Metallica and Megadeth Supergroup?

"I've talked to Lars and James about me and David doing a supergroup record with them," Mustaine tells Texas radio station The Eagle Rocks. "Well, James never said 'no' – it's still kind of out there in the air. I'm going to keep hammering on him." And what about a big 4 tour?

Unwritten Law Members Split- Boston Singer Quits- Kylesa Tour- Black Dahlia Murder, All Shall Perish and Cannabis Corpse Tour- Radiohead Remix Album- more

(PNO) Bassist Pat Kim and guitarist Steve Morris have left Unwritten Law after a physical altercation with frontman Scott Russo. According to statements given to Alternative Press, the incident began with an argument over the band's bus call after a show. Taking their places in the group will be guitarist Kevin Besignano (ex-Bullets and Octane) and bassist Derik Envy (ex-Red Light Sky).more

(SRX) Michael Sweet announced his departure from Boston in order to devote his full attention to his longstanding role as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for Stryper more

(LG) Despite recently cancelling a U.S. tour with Thrice, Kylesa has lined up a handful of September shows on the West Coast. more

(Billboard) Director and violinist Xan Aranda has compiled footage from indie-rocker Andrew Birds year-long tour into a documentary called Fever Year. more

(CR) Anthrax are set to play Hammerfest IV – Hammer Of Thor next year. The event happens from March 15-18 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, North Wales more

(LG) The Black Dahlia Murder will headline an October run with support from All Shall Perish and Cannabis Corpse. more

(Billboard) After releasing eighth full-length "The King of Limbs" last February, Radiohead will let other artists take a crack at expanding upon the album's eight tracks on a 19-song, double-CD remix album. more

(The 1st Five) The Felix Culpa have just announced their plans to part ways. The band released an official statement to explain: To whomever is reading this, Eight years ago we decided to be a band. Tonight we decided to stop. Whether you have been with us since the Divine Cup days in Rockford, IL or you heard us for the first time tonight, thank you." more

(CR) Girlschool are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album Hit And Run by re-recording it. Now called Hit And Run – Revisited, it's released by Wacken Records on September 26. more

(LG) F**k The Facts will take to the road again this month for another round of touring, this time primarily in Eastern Canada. more

(PR) Sourvein announce the return of original bassist, Joshua "JC Fari" Crapo, who played with the band from 1993 - 2001 and again from 2003 - 2006. more

On this day in 1979, Led Zeppelin played their last-ever U.K. show when they appeared at Knebworth Park, England. Also on the bill, The New Barbarians, Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, the Marshall Tucker Band, Chas and Dave and Fairport Convention.

On this day in 1979, The Knack started a five-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with Get The Knack.

On this day in 1996, Mel Taylor, drummer for Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Herb Alpert and The Ventures, died only two weeks after having been diagnosed for cancer. He was 62. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson Returning To American Idol

(hennemusic) There will be a familiar look at the judges table for the next season of American Idol, as Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson have all officially signed on for season 11 of the televised singing contest.

Idol Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe confirmed the news during a call to "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on Wednesday morning. "I am delighted to say that all three judges, along with the brilliant host of American Idol, is back for next season," said Lythgoe.

Lythgoe also confirmed that the panel of judges will soon hit the road for season 11 auditions in Denver, Houston, St. Louis, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Charleston and Portland. more on this story

Aerosmith Sunk Van Halen Gig?

(RockAAA) Following the collapse of Australia's Soundwave Revolution touring festival, rumours have been rife regarding exactly who's to blame. Promoter AJ Maddah suggested in an interview with radio station Nova 969 that his attempts to nail down a co-headliner had been thwarted as the band in question failed to commit in time.

Internet rumours seemed to jump the gun and point the finger at Limp Bizkit, however front-man Fred Durst was quick to deny: "FYI, we were never on the bill to play any festival down under. So it looks like Van Halen cancels and we get thrown into the mix. Classic."

It now appears that Aerosmith may be next in the firing line from VH fans as Triple M radio's Nui Te Koha announced on his breakfast show that organisers had been chasing the Boston rockers for the slot. But Nui however is convinced much of this activity was used as a smokescreen to disguise the real issue – poor ticket sales. more on this story

Deep Purple, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and AC/DC Top 666 List

(hennemusic) Go BIG or go home. That may well have been the philosophy of Sweden's biggest rock radio station Rockklassiker 106.7 when they decided to build a list of the Top 666 rock songs of all time, as voted by the station's listeners.

Fans voted in an online poll, submitting their top six tracks of all time, which was then built into a total top 666.

Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" topped the list, with Metallica's "Enter Sandman", Guns N' Roses' "November Rain," AC/DC's "Back In Black" and Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" rounding out the top 5. more on this story

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Top Themselves

(hennemusic) With The Red Hot Chili Peppers' latest single, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" claiming the top spot on Billboard's Alternative chart this week, the Los Angeles quartet have surpassed their own record for the artist with the most Number One singles in Modern Rock radio chart history with 12; the track is also No. 1 on both the BDS and Mediabase charts.

The band's previous Number One Modern Rock tracks are 1991's "Give It Away," 1993's "Soul to Squeeze," 1995's "My Friends," 1999's "Scar Tissue," 2000's "Otherside" and "Californication," 2002's "By the Way" and "Can't Stop," and 2006's "Dani California," (which spent 14 weeks at No. 1 and is one of three songs in the history of Billboard's Alternative Chart to debut in the top spot), "Tell Me Baby," and "Snow (Hey Oh)."

"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" is the first single from the band's upcoming tenth studio album "I'm With You," which will be released in North America on August 30th and varying dates internationally. more on this story

Muse Planning New Album

(Gibson) Muse are soon heading to the studio to begin work on their sixth album. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme told the BBC, "September and October, that's when we're going to get into the studio to start writing the new album."

Recent years have seen Muse go stellar. Muse's last album, 2009's The Resistance, won a Grammy Award for best rock album. The trio of singer/guitarist Matt Bellamy, bassist Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard have been touring this summer at numerous festivals.

Wolstenholme says that live gigs are still in their plans, despite increasingly elaborate albums. "We're always going to be the kind of band that want to get out and play live," Wolstenholme explained. "As the years go on there's that temptation to cut the touring down less and less but we still love playing live. I can't ever imagine we'll be the kind of band that cut the touring down significantly." But after songs from The Resistance leaked after Muse's pre-album live shows of 2009, Muse now plan to keep any new songs under wraps until release. more on this story

Tool's Paul D'Amour Returns With Feersum Ennjin

(Speak Easy) Paul D'Amour, founding member of Tool and Lusk, returns with Feersum Ennjin's self titled debut on Nov. 1, marking D'Amour's first rock release since 1995's Aenima.

Following his work with Tool, D'Amour created the psychedelic outfit Lusk with Brad Laner (Medicine), Greg Edwards (Autolux, Failure) and Chris Pitman (Gun N'Roses). Lusk released one critically-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated release, Free Mars, in 1997 but their label imploded shortly thereafter and the group subsequently disbanded. D'Amour moved on to film composition, where he has spent the next dozen years quietly working on music for film and television.

"Feersum Ennjin really started as a series of studio experiments but gradually took on a life of its own." Explains D'Amour on the reasons why he decided the time was right to create a new band after all of these years. "All of the different musical experiences of my past took form as I found a melodic thread to tie them all together as one sound. I'm looking forward to taking the next step, to make Feersum Ennjin a living, breathing entity that exists beyond the studio."

Feersum Ennjin was recorded at various Los Angeles studios with D'Amour acting as producer. The band will announce tour dates shortly. Check em out on Facebook

Incubus Hitting The Road

Incubus will hit the road next week for the US leg of their tour which will visit over 30 cities across the US.

The tour kicks off with a sold-out show at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver on August 17, 2011.

Incubus are going on tour in support of their most recent album release, "If Not Now, When?". more on this story

Sparta To Return As Jim Ward Still Busy With Solo Music

Sparta has announced they will play their first show since 2008 this November in El Paso, Tx. They're confirmed to perform on November 17th at Tricky Falls, the newly renovated venue co-owned by frontman Jim Ward.

Sparta - Ward, drummer Tony Hajjar, bassist Matt Miller, and guitarist Keeley Davis - will also head into the studio this fall to begin work on their fourth LP, the follow-up to 2006's Threes.

But before then you can get a lot of music from Jim including his debut solo album and a ton of live dates. details here

New KISS Box Set Coming

(hennemusic) Another KISS DVD box set is on the way. "Kissology - Vol. 4" will be out in late November, and will reportedly include footage from the band's current tour.

Four discs and a bonus disc will be included in the first, limited edition. More details are expected in the coming days, including confirmation of the set's release date.

Meanwhile, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley just released his own volume 4 this week, as he announced the birth of his fourth child, Emily Grace Stanley, on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Some of the new collection's expected tracks are listen here

UFO Add New North American Tour Dates

(Freeman) UFO have announced additional tour dates for the West Coast leg of their North American tour which kicks off this September in Santa Rosa, CA.

The band will be touring in support of their greatest hits collection "Best of a Decade" which is out now on SPV/Steamhammer.

UFO is also in the process of working on a new studio album which is scheduled for release in early 2012. more on this story

Hawthorne Heights To Deliver Hate This Month

(ESM) Hawthorne Heights have launched their own imprint record label, Cardboard Empire, on which they will self-release an upcoming series of new EPs.

