Remember the awesome giveaway Bowers & Wilkins offered you, Shockya readers. Well, it involved the opportunity to win tickets to listen to the new Metallica and Lou Reed album, “Lulu”, as well as meet the members of the event. Bowers & Wilkins Sound Sessions gave the grand prizewinner two domestic round trip tickets, two nights hotel, two VIP passes to the event and two pairs of Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones. Five runners-up also won tickets and headphones. The event came and went on October 24th in New York City. If you were unable to attend, don’t worry because Bowers & Wilkins released a short and full version video for…

News has been buzzing around the Lou Reed and Metallica upcoming release, “Lulu”, which will be available for purchase on November 1st. This post is not meant to bore you Lou Reed and Metallica fans, who have probably been surfing the Internet once you heard of the collaboration. Instead, we are going to inform you about a flyaway contest, which is exclusively on Bowers & Wilkins Facebook page, that will give you the opportunity to win tickets to listen to the new Metallica and Lou Reed album as well as meet the members of the band. The meet and greet will go down at the Sound Sessions event with the…

We have some bad news for The Big Four of thrash metal. Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth, it is time for one of you to step down or become “The Big Five” because Machine Head’s latest release is topping the Billboard charts. Machine Head have topped themselves with a #22 Billboard Top 200 chart debut for their new album, “Unto The Locust”, with over 17,000 albums scanned. Just to reiterate how big this debut is, we’ll put it in perspective for you. The band’s 2007 Grammy-nominated release, “The Blackening” debuted at #54 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The good news for Machine Head only continues. “Unto The Locust” debuted…

Thrash metal fans pay close attention to what we are about to say. Anthrax and Testament, who haven’t toured together in more than a decade, are set to co-headline a U.S. tour beginning Friday, October 14th in Grand Rapids, MI. Anthrax will close all shows and Death Angel will be the main support for the entire tour. The coast-to-coast trek will travel through two dozen cities over a five-week period, with both Anthrax and Death Angel debuting brand new material for their albums, which are both set for a summer/fall release. Testament’s upcoming album is set to release in 2012. Alright, time to draw your eyes away from the this…

Long Island, New York is an area that is clouded by judgment from those living outside of it and from those within it. We know this Long Island “prejudice” exists because we are natives, born and raised and we have suffered the repercussions of it. Well, as more time passes, we tend to think of them as positive effects. For example, take a look at the Long Island metal band, This Is Hell. For us, growing up in a society ruled by trends, we chose to step outside of the box and design our own path. We think This Is Hell took the same approach. So, maybe it is best…

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival had a powerful line up of bands, which consisted of metal groups from the 80s, 90s and the 2000s. You could travel across generations of metal music by simply changing from one stage to another. The founding fathers at Mayhem would be the guys of Megadeth. The American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1983 and has since then put out album after album. Let’s just put some Megadeth calculations out there for you ShockYa readers, so you get just how influential the band has been on the path of metal music. The quartet has released 12 albums, sold over 30…

Watch the latest Metallica music video “The Day That Never Comes” by Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg. Metallica recently released this first single off their latest album, Death Magnetic. The epic track “The Day That Never Comes” is now available through iTunes. Check out the track which is now streaming on Metallica.com. Death Magnetic is Metallica’s first studio album since 2003′s multi-platinum St. Anger, which hit No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. Formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history,…

Metallica just released the second single off their upcoming album, Death Magnetic today. Entitled “My Apocalypse,” the track is now available for download on iTunes. Metallica fans should check out check out iTunes where you can also purchase the riveting track “The Day That Never Comes” which premiered last week.   Additionally, the band have recently unveiled a new widget that the band will frequently updated with news, a trailer for their MissionMetallica.com fan site, and other Death Magnetic related material. The widget can be embedded onto most social networking sites and blog applications. Death Magnetic will be available everywhere on September 12th.

The Kerrang! Awards were held recently in the UK and among those honored were Florida rockers, Black Tide. The band took home the award for Best International Newcomer, beating out All Time Low and Kill Hannah amongst other bands. Black Tide joined the likes of Rage Against The Machine, Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold all who took home a coveted K statue. Also on hand were Black Tide influencers, Metallica who were honored, fittingly, with the Kerrang! inspiration award. Black Tide’s album Light From Above, which features a cover of Metallica’s “Hit The Lights,” is in stores now! Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Black Tide news.

Metallica have just unveiled a new widget that the band will frequently updated with news, music, video content, and other Death Magnetic related material. The widget can be embedded onto most social networking sites and blog applications. Death Magnetic is Metallica’s first studio album since 2003′s multi-platinum St. Anger, which hit No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. Formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 100 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over….