In an effort to appease members of the BLABBERMOUTH.NET community who call his interviews “stupid” or worse, the “world’s leading metal journalist” Johnny Orlando Jr.

Samantha Maloney has toured the world drumming for HOLE and MÖTLEY CRÃœE, produced scores for films, including “Black Hawk Down”, and acted on the silver screen.

The web site of Danish rockers D-A-D has been updated with the following message:

“Right now D-A-D are on their way to the Copenhagen Airport Kastrup.

“Endstilles Reich”, the new video from the German black metal band ENDSTILLE, can be viewed below.

After touring 10 out of 12 months in 2007, Oakland, California-based death metal band ALL SHALL PERISH has finally begun recording the follow-up to “The Price of Existence”, set to be released worldwide later in the year on Nuclear Blast Records.

Bassist Marc Lynn from the Swiss hard rock band GOTTHARD will be forced to sit out the group’s upcoming tour dates as a result of an injury sustained in a motorbike accident.

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian took part in an interview and performance on last night’s episode of NBC-TV’s “Last Call with Carson Daly”.

Sweden’s DISMEMBER is featured on the cover of the June/July issue of Metal Maniacs.