TOKYO DRAGONS will support DANKO JONES on February 12 at the Hoxton Bar & Grill in London, England.

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The North Texas home of record producer Sterling Winfield (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN, KING DIAMOND, HELLYEAH, et al) was recently burglarized.

A brand new DEATH ANGEL song, entitled "Sonic Beatdown", will air on tonight's (Friday, January 4) edition of "Metal Zone" on 107.7 The Bone with host Nikki Blakk between 10:00 p.m.

Repercussions", the new drum book by drummer John Macaluso (ARK, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JAMES LABRIE, TNT, UNION RADIO) is available on John's web site.

San Diego, California-based, female-fronted metallers BENEDICTUM have posted another new song, "Steel Rain", taken from the group's sophomore album, "Seasons of Tragedy", on the band's MySpace page.

Dilana Robichaux — who is best known for her participation on the hit CBS reality-show "Rock Star: Supernova" — will join SKID ROW on stage tonight (Friday, January 4) at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California.

TWINSPIRITS bassist Alberto Rigoni has inked a deal with Lion Music.

A program celebrating 40 years of heavy metal — focusing on the genre's founding fathers: BLACK SABBATH, LED ZEPPELIN and DEEP PURPLE — aired Thursday morning (January 3) on BBC Radio 4.

Panoptic Records, a new division of the Disconcert Music Company, has set a February 12 release date for HUMANOID's debut album, entitled "Remembering Universe".

THE RED CHORD and BARONESS will team up for a free show on Wednesday, January 9 at the Showcase Theater in Corona, California.

According to Undercover News, METALLICA's self-titled album from 1991 (also known as the "black" album) is the No.

The original PESSIMIST lineup from the first two CDs, "Cult of the Initiated" and "Blood For the Gods" — featuring founding members, guitarist Kelly McLauchlin (DIABOLIC, UNHOLY GHOST, EQUINOX), vocalist Rob Kline (PSYCHOTOGEN, FLESHTIZED), and drummer Chris Pernia (PSYCHOTOGEN, BEYOND

A preview clip of the track "Speed" from the band SPEED X — featuring BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese, QUEENSR CHE's Mike Stone and DOUBLEDRIVE drummer Mike Froedge — is available for streaming at this location.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame are rolling out two new exhibitions on Jimi Hendrix.

Thrash doom titans RHINO have inked a record deal with Arctic Music Group.

Long-running German metallers ATROCITY have posted an audio sample of their cover version of the A-HA classic "The Sun Always Shines on TV" at this location.

Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with LETHAL members Dave McElfresh (guitars/violins), Eric Cook (guitars), and Jerry Hartman (drums).