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Are you as pumped as we are for Iron Maiden‘s 2012 North American tour? If you’re not quite jumping out of your skin yet, we’ve got some footage of Maiden’s kickoff tour date in Charlotte, N.C., as well as the full setlist from last night’s show.

Yes, it’s true! Those purveyors of horror punk, GWAR, took the next obvious step over a five-year period in the late ’90s by serving up the animated ‘Slave Pit Funnies: Featuring GWAR.’

Stone Sour are releasing a live DVD, filmed during their 2010 tour, that will only be available to members of their ‘Dead Generation’ fan club. Fan Club member or not, you can still check out this clip of the band performing ‘Digital (Did You Tell)’ from the ‘Live at Brighton’ DVD.

It makes sense! If frontman Billie Joe Amstrong is ‘¡UNO!’ and drummer Tre Cool is ‘¡TRÉ!, then bassist Mike Dirnt will get a solid look in the second teaser trailer video for ‘¡DOS!’ from the Green Day‘s upcoming album trilogy.

As Metallica have continued to announce additional attractions to their Orion Music + More Festival, the two-day event has become increasingly personal for the band. Although many will attend the festivities for the music, they’ll also be able to check out James Hetfield‘s car show, Kirk Hammett‘s horror museum, and now, Lars Ulrich‘s mini film festival.

Linkin Park are joining forces with the United Nations Foundation and several other organizations for  Rio+Social.  As part of their involvement, LP will stream a performance from Los Angeles on June 19.

Serj Tankian is in a giving mood in advance of his upcoming solo album ‘Harakiri,’ due July 10. The System of a Down singer is offering a free download of the disc’s leadoff track ‘Cornucopia,’ in addition to unveiling a lyric video for the tune.

If indeed Slipknot are venturing toward a greatest hits record as Corey Taylor recently suggested, it looks as though all of the members will get their turn in the spotlight before it arrives.

Alice in Chains have had a few setbacks while recording the follow-up to 2009′s ‘Black Gives Way to Blue.’ In a new interview, singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell reveals that the process is full speed ahead and talks about the MusiCares MAP award ceremony taking place tonight (May 31) and what it means to him.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t known to release a plethora of music in a short amount of time. Their most recent album, last year’s ‘I’m With You,’ came out five years after their previous release, 2006′s ‘Stadium Arcadium.’ The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers must feel like they need to change with the times because they intend to release 18 new singles throughout the rest of this year.

This weekend is the annual Rock AM Ring Festival in Nurburgring, Germany, with Metallica headlining on Saturday, June 2. They’ll will be performing their 1991 self-titled album, known as ‘The Black Album,’ in its entirety, and you’ll be able to watch it from the comfort of your own home, thanks to a free live stream.

Linkin Park continue to evolve from album to album, and that includes the method in which they create their songs. For their latest effort, ‘Living Things,’ co-vocalist Mike Shinoda says they took a new approach to the recording process.