The first in a planned series of three EPs, Hate, is set to be released on August 23rd.

"Four White Walls," the first release from the Hate EP will be premiering on MTV.com this Friday, August 12. The group also plans to release a music video for each track off Hate, the first for the song, "Is This What You Wanted?" more on this story

Pop Fans Hijack Queen Honor

(Rock News Desk) Fans of pop singer Mariah Carey have come out in force to vote on a poll of the best-ever musical collaboration – and pushed their heroine into first place ahead of artists including Queen, Davie Bowie, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith and the Beatles.

It's the second time in a week fan power has distorted the publication's attempts to gauge reader reactions, after Green Day supporters voted in large numbers and saw their band listed as the greatest punk rock band of all time.

Carey's 1995 single One Sweet Day with pop troupe Boyz II Men made number one, suggesting the runner-up track, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, was the natural poll-winner. Rolling Stone comments: "The song wouldn't have won if the Mariah Carey fans hadn't stuffed the ballot boxes in this poll. more on this story

Led Zeppelin 2 Tour

Led Zeppelin 2 are hitting the road again this fall for more shows that are billed as a flawless Led Zeppelin reenactment.

The tour is set to kick off in Boston on September 15th and will run through several major cities throughout October and November.

Here is what they had to say: "Looking forward to returning to the some of the places we hit back in January and February and also finally making our way back to Denver and Aspen as promised. See you all on the road!" more on this story

Switchfoot Late Night TV

Switchfoot are set to perform their new singled, "Dark Horses," on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday, September 19th.

"Dark Horses," is the lead single from its upcoming album, Vice Verses, and the Kimmel performance will mark its television debut.

Atlantic Records will release Vice Verses, the group's eighth studio record, on September 27th. more on this story

Black Sabbath, Monster Magnet, Alice Cooper and Gov't Mule Supergroup To Debut

9 Chambers, the new group featuring Greg Hampton (Alice Cooper, Bootsy Collins, Lita Ford, and on recently unearthed Tommy Bolin recordings), former Monster Magnet guitarist Ed Mundell, Jorgen Carlsson (Gov't Mule) and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath/Dio/Heaven & Hell), will release their self-titled debut album on September 27th.

The first single, 'Know Your Enemy', was inspired from the old adage "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer". Hampton says, "It's about when you hear people say one thing and mean another – they twist the truth, but they're not totally lying. It's the wolf in sheep's clothing, a bit of an L.A. thing."

Mundell played guitar on such Monster Magnet classics as 1993's 'Superjudge,' 1995's 'Dopes to Infinity,' and 1998's gold-certified 'Powertrip.' But by late 2010, Mundell had had enough. "It was 18 years with Magnet, it wasn't treading on any new territory." During a well-deserved break, Mundell crossed paths with veteran guitarist Hampton and began to jam the classic rock n' roll way, naturally. Soon 9 CHAMBERS was born. more on this story

Procol Harum Live Blu-Ray Coming

Eagle Rock have announced a September 13th release date for Procol Harum's Live At Union Chapel on Blu-Ray.

One of the most classic of classic-rock groups, Procol Harum hit the scene running with a #1 on their very first shot out of the box. "Whiter Shade Of Pale" lit up 1967's "Summer Of Love" to set the scene for a decades long career ever since. In 2003, the band convened at Union Chapel in London, England in support of their The Well's On Fire album.

Twenty-one songs later, the crowd, and the band, were satiated with the after-glow kind of experience that one remembers for a lifetime. And it was all captured in high-definition. more on this story

Metal Label Vs Metal Blog

(Rock News Desk) A war of words has erupted between Century Media and a blog editor over the metal label's decision to pull its entire catalogue from Spotify.

Century decided to remove all material by its roster of over 200 acts after deciding the low revenues generated from the streaming service were damaging physical album sales, meaning bands including Duff McKagan, Iced Earth, Children of Bodom and Opeth were suffering financially.

They said they supported Spotify in principle, but had a responsibility to protect their artists' incomes. But Vince Neilstein, co-editor of Metal Sucks, has lashed out at the move – and Century have replied in equally strong language. Read the heated exchange here

Ozzy and Jeff Beck To Judge Songwriters

(RockAAA) Ozzy Osbourne and Jeff Beck have been added to the judging panel for the 2011 International Songwriting Competition.

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena.

ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of songwriters on all levels and promote excellence in the art of songwriting. Both amateur and professional songwriters and musicians are invited to participate. more on this story

Godsmack Sideband Another Animal Return With New Song

(RockAAA) Godsmack members Shannon Larkin, Tony Rombola, Robbie Merrill, ex-Godsmack guitarist Lee Richards and ex-Ugly Kid Joe vocalist ,Whitfield Crane have reconvened side project Another Animal and will release a single 'Fall of Rome'

Speaking to Naples News drummer Larkin said: "Fall of Rome is a heavy, charged track about the recent overthrowing of lame leaders and governments by the ones with the real power: the people. Egypt, Tunisia and now Libya are repeating history before the eyes of the world stage, and this song is like an oppressed person talking directly to an unjust dictator saying enough!"

The track is produced by Dave Fortman who also produced Godsmack's 'Oracle' and Larkin hopes that if the single is a success they will make a new album, a follow up to their self-titled debut album of 2007. He said: "If the song does well enough at radio, we will tour in the fall and make a new record as well." Listen to the new song here

More Details About John Frusciante Stalker

(Rock News Desk) Former Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has taken legal action against a fan he says had become obsessive, and admits: "I feel like I'm being stalked."

In court paper filed this week he's explained how 32-year-old August Elizabeth Thomas first met him to ask about writing a screenplay of his life.

He said no – and soon afterwards she began bombarding him with emails and messaged, and appeared outside his home twice in the same day. The situation came to a head when Thomas began turning up at concerts given by his wife, musician Nicole Turley, trying to persuade her to discuss the screenplay. more on this story

Lenny Kravitz Literally Dreamed Up New Songs

(Rock News Desk) Lenny Kravitz says most of the tracks on his new album Black and White America came to him as completed compositions when he was asleep.

And the 70s-influenced musician admits he never set out to record as a one-man band – but his financial position left him no choice.

Kravitz tells Gibson: "It feels almost euphoric: the songs come fully formed. I actually hear a record playing and I'm digging it. more on this story

Weezer Added To Doheny Days Music Festival

Weezer have been added to the line-up for the Doheny Days Music Festival, which takes place September 10 & 11 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA.

Cake and Ziggy Marley have also been added to the lineup and play the two spots before Weezer on Sunday night of the festival.

The festival is also set to include sets from Ben Harper, G. Love & Special Sauce, Neon Trees, Donavon Frankenreiter, Katchafire, JJ Grey & Mofro, Common Sense and Blitz The Ambassador. More info

Mick Jagger Supergroup To Release Sanskrit Single

(Gibson) The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger sings in the Indian language of Sanskrit on the forthcoming album by supergroup SuperHeavy.

The supergroup features Jagger, Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Damian Marley, as well as Oscar-winning Indian musician A.R. Rahman. Jagger sings "Satyameva Jayate" ("Truth Alone Triumphs") in Sanskrit, the second single from SuperHeavy.

Rahman told the Press Trust of India: "Dave [Stewart] said we want your voice in this album... we want this to be a great Indian song, too. A long dream for me to raise one of the morals of Indian culture which is 'Satyameva Jayate' and make it as a song. This is historic… it is iconic in a way. I hope people will like it." more on this story

Planet 9 and Kill Devil Hill Fall Tour

Planet 9 are hitting the road with Kill Devil Hill the new band featuring Vinny Appice (Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath, Dio) on drums, Rex Brown (Down, Pantera) on bass, Mark Zavon (Ratt, W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (Pissing Razors) on vocals.

The tour is set to kick off on October 2nd in Clifton,NJ at Dingbatz and will wrap on November 5th in Cape Girardeau, MOat Pitters Cafe and Lounge

Planet 9 will be touring in support of their self titled debut which was released by Jamsync Music in July. more on this story

Elvis Still The King of the Charts

Elvis Presley is still the king as his new DVD set Elvis: The Great Performances has debuted at No 1 on Billboard's Top Music Video Sales chart this week.

Released August 2, 2011, Elvis: The Great Performances 2 DVD Set follows Elvis' career from his first televised appearance that shocked America and had everyone talking about his hip-shaking performance, to a sold-out concert a few weeks before his death on August 16, 1977.

With over 2-hours of re-mastered footage, new packaging, and never-before-seen interviews, Elvis: The Great Performances 2 DVD set offers a glimpse into the world of one of America's most beloved icons. more on this story

The Parlotones North American Tour

South Africa's most popular rock band The Parlotones will return to America in October for a headlining tour.

The tour will take them across the country, hitting top markets including New York, Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles as well as a performance at the DeLuna Fest in Pensacola, FL.

DIRECTV is currently airing a broadcast of Dragonflies and Astronauts, a rock theatre event that weaves a narrative through The Parlotones 16 Top-40 hits in South Africa live from the Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg in both 3D and 2D (Channels 103 and 239 respectively) over 80 times between August and September, and is offering the program on DIRECTV On Demand through September 15th. more on this story