He woke up after a 10-day coma to the sight of a missing leg and myriad other serious injuries.

One of metal’s heaviest and most pungent bands heads back out on the road.

The Limp Bizkit/Slipknot/Vanilla Ice producer has apparently set his sights on stoner metal.

Plus: a “Midlife Crisis”/”Under Pressure” mash-up.

Some social media updates from the band following their awful bus accident.

Maybe not the genuine article, but still mighty tasty.

Vince’s nerd-boner for Dream Theater knows no bounds.

The tl;dr version: it’ll be the biggest and most catastrophic event that has ever befallen metal.

Brutal Napalm Death Truth returns.

Also: a Wisconsin man is arrested after assaulting a bartender for changing the music from Black Sabbath to Christmas music, Bobby Blotzer’s scab version of Ratt performs first show, and Skid Row lose another vocalist.

Also: Sumerian Records have announced a tenth anniversary tour, Thy Will Be Done have launched a crowdfunding campaign for drummer Jay Waterman’s medical expenses, and Iron Maiden made a cute Christmas video.

New cover story gets into the nitty gritty of his split with Immortal.

They’ll be playing their entire new album in full.

“It sucks just to think all those years went by […]

This week’s top stories include Scott Weiland, Iron Maiden, Korn, and more.

The rare EP that can convey the same kind of intent as a full-length.

Memories and reflections on a great singer and frontman’s death.

From their double-disc, 34-track rock opera The Astonishing, coming out in January.

Band continues proud tradition of balls on their record sleeve.

Listen to another new song from Purple.