Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: JEFF The Brotherhood - "Shredder" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: JEFF The Brotherhood - "Diamond Way" (MP3) Pentagram at Europa (more by Keith Marlowe) As discussed, Pentagram will play a string of shows with JEFF The Brotherhood & Valient Thorr...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Vastum at Thee Parkside (photo by Taylor Keahey) Underground metal label 20 Buck Spin (who, speaking of Pentagram, are named after a Pentagram song) have welcomed Vastum to the roster. Vastum are an unholy and punishing death metal... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Gruff Rhys kicks off his North American tour tonight at Knitting Factory and tickets are still available. He's over here supporting his new solo album, Hotel Shampoo, and will wind his way around the country before ending... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG the second pressing of the limited tour editon vinyl of We Are The Champions Here's an interesting one for ya. Pentagram will hit the road with JEFF The Brotherhood (!) for a string of US dates in August.... more info

Totally Fuzzy — If a reputable metal label like Century Media all of a sudden releases a Country album you already smell there must be something funny about it... and funny he sure is. But let that not distract you from the quality of the music. It's the Charlie Da... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Stefan Raduta, words by BBG Godflesh Coachella isn't the only heavyweight festival going on this weekend... Roadburn 2011 is in full swing over in Holland. It kicked off on Thursday April 14th, and pictures from that first day... more info

Metalsucks — This week sees new releases by Believer, Between the Buried and Me, Indian, Last Chance to Reason, Pentagram, Red Fang, Young Widows and more. MS new release expert Vic Vaughn takes a looksee at each after the jump! Believer – Transhuman (Metal Bla... more info

Popdose — Dave Steed reviews the lastest discs for you to headbang to, including new stuff from Between the Buried and Me and Septicflesh. more info

Stereogum — Classic (i.e. four decades-old) Virginia heavy rock/metal doom legends Pentagram’s ninth studio album Last Rites is out next month. It’s the first since 1994’s Be Forewarned to find longtime guitarist Victor Griffin, who plays/writes on all the... more info

Altsounds — *PENTAGRAM* - the band that has been churning out widely admired hard rock/doom metal for over four decades featuring the talents of Bobby Liebling, Victor Griffin, Greg Turley, and new drummer Albert Born - are gearing up to release their highly ant... more info