Megadeth ax master and vocalist Dave Mustaine recently shed some feelings on the Megadeth website about getting back on the road, Dave Ellifson and the possible return of Nick Menza and Marty Friedman….  

Norma Jean is back in the studio this month to record their fifth studio album and debut for new record label, Razor & Tie. The currently untitled album will be released this summer, and is being recorded in Atlanta, GA at Glow in the Dark Studios with producer Jeremy Griffith.  

Ibex Moon Recording artists Hod are proud to announce that they will be part of a mini tour of Texas with Gravehill starting at the end of the month! The band has issued the following statement on the Lone Star State assault:  

It’s a bill that fans of horror and hard rock could only dream of until now: For the first time ever, the “gruesome twosome” — ALICE COOPER and ROB ZOMBIE — will play an exclusive limited run of North American tour dates beginning April 26 at the MTS Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  

Las Vegas rockers Taking Dawn have been included on the soundtrack to the highly anticipated Gods of War 3 video game. The soundtrack (available March 2nd) will feature the unreleased Taking Dawn track “This is Madness”, as well as new and unreleased tracks from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Dream Theater, Opeth, and Mutiny Within.  

Today marks the iTunes release of Serj Tankian’s Elect the Dead Symphony. On March 16th, 2009, the Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional front men, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album Elect the Dead.  

Gina Torres mixes equal parts evil, sexy and powerful of conjure the hypnotic voice of Superwoman in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, an all-new DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie arriving TODAY, February 23, 2010 from Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation.  

In an earlier press release, we had stated that nothing said “welcome to America” like getting tased. Apparently we were wrong. YOUR DEMISE guitarist, Stu Paice just posted a rather alarming story on the band’s official Tumblr page about how the band was stopped at the Canadian border, searched and held at gunpoint by the police:  

Finnish progressive rock band Overhead celebrates their 10th anniversary with a European tour. They will hit the road in mid May to play several gigs in five different countries.  

Rocklahoma the 3 day festival eminating from Pryor, Oaklahoma has announced a revamped 2010 line-up. Usually full of “Hair Metal” bands from the 80’s, this year the line up sees a more Hard Rock top 40 type of band. Godsmack, Buckcherry, ZZ Top and more…  

Check Out the last red band trailer for one of the most anticipated movies this year…Kick Ass!!!  

Seattle rockers THE FLOOD are about to join up with Sevendust and Drowning Pool on a tour that starts on Feb. 28th in Englewood, Colorado. THE FLOOD were recently featured on the Saw VI soundtrack and were featured on the Saw tour with Mushroomhead, among others.