Stone Temple Pilots Finish Recording New Album- Singer Wants Metal Declared A Religion- Hatebreed Illness Sidelines Tour- Tony Iommi Book Deal and more

Saxon vocalist Biff Byford is reportedly figure-heading a campaign to get heavy metal recognized as a religion in the UK. Byford has teamed up with Metal Hammer Magazine for a campaign urging British rock fans to adopt heavy metal as their religion ahead of the 2011 census. more

Hatebreed has announced the first three shows of the Black Procession tour with Machine Head (scheduled to take place in Stuttgart, Offenbach and Hamburg) have been postponed due to frontman Jamey Jasta falling ill more

Looks like Ozzy isn't the only Black Sabbath legend to pen his memoir Foundry Literary + Media cofounder Peter McGuigan has reportedly completed a six-figure North American rights deal, at auction, with Ben Schafer of Da Capo for Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell guitarist Tony Iommi's book "Iron Man", a memoir due out later this year. more

Freshkills entered the studio just before the holiday break to record their third album with drummer Jim Sclavunos of Bad Seeds/Grinderman fame producing. Jim is also responsible for producing the first Horrors and has earned an incredible reputation over the past 20 years drumming along Nick Cave in both the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. more

Crazed Hits is reporting the MySpace Records has logged off for good. more

Smashing Pumpkins have posted the second song from the ' Teardrop By Kaleidyscope ' project on their Myspace page. You can check out the track called "Widow Wake My Mind" here.

Metallica had this quick note about a change of venue: We recently became aware that the Fire Department has expressed some concerns about the safety of Estadio Zequinha in Porto Alegre, so as a precautionary measure our show scheduled there for January 28, 2010 has been moved to Parque Condor. more

Muse will be playing a show at Switzerland's Stade de Suisse on Wednesday 2nd June. more

Blink-182 posted on twitter that their fans have now raised $20k from the sale of the Blink Haiti shirt. You can get one here

Aborted, Rotten Sound, and The Red Chord will co-headline (the bands will rotate every night) a spring European tour. Those who Lie Beneath will serve as the opening act. more -

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