Metallica and Linkin Park are set to headline a brand new festival at Knebworth House this summer.Sonisphere is a seven-date travelling festival which takes in shows in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland before closing with a weekend event in the UK on August 1 and 2.Support bands will include Mastodon, Lamb Of God and we understand tha...

Avenged Sevenfold will be tackling a Black Sabbath classic, Disturbed blast out some Faith No More and Mastodon will be covering some ZZ Top. Come inside for the full tracklisting. Avenged Sevenfold will be covering Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' for 'Covered - A Revolution In Sound', a new compilation album on ...

Faith No More? Limp Bizkit? ZZ Top? Get the hottest Download rumours around, courtesy of Download Festival’s organizer, Andy Copping.Metal Hammer sat down for an exclusive conversation with Download Festival Organizer, Andy Coppin who revealed that they are attempting to get Faith No More, ZZ Top and a reunited Limp ...

Warners have announced details of a compilation entitled Covered: A Revolution In Sound, which features recent signing covering classic songs from the label’s back catalogue. Mastodon tackle ZZ Top's Just Got Paid (with Billy Gibbons), while Disturbed pay tribute to Faith No More with their cover of Midlife Crisis. Against Me! contribute a spi...

So you know how indie labels love to celebrate themselves? Majors do the same thing, except major labels don't usually have any discernible personality, so nobody usually notices.But Warner Bros., one of the few remaining major labels, has a roster that includes the Flaming Lips and Mastodon and Against Me!. So when Billboard.com announces that ...