Impose Magazine — With "Wave Goodbye" it's almost time to stop calling what Ty Segall is doing "garage rock". At this point, he's turned up the volume so much, and created so much distortion, that we aren't in the referential territory of Syd Barrett and S... more info

Metal Injection — Burning asphalt, burning wheelz, and burning leather! The Hand ov Doom speeds down the highway of road-themed metal in our Helldriver! Come ride with Ben Danger and Robben the Grave as we bring you the best of the Röad Warriors! Here is this week's ... more info

ContactMusic — Download Festival has announced a further 22 acts to its line-up including Cancer Bats Rise To Remain and Saxon who will join the headliners The Prodigy Metallica and Black Sabbath on 8-10 June 2012 which will mark the festivals tenth anniversary br.... more info

Guardian Music — Dave Mustaine and Ron McGovney perform with metal monoliths for first time in three decadesMetallica have wrapped up an extraordinary week of anniversary shows by reuniting with former members. Saturday night saw the return of Dave Mustaine and Ron M... more info

Altsounds — Never tired of the road, British metal veterans *Saxon* will be returning to the UK for the second time this year with a string of live shows in December. *Saxon* are hot on the heels of a US tour in support of their latest acclaimed release *'Call ... more info

411 Mania — This week's rarity is relatively new documentary about a British heavy metal group that always had trouble “cracking America” as Lars Ulrich put it…. more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — The late Sky Saxon and The Seeds stop by this now-forgotten sitcom entitled The Mothers-In-Law to deliver a particularly...errrmmm...."gassy" performance. Tolerate the awful jokes, come for the enthusiastic miming of one of the best garage jams of th... more info

Guardian Music — As Carnival comes round again, Radio 1's Benji B reminisces about raving under the Westway with Tim Westwood, Norman Jay and RampageI was seven the first time I went to Carnival; my dad was living in Notting Hill Gate and I remember him putting me on... more info

Guardian Music — Mental illness is so often mistaken for genius in pop – unless the sufferer is female, when the world queues to condemnA friend of mine recently posted a Facebook link to a 90s documentary on former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read's stalker, the intimidating ... more info

Guardian Music — The corporation that runs the Bloodstock metal festival in Derbyshire is of the very oldest kind. Meet Paul Gregory and his kids Vicky, Rachael and Adam – Britain's first family of metalWhile Download and Sonisphere slug it out for supremacy in the... more info