NME — Californian heroes thrill with slew of new material more info

Metalsucks — There remain some people who aren’t convinced that the Deftones are a special band, but if it’s possible to evaluate music subjectively, then few could argue that the post-alt metal quintet at least belongs on the ballot. For one thing, the Defto... more info

ContactMusic — The family of comatose DEFTONES bassist CHI CHENG has been given renewed hope the star will regain consciousness after a doctors' report confirmed he's showing signs of... more info

Culture Bully — Coverage of the Deftones' performance of a pair of songs on the June 4 edition of "Jimmy Kimmel Live." more info

411 Mania — Check out the most recent news for this big fall tour... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — So May is pretty much over bar the long weekend and it's easily been the best month for record releases of the year so far. So many of discs on the list below will almost certainly feature on my end of year list with Foals and LCD Soundsystem likely ... more info

Altsounds — Black Diamond Skye featuring Alice in Chains, Deftones, and Mastodon, now has an interactive tour poster with dates, buy links, updates, and audio streams from all three bands. BlackDiamondSkye is shaping up to be the most anticipated tour of the Fal... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Michael Alan Goldberg Sorry, Europe. You'll have to wait a little while before you get your faces annihilated by pure blood-gargling metal firepower. Mastodon have canceled a summer European tour because guitarist Bill Kelliher has been di... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-05 Nurburg, Germany - Rock am Ring Festival06-06 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock im Park Festival06-07 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli06-08 Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Boerderij06-10 Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood Festival06-11 Solvesborg, Sweden - Swede... more info

MTV.com News — Plus, the National hit #3 with High Violet. By Gil Kaufman Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 Photo: Island You might slow him down, but you just can't stop Justin Bieber. The pint-size pop dynamo will be back on top of the Billboard albums chart... more info