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...

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...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

Last night, we dreamed that Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul was a guest on a TV talk show, and was showing the audience how to projectile vomit at will. He'd kind of cough and spit, and a fountain of puke would spew onto the floor. Then everyone would cheer and a group of scantily dressed women who looked like cheerleaders would clean up the vomit with bar towels.

We're not sure if the dream was inspired by the prescription Tylenol with codeine we took or if it had more to do with Paul's comment to DallasObserver.com that Hellyeah will return to the studio on May 15 to record their second album. Read more...

Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley has checked in regarding his latest activities, which include getting incredibly drunk, having an allergic reaction and working on the band's follow-up to 2007's The Big Dirty.

"The vocals are cruising on this record, he says, then adds, "I just realized today that we only have eight days left until we fly home for a few days before going to Europe with The Gallows." Read more...

photo by Stephan Jensen

Ozzy and Sharon say, don't miss the new Black Label Society CD and DVD, "Skullage," which goes on sale today. The package, available in multiple formats, features all of the band's greatest hits and videos and the DVD inlcudes plenty of footage of guitar hero/madman Zakk Wylde doing what he does best. Read more...

In a rare and revealing interview with Gorgoroth guitarist Roger Tiegs (a.k.a. Infernus) conducted by our blood brothers at Revolver, the black metal veteran discussed the ugly legal battle with his former band mates that earned him the rights to the Gorgoroth name and trademark. Tiegs also gave his opinion about vocalist Gaahl and bassist King Ov Hell's decision to carry on under the name God Seed and promised fans a new Gorgoroth album by October. Read more...

Slayer guitarist Kerry King with Anthrax axeman Scott Ian backstage at Golden Gods
photo by Jon Wiederhorn

"Holy f-ck, I've never seen a circle pit at an awards ceremony before" joked metal-bred comic Brian Posehn ("The Sarah Silverman Show"), who hosted the First Annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held Tuesday night at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

The reason Posehn has never seen it is because it hasn't happened -- at least not in the U.S. The Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods marked the first large scale metal awards show ever in the States, and all corners of the metal community united to pay tribute to the music that has fired up hearts, stirred souls and changed lives. The highlight of the night was headliner Megadeth, whose crushing, polished three-song set of "Peace Sells," "Sweating Bullets" and "Holy Wars" was virtuosic, kinetic and undeniably sincere -- the perfect cap to an evening of heavy metal celebration. Read more...

We're here in Los Angeles at Club Nokia getting ready for the start of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. Right now, Megadeth are in a closed soundcheck getting a little rehearsal time and setting the board levels for their headline performance tonight. Coming up later today, most of the other bands playing the Awards will soundcheck -- All That Remains, Hatebreed and Suicide Silence. Last night, Killswitch Engage did their soundcheck and they sounded tight, wired and explosive even without vocalist Howard Jones, who sat out the rehearsal to rest his voice for the big show. Read more...