The 2009 Kerrang! Awards will be held at a top secret London location on August 3 and this year's event will be hosted by SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian.

SLIPKNOT and METALLICA head up the nominations for the Kerrang! Awards 2009 :

METALLICA's July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France at Arčnes de Nîmes will be professionally filmed for a forthcoming DVD release. The disc will be made available on October 19 through French music stores and online shops only, as well as via the band's official web site, Metallica.com.

METALLICA's French record company and WorMee are giving fans tickets and a chance to participate in the making of the DVD. Winners will film the show and record a report from there, two minutes of which will appear as an extra in the final release :

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's June 24, 2009 concert in Rome, Italy — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.

The band's setlist was as follows :

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's June 22, 2009 concert in Milan, Italy — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.

The band's setlist was as follows :

The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards staged by Classic Rock magazine were unveiled today by legends of rock parody SPINAL TAP. The band took time out of rehearsals for their show at Wembley Stadium next week to announce the shortlists for the six public voted categories at a media launch in Hard Rock Cafe's backstage Hard Rock Calling VIP garden in Hyde Park, London. The winners will be announced at the gala ceremony, which takes place Monday, November 2 at :

Bassist Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, METALLICA, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM) will guest on the "Bone Metal Zone" show with host Nikki Blakk on the San Francisco radio station 107.7 FM this Friday, June 26. Jason will be bringing in some of his own CDs to play.

The "Bone Metal Zone" airs every Friday night from 10:00 p.m.- to 1:00 a.m. PST. It can be streamed :

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded 25 high-quality photos from METALLICA's show in Milan, Italy, which was held earlier tonight (Monday, June 22) at the sold-out Mediolanum Forum.

A couple of the pictures can be viewed below.

The group's setlist was as follows :

According to the California Film Institute, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich will present and discuss a rare screening of an unusual documentary that plays like a provocative game — "The Five Obstructions", co-directed and written by Danish filmmakersJřrgen Leth and Lars von Trier.

Von Trier is best known as the director of "Europa", "Dogville", "Dancing in the Dark" and "Breaking the Waves". A multiple award-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, he also :

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's June 20, 2009 Sonisphere concert in Nijmegen, Holland — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.

The band's setlist was as follows :

METALLICA is currently selling "To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton", the first-ever Burton biography, via the band's official web site. Written by U.K.-based author Joel McIver and published by Jawbone Press, the book includes a foreword by Cliff's close friend in METALLICA, Kirk Hammett.

"I'm deeply honored that Kirk spoke to :

High-quality photos taken at Holland's Sonisphere festival, which was held June 20, 2009 in Nijmegen, Holland have been posted online at Metal-Experience.com.

Included are pictures of the following artists:

METALLICA
SLIPKNOT
KORN
LAMB OF GOD
DOWN
KAMELOT
PENDULUM

MASTODON was forced to cancel its participation in the event due to :

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's June 17, 2009 concert in Oslo, Norway — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.

METALLICA announced in an e-mail blast to its mailing list on June 16 that the band was postponing a concert in Ottawa, Canada, originally scheduled for October 29, to November 3. The reason? According to the e-mail, "the date change is due to a scheduling conflict with a very cool event coming up around that time. We wanted to let you know about the new date in Ottawa [as soon as possible], but we've been sworn to secrecy on :

Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD will be the main support act on the fall leg of METALLICA's North American tour, starting on September 14 in Nashville and running through the end of November. According to LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler, "We will be doing a considerable amount of headline shows throughout this tour as well." He added, "This will be our final U.S. tour of 2009."

For a list of the LAMB OF GOD dates with METALLICA, go to this location.

LAMB OF GOD's new album, "Wrath", has sold 157,000 copies in the United States since its :

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's June 14 and June 15, 2009 concerts in Helsinki, Finland — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.

METALLICA announced in an e-mail blast to its mailing list on Tuesday (June 16) that the band was postponing a concert in Ottawa, Canada, originally scheduled for October 29, to November 3. The reason? According to the e-mail, "the date change is due to a scheduling conflict with a very cool event coming up around that time. We wanted to let you know about the new date in Ottawa [as soon as possible], but we've been sworn to secrecy on all other fronts . . . more details in :

METALLICA's web site has been updated with the following message:

"For all of our friends with tickets to the sold-out show in Ottawa [Ontario, Canada] on October 29, we hope that date is on your calendar in pencil! We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but that show has changed dates and we will now be at Scotiabank Place five days later on November 3. Of course, your tickets will be good then, and if you cannot join us on the new date, you may return your tickets to the place you purchased them for a full refund. And for your trouble, everyone who attends the show on November 3 will receive a voucher for a free mp3 of this show that can :

Finnish TV channel Nelonen recently conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield. Watch the chat in two parts by following these links:

Part#1
Part#2
Arm-Wrestling Contest (Interviewer vs. Hetfield)

The arm-wrestling clip can also be viewed below.

Hetfield spoke frankly in a new interview with Classic Rock magazine about the band's so-called "wilderness" years, in the mid-to-latter 90s, during which drug use and disagreements over :

METALLICA played Mexico City for the first time in a decade on June 4, June 6 and June 7, with the group keeping the shows on its schedule despite the recent outbreak of swine flu that originated in the area.

Official Metallica.com footage of the Mexico City concerts — including the :

Paul Liberatore of the Contra Costa Times reports that METALLICA frontman James Hetfield has announced that the superstar band will play a benefit concert for the Marin History Museum in San Rafael, California in September.

In a video screened at the history museum's $200-a-ticket "Marin Rocks" gala Saturday night (June 6) at the :

The four members of METALLICA took part in a press conference prior to the band's June 4, 2009 concert at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico. A four-minute clip featuring highlights from the press conference can be viewed below. Also available is footage from the tuning room where the band can be seen rehearsing songs for the :

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was interviewed for the July 2009 issue of U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine. A few excerpts from the lengthy chat follow below.

Classic Rock: Were you glad to see the back of [former METALLICA guitarist and current MEGADETH leader] Dave Mustaine?

Hetfield: I don't know if "glad" is the right word, but it was necessary. There would have been myself, Lars [Ulrich, drums] and him all trying to drive and it would have been this triangulated mess. It's obvious that he had the same drive as us — he went on to do great things in MEGADETH. The way things are now, the character dynamics, Lars and I are :

In anticipation of Fuse TV's upcoming "Fuse Fest: Bonnaroo 2009" concert special on June 20, the network will be airing the best performances from Bonnaroo 2008 Wednesday night, June 3 at 10:00 p.m. Included in tomorrow's special are performances from metal luminaries METALLICA and MASTODON.

For more information :

Converse launches its fall 2009 collection of collaborations with legendary rock and metal artists AC/DC and METALLICA. Iconic band graphics and visuals inspire this unique collection of Converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoe designs that celebrate two distinct bands that broke musical barriers and brought their inspired originality to music fans globally. With a rich musical heritage, Converse has collaborated with a wide range of groundbreaking artists and musical visionaries of the past, present and future.

AC/DC: In the '70s, when rock and roll was fading and needed a jolt of power, AC/DC surged onto the scene, showcasing a sound that disrupted the status-quo. In the age of stadium rock, stripped down, pure rock and roll was rare, and that basic form of rock combined with :