Hey there, kiddies. Click "More" to check out Toxic Holocaust's new video "Nuke the Cross." The clip was directed by Jamie Robillard in Oregon just prior to the band’s current tour with Napalm Death. Read more...

Here's some interview footage from our Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards after party, which aired Saturday night on MTV2 after the exclusive telecast of the awards show. Click to watch interviews with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, Slayer's Tom Araya, Machine Head and more. Read more...

Veteran Maryland rock quartet Clutch are putting the finishing touches on their ninth studio album, titled Strange Cousins From the West. Produced by Clutch and J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, the effort is the first Clutch original to be released on the band's own Weathermaker Music, through RED Distribution. Label manager Jon Nardachone says that Strange Cousins will be available both digitally and through retail on July 7. The first single and video, "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" will be released before Memorial Day weekend. Read more...

KISS is celebrating 35 years of rockin' the world like no other band has ever done before. The legendary band, currently touring soccer stadiums of South America, announced from Brazil today that their upcoming U.S. and Canadian tour will be the world's first to put fans in charge of where their favorite artist plays. By partnering with Eventful, the leading social media company for events, fans will "Demand" where KISS will perform on their latest trek across the top-voted North American markets beginning this September. No matter where the fans say--from stadiums to cornfields--if there are enough votes, KISS will be there! And in order to keep the competition fair for smaller cities, final site selection will weigh population size versus total votes. Read more...

While we were out in Los Angeles for the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, CM Radio DJ Jose Mangin got up close and personal with Steel Panther, the best parody metal band since Spinal Tap -- not including Dethklok, who are only a cartoon. Steel Panther are obviously cartoonish, but they're definitely for real, performing weekly gigs of mostly covers at their celebrity-packed residencies in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Click "more" to watch the laughs. Read more...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

Alexi Laiho, guitarist and front man for the award-winning Finnish metal band Children of Bodom has sustained a serious injury while on the road as part of the “No Fear Energy Tour” alongside Lamb of God. Laiho, who was recently named as the world’s "Best Metal Guitarist" in the 15th annual Guitar World reader's poll, broke his shoulder when he was ejected from his bunk as a result of the band’s tour bus taking an irregularly harsh sharp turn. Laiho and Children of Bodom are touring North America in support of the band’s critically acclaimed album Blooddrunk.

Against recommendation, Laiho has decided to remain on tour and will “bite the bullet” to give metal fans the electric live performances they have come to love from the Finnish act. For the duration of the tour – set to run through May 15 -- Alexi will be resigned to wearing the arm in a sling, restricting movement at all times when he is not on stage. Read more...

Here's the new video from As I Lay Dying, "I Never Wanted."

"We've talked about doing a video for I Never Wanted for quite some time now," says guitarist Phil Sgrosso. "Most videos that we've done have been for more fast and aggressive songs that have the usual AILD sound to it but we wanted to mix things up and have a slower (but still heavy!) video that would be made up of footage from our new DVD, 'This Is Who We Are.'" Read more...

They might have looked like high school kids waiting for their prom dates when they showed up at the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards dressed in tuxedos, but the second the members of Suicide Silence took the stage, they proved that they're more than the deathcore trend of the month -- far more. Vocalist Mitch Lucker is a frightening, captivating frontman, and while his bandmates do their share of entertaining flailing and headbanging, it's Lucker who almost single-handedly stole the show from all the other Golden Gods performers. See for yourself when Suicide Silence appears on the exclusive 60-minute telecast of the awards show Saturday night at midnight on MTV2, which will be followed by an hour long wrap-up hosted by XM Radio DJ Jose Mangin, which features performance outtakes and band interviews.

Lucker will also take part in a special edition of MTV2's "Headbangers Ball" tonight at midnight.
The show will be co-hosted by Suicide Silence and Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, who deejayed right before the Golden Gods. Click "more" to watch our Golden Gods interview clips with Suicide Silence. Read more...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

About 30 minutes before Killswitch Engage opened the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards with a riveting three-song set, Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor spun records for the crowd to warm them up for the show.

Afterwards, during an exclusive on-site interview with XM Satellite Radio DJ Jose Mangin, Taylor talked about deejaying, the arrival of the Golden Gods and Slipknot's new video for "Sulfur." Click "more" to watch it, and don't miss a special edition of "Headbangers Ball" hosted by Taylor and Suicide Silence tonight at midnight on MTV2. Read more...

While numerous metal luminaries were walking the black carpet at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, XFM Radio DJ Jose Mangin was hanging out backstage with metal god and goddess Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, talking to them about the awards show, the next Ozzfest and Mangin's interesting rendition of "La Bamba," which he performed in Los Angeles with Steel Panther the night before the awards ceremony. Click "more" for all the dirt, and catch a 60-minute presentation of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards Saturday night at 11 p.m. on MTV2, followed by a one-hour post-show wrap-up featuring performance outtakes and more interviews. Read more...