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Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is one of the most opinionated and thought-provoking figures in modern metal. With the entire world talking about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), people everywhere are finally catching up to what Blythe has been talking about for some time.

Lacuna Coil are offering fans a full preview of their album ‘Dark Adrenaline’ in advance of its release on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The entire disc is streaming over at SPIN.com (see link below).

Call it a comeback of a comeback! After Alice in Chains‘ 2009 effort ‘Black Gives Way to Blue’ landed Grammy nominations and enjoyed healthy sales amid the debut of new singer William Duvall, who replaced the late, great Layne Staley, the band is currently writing new material and working on the follow up. AIC should enter the studio early this year.

Corrosion of Conformity fans rejoice! The legendary American metal band have released new music from their upcoming self-titled album — their first full-length since 2005. Furthermore, the band has not just released a single track, but TWO fresh offerings for C.O.C. fans to absorb.

After successfully unleashing their signature brand of thrash and groove metal throughout Europe, Machine Head are ready to unleash the locusts in the North American leg of ‘The Eighth Plague’ tour. The band will be joined on the road by deathcore act Suicide Silence and metalcore outfit Darkest Hour.

Sevendust guitarist Clint Lowery must not be a fan of idle hands because he sure is a busy man these days. Other than his main gig as the guitarist in Sevendust, Lowery is also about to release a new album with his supergroup Dark New Day, and now, he’s working on another side project with Sevendust bandmate and drummer Morgan Rose.

Grammy-winning and envelope pushing rock band The Mars Volta are gearing up for the release of their sixth studio album, tentatively titled ‘In Absentia,’ and possibly due out on March 27.

Supergroup Dark New Day are set to release their sophomore studio album ‘New Tradition’ on Feb. 28 via Goomba Music.

The VAN HALEN News Desk is reporting: "One week from today we will all be hearing the brand new song from Van Halen, titled, 'Tattoo'. Their new album is due February 7th (the album title is still a secret, believe it or not)! Another bit of exclusive news – Van Halen’s tour begins as soon as next month...

Shinedown released their new single ‘Bully’ today, and the good news keeps flowing. The band has announced the title and release date of their new album — ‘Amaryllis’ is set for a March 27 release date.

First industrial aggro pioneers Ministry reunite. Now, the band has inked a record deal with AFM Records. It’s a worldwide deal and AFM plans to release the band’s “comeback” album ‘Relapse’ in March.

Queens of the Stone Age, who last released an album in 2007 in the form of ‘Era Vulgaris’ and whose frontman and lead guitarist Josh Homme went on to moonlight in Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, are creeping back into action.