News From the Pit: Green Day Take a Break, Black Label Society Guitarist Exits

- Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong reveals that the band will take a break in 2014. [Loudwire]

- Black Label Society split with longtime guitarist Nick Catanese. [Loudwire]

- Stone Sour have announced their first 2014 dates with Pop Evil. [Loudwire]

- What are the 10 Best Rock Songs of 2013? Loudwire counts 'em down here: [Loudwire]

- Loudwire also counts down the 10 Best Metal Songs of 2013: [Loudwire]

- And Ultimate Classic Rock counts down the Top Rock Albums of 2013: [Ultimate Classic Rock]

- Metallica and Iron Maiden will headline the 2014 Sonisphere festival. [Ultimate Classic Rock]

- The former members of Lostprophets release a statement after singer Ian Watkins' guilty plea to child sex chargers. [Loudwire]

- Mastodon defend their Thanksgiving t-shirt. [Loudwire]

- Nine Inch Nails fan/photojournalist Andrew Youssef passed away at the age of 38. [Loudwire]

- Escape the Fate's Craig Mabbitt offers his weekly recap of 'The Walking Dead': [Loudwire]

- Deicide's Glen Benton talks 'In the Minds of Evil,' public perception and more: [Loudwire]

- Ultimate Classic Rock flashes back 25 years to count down the 10 Best Albums of 1988: [Ultimate Classic Rock]

- Thirty-six years ago, Aerosmith released their 'Draw the Line' album: [Ultimate Classic Rock]