Chad Bowar

Slipknot are currently headlining the Mayhem Festival, their first U.S. shows since the tragic 2010 death of the band’s bassist Paul Gray. In advance of the Mayhem show Friday (July 6) in Arizona, frontman Corey Taylor spoke with the Phoenix New Times about a number of topics, including upcoming albums from Slipknot and Stone Sour.

The ongoing legal saga of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe had an important development today (July 3); he made bail. Blythe posted the approximately $200,000 bail in Prague, but remains in Czech custody due to statutory deadlines and holidays.

After Van Halen postponed 30 plus shows that were to begin July 7, those shows now apparently won’t be rescheduled and have been officially canceled. According to Pollstar, many of the previously postponed shows, including those in Uncasville, Conn.; Baltimore; Rochester, N.Y.; Detroit; Toledo, Ohio; Memphis, Tenn.; Sacramento, Calif.; Reno, Nev.; and Milwaukee are now listed as canceled on Ticke

Showtime has announced that Marilyn Manson will guest star in season six of ‘Californication.’ The shock rocker will appear as himself, and in the episode will have what is described as an “unforgettable meeting” with David Duchovny’s character Hank Moody.

Filter have expanded their summer tour, adding several new dates (listed below.) The band entered the studio in April with producer Bob Marlette to record their fifth studio album ‘Gurney and the Burning Books.’ It is due to be released sometime later this year.

Due in stores on June 26, the Offspring‘s latest album ‘Days Go By’ is now streaming in full at RollingStone.com. It’s the band’s ninth studio effort, and was produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Motley Crue), who also produced their previous album, 2008‘s ‘Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.’

‘While My Heart Beats,’ the second solo album from Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, will be released tomorrow (June 12) via the band’s own Monkeywrench Records. Ament’s first solo disc, ‘Tone,’ came out back in 2008.

As the June 26 release date for their latest album, ‘Living Things,’ approaches, Linkin Park will be releasing a series of live compilations to correspond with each of their previous studio albums. The collections will be exclusive to Spotify, with the first compilation, ‘Hybrid Theory: Live Around The World,’ released today (May 31).

Shedding a little more light on the mysterious ‘Antennas To Hell’ teaser video posted on Roadrunner Records’ official site earlier today (May 29), Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has revealed information about the upcoming release on Twitter. He also tweeted that the band is working on new demos.

This weekend is the annual Rock AM Ring Festival in Nurburgring, Germany, with Metallica headlining on Saturday, June 2. They’ll will be performing their 1991 self-titled album, known as ‘The Black Album,’ in its entirety, and you’ll be able to watch it from the comfort of your own home, thanks to a free live stream.

As he makes the rounds promoting his new album ‘Apocalyptic Love,’  Slash can’t avoid countless questions about Guns N’ Roses and his relationship (or lack thereof) with Axl Rose. Slash was interviewed on Piers Morgan’s CNN show last night (May 23) and he had some interesting things to say about his former band mate.

In a new interview with MetalSerbia.com, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson offers his thoughts on a possible Metallica/Megadeth supergroup.