International Day Of Slayer marked by new Repentless Killogy release
June 6 is the International Day Of Slayer - and to mark this year’s event, The Repentless Killogy is coming to video on-demand - cash raised will go to charity
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Enter sanderman: James Hetfield has been making tables
Metallica vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield has been making tables during the lockdown - and they’re now being raffled for charity
Aerosmith move European and Russian tour to 2021
Aerosmith were due to be on the road later this month, but have made the decision to reschedule their 2020 summer dates
Kansas launch video for new single Jets Overhead
Kansas share video for their new single Jets Overhead - track taken from the band’s upcoming studio album The Absence Of Presence
Tool cancel tour to enable fans to get full refunds
Rather than postpone their North American tour until late 2020 or 2021, Tool call off all shows: “Tying up our fans’ money for months, if not a full year, is unfair”
System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan and Serj Tankian clash over Trump protest stance
Dolmayan calls Trump “the greatest friend to minorities” while Tankian lambasts the US president’s handling of the country-wide protests
Kiss postpone summer European tour
Kiss were due to kick off their summer European tour in Paris next week - band say they’ll reschedule “as soon as possible”
Mr Bungle release first new music since 1999
Mike Patton, Scott Ian, Dave Lombardo, Trey Spruance and Trevor Dunn will donate all proceeds from their cover of The Exploited's USA to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee releases videos for two new solo singles
Tops featuring Push Push and Knock Me Down with Killvein will feature on Tommy Lee’s upcoming solo album Andro
Sweet bassist Steve Priest dead at 72
Steve Priest, founder member and bassist of glam legends Sweet, has died at 72
Listen to Bob Mould vent his anger on new single American Crisis
Proceeds from sales of the single taken from Bob Mould’s new album Blue Hearts will go to OutFront Minnesota and Black Visions Collective
Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic: I don’t support fascism
Krist Novoselic issues statement after saying Trump “knocked it out of the park” with his “law and order” speech amid George Floyd protests
Lakeside Park tribute to Rush’s Neil Peart gets green light
St Catharines council leaders confirm that a pavilion at Port Dalhousie’s Lakeside Park will be named after the Rush legend
UK charity festival Teddy Rocks postponed until 2021
Organisers of the UK festival are forced to postpone this year’s event - but confirm dozens of bands for 2021. Money raised will once again benefit children’s cancer charity
Megadeth camp feels like new album is the perfect follow-up to Dystopia
David Ellefson gives update on how Megadeth’s new studio album is coming together: “Everybody's very stoked," he says
Former Misfits drummer Joey Image dead at 63
Band confirm that Joey Image, who played with Misfits between 1978-1979, has died
Devin Townsend shares an hour of new ambient music
Devin Townsend shares stream of his “chilled-out, ambient guitar technique” and says: “Hopefully it’s helpful to some of you who need a sonic break”
Metallica dust off old VHS tape for 1997 concert film
The latest in the Metallica Mondays series saw the band go back to January 1997 and The Poor Touring Me Tour
Bandcamp to donate profits to support “racial justice, equality and change”
Bandcamp announce plans to donate 100% of their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defence Fund on June 17