Ousted Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg will joinMetallica's Rob Trujillo, Suicidal Tendencies Mike Muir and Dean Pleasants and Velvet Revolver's Dave Kushner when Infectious Grooves hit Australia for a run of shows in March/April.

Only three heavy acts, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token and Australia's own Polaris made the Hottest 100 this year, but another just missed out

Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson has always been a bit of an outlaw in the classic metal sphere.
Still, on his new single Rain On The Graves, he has taken things in a direction arguably nobody saw coming, country metal. 

Alpha Wolf have unleashed a sonic battering ram in the form of 'Sucks 2 Suck', a brand new single featuring legendary rapper and actor Ice-T.

Northlane have dropped a massive collab with Winston McCall of Parkway Drive. The colossal metalcore anthem 'Miasma' is the lead single of the band's freshly announced EP 'Mirror's Edge' out on April 12.

Ahead of their Australian tour with Dream On, Dreamer and Sienna Skies, we caught up with Of Mice & Men drummer Valentino 'Tino' Arteaga for a discussion about their latest album Tether.  In the process, we discover a shared musical language drive, and desire for self-empowerment that is set to ensure the next era of Of Mice & Men will be one of untethered creativity.

A Floridian guitarist has played Deftones and System Of A Down songs while undergoing brain surgery. 

Coal Chamber and DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara believes that Pantera are "the best heavy metal band on earth". 

In the latest preview provided by 100 Warm Tunas only Sydney metalcore crew Polaris and Sheffield deathcore turned modern rock giants Bring Me The Horizon are the only heavy acts likely to make this year's Hottest 100.

Green Day have unleashed their 14th studio album, 'Saviors'.