Acclaimed metal drummer Richard Christy (CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED, ICED EARTH, DEATH, LEASH LAW, CONTROL DENIED, BURNING INSIDE) — who currently works for “The Howard Stern Show” — married his longtime girlfriend Kristen Jenco Saturday night (Ju…

It’s been three years since VELVET REVOLVER parted ways with singer Scott Weiland, and time appears to have healed all wounds.

Legendary rockers Alice Cooper will release his hugely anticipated new album, “Welcome 2 My Nightmare”, later this year via Universal Music Group.

Canadian metallers CANCER BATS have commenced the songwriting process for their fourth album, tentatively due in 2012.

“The Silver Asylum”, a brand new song from Norwegian extreme metallers SWORN, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

Gothenburg, Sweden-based metallers AGE OF WOE will release their self-titled debut seven-inch single digitally this autumn via Pivotal Rockordings.

SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera’s son Zyon sat behind the drum kit for the band’s July 31 performance at the Lokerse festival in Lokeren, Belgium following the rumored recent departure of the group’s longtime drummer, Joe Nunez.

Replacement vocalist Chris Romero tells Sleaze Roxx, “The Lynch Mob tour was set to go and two hours before the guys were getting on the plane, Oni quit.”

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Bassist Terry Butler (DENIAL FIEND, DEATH, SIX FEET UNDER, MASSACRE) was interviewed earlier tonight (Sunday, July 31) by HeavyMetalBuzz.com’s The Vampyr.

A five-minute preview of the forthcoming concert DVD from THE SLEDGE/LEATHER PROJECT, the new band featuring former CHASTAIN singer Leather Leone, can be seen below.

Video footage of Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA performing earlier tonight (Sunday, July 31) at Le Vox in Toluon, France with guest drummer Amilcar Christófaro from TORTURE SQUAD can be seen below.