Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe Sad, Not Mad About Gang Attack

The Collaboration comes on the heels of Stone Temple Pilots' Chester Bennington announcement that he was leaving the band to focus on Linkin Park. "Interstate Love Song" was recorded with STP's original lead singer Scott Weiland for the band's 1994 album Purple.

Joss Stone and Stone Temple Pilots are the latest in Kimmel's "Mashup Mondays" series which has included Blackstreet with Aloe Blacc (Aloe Blaccstreet), Weezer and ZZ Top (Wee-Z Top), Kenny G and Warren G (Kenny & Warren G), Morris Day and The Time with Haim (Morris Day and the Haim).

She says: "The world's first dubstep bagpipe track on a rock'n'roll song. This will definitely be something you have never heard before. No matter what music you listen to, there is something in this for everyone."

"It was flattering to be approached to write a book about my experiences," says Dickinson, "and it seems an appropriate time to do this as I will have plenty of time on tour next year to work on a book. I am sure flying the 747 out round the World on tour will add to the tale with some unusual scenarios!"

Bassist Butler tells Metal Hammer: "Nobody believed that we'd ever do anything. And we didn't either. We thought we might get to do an album or two if we were lucky, and then we'd have to get proper jobs.

"Because we'd been turned down by so many record companies, told to come back when we could play our instruments - all the insults you could think of, they'd say to your face. We'd do showcases for record companies and they'd walk out after the second song.

The band lineup is rounded out by bassist Chopper Anderson, Tesla drummer Troy Lucketta and keyboardist Buck Johnson. Whitford and St. Holmes - who originally teamed up to release a self-titled album in 1981 - are recording a follow-up called "Reunion", with plans to release it in 2016.

"It's a classic rock album - modern classic rock," Whitford tells Billboard. "I mean, that's what we do. We're all rockers, and we're not gonna try and do anything else but what we know and what we love.

The tune is the title track to a new album by Bowie, which he'll release on his 69th birthday on January 8 and a longer snippet of the track can be heard over a new trailer for the program, which is set to premiere November 12 on Sky Atlantic. Bowie hooked up with director Johan Renck to discuss the series while it was still in the early stages of production.

"I showed Mr. Bowie the two first episodes in the rough state they were at the time, and he liked what he saw very much," says Renck. "We discussed the various aspects of the show; naturally the plot line, but also the underlying currents of guilt and personality flaws.

"We talked about the dark heart of Europe. We talked about the biblical aspects of human nature. He asked if there was anything else to see, so I showed him the first concept board I had just made for the title sequence - images from the show laced with chimaeras and demons from the worlds of Bosch and Grunewald.

Lamb Of God - who are promoting latest album VII: Sturm Und Drang - are currently on the road with Megadeth. Dave Mustaine confirmed this week that LOG won't be on the bill for Megadeth's 2016 US dates.

Tickets for the joint tour with Anthrax go on sale on November 13 (Friday) at 10am local time. American Express Card members have access to a pre-sale from 2pm today local time.

Here is Saporta's full post, "After many incredible years, I'm making the difficult decision to close the book on Cobra Starship. If you stop reading this now, I want to say thank you if you've ever supported Cobras in any way. Whether you came to our shows and bought merch, or simply listened to a track and shared it with a friend, you allowed us to live out the most incredible adventure, and I am eternally grateful for that."

"I started Cobra Starship with a fundamental desire to reconnect to music the same way I did when I first picked up a bass at 12 years old; when things were carefree, pure, and less complicated. It was almost 2007 when Cobras set out on its first tour, and just a few short years later, a groundswell of support from diehard kids all over the world catapulted us into unknown territory. To this day I am humbled by how much love our fans showed us, and by the completely unanticipated level of mainstream success we achieved. When my dad reluctantly accepted that I was dropping out of school to pursue music, he never imagined that I would have platinum records, VMA nominations, or even be able to move out of his basement (to be honest, I even had doubts about that last point). But because of you guys, we were able to achieve more than what most kids who start jamming in their parents' garage ever dream of. I grew up as a little idealist punk who always saw himself as an outsider, and the fact that I got to play in the main arena still blows my mind, so thank you.

"To me, the most rewarding thing about Cobra Starship is that we were successful not because we played the game, but because we broke the rules and paved our own way. There was something magical about how everything came together, and we were blessed to have your support and to see our dreams materialize. However, I know that sometimes when things go on for too long, that magic can start to fade ' And as hard as it is for all of us, I would rather close this chapter of our lives and be able to look back on it fondly than allow something that means so much to us stagnate. My only hope is that we were able to be the backdrop to some of your fondest memories, and that those experiences have positively impacted you in a permanent way.

"Again, I want to thank you; and I want you to know that even though Cobra Starship is coming to an end, the things that we stood for (rooting for underdogs, taking control of your destiny, taking shots at the establishment, not taking any sh*t, and not taking yourself too seriously), will live on and will continue to matter to me. I hope they will continue to matter to you too.

"To Nate, Victoria, Ryland, Alex, Halvo & Andy, I want to thank you guys for believing in my crazy vision and putting your trust in me to steer the ship. No book could ever capture the insanity of our adventures. We built this thing from scratch and we have so much to be proud of. Being in Cobras with you taught me what it takes to be a leader, and for that I will be forever grateful.

"I want to thank everyone on our team who worked with us and all of our crew who took care of everything for us. We came up with something totally out of the box and we were able to bring it to life by putting our heads together and creating new strategies. We are lucky to have worked with some of the greatest people in the business and we couldn't have done it without you.

"Looking back on everything, I realize just how grateful I am to have made music for a living. Not simply because I got to (quote-unquote) 'live the dream," but more importantly, because I was able to have such a cathartic lens by which to understand my life; writing was my therapy and shows were my salvation. I also realize how fortunate I am to have experienced a somewhat tumultuous road as an artist. It was because of the challenges along my journey that I was forced to look inwards, accept responsibility and transform. I feel like I've lived a hundred lifetimes and that I've learned things I could have never been taught elsewhere. I was able to connect with people all over the world and from all walks of life, and I will take these lessons, experiences, and connections with me wherever I go. But now the time has come to move on.

"That of course begs the question: Well, where are you going bro?

The truth is that there is nothing that I am more passionate about than music. And although the time has come for me to pass the baton, nothing would be as rewarding for me as the opportunity to share my wisdom and experiences with the next generation of artists.

"And so, me and my boy Mike Carden are starting a company to do just that: theartistgroup.org Get at us. We'll see you in 2016.

Inspired by the feedback to his 1989 Aerosmith song, "Janie's Got A Gun", Tyler says the ability to raise much-needed money and awareness to address the trauma of sexual abuse in children and to expand these services to aid even more girls has been a lifelong dream of his.

"As a father and grandfather," says Tyler, "I want to focus my energy on things that really matter and leave behind something else in this crazy world along with my music. I am starting Janie's Fund to give a voice to the millions of victims who haven't had one and encourage everyone to join me on this mission."

The Allen Toussaint Quartet were on tour in Spain and WWL report he passed away on Monday - a day after the band played a show at Bilbao's Sala BBK.

Toussaint was born on January 14, 1938, in New Orleans and released his debut album The Wild Sound Of New Orleans in 1958. He would go on to release more than a dozen albums, with his last being 2013's Songbook and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1998.

The singer has been instructed to pay Monika Bass Cavalera $13,000 (�8600) for comments made about her in his 2013 book My Bloody Roots: From Sepultura To Soulfly And Beyond.

Monika is the ex wife of Max's brother Igor, and in his book, Max called her "a bitch" and suggested she tried to hit on him before eventually hooking up with his brother.

Singer and guitarist Kier Kemp said of their latest material: "Bruises comes from the heart. It's allowed us to explore a whole new side of the band commenting on the darker side of human nature.

"It's still dark, but much more frank. Our ability as musicians and songwriters has also developed, so I think it's pretty unanimous within the band that this is our best material yet."

"We are proud to present Winter Bane as the first recorded track from our upcoming album," says Abbath. "This song comes with many of the qualities that are the essence of this band: epic, honest, powerful, and a heavy headbanger."

Frontman John Bush says: "I'm so happy with the way this video turned out. The song has a heavy subject matter and the video complements it perfectly. There's also a feeling of campiness, which makes the viewer fade in and out of being uncomfortable and having a chuckle.

"The actors did a great job and personal props to my neighbour Sharon, who let it all out as the police officer. Oh, yeah, the band looks badass as well. Debauchery indeed."

A Thousand Lost Dreams is taken from debut album A Seance Of Dark Delusions, released earlier this year through Kscope. Year Zero is said to deliver "a heavy hitting message of environmental and political turmoil fitting the penetrative musical collisions of Nordic Giants."

He tells the London Evening Standard: "Insecurity for me feels like the sensation of suffocating. So that's why I do the neck thing. The other thing I'm most insecure about is saying, 'This is what I created. This is mine. This is the best I can do.'

James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore will play Swansea's Liberty Stadium on May 26 where they'll perform their fourth record in full, along with a selection of other tracks.

Korn have been supported by Suicide Silence on the tour and Davis took part in a BREALTV joint interview with that band's vocalist Eddie Hermida, who said he was saddened at the prospect of the trek coming to an end.

Davis says: "I'm happy as f***! I'm so motherf***in' happy I don't gotta play this f***ing album again after this tour. I'm gonna be straight up honest, I don't like playing that f***ing record. It's dark, it f***s with my head. I've got into some worse depression on this tour. It's some sh*t that needs to go to bed.

In a statement on his blog, Vogelman insists there is no bad blood and that "personal growth" meant he was heading down "a different path." He adds: "Coming of age as a part of CTE provided an education I could never have imagine in school - living the dream playing music with my best friends.

May says: "I think Queen at The Isle Of Wight Festival is a date that was long overdue. How incredible to take on this challenge at this point in our lives. With an injection of new blood in the shape of the incredible Adam Lambert, Queen will be ready to tear it up on this legendary stage in 2016. Freddie would have loved it."

Bonamassa, who launches his latest North American tour this week, continues to support 2014 album Different Shades Of Blue - his first-ever record consisting entirely of original material.

The song originally appeared on the US outfit's 1990 album, Empire - and the band have given the classical version the thumbs up, saying the sisters performed the song "beautifully" on their Facebook Page.

Organizers Live Nation say: "Symphonic metal doesn't get better than Nightwish, who will unleash their operatic duets and shredding guitars on the final day. 2016 is set to be an unstoppable monster."