Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and singer Gary Cherone, the two main members of early '90s showboaty hard rock outfit Extreme, made an appearance on VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" this weekend. During the spot, the members discussed their decade of down time from the band, the decision to reunite, their new record Saudades de Rock and Cherone's brief stint with Van Halen. Click more to watch the interview.
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Our metal brethren at Revolver have recruited a bunch of icons to appear in a new advertisement for the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards ceremony, which takes place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on April 7. Click "more" to watch the promo spot and read more about the event. Read more...

Papa Roach are back and, judging from the makeup and designer-t-shirts they're wearing in their latest press photos, they're on some sort of Avenged Sevenfold/Atreyu kick. But even if they're trying to keep up with their times visually -- which, when you get right down to it, is really just about tryin' to look like mid '80s Motley Crue -- musically Papa Roach are still just a hard-rockin' band of degenerates. And while they're not heavy enough anymore to sound like Iron Maiden, fans of 2004's The Paramour Sessions should be pleased with their fourth major label album, Metamorphosis, which comes out March 24. Click "more" to watch the video for "Lifeline." Read more...

The second season of "That Metal Show" launched last Saturday at 11 p.m. on VH1 Classic. Once again, the program was hosted by radio veteran Eddie Trunk and featured his cohorts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson. The special guest for the evening was ex-Pantera and current Hellyeah! drummer Vinnie Paul. Click "more" to watch the full interview with Paul as well as a clip from next Saturday's episode, which features Anthrax. Click here to listen to our audio podcast with Vinnie Paul. And click here to check out our recent podcast with Anthrax. Read more...

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Metallica had a surprise for fans at the band's February 25 show in Nottingham, England. During the first show of their current European tour, the group debuted the new sing "The Judas Kiss," the seventh track they've played from latest album Death Magnetic since they began touring the disc. Click "more" to watch professionally filmed footage of the nine-minute long clip. Read more...

In the second part of our video interview with Mårten Hagström, Meshuggah's guitarist talks about playing on Ministry's farewell tour, the rise of girlie-pop metal, pagan metal and deathcore and his eternal fondness for weird electronic music. Click "more" to watch the interview.
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Last week, we brought you Episode I of "The Making of Mastodon's Crack the Skye". Today we follow up with Episode VIII. What happened to the other six episodes, you ask? Well, Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher are huge "Star Wars" fans, and those movies didn't come out in sequential order; hence, Episode VIII, in which Mastodon discuss guitarist Brent Hinds' 2007 brush with death and how that inspired the songs on Crack the Skye. Click "more" to watch the clip. Read more...

We're genuinely torn about Sonic Syndicate. One one level, they're a metalcore version of Linkin Park, combining a little fire and brimstone with a whole lot of sugary syrup. But then, they'll play a riff or lay down a vocal growl that temporarily wins us over. They look kinda like a Swedish Avenged Sevenfold without the makeup (whether that's good or band depends on your tastes), and they've got a super-hot chick bassist that earns them some eye candy points in our book. But does their music hold up? Click more to watch their new video for "Powershift" and leave your comments to let us know what you think. Read more...

Here it is. The first video from Lamb of God's upcoming album Wrath, which comes out February 24. The clip, "Set to Fail," was shot on January 9 in the band's hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Guitarist Mark Morton recently talked about Wrath and "Set to Fail" in our exclusive HeadbangersBlog Lamb of God podcast interview.

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Clearly they're not strictly a comedy band, but Goblin Cock are funny as s--t. The group is fronted by Rob Crow, who has been involved in such indie rock projects as Pinback and Heavy Vegetable, but don't let that turn you off 'cause Goblin Cock rock balls. Click "more" to learn why and watch three of the band's humorously gloomy videos. Read more...