completed their first video for the song "Triggering The Fear Reactor" included in their brand new album "The Sea of See Through Skins" released on October 12th via Coroner Records. The video is here
The Sword is currently "nearing completion of the writing process" for their third full-length. more
The initial lineup for the annual Belgian punk and hardcore festival Groezrock has been announced. This year will feature AFI, Pennywise, Agnostic Front, Bouncing Souls, Good Clean Fun, Strike Anywhere here -
