Van Halen has added 18 concerts to its highly successful 2012 North American tour. Sleaze Roxx Music News Headlines Related HeadlinesMore Dates Added to Deftones North American TourVan Halen Announces 2012 North American Tour And CD TitleBecoming The Archetype Reveals Initial Dates For North American TourNevermore Pulls Out Of North American Tour DatesRevocation Announces Dates [...] Read more...

Whoa! Metallica's Orion Music + More fest is really shaping up to be a can't miss event. Metallica promise to play Ride The Lightning in full one night and the Black Album the next. They also recently announced a stage exclusively with metal acts, and now even more bands have been added. Killer bands! Who, [...] Read more...

Once described as “downright unfuckwithable” by a Seattle newspaper, Dog Shredder is a three piece prog-metal act that is headed for awesomeness with “Brass Tactics”, a new 12″ being released today via Good To Die Records. And we’ve got it streaming right here! Multi-layered and tightly knit while simultaneously maintaining a level of spacey ambience [...] Read more...

Who says rappers can’t perform live? Check out Eminem’s stage presence at Coachella 2012 with Dr. Dre. Some metal bands should take note… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGjdFYv0RNk SMNnews.com Related HeadlinesKorn, Skrillex Perform ‘Blind’ at Coachella (Video)Korn, Skrillex Perform ‘Blind’ at Coachella (Video)Korn Perform With Skrillex At Coachella FestivalAt The Drive-In And Refused Reunite For CoachellaDid BLACK SABBATH Cancel [...] Read more...

Necrophagist drummer Romain Goulon has reached out to SMNnews to inform interested parties that he is available for studio or touring work. He’s quite good you know. Contact Romain Goulon at romaingoulon@laposte.net or head to romaingoulon.com for more info. Necrophagist Drummer Romain Goulon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tVauJHLESg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGL3SxHkMM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDt8PAXxbl0 SMNnews.com Related Headlines[COMIC] The New NECROPHAGIST Album Is Never [...] Read more...

So last night Pantera/Down frontman Phil Anselmo, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, Slayer guitarist Kerry King and more got together for the Jam To End All Jams at the Metal Masters event in Hollywood last night. The super-duper group played through Sabbath, Slayer and Pantera classics, and to be honest, [...] Read more...

Just like fine wine and food, music is best experienced when paired properly. White wine complements poultry or fish. Epic power-metallers Dragonforce, I’ve found, go best with video games. Street-Jammer told us how Immortal enhances Skyrim, but it seems to me that Dragonforce most enhances Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. (I have a lot [...] Read more...

It may be said that these days Gene Simmons is the brains behind KISS, but that wasn’t necessarily the case in the early days. Sleaze Roxx Music News Headlines Related HeadlinesVIDEO: KISS’ Gene Simmons Lets Rip On Axl RoseSharon Osbourne and KISS’ Gene Simmons Bury the Hatchet on ‘The Talk’Gene Simmons Wants His Face On [...] Read more...

We heard rumors of a leaked lineup a few days ago, and it seems it was true. Black Sabbath will be playing their only US show of this 2012 reunion in Chicago, IL during Lollapalooza, which goes down August 3rd – 5th. You'll be hard-pressed to find any other metal acts on the bill, so [...] Read more...

. . . Production choices can say a lot about a band. Crystalline precision often signifies a desire to communicate — notes are clear because you want the listener to hear each and every note. For certain styles of technical metal, clean production is an unsubtle way of saying “look what I can do”, or [...] Read more...