Liz Ramanand

The 2012 Rock Vegas fest already boasts a massive lineup that includes headliners Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Shinedown and Godsmack. Now, the two-day event, which takes place Sept. 28 and 29 at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, just got a little more rockin’ as a few more big names have been added to the bill.

This summer fans got the opportunity to witness Slipknot’s headlining performance on this year’s Mayhem Festival trek and also their Knotfest shows. In an interview with The Beat, frontman Corey Taylor talks all about both Slipknot and Knotfest’s future.

There is some good news for H.I.M. fans! Even though the Finnish love metalers have been off the radar for some time they are set to release a compilation disc ‘XX – Two Decades of Love Metal’ which includes a never-before-heard song.

This past weekend, a YouTube video of adorable 6-year-old self-taught drummer Jaxon Smith playing drums to the Foo Fighters hit ‘The Pretender’ went viral. As one viewer commentated, ” took John Bonham long enough to reincarnate himself…,” referring to the late Led Zeppelin stickman.

Fozzy have joined forces with Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows for the song ‘Sandpaper,’ the first single off the band’s fifth studio album ‘Sin and Bones.’

It’s no surprise Twitter has been an outlet for musicians to express their thoughts and directly communicate with their fans. So, when Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland let some of his tweeting out, he had some candid words to say via Twitter about former bandmate DJ Lethal.

We recently reported details about Rob Zombie’s upcoming remix album titled ‘Mondo Sex Head.’ Now, the Jonathan ‘J-Devil’ Davis remix of ‘Thunder Kiss ’65′ is available at iTunes.

We recently reported that Sevendust will be heading into the studio in September to record a brand new album. Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose, who just released the debut album by his side project Call Me No One with guitarist Clint Lowery, also recently produced Candlelight Red’s forthcoming EP.

Theory of a Deadman are currently heating up radio with the song ‘Hurricane,’ and we’ve got the exclusive premiere of the music video for the tune right here on Loudwire. The song is the band’s most recent single off of their fourth studio album ‘The Truth Is…’

Shinedown truly show their ‘Unity’ in their video for the new single off their album ‘Amaryllis.’ The clip depicts the harmony they have as a band with backstage footage and live performance footage.

Day 2 of the Orion Music + More Festival 2012 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, N.J., was nothing short of an explosive show and now we have the pictures to prove it.

All That Remains have completed tracking on their next album, which has been dubbed ‘A War You Can Not Win’ and will be released in September of this year via Razor & Tie/Prosthetic Records.