At the beginning of this year’s NFL season, hard-core NFL fan Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains recruited some fellow heavy metal musicians and friends to take part in his other passion, FANTASY FOOTBALL. Besides Jerry, the league’s lineup consisted of Duff Mckagan of G ‘N’ R and Velvet Revolver, Mike Inez of Alice In Chains, Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society, Vinnie Paul of Pantera and Hellyeah…  

British thrashers EVILE are currently tearing their way around Europe on a headlining European tour. The “Infecting Nations” tour has seen EVILE perform a string of shows up and down the UK, with the band now in mainland Europe. Joining EVILE on the tour are American thrashers WARBRINGER and Israel’s THE FADING. This is also EVILE’s first tour with their new bassist, JOEL GRAHAM, who joined the band following the tragic death of their original bassist, MIKE ALEXANDER.  

You only get one chance to make a first impression, and the fast-rising metallic duo, WildeStarr, are certainly off to a great start with their recently released clip for the song “Arrival.” The video is a visually stunning sci-fi work of art combining dark elements of Blade Runner, Batman, The Outer Limits, and classic film noir.  

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES are due to celebrate the band’s history and recent reunion tour with a special value-packed AT THE GATES Ultimate Collectors Box Set.  

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has lashed out at charity work done by Bono and Bob Geldof, saying they should do it in private. DO YOU AGREE?  

Blood Into Wine, the eagerly awaited documentary about Tool/Puscifer front man Maynard James Keenan and his Arizona wine exploits arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 4.  

The anticipated first video from Fear Factory’s forthcoming album Mechanize premieres today at Roxwel.com. “Fear Campaign” was directed by the team of Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci for Boston-based, Emmy nominated Killswitch Productions. The clip was filmed in Los Angeles with additional photographic elements and all post production completed in Boston.  

In our efforts to sift through the Metal Machine archives, we here at metalmachine.net are posting a video interview with the one and only Glenn Danzig. Check out Glenn here as he speaks about Disney, music and almost playing Wolverine in the first X-Men movie.  

Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY will finally make their long-awaited return to North America in May. Support on the trek will come from HATE, BLACKGUARD and SWASHBUCKLE.  

As they begin their rise to the top of the modern metal scene, Austin, TX-based melodic metalcorists, DIE AMONG HEROES have been given a shot to share the stage with one of metal’s biggest names. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. As part of a contest sponsored by Corpus Christi’s C-101 radio station, DIE AMONG HEROES is up against 80 other bands for this coveted spot.  

Los Angeles’ traditional metal act WHITE WIZZARD has confirmed a UK tour with German melodic metallers EDGUY. WHITE WIZZARD will be heading to the UK with EDGUY in March, marking the band’s first official UK tour following their first and only UK show at the Earache Records Christmas party in London on December 17th.  

Guitarist Silenoz of Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR recently spoke to U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2007’s In Sorte Diaboli.