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Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN, CHICKEN FOOT, MONTROSE) and James Hetfield (METALLICA) will take part in the second annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Ho...

World-renowned recording artists YES and TOTO today announced they will join forces this summer for a co-headlining North American tour. Among the world's most influential, ground-breaking, and respected prog...

As Anthrax is gearing for their follow up to Worship Music, vocalist Joey Belladonna is taking to the road with his side project, Chief Big Way. In a recent stop in Buffalo, BackstageAxxess caught up with the l...

news heavy metal the a.x.e. projectArt Gates Records has announced the signing of The A.X.E. Project. This unique six-pieced metal combo from Bulgaria was formed in 2001; their sound is based in a combination o...

Sammy Hagar and James Hetfield has announced the lineup for the second annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Joining Hetfield and Hagar on...

Human Decay, Italian death/thrash combo on the lines of Pestilence, Death and early Sepultura has signed with Sliptrick Records and will release by the end of this month/early May their latest album titled Clep...

World-renowned recording artists Yes and Toto today announced they will join forces this summer for a co-headlining North American tour. Among the world’s most influential, ground-breaking, and respected ...

Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer has posted a message explaining his reasoning behind his new Ratt Experience and why he formed it. The message reads: “Hi. I'm going to just kindly clarify something for us all....

D. Randall Blythe – Richmond, Virginia-based author, photographer, actor, music critic, composer and vocalist of Grammy-nominated, chart-topping heavy metal band Lamb Of God – has announced his upco...

Divine Ascension is embarking on a national headlining tour throughout Australia. Totalling seven epic shows across the country, the Liberating Australia Tour will kick off on April 11 and feature many of Austr...

Brazilian political groove metal band Black Oil recently signed with Sliptrick Records for the release of their new album, Resist To Exist, sometime later this year. A video for “Callate” is streami...

Wacken Metal Battle Canada has announced Goat Horn as the special guest headliner at this year's national final on June 6th in Toronto, ON at the Opera House. The national final will consist of Canada's top met...

French newcomers Tentation have joined Infernö Records. Tentation formed in 2012 and deliver old-school heavy metal in the perfect ‘80s French heavy metal tradition especially due to the fact they si...

**UPDATE**: Rick Hayes, the husband of KHAOTIKA singer Lariyah Hayes, has posted the following update on Facebook: "I want to let everyone know that Lariyah was involved in the accident this morning, and yes sh...

The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting three people died Monday when a van carrying members of two heavy metal bands, Wormreich and Khaotika, wrecked in northeast Georgia. The wreck happened about 7 a.m....

Canadian Spectre Media Group producer Glenn Fricker recently posted a series of YouTube episodes, which can be viewed below. He has since checked in with the following update: "I've received quite a bit of feed...