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Blue October will be releasing their 7th studio album, Sway, on August 20th. However, you don't have to wait until then to hear it! You can listen to it right now, right here! The whole thing. Check it!

Sameer Bhattacharya, guitar player/backing vocals for Flyleaf, called in to talk about the show at The Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge. We talked about the tour, replacing Lacey as their singer with Kristen May, and more! Check out the interview!

Pearl Jam is BACK! They aren't messing around with the first single from their forth coming album, Lightning Bolt. "Mind Your Manners" is an upbeat fast and fun song that embodies what Pearl Jam have become thus far in their career. If you want to hear it, we have it here for you! Give it a listen.

A Chilean radio station is streaming a new song by Black Sabbath. Futuro 88.9 FM premiered 'End of the Beginning' yesterday. You can hear the song -- all eight-plus minutes of it -- here.

It's now time for Match 7 in the first round of the Grindhouse Battle! This time it's Bearfighter versus Psychometry!

In one of the most bizarre stories we've heard in a while, Luis Briones drunkenly launched a naked woman from his car while having sex with her.  Yup, that happened.  The 25-year-old Albuquerque man fled the scene of the crime, leaving the woman naked and injured, and hid in a nearby cactus.  He was found by police with his shorts on inside out and wearing a single shoe.

Deftones have a BADASS album out now called Koi No Yokan. You've heard their songs "Tempest" and "Swerve City" here on Planet Radio. Well, we're gonna let you hear 2 more new tracks from the album right here, right now! That's 2 more reasons why you should buy Deftones' album Koi No Yokan!

This week's match in the Grindhouse Battle is Cheater Pipe versus Malignant Empire!

Megadeth's forthcoming album Super Collider hits stores on June 4th and already have given us the first single, which is the title track. Now, Dave Mustaine and the crew have unleashed the next single from the album called 'Kingmaker'.

Match 5 of the Grindhouse Battle includes two Lafayette based bands, Black Feratu versus Jason And The Kruegers!

  Sick Puppies have been busy recording a new album called Connect. It's slated for release July 16th. Their first single "There's No Going Back" wasn't supposed to be released just yet, but since they've been playing it live and getting a good response they decided to let us have it a little early. So here it is! Give a listen to the new Sick Puppies song "There's No Going Back&quo

Phil Anselmo is a metal legend. Of course he fronted Pantera, Down (be listening to win tix to their HOB show May 22), and Superjoint Ritual...now he's ready to venture out on kind of solo career. Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals have released their first single titled, 'Usurper's Bastard Rant'. Keep reading to see what Phil had to say, and listen to the song.

The Grindhouse Battle continues with Match 4! This time it's Red Shield versus YAKk, both from Lafayette!

Last night on The Grindhouse, we had 'Slayer Sunday' in honor of late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman who passed away on May 2nd. We spoke to Kyle Thomas, former frontman of Exhorder about Jeff and his medical condition.

Last night on The Grindhouse, Kirk Windstein of Down, Crowbar and Kingdom Of Sorrow spoke to us about the recording of two new 'crushing' Crowbar songs!

English djentlemen TesseracT's highly anticipated second album 'Altered State' will be released in the United States on May 28th. This album marks the debut of new vocalist Ashe O'Hara, who replaced Elliot Coleman who replaced Daniel Tompkins.

Device played their first show earlier this month, but they are already a force to be reckoned with. We were lucky enough to get Device drummer Will Hunt on the phone to talk to us about the beginnings of Device, how the tour is going, how he juggles playing for multiple bands, and more. Check out the interview!

Black Sabbath has returned! Ozzy and the gang are back with Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave on drums. Since you're smart, and are a faithful citizen of Planet Radio, you were the first people in the ENTIRE COUNTRY to hear this song. For more listening pleasures, here's the first song 'God Is Dead?' from their full length album '13'. Listen to all 9 minutes of it now!

If you have been waiting for what the new material from Black Sabbath sounds like, well look no further, at least for now. They just released a video revealing the artwork for their upcoming album '13', with a little audio from the album. Watch the artwork reveal and the sound clip below.

Volbeat is set to release their upcoming fifth album 'Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies' on April 9th and today they released a new track from the album called 'Room 24' featuring none other than King Diamond! You can listen to the full track below!