MÖTLEY CRÜE recently became the first hard rock band to sign a short-term residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada traditional metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD will release their fifth studio album, "Long Live Heavy Metal", on March 27 via Century Media Records.

EVANESCENCE performed the song "Made Of Stone" on this past Thursday night's (February 2) episode of Conan O'Brien's nighttime talk show on TBS, "Conan".

David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR guitarist Jim Root at the 2012 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 19-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

Although ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach's latest solo album, "Kicking & Screaming", has been well received by critics and fans, he says commercial success is not what keeps him going more than 20 years after the release of his former band's multi-platinum debut.

"American Idol" finalist James Durbin was interviewed prior to his January 28 appearance at the The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Boston power/thrash veterans MELIAH RAGE are working on a video for the song "Where Nothing Ever Grows".

Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency spoke to VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth ahead of the February 7 release of the band's much-anticipated new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth".

The Score television network — a Canadian specialty television service providing sports, news, information, highlights and live event programming, available across Canada — conducted an interview with guitarist Mark Morton of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD when the band played at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, Ontario on January 27.

FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS is the latest addition to the Artery Recordings roster, the joint venture between The Artery Foundation and Razor & Tie.

TORTURE DIVISION, the Swedish death metal project featuring guitarist Lord K.

Steve Patrick of UWeekly recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian.

Welsh metallers have announced that they will split up after one final farewell show in London on March 2.

Journalist and musician Barbara Caserta of Italian web radio Linearock.it recently conducted an interview with singer Cormac Neeson and guitarist Paul Mahon of Irish rockers THE ANSWER.

Dutch death metallers PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT have parted ways with guitarist Danny Tunker "due to different musical interests." The band, which recently completed a three-week European tour with VOMITORY, has since been reinforced with guitarists Frank Schiphorst and Martijn Moes.

Tarja Turunen was interviewed by MMC RTV when the former NIGHTWISH singer performed at Kino Siska in Ljubljana Slovenia on January 22.

Italian rock/metal band LACUNA COIL will take part in an acoustic performance and meet-and-greet with their fans at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago, Illinois on February 10.

South Bend, Indiana Christian metallers THE BURIAL have inked a deal with Facedown Records for the release of their new album, "Lights And Perfections".

"Black As Death", the new album from Belgian neo-classical power metal masters IRON MASK, will be made available in the U.S.

Los Angeles, California misanthropic sludge rockers -16- have revealed the cover art and track listing for new album, "Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds".