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In a recent blog post, Michigan's Chiodos have announced the firing of frontman Craig Owens, a founding member of the post-hardcore outfit. The band's statement, address to "our friends, family, and fans," says that Owens was let go, and that the decision was "a necessary one...

Lita Ford exudes sexuality. In conversations with her, she and her husband joke around about their sexual prowess. After all, the couple named her latest album, 'Wicked Wonderland,' after their nightly ritual of sex. So it only makes sense that the rocker chooses her top 10 songs to make love to...

What a friggin' tease! We awoke this morning, thinking that today was the day Alice in Chains' 'Black Give Way to Blue' would finally be in stores, only to discover that the Internet lied. Not the whole Internet. Just a few metal sites we've come to trust...

A year ago, hardly anyone outside a small enclave of Canadians and '80s loyalists knew who Anvil were. Now, thanks to the excellent and heartfelt Sacha Gervasi rockumentary, 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil,' the band members are recognized in restaurants, on the street, even in cabs -- which is perfectly fine with them...

On Nov. 5, Gama Bomb -- Earache Records' Irish thrash heroes -- will be giving away their yet-to-be-recorded sophomore album, 'Tales From the Grave in Space,' for free. Entering Grindstone Studios in Suffolk, England on Sept. 15 with producer Scott Atkins, Gama Bomb plan to allow the resulting album to be downloaded in its entirety, along with artwork by artist Jeff Jordan (Mars Volta)... Read Mor

You know what's awesome? Spending the entire Labor Day weekend in bed, sick as a dog, and then waking up Tuesday morning, feeling fine. Just in time for work. Yep, that's right. This writer's Labor Day weekend was the pits. Coughing, wheezing, sneezing, getting loopy on Nyquil ...

Three-day weekends? Awesome. Fall coming in early September? Not so awesome. The fact that people are already wearing sweatshirts here in Manhattan is ridiculous. The summer of 2009 came in late July, then left in early September, and we're not happy about this...

The 'Black Album' is unquestionably a beacon of global domination for legendary Big Four thrashers Metallica, and in a recent study from 'Biology Letters' -- as first reported by Ian Sample of the Guardian U.K. -- in which 'Of Wolf and Man' was used, it's not just humans who are fans anymore...

Chilling poolside in Los Angeles, Wolfmother lead singer Andrew Stockdale is soft-spoken, a real contrast to his face-melting tunes. But his voice rises when asked about the excitement building around the Oct. 13 release of his band's sophomore effort, "Cosmic Egg...

Showbread have been described as the Nine Inch Nails of the Christian music scene by some critics. "I'll agree to a certain extent," said singer Josh Dies (it's Porter on his birth certificate, by the way). "If you take elements from every NIN record and fuse them with Refused, you'd have Showbread...