Following up the other day’s new Metallica album trailer, a new video preview for the album and the Mission Metallica fanclub has been released. Watch it below:

Christian hardcore rockers Norma Jean, who have been hard at work in the studio recording their new album, The Anti Mother, let slip that they’ve collaborated with Helmet singer-guitarist Page Hamilton and Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno separately to write a few songs for the new album. Norma Jean vocalist Cory Brandan called the artists two of the bands’ biggest influences and said “it was definitely a moment” having the rockers in the studio. The Anti Mother is scheduled for release late this summer through Solid State Records.

A video teaser, as strange and enigmatic as the band itself, has been leaked for Slipknot’s forthcoming album. Watch below:

Pop queen Madonna paid homage to Pantera during her May 10, 2008 performance at Radio One’s Big Weekend at Mote Park in Maidstone, UK. The material girl took the stage with her guitar and, of course, black fingerless biker gloves, and played what sounded a hell of a lot like the main riff to the Pantera classic “A New Level,” off their 1992 album, Vulgar Displays of Power. Watch the footage below (the Pantera riff comes in at the six minutes and 20 seconds mark):

Cult film Donnie Darko will have a sequel, under the direction of Chris Fisher (Nightstalker). Donnie Darko 2 picks up with the Darko family saga seven years later, when younger sister Samantha Darko and her friend Corey, now 18, are plagued with visions during a roadtrip to Los Angeles. Filming begins on May 18 with Daviegh Chase reprising her role as Samantha Darko.

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland served only 10 hours out of his 192-hour jail sentence for a 2008 DUI arrest after turning himself into Los Angeles police. The former singer of supergroup Velvet Revolver, who’s had longer stints in rehab, turned himself in at 8:55 A.M., was officially booked around noon, and checked into prison at 6:41 P.M. Fourteen minutes later, Weiland was released.

Finnish metallers Children of Bodom’s new video for “Hellhounds On My Trail” is now available for your viewing pleasure. The new single, which comes off of the band’s latest album, Blooddrunk, will be released on June 9 through Spinefarm Records UK in two different formats: 12’ picture disc and CD single featuring two cover versions by Kenny Rogers and Alice Cooper, three live tracks recorded at the London Astoria in March 2008, and the “Hellhounds On My Trail” video.

Massachusetts’ hardcore magnates, the Acacia Strain, announced that they will release their fourth studio album, Continent, on August 19 through Prosthetic Records. Zeuss, who has worked with the likes of Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, and Municipal Waste, produced the album. The Acacia Strain also worked with the one-named producer on their 2006 album, The Dead Walk.

The Acacia Strain are also scheduled to headline on the Sun Your Bunz tour, running through June 29. The lineup includes All Shall Perish and the Acacia Strain’s Massachusetts brethren, Since The Flood. Confirmed dates areas follows:

May 30 - Club Infinity - Williamsville, NY
June 01 - The Ritz - Warren, MI
June 02 - Reggie’s Rock Club - Chicago, IL
June 03 - Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, MN
June 05 - Aquarium - Fargo, ND
June 06 - Sokol Underground - Omaha, NE
June 07 - Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO
June 09 - The Venue - Boise, ID
June 10 - The Boulevard - Spokane,WA
June 11 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
June 12 - Satyricon - Portland, OR
June 13 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
June 14 - Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
June 15 - Hudson Theatre - San Bernardino, CA
June 16 – Jerry's Pizza - Bakersfield, CA
June 18 - The Rock (AZ) - Tucson, AZ
June 19 - Las Cruces Live - Las Cruces, NM
June 20 - Red 7 - Austin, TX
June 21 - Fat Daddy's Sound Shack - Lewisville, TX
June 22 - Crush Lounge - Tulsa, OK
June 24 - The Muse - Nashville, TN
June 25 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC
June 26 - KC's Music Alley - Fredericksburg, VA
June 27 - Champion Ship - Lemoyne, PA
June 28 - Starland Ballroom - Infest- Sayreville, NJ
June 29 - The Waterfront - Holyoke, MA (DVD shoot)

British hardcore band Gallows have begun work on their sophomore album to succeed their wildly successful debut, Orchestra of Wolves. According to the band, the album will be recorded by the end of the summer holidays. The band recently signed a four album, £1,000,000 deal with Warner in the UK.

Sacramento-based hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance have posted their first song with new vocalist Kurt Travis online. “The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3” is up on the band’s MySpace page. Dance Gavin Dance released their first full-length album, Downtown Battle Mountain, last year.