Following a hiatus of nearly four years, New York-based nu-metal band Dope have returned with No Regrets. The new album came out on March 10 and features Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist Zakk Wylde on the track “Addiction.” Click “more” to stream the full record and watch the premiere of the video, “6-6 Sick.” And see it again on Saturday on “Headbangers Ball,” which airs from 2 to 3 a.m. on MTV2. (more…)

The ex-singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell has seriously jumped the shark on his new album Scream — so much so that even gossip-wary Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor can’t keep from commenting. Click “more” to read what Reznor had to say about the disc and watch Cornell’s video for “Scream.” (more…)

As predicted, Mastodon’s excellent new video for “Divinations,” swept this week’s Your Vote Counts to earn a spot on the next episode of “Headbangers Ball.” The Atlanta band beat out Trivium, Static-X, Dragonforce and Within the Ruins to claim the title. (more…)

To celebrate yesterday’s release of Mantic Ritual’s debut album, Executioner, we’re happy to present frontman Dan Wetmore’s Random Shuffle list and the band’s video for “One By One.” For a band so heavily influenced by late ’80s thrash, we were really surprised to find only one thrash song on is iPod Roulette list, Slayer’s “Hallowed Point.” On the metal tip, there are also songs by Mercyful Fate, Macabre and Judas Priest, but there’s an unsettling amount of totally non-metal stuff. We’re okay with The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, MC5 and even Genesis and Nat King Cole. But David Grisman, Glen Miller Orchestra and New Order? We only hope the dude’s sharing his iPod with his girlfriend. On a scale of 100, we give Wetmore’s Random Shuffle a 65. Good thing Executioner is way better. Click “more” to read the full list and check out Mantic Ritual’s video. (more…)

The second season of “That Metal Show” launched last Saturday at 11 p.m. on VH1 Classic. Once again, the program was hosted by radio veteran Eddie Trunk and featured his cohorts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson. The special guest for the evening was ex-Pantera and current Hellyeah! drummer Vinnie Paul. Click “more” to watch the full interview with Paul as well as a clip from next Saturday’s episode, which features Anthrax. Click here to listen to our audio podcast with Vinnie Paul. And click here to check out our recent podcast with Anthrax. (more…)