Creed are back in action and back on mainstream US television. The reunited 90s rock giants performed their 1999 megahit Higher from Human Clay live on a recent GMA3 broadcast. The band's performance on the afternoon spin-off of Good Morning America, also featured them playing My Sacrifice from 2001's unstoppable juggernaut Weathered. The appearance was in support of their upcoming US arena tour.

Eora/Sydney-based punk rock quintet FANGZ have just revealed their frenetic single Wasting Time and its accompanying B-side Nothing To Lose'. The tracks arrive as the band hits the road with one of their biggest inspirations, Canadian hardcore legends, Cancer Bats.  It's the latest in an mpressive list of accomplishments for a band that very nearly didn't exist. As the band explains in this Maniacs exclusive feature, FANGZ was born out of a make-or-break moment for its founding members and required them to defy not only the notion of being 'too old' to 'make it' but overcome the bleak reality of being stranded at Heathrow Airport with their musical hopes and dreams in tatters.

Deftones are officially the metal band that people have sex to the most. 

A new study from ZipHealth revealed that the Californian alt-metal legends' are the third most popular artists to have sex to across all genres, trailing only megastars The Weeknd and Kanye West.

As the only metal act to appear in the top ten, Deftones were clearly the most frequently represented act in the genre space, with the next most reported metal acts in the story being Slipknot and System Of A Down.

Lamb of God have teamed up with Kublai Khan TX and Malevolence to release a new version of their Ashes of the Wake b-side stormer Another Nail For Your Coffin. The updated version of Another Nail In Your Coffin arrives accompanied by news that the band will be releasing a 20th anniversary re-issue Ashes Of The Wake featuring new mixes by HEALTH, Justin K Broadrick, Kublai Khan TX and Malevolence, alongside demo and live versions of the album's iconic songs